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HARVEYS TIRE CENTRE Moore Plait Gsotgatmn SECTION B THE HERALD Wednesday October 10 the HERALD Raiders stretch win streak to six Blades slice Sabres 114 Saturday By DENNIS Herald In a home game Satur day night the Blades trounced the Acton Junior Sabres 114 The game started fast with a physical end to end style of play The Blades took an early lead in the first minute from a shot during a scramble in front of the Acton net The physical style of the game caused many Acton scored on two power plays the first at the six minute mark by Jamie Morrison assisted by Pellazxnn the second by Pot Bates assisted by Morrison and Paul Carglll The Blades I the score JO seconds later then went ahead on a power play goal of their own three minutes later The remainucr of the period became wide open seeing both tea ns playing good hockey but unable to put the puck behind the goalies The Sabres started out strong in the second pen as they tied the game in the first minute on a goal by Den assisted by Paul Barrett and Pell a nan The momentum soon switched to h team as they took the lead seven minutes later two fast goals keeping Acton hemmed up in their own end The Sabres unable to do little right let the Blades control the puck at their leisure putting yet another one past Acton goal tender Chris Martin before the ended Shots on goal with Acton taking only The third seem to be the end for the Sabres as the Blades two goals in the first minutes The period was very phys as both teams lost control of their tempers The Blades Increased the lead to 93 midway through the as the Sabres Tell apart In nil aspects The Acton fans cheered again as Cargill and Bob Boldt teamed up to score a short handed goal our minutes later but It was too little too late as the Blades answered with two goals In the final five minutes of the game Sabres coach Bill Rich mond said the team skat with the Blades well In the first period but fell apart In the last two periods It was just as did the night before in Milton when they lost He also stated the team is very young and Is in the learning process Sabres next home game Is Saturday at 8 against Milton The three stars for Acton were Den Kirton and Paul Barrett For the Blades they were Shawn Doyle Andy Brydon and Tom PLAYING CAGEY Michelle tries a Jump idol in senior girts action and GDI IS quad won Perdue in toil week action Herald photo by Harald Bra as eh Durham Barrie dumped in weekend bouts The Georgetown JnnlorBGtralnls came back from i deficit to the lead Here Peter Holler and Blake Harrison help Mike record a narrow S loss to Milton Sunday The Gems fought well In the clear the second and third periods but penalties hurt them In their efforts to take Herald photo by Dave Oakville Gems Maintaining consistent suffering two losses last play will be stressed in week future practices for the The Georgetown Junior Geminishockeyclubsays team were outgunned coach Bob Smulders after 1 by the Blades Friday night then they hosted Milton Sunday in a losing effort Coach Smulders says the will have to PLAYER PROFILE Brad McMeekin Because a team leader has to set an example it t surprising that Brad led the Gemmls out of the doldrums last Sunday night when they were down Captain McMeekin started the Gemini drive back to respectability by setting up forward Dave at Milton blue line for a goal Then McMeekin himself brought the puck up to the Steamers end and slapped a shot past Milton Paolo from the to narrow the lead to The Georgetown native said after the game that last year wosn his best year as a Gemini because he took too many penalties Now wearing the captains C McMeekin says he has to set an example by staying away from the penalty box It s also important for the 19year old third year veteran to get the guys up for the game and tell than not to give up be said The have shown this year they won give up after being down four or five goals which is different from last year says TEAMWORK The Georgetown Junior B club plays more like a team than In the 1981 season he said The 18 lb Is playing in his third year for the McMeekin started playing hockey in Georgetown as a tyke He advanced in theallstar ranks until midget which war the year he was drafted Into Junior A hockey Jack Gudgeon stands out In his mind as one of the best coaches he had as a minor hockey player McMeekin was drafted by the Windsor Spitfires four years ago The Spitfires recruited 150 players to their camp but only two players reluming to the learn so opportunities were slim he said returned to Georgetown and played the rest of the hockey season with the Gemlnis Despite his size admits he not really a heavy body checker and he sometimes plays the puck instead of the body He Ideally likes to be setting