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the HERALD Sports I and and Recreation For 30 Years We Have Delivered SECTIONS THE HERALD February IMS Page Lose four games by total of five goals Gemini show spirit despite being swept The Georgetown Pontine Gemini made a good go of it but the in table came early as they were wept four games straight in the opening round of the Central Jr B hockey league playoffs by the Oak vllle Blades After losing the divisional quarter final opener last Tuesday the Gems forced the Blades to overtime Thursday at the Arena before losing again by a margin The third game of the series saw take another onegoal as they won on home ice day The Gems tried desperately to stave off elimination In Georgetown Saturday night but three goals by Darren Hunter in a span of the third period sewed up he vic tory and the series for the Blades Despite losing the series though Gemini coach Peter Sturgeon was happy wllh he way the team per formed You take a look at our kids he said following the final game They gave it all they hod They beat us by five goals In four games The players showed they vc got a lot of heart and a lot of determination The Blades were overwhelming favorites In the series finishing third in the Central loop east while the Gems were sixth thought we were out of the series any time We came Into every game thinking we could win Sturgeon gives due credit to the Blades and particularly to their No 13 Hunter who had the goals in two of the four games Blades 3 Gems 2 of the first when Adam Bennett con a shot from the along the ice The Blades replied at 18 when Chris McEochem deflected an Ian Moffat shot make It 1 In Ihc second Oakville took the lead when John Duff slid a pass across to Hunter on a Iwoononc and he put it by Georgetown goalie Todd King The Gems tied the game with a goal at Ihe 17 mark of the third Bennett slipped a pass to Kevin Dance and he skated in beat Kevin Mid way through he period the Gems were presented with a good opportunity to go ahead when Dance and Moffat had words at centre ice The player went after Dance and tried to pry off his helmet Moffat received a five- minute major for grabbing he face mask and another for fighting while Dance received a twominute That left Georgetown with a man advantage for a full eight minutes but they were unable tocapitallie The teams went scoreless through the first minute overtime and then went into sudden death Dance almost settled the matter few minutes into the period when he fired backhand at but he goalie made a stabbing glove save Hunter nally ended the game at 7 when he scored on a set up by Bryan Morgan The Gems were forced to play he game without Joe Washkurak who was unable lo reach Georgetown from Guclph due to stormy weather Jim McCobe was In uniform alter suffering a broken wrist few weeks ago but saw limited action Blades 7 Gems 6 Gems eliminated Georgetown and Orillia are Ihe first two teams to be eliminated from competition in the opening round of playoffs for the Central Ontario J B Hockey League The Gemini were swept four straight In their seven quarterfinal series with the Oakville Blades and Orillia the same fate in the East at hands of the Richmond Hill match the Derbvs came back win three straight games after dropping their opener the Mlmico and took a 1 lead over Milton wrap up the series night Aurora held a lead over Newmarket and Ihc Iwo teams were scheduled play last night as well In the leagues uper Series the Colts took a 1 lead over the Burlington Cougars in their five with the third game slated for Tuesday In Ihc next round of playoffs the Colts and the Cougars hove their choice of a divisional semifinal opponent and he two re maining teams In each of dlvi sions will square off in the other semifinal Bishop Reding sends ski teams to OFSAA Bishop Reding Secondary School will send two squads of cross try skiers to the champion ships later this month alter claim big team titles at the combination finals last week Bishop Reding won both the boys and girls Junior division champion ships at Hilton Falls Conservation Area and teams now advance to the OFSAA Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations finals In the past Nelson High School of Burlington has always been con Halton Golden Horseshoe cross country skiing powerhouse but Bishop Reding has been making great strides in he sport according to coach Brian Arsenault We bought sets of skis in the fall and started training before Christmas he says If it for the warm weather we probably would have had more students In volved in the program But to have 11 skiers going to la great At Bishop Reding students are on ly allowed to take part in one sport during a given season but Arsenault says the school Is attempting lo offer as wide a variety of sports as ble In Ihe Junior girls 5 km race Nelson skier topped the field of 17 with an impressive time of 13 Bishop Reding Anno Petri was second with a time of 17 and Other Bishop Reding skiers In eluded Anna Hollett seventh 18 Marie 28 and J Deryk i4h 33 All rive skiers will go o with the top four times counting In the team competition In the Junior boys event Bishop Red In a had a total of II skiers In the field of racers The winning time over Ihe 4 5 km For Bishop Reding Jim Lawrence was f fth over all wllh a time of Peter Blencowe was seventh 20 Giles Hodge finished eighth Steve Klein was 11th 26 and Steve was I3th James Cole was 14th in race and will be on alternate for the Bishop Reding learn The Junior girls team from Bishop Reding defeated Nelson for he team championship and the Junior boys team entries from both Nelson and White Oaks of Nelson took both Senior titles Members of Bishop Reding teams were presented with gold medals for both and GHAC championships When the Bishop Reding racers leave Sunday for Hal burton and prepare Tor their events Monday and Tuesday it will mark first time a group this large has advanced OF competition and Arsenault sees It as a step in the right direction for the school expects competition to be exceptional at the meet since many of the Northern Ontario schools have extensive cross coun try skiing programs On Monday Ihe skiers will race against the clock for best times On Tuesday the three skiers the best limes from each of the teams will take pan In a relay event The Georgetown Gemini were thrown for a loop In Ihe Blades Here Mark Pries of the