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Page IS THE HERALD Wednesday May 1989 PER WEEK 1989 HONDA CIVIC Georgetown S SI low COST Georgetown leasing SALES SERVICE 8731818 the HERALD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK George Hunter captained the Orioles to the Georgetown Golden Age league championship for the George and his teammates along with the other Golden Age winners honored at their annual banquet on May twill appear in this weekends sports section Sturgeons Tribe win three Playing members of the Georgetown B Raiders adopted another new name recently but this tune the moniker change lasted for only a weekend Playing as the Georgetown Tribe and under the guidance of Raider coach Peter Sturgeon a collection of Georgetown Jr B teammates along with additions from the GMHA and other local associations played to a respec table win loss record in the Tournament of Stars midget aged hockey competition at Toronto Chesswood Arena last weekend The Georgetown squad which featured members of last year s Raider team and two affiliate players was unable to use the Raider nickname due to insurance complications Sturgeon dubbed his crew of renegades the Tribe and only one other team in division was unable to solve the local outfit After dropping their opener on Friday to the Kawartha Klassics the Tribe strung together three consecutive wins before bowing to the Klassics for the second time in two meetings in a tournament playoff match Monday morning ousted the Tribe with an Sturgeon said last week the an nual tournament provided a lot of experience for mfd getaged players on the brink of moving up the competitive hockey ladder as well as showcasing available talent to Ontario Hockey League scouts Just before the May 27 priority draft Two Raiders who skated with the Tribe last weekend defencemen Trent Cull and Rod Pasma are ex to go high in Saturdays draft A third forward Bryan Gen- dron could also be selected Satur day after he enjoyed a solid stretch run last season with the local Bs Other Raiders who donned colors for the Tribe were Cur tis Green Rob Shannon and Kevin Burrows forwards Brent Brown K Poster and John Williamson Raider affiliate players included Jim English and BUI McDonald from the tricounty champion Sun ny Acres Farms midgets and ban tams Adam Trevor DOWNTOWN FAX SERVICE Evenings Saturdays Too ill vouncJ a Downtown Georgetown Determined efforts such as the one being put forth by the CHICKEN club member In the above photo helped the Harrison School A Team win top honors In the competition at the annual on Monday CHICKEN club members also took to the air on Monday as evidenced by the high flying leaner In the bottom photo as kids lined up to try their skill at the long jump pit Herald photos Rebels hot at GHAC finals Twenty five Georgetown athletes will visit Niagara Falls today but their trip won t be for the purpose of sightseeing The GDHS track and field team was a dominant force at the an nual GHAC finals in Hamilton Thursday and when the dust had cleared at University Rebel athletes had qualified for the Niagara To day s competition is the last hur die to be cleared before the all Ontario OFSAA finals at Etobicoke Centennial Stadium June 2 3 Seven Rebels took gold in in dividual competition at Hamilton while three Georgetown relay teams also copped top honors during a hot and sunny day in which temperatures reached a seanng degrees Trent Cull was a multi gold winner for Georgetown taking first place the midget boys 100- metre hurdles 04seconds first in the midget boys shot put 13 99 metres and sharing a first in the midget boys relay which the Rebels won in a time of Other individual golds went to Knsty Johnson midget girls minutes Bob junior boys 3000 Lisa Carter senior girls triple jump metres Kevin Dyer junior boys 100metres Glenn Mulder senior boys 400metre hurdles and Tare Burroughs senior girls javelin 7 metres Georgetown also took first the junior girls and senior boys relay races with Anna Toone Natalie Thompson and Knsty Lewis an chonng the ladies group while Mike Dyer Glenn Mulder Dave Lawrence and Rob ran for the men Along with Cull on the first place midget boys team were Greg Workman Scott Hobbs and Steve Smith In other relay events Georgetown was second in senior girls midget girls and junior girls finals and third in the senior boyx 4x100 competition Other Rebels who qualified for the Niagara Regionals in the top included Sheri Nairn junior girls 3000 and 1500 Bob junior boys 1500 2 Lisa Carter senior girls high jump and 3 