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Broken promises Guy tries to forget 19812 Gin CORMIER Herald As part of the Kid Lint of Glen and Steve Guy Cormier has become an of what youth speed and can do for the new look Raiders of the season Called some of his Haider teammates because of a same first name and a similar skating likeness to the NHL great the Montre al bom Cormier came lo town to prove that I could crack the Raiders With that sole intention in mind Cormier his game of season for the Raiders with blood poisoning in his system Ten games later Cormier has lo ked impressive collecting points to lead the league in the scoring leadership race But it hasn t always been easy for Guv in his career especially last when he played under a considerable amount of mental His coach had taken the fun i ut of for him and it lead to a stressful season TOP SCORER Cormier played last year for Georgetown Junior and he completed season as top scorer with points in games But he was dr to the club under false pretenses lured away from a ihancc lo finish his Junior eligibility with a or A club Hi thou I the knowledge of the Gemini executive and general manager coach Dave promts a chance lo play in Finland during the S3 season The only catch Switzcrsaid was that Guy had to play until midOctober Swi tier told Cormier the European scouts were watching every game which added pressure to his play sometimes blamed Guy performance for when the team as a whole produce on the ice SwiUer kept telling Guy that arrangements in inland had been all set but nothing in had been arranged DEPARTED The Gemini coach departed company with Georgetown in early November leaving Guy with a broken promise From then on it was hard for Cormier to prepare himself for the of the Gemini season Guy is still hoping to eventually play European hockey because he would love to travel there He has number of travel books on the country that he has never seen One thing the Raiders have provided is the chance to play on a winner and the opportunity to enjoy hockey again Guv was bom in Montreal to a father who was a professional wrestler for 16 years His father is now a hockey scout for the Kingston Canodiens in the Kitchener area The Cormier family moved from Montreal to where Guy played all his minor hockey In Midget he was drafted by Cornwall during the hockey season but he was injured and released HIGHLIGHTS One of Guy hockey highlights comes from scoring two goals In an exhibition match when Cornwall play Ottawa at Civic Stadium in Ottawa That season he went back home to Windsor to plaj Junior The next Guy advanced to the Platters then he spent two seasons Continued on page Herald Sportsline 8772201 the HERALD Sportsweek HARVEYS TIRE CENTRE Moots Park Plan Georgetown 8775110 captures fifth title ByJAtKHAflLOW Herald Special For fifth liveyear the Georgetown High School Rebel cross country team has proven that it is the bcsl overall school team in the province At the Ontario lion of Schools Athletic on championships this past Saturday at Earl Bales Pork In North York Ihe Rebels won the top over all girls and overall learn titles and thus were the unofficial overall dam champions Tht coaches said was the coldest OFSAA meet all courses run up and down steep muddy ski slopes Of the six divisions Georgetown claimed gold medals In one division and silver medals in two other divisions sixth straight year for Georgetown to hove at one team win at the provincials remaining Rebel teams all placed in top fourteen There were tely teams In eich division as well as qualifiers Hence each race contained about of some of Ihc best runners in the pro vince since all teams and individual runners first qualify to make it to the Ontario finals Some 50 teams were eliminated as they did not qualify the In an exciting victory the midget girts look home gold medals for Georgetown scoring 127 points narrowly edging out former rivals from who were only Ihrec points behind The course was metres in length and there were competitors in the race Amy Powers ran superbly leading the way for Georgetown with on excellent fifth place finish Nancy Mustard ran well placing a strung tenth Also contributing toward victory were Anne Couhghan in and Sjndv in position Linda had a fantastic race finishing Powers incidental being a year midget is still eligible to compete as a midget again next year The junior girls consisting of one second junior three first juniors and a first year midget did well against tlon finishing eleventh overall In the 36team In race featuring competitors Lynn placed a solid seventh Fiona I lea ton was the next Rebel runner to cross the line in position Shawn claimed spot and first car midget Laura who ran against participants two years older than herself did well finishing 117th Karen Pepper complet Ihe race taking position The race was metres long St GIRLS The Rebel senior girls took second place in standings with a score of IBS Gl points behind Ihc winners from Thorn who totalled 107 points Georgetown was led by Sandra Mtrcmiuk place finish Susan stenscn came in two lions behind far th Kim ran to position and Debbie Newman finished Jen Pepper in her first country let alone her first did very well finishing were 195 parti pants running the 5000 metre t mile course MIDGET BOYS The midget boys also took home silver medals for Georgetown being edged out of a win and taking second place 112 points The winning team ES was onlyone point ahead totalling ill points The Georgetown team did well by coming so close however as they were not as close to this winning team at earlier meets In the season Couch Metcalfe commented that the win will make the team that much more deter mined to try even harder for the gold medals next year Mike Wood was first Rebel r ihc me Ire course In