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THE HERALD Wedondajr April ONLY PEH WEEK 1989 HONDA CIVIC GEORGETOWN SI cost Georgetown leasing SALES SERVICE 8731818 Sports and I Recreation 1 DOWNTOWN FAX 1 1 SERVICE 1 Evenings Saturdays Too ill VOUAGI I DAPHMflMCV ITD Downtown Georgetown 8772761 the HERALD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Pave Thorpe of won the mens singles at be Halton Open badminton cham pion ships on Friday In Georgetown The win was a sweet one for Thorpe who finished second in the dosed finals two weeks ago Hell compete in the tournament tomor row in Hamilton Georgetown spins to Ontario title Thorpes on top Dave Thorpe of AHS will lead a strong field of Hills high school badminton players into the GHAC finals tomorrow in Hamilton Thorpe bounced back from a second place finish at the Halton Closed championships two weeks ago to capture first overall in the mens singles competition at the Halton Open badminton meet at GDHS last Friday Mixed doubles partners Bill Tutt and Julie Purvis of Georgetown joined Thorpe on the gold medal podium Friday as they also finished first in their category Other local athletes wholl travel to Hamilton for GHAC in clude mixed doubles partners Meredith and Owen Jones of GDHS who finished fourth on Friday and Jans who took third in ladies singles Rebel spikers miss gold The Canadian midget mens club volleyball championship in Newfoundland last weekend had an ironic twist for a couple of Georgetown players and its one they would rather have done without John and Peter Gom- bocz both members of Oakvilles West Side Volleyball Club were In the lineup as the Ontario cham pion club side met Scarborb Lunatics in the national final in Gander on Sunday West Side had defeated Scarboro to win the pro vincial title but on Sunday it was the Lunatics turn for revenge In a seesaw battle that Cana dian volleyball officials called one of the best finals in the past four years Scarboro outlasted West Side In a 90minute marathon session winning the Canadian title West Side head coach John Burt said the final was most entertaining with very strong of fence on both teams He cited who played despite an injured ankle and Gombocz for their strong play throughout the tournament in which West Side entered the semifinals with a record They defeated a Montreal select side to earn their final berth Herald Sports Editor A Georgetown girl has earned a trip to British Columbia after be ing crowned the top junior baton- twirler in Ontario at the provincial baton championships in Scar borough last weekend Deanna Guignard won a gold medal in the junior womens divi sion of the freestyle event at Level A the highest elite level of com petition to earn top spot in a group five finalists who will compete for Ontario at the Canadian baton championships in Vancouver in Ju ly Deanna was just outstanding raved Batons East head coach Darlene King on Monday Deanna also added a second gold medal to her weekend outing by helping the eightmember Batons East junior twirling team gain top spot in the team competition was not the only Georgetown athlete to shine in Scarborough however as Andrea Chisholm and Guignard sister also put on spec tacular shows Andrea 11 won gold in the Level B freestyle competition and thus qualified to attend the Eastern Canadian Championships in May If the Georgetown places left Deanna Guignard centre and Andrea were winners at the re cent Ontario Baton Champion ships in Scarboro Herald photo among the top five in that competi tion shell accompany west to the Canadian finals was a key member of Batons East provincial title- winning juvenile twirl team and also placed seventh overall in a field of girls All this in her first year of competition Danays only a beginner and she was just ter rific said King Andreas performance was even more outstanding in that she won first place in all of the three builder events at the juvenile competition a very rare oc currence according to King An drea took top position in the solo dancetwirl solo twirl a sta tionary twirling competition and medley twirl Her field consisted of 28 other competitors from across Ontario Deanna won provincial gold in solo dance and bronze in solo twirl to add to her overall golds in a competitive field of 26 girls Im ecstatic this is just the best provincial championships weve ever had especially for- the kids from Georgetown said King Of the five girls who qualified in the junior division for the Canadian championships four of them hail ed from Kings Burlingtonbased Batons East club which holds training sessions regularly in Georgetown Meanwhile if makes the grade at the Canadian champion ships she could be just starting to travel The top four finishers in the Canadian junior finals will wing their way to Switzerland in August for the World Baton Champion ships King says Deanna has a good chance at cracking the lineup and apparently some Ontario twirling officials agree One of the women on the On tario Baton Twirling Board asked me if would be available to go to Switzerland said King She thinks has an ex cellent chance to qualify for the Worlds Theres certainly no pressure on as she heads to Van couver Shes the youngest by one year of all the competitors in the division and has another full year of eligibility in her category While King believes Deanna can make the Canadian top five she says her goal will be to make at least the top seven placings An Acton Redmen midget strains mightlh to grasp the ball in a during high school action MIS and the Assumption Crusaders at last Ttiursdaj Brad Thorpe kicked all of points lit a closely contested 12 a loss while both the junior and senior also absorbed losses bee Page for more details Herald photo Do nasty colors really make a team more mean Do dark colors really make an athlete more aggressive Would the Oakland Raiders I still refuse to accept their move to be half as in timidating if they wore lime That timehonored psychological argument which has been bantered about in bar rooms since Pavlovs dog first salivated was the premise behind an interesting article in last weeks Sports Illustrated The piece suggested that teams wearing predominantly uniforms or suits with a lot of black in them are perceived as more aggressive and more often than not play that way In football the Raiders were cited- as examples of this theory and in hockey of course who else but the big bad Bruins and Phit- ly s Broad Street Bullies But the article went on to sug gest that teams switching to black more often show the greatest increase In aggressive behavior during the first season of their color change Both the Pittsburgh Penguins and Los Angeles Kings RIP were shown to have jumped con siderably in penalty minutes irig their first year in black suits So how does that theory relate to our own Jr B Raiders Lets just say Dave Schultz would be happy In after switching from green and gold to red and black increase in penalty minutes per game than any of their Central league west division rivals Raiders leapt from a per game average of 20 penalty minutes in 198788 to one of 29 this past season Their closest rival was Burlington which went up by six 1 minutes per game Raiders also went from the least penalized team in the west a mere 884 minutes to the fifth highest at 1233 an increase of 349 minutes in two fewer regular Individually fiesty centre Kevin Dance was the torch- bearer for the newlook Raiders accumulating 283 minutes in the sin bin while finishing ninth in the division scoring race with 63 points But interestingly enough the other three teams in the division that wear black Milton Streetsville and Mimico all dropped in total penalty minutes and minutes per game in 198889 Go figure it PLATERS MOVING From the just when you thought it was safe to buy seasons tickets department rumors nave the Guelph Platers with whom the Raiders had a working agree ment last season selling to in terests that would move the fran chise to St Catharines Buffalo or Stay tuned BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY GDHS Rebel rugby coach Bill Bingham said he found it a difficult assignment but hes advised Trent Cull arguably the best athlete on the field during Georgetowns midget rugby loss to powerhouse last week to leave the rugby team and stick to track for the spring season With his commitment to hockey we thought It would be best If Trent avoided the chance of get ting Injured and stayed with track- said Bingham