up the forwards in a scoring situation Brads father Is an avid hockey Huff Puffers and playin mor than I do he said His father coached him in Peewec and has taught him many things over tho years Brad said Current Gemini Coach Bob Smul BRAD dcrs is firm with the players but he Is well respected McMeekin says GOOD The biggest strength of the Gem inis is their too per cent effort The team showed that Sunday night In the last two periods he said Last year the team get goals when they needed them but that has changed In 1382 ho said The are all quite young but Brad is Impressed at how well they have been throwing their weight around It takes a while to get used to a new defensive partner and sometimes com muni cat ions between a goalie rider such as screening him takes time to work out said Brad works full time at Canadian Tire In In the parts department He d like to finish up his remaining year of Junior- B eligibility as a Gemini then give the Georgetown Raiders a try His personal goals in the iate future are to earn a spot on the Junior Miracle Mart allstar rosier while he hopes from a team stand nt in the Gemlnis can crack the lop fourth or fifth in the league keep working on their positional play coming out of their own end He would also like to sec Georgetown force the opposition constantly while in their territory In both losses ders says the team Just wasn menially prepared in the initial stages of the game Although the Gemlnis were missing a few play in their loss to Milton Sunday the coach would n l use their absence as an excusefor their defeat Kevin Franks Mike Herb and Chris all sat out the game because of injuries Coach Smulders was frustrated over some penalties given to his charges when the score was within a goal differ Two consecutive penal ties for the gave Milton opportunities In the third period to score With Georgetown hemmed in their own zone the Milton Steamers scored just as Bob stepped out of the penalty box at the mark The Geminis fell behind at the end of Ihe first penod Riv Kennedy scoring the lone George town goal assisted by Dave who had a goal and two assists for the night earned praise from coach for his play In the second period the Geminis got caught early fighting off two tive penalties With seconds left In the second Gemini infraction a Mil ton forward walked In unmolested towards goal tender Mike Steer to score Murray Levy for Georgetown made the tally with a slap shot from the point a minute later The import forward looked impressive all night for Brad Meekln fed a pass to Dave Loveridge who neatly past one Milton defender then flipped a foot wrist shot by the Steamer Paolo With three minutes re maining in the second period McMeekin rushed down the ice and slapped a shot from Just outside the blueline Which fooled Milton Zulian In third period Mil ton beat Georgetown Mike Steer on a screen shot two seconds after a power play The Geminis come back with seven minutes left In the game when Dave fed a pass to Murray Levy who slid the puck across Mil tons goalmouth to Kennedy who scored With the score Georgetown accumulated two penalties in the re maining five minutes of play which hurt their opportunities to tie the game Milton held on to their lead precariously in the last minute of the game when they were penal allowing George town to have a two- man advantage when Mike Steer was pulled Coach Smulders says he was pleased with the hard work of Paul White In killing penal lies been hard with both Herb Kewley and Kevin Franks missing and the problems of a makeshift right wing general man Bob Webster said Goaltender Mike Steer played a good game for the slopping snots compared to for Milton Paolo Zulian The Georgetown Raiders swept both of heir weekend games against and Dur ham extending their win streak on the season to Friday night at home to the Flyers the local Intermediate A club stanccd their In Durham Sun day the Raiders managed a 1 victory with three of their regular players out of the lineup The Georgetown club now have accumulated an awesome goals per game average Raider general ma nag Don says he s a Utile bewildered this season because he expec ted a much stronger lea I thought wed start the season playing hockey for the first month he says But the spirited ploy and desire of the new comers replacing the Hardy Cup veterans has made up for age and experience he says Tim Turner and Guy Cormier have been putt in super efforts while Rick Da gle has made a good adjustment from European hockey to help the Raiders Ron Twiss is showing good leadership qualities along Hi Gory yen in helping the young players while captain John is shoulder ing the captain iblliiics very well Fend ley says In Durham the team was without Gary Ford who suffered a slightly injured knee while Steve