the HERALD Sports I and and Recreation SECTION TIlEllERAtD Wednesday January 1968 Paget For 30 Years up Jiff at tipa jm We Have Delivered the back door Juveniles claim Silver Stick championship By MIKE TURNER Herald Sport Editor For a team that was forced to come In the back door the Georgetown Gemini Juveniles left no doubt In anyone mind that they were deserving of a berth In the North American Sliver Stick Cham held on the weekend in Mooretown The Georgetown squad scored six unanswered goals In the third period of a final game against to take a decision and bring Georgetown Its first Silver Sties championship In close to years The prestige associated with the liver Stick cannot be underestimated I nee qualifying teams can be considered the best north and south of the Canada US border really Is a prestigious touma said Georgetown coach Charlie following he weekends excitement We were very fortunate to win and It was a case of playing a lot of good hockey when we had to Georgetown biggest battle In winning the Silver Stick champion ship may well have been simply get ting there In the first place The rood to the Silver Stick had apparently ended for the team several weeks ago at the qualifying tournament hosted by A ax The format there dictated that on ly the division winning teams could advance Georgetown finished se cond In their division to but had a better record than other teams to advance Fortunately wife Barb who manages the Georgetown team and minor hockey executive member Dae Martin got In touch with Moorejown officials to state their case and the tournament reps concurred paving the way for Georgetown to advance The format in Mooretown a point to teams for winning a and two points for winning game for a maximum of five points game Georgetown managed to pick up only one point In their opening game they lost 53 to Beamsvllle That left the Juveniles in quite a hole but they fought back from a deficit against A ax In their second game to take a decision and claim four points In their next game Georgetown swept all five points In a 52 win over Grimsby which moved them Into the championship final against Trailing 1 after two periods Georgetown battled bock to dominate the third and take the decision With one game winner take all Hanman said they had to make a few adjustments They played very smart positional hockey he said They broke out with all game We were dominating In the comers and they let us because we were playing a more physics game So all we did was send a man high In the slot and we started scoring our goals Incredibly there was only one penalty colled In the entire cham plonshlp game as Georgetown was called for Interference with a mere minute- and a half remaining There was no question in Han mind that the altitude the layers took with them to Mooretown was to take care of business We came together as a family almost he says It was so good for this hockey team There wasnt one problem the whole weekend There was a curfew and all the players stuck Georgetown can be boys In the final game with the Georgetown attack was paced by Terry Dixon and Kennedy with a pair of goals each Dan Kent Chris Marling and Rob Cooper add singles In their earlier loss to Kennedy Dennis and Brian Peacock ac counted for the Georgetown ante Kennedy picked up a pair of goals in the team victory over while singles went to Cooper Dixon Dean Morgan and Steve Turner Marling twice In Georgetown win over Grimsby as Kennedy Morgan and Kent had a goal apiece Kennedy was the top sniper for the weekend with six goals and three assists In the four games The Georgetown Gemini Juveniles will be honored this Saturday at 11 30 a at the Arena with the introduction of the team members and the raising of the Silver Stick Championship pennant it proud of these For Hanmans team its all relative Georgetown Gemini Juveniles coach Charlie Hanman described his teams momentous win at the North American Silver Stick Championships on the weekend as a coming together of the team almost like a family And that understandable Just as the players have their Job to do on the ice the teams coaching staff takes on their responsibilities with equal en thuslasm Barb who is the teams manager while Bert Osborne and Wayne Dixon handles assistant coaching duties and Roger Brown la trainer In a tournament as renowned as the Sliver Stick It simply a mat of necessity that not everyone can have equal ice time when so much Is at stake But Coach Han man said all the players maintain ed their high Intensity level and conducted themselves In the team s best interests But one player