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Page 2 SECTION THE HERALD How it really was one last time for the record JANUARY January was a good month In Hockey lown Ontario The highlight or the month as always was the 18tcam ta Mortal Midget The locals the Sunny Acres majors put on a strong per formance losing to Gait in the consolation championship The Junior having acquired sniper Bill Bathgate and center Kerry from he Streetsville the week of January had begun to flex their muscles Two weeks later the Gems clobbered cross town rivals Acton Sabr es to run their string to seven wins and a pair of ties in nine outings Even the little guys flying high In the cold of January though The Georgetown minor atom reps powered their way to a silver medal at the Hespeler ment They belted Gall and edged Fort Erie 32 before finally being nipped by Pre ston in the final The Intermediate A Raiders were rolling by this time The defend ing Hardy Cup cham hosted Che league AllStars Friday Janu ary 14 and treated the home fans to 64 win Raider center Doug Fry was selected the game most valuable- player on the basis of his twogoal oneassist performance Still on the ice Georgetown figure skater Darren Kemp finished third overall at the Eastern Divisional finals to advance to the Canadian Champion ships in Montreal Representing the Toron to Curling and Cricket Club Kemp then 16 skated In the Novice Men s competition The Rebel r wrestlers prepared for another assault on by out pointing powerhouse Bishop Ryan to win their own invitational meet Geefi Knight led the Rebel assault by claim a gold medal in the lb class Steve Power duplicated that feat In the class as 12 of IS Rebels finish ed in the top six In their respective divisions Finally It was announced in The Herald that a couple of well known hockey per would be com ing to Georgetown Brian MacFarlane noted hockey author and host of Hockey Night In Canada had agreed to host the sixth annual Hockey Heritage Banquet while the Gemini had landed the colorful Grapes form NHL coach Don Cherry for their annual banquet FEBRUARY As February began to unfold the junior Gems began to make head lines They shocked hockey fans in Oakvlllc and Georgetown by winning the second game of the best of seven quarter final match on the strength of overtime goals by Lance and Kerry Leger The Gems went on to win the next two games of the series by scores of 42 and to take a commanding advan tage In games Sixtysix yearold Bob Lane a retired truck company owner v Ing In Florida was named as the sixth Hockey Heritage Award winner Lane was best known for his role as a sponsor and recruiter for the Raider teams of the 1940s and 50s and for his efforts as a member of the Gordon Arena building committee Jumping to gymnast lea two Georgetown girls enjoyed success at the provincial level Competing for the Milt on Springers Gait East wood captured a bronze medal as a Tyro compe titor at the Central Ontario qualifying meet at EC High School In Milton competitor Jennifer Arnold was eighth over all for the Springers In the pool the GDHS Rebels were up to their old tricks winning six divisional team crown at the Champl held at the Etobjpoko Olymplum The Rebel team total of points was the most ever accumulated by a school a whopp ing 169 points ahead of runners up Park of Oakville Rebel swimmers captured Individual firsts 11 Indi vldual seconds and six thirds Georgetown bowlers were a hit in February Bantam Chris Somen and Junior Julie Mc Curry were victorious at the Central Ontario zone finals So were the Georgetown Bowl bant am girls and boys as well as the Junior girls and boys Having clinched first place the Raiders entered a gemi final match Up with the hapless Barrle Flyers Showing no sign of letting up the league champs rounded the Flyers by scores of and US lo all but clinch the opening round MARCH March waa the month of the Rebel The swimming Rebels won an Ontario cham pionship led by out stand seniors Cheryl Thompson and Malcolm MacLeod Thompson won Individual gold and silver medals while MacLeod earned a gold and combined with Rick Waltcrson Don Ebon and Christian Book or a relay gold Earlier the Rcbs had made a mockery of the Peel finals Their point total was 300 mora than second- place Park They recorded nine individual firsts shattering nine meet records The wrestling Rebels toppled defending Peel champion Erin- dale Savage pac ed the locals with his gold medal perform artce in the lb cate gory Savage Joined Steve Power Tim Dixon Tim Davis Jim Rob Sweeile Doug Gillespie and Mark Roberta on the team that would represent Georgetown at the meet in Milton The Centennial Char gers girls basketball team kept the high schoolers from stealing all the headlines how ever with their victory over Oakville a at the Halton finals Lisa Mason the Charger attack with lOpolnts The Charger girls had edged rivals a week earlier to win the North Helton title The Stewarttown boys turn the tide on the Cen tennis lads though recording a 33 16 triumph that same night Twelveyearold Chris defeated 17 other bantam bowlers to win the provincial title In Scarborough Somen opened with a mediocre 1B0 to stand eighth In the Initial round but he rallied with a superb 277 in his third and final game to win the honors The Herald reported In its March 23 edition that the Georgetown Flag Football League was considering ding to incorporate four Junloraged teams Defending a contro versial decision by league executive mem bera to limit the age of new players to pre sident Martin le told The Herald we re the only league In town for Industrial aged men With our lea anybody who can run can play The 1082 Hardy Cup champion Georgetown Raiders the GDHS swimming Rebels and the Georgetown Bowl bantam girls bowling team were among a list of more than nltlon and Honor Award winners announced by Parks and Recreation program superintend Joy Thompson to hockey Michigan the lone American squad at the annual Georgetown International Bantam Hockey Tournament returned home with the overall championship The S team creamed Brampton 161 in the final The Glen Specters of the Inter County Past ball League announced they hired veteran Ted Wilkes as their new coach The Gemini fairy tale came to a close as the Streetsville Derbys swept through the Cen tral Ontario Junior finals in the minimum four games We wanted to go out with some pride and I Continued on Page Jules back as Gem coach THE GIFT THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME