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Pa ge 4 4 T hu rs da y, D ec em be r 1 0, 2 01 5 - T he IF P - H al to n H ill s - w w w .th ei fp .c a SPORTS Comingup Public skating on the new second ice surface at the Acton Arena takes place Saturday from 3-4:20 p.m. and Sunday from 2-3:20 p.m. Rebels runners-up at tourney Christ the King Jaguar Andrew Hillier was swarmed by Georgetown 'B' Rebel defenders (from left) Kian Durno, Ben Abram and John Bryce during the opening game of the GDHS Junior Boys' Basket- ball Tournament Friday afternoon. The Rebels, who had two teams entered in the tourney, won this game handily. At the forefront is CtK's Jacob Chiasson (45). Photo by Eamonn Maher Standout efforts by Masters, Jacomes, boosts Jr. A Raiders Just a few hours after learning he'd won the Ontario Junior Hockey League's conference player-of-the-month award, Georgetown Raiders' leading scorer Brendan Jacome scored a pair of goals in his club's 3-3 draw with the visiting Wellington Dukes Saturday night. The 20-year-old from Caledon, in his fourth year with the Raiders, tallied short- handed in the first period and again early in the third period, as Georgetown was at- tempting to post its first-ever victory over the 18-11-1-1 Dukes. But it was veteran netminder Andrew Masters who earned first- star honours Saturday for the 18-9-3-0 Raiders after making 48 saves, including 14 in overtime. "We have the best goalie in the league, in my estimation," said Raid- ers' head coach & GM Greg Walters. Rookie Jack Jacome had the other goal for the home side, which took on the 11-16- 0-3 Whitby Fury at home Wednesday night without five players (defenders Austin Cho, Matt Cairns and Matt Thom along with for- wards Josh Dickinson and Daniel Hardie), who are at the Team Canada East evaluation camp this week in Toronto. "We just went through it with the all-star tournament when we had six guys away, but it gives other players an opportunity to play in situations that they sometimes normally wouldn't," Walters added. "And we got a chance to see some of our (affiliated players) perform well." On Friday night in Burlington, Jack Ja- come missed a penalty shot just two minutes into the contest, although the 16-year-old came through with a third-period power- play goal that took the wind out of a Cougar comeback bid in a 5-2 Raider triumph. Andrew Court, Daniel Hardie, Brendan Jacome and Arran MacDonald (empty net) also found net for Georgetown. Brendan Jacome was named the OJHL's Gongshow Gear South-West Conference Player of the Month for November after collecting 10 goals and eight assists in 10 games. He also chipped in four game-winning markers and now has 21 goals and 35 points in 32 starts this season. Walters said he has yet to decide whether the team will have a captain this season. "We're waiting for someone to step up and take it, but it also has to do with how young we are and what route we're going to take at the (roster cutdown) deadline (Jan. 10)," said Walters. "We're comfortable with the four As we've got now. This year we're in a tough division and with 17 new players, it's a day- to-day thing for us. We've got great speed, but we still need to learn some of the finer points of the game. It'll come." There will be plenty of action on and off the ice this Sunday as the North Halton Girls' Hockey Association hosts its inaugural Twister Day at the Mold-Masters SportsPlex in George- town. With house league and rep games involving every Twister team sched- uled on two rinks from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., the main on-ice event of the day is a rematch between of last year's ex- hibition contest between the North Halton midget AAs and the Chinese women's national team on the Saputo Pad at 3 p.m. Based out of the Sports Village in Vaughan, the Chinese squad has been conducting a development camp at the facility and playing ex- hibition games against teams from around southern Ontario. The midget AA Twisters played against China last November and although the home side lost 3-1, it served as the highlight of many of their youth hockey careers. "For the first five or six minutes, our girls were in awe because you're playing against a team that's been to the Olympics," said midget AA man- ager Peter Trivino. "But after that you heard the girls on the bench say, "Hey, they're as good as we are,' and we settled down and played a good game." At noon, three-time Canadian Olympic Team goalie Sami-Jo Small will be the guest speaker at Twister Day's opening ceremony. Other 'Break Out Sessions' in- clude Ashley Riggs speaking about The Path to College Hockey at 10 a.m., a Concussion Protocol presentation at 2 p.m. and the McMaster Altitude Team Building Program at 3 p.m. There is no admission fee for the day, but visitors are asked to bring a non-perishable food item in support of the Georgetown Bread Basket food bank. Twister Day Sunday features game with Chinese national team Mississauga's Clarkson Chargers defeated the Georgetown 'B' Rebels 73-51 in Satur- day's championship game of the GDHS Ju- nior Boys' Basketball Tournament, which featured eight teams. A late cancellation meant that GDHS entered two teams -- its junior squad and a mix of midget and the seven junior-aged players who are on the Rebel senior side. Georgetown 'A' defeated Guelph CVI in the consolation final 56-50. Making the tour- nament all-star team were: Dominic Walker - Georgetown B; Steve Fisher - Georgetown A; Oscar Ayala - CtK.