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the HERALD Wednesday February 199Z Sports Fagiifr Jans headed of the world squash By STEVEN The Herald Georgetown teen Melanie Jans began her involvement in squash six years ago when her parents signed her up at the Georgetown Racquet Club From this inauspicious begin she has become one of ida best squash players and is herself worthy of com petmg against the best players in the world Jans 18 a Grade student at Georgetown Distnct High School trains at Pine Valley Racquet Club in Toronto Her coach is Barbara Diggins She is currently ranked number one in Canada for her age group and hopes to make the national team in the If she is successful she will compete at the World Squash Championships in Vancouver this October My chances of make the team are very solid said At first I told the national coach Ian that my goals were to make the team He told me that I should strive to place in the top two on the team explained that she became involved in squash after she hurt her knees and had to give up gymnastics She had trained at the Hills Gymnastics Club McLANIc JANS She took the national squash scene by storm at a very young age placing forth at the Nationals for her age group in Sarnia when she was and capturing the gold the following year Vancouver skills on the squash court have taken her around the world as well Before Christmas she competed at the Dutch Open in Am sterdam the trip was sponsored by S Group of Toronto There she managed to qualify and met Michelle Martin who is ranked number two in world and took a game from her for the top circuit She has also competed in such countries as Scotland England Australia and Norway Before Christmas I competed in England and was eliminated early in competition said I was able to do some shopping and take in some sight seeing In addition lo competing on the world circuit is a member of the Rebels squash team and also teaches ballet once a week to five classes at the Hills Gymnastics Club She enjoys playing tennis and hopes to play soccer this summer explained her plans after finishing high school center on her making the national team She hopes to eventually have a world ranking Her back up plan should she need one is to attend university and earn a degree in sports psychology If she takes this route she wishes to attend the University of Toronto so she can continue to train at her current club Right now Melanie is focusing all her attention on making the national team and making a name for herself in the international squash scene She is determined to make it to the top and is an in spiration to athletes from relatively small communities with big time dreams Protecting the goalie Rearguards of the Acton Pee Wee Select squad Tournament Friday night at Acton Arena but lost fought off Milton attackers during the opening game The squad was eliminated from the play off after of the Acton Legion House League Select Pee Wee losingtoOakvllle4 Herald Photo Black Machines break tradition with impressive 9192 season In the beginning of the season the John Henderson Ma Atom Black Machines had reason to believe they may again struggle through a tough With a history of tough com petition and not a whole lot of luck the Black attack decided it was time to serve notice to the rest of the league that an automatic two points when play Georgetown was no longer The biggest reason for a 25 point increase in the standing and a sixth place finish in the team division was the play of the team fine young Chris Hall and Lewis With Hall seeing full time duty in the Georgetown cage he proved he is one of the top backstops in the league Offense wins games defense wins championships and that is exactly what happened m early December when the Black Machines rolled to the Enn Tour Championship Veteran Geoff Dave Markham Joey and Jeff kept things clean in front of Hall and with great size and strength while rookie rearguard fan Cartwnght used his great playmakmg ability and smarts to outwit forecheckers and move the puck quickly In this season of many ups and downs these fine young athletes combined to create a winning at mosphere amongst themselves and proved to everyone they were capable of winning any contest they entered After a disappointing loss to Burlington in the O H A playoffs this past weekend the winning taste they experienced in the regular season will become invaluable in the teams pursuit to become the Tn County Champions Killer Cs hold top spot in ladies basketball For a second straight week the Killer s have owned top spot in the Ladies Basketball League Last Wednesday they I up on fourth place Stammers with the help of Anita Stankus and Charlotte who each netted 20 points Last place TimeOuts have yet to claim their second win of the season Lasi week they dropped a 52 decision to TimeIns lmeIns star forward Heather Lawrence scored points while teammate Jane Black chipped in Second place A team trailing fir st place s by four points narrowly escaped losing ground m the standings when they edged out Green Boosters 5650 High scorers for A team were Judy Spear 15 Boo and 12 netted points for Green Hoosiers Scoring poin each were her teammates Conn and Penny Wright Draw winner Trudy and Mike Jones left recently claimed their two American Airline tickets and cheque for SI 000 as the grand prize winners of the 15th Annual Bill Smith Golf Tournament held last June from tour nament sponsor Bill Smith right The tournament raised 000 for the Canadian Cancer Society Herald Photo AAA Midgets sweep first playoff series The Hurricanes swept their opening round playoff series against defeating Barrie twice on the weekend Both games were played in Bar Saturday night the Hurricanes dominated their hosts skating to a win The score was flatter ing for Barrie as had three goals disallowed Jamie Janjevich led the ing parade with a pair of goals Ken Kosziwka Jason Cole and Mike added single tallies Halton led before Bar found the scoreboard ruining David White s shutout bid with just under seven minutes left in the game Leading the series 20 Halton returned Sunday and completed the sweep with a solid 53 win Again the Hurricanes took control of the game and were never threatened throughout the contest picked up where he left off Saturday scoring three and adding an assist Jake Mashinter and Mitch Robinson rounded out the ing Barne scored twice late in the game the last with virtually no time remaining on the clock and White starting his victory celebration to make the score respectable awaits their next nent on their quest for the title take over top curling spot With the number one and two Thursday recreational curling teams losing in last week s tion Smith Automotive skipped by Brad Smith took over the top spot on Jan Looking to maintain this posi they fought off a late charge from LaGuys for an win and remained a point up on the se cond place Senators Ken Irwin s Work That Body foursome stole four in the seventh to nail down a victory over the Hogliners and Ian Arnolds Ruby Begonias continued their streak doubling Jaws 84 The Rockers and Sliders had the tightest game of the evening blanking three ends and tied 2 2 at the end of six Unfortunately the clock ran out on this one and Barry two in the seventh end gave the Rockers a win Later on Graham and the Senators took six ends to best the Kendale Hackers and stay close to the Ken McCormack s Three Men and a Skip rink had similar sue cess over the Rinkhounds and ex tended their win streak to three Steve Cartwnghts Frosted Flakes built on a big se cond end to defeat the Challengers 4 and s Rolling Stones got back in the winning groove with yet another 81 score over the 8 Enders A week later the stormy weather and cod conditions created several high scoring games at North Halton Brad Smith held off the Challengers to win 7 and re main on top Barry Dunlop s Rockers broke it open in the fifth to coast home against the Senators and Ian nolds Ruby Begonias doubled the Potovszky Markham rink The Hounds and guest skip Dave picked up a five in the fifth to defeat the Hogliners Two hours later was on the other end when Scott Enders scored the second five ender of the night in their win over Jaws Don Campbells Kendale Hackers could do nothing wrong and it was only a pressure shot from Sign skip Moore in the last end that killed the shutout attempt