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SECTION Till IIHULD Wednesday February Page Sabres lose twice to close out regular schedule Any success the Acton Sabres may hope to have In put season ploy will hive to come the result of a per cent effort per cent of the time according to general manager Elmer Dunn The dropped a pair of In Junior hockey action last week losing to the divisionleading Fergus Green Machine on borne Ice Wednesday and then suffering an embarrassing 193 setback to he Bradford Bull Sunday night in Bradford We seem to nave these mental letdowns Dunn said of Wednes day outing We ve got to learn to three good solid periods of The Sabres showed signs of being ready to take control of be game with Fergus but let up when It ap peared the momentum was shifting ad a pah the early going for out the Sabrta struck back with markers by Peter CargUl and Dave Thomas to deadlock the earns after minutes In the second Weber added hut The Acton Sabres look a major slide In their Junior league last week Ural they lost to ihe Fermi Machine Wednesday on home Ere and then they were drubbed 193 by the Bulls Sunday night Royals win draw in weekend action The Royals won and tied a pair of weekend games in On Hockey Association Southern Senior play and now have a record of wins eight losses and five ties for 35 points with two games remaining In the regular schedule The Royals dumped Blues Friday night In as Glenn Murray paced the attack two goals and one assist and Brad Miller turned in a stellar per between the pipes Hlllsburgh dominated most of the contest although they did trail 10 after only 31 seconds when Ron Mar tin scored for the Blues The Royals then shut down a offence until the last four minutes of the game when they scored last two markers Andy also found the net twice for and Paul Fraser and Paul Allison connected for singles Sunday evening In Exeter led 31 with Just eight minutes remaining but Exeter counted two goals to tie thescore at before time had elapsed Paul who seems to be returning to his old form scored twice while Kerry Kuemig added the other marker Brad Miller made a number of key saves In the contest stopping shots while Louis Arts turned aside for Exeter The Royals host day night at the community centre at 30 m then travel to Tavistock to play the second place team Sstur day at The playoff format will see the first place team play sixth In a best of seven series Second place will take on fifth and third will meet fourth in beslof five series for the other opening rounds Two games remain to be rescheduled before the end of the regular season is to ploy at AMES THIS CUSTOM KITCHENS KITWOOD INDUSTRII Locally Owned Operated Years Experience 8779896 247 Armstrong Unit 7 Georgetown 8779742 third goal of the match at to nut Dan Curtis tied the game at three when be connected with a at Teammate Dave Thomas was decked In a scramble at the side of the Fergus net out still managed to shovel the puck back to the waiting Curtis Taking all the time he Deed ed Curtis fired a shot the top cor ner With both sides playing two men short the Sabres got sloppy in their end allowing Fergus to again take the lead Jack moved in from the right wing sidestepped a defender and slid the puck Into the open net after seeing the Acton goalie had committed himself With Just a minute and a half re maining In the second period Fergus took a 53 lead when McKetujo took a big rebound off the back boards and tucked the puck In The teams exchanged a pair of goals each in tlie final frame Weber with his fourth of the night and Tom Donncl scored far Fergus to open up a lead before Acton replied with markers by Tony VanDsm and Greg to round out scoring Sunday game In Bradford was one manager Dunn would just as soon forget To put It bluntly the Sabres stunk the place out ac cording to Dunn Trojans Cougars record victories The Trojans and the Cougars recorded victories In Georgetown Ladles Basketball League action last week The Trojans upended the drat place Capri corns by a score of while the Cougars downed the Mustangs Despite the loss Caps remain in first place with 24 points followed closely by the Trojans with The Cougars are Just one point back with while the Mustangs have Boo led the Trojans with points while Alice Ogden and Silvia had eight each For the Kyra Irvine was tops with and Maria Smith contributed In the other contest Anita led all scorers with 12 points while Kerry O Neil had 11 and JoAnne Dennis added eight for the winners June Nicholson- led the Mustangs with 10 points and Diane Gardiner and Melanle McCracken chipped In with apiece In league the previous week the bounced the Mustangs and the Trojans the Cougars 5955 Play resumes tonight Wednes day at Centennial Public School It was a horror show The for wards didn do anything They were continually getting caught out of position and the defencemen couldn do anything because he forwards coming back to help out The Sabres skated with be Sufis through the first period but in be second the flood gates opened as Bradford exploded with 10 unanswered goals From there he rout was on as he Bulla added five more goals In the second to Acton s lone reply The Sabres were overall and 295 In the middle frame alone makeup game with Fergus will not be played since It has no bearing on the final standings In first round playoff action Ac ton will meet The divisional semi final features Fergus taking on Grand Valley Both series ore seven affairs Despite the letdown at the seasons end Dunn says the Sabres will still have a good shot at knock Orangevllle At this point there one big IT If we can play the way we re capable of playing for three periods then we We have to get the guys doing J re supposed be doing The Sabres open their playoff series in Friday night 30pm The second match In the series will be back in Acton Saturday night FEBRUARY 1st INTRODUCING THE MOTORS BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA PAYMENT REDUCER PLAN no di Furniture Stripping UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Hours Men 9am Open from HEW NUMBER Sinclair 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