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GeorgetownActon Wednesday Mar 1984 1 SPORTS MOTORS LID AUTO BODY SHOP 1 S7762SB Nellis Major Atoms blanked 20 in tourney final After dominating the Centennial Atom Tournament last weekend with three con wins the Nell la Construction Major Atoms fell to Tillsonburg in the cham match Tillsonburg managed to peg their first goal early in the first period and despite out Standing play by the local squad Tillsonburg managed to hold onto their lead With only minutes remaining in the match Acton poured on the steam and peppered the goal with numerous shots but unfortunately a bad pass gave a three on one advantage and in scramble around the Acton goal Tillsonburg clinched the game with their second goal opened the second day of the tournament matched against the and in a cl If hanger of a game Acton came out on top 1 Wayne notched goal number one with assists from Chris Van Dam and Matthew Marcoux and then Denis aided by John McLean and Van Dam struck for the winning goal Wayne ted the Acton assault in game two against Kitchener with a pair of markers and Erie Heagle pounded In a single for a decisive 30 win Michael Jason Piper Marcoux Michael Thompson Piper and Derek Martin were credited with assists Van Dam Jamie Galway Michael McMahon Martin pegged a goal each in round three for a win over McMahon McLean Heagle Thompson Galway and Van Dam assisted Also in Major Atom action over powered 31 in the third game of the Hub League playoffs hosted the match In which Hosdil and Piper scored for the win Thompson Van Galway Bousfield and Kinnon assisted Tillsonburg tops after tangle with Acton Despite an outstanding effort by the Construction Major Atoms the Tillsonburg Atoms managed a victory to lake the Centennial Atom Tournament for the third year in a row The 10th annual tournament started last Friday night and concluded with clean fast paced hockey that entertained fans and par ents for the duration of each match Acton entered two teams in the compet ition against 14 townteams from Kit chener Dundas Waterloo Glanbrook Oshawa An coster Leamington Tillsonburg and Ayr The Kitchener Panthers opened the tournament with a loss to Friday nlkht and then Mlssissauga blanked the Acton Glenlea Drugs Minor Atoms squad The Kitchener Mets wrapped up day one blasting Waterloo 30 The Acton Major Atoms the ice at a Saturday morning to take their first win of the tourney i against the Mlssissauga then the Blackhawks streaked to a win over then defeated the Royals 1 the Redwings edged Leamington 4 3 and round one ended with Tillsonburg blowing out Ayr The Kitchener Panthers opened round two striking for six unanswered goals to blank the Acton Minors and Dundas continued their winning streak against the Mlssissauga with a 3 win Round two continued with the nipping Waterloo the Acton majors defeating the Kitchener Mets 30 bombing the Blackhawks nipping 3 thumping Ayr 7 1 Tillsonburg dumping the Redwings the Mississauga slipping by the Kit Panthers the Acton Majors upsetting 52 over powering and Tillsonburg wrapping up the qualifying rounds with a win over the Blackhawks The end results saw the Mississauga Navajos pitted against for the consolation award and the Atom Majors matched with for top honors In the consolation final Mississauga ployed a hard fought but clean match to come out on top with a win and In the championship match the score remained 10 until the final three minutes of the match when a drive by final rewarded them with the game clinching goal win has given them their third consecutive win in the Centennial Tour nament The Tournament Chairman Bill Knight described the tournament as a huge success and with only one team really blown out of the competition nearly every game was a thriller Nearly 80 per cent of the people on the organization committee has been with us for 10 years commented Knight and each year things run all that more smoothly There were only two injuries in the tournament sold Knight and fortunately they werent too serious Planning for next years tournament will In a few months said Knight and everyone involved is looking forward to another three days of competition All the coaches parents and players had a really good time and everyone behaved themselves concluded Knight Battling Bants bomb London for finals berth The Acton Rotary Minor Bantams are on their way to winning a division title in the Hub League after defeating the London Sabres In game seven of the best out of seven series In one of the few playoff scries that went seven games Acton and London battled back and forth until Acton broke away in the final game late in the third period Craig opened the Acton scoring drive with aid Tram Carl Varoschak and Frank Katsilierls at in the first period and then London struck back minutes later Vincc Rogers poked in Acton second goal to again take the lead with an assist from Mike Simmons and Todd Lazenby pounded In Actons third goal early in the second frame With a two goal lead the local squad seemed to take a breather and London came back with two quick goals to retie the match As the third period opened London struck again to take the lead and a determined Acton squad came back to life to score three unanswered goals Carl Yaroschak Greg and John Van Dam were credited with the goals and Simmons Evan Hayter Van Dam and assisted The Rotary Bants also had their sights set on a tournament win this week as they participated In the tournament with teams The local Bants were entered In the ABB vision and unfortunately played two spotty games that resulted in losses to Waterloo and Brantford and elimination from the Tourney met Waterloo first and succumbed with Mike Simmons and Todd Laxenby coring on assists from Carl Yaroschak and Cadenhead and then the Bants lost to Brantford Dennis Troy and David Rodsn tallied the goals with aid Cram Rob Murray Foster Swinamer Cadenhead and Lee Ho the Acton squad received a chance to redeem themselves when they fa be tournament With the odds against the Bants took on teams from Gait Owen Sound and and they came away with three wins and the most sportsmanlike team award Battling teams from a much tougher div ision seemed only to increase the Bants determination and in all four matches they came away winners In one sense or another AAA competition Acton met and despite suffering three goal deficit at the end of the second period they rallied for a 76 win In overtime Greg led the Acton offense with a hattrick and Rogers Simmons and Carl added singles to tie the match John Van Dam notched the winning goal at the mark In the overtime period Van Dam Lazenby Carl Yaroschak Roden and Lee Yaroschak were credited with assists In round two Acton found themselves pitted against Owen Sound and In a determ ined effort the locals edged their opponents 32 Foster Van Dam and rec the Acton goals with aid from Roden Carl Simmons and Van Dam The Bants faced Gait in game three and again they surprised their opposition by striking five times for a win Acton took an early lead in the match when pounded in a pair of markers and added a single to give then- team a 30 edge Gait came back In the second and third frames to close the Acton lead but struck for the third time in the game and Simmons notched the final Acton goal to en sure victory Murray Foster Carl Katsilierls Van Dam Leather- land Rogers and assisted With three wins under their belts the local Bants found themselves In the AAA division finals pitted against The squad had previously ed their opponents and and despite the odds Acton didnt up once during the entire match Playing one of their best games to date the Bants surrendered to their powerful oppon and overall they came away with a bronze medal Simmons and Van Dam rec the Acton goals with aid from Lea and Van Dam The Rotary Bants win be back in action March tor their division There was a huge pile up In front of the Acton goal as the Till Rotary Bantams attacked the champion Novices nipped in Plattsville The Alton Novices competed in the 15th annual tournament last week and for their fourth consecutive time this season they battled to finals only to lose a cllffhanger 32 to Paris According to tournament officials it was the first time in the history of the that an Acton team has made it to the finals Actons first game on March 14 saw the local squad pitted against Burford Acton tallied a healthy three goal lead early In the game with two goals scored by Brad and a single by Jim Lloyd Steve and Shane Corkum assisted With a three 34 lead Acton slacked off for the remainder of the game and Burford came back with two goals but Acton hung onto their lead for their first win of the tournament In round two Acton met Kitchener and go ing into overtime the local boys came out on top with a 1 win Brad Cripps recorded Ac tons first goal with an aid from and notched the winning goal The win put Acton into the Paris Acton got off the mark first In the match as Steve assisted by pounded in the goal In the second frame Paris tied up the score and then countered for Acton on an unassisted effort Unfortunately Paris managed another goal with only three minutes left in the match and despite a valiant effort by Acton Paris took the win and the champion ship The Alton Mclssac Novices will be back in action at the end of March as they prepare for Hub league championship play The Nellis Construction Major Atoms played tremendous hockey all weekend In the Centen nial Atom tournament but stiff competition from in the finals mulled In a 20 defeat The Atoms arc from back row left to right Mike Marcoux George Galway Pete Van Dam and David Piper middle row John McLean Jamie Galway Derek Martin Mike Thompson Michael Kinnon Jason Piper Eric Heagle Chris Van Dam Denis and Robbie Front row Todd Demone Matthew Michael Wayne and John Katsilierls Acton Travel ousted longest game on record Unofficial history was made last Sunday night at the Acton the Industrial Leagues Nielsen Clothing and Acton Travel played to decision after four over time periods The game took two hours one minute and 58 seconds and is believed to be the longest game ever played in Acton During the first three overtime periods good defense andgoaltending dominated the gome and each team deserved to win at var times as numerous scoring opportun ities were stopped time and time again Acton Travel was assessed the majority of penalty minutes in the match with min utes to Nielsen and with Acton Travel Area rider named ninth A local rider has placed third in her and ninth overall in the horse show held at the coliseum recently Julie Nelson a member of the Rockwood competed against entrants In the youth activity division for riders and under and came away with a top ranking The horse show is an annual event that attracts riders from all over North America and the show caters to western riding The competitors are judged on their ex pertise and form In several events and over In prize money is awarded Julie rode a horse called Sugar and over vy Atoms ousted from playoffs eliminated from the playoffs Nielsens will do battle with Family Cleaners next Saturday night at Murray led the Nielsens attack with a hattrick and Andre and Bruce McPhail added a single each In reg ular time George Artem pegged the win goal Patkos Don Broulllard McNabb McPhail and Henry were credited with the assists Todd Mclntyre and Terry Winters notched a pair of goals each in the Acton Travel ef fort and Bruce McPherson recorded a single Scott Withers McPherson Lome Gordon and Ken Owen assisted on the plays Shinny dates On Saturday March 24 the Acton Legion Minor Hockey teams will compete for top honors in their respective divlsiqns Tidewater vb Rochester at Roch ester will take on St Kitts at a Guelph will meet Dixie at Brampton will host at 10 a m the Whalers will challenge the Jets at 40a and Toronto will battle Edmonton at IS for the consolation awards The Championship matches will start at noon as Vancouver takes on Montreal and then the Cougars will meet the Rockies at 1 m Baltimore will tangle with Cleveland at Weston vs Burlington at and London hosts Hamilton at 4 p Industrial playoffs will continue Sunday March 26 as Nielsens battles Family Cleaners at 8 p The Acton Glenlea Drugs Minor Atoms had a full slate last week with the Acton Centennial Tournament Hub league play and the Niagara Falls tournament and despite playing top notch hockey they were eliminated in all three events In the Niagara Falls Tourney Acton met Woolwich in game one and although dominated the game Woolwich managed to poke In a lone goal for a 10 win In round two scored a last minute goal to tie Acton pegged the Acton marker with aid from Ian Held A strong Streetsville team defeated Acton in game three despite good defensive play by the local squad poked In the only Acton goal unassisted In their final match Acton couldnt find the net and after three frames the score remain and Acton was eliminated Also a Atom action Drugs were frcca the Hub playoils as Preston took their third of the series doubling the tocal squad pounded in Actons first goal unassisted and Chrts Shannon notched goal number two with aid from Mark Sears and Bill Gillies Glenlea Drugs also participated In the Acton Centennial Tourney and In stiff com petition they were unable to score and lost both games in the qualifying rounds a battle saga edge ahead captain sf the accepted the trephy treat Cape Smith tasted the is years tea the first