in particular stood out in Hanman mind for his attitude Brian Doherty missed the team opening game against on Friday night due to work com mi taenia He was suited up for action Saturday afternoon when the Juveniles took on but after a few brief shifts on the Ice a knee Injury forced him from the lineup But he stayed all weekend said He used his stick as a- crutch and hopped around He was even at the victory party when we got back Sunday That a the type of spirit this hockey club has Other members of the Silver Slick Championship roster in elude Goaltendert Joe and John Pat McCarthy BUI Herman Kennedy Brian Peacock Chris Marling Terry Dixon Tim Bennett Dean Morgan Mike Tertiei Mike Dennis DouceButcher and Steve Turner Rebels lose game to Rams The Georgetown District High School Rebels dropped a dec to the M Robinson Rams in lis It on Senior Boys Hockey League action last week Robinson is currently in first place In Western Division with 19 points on nine wins one loss and tie e Rebels a tied for fifth In the Western with six paints on three wins and seven losses Robinson was led by Denny Guertin and Wayne Ireland with a pair of goals each while Jamie Evans Brian Stephen and Brad Hilton had singles Mike Ross and Jason Arnold replied for the Rebels Goalie King sparks confidence Gems solid in victories had After all the last lime the Georgetown Gemini had two wins to rub together there were still shopping days till Christmas But on the weekend the Gems swept a pair of Central Junior hockey games over the Vaughon Raiders and Milton Merchants by identical counts of The major contributing factor to Georgetown newfound success is newfound goal lender Todd King who Joined Ihe Gens recently from the Oakville Blades King both victories and has brought the Gems a con fldence- been lacking cording to Sturgeon Hes certainly a boast to the squad says the Gemini head coach Weve been looking for Number 1 stopper for a long I me and he adds a lot of confidence to defence That confidence was parlayed Into two solid wins as the Gems ex with a different set up that frustrated the Raiders Friday night Chuck opened the scoring to give the Gems a lead in the first few minutes of ploy against Vaughan but Rick got that one back at the a 12 mark Greg scored to make it 1 at the break in Georgetown The Raiders tied the game once again in the second when Vigil put the puck out from behind the George own net nod fed Mike who blasted a past King Jay Anderson of the Gems was sent off for tripping at and the Raiders took lust 17 second to capitalize as Rob Cxite was left alone In front of net and pumped it In But Gemini came back to tie it at three when Br an Gcndron broke In alone from centre and a shot by goal tender John Georgetown regained the lead at the mark of the final period when Kevin Dance backhanded a making It But responded with a shorthand goal by Rob Miwa at Dance scored what proved to be the winning goal Just seconds later when Brent broke In on the left wing and dropped pass that Dance fired home Vaughan pulled Nizic with 42 seconds left on the clock but Travis Cole look a pass from broke i Kflal mm m v I The Georgetown Gemini registered two Vigilant of the Vaughan Raider triei to jam toe wins In the Centra Junior Hockey League on me puck In the net during the victory at the weekend thanks In large part acquired Todd King Here King covers Arena Friday night Herald photo In over the and slapped it Into the empty net for the final The Raiders the Gemini 4130 In the contest Saturday match with Milton was close throughout as the Gems held slim leads of 32 and at the breaks Prcsswood Dance and Joe Washkurak were the marksmen for the Gems in the opening frame while Chris Refer and Grant replied for the Merchants Dance had a powerplay marker Rebel squash team retains Challenge Cup The Georgetown District High School squash team successfully defended claim to the Khan Challenge Cup Sunday as they defeated Nell McNeil Secondary School of Toronto five matches to one Sunday match up was the eighth challenge since the competition was Initiated and the fourth time Georgetown has successfully defended their title In player loplayer competition Jim defeated Tony Clanciol ta by default after the McNeil player had to withdraw due to in Jury Tbe other four a for Georgetown came with sweeps over the McNeil players in ve pairings Mctnnle Jans defeated J Soullere Keith Smith downed Tom Zurelf Karen Smith beat Francis Limfat and Owen Jones beat Ruth Skinner Georgetown a only loss came when three games to MarkoSemeniuk The Georgetown team is coached by Chris