position Darren and Greg Mac both of whom arc first year midgets had excellent races was 37th while Mackemie finished Norm Macphail also a first year midget ran well taking position The latter three runners will still be able to compete next year as midgets TROUBLE The Georgetown junior bovs team ran Into some trouble in their compe titive division but even without their top runner managed 12th place in the standings Erik Hopkins second at last year in the midget divi was forced lo retire Continued on page the Of The Earl Bales Park in North York pitted senior runners against four challenging hills more suitable far downhill skiers Here Stacey Wheeler and the hill of Herald Greeks win football crown Herald Special Until Rob Rivers picked off a Dairy Queen pass in end lone to wipe out a sure scoring drive Sun day the Greeks looked like a rabbit caught In the glare of headlights playing tenia live and nervous football But from that point early In the third quarter of the GFFL champion ship their enthusiasm spread tike a social dis ease and doing what comes naturally they pulled to a win and their first champion ship Prior to that it had been Dairy Queen defense and Gary who had set the stage for an upset as had a first quarter intercept Ion and relumed a kickoff yards for a TD Greeks scored on their first series but only after a DQ defender bubbled an interception into the hands of Stalls is who hauled it yards for Ihc score got that one right back marching yards under Hal ill mo who hit Lunn for six typified the gnl with which DQ played playing with a broken bone in his leg Gary inter shut down the Greeks on the next series then Mark Russell had scored Tor Greek smoked the specialty team for the yard score SCORED AGAIN Russell scored again before the halt but Greek quarterback Rick Bald win t throwing well and seemed rattled by the pressure of Howie rushes Hal Hulme had Dairy Queen moving again lo start the third quarter when Riven turned the game around with his big interception Two splendid catches by Pat Jacobs and one by Linus seemed to Greeks woo the 1M2 flag football Soaday against BUI Rivers was ihe Greek Dairy from Here the salt line op the game For Dairy Queen Gary Rick StcvePracc while boost Baldwin confid and he started play ing hardball Once the Greek offense got Rick started the sound of Don Meredith singing Turn out the lights over could be drifting from the broadcast booth With the nil gone they flexed their muscles and overwhelmed DQ Any hopes Dairy Queen had of coming back were snuffed by a Greek def that sensed the kill J T Baldwin Dan olds and Dean Sea en picked off passes to earn a shutout In the second half PASSES Rick Baldwin threw touchdown passes lo James Allen lis and Paul Karolldis in thai last hair Also scoring for the Greeks were Paul Wilson Allen and Unas Stauslis with two point con vers Jeff Lockwood convert both Dairy Queen majors So with Sports 111 us trated clamouring for interviews the Greeks carted off trophy to fill it with suds White the rest of the league set about figuring out how beat them next year It was a thoroughly Impressive season for the Tavern as ihey led the league from start to finish and dropped only three games along the way The future looks even better for a young team with all thai talent but the second time around will be harder because now they re the team every body will be Running for Sabre report Acton Sabres lose battle of the Hills In game action last week the Acton Junior B Sabres lost to the Barrie Colts in day night and in second bailie of the Hills Ihey lost to the George town Gemini a In Acton Saturday nigh I Gemini president Bob McCandless said the refe ree was calling the game too lightly and t let the players play the game He also said the Gem In- is won because they tried a little harder in the third period and their ex peri caught up with Acton Sabres Sabres coach Bill Rich said both teams ployed a great game and either team could have won It but the Sabres came up on Ihe short end In the first period the earns played to a score less tie in a Very sicat game with a wide open Both goalies played well During the period the Sabres made some sloppy posses but Georgetown failed to capitalize on them The Sabres took 1 minutes in penalties and Georgetown look minutes The second period was similar to the first as the learns spent most of the time In the penally box The second period also ended in a scoreless tie as the goalies stood their ground once again In the third period the Gemini broke the score less tic scaring two quick goals the first by Bob from Mike the second one coming off the slick of Lance Doucetle on a pass from Levy on the power play The Acton squad scored with one of their own by Art Keating assisted by Mark Symes and Mike Mike Steer the Gem goalie kept the Gemini up until the Sabres scored a power play goal seven minutes later on Ail Keating second goal of the night on a pass from Roy Spear That was all the Swordsmen could do as Georgetown scored two more in the lost three minutes of the game the first one on the power play by Blake Harrison unassisted the second one was scored by Dob his second of the night from Chris Peavoy The three stars for Georgetown were Herb Mike and Mike Hamilton For Acton they were Rob Pat Bates and Denis The three stars are going to be used to pick the Miracle Mart allstar The next Sabres home game is Wednesday to night against Streets- They tackle the Blades on Satur day also borne Both games start at 30 Rivals square off In an exhibition game Georgetown High Schools senior boys basketball team defeated Acton The starting five played extremely well controlling the backboards and scoring points said Rebel coach Mr During the second half the bench strength proved to be strong enough to slay ahead of Acton he said