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th ei fp .c a Th e IF P -H al to n H ill s | T hu rs da y, F eb ru ar y 1, 20 18 | 34 312 GUELPH ST., GEORGETOWN 905-877-2296 www.georgetowntoyota.com Wednesday Feb 6th, 2018 7:30 pm at Mold-Masters SportsPlex Georgetown Raiders vs. Toronto Patriots After picking up their ninth win in the last 10 games Saturday night, the Georgetown Raiders are making a late regular-sea- son charge to perhaps grab first place in the Ontario Junior Hockey League's South/West Conference. With nine games re- maining, the 31-11-1-2 Raid- ers have already sewn up second place in the confer- ence as the runaway leader in the West Division stand- ings, but are now just seven points back of the South/ West front-running 35-7-0-2 Toronto Patriots, who would appear to have a much more difficult sched- ule in the final month of the campaign. Those teams meet twice more, with both games in Georgetown on Feb. 7 and 14. And the defending league-champion Raiders not only have veteran On- tario Hockey Leaguer Troy Timpano between the pipes for the stretch run. Seventeen-year-old Osha- wa Generals' prospect Na- than Torchia collected his third shutout in only nine starts for Georgetown in a 3-0 win Saturday over the visiting Orangeville Fly- ers, making 33 saves to im- prove his record to 7-2-0. Dominic Dumas, Jona- than Hampton and An- drew Court scored for the Raiders. On Friday evening in Lindsay, Matt McJannet, Court, Brendan D'Agosti- no, Austin Cho, Dumas, Ja- son Smith and Derek McVey tallied in a 7-0 past- ing of the last-place Mus- kies. Timpano recorded the shutout, making 29 stops, while Georgetown fired 58 shots on the Lindsay net. Georgetown hosts the 15-25-4-1 Whitby Fury Wednesday at the Alcott Arena at 7:30 p.m. and will take on the Mississauga Chargers Saturday night at the Tomken Arena. Thanks to their recent hot streak, the Raiders have jumped back into the Canadian Junior Hockey League's Top 20 Weekly Rankings, sitting in 18th spot. The Patriots are best out of the OJHL clubs with a seventh-place ranking. Pair of weekend shutouts for Raiders HCAA's East Pool with a win in their final regular- season contest on Monday, Feb. 5 at home against 6-5 Bishop Reding of Milton. Meanwhile, George- Basketball and volley- ball teams from Halton Hills looking to make the playoffs in Halton high school athletics won't have much time to work with when the exam break ends later this week. In senior boys' hoops ac- tion, Georgetown District High School owns a 5-3 re- cord with a pair of road games against T.A. Blake- lock and Craig Kielburger before the Halton Second- ary School Athletic Associ- ation post-season begins. Christ the King's senior boys, with a 3-8 mark, will host Bishop Reding on Monday, Feb. 5 in their last regular-season game in the Halton Catholic Athletic Association league. After a 2-2 start to the year, Acton's senior Bear- cats have dropped four straight games. On the volleyball court, Christ the King's senior girls have won three straight matches and sit at 8-3 and the Jaguars can clinch first place in the town's 2-6 senior girls can still make the HSSAA Tier 1 playoffs by winning their final two regular-season matches next week against Iroquois Ridge and King's Christian. The 4-5 Acton Bearcats are also close to a playoff berth in the HSSAA Tier II loop with one match left on the schedule. Local-area high school teams court playoff berths Christ the King's Stipe Prusina keeps the Loyola Hawks' offence in check during their recent Halton Catholic Athletic Association senior boys hoops matchup in Georgetown prior to the exam break. The Jaguars cut Loyola's lead to four points at one point, but couldn't get any closer and lost 48-34. Eamonn Maher/Photo The Halton Hills Sports Museum is looking for athletes, teams or build- ers worthy of being in- ducted into the annual Halton Hills Sports Muse- um Hall of Fame in 2018. The museum, located in the Mold-Masters SportsPlex, is seeking nominees for the gala in- duction ceremony on Thursday, June 21 at the John Elliott Theatre in Georgetown. Tickets for the gala are $30 each. The evening be- gins with a reception at 6 p.m. and the formal awards ceremony begins at 7 p.m. Special guest speaker for the evening is Canadi- an thoroughbred racing legend Sandy Hawley. Any person or team who is, or has been distin- guished as an athlete, ex- ecutive member or coach, or, who has brought ho- nour to Halton Hills, will be eligible for election, provided he or she was a resident of the Town of Halton Hills at the time of the achievement, which is the basis for his, her or their consideration. Builder candidates may be either active or in- active at the time of their consideration. Deadline for nomina- tions is Feb. 28. Drop off, mail or email nomination forms to: HHSM Selection Com- mittee, Chairman John Boyce, 8 Hillside Dr., Georgetown, ON, L7G 4W3 For more information email jboyce3@cogeco.ca or phone 905-877-8911. Sports Hall of Fame accepting nominations SPORTS Visit theifp.ca for more coverage