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Page 26 — Halton Hills This Week, Saturday, March 6, 1993 Recre rt S and Ld SALES SERVICE LEASING HWY. #25 & 401 878-4137 MILTON 5 Raiders close to the edge By Colin Gibson Georgetown Chrysler Raiders are teetering perilously close to the edge of. elimination in their best- of-five opening round Central Ontario Jr. A West Division play- off series with Burlington Cougars. Raiders were thumped 10-3 Thursday evening in the supposed- ly friendly confines of Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena and com- bined with the Cougars 7-1 victory Monday night in Burlington, leaves the hometown heroes in a rather large hole. The Cougars were in complete control of the Thursday night tilt almost from the opening faceoff. Burlington led 4-2 after the first period, extended the lead to 7-2 after two frames, then outscored the Raiders 3-1 over the final 20 minutes to coast home. Trevor Elinesky scored the first Raider goal, off a feed from Ian Ellis, then Ellis popped one with assists going to Elinesky and Dave Milek to account for the Raiders first period scoring. Steve Davis, with assists going to Trevor Brandt and Brian Gendron, rounded-out the Raider ‘orin, scoring. Jason Sirota was in the Raider Darts Standings i (PRR i fend) George 2 21 16 1 4 293 198 95. 198 O'Tooles 21 14 6-2) 293 187 106-187 Timeout 1 21 10 o EER 294 142 152 142 George 1 21 ype Pee 291199152139 Legion 1 21 8 Deen, 293 135.0 158-135 CopprK1: 21 #7 WW 3 293 135! 4582 135, Legion 2 21 7 SiO 293 125. 168 122 Legion 3 21 Oi TS 52) 293 123,170; 120 Copper K2 21 Seo Wr 6 294 114 180114 orge 4 21 Se ae 2; 294 118 «176 109 Timeout 2 21 Ce OeTGY Sead 294 104 190. 104 orge 3 21 22 eee octeat | 292 98 194 98 Results Legion 4 8 Legion 3 Legion 1 2 McGibbon = 12 George 1 10 Legion 2 4 George 3 8 Copper K 1 6 Copper K 2 7 George 2 2 Timeout 2 6 George 4 7 Timeout 1 O'Toole's 9 Industrial League First Division Team Matches W | area Games W L iZ Hustlers 23 20 3 a 193 141 52.141 Westenders 23 17 6 - 193 123 70 123 Steeprock 23 16 7 - 193, 118 75 118 Gasketman C. 23 16 “he : 193 117 76 117 High Rollers 23 P16 - 193 18! 1S 78 thers Ve Gist = 193 Te 120. Te Acadian Pools 23 Cpa 9 | : 193 66 127 (66 Interc'y Sports 23 3 5:20 - 193 ST ISG «57. Results Hustlers 9 High Rollers 0 Westenders 5. Acadian 4 Steeprock 6 anthers x Gasketman 8 InterCounty 1 Second Division Dream Team 23 22 1 - 179 150-29 150 Hotshots 23 14 9 179 108 74 108 Ensigns 23 14 ) - 179 105 TE 105 Independents 23 y Bae Ips - 179 90 89-790 Taxmen 22 10 12 : 170 AD, 91 79 Aces 23 1372 - 179 78 101 78 Firemen 23 8. 15 : 179 “aie 67 Bandits 22 0822 - 170 32 BE 32 Results Hotshots 7 Independent Be iremen 9 Bandits 5 Aces 6 Taxmen 3 DreamTeam 5 Ensigns 4 nets until about 10 minutes left in the game, when he was replaced by Jamie Szyc. The third game in the best-of- five set was scheduled for Burlington Friday night - at press time, the score was not available. A Raider win, however, would see the fourth game in the series go tonight, 7:30 p.m. at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena. If a fifth and final game is need- ed, it would be played Monday night in Burlington. Bantam B’s trim Acton By Wendi Goodhew Coaches Jack Moon, Ron Crane and Chris Goodhew Sr. drove with their Bantam B team to Acton to play the first game in a best-of- three tri-county playoff series. The 3-1 win made it worth the drive to Acton. Acton led 1-0 till the 3rd period when Rob Pilgrim put Georgetown on the scoreboard giving Dave Welburn the assist. At 4:14 Steve Markham finished off a play set up by Chris Goodhew and Mike Walinga to make it 2-1 Georgetown. With just 28 seconds on the clock, Chris Goodhew took a pass from goalie Dave Pearson and fired to make the final score 3- 1 Georgetown. Thursday night in Georgetown, Acton tried to keep themselves alive in the series but the Bantam B’s were there to finalize things. With a group of parents watch- ing, Georgetown dazzled their fans to a 9-0 win over Acton. Gary McNeily played his game of the year racking in a hattrick. goal and an assist. Trevor Crane played tough with a goal and one assist also. Wes Burke and Fraser Thom each beat Acton’s netminder for a goal each. Fraser also got an assist. Steve Markham grabbed two assists, while Dave Kalbarski had three assists. Dave Welburn, Chris Goodhew and Rob Pilgrim each added an assist to the score sheet. Goalies John Moon and Dave Pearson have had awesome games between the posts for Georgetown. Major Atoms top Chinguacousy In the first game of the playoffs, the John Henderson Pro Shop Major Atoms defeated Chinguacousy 4-3. This