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Page THE HERALD April J Raiders in East Final ItAIDtlt spills Val defence The defeated the Vil Or Voodoos on Monday evening hereby wrapping up the Eastern Canada semifinal series of the Cup in four games This weekend the Haiders journey loCambelllon Now Brunswick for Canada Final of the Hardy Cup Should they emerge victorious then would be to Sports Comment Raiders deserve town support 111 INCIilSON Sports It lxeii long and eventful season for the town Raiders Intermediate A hockey club but the trek not overind in fact the pot at end of the in this instance the Cup ma turn out to be just their collective reach The Haiders are a tradition in Georgetown one that dates back fifty and thev hive brought athletic honor as well as recognition to Georgetown The Raider club has right titles six in the Intermediate A and the 197677 season has to as uppermost in the long annals of success for the The Haiders e Brunswick vwkend for the Eastern Can Final the up and a chance to host the Canadian Intermediate A series fur the covet led Hardy Cup Should the Raiders the five series against would mvite the club to make Georgetown the stent of the in Unfortunately is find proverbial fl in the oilmen As hosts fur the Canadian Championship the Haiders juuld hive to the AHA a minimum of per or if the best tries goes the finance J minimum of WO The is not pouncing on the Haulers as any team that a Canadian Championship must offer a similar The problem is at this point in Hint The George to Club just cannot guarantee the AHA this amount of money If the Raiders do win in Cirri 11 ton and are asked to hold the Canadian Champion but two options tan move the site of the sines to a facility that could the number of spectators needed to meet monei requirements or as a last resort default up to tin Western Canada rpresenti that the but the whole Championship i and specifically within OH affair would be Georgetown The Haiders fans have mill their through misfortuw have pined with hem in victories deny htm at this point a chance to sec the Haiders for a anadian Championship would not only be unfair but totally It is an who is the backbone of anj sports ion with their money as well as thtir support and to deny them a chance to taste the wine of or share in the dregs of defeat on the national stage wnuld tie a gross injustice The Haiders have approached the town with a request for aid In meeting the financial require ments and the town has jet to make the decision If they procrastinate too lung by their own inaction they will have turned their backs on the people of Georgetown The Haiders are m sticky situation because of a number of unforeseen circumstances The defaulted their Hardy Cup scries to the Georgetown Club and the Holders lost an estimated in revenue Similarly In the series with the expected large turnout just didnt happen possibly because of professional competition on television and the balmy weather on the weekend and so the Haiders again were denied what should have been ample venue The Eastern Finals is the fnrlhest that any Haider club has Journcyul down the Cup road In fact the farthest that any affiliated team has travelled Perhaps for this reason alone the Haiders deserve the The next thai must be raised Is How many communities get the opportunity to host Canadian reap the resultant harvest of publicity The whole question of town support for the Intermediate A club could become a moot one should the Haiders lose to CambeUton However I he re Is no doubt In this reporters mind that the Kinder players would be in a much belter frame of mind if hey were assured before they left for on Friday that community of was behind hey all the way In a championship in any sport people always talk of one team having an edge over another If the were given assurances before Journeying East that they would be the Canadian Hardy Cup Champion hip series might be the edge need o emerge an Canadian It now up to town to decide IXithe Haiders go Into the knowing they will be welcomed hack wllh opt firms or do venture out on their quest with mo mailer still elded Raiders split openinggames The opening games in the Eastern Canadian five Hardy Cup semifinal ser its between Georgetown Chrysler Haiders and Ihe Or Voodoos a study in contrasts The won the opening game last Friday night 1 but the Haiders bounced back on Sat night to post a lopsided y 1 win and ties the scries 1 mil for the 1 1 of form The Haider from Friday through series and hometown favorites went on to win next two games of the series to take the best five affair in fourgimcs Doth Raider Coach Junior Tibbitts and Or Coach Marcel were dis pleased with their charges efforts in the till Tib bills fell that his team came up flat and blamed it on the fact that the Raiders had not really been tested under true game conditions in over two weeks discounted one sided win over Ihe the previous week end as little more than a I Or Coich that his nam was looking for fl in Voodoos didnt play up to par Flic game was a list less affair thai had in it to ixcitelhe estimated attendance Sloppy play high lighted the opening period and after minutes the learns were engaged in a scoreless draw The Haiders drew first blood when Gary Hill a siandout throughout the series convert passes from Doug Tate and Tommy at 2 mark of second From this point however learns reverted back to their aimless style of play but mark Val knotted ihe game at l l when Michel scored his of a pair I Or scored what proved to be the winner early in third frame when Denis blinked the red light scored insurance marker into an