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YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 3 ( / 0 ( ! , 4 / . ( ) , , 3 A GOOD REASON TO SHOP LOCAL #2. Shopping local saves you money. Out of town shops have done a good job of convincing us all that sole traders = expensive, but the evidence just isnt there to back this up . If you add in trav- el, parking costs, fees to transport larger items home and your time, the overall cost is often much higher. 905.873.0301 This message brought to you by your local newspaper Acton/Georgetown, Friday, February 1, 2008 21 SPORTS & LEISURE Julia Soderholm of the Acton Bearcats beats a Nelson player to the tip during their recent Halton high school senior girls volleyball contest. The Bearcats improved their league record to 6-1 with a 25-17, 25-14 victory. Actons lone defeat of the season came against the unde- feated Georgetown Rebels in week one. The Cats finish up the regular season with matches against Lester B. Pearson and at home against Milton. The junior Bearcats dropped their match to Nelson 25-18, 25-17. Photo by Eamonn Maher Halton Hills residents turned in some land- mark results for the Milton Speedskating Club at a meet that drew competitors from as far away as Michigan at Oakvilles River Oaks Recreation Centre earlier this month. Two Georgetown skaters posted top-five fin- ishes for their respective age groups and anoth- er achieved a first for the three-year-old Milton club. Seven-year-old Kelsey Carr placed 12th in the peewee girls category, although her times were fast enough to qualify her for the Ontario championships at Clarington in March, some- thing a Milton club member hadnt done before. Samuel McEachran also finished first in the midget age group (12 & under) and his sister Abigail was an impressive fourth in the bantam division in her first-ever meet. Following are the results for local-area members of the Milton Speedskating Club at the Oakville races: Peewee Kelsey Carr 12th (222m-45.65; 111m- 23.54; 333m-1:06.20) Charlotte Geng 12th (222m-1:02.07; 111m-33.28; 333m-1:35.26) Bantam Abigail McEachran 4th (222m-41.22; 111m-21.70; 333m-1:02.72) Midget Lydia Geng 9th (333m-1:00.87; 222m- 38.28; 500m-1:35.23) Samuel McEachran 1st (222m-45.59; 111m-31.49; 333m-1:10.42) Matthew Carr 11th (333m-43.32; 222m- 33.28; 500m-1:35.26) Juvenile Philip Geng 9th (333m-DQ; 500m- 1:02.98; 333m-0:40.64, 666m-DQ) Georgetowns Sports Unlimited minor peewee AA Raiders were elim- inated in the semifinals of the International Silver Stick Playdowns in Newmarket by the Sault Ste. Marie Jr. Greyhounds. Preliminary round George- town 2, London Jr. Knights 1; Georgetown 6, Chesterfield, Mo. Falcons 3; Livonia 2, Georgetown 1 Semifinals Soo Jr. Greyhounds 8, Georgetown 2 Tournament scoring: Cory Highfield (2G, 2A); Adam Charalambides, Marty Burwell, Matt Simpson (2G, A); Jacob Hector, Blair VanderGlas (G, 2A); Cody Menzies (G, A); Teagan Gilian (3A); Chris Brydie, Stevie Rosa (2A); Nick Hale, Ben Sutherland, Jake MacNeil, Matt Carr, Adam Dobis (A); Tyler Anderson (W); Brandon Phair (W). Also, in Barrie, the minor peewee AA Raiders had a 2-0 lead on Barrie but the host Colts came back to win 3-2 in the championship game of the Glenn Bellerby Memorial Tourna- ment. Regular season Georgetown 3, Milton 2: Hector (G, A); Gilian, Simpson (G); Highfield, Rosa (A); Phair (W). Georgetown 5, Guelph 2: Hector (2G, A); Simpson (G, 2A); Charalambides, Menzies (G); VanderGlas (2A); Brydie (A); Anderson (W). Midget AE Raiders Stoney Creek 4, Georgetown 2: Mark Giordano, Brandon Medeiros (G); Jason Skweres, Michael Jobin (A). Georgetown 9, Arthur 4: Patrick White (2G, 2A); Shane Sprayson (2G, A); Medeiros, Joseph Lizewski, Dylan Hanzelka, Giordano, Skweres (G); Matt Brown, Chad Fellows (A); Curtis Vasey (W). Georgetown 3, Caledon 3: Andrew Best (G, A); Sprayson, Giordano (G); White, Skweres, Medeiros, Lizewski (A). Atom Select Raiders The M.W. Lee Print Raiders from Georgetown held a powerful Caledon side to a draw in atom select action. Georgetown 1, Caledon 1: David Neely (G); Josh McCabe (A). Georgetown 5, Oakville 5: Cameron Fritz (2G); Nicholas Luciani (G, 2A); McCabe (G, A); Alex DeVos (G); Tyler Amaral, Neely, Justin Dool (A). Minor Bantam AA Raiders Georgetowns Buywise Windows & Doors Raiders began OMHA play- off qualifying with a victory over Flamborough. Georgetown 4, Flamborough 1: Kyle Moore, Brett Scace (G, A); Tyler Topham, Michael Nicolucci (G); Paul Chiapetta, Mark Hirst, Brandon Clelland (A). Regular season Georgetown 4, Milton 2: Brett Pierce, Adam MacKinnon (G, A); Bryson Nicolucci, Topham (G); Michael Nicolucci, Clelland (2A); Moore, Chiapetta (A). Georgetown 4, Oakville 1: Topham, Moore (G, A); Cameron McKnight, Pierce (G); Clelland (A). Minor Atom AA Raiders The OMHA round-robin playoffs began with a victory over Guelph for Georgetowns EndZone minor atom AA Raiders. Georgetown 7, Guelph 3: Cole Besworth (3G, A); Trevor Jenkins, Daniel Larade (G, 2A); Aidan Mills, Mackenzie Chalmers (G); Tyler Biles (2A); Adam Elinesky, Adam Farrugia, Daniel Heelis, Jack Hennigan (A); Nicholas Hinz (W). Tyke Select #1 Raiders A pair of goals by Noah Stevenson was the difference for Georgetowns Krause/Re-Max Realty Raiders defeated Guelph in a matchup of tyke select teams. Georgetown 3, Guelph 1: Noah Stevenson (2G); Braydon Sloan (G, A); Mitchell Shorgan (2A); Alexander Quinn (A). Burlington 5, Georgetown 2: Braden OConnell, Justin Knebel (G); Shorgan, Jean-Sebastien Pearce (A). Stoney Creek 2, Georgetown 1: Shorgan (G); Stevenson (A). Net result... a Bearcat win Rep hockey roundup Raiders fall in semis See MINOR, pg. 22 Speed skaters post strong results