Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), September 5, 1984, p. 13

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action aat and I al tha ball diamond on Iha weekend aa waive taama competed lor Whan tha cleared tha Acton had copped the tilt from Sandalone ol Milton In photo sit Bull Roedrunner Fend ley put the and hobbled on remainder weekend with a badly tag on an unfortunate Sandstone bate Lan out on ankle Middle photo Roedrunner Gerry Mart hall heat it up while In play and maybe lor time Tha Milton runner was carried oil the field pholo right Runners Paul Carglll puts the tag on a runner EQUFMENI lAnSIIECHWrlDBY BAZ MOTORS LTD AUTO BODY SHOP QUELPH St QEORQETOWN Acton Oldtimers oust Sandstone for Industrial tournament title When the smoke finally cleared from the ball diamonds Monday night the Acton Firestone Oldtimers were walking away with Industrial League Tour nament top honors With upsets being the norm in the three day fastball extravaganza It loo unrealistic to see floored winners dropping out of contention early In the tournament and ihe unlikely squads coming up plays claim top finishing post One of the as of the tourna was boys outstanding show against of Milton when Boxy dumptd the heavily favored Milton squad 8 The biggest overall surprise was Ihe Canadian Tire team from Acton who despite hanging in basement of their lea all year came up with spectacular play after spectacular play to clinch third place overall in ihe tournament and have the honor of being the only learn during the tournament lo beat the champions Acton Firestone The with the pitching of Chris and the experience of Dan Arbic were an awesome force to contend with throughout the three day In Ihe first match or the tourney I hey found themselves pitted Hanover and in seven innings they had token their first win In next game however Ihey their nemesis in the form of a hot Canadian Tire squad Canadian Tire still high from a 1 routing over the Milton Brewers came up with one extra run lo clip the Oldtimers In third game Firestone was back battling against Hanover and wilh 11 1 tie trouble they crushed their opposition 3 he biggest point spread in the tournament two wins and a loss under heir bells Ihe faced their toughest game of iment Bracken s Both squads were at a for first three innings and hen Grant Usher banged out a double to land on second and motored home on errors put the Old timers into the lead In the fifth frame Bracken came back lo lie he game when Kevin Frank blistered the ball over the fence for a home run and free chicken dinner Winning the game for Oldtimers was Chris who in the last inning cracked he ball over Ihe fence Having eliminated Bracken the Old timers found themselves in the finals against Sandstone equipment who were undefeated at this point To take home the hardware Firestone had to top Sandstone twice as he name of game was double knockout Without much difficulty the Oldtimers look the first game notching a run in the top of the second four runs in the third a single m the fourth and two in the seventh With tha exception a 31 aelback Canadian Tire the early going Acton Firestone Old timer unstoppable In twelve team Industrial toumay In Llmahouso on weak and Oldster topped Sandalone Transporlln two straight win double knock out event Dan was voted tha MVP ha tourney while Chris picked up MVP Pitcher on be ha 1 1 of Firestone Member of squad Included Dan Bob Marchand We Jules Bob Jirrell Tom Brain Ray Graham RonHachey Bob McKay Roger La Qranl Uaher Barry Cuthbert Bruce Qua M Leaking and Chria Peavoy Csaszar claims Junior golf title After the final putt Pete has claimed the Junior Golf championship for the second year In a row Csasiar shot a 77 tor top honors in he A flight division while Duff Sheldon cap lured the flight title wilh a record Kelly Harrison look C flight honors with a score Second place winners were Chris Laitar scores in the A flight category and also received a special prize for Barry peg the runner up position in the flight division wilh a 117 118 score and Shane Adams walked away with second place In the night class with respectable 111 scores The Juniors wish lo extend their thanks to he parents merchant and staff of Meadows who helped make the tournament a very successful Dan Arbic started off the scoring drive with a triple base hit and then scooted home on a sacrifice play by Moe Starling off their four run rally was Bob McKay who singled lo first Barry Cuthbert sent McKay second with another single and then bases were loaded when Bob popped out a third single Send ing every one home was Dan Arbic who powered the ball over the fence for a grand slam Wis Kulaslenski pegged run number five after