hard- fought victory was especially sweet as the Georgetown boys came from behind twice to tie and eventually win on a goal by Jason Hayes from Daniel Smith with 19 seconds left in the game. Despite some powerplay oppor- tunities for both teams, strong goal- tending by Ryan Carter for Georgetown and the Chinguacousy goalie, the game was scoreless at the end of the first period. Good defensive play by Brian Stuttart, Derek Dovey-Mitchell, Brent McClung and Ryan Bobor helped to maintain a scoreless peri- od. In the second period, a goal by Jason Campbell, assisted by Brent McClung gave Georgetown the lead until a powerplay by Chinguacousy knotted the game at ‘one goal each. Five minutes into the third peri- od, Chinguacousy took their first lead of the game. Georgetown quickly countered three minutes later as Jason Hayes scored his first goal of the game making it 2-2. Another powerplay. goal by Chinguacousy gave them their sec- ond lead of the game, but this was short-lived as Ryan Bobor tied the game once more. From this point on, Georgetown had gained the momentum and with seconds left, Jason Hayes scored for a 4-3 Georgetown victory. Athletes of the Week = | / maui AS) Georgetown District High School Athletes of the Week were fifteen- year-old Allison Jones and eighteen-year-old Mike Large. Jones is on the junior volleyball team that beat E.C. Drury to enter the finals and Large came in second in his weight class of 149 Ibs. in the Halton wrestling championships. Fish stocking cut in lake Ontario by David Featherstone Last fall I wrote an article describing a major problem within the Lake Ontario ecosystem. To summarize; the lake has become less productive over the past decade, due to water quality improvements throughout its water- shed. As a result, there has been a continuous decline in forage avail- able at all levels of the ecosystem. Lake Ontario’s major forage fish, the alewife, has recently shown signs of imminent population col- lapse. Competition for diminishing food supplies, combined with heavy salmon and trout predation, has left the Lake Ontario ecosystem in a precarious balance. the mid-1980’s, Lake Michigan faced a similar situation. Tremendous numbers of stocked salmon and trout decimated the alewife population. Public pressure forced lake managers to maintain high stocking levels even though it was clear that the forage base was in peril. The trout and salmon fishery in the lake collapsed. Lake herring populations blossomed, filling the niche vacated by the alewife. Unfortunately, salmon and trout, especially the popular Chinook salmon, would not feed heavily on the herring. Today, salmon and trout populations in Lake Michigan are but a shadow of their former abundance. To avoid a similar fate, Ontario and New York State recently announced plans to slash their salmon and trout stocking programs by half. Fisheries managers believe that this reduction in the number of predators will restore the health of the beleaguered alewife population in Lake Ontario. Provincial and State agencies will meet with angling associations and charter- boat operators to decide on which species will bear the brunt of the stocking cuts. Although anglers will certainly be disappointed by this action, it is definitely a case of short-term pain for long-term gain. The Lake Michigan experience has taught us that uncontrolled stocking can have disastrous long-term effects on ecosystem structure and stability. _We need to find a way to restore ecosystem stability if we are to maintain a world-class salmon and trout fishery in Lake Ontario, Stocking cuts represent the first step in restoring the balance between predators and their forage base in Lake Ontario. Our ultimate goal would be a stocking program whereby predators, such as trout and salmon, exploit the forage base in a sustainable manner. “Sustainable development” is a new concept conjuring visions of a world economy existing in harmo- ny with the global environment, ensuring an appropriate standard of living for future generations. Viewed on a smaller scale, sustain- able development of the Lake Ontario fishery will allow future generations to enjoy the lake’s ty. Men's Bowl Monday Night League (as of 1 Mar. 93) Team Standing 2nd Series Points LJB Contractors 120 303.5 Countrywide RE 108 273.5 Acid Rainbow 105 240.5 Sam’s Service Cntr 85 240.5 Los Amigos 80 200.5 Amies Body Shop 77 262.0 Custom Car & Sound 73 206.5 High Averages Bryan Creasey 232 Gord Lane 224 Brinley Hole 222 Paul Chaplin 217 Bruce Clarke 214 High Scores Larry Brunton 731 (292) Paul Chaplin 713 (305) Jorgen Rokholm 706 (256) Tom Prouse 692 (256) Wayne Mason 684 (263)