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Georgetown Acton Wednesday Feb Lots of white stuff means no red ink at Glen Eden Bob left and John intern right were the winners in the Colleen Petty and Kara competed against MO Bonsplel held last Saturday at the let Curling Club Tom skaters la the Great Lakes Winter Festival competition In London my middle had the tournament named alter live yean last weekend Colleen too a silver medal in the Junior Skating event ago and the namesake has been curling or yean May and Kara took a bronze medal for her performance In the Ladies and Mad get were also part of the team but they Preliminary Free Ska ting event or the photo Many might be tired of the cold tempera and snowfalls this winter but officials at Glen Eden Ski Area are smiling warmly these days With about per cent of the projected revenue already realized and forecasts for continued good skiing weather It is likely Glen Eden will enjoy one of its best seasons to date Last year mild rainy weather spelled disaster at the local slopes with visitors tag fewer than skiing days between December and March Glen Eden opened December 10 this win and not one day has been lost since to lnclimate weather Providing the weather holds up wc will haveoneofthebestseasonsinmany many years said Carol Patterson assistant program manager adding this winter promises to better that of 19B182 when of ficiala recorded a tola of shier visits during the four month period Last year there was a total of skier visits This season Christmas ski camp saw a total of participants more than double the number who came out lost year The total season is determined between Christmas and the New Year said Mrs Patterson adding the ski school Is enjoying one of the best years to date with 1 000 children registered in the Saturday program December was a red letter day for Glen Eden for the day and evening In addition to the regular ski visitors the local slopes are attracting an average of three to six school groups per day have easily more than 300 students per day and there are approximately adults signed up for weekly Instruction said Mrs Patterson The interest of the skiers is definitely Continued on page ID EXPERT BAZ MOTORS LTD AUTO BODY SHOP ST QEORQETOWN 8775286 Sabres hang on for last playoff position After a three game schedule this week the Acton Sabres are still clinging to the last playoff position to the Central Junior League Last Tuesday Acton met Streetsvllle and suffered an ll3Iossandthen on Friday the Sabres overpowered the third place Barrie Colts to put them alone in the eighth place playoff position However a loss to the Toros Saturday has the Sabres back tied with Thornhill for the last playoff position According to assistant coach Steve Buchanan the Sabres have had trouble with a poor mental attitude lately that has re suited in a few had losses The game was an example of that poor attitude said Buchanan The boys Went Into the game thinking they were were going to lose and they were blown out 113 On Friday though the team went into the game with a good attitude they played good hockey and came away with a win against the third place team continued Buchanan As for our upcoming games with Thorn hill the team a biggest job Is going to be mental preparation concluded Buchanan The outcome of those two games will be a matter of who wants that last playoff posi Hon the most The Sabres have also had a few problems in the lineup this week as right wing Rick has torn ligaments In his ankle that will likely keep htm off the ice for the rest of the season On Tuesday night Acton was hosted by the first place Streetsvllle and despite taking only 10 minutes in penalties they were out shot Streetsville took an early lead in the match with two first period goals at and 1 48 but a powerplay marker by Paul at 12 44 kept the Sabres in the game Barratt was aided by Randy and Denis on the play and for the rest of the first period Acton allowed Streetsvllle only one more goal The continued their scoring drive In the second period with a marker at and then Klrton assisted by Clint Watts and Mark Symes kept the Sabres hopes alive with a goal at However the Derbys were only getting warmed up and scored three more limes to end the second period 7 The third period was pretty well the same story as added up another four goals and the only relief for Acton came with only a minute remaining in the game when assisted by Mike and John Turner pounded in the third and final Acton goal On Friday night despite being outshot by the Sabres walked all over the Colts for a much needed win Cover dale assisted by Symes and Brian Demon e opened the Acton scoring drive at 1 with a man advantage and then Ken Kavanogh and Roy Spear followed suit with two more powerplay goals to give Acton a three goal edge at 13 22 and Spear were assisted by Brad and The Colts dldn t get onto the scoreboard until IS OS and as the first period came to a close the Sabres were enjoying two goal lead The second period opened with another Colts goal and then Coverdale tallied his with aid from McMeekin Mark assisted by Vlnce increased the Sabres lead further at 1304 and then things began to look tense for the local squad The Colls took advantage of a Sabres penalty to narrow the scoring difference to and then attacked again to end the cond period For the first half of the third period the Sabres held onto their lead but at cracked In an unassisted goal to tie the match Brad who according to Buchanan Is one of the best the Sabres made this year saved the day with his second goal of the evening at 14 was aided by Coverdale on the play and for the rest of the third period the Acton club had no trouble holding off the Colts for the win On Saturday the Sabres found themselves pitted against their the Toros and with season future hinging on at least one win in the Sabres two back games with the Toros Acton suffered a painful loss The loss means the A marauding Sabre got tripped up by the Colts captain as he raced for the puck In front cf the Colls net Acton defeated the third place Barrie team rlday night and the Sabres arc tied for the last playoff position but with three games In hand for the Sabres to the Toros one a win for Acton