Mike Dyer senior boys and Alexis Kerr midget girls 400 2 Bill McDonald junior boys 2 Mike Dyer senior boys and Scott midget boys long jump and triple jump Jon senior boys high jump 2 Trent Cull midget boys 100 3 Natalie Goldson junior girls 80metre hurdles and Anna junior girls 400 field athletes were red hot at the annual GHAC finals in Hamilton Thursday In sweltering temperatures hovered near 30 degrees Celcius 10 Acton athletes qualified for the Niagara today in Niagara Falls As has been the case this season veteran Jen Scott led the way for AHS taking gold in both the junior girls triple jump 10 90 metres and long jump 14 the latter distance establishing a new AHS record Tammy Richards became the second Redmen athlete to win gold in Hamilton as she copped first place the midget girls discus event with a toss of 29 81 metres another Ac ton school record Tracy Hagan was second in midget girls discus and Tanya Holley was a silver medalist in the 200metre event while the junior girls 4x100 relay event showed the Redmen were also tough on the track as they earned second in a school record time of 52 seconds Heather threw the discus 47 metres for a third place standing while David Osborne set another school record running third in the in a lime of twominutes 68 seconds The open girls 4x400 relay team won third with an Acton record time of four minutes 62 seconds and Tracy leap of 45 metres was good for third in midget girls high jump com petition Tanya Holley qualified in the by running an unof ficial school record time between 13 and 22 seconds in fourth place and Tammy Richards was fourth in the midget girls javelin with a 22 34metre effort Vaughn Jen Martin Tanya Holley and Jennifer Scott carried both the junior girls 4x100 and open girls colors Actons got the fastest game on tuw feet Pauls Call Paul Svohoda Herald Sporti Editor Its called the fastest game on two feet Its also officially Canadas national game Its lacrosse Or as refers to the more common indoor version of the sport box lacrosse Its also alive and well in Acton I recall mentioning in my debut column here at the Herald last year at around this time of year that I was pleased to see one of my old favorite sports thriving in North Hal ton As the 1969 boxla season kicks or bounces into high gear let me say again its good to see the sticks colliding in Acton You have to admire the Acton Rams one of four senior men s teams in the tight knit Golden Horseshoe Lacrosse League Last year the Rams finished as league and playoff runnersup despite playing many games with as little as six men on the bench during a timeout that is Wayne Young one of the main men on the Rams stopped by the office in the spring and jokingly asked me if I knew anyone who wanted to buy a team The Rams at that time were considering operating just as a get together pick up fun team But an infusion of new talent and commitments from virtually all of last seasons veterans means the Rams are back in the thick of it for another kick at the Indian rubber ball Goaltender Steve Young holdovers like Paul Wilson George Wilson Kevin Marcoux and Van Ort are back and newcomers like hot shooting Beck a former Mississauga star and ex Jr B ace Justin Nixon have bolstered Acton lineup 1989 The youth game is also healthy in Acton with both bantam and tyke rep teams travelling in a local league that includes com petition in Kitchener Arthur and Guelph Top that off with a soft lacrosse house league players use plastic sticks and a Nerfhke ball that boasts about youngsters and Acton looks like a lacrosse stronghold The game is exciting and fun to watch and both the seniors and the kids deserve your support If youre up In Acton on a Wednesday or Thursday night this summer drop in and catch the fastest game on two feet BIG DAY Saturdays the big day for Raider defenders Trent Cull and Rod who both should go high the OHLs priority draft Cull said Monday hes currently ranked That means I could go fifth or 30th quipped the seeminglysagacious 15yearold According to Cull St Mikes star Eric con trols the draft and nobody else is sure where theyll go until the much sought after forward decides where he wants to play next season While maintaining hell be happy anywhere Cull Is apparently coveted by the newly revamped sound familiar Kingston the Hamilton Dukes and North Bay Pasma was ranked at last count Itll be hectic but fun said Cull of the big day The Recreation and Parks Department is offering an In structor Recertification on Sun day May 28 at the Acton Indoor Pool from 9 to 2