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Her words arent hard to swallow Anne hop ng II have to eat her words Back in September when her junior basketball club was just starting to practice coach said the Acton High School would be re building this year The club hod a lot of speed she said but had only four players back from tin previous year She predicted the team would do about as as the year before when they lost out in the Hal ton semi finals I rlday the junior club made one step closer to a dinner date with those same words when they beat White Oaks in the quarter final round of the Hal tons Teresa Dunn was top scorer for Acton with 11 points bally hooped points 1 thought it was one of their best pressure games said They vc always been in then According to the coach this year may be successful but Ihey re still looking towards next hs sports Wo had four players back from last year Basically we re a young team we re still looking for more growth Only two players arc moving up next season said Still beating Lester Pearson in the semi s today I Wednesday will be noeasy feat We know Pearson is strong but we 11 give them some competition said coach Pearson hosts the game today pm Close quarters senior didn have such an easy time in iheir quarter final match with White Oaks the White Oaks team bettered the Acton girls They re While Oaks team they re very good end their rebounding was better than ours Our players had a good season but the olher team was just better It was unfortunate said coach Lepick sports and recreation One Hundred and Seventh Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18 1981 Second Section Bob skates and figure eights The Acton Figure Skating Club is out in full forco every Monday Thursday and Friday nights teaching about skaters 3 20 years of ago all the skills of figure skat mg Besides a core of six professional instructors the club relies on the dedicot tutoring of CFSA approved am coaches The Free Press photo graph or went out and caught some of the younger dents as they slip slid and skated their way through their class photos by dave dorken Those Sabres are still dull Those Sabres arc still running Into trouble In the Cen loop La it week Sabres were tripped by la a 103 humiliation and at home by Brampton Even Bobby left bot tom was tripped up by William Russiani stumped over Jr B stum Fans may brown bag It By Dave Sabres may have overlooked one way to start drawing more fans and making some extra cash The way IheSwordsmen have been playing of latt Ihey should be able to do a booming business in the sale of paper bagsto hide the embarrassed faces of fans coaches and players After their pathetic 103 humiliation at the hands of Colts Thursday night even coach Jules t want to associate with the boys in blue Instead of his usual position behind the Sabres bench Friday night Russiani sought the reprieve of a less conspicuous position in the arena and left manager Kick Smith in charge Divorce I thought I d divorce from the boys for a while said At that time they needed a more than a coach According to Russiani Sabres don need any more talent to start winning hockey games All they really need is a lot of maturity There a lot of immaturity on the Sabres Most people on ho team are just happy to wear a uniform they re just happy to bo there that a not what we need We can t afford to carry anybody who is not mentally prepared to play steamed the coach It is this poor attitude that is hampering Sabres play The coach feels his boys I starting to think about the game until they hit the ice for warm ups This happened Friday night against Brampton Warriors Once again Sabres had a dismal start After Ihe first minutes of play they were bur with the manacles of a deficit There a strong possibility three or four boys are going to be dropped from the team said Right now working on one boy from out of town he having personal problems but will be a great asset to the club I constantly on the lookout for new players I think the talent is here but if it s developing then I can I got to move now Ifwcdont have a half decent position by Christmas then we 11 be In bad shape for the playoffs The Hyde Sabres have at times shown an entertaining and talented team Most of the time however it is the lesser side that comes to light Only last week was ecstatic about his club after they lost a close decision to Streets Derbys He even thought they were going to be the team to beat Oakvllle s sofar undefeated Blades This week his attitude was similar to those of his players We re back to square one For a while it looked like we were on a comeback trail but we faltered again Coach would like to forget about the loss to Thursday night Friday things as bad on the scoreboard said Tho first frame was a writeoff but Sabres didn do too badly in the last minutes of play If It t been for five unanswered markers in opening period Sabres could have even beat Bramp ton Wade Vickery opened up the scoring in the second frame at the 14 mark but Brampton came back with a goal two minutes later took advant age of a power play even things again but Brampton scored twice more before the close of the frame Captain Dave found the opening in thi fast frame at 16 Once again Brampton scored to w ihcir lead Denis Kirton made good on another tally but it was nullified by Brampton on a power play Just before the final buzzer sounded Sabres Paul Stark scored the final goal of the game Bad bounce The puck just been bouncing right the breaks just haven t been coming our way We been hitting posts and crossbars getting the breaks builds Ihe tarn confidence explained Sabres are sticking close to home this week day night they host Dixie Beehives 8pm at the community Centre Sunday they travel to George town to face the Gemini 30 at Gordon Memorial Arena One week from Saturday Is Kids night at the Community Centre Any child accompanied by a parent receives a for a draw on a tenspeed bike Not as bad The Sabres ploy as hapless in the next pair of stanzas and matched Brampton goal for goal to escape wlthalOSloss Russiani has never run into this type of problem before All the teams I ever coached hove been strongly disciplined fired up clubs I always been able to get a team up so Ihey play a fired up game lamented the coach This year sedition of the Sabres just don to get cooking at least not until they find themselves fighting a hopeless battle The coach feels there is one alternative to change the players attitudes so they realize the seriousness of belonging to the Sabres Gems and Jules Acton Sabres coach Jules Russian may ix trading his hockey jacket for green and gold or Georgetown Gemini Last week received a call about moving cast to Georgetown While Russian said he was still dedicated to Sabres he didn t discount the possibility of a change should he decide to divorce himself from Sabres organization My first priority and first love is with Acton but if things don work out I certainly like to coach Georgetown he said I vo said before I coach loo far from where I live Ac ton Georgetown manager Bob Tost seems very interested In Russiani If he wasn attached to Acton I would be Interested in Hehasthe experience Georgetown is trying to find a permanent coach after Dave resigned a little more than a week ago Former assistant coach Bob has been appointed as interim coach but Tost I decided If he be signed on a permanent replacement The Gems manager said he 11 wait a few weeks to see if coach becomes available if a replacement is warranted for Georgetown Russian t been too happy with Sabres this year Their lack of discipline and melon choly attitude is something he has never liad to contend with In a team Last Friday he watched Sabres loss to Brampton from the stands be cause the team needed a babysitter more than a coach