on Wednesday night would guarantee a playoff position Even a loss on Wednesday night will not put the Sabres out of the running because two wins in their remaining games against Milton and Burlington will give the Sabres a two point edge over Thornhill However If Acton losses all three of their remaining matches theyll be finished for the season The final possibility for the team is two losses and a win In their last three games which would result in a sudden death play off match on neutral Ice against the In Wednesday match Klrton notched the first goal of the game with an assist from Paradise at in the first period The Toros answered In the second period at to tie the match and then struck against at 14 to take the lead As the third period opened the Toros at tacked a third time for a two point spread and then assisted by Kavanagh and Klrton brought the Sabres back into the match Unfortunately though managed to pump in two more third period goals for a victory The Sabres will be hosted by the again tonight Wednesday and on Burlington will host the Sabres at The Sabres final regular season game will be at home Saturday February at 8 m against the Milton Steamers Atoms eliminate Fergus in OMHA playoff Bob made the weekly hockey lot tery draw Saturday Winners of this week s were Heather Snowball and Brian Stewart of Oak v ill who shared the ticket Bill sold the winning ticket In the first round of the playoffs the Construction Major Atoms took on Fergus in a best of three series and dumped their opponents 101 and 100 In game one Nellis hosted Fergus on January and led by Wayne Bo us field with four goals dominated Fergus for the entire match Jamie Eric Heagle Michael Thompson John McLean Jason Piper and Denis added up the remaining goals and Acton assists came from McLean Robbie Harnden Thompson Michael Von Dam and Goalie Steve Kmks waits for a Ugh pock to land In bis glove In recent Industrial Lea Acton Travel in second Minor PeeWees season ends after two losses After dropping to fourth place last week Acton Travel came back fighting Sunday to return to second spot in the Industrial League standing Family Cleaners remained in top spot with a point and Jug City Is tied tor second with Acton Travel with IS petals Is following closely third position with points Clothing is in fourth with 13 points and Hellers Is In the basement with eight points In Sunday nights action Acton Travel blanked Nielsens tied Family Cleaner and ATW was edged by Jug gnu Floyd led the Acton Travel attack with pair markers sad Ken Owen and Gary Williams added singles tor the win Acton Travel assists came from WfJHama Owen Terry Winters and Date Campbell Dm Morris sad Jobs a anal each tor from Harris sod John and Chris racked up a marker fear Family Cleaners with from Stan RejBcOos Brad Buchanan Snow and Gary Moore In the third and final match of the evening Gary Lumbers and Bill Manes chalked up two goals each and Clare Snow and Jim Rogers managed singles for Jug City Steve Kruk Hike Manes Rogers and Bruce Cooksley were credited with the pegged Evam a pair of markers for ATW and Mike Morris and Jeff Townsley added singles ATW assists came from Morris Kentner and Evans The top ten league scorers are Industrial League top scorers Tessa A PI Rob Evans 7 Gary Moore 14 30 Kent 22 34 Brace Cooksley JC 19 IS 34 B Chris H Gary JC 11 Carta 20 31 Brad Buchanan 15 Hike Morris ATW 13 IB Randy Melntrys 21 The Acton Beardmore Minor Pee Wees finished their season with two losses and third place in the league standings On January 11 the Pee Wees lost to Kit and then on January 15 they lost to their host in Preston Scott McKee Paul Westaway and Sean Coleman chalked up the three Acton goals in Kitchener with assists from Kelly Jupp Marty McAfee and Sean Vankesteren Robbie pegged the lone Acton goal against Preston unassisted The Minor Pee Wees also began OMHA playoffs this week and in a town series against Hespeler the local squad was eliminated two games straight Both matches were extremely close as the score was 21 in each match and Hespeler managed the two wins In the last minutes of the game In the first battle plugged In the lone Acton marker with an assist from Sean Coleman and In round two Eric scored with aid from The Pee Wees will now go Into their own league playoffs but first they will be travelling to Niagara Falls New York for a tournament this coming weekend Charettes tops Fergus twice The Acton Charette Minor started their OMHA playoffs on the right foot this week as they dumped Fergus In two straight games to advance into semifinal rounds game one Acton hosted Fergus for a win and then in game two Acton doubled their hosts Stephen Fleet led the Acton assault fat game one with a pair of markers and Michael Williams Rene and Greg Smith added singles Acton assists were credited to Williams Michael Smith and Steve Robertson Jason Boose and Dannie Quest nailed the first two markers In game two and then Robertson and Williams tallied singles for the win Acton assists came from Fleet Guest Boose and Smith Piper The lone Fergus goal was scored late In the third period On Sunday January travelled to Fergus and again dominated their for a win Healge McMahon Bousfleld and Piper pegged two goals each in the match and Galway and managed singles Acton olds came from McLean Harn den Van Dam Thompson and Piper Fergus was eliminated from the playoffs in the two games and the Major Atoms will now be pitted against flam bo ro in the next round of OMHA playoffs Construction Atoms were also matched against Burlington last week In an exhibition match that saw the two teams draw for a 2 tie first goal was blasted in by Thompson with aid from Eric and McMahon and McLean pegged goal number two with assists from Galway and Derek Martin Glenlea drops tourney pair earns a draw in London The Glenlea Drugs Minor Atoms are still looking for a win in one of this season tournaments after being eliminated in the London Tourney last week managed one tie In the mem when they matched the Kitchener bins but In a match against they went down to defeat and then on Sunday pulled ahead to a win The tournament goal scorers from Acton were Ian Brett Wilson and Chris Haytor with assist going to Chad Sankey and Bui GfBies