emplynel with just seconds Ml llie opening loss have snapped lh Haiders out of their as Ihey were a On the Haiders were hungry crew didn really swing high gear third Steve lllundy gave the Haiders a lo lead after minutes of play the eruption was not far off Pal made it Haiders at the mark of the second and Raiders were able to enjoy a period lead when Steve scored his second of game at the 14 mark of the second The Raider explosion occur red In the third period as and hit for markers again give the Haiders a lead before Val Or hit scorcsheet Ray made when he scored for Val Or the a mark but for he Voodoos it was all down bill from here Doug Tate ran the fil at IS mark and less than a minute later Steve with his fourth goal of the game extended the Raider lead to 1 Cotton and Danny Blair rounded out Haider scoring and the J Georgetown win was a humiliation for the Or players The Haiders had effectively shaken off their opening game malaise and the Voodoos were Sinn fair warning that their lys were numbered The George Chrysler Haiders won the right to go against New In the Hardy Cup East ern Canadian final series when defeated the Val Or Voodoos I In Ihe East ern Canadian Hardy Cup semi final scries played In George town over the weekend The Haiders lost the series opener 1 Vol on Friday night but then re bounded to post three live decisive wins and over the Voodoos to claim the scries Raider Coach Junior Tib- fell that Val had a good hockey club that Ihey didnt need to resort to animal tactics In fact Tib claimed the roughausc tactics cos Ihe Voodoos the game on Monday night the best of the scries Following his teams alien Voodoo Coach Marcel exclaimed Things arc alright Im glad were going home La mo the like Tibbitts felt that their goon Sylvoin Tremblay had cost his club the win because of his temper tantrum laic in the game was but philosophical about the scries Theyre not a bad hockey club he noted but we had a lot of problems with the ice here and played Ihem on our wider Ice surface in Val would have won In three straight did overstate his teams case but the Inability freewheel on Gordon Acoll ice surface and Voodoos often erratic lour did lead their downfall The biggest Val draw back however was the of their squad While they had an abundance of excellent skaters Ihey just couldnt cope with the large Haider crew both and defensively The Sunday afternoon Haider win which gave the hometown favorites a Voodoos as the second period lead was a replay of got under way and while the the Saturday night onesided Val team were catching Haider win In Sundays however the Raiders to exert pressure struck early and except for a The Raider second goal that slight lapse about midway lied game at came through he second period about as a result of sheer controlled play throughout tenacity on the part of Gary Danny Blair Doug Tote and Hill Hill screamed in behind Blil Currie gave the Raiders a Val DOr net In an effort to first period lead but by the tie up the puck and worked it 10 mark of the second into the corner From here his Val got goals from digging paid off as he saw an Sylvain Tremblay and Mario opening and fed a pass Doug Tate standing all alone In lead to a single goal front of the net Tate Owne Held whipped in the tying marker got the Raiders back on track Both teams picked up the as he scored two goals less pace at this point and there than two minutes apart at the was little to choose between IS minute mark to move the them At the 19 19 mark out in front and ever Ray Evans who always provide the eventual winning seems to shine in pressure and Insurance markers Doug situations sent the Raider Tate with his second of the porters into a freniy when he game at the 19 mark of the scored what proved to be the period allowed the Raider to winning goal move In front forty A more unlikely scoring minules of play just couldnt be Imagln Hay Evans and Bob Evans just coasted into the sandwiched goals Vol end and with an round Val Yves Slgo- almost casuallike effort drew marker lo run the final his nick back for Ihe shot The count to Raiders and set Ihe stage for Monday night encounter Monday nights game that clinched the scries for the Haiders was by for the best contest of the four game Val were flying from opening and swar med Into the Raider end Bare ly a minute and two seconds into the game Rene carried the play DOr held first period lead as Christian Har vey got the second Voodoos resultant shot from just inside the faceoff circle was such a vicious drive that it blistered past the Val DOr be fore he even had a chance to react Evans was mobbed natural ly and the Val goaler in a fit of rage broke his stick on the Ice and hurled it over the end is The Voodoos by no means were out of the game at this continuously in fact hod to be treated by Raider Trainer Reg twice In the third goal while Danny Blair off period once when passes from Hay Evans and shot knocked off his mask The John connected for the Raiders Their opening period efforts to put the game away seemed to have taken a lot out of the MacDonald however recovered on both occasions and played magnificently The Voodoos hopes came crashing down when their inimitable master of the Bal let of the Boobs Tremblay blew his cool With under nine minutes to play ran amok He drew a penally then jumped Doug Tale who wisely covered himself up and when the melee was settled Tremblay had drawn a fight ing major as well as a game misconduct and as he departed the ice surface so did the Voodoos hopes There were less than four minutes remaining in the game when the teams finally got on an even footing and Vol were unable to mount