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Wednesday October 1W9 Acton harriers show promise There are two things that set the annual Octoberfest Invitational Cross Country races apart from all other cross country races open to high school athletes Those are the seventy of the courses and the huge numbers of competitors Located at the Chicopee Ski Hills in Kitchener the courses are a run ners nightmare with huge hills and very few flat areas in which to recover Even the start of the races is uphill This year s event which was held last Thursday saw the largest number of competitors at a high school cross country meet in Canada There were 2 athletes competing Bruce Andrews the coach of the Cross Country team was pleased with the efforts of his run ners We are trying to build a foundation for cross country at Ac ton and this will take some time The of our runners have been steadily improving from meet to meet and this meet was no exception especially in light of the huge numbers of competitors David Osborne continued his strong racing this season by ing 11th in a field of 315 finishers Coach Andrews believes that upon Osborne performances so far this season tie should be able to qualify for the championships and be able to finish in the top 2o Julian Sark and Bob Andrews first year runners achieved good results for themselves by placing 229th and respectively The junior boys 6 800 metre race saw the largest field of competitors with finishers Lam Nguyen led the way for Acton by placing He was followed across the finish line by Kevin Matt Elliott 283rd and David Watkinson 300th Marc Vanden Akker the only senior runner on the Acton squad achieved a personal best by ing 133rd in a field of 350 com To build a strong team in the future the Redmen must recruit more girls to cross country This year they have only two female competitors Karen a first year midget has been runn well all season and at Chicopee ran in a field of 259 Tamra Reynolds a senior finished her race in 109th position Junior collect win The Acton High School Junior Redmen volleyball team emerged program Calling all house league and rep hockey players Skate harder faster and leam to stop sharper Each level of our powerskating program is designed to increase your power agility speed and co ordination Qualified instruction will stress the principles of balance stance and posture Program commences Wednes day Oct IS at the Georgetown Memorial Arena Call the Halton Hills Recreation and Parks Department at 873 2600 268 for more information The Special Needs DropIn pro gram is planning a craft bazaar and bake sale on Saturday Oct 21 12 to m at the Acton Arena The DropIn program runs weekly and offers all kinds of recreational op portunities for handicapped adults in North but needs your assistance and support to pay for supplies and refreshments If you would like to donate any homemade crafts baked goods or white elephant items to our sale please call Shirley at Thank you for your support of our efforts DISTRIBUTORS BLUE JAYS A I EAST CHAMPIONS SHIRTS AVAILABLE Shale Sharpen Tea Wear 8730500 Mo St victors in regular Halton league play against Notre Dame on Thurs day defeating their guests by three games to none Very quickly in the firs game the dominated the play to win In the second game the visitors became a little more organized m their attack against an Acton squad whose players had been rotated by their coaches to a number of new positions The after falling behind struck back eventually to win 1511 In the third game a number of service aces led Acton to a victory Coach Ken was particular ly pleased with the play of Jake Jovanov whose serves proved dif ficult for the guests to handle Our outside blocking said Ellis continues to improve becoming an offensive weapon for us He singled out Jeff Koprowski and rookie Kevin as work well on the blocks against Notre Dame The next regular action for the is on Wednesday when Ac ton travels to Blakelock Their league record is now and COUNTRY LOBSTER NOW OPEN LOBSTER DINNER 95 toil Line Rivet Ril 8772254 Across Goll Clubt pitch finalists Smith Stone Plant Pitch I finahsls row left to Don Mark Ken 1 ins Slew Campbell Rick and Make Harrison Back row kit riLlit Stin Donald lien I land rji Jim Mir shall Bill and Daw Hi raid M and M Pro Sports bantams suffer early season losses M and Pro Sports r ban tarn AA opened their season this past weekend losing to Flam and their arch nvals Milton Acton girls post win and KELI Herald Special Last Thursday ihe Acton High School Junior Girls basketball team defeated Notre Dame bv the score of 4742 The game was a fought contest with the teams tied at half time In the second half strong play under he boards b Kelh Am brose and fast breaks bj Louth contributed to the Acton win Coach Larry Mann was especially pleased with his team performance It was a fun game for both teams It had fast back and forth action and a close score with everyone contributing I especially liked our passing game today he said High scorers for Acton were Kel Ambrose with points Louth with eight and Tracev Cnpps with six The Junior will meet T A Blakelock in their next home game Wednesday at 30 p m NORTH END NISSAN MO MARTIN Mil ION ON Mi 8784137 In their first game of the season the bantams went to Saturda night and seemed to take the on too light as serious competition In the first period both teams seemed to be feeling each other out scoring the first goal at the mark Georgetown tied it up just two minutes later w hen Jake scored from a pass from Steve Wright with the other assist going to Chris Barrow But took the lead and never looked back adding two more in the second period We showed our lack of time together said coach Wright We got behind and started to run all over the place We are a new team and it will take time to jell as a team We will learn from mistakes as the season goes on Sundav for their first home game the locals fell behind again when Milton opened the scoring at the mark of the first period Georgetown tied it up less than minute later when Tim Presswood scored with assists to Derek and Shaun Cum Milton scored three more before Georgetown again on the with Sieve Wright s goal from a pass Dav Osborne Milton scored a powerplav goal HYUNDAI OWNERS For Service Call then Tim Press scored nis of the game at 14 the third period with assists going to and Mark David Milton again got the goal but the bantams came back when Jake Mashinterput one in off a Steve 1 in the third Our guvs were on the third said coach Wnght We never gave up and there was none of the running around we saw last night game Our team proved 300 per cent the name in Flamboro the night before and I can see this getting better w ith ev er game said right Members of the and Pro Sports Major Bantams are Tom Spencer Tom D uk Steve Chris Barrow Jake Mashlrier Mark id Dive Osborne Matt Downs foul ing Shaun Derek Tim Press Dublin Thompson Mike Large Ward an Si in Pearson Coaches ire lohn WriLjit and Joe Next home i it Mi EAGLE ENTERPRISES 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