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Jfttt sports and recreation 0 til da ar Nun be 3 Sabres draw firstplace Burlington It s been a year of firsts for the Acton Sabres and tonight another one is about to take place The first central junior B playoff game at the Community Centre Is about to happen when the Sabres face off against first place Burlington Cougars in a bestof seven quarter final Sabres finished in fifth place only one point behind the hoped for fourth placing them in the bottom half of the playoff teams The top four teams draw the bottom four and the Cougars drew the Sabres Bad luck Coach Jules think so I think we can beat Burlington if we play the hockey we re capable of playing he said But 11 going to take a full effort The Cougars record of late is impressive Not only are they top team in the league with points 10 points ahead of second- place Oak Ridges but they also have the top scorers on their team They were in the midst of a winning streak at the end of the season losing only to Oakville Of course the Sabres have beaten the Cougars before Their record against them stands at one win and three losses but two of the three losses were by only one goal They lost Thursday October be fore the Sabres started heir turnaround then won at the Community Centre Wednesday November 12 At that point sold They re a nice team to play against One month later the Sabres were back in Burlington and lost starting them on a mid season slump Then on Saturday January with the Sabres attempting to get back into earlier form they fell to the Cougars said he scouted the Cougars in Sunday but t many weakenesses Perl their defensive position but I don t see a whole lot of They re good shooters and they the puck well he said They re the type of team if you want to beat them you have to skate with them We arc definitely going to have to play man on man hockey says Sabres lie in their inexperience especially with the newer players Besides no one has seen playoff action I think If the series goes six or seven games this inexperience might hurt us Russian said he prefers Burlington to Brampton or Oak Ridges Oak Ridges was in a bit of a slump before tho playoffs be gan he said but they 11 be out of it by now Oak Ridges defeated Derbys last night in the first game CENTRAL ONTARIO JR PLAYOFF MATCH UPS Final Standing L T A all bestof seven series Burlington Oakville 36 7 I Series A Acton vs Burlington 10 162 63 Wednesday at Acton 30 m Oak Ridges 30 61 Friday at Burlington Brampton 198 Saturdayat Acton 30 Acton 13 228 Monday at Burlington m If Streetsvlllc Orillia 39 Feb Burlington 8pm Thornhlll 24 242 an Sat Feb 21 at Acton Dixie 16 25 Mon 23 at Burlington pm Georgetown 11 156 Series BOakvlIle 10 29 Series C Oak Ridges Milton 11 Series Brampton League honors winners Four award winning Sabres will be honored between the second and third periods of Saturday Sabres Burlington Cougars playoff match at the arena That when the central junior B league 11 honor the Sabres individual award winners and present the league trophies Glenn Murray who won the Most Valuable Player award Pat Fung who earned recognition as the Lady win ner and Barry Most Improved Player CapUin of the Sabres Pat Fung presents Murray Walker general manager of the Oakville Blades a cheque from Dave Dry den an ardent supporter of the Sabres He also presented Walker with a cheque from Sabre players towards the Dave Hawkins benefit fund Redmen raid Sudbury capture tourney title The AHS Junior walked off the basketball courts in Sudbury this weekend tournament champions for the third year In a row while one of their star performers was honored as most valuable player of the entire tournament Junior needed three victories to copthechamplonship They defeated North Bay in the first game Gorjup was lead point getter although scoring was spread out over the team He netted 10 points John Lobello scored while Glenn Scott and Matt each hooped eight The Redmen faced St Charles who are undefeated In Sudbury high school basketball in the next game and came away with a conquest Bob Little was top offensive player netting 13 points Brent Vickcry scored 11 and Lobello netted The handed O Gorman of Timmins a loss In the championship match Vlckery led the way with 14 points Gorjup and Scott 11 Besides choosing as MVP both and Scott were named to the tournament a lis tar team The juniors resume their league schedule this week with one third of a trlplcheader at White Oaks Wednesday Friday at AHS they play Queen Elizabeth Park The are in a threeway tie with both WO and Q E after dumping Oak ville Trafalgar last Wednesday Since none of the three are defeated Wednesday and Friday a matches will determine first place Redmen s final league game is next Tuesday In Oakville against Blakclock but they will be travelling to Stayner Saturday W v KgjOM LA Mi 1 Medal winners at the competition arc Cheryl Genoe Heath Norton front and Sarah Homer and Mike Crelghton back Mining Karen MacEachern The Acton Figure Skating Clubsent 11 competitors in all to Brampton Sunday for the inter club presented with their trophies Sabres rookie coach Jules who brought the team from the depths of the Junior cellar to a respectable fifth place finish th season will be presented with the silverware as coach of the year Tor Sabre fans It Will not only be an opportunity to applaud their team success but as well witness something they have been waiting for a long time a junior playoff game at the Acton Com Centre Roy Doll man scores the tying marker In Saturdov night final league game again t the Oakville Blades as the Sabres lie day they won in Milton Tonight they play Burlington In the first game the quarter finals Last second goal ties final game by Diana Waltmann With three seconds left showing on the clock at the Community Centre Saturday night Ted Casson whistled down play in the Blade zone The Sabres could have kissed him for it That all they needed to score the tying goal and end the