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SPORTS Raiders well ahead of South/West pack The Georgetown Raiders completed the 2014 segment of their Ontario Junior Hockey League regular season schedule on a bit of a sour note Sunday in a 2-1 over- time loss to the Toronto Patriots at Westwood Arenas. Coming into the contest, the 23-4-3-5 Raiders had won 10 of their last dozen games including one of their best performances of the season Friday in Oakville, a 3-0 trouncing of the Blades, who are tied with the Pa- triots for second place in the South/West Conference, seven points behind front-running Georgetown. Caledon's Brendan Jacome notched his 14th goal of the campaign early in the first period Sunday but that was all the scoring the Raiders could generate as the teams finished even in shots on goal at 31. On Friday, Blake Jones scored twice and Francois Cote had the other, with superb rookie netminder Jack LaFontaine recording his first Jr. A shutout to comple- ment his 1.98 GAA, second best in the OJHL. Next up for the Raiders is a home date with the Trenton Golden Hawks on Saturday, Jan. 3 at 7:30 p.m. THUNDER SCORES BIG Members of the Halton Hills peewee select Thunder under- took a food drive and fundraising campaign for the Georgetown Bread Basket and thanks to their efforts 1,275 pounds of food and just under $1, 200 was collected. The donation was in the top 5 for contributions to the local food bank for 2014, said Kevin Flynn, events co-ordinator for the Bread Basket. Pictured above (from left) are Cole Campbell, Garrett Ghesquiere, Carter Gadbois, Phillip Rieder. Submitted photo Dickinson shakes off Team Canada cut There was no doubt what Jason Dickinson was going to do the day after getting cut from Team Canada. Dickinson returned to the Storm lineup Saturday just hours after be- ing cut from Team Canada, picking up an assist as the Storm entered the Christmas break with a 4-3 overtime win over the Erie Otters at the Sleeman Centre. Teammate Robbie Fabbri did make Team Canada and Storm head coach Scott Walker is an as- sistant with the team. The decision to play or not on Saturday was entirely Dickinson's. "There was no thought in my mind not to play today," said the 19-year-old Georgetown native, one of the last cuts of the national junior team late Friday night af- ter playing in an exhibition game against the Russians. "It's good to get away from my room and get away from those thoughts of 'what could I have done differently' and just come in here and play." Assistant coach Bill Stewart feels Team Canada made a mistake in cutting Dickinson. Stewart said he wasn't surprised Dickinson wanted to get right back on the horse Satur- day and play for the Storm. "I don't care what anybody says, for me he's not just the best two-way centre in the Ontario Hockey League he's the best two- way centre in the Canadian Hockey League," Stewart said. "I'm just sad, because he deserves better." By Tony Saxon The Guelph Mercury Bantam select Chargers unbeaten Acton's bantam select Chargers are undefeated in six minor hockey games this season and have won three straight, outscoring the op- position 17-6. The Chargers defeated Centre Wellington and Rosedale of Ham- ilton and picked up a win and a tie against the Halton Hills minors and Erin-Hillsburgh. Scoring: Jake Case (4G, 9A); Ca- leb Downs (6G, 4A); Brady Borges (3G, 7A); Ben Armstrong (4A); Jack Timmerman (2G, A); Ethan Totty G, 2A); Matt Dunne, Andrew Grant (2A); Brian Secord (G); Alex Cum- mings, Caleb Van Der Wal, Michael Holmes (A); Owen Ferguson (SO).