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1 991 A great year in sports in Halton Hills By STEVEN The Herald As a newcomer to the Halton Hills area only a few short months ago I must say Ive been very impressed with the quality of and dedication to sports in this community a com mumty small in size but spor the brief time I have been in charge of sports at the paper have quickly come to realize the vast talent that exists amongst athletes both young and old in Hills was a year that showed Region and the entire province that athletes in this community can compete with the best Ontano has to offer In November Georgetown tenntal Middle School took the volleyball scene by storm with both the female and male volleyball teams capturing the Provincial Cup his was the first time in provincial competition that a school took both titles Coming off this impressive high the male and female Centennial Chargers went on to add some more hardware to their winnings both capturing the North Cham pionships and two weeks later both claiming the titles against Burlingtons Rolling Meadows Turning to high school volleyball the Georgetown District High School Rebels both junior and senior had outstanding seasons of their own The junior squad took an undefeated regular season into the playoffs where their won the finals while the seniors lost only one regular season match up and were beaten in the finals Other big sports news in eluded the senior girls field hockey team making it to the semi finals in regional competition and the junior girl s cross country team led by and Jodie Johnson captured the Halton title was the year the Georgetown Chrysler Raiders Junior B hockey club breath new life into Halton Hills hockey fans and the entire JumorBwest division After a terrible season Raider President Finn Poulstrup went hunting for new talent He acquired long time local coach Charlie Hanman to lead the team and the two added a number of new players to the roster including a great combination in Ben Hennch and The Raiders were honored with Organization of the Century by the Hockey Association during their home opener and also signed an affiliation Strom a new Junior A hockey club in the The Raiders who were stationed near the basement of the Junior B west division most of last season now hold a strong record of 14 wins losses and four ties and are in third place Georgetown Linda Kirk also made news in 1991 playing a major role in Canada capturing the gold in the World Triathlon Cham in Australia Other high lights of the year m eluding youth tennis star Victor representing Ontano in national tennis competition student John Jicklng being named one of the top 10 athletes for Southern in the Toronto Star and Trevor com in both Junior B hockey member of the Raiders and high school football During one football game he scored an outstanding four touchdowns and ran for over yards 1991 also saw a new Georgetown Baseball Association president in Donna Blight the first female president in league history It also saw the start of monthly sports car and comic shows at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena for local card collectors At this time I think its ap propriate to also recognize all the coaches trainers referres co and parents in Halton Hills all of whom play a vital role in this sports community and without whom the high level of competition in all sports here would not exist has been a great year for sports in Hills and Im to have been part of it and look for ward to an exciting and productive 1992 sports year Sundiy December Page 21 To Schedule Squash Results 22 Golden Bowling Sports Roundup Tough Darts 23 ALL POSTAL SERVICES AVAILABLE 9aaa9pm EXCEPT PRIORITY POST ltd Downtown Georgetown 8772761 STEVEN Herald Sports 8772201 SPORT SHORTS Legion Peewees win series with Brampton As the end of the regular season draws nearer the Minor Peewees gear up for the playoffs The storm team blew Brampton away in Saturday game at Alcott Arena Strong by Jason Turvill kept the scoreboard clean for the first as the Hurricanes warmed up for their second and third penod attacks Jeff Seeds lead the squad with two goals while Adam Bertoli and Mike Roy netted singles as the team shutout Brampton The next night the Hurricanes were hosted by the Brampton team After another scoreless first penod Brampton was first to get on the board The Halton visitors managed to tie the score shortly In less than a minute however broke the tie Eager to prove themselves superior s Bryan Long tied the game Ryan Billinghurst played a great game in net enabling the players to gain the draw and win the weekend series against Brampton Curling news By ELLEN BURNS Herald Special I can t believe the first draw of this season is over already The two ladies sections are finished until the new year I understand there is some die hard curling on the I hope they have all their Christmas shopping done The top team of the Wednesday night Social was skipped by Betty Cox Vicing was Judy second was Cindy Crowell and lead was Madge Whitfield In second place was Gim Bour Sandy Peer Donna and Grace Rylett In third place was Jacky Theresa Smith Judy and Jennifer Thompson Thanks to Jacky for a great draw who now has her wnst in a cast so will be on the sidelines for a few weeks Winners of the Tuesday morning ladies were Alice Theresa Smith Linda Robertson and Shan Buy In second place was Mary Wands team of Mae Cartwnght and Joy Noble Lucky draw winners were McLaren and Ellen Bums Acton Sabres drop two late period decisions Hopes for the Acton Sabres moving up in the Mid Junior hockey standings were put on hold last weekend when the Sabres lost two home games drop ping a 8 overtime decision to Dec 20 and losing the following night against Fergus Dec 21 Schomberg jumped ahead to lead early Friday evening before Acton s Adam Hilts put the Sabres on the scoreboard at 16 51 of the second Schomberg scored three more quick goals and then Sabre Steve Henderson followed up with a goal while Hilts rounded out scoring in the second period with two more goals giving him the natural hat trick Schomberg were able to net two goals in the final period but Acton fought back with three goals to tie the score and force overtime action Acton goals in the third were scored by Jay Jasper Paul and Travis Hilts assisted on two of these goals giving him a five point evening It took Schomberg just over six minutes to dump in the winning goal and end the game The next evening Acton got off to another frustrating start dropping five goals before they were able to hit the scoreboard After two period the score was Fergus Acton goals were scored by Mike Sutherland Travis Jolin Van Dam and Jason Lucas Acton was able to tie the score with two goals in the third by Hilts and Henderson but at 50 ended the Sabres chances of salvaging weekend play with the winning goal Major Novices earn big win in Hamilton Relaxing with a skate While others were knee deep in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season Bruce Deamude and his son John decided to- relax with an af ternoon skate and Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena Public skating at the arena is every Saturday and Sunday from 1 to Herald Photo by Steven LeBlanc By Beverly Biggs Herald Special The major novices have been struggling all season for a big win last weekend it happened Satur days game against Milton was a warm up for Georgetowns win against Hamilton Saturday at the end of the first period Georgetown led with scores by Peter Veltman and Billy assisted by Riley and Justin respectively The third period saw the game tied up at 3 Georgetowns goal came from Matt In the third Milton got a 3 lead until there were two minutes remaining Peter got the last goal for his team and Georgetown lost On Sunday night Georgetown beat Hamilton 31 This game was somewhat of a grudge match because the last game against the team ended with a Hamilton coach and parent thrown out of the arena many frustrated parents and a draw Georgetown scored first with a talley by Greg Bidwell assisted by Simon Saulnier Saulnier scored an unassisted second goal At the end of one the score was 0 Georgetown Hamilton scored after a scrim mage in front of Georgetowns net late in the second The pressure was on for the novices and Greg responded with the third goal for Georgetown Both goalies Simon and Stephan were chosen as the stars of the game each stopping some 23 shots on net