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THE HERALD Wednesday IS 1SB1 Page 21 Raiders topple first place Milton 74 By ROBERT RISK Herald Sports Editor Georgetown Raiders surprised first place Milton at Arena Saturday defeating the visitors Raiders also broke a four game losing streak with the win Coach Gary McFadyen said the victory showed how closely the teams are matched in the junior B division this season Basically any team can beat any other on any particular night With the new players got the team has got an even better chance of advancing in the playoffs The two most recent additions to the team Cory Ames and Jason Sirota both played a part in Saturday s suc cess was brought in from Brampton s junior team and stood between the pipes for Raiders Ames scored a goal and was a powerhouse on the ice ac cording to McFadyen He really inspired some of our other players He was digging in the corners coming back on the play and checking very well He played his heart out To make room for Sirota Paul St Pierre was released from Raiders No other moves have been made but McFadyen said the team has one card and one C card left to fill before the deadline in February We be looking at a few more players Tuesday yesterday at our practice and see what we have Getting another goal scorer is pretty much what we re look ingfornow added that Ames who had played earlier this season with Streetsville worked well on the line with Marty Savoy and John Williamson and may see further action together The coach also praised the ef forts of bis penalty killing units which he said helped keep Milton of f the scoreboard We had a number of penalties in the second period and for a while we were three on five They scored one with five seconds left in a double minor but that was all tbey allowed Savoy and Pierre James did an especially good Job out there Raiders had started out with a 20 lead but fell behind 42 in the second period The home team came back in the third the match up with six minutes re maining The guys really came back not letting up right to the end of the game scoring three more goals Billy McDonald had a great night getting a hat trick Also scoring for Raiders were Scott Humber Lewis and Blair Catherwood Raiders Rob played in Sunday Cen tra Ontario Junior B AllStar game assisting on two goals in a loss to the East division team Raiders visit Milton Friday for a rematch and then play Satur day at home against Oakville starting at 30 pm CENTRAL JUNIORS Wot Dhblofl TEAM TPH MlUon 8 Oakville 19 7 Brampton S3 10 3 43 S3 17 11 38 Burlington 15 IS Georgetown l it Peterborough 1 Thnnday BramptonSGeorgelownS Saturday Georgetown Milton Sunday WestJunorBAIIStam4 The wrestlers pictured here were just two of over 150 students who took pari in the tournament held Georgetown District High School on Saturday Rebels won the tournament four first place finishes and seconds Herald photo by Ben After winning their own tourna ment last weekend Jim Hall head of Georgetown District High School athletics department is sure wrestling is back as a force to be reckoned with Georgetown hosted which involved teams and 173 competitors racking up points more than second place lied for third were St Elizabeth and Centennial both from Brampton Leading the way for Rebels were Kyle Colin Kay Sieve Brown and Dustin Thomp son all with first phce finishes In second were Sean Goodwill Ian Cox Bruce Ryan Mike Large and Mike Roe Steve Teetzel third while Derek Mills and Damien Stewart Hagge finished fourth Hall pointed out that organizing the event requ red i lot of effort for a number of people in par Ryan Robinson and Heather Santsche who were con of II tournament is pari f the r physical education course requirement It took a lot f work and to make sure everything ran smwthlv both did a Acton Redmen results Acton High Sthool teams had a tough time last Wednesday los all their basketball and volleyball matches At home junior volleyball squad forced Bishop to a third set but lost 15 1511 7 15 Seniors lost Coach Bruce Andrews said the juniors had trouble passing the ball around and the seniors started well but had trouble get ling the breaks they needed to win In basketball juniors tost at Bishop Reding while the midgets lost at Reding as well Bill Andrews was the high scorer for the juniors netting points followed by Jeff Koprowski ind Brad Thorpe with eight each David was the high scorer for Acton s midget team the volleyball teams are playing against Nelson on the road while basketball midgets and juniors host Nelson Midget volleyball teams played at Bishop Reding yesterday Tuesday but results were unavuhble at press time T he swim torn is taking part in a meet it M Robinson rule great job Mrs Mr McKay and Mr Castledine were very helpful as well Hall also thanked Smith Art and Bob Hihary Wiese Stephanie Perkins and Cindv for their assistance Rebel wrestlers will be taking pirt in the SamiaWindsor tour Feb and 9 followed b the Lord Elgin All Comers tour nament Feb 12 Rebel vollevball teams hope to continue their climb in Hilton s on with some w ins at home Wednesday Seniors in first phce with 7 rtcord second Bishop Reding as of press t mel Stirling 3 Juniors 61 ire hoping w over Notre Dime 11 will help them move out of their second place th Bishop Reding Midget volleyball team after winning their tournament last week at Bishop Reding vesterdav but results were at press time resume tournament at E Drurv Feb before in the North cham at Acton High School Feb Rebel bisketbill midgets 51 ind juniors both it Notre Dame while seniors 1 1 host Nelson it Sweeping Sabres seek second spot By ROBERT RISK Herald Sports Editor Acton Sabres swept all three of their weekend games moving them to within two points of se cond place Schomberg which lost one of its ow matches Friday Sabres defeated Grand Valley 96 at Acton their second win over Harvesters in a row having beaten them Jan 6 on the road Paul Larsen led the Sabre at tack with a hat trick while Jeff Shevaher close behind with two Jamie Curran John Van Dam Jason Lucas and Mark each had one Sabre coach Ken Steen said this year is another step in the im provement of the organization which he said he hopes will result in a first round bye in the playoffs We started building this team up from three vears ago and now the work has started paying off All the plavers have been work hard to make it happen Saturday Sabres hosted Alliston thrashing Hornets 101 Shevalier Jim English and Phil each notched two goals Paul Jamie Mark and Jason Lucas each had one Sunday s game was the most important of the three according to Steen With Bradford in fourth Sabres wanted to gain some ground on the Bulls It was a big four pointer for us We have two games in hand on them and it going to be even harder for them to catch us Scoring for Sabres in their win over Bradford were Shevalier Lucas and English each with two goals The victory was also a measure of revenge for Sabres which lost to Bulls 3 2 in overtime Jan 5 in Hillsburgh Steen added that the team is sitting in a good position after defeating Bulls since a third place finish would see the team play last place Fergus in the opening playoff round The two top teams get a first round bye which is what Steen said he is aiming for With two games com ing up against Schomberg Jan and Jan the coach said their positions in league dings could be decided soon Subres swept weekend series with Grand Valley and Bradford iuoiug the learn to within two points of second phce Here goalie Jim makes a save against Grind which lost to Satires Friday at Acton Herald photo