Kogon and Murray Jans Georgetown will now hold the Jahangir Khan Challenge Cup which has been contributed by Com pucopy for a period of four weeks after which another school may challenge them and try to take ft away from them on the court The Challenge Is open to all high school teams constating of six with a minimum of two r wo male students arrange matches In the Challenge competition teams may contact Jim Mason at 1 or Anna Marlte at 1416336S162 for Georgetown In the second while Milton responded with a goal by Joe OToole The Genu extended their lead to In Ihe third period on a pair of goals and rounded out the final with a goal at tbe IS mark Again the Genu were this time by a margin finished the gome with four assists while Washkurak added a pair of assists to his threegoal per Both Washkurak and Dance were effective offensively for Georgetown and Sturgeon believes they will con tlnue to providing they stick to hockey and stay away from p tbe officials the wrong way When they re playing hockey and concentrating on the game they re big assets to the team and standouts in the league Sturgeon down the road Sturgeon will be either the or the Blades Right now Sturgeon wants to improvements the tensive zone but coming out of our end we re struggling he says Tbe guys have got to realize they have to work Just as hard on the powerplay as they would if were short handed Thursday the Gems visit for an m game with the Capitals while Friday they host Newmarket lor an game at the Alcott Arena Tuesday Georgetown plays In Streets villcatSpm players female or mo t on RMS m official at a lunar via on ihe mm for their prior Mayor blrtkwBwill have On opportunity win JiV penalty Sweepstakes which recognize turn which can Penalty Sweepstakes The penalty bean final Sabres hanging on to second place The Acton Sabres completed a crucial five games in six days stint last week and era Manager Jules Russian is pretty pleased with the results Last Tuesday the Sabres paid a visit to Caledon where they proper drubbed the Flyers Then back on home ice Wednes day the Sabres doubled up on the All Is ton Those wins along with another victory over Caledon and a loss each to and Bradford gave the Sabres three wins in the It also boosted the Sabres Into se cond place with a twopoint lead over Bradford in the MidOntario Junior Hockey League The win over the Flyers was a big one for the Sabres particularly since they have had so much trouble with them this season We just started to pick up tbe in tensity level said Russian of the team play We got more out of the guys who Just seemed to be along for the ride before The team in general Just worked harder and went out with Idea that they wanted to win Five unanswered goals In the se cond period proved to be the dlf ference in Actons victory over the Flyers After being tied 1 1 following the first period Sabres Jumped out In front in the second and coasted from there Todd Cull and Greg Yates each had a pair of markers for the Sabres while Steve Wagner Chris Turner Tom Fisher Trevor and Peter Cargtll all collected singles Paul and Eric had the Caledon goals In win over listen the Sabres were again bolstered by a strong second period as they led after the first but scored three unanswered goals In the second to go ahead Turner and Rod McClure scored for Acton in the opening frame while Rob Macy replied for Alllston Then in the second Mike Sean Laverty and McClure with his second of the night broke the game open for the Sabres added a powerplay marker early In the final period to open up a lead Greg Martin and Brent Sallows added late goals for Alllston but the Sabrea had the game well in hand by that point Aside from his two goals also added a pair of assists In the contest and according has been picking up his play con Rod had been going In spurts and needed to dig a little deeper Russian says With two goals and two assists he showed he can Tom Hill handled the goal tending duties In both wins as Dan ton rested a sore knee The Sabres are taking advantage of a current break In the schedule but they travel to Grand Valley Thursday for a contest with the last place Harvesters Then on Friday they II host Schomberg for an m game The Sabres round out their schedule with a pair of games that could decide their final standing On Jan they host Bradford and on Jon they travel to INSIDE mm SPORTS Classy figures B2 Scoring binge B2 Sports briefs B2 Making tracks B3 SPORTS I Royals edged B3 HHHLofarace B3 Scoreboard B4 Double darters B4 ENTERTAINMENT Pack of Lies B5 At The Movies B5 Jazz show fundraiser B5 Art exhibit coming B5