best season of their lifetime on an upbeat note a tie with It t a win and it kept them out of fourth place by a single point but it was a dam sight better than last year closing episode and a good hockey game to boot Sabres now enter the central junior B playoffs against Burlington Cougars with the first game scheduled for tonight at the rink Sabres played catch up hockey all night Saturday The Blades took a onegoal lead at the two minute mark of the first period but at 8 Mark Duval tied it up A few seconds later Tony Dulisse rang one off the outside of the Blade a post Blades picked it up from there skated up Ice and knocked another one in off the post at 45 Steve Miller tied It up once more for the Sabres at from Bob Allsop A light fast wrist shot found its way in to the left comer of the Oakville net That tied the game 2 2 But the Blades weren finished With seconds left in the period they connected again Denis Kirton passed the puck in front of the Sabre net the Blades jumped on it and scored Miller wasted no time in getting the goal back in the second frame scoring just seconds Into the period Pat Fung and Duval assisted But at the Blades did It again scoring on a rush after Sabres had applied pressure in tho Oakville end Denis connected after a scramble in front of the net to tie the game again by now at 35 But a few seconds later Blades scored after Wayne juggled the puck At that point Jules Russian pulled and placed back up goal tender Stevc in net It gave Sabres a lift because at 12 27 Fung found an open net and picked his spot Roy who shot first and missed received the assist Once again c Blades came back going ahead 14 to end the second period and once again at 14 28 of the third Sabres came back to tic it Kirton countered on the with Barry Trood and McGUIoway nabbing aids Sabres began to press for a winning goal After all coach Russian staked his coaching career on a win against the Blades but wltl only left in the game it was thc Blades who found the niche found himself out of position when he dropped to block both player and puck in the zone Blades neatly hopped over him zipped into Sabre end and scored to take the lead Blades may have thought they had the game won up They pressed on pulling Kruk in favor of the extra attacker coming close on several occasions before per formed his gametying heroics helped him out on the play at 19 Saturday game was another Russian said the Sabres should have won Wo outplayed them and them It a case of just being inexperienced Many of our scoring opportunities were muffed up They re not taking extra seconds to the net He said many of the Oakville goals were scored because the defencemen weren t taking the man completely out of the play Russian was pleased with his ding however despite pulling McDougall I m not too concerned about Wayne he said And I m really feeling good about Steve He become more aggressive since had a little chat vlth him and it showed in the games in Milton and Oak vlllo He made some key saves in the third against Oakville He was strong in the Milton game Friday night with the last two goals being scored on their own goalie With six minutes left in the game Milton Mike Shepard suffered a mild concussion He recovered In the dressing room but the Flyers had no other goalie dressed for the game Their goalie Paulo Zulian injured himself skiing last week So the Sabres loaned to the Flyers to finish the game and then scored two more goals Russian said he wasn t sure which goal he was go ng to play tonight game against Burl a decision he usually makes at game time But he was quick to add everyone Is in tip top shape for the game Fun starts at m Saturday was also Dave Hawkins night and the Sabres held a special presentation between the second and third periods Sabre captain Pat Fung presented Blade general manager Murray Walker with two cheques a from Sabre players and from avid supporter Dave Dry den Alternate captain Bob Allsop presented Walker with a Sabre jersey with Hawkins name on the back and Barry gave him an autographed ck and puck Ray Graham presented Walker with another cheque for proceeds from a dance last week on behalf of the Sabre executive and from donations collected at the gate They were honoring Hawk ns a 17 year old Oakv lie boy who is paralyzed from the chest down after a hockey accident last September Hawkins was piny ng with the Blades In an exhibition game when he was checked and fell to the ice All junior B clubs hove raised money for Hawkins to aid in his recovery Walker said the presentations and gifts were doing a lot to help David keep hi morale high Seniors clinch fourth midgets alone in first after senior Redmen clinched a playoff spot In high school basketball action last week thanks to a 49iy victory over Georgetown Rebels Rob was the seniors leading scorer netting points Bob McClure hooped 13 and Steve Sprlngle scored six The midgets who are all alone in first place played the second half of tho double- header nabbing a convincing 25 victory over the Rebels Scoring was evenly spread Scott Allonby netted 13 points Dave Leslie 11 Gord March eight points Cliff seven and Randy Laver and six points apiece Rebels were early In with an 11 score at the end of the first quarter lengthened their lead by 11 points at the hall way point and were in full command with a score at the end of threequarters Last Wednesday against midgets copped a victory with netting points as Redmen top The seniors also won in Oakville with and McClure once again leading the pack Both the seniors and the midgets play Wednesday against White Oaks and Friday here against Queen Elizabeth Park ONeill nabs two for win Chris ONclU led the Alton Mclsaoc novices to a2 1 victory over Elora Saturday in hub league action scored both Acton markers In the third frame each effort unassisted He opened the scoring at 4 31 In the third tied it two minutes later but with only 11 seconds left in tho game O Nelll scored again nabbing the victory for his team