a concerted scoring effort With just seconds left play Bob Daley scored Into an empty net off a pass from Ray Evans after Ihe Raiders had seconds earlier missed open net twice and this signal led the end for Its hard to single out Indivi duals when a team plays so well but the three players recruited from the Fort Erie Mavericks Danny Blair Gary Hill and Owen Held played a big part in the Raider win Mario again rose to the occasion when the need was there Bill Doug Tate Ray Evans and John played big roles In the triumph The Haiders ore now off to CambeUton New Brunswick in search of the Eastern Ian title of the Hardy Cup and should they win hopefully he Canadian Championship series will be played in Georgetown MONDAYS LINEUP Mario Bill Cur rle Nell Cotton Gary Hill Doug Tale Tom Gilbert John Boyce Steve lllundy Pal Kay Evans Owen Held Chris Milne Brad Art Webster Tom Daley John Danny Blair Bob and Gregg COLIN GIBSON SPORTS EDITOR Timmins Northstars out in the cold appears thai the Timmins who defaulted their Hardy Cup Eastern Canadian quarter final series to Georgetown Chrysler Raiders have backed themselves into a corner The Timmins team defaulted the series on ground thai they werent informed that it was to be a five affair until afler they had journeyed south Dave Branch OIIA Secretary and Hugh McLean President of ihe rejected this contention pointing out that all league concerned In National pi ay downs were given ample notice as lo the length of ihe respective series The Timmins club returned to Northern Ontario threatening to bring the wrath of God down on the and and promising to collect their forces and supporters to present a solid front to the offending organizations Hugh McLean promised that he would make sure the took steps against the team to ensure future OHA clubs would be protected The Raiders lost a i result of the Last week Ihe raised the rallying call but apparently it fell on deaf cars On Thursday the club held a meeting and it was decided to forward letters the and the CAHA requesting that the Timmins version of the incident be heard before any decisions ore made involving penalties The Northland Intermediate Hockey League held a meeting prior to the Northern Ontario Hockey Associ ations Annual Meeting to decide on whether support the teams action in defaulting the series but there werent enough team representatives on had form a quorum so the question was laid aside Reports from the meeting however seem to Indicate that the squad would hove received very little support The held their Annual Meeting over he weekend and in what must be taken as an obvious sign or disapproval over the Timmins teams action decided not to take any kind of a stand on the Timmins Georgetown situation The as the saying goes have made their beds now they are being told quite bluntly sleep in it Halton league to have six teams From all indications it ap pears thai will not have on en in the Mm this summer Hob Stevenson reports that the word lie gets tin till ben manager while Judging on his I Is somewhat ad mils the s thing the leagues met ling list week was no fcorm town team anil league look this m me in that in re joining tin league had waned Hob he igue s North represuitittiic Informed man the night Ik fore the meeting circumstances did not allow a im 1977 Glen Williams Hornby Iakrmo and Milton will lulling for Ihisyt ir hi- l ipji umpiring linn lias l In be as mil four li mis Malum Ml Hornby have committed off latlng in ws 11k is Assoc latum will handle inltiirlinKliin Ihe lor should add more life lo the game Under Ihe designaled rule on the lineup card a ttam will have he option of iwo players thai tan iiihi r or run and arc mil in tin darling lineup of nine previous rules nine a player is removed from not re I urn Gary Alton heads loop Gnrj Alton has taken aver as President of Softball League Alton was approached league representatives last week and agreed to take the position llernie Dure Manager of the rule during a dtsignaled player fur another play maximum of hi second nihil player i iimi After the I re or officially Co The have moved outdoors and scheduled Mondays and practice nights The practices are slated for i m he I- on Monday one of the heroes in Raiders series clinching victory over the Vol DOr Voodoos on Monday night puts a shift on a Val defender Evans scored what proved be the winning goal when his blistering driver found the mark in the second period and Ilai Ihe ouch nil Sit Hi the lies mil Mir I tall on League has lopted entirely rules in in Hits year rulis will lit- idliiTcd The have already an exhibition gumi- mil il Is or Hornby I iiue in p m Marshall shall would not he a entry Part of the reasiw for the Georgetown i lo rt join league was that Ihe league after a volt of representatives rcquisli Georcolown a bond regular season me menttohi re funded it ihi of the season Hen slaled thai Hits threw monkey w rem Into Ihe Georgetown plans also added Hint here has been Utile on part of and and of this lie fell Hint It I look like well he gome year LAND USE HON NEWMAN SPEAKER PLANNING FOR AGRICULTURE FOOD LAND GUIDELINES ALCOTT MEMORIAL ARENA GEORGETOWN MONDAY APRIL 25 800 PM PRESEASON AIR CONDITIONING SPECIAL 7 DISCOUNT Air Conditioning is no longer a luxury central air conditioning can do for you 1 It will you hoop your cool all summer long It will boost Iho value your homo boat air condiltonmg folks in own team up Lennox install and service only Act now April and you got a sovonpercenl discount il you pay cash order Wc guar before Iho hoi comos Don with a reliable firm and you got best In Georgetown call Mrs Beryl Carter at 8776931