Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 13, 1991, p. 19

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Wednesday November 13 1B9I Page 1 DOWNTOWN FAX SERVICE Evenings Saturdays Too ill vouncx itd Downtown Georgetown Sports and I Recreation STEVEN LeBLANC Herald Sports Editor Hurricane Hockey 20 21 21 22 23 Outstanding week for GDHS boys volleyball Junior and Senior Rebs advance to finals By STEVEN Herald Sports Editor junior and senior volleyball teams spiked volleyed and blocked their way to the Regional Finals last Thursday While moments of frustration and anxiety filled by teams contests last week the teams combination of talent and heart was enough to outshine their opponents and ad vance to the finals The junior squad made it to the semifinals with an easy victory over Milton District in the quarter finals last Tuesday The juniors won this match with and victories This was basically a tuned up for the semifinals said coach We had beaten up on them earlier in the season and did so again in the playoffs The junior Rebels had much stif- fer competition two days later against the Nelson Knights The first game saw Nelson jump ahead to a 102 lead in a very short time span Seconds later Nelson added three more points and it looked as though Georgetown would soon trail by one game The Rebels however stopped the Knights cold at this point and scored unanswered points A saw match insued moments later when Nelson added a point to their total and both team fought like cats and dogs for the win with Georgetown eventually coming out on top The second game was much closer in score with neither team able to on more than two points at a time Nelson however were able to hit a hot streak collected five straight points and the win 10- 5 With the score tied at one game a piece it appeared as though the deciding game would be even more exciting than the previous two This was not the case The junior Rebels allowed Nelson only the second point of the game and blew the Knights away to adavnce to the finals The senior squad went from default to victory to adavnce to the semis last Tuesday With a match against Georgetown lost the first game by default because of a lack of squad members ready for competition The second game belonged to the Rebels who allowed their only four points before ex- with vicious spiking and strong blocking for a 154 win Drury looked like con tenders in the final game with a much improved defence but fell short as the Rebels walked away with a 1512 win and the right to ad vance to the semifinals In the semifinals the senior squad had an even harder time against a strong team The Rebels fought their way to a 1510 win in the first game but lost a heartbreaking second game With everything on the line the Rebels came out on top with a 157 victory with solid blocking and good passing We played the best volleyball of the season this week said a satisfied coach Bob We are looking forward to the finals Volleyball Rebels have right stuff LEFT A senior Rebel victory over Robinson RIGHT Defence was a big to advance to the finals Earlier in the week the Iunlor squad attacker keeps his balance after spiking one past Drury part of the junior Rebels game plan Thursday afternoon as defeat Milton District High School 21 in quarterfinal action last Tuesday The senior Rebels beat they came on top of a decision against the Nelson Knights Herald Photos by Steven LeBlanc 20 and advanced to the finals after a hard fought Junior B Raiders trimmed 65 by first place Capitals Local tennis youth represents Ontario With under a period left to play last Saturday the Raiders took the lead at 118 on a shot by Ian Ellis and were on their way to a victory over top ranked Brampton when the roof caved in once again on Georgetown Less than two minutes later Brampton forward Anthony netted the tying goal while team mate Roger dumped in the winning talley at 916 It was a hard loss for Georgetown to take but certainly not an unexpected one The Brampton Capitals opened the scoring in the first with a goal from captain Vito Georgetown came back with a talley of their own from Ron Henry Brampton scored yet again and took a 21 lead into the second Both teams exchanged two goals each in the second period with Raider goals coming from Tom Viola and Kevin Gordon Alcott Arena erupted second into the final period when Todd and Ian Ellis com bined for two quick goals within two minutes The Raiders however were unable to hold on to their lead and dropped a decision Earlier in the week Georgetown skated to a win over Royal York Royal York were able to take a 0 lead in the dying minutes of the first and with a power play goal at of the second by Royal York it seemed as if Georgetown would fall to the last place Royals However four unanswered goals including three in the third were enough for Georgetown to walk away with the victory Geor etown will face off on home ice this Friday against Royal York at pm and Saturday against Burlington at 730 pm Victor Capota On Oct 25 Georgetown youth Victor Capota was selected to represent Ontario at the Ontario- Quebec Tennis Exchange which will be held in Montreal this weekend Victor 11 has been playing ten nis for over two years and is a member of the Ontario Club His coach is Georgetowns Mike Mitchell The Exchange will involve training sessions with the Quebec players on Friday and singles and doubles matches on Saturday and Sunday In addition to competition players will receive on court coaching during your matches by designated Team Ontario

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