Bronlzewski has an ankle injury Bruce Ellison was on holidays Meanwhile Guy Corm and Glen Murray arc just all hustle for the Raiders this season Fendley says But the Haider general manager has seen a few players relax a fraction and he afraid the rest of the league s weakness might hurt Georgetown Every learn In the lea would have to prove by about per cent to beat the Raiders the way they are now Fendley says Meanwhile the George town club shows signs of improving further The team hopes former Maple Leaf and Buffalo Sabre Rene Robert as well as Ian Tumbull If he doesn catch an with Pittsburgh says The Raiders are still courting Tun from the Dundos chants Amplcford has won both the Intermed A and Senior A scoring title still has his eye out for a few more de which would allow Ron to a permanent position on the forward line Georgetown recently signed Wayne Bonnah from the Stratford Junior Junior s as a left wing cr He is big strong and plays well In the comers but he Is slightly out of shape says In their win over Barrie the Raiders still ed to play too but player coach Gary Ford is con centrating more on posit tonal play In practices says JOHN SAUNDERS providing the leader ship The team had some lapses where they lost their cool and were runa around on ice he says Goals by John Saunders on a power play and Guy Cormier In the first period gave the Raiders a lead Gory McFadyen conn cctcd for a goal In the second period on a power play assisted by Tim Tur and Ron Twiss The score at the end of the second period was 3 1 for the Raiders Georgetown exploded in final period for five goals Defense man Rick started off the goal scoring spree with his shot from John Saunders and Rick Dalgle Then Captain John Saunders- found an open ing in the net to Increase the score to wllh help from McFaden and Glen Murray Gary scored his second of the night on a goal from Rick Daigle with seven minutes left In Ihe game Then Rick Continued on page Rebels win High Park running meet By JACK HARLOW Herald Georgetown High School cross country team won its fourth meet the season last Satur day at High Park claim ing the overall champion ship placquc at the The Rebels won the overall and were second in the overall boys The team also took two firsts two seconds a fifth and a sixth place in the six divisions In addition the George town team beat former nval This team had beaten the Rebels at York earlier in the season but the coafh from admitted after Saturday that they had forgotten who they were up against and had swollen after beating Georgetown at York The midget girls placed a respectable second In the standings scoring points They were beaten by a strong but not team from Neil who were only nine points ahead points behind Mich ael Power who had NetU was third scoring EXPLODED The senior girls explod ed again winning their division with only 31 points the lowest team total of the day and points ahead of second place Monlcaun Ion girls had their first four runners among the lop ten positions The midget boys also won division totall points only two points of Upper Canada College in second and IB ahead of third place O The junior boys earned a fifth in the standings while the senior boys took sixth place In their ion The latter two divis Ions both contained a high level of competition Leading the midget girls was Amy Powers placing a strong fourth She was followed by Money Mustard in sixth Sandy Anne ill and Linda Wenham Michelle Barnard was 36th and Whitney Greig finished MacPHAILWINS Lynn was the first Rebel and first run to cross the line in the Junior girls race of competitors by winning it in a time of 13 Fiona also ran Behind her came Shawn don Kelly Roe Koran Pepper and Anne Ramsay Leading the senior girls team to victory was San placing fourth Following her were Debbie Newman eighth Susan Krislensen ninth and Kim New combe tenth Jen Pepper and Cheryl Thompson fin ished in positions of 16th and respectively Pat led the way for the winning midget boys team placing a solid second Mike Wood was the next Rebel runner In at 13th He was followed by Darren Boudreau Greg Mackenzie Norman Macphail and Graham Shep herd Both The race feat ured 180 runners Erik Hopkins was first Georgelown runner to cross the finish line In thejunlorboysrace plac sixth Behind him came Chris Ferguson in 24th Paul Watts In 39th David Banks and Bob Lovegrove Ken Hesse and Nick Parker followed in positions of and respectively In the senior boys race on page CHAMPIONS Centennial bad share ronnen at North Ha I too Cross Country meet last Tuesday Alison Irvine Tara Burroughs Jeff Araato and Bob stand near the pennants and trophies tbey helped lo win tor lhlr school Alison and Jeff won the Intermediate categories while won the Junta- division Bob was the Bantam champion Herald