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|By Mike Zrostek Like a child-reaching for how the senior Rebels foot- ball team must have felt after losing another close home to Oakville Trafalgar, 18-12. The lose drops the Rebs record to 0-2. “We outplayed them.Both the offense and defense played well. We just gave } UP a touchdown on blocked punt and we fum- bled near the goaline. It happens! You can’t blame anyone, said coach Paul Marinangeli. The Rebels amassed 300 yards of offense, including a nice catch from Jason Walker in the end zone for a TD with a two-point con- version made by Randy Bond. GDHS added a field goal and single by Bruce Davison to round out their scoring. “They were able to run on us more than Loyola by hid- ing the runner. A couple aa we a after the wron, ai said Marinangeli “But the O.T. offense was harder to defend against and to read. But overall, we stuffed them pretty well.” Marinangeli points out that with a couple of breaks the Rebels could cally be 2-0. Clear the track Runners from Harrison Public School of Georgetown found the cross course much to their liking last Thursday at the fifth Annual Georgetown Branch 120 po Canadian Legion public‘schools cross country t staged \at Cedarvale Park. photo b y Simon Wiulson/HHTW Unfortunately, you have to wait a week to play your next game, unlike baseball where you go at itagain the next day, and the Rebel mentor admits a few play- ers are a bit down. “We have to make the s play 10th Sideroad, Erin (619) 883-2168 ~ WR Senior Rebs lose heartbreaker to OTHS GDHS Rebels slotback Ian Sinclair corralled this toss from quarterback Paul Ingram which eventually led to a Rebel major last Friday Oakville-Trafalgar High School at GDHS. Unfortunately OTHS held on for an 18-12 win. in the senior football game against photo by Simon Wilson/HHTW for the hometown supporters, next game a big one because the upcoming gates are against Q.E. Park and White Oaks; they’re going to be tough.” aringeli realistically thinks the Rebels will wind up in theTier II playoffs saying they are not far off 4th place and ae Tier II would be bette: “We're trying to build a program here so I don’t know if it would be good to finish fourth and then get beat by Q.E. 25-6. Finishing in Tier II and possibly win- ning it would probably be better.” Look for the Rebels to win Friday’s game against St. Thomas Aquinas of Oakville, (3:45 p.m. at GDHS) led by quarterback Paul Ingram Marinangeli says has played great so far. Redmen impress at Spike classic | Acton High’s junior boys volleyball squad traveled to Lester B. Person High School on Friday to compete in the Spike Classic Volleyball ‘ournament. ( The Redmen jumped off to a quick start-by defeating the host team from Pearson 15 - Acton power-hitter Steve | White, Acton’s MVP for the day, strung out 12 straight service points in this match. en Ellis said he had looked forward to this kind of start to rebound from Thursday Night’s regular season opener in which Acton’s service errors con- tributed greatly to a loss. Juggling the line-up for the second game, Ellis. watched his Redmen storm from behind to again claim a win, Matches by scores of 15 - 8 and 15-7. All in all, it was a good Performance according to the ° oach. “I was pleased to see them bounce back from Thursday's loss and play with confidence,” said Ellis. “The team is playing with excellent morale and spirit. We now have to concentrate on our blocking and our black coverage for the home- opener on Thursday (tomor- Tow) against Lord Elgin.” Last “Thursday, the Redmen dropped their open- ing league matches 15-10 and 15-4 before rebounding to close out 15-9 winners. Coach Ken Ellis felt his team had suffered from a week’s layoff because two- thirds of his team missed a week of practices as the Grade 10 classes spent time at Terra Cotta in Outdoor Education. “T could see that a number of them were really quite tired,” he said, “and some were suffering the effects of colds. I think the key factor though was the lack of prac- tice which definitely affected their timing and team play.” The junior Redmen just Couldn’t seem to get an orga- nized attack going and con- trol the ball with any consis- tency. Said Ellis, “The most obvious sign of layoff’s effect was in our serving. We lost a total of 14 serves either hitting ae het, or going out of boun: The sible Redmen play their home-opener tomorrow (Thursday). Double Set (25 Year Warranty Sealy Double Set Orthopedi Jer n Set dic King Set (20 yea Simmons ae Set. Le Simmo ; Simmons Beaut < Sleep eas Set (pocket Coil). QUEEN ORTHOPEDIC SET.‘1499” £4999 MATTRESS 63 CLEARANCE SALE! 452-9820 Country (Mattress Sleep Shop MON-TUES 10-6, Faberama SAT 10-5 V put them in the champi round where unfortunately they met the tourname: solation champions, M.M. Robinson and ‘lost- two this time by a score of 15 - 11. Acton’s impressive start ionshij nt con- Players and parents get hockey educated By Mike Zrostek You never have enough knowledge in life and that goes for hockey life as well. Players and parents were filled in on this and other Halton ‘AAA’ Minor Hockey Alliance held an éducation night. The evening, which was held at Centennial Middle School, had players from minor novice to midget, and their parents, in different classrooms being shown the various aspects of hockey. Everything fromhockey THANKSGIVING “THANK YOU” SUN. OCT. 10th FROM 5 p.m, PAY ONE GAME ~ BOWL ONE “FREE” 12 Mountainview Rd. S. 877-9922 We accept reservations Bowl skills to what is available from over 3,000 colleges and universities as far as scholar- ships for hockey players, was shown and discussed. Young players were shown what each position player should be doing on face-offs, offensive passing and back checking. Also shown were shooting tips, as well as ores offensive and scor- ing abi oeg minor hockey play- ers received tips on a four- step progression method on checking and the transition game. The techniques were shown’ through books, video and | Parents got valuable infor- mation on recent rule changes, how player selection Process works, the contribu- tion of the Ontario Hockey + League and updates on the OMHA (Ontario Minor Hockey Association) and the CAHA (Canadian Amateur Hockey Association).