Gemini for a loop opening round of Ihe Central Jr B at they were during at the Arena Herald photo eliminated In four straight garnet by the Oakville to lie it up at five In the second Brent scored the mark of the third to put Georgetown up out leao was shortlived Danny Deluca scored at 4 to tic Ihe game and hen winner Other scorers for the Gems Dance with a pair finished the night with three goals for the Blades while Brad had a pair and Hunter and John Duff had singles Blades 5 Gems 3 The fourth game of the series Saturday night in Georgetown saw the Gems jump out a lead Cole was allowed to skate out from behind the net and he bank a shot In off goalie Sean Gauthler skate at Ihe mark In second Chuck scored when he picked up the re bound of a Washkurak shot and put It past with Just IB seconds gone Duff scored lo make It a 1 game at 3 and then Hunter scored his first of four goals In a row to tie the game at 14 37 The Gems regained the lead in the third when Cole dropped a pass to and he beat Gauthler to the glove side at the iGsecond mark But then the roof caved In as Hunter put on a oneman show Duff was breaking in on the Georgetown net and had been lively tied up by a But Hunter was trailing on the play and swatted Ihe puck past King to make it a game at After the ensuing again broke In and Just nine seconds later Hunter took a drop pass from Cole and scored to make It Hunters fourth goal of the game was a strange one He tnnocently flipped a shot at the Georgetown net from outside the bluellne and the puck bounced once and flipped In under Kings arm at the 10 34 mark The Gems hopes sank lower when Dance and Don Cruise took themselves out of the game with misconducts and the team was unable to rally In the late going Oakville now advances to the divj semifinal The Burlington Cougars as division champions will have their choice of the three re maining teams for the next series and the other two squads will square of f in the other semifinal Sabres slipping in series with Flyers Flyers an interesting The team has got us on a roller coaster ride is the way Acton general manager Jules Russian sums up the current situation just cant figure It out You and everybody else Jules After taking a lead In their best of seven series the Sabres dropped a decision in Caledon last Tuesday Unfortunate but nothing start fumbling for the Panic Button over Friday back on home Ice the Sabres were fortunate to take a decision as Steve Wagner scored winner with lust seconds re maining In regulation time But then on Saturday with the Sabres again enjoying the home Ice advantage they were practically run out of the rink suffering a 1CM drubbing at the hands of the Flyers They re working hard said of the Flyers win Saturday They re facing elimination and they came out skating and hilling Local skaters take tests The Georgetown Figure Skating Club held a highly successful Test Day recently with a number of club skaters completing various levels Passing tests were Christine Dawson Preliminary Figure Bobbl Marchand Amy Longworth and Tracy First Figure Jody Johnson and John Preliminary Jen nlfer Cook and Bobbi Marchand Jr Bronze Freeskote Several also completed their Dance lesls Dutch Walts Sarah Canasta Tango Tanya Little Ashley De and Denlse Hannah Swing Lesley Watson Ten Fox John Fiesta Tango Ellen Louise Mathews Jennifer Shep- Linda John Kovacevlc Emma Harrison Burgess Julie Myers Domo Koveccvic and Yvonne Moore Willow Waltz Yvonne Moore Bob Marchand Julie Myers and Danielle Demble Fourteenstep Amy and Sara Hartley this The Sabres built up a 30 lead in game Friday by the mid way point of the second period Peter Carglll put Acton on the scoreboard at the 4 mark of the opening frame when he scored from Chris Turner Todd Cull gave Acton a lead on Ihe with Just three seconds left in the period The puck came back Cull after a faceoff in the Caledon end and he moved in on the left side to beat Flyer goalie Greg Powell The Sabres third goal caused some controversy as the Flyers argued the puck was punched In by the Sabres Mark French A waist high shot came to French at the side of the Just as he was be ing checked from behind by a Flyer defender It appeared the puck went In either off French glove or his stick shaft But the marker stood for a Acton lead Carglll and Greg Yates drew assists finally got on the scoreboard with Just under seven minutes left in the second as Pat O put one in from Doug The Flyers closed the margin to one goal when Eric scored at 11 or the third and then Jeff lied the match with a goal at The Flyers thought they had scored goahead goal with just over a minute remaining when An dy Cadcau put a shot by Acton goalie Dan Halliburton But referee Ron MacLean ruled a Caledon player had Interfered In the crease and called the goal back With the Sabres enjoying a and pressing In the Caledon zone the puck came out from the comer through the goal crease Wagner was planted In front of the net and managed to stop the puck and jam It In under Powell for the game winning goal coming at 19 Things almost got out of hand after the final had sounded when the teams were leaving the ice The Sabres hod congregated around their goalie while the Flyers were leaving the Ice As he skated by Powell waved a stick menacing ly at Sabres and the two groups came together In a mass shoving match The learns were eventually separated and nothing more came Saturday the Sabres made a strong start but quickly fizzled We scored the first goal and came out like we wanted to In Russian said Then we just seem ed to back off The Sabres trailed 41 after the first period Pat Daly had three goals for the Flyers while Jay Moulton and Paul Samek had a pair each Singles went to Paul Collella and Jeff Campbell French Tom Fisher Steve Scan nell and Mike replied for Ac The Sabres had another chance to end the series last night Tuesday in Caledon If a seventh game in the series Is necessary it will go tonight Wednesday in Acton The Acton Sabres scored 31 seconds left In tlon lime Friday night to claim a decision over the and take lead In their seven playoff series The Flyers came back the following night though to win 104 Here Sieve under Caledon goalie Greg Powell for t Friday night Heraldnhnini J SPORTS I Baseball preparations B2 B2 B2 B3 SPORTS I Mustangs on top B3 Scoreboard B3 Hustlers on target B3 Municipal awards gala J ENTERTAINMEN r B5 BS Wildlife display