Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 5, 1989, p. 16

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THE HERALD Wednesday April 1989 Georgetown figure skaters Katherine Johnson and Jonathan Allen cut figures- as they dazzled the crowd at Memorial Arena last weekend with their dancing during the 27th annual Car nival Just This years carnival featured a southern river- boat and Caribbean cruise theme with costumes and music to match Herald photo Local skaters go cruisin Georgetown residents were treated to a cruise down the Mississippi River and on to the Caribbean Sea last weekend This cruise however did not take place on the water It took place on ice Memorial Arena was the actual venue and the 27th annual Just Cruisin carnival was the show as the Georgetown Figure Skating Club put on a delightful show last Saturday and Sunday With a boat cruise theme and featuring colorful costumes im aginative choreography and some talented local skaters the Georgetown skating club provid ed a top notch entertainment spectacle during two shows on Saturday and another two on Sun day While all members of the Georgetown Figure Skating Glut and the Georgetown Ice Dreamers Precision Skating Team took part in the annual festivities featured performers assumed a special place under the spotlight A highlight of this years feature included 17yearold Daynia a former member of the Georgetown club now skating competitively out of Mooretown and 19yearold Jeff Gavin The pair finished eighth in Canada in junior pairs in Three current members of the Georgetown club were also featured with Katie Cochrane Jonathan Allen and Katherine Johnson representing the local association as sectional skaters Jazz and blues tunes ac companied the shows opening based upon a southern riverboat theme while the scene shifted to the Caribbean with a calypso beat in the shows second half Berth in Buffalo tourney final missed by minutes Peewees run out of time Playoffs open in dose games were the order of the day as week two of the Georgetown Ladies Basketball Leagues round robin playoff schedule wrapped up on Mar 29 at Centennial School The Blue Zone maintained its undefeated playoff record by edging its seasonlong rivals the Pacemakers with San dy Brownridge hooping 15 points for the winners and Jenny Smith netting for the losers California Raisins are a sur prise in the playoffs after holding on for a onebasket win over the Celtics with Susan Thorn hitting for Raisin points and Michelle car rying the Celts offence with 28 In the other playoff game on Mar the Steroids kept the 76e as they recorded a 5518 win with Lor raine Capreol dropping in 20 points for the and Kuyvenhoven nailing 16 for the Sixers una transmission AUTOMASTER TRANSMISSION Foreign Domestic Light Trucks TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS I PROFESSIONAL TRANSMISSION TUNEUP sump and pan pan trans Hilar Htm trans fluid Adjust bend 95 DEAL DIRECT WITH US AND SAVE -NOMtDOtaMN- Frant A Drive Experts Armstrong A vc The Georgetown Weldwood Ma jor Peewees came within one period of making the Champion nip game of the Buffalo Interna tional Peewee Tournament last weekend Friday evening the team met the host Buffalo Hornet team Although the locals their opponents badly in the first two periods they were behind in the score In the third Buf falo capitalized on Georgetown penalties by scoring a pair of powerplay goals to seal a vic tory Under the tournament rules Georgetown gained only a half point out of five for holding the Hornets even in the first period Weldwoods second game in their roundrobin sectional was against Bolton Kennedy In a do ordie situation the locals combin ed stellar goaltending of Seth Homer with opportunistic sniping to win all three periods and the game to take all five tourna ment points Weldwood started quickly when Mike Travers sent Andrew Mar shall on a breakaway Marshall the goalie and put the puck by him with a backhand Three minutes later Blaine Kennedy fed Matt and his 35foot slap- shot acted like a knuckleball and dipped into the net over the shoulder Bolton got one back but the period ended at 21 Georgetown Weldwood increased its lead to in the second First it was Ken Brown whose blueline blast deflected past the goalie Then with three minutes remaining Charlie Snook beat two defenders on a solo- rush and put the puck upstairs into the top corner In the third the locals outscored Bolton was sent a pass from The Bolton goalie came out of his net to in tercept the pass but got there first swung wide and slid the puck into the net Four minutes later scored a SPECIAL marker on a breakaway with a nice deke Bolton closed out the scoring with two minutes to go but the locals had their five points Special mention goes to swing man Ryan Hay who alternated between forward and defence and led the team with six takeouts most of them of the stiff check variety This WinJet up their final round- robin- game with Cortland New York as the finalist decider Cor tland had won their first two games amassing nine points in the process Georgetown had to win the game and not lose more than a half point to advance The Georgetown squad played their best game of the season Goaltender Darryl was super in net and the defence was solid The exciting first period ended in a scoreless tie with making several tough saves The locals had to win the next period Less than a minute into the period Denichie dug the puck out of the Cortland comer to Michael in the slot His shot was stop ped by the goaltender but the re bound came back out tp Shannon Morris and she flipped a forehand over the sprawling goalie to give Weldwood the lead At Cortland tied it on the deflection of a corner shot But took the puck from the ensuing faceoff and let a go from the that handcuffed the goalie and Georgetown again had the lead While Keith Tippet and were killing a penal ty a few minutes later embarked on another solo rush and successfully the goalie to make it 31 The period ended with Weldwood killing a penalty ahead 31 Georgetown had to win the third period to advance to the final The defensive pair of Derek and Brown anchored the penalty killers as the rest of the penalty Continued on Page 19 STORE HOURS 9 30 a m6 except Thursdays Friday am m Cty Styles CfosaTaHome 211 Street Georgetown 8777361 CENTRE 8776904 KINSMEN GIRLS SOFTBALL GIRLS REGISTRATION Cedarvale Community Centre SATURDAY APRIL 8th 1100am200pm Fee Per Player or 5Q00 Per Family Includes Sweater and Team Photo Ages 18 Under ae of May extra each for late reglatratlon Name Address Telephone No Birth Date Last Teamf Please Fill In and Bring To Registration or Mall To MR JIM FORD 23 Mclntyre Georgetown L7G 1 N5 8779373 Kinsmen Softball

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