doubling to second a id then cruised home on singles by Bruce and Bob McKay Adding he final Firestone tallies were Bob Marchand who singled to first and Dan who cracked out another home run to send both himself and Marchand around the bases The two Sandstone runs came In the third and seventh Inning To win tournament Firestone had a much tougher time in the second match with Sandstone Despite tallying a healthy 4 i lead after he first inning things were looking a little rough by the inning when Sandstone had come back trail the by Just one run Willi the score Chris poked a single to get on base and single efforts by Bruce MacPherson Barry Culhbert and Tom Brain sent him home to wrap up the game and the tournament Dan Arbic was named the tournament MVP Tuitmans match Cheers 00 In the Acton GIRLS soccer league action this week Krlst PIneview blanked Acton Red and Gold were evenly matched with Cheers as the two earns were stalemated Krlst played on home field to win over Acton Red August in a match where both teams played outstanding s Tammy Wolf Jennifer Eldrldge Karen Ritchie and Alyson Lewis made outstanding plays to lead their team o a win Red Teom members who deserve honorable mention are Michelle Pilgrim Melissa Ford Lisa Maureen Thompson and Becky Boycott In the Tuitmans Gold Cheers match Jth cams displayed tremendous on defence and offence and very few mtstakes on cither side squashed any potential scoring chances Star players for Cheers were Michelle Warren Lisa in goal Julia Trenton and Carolyn Kinnon Tultman s Gold stars were Carolyn Mont Rebecca van Mink Eileen Camp bell Cheryl and Natalie Bicycle Molo Cross racing ha become quit popular this year at Leather town Track Here Acton a Brad number 3 crosses Ihe finish line In hi 16 and undar beginners race Demon and several other will be area track on September IS lor a National Championship race and the following weekend for Ontario final Racing begin at both week vneryi unman I B OBriens match Sabres sharpen tha Aclon Junior Club a snowdown on Thursday and under sunny Ctaszat MfQ took In A ctomptomNp for second Duff Sheldon took tap In category and KaDy Hani rtghq capturad the C flight Georgetown Playing their hosts In Georgetown the 0 Brien Meats ladies soccer team came home with a 1 1 lie Good goalkeeping from Susan Wilson and strong defence from Nancy Thompson Karen Wilde and Gwyneth Gibb kept Georgetown down to one goal while Linda Osso Georgetown defence at full stretch Brien goal came from Patli after a shot from Sue rebounded off the post Also in ladies soccer action s went down to a 31 defeat to Caledon despite outstanding play from Linda Kilpa trick and Eunice In an earlier game with Milton 0 Brien suffered another defeat this time losing to their opponent Missing several of their key players Brien a bad difficulty keeping Milton out of their end tone Sue Burgan scored for Brien in the first minute of game and despite the superb of Wendy 0 right plays were no match for Millon once terminally III Acton Sabres Junior hockey club is well on its way to a full recovery The local hockey team has been on the Ice practising and readying themselves for the upcoming season which starts September Lost season the Sabres executive headed by Frank Allsop were desperately trying to find financial support and manpower after the sale of the team lo a local businessman fell through Following a public meeting last June where there was absolutely no response from public Sabres executive decided withdraw the earn from the Central Ontario Junior hockey league and it looked like Ihe Sabres were finished last minute tbe Acton Minor Hockey Association AMHA stepped forward and took over the team to ensure that graduating members of the AMHA system could have a place to continue to play hockey Since the takeover Bruce Cargill has been named the team a vice president Dave Innes has taken over Allsop s position as General Manager and Gary Ford a well seasoned coach has assumed the position of the Sabres mentor This year s will seem like a little deja vu for Sabre fans as Randy Brian Paul Cargill Clint Watts Rick Chapman Ken Kavanagh Mike Roy Spear Rob Vermulen and Tim In goal are return ing in the blue and white sweaters Presently the Sabres are practicing at Meadowvale arena and coming up soon are two exhibition games Elm Ira later his month also remarked hat the Sabres have jel lo fill any of their import cards but are keeping their eye on several prospective players to help fill the Sabres rosier The Sabres will be a team this year and while we the Sabre won I likely finish near the lop of Ihe league the Sabres will be respectable this season said

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