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Wednesday February Page I filial games Local skiers venture forth 6 Ball season starts early For 30 Years We Have Delivered the HERALD Sports HAZEN CIV LAWNS CYCLE SALES SERVICE DAY WARRANTY ON ALL REPAIRS REPAIRS TO LAWN EQUIPMENT CHA1NSAWS MOTORCYCLES SNOWMOBILES SERVICE DEALER FOR SINCLAIR AVE UNIT GEORGETOWN J Sports briefs Moonlight Magic Wildlife Centre is In everyone to an evening of Valentine Moonlight Magic on Feb from at the Wildlife Centre Staff will serve as guides far the groomed cross try ski trolls by the light of the moon starting at 7 There wilt also be skating on the pond with a crackling fire to warm Up by Mountsberg Wildlife Centre is located on Mil borough Line km west of Campbdlvilic and admis sion per car For further Information call weekdays or week ends and holidays Chanty ball Members of the too I coke branch of the Canadian Overseas Faro lea and Friends Association will hold a charity ball this Satur day In an effort to raise money to help a 17 yearold paraplegic who was Injured In a rugby game Jack Riley was Injured last year when a rugby scrum collapsed and left him with a broken neck His condition Is such that he requires assistance in and since the accident he has been kept at the Intensive care unit of Toronto The boll is to be held at the Terry Miller Recreation Centre in Brampton In the Martial Arts Auditorium Tickets are available at per person and can be obtained by calling or at Sabres scries set The Acton Sabres have com pitted their regular schedule and will face in the open tag round of semifinal divisional playoffs which get underway this will hold home ice advantage In the scries and the opener will be at p in Friday with Game scheduled for Acton Saturday at The scene shifts back to for nest Wednesdays Game 3 at p and continues next Friday In Acton for the fourth match Should further games be necessary they will be played Monday Feb IB in at Tuesday Feb 17 In Ac ton at fl pm and Wednesday Feb IB In at In action last week the Sabres dropped a pair of decisions See page C3 for details Gems sparkle in wins over Barrie and Herald Sports Editor The Georgetown Gemini can be excused if they were perhaps a little overcome by a sense of accomplish merit on the weekend They earned it After all not only did the Gemini take a of decisions in Central Junior hockey action and hang on to a share of third place In the dings but Saturday night they knocked off the league- lea ding Bar rle Colts marking Just the sixth lime the powerful Colts have been beaten this season In opening a twogame weekend home stand Georgetown also doubt the Devils at the Alcott Arena Friday But the highlight of the weekend a spectacle that brought dose to I fans out to the was doubtedly the contest with Borne The guys were super high going in sold Gemini general manager Bab Hooper following the win over the Colts the team everybody has to try to beat Hooper acknowledges It may be difficult for a first place team to got themselves up for every game especially since the Colts have through the schedule the way they have But at the same time no team like to lose this dose to playoff time Hooper preferred not to single out any individual stars in the games on the weekend The guys just played well as a team We haven t got the most talented players in the league but we got a team with the most spirit Thais the one thing that helps Hooper did however have high praise for the Georgetown defensive corps who had to be at their best on several occasions when opponents enjoyed the man advantage With a pair of victories on the weekend the Gemini have distinguished themselves as one of the hottest teams in the loop losing Just two of their tost IS games The decision over was the first time Georgetown had come out on top In six meetings Joe Toole opened the scoring for I he Gemini Saturday and the team never gave up the lead from there Rob Grant of he Colts was sitting out a major for high sticking when Toole found a loose puck in front of the net and tucked it in behind Colts goaltcnder OS The score remained 10 until the second when he Gemini added to heir lead largely as the result of some hard work by Rick After carrying the puck into the end lost his stick in the comer but still managed to control the puck with skates That kept the Colts from clearing it and allow his teammates to catch up on the play Todd Cull beat South with a hard shot to the stick side at got on the scorosheet at while O Toole was off for Goalie Mike McNiven made the initial save on a Shot but Troy White was on the doorstep to flip the puck over the sprawled goal tender to leave the Gemini ahead I Rod McClurc restored Georgetown twogoal lead a short time later when he rifled shot home after being set up by Less than a minute later had a chance to add to the lead when he broke In alone on South But the goal tender outguessed him and made a pad save on backhand shot The Colts again came to within one goal with just under three minutes to play In the period while the teams played three skaters aside Bruce scored on a big si upshot from the after Brad fed him pass from behind the Gemini net In the third the game took on a more physical nature and tempers began to flare Bill Teggart of the Gemini was sent to the showers with a motor for fight inn and picked up an additional two minutes for being the aggressor of an alter cotton with a Barrie player Despite being though the Georgetown defence was able to turn back the attack The Gems suffered what could have proven to be a costly during a Colts barrage when McNiven took a shot on the knee in on area left unprotected by his pad He had to be helped from the ice but Hooper said the Injury was not considered major and keep McNiven out of action He was to have It looked at by a doctor this week Wayne Morrow rounded out the scoring at is 34 stripped the puck from a Colt player at the Bar rle and went In on the right wing to feed a puss across to Morrow who had nothing but gaping net to shoot at The Colts the Gems 4436 Nearly half of the came The In dig trams hue been Id do Mi Saturday e league Irndlnj liar lolls I hand ihr lis whul win just Ion of e waion Here thr union a litifr hot Ihr rem in I net at nrttnindrr kick puck luo tolls on his in the third period when McNiven made nine saves before being replaced by Dan Halliburton who kicked out 13 shots In the game with Friday the Gems gave up a cheap goat early to he Devils but then took firm con Dave Bower got credit for the goal after his shot from behind the Georgetown net struck a Gemini defender and bounced by Halliburton Jim and McClurc scored to put the Gems back In the driver s seat later In the period added a marker in the second to open up a 31 Georgetown lead and scored again early in the third to make it a 41 contest for the Gems while John Nixie of the Devils slopped Georgetown shots The playoff picture for the Central circuit remains somewhat clouded attics time Should the Gems finish fourth or fifth they will most likely play the Devils In the first round according to Hooper However should they manage to nail down third spot In the eight team league they will pro bably tangle with the Raiders But the Georgetown sn I look ahead to the postseason picture Just yet There ere other important matters at hand Right now 1 just looking ahead as far as this day night Hooper says The Mike Spadacinl replied for the Devils to round out the scoring Halliburton made until mi pjgt