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10 THE NEW TANNER Mann boots three goals PEEWEE POWER: A flurry of their period activity near the Acton Peewee Galvast Sabres' crease resulted in two quick goals for Tilsonburg in all-Ontario Harrison Division quarterfinal action on Saturday in Acton. Acton and Tilsonburg battled to a 4-4 tie. Monday night Acton dropped a 3-2 game to Tilsonburg to end their playoff hopes. --Frances Niblock photo Base wins spiel John Base's rink out of Oakville was the big winner in the 23rd ACCO Wrigley Classic curling champion- ship held at rinks in Acton, North Halton and Milton on the weekend. Base's rink took home the grand prize of $5,000 follow- ing Sunday's closing game in Acton. A total of $16,500 in prize money was up for grabs by the 32 rinks entered in the popular spiel. Olympic silver medallist Mike Harris was a no-show at the event -- he was forced to pull out at the last minute because of pneumonia, but his father Bob and two broth- ers did participate. On Friday Acton's Fred Archibald said that he was "thrilled" to have played against the two-time world curling champ Ed "The Wrench" Werenich, even though his rink lost all three of its games. "We buggered up and * gave him a four-ender and . that was it," Archibald said, adding that it wasn't all that intimidating to play against Werenich. Also on Archibald's rink were Peter Vidler, Pete Lawlor and Ken Armstrong. "THE WRENCH" IS HOT: Two-time world curling champ Ed "the Wrench" Werenich (left) handily de- feated Fred Archibald's Acton rink at the 23 ACCO Wrigley Classic Curling Championship at Acton on Redmen out of hunt The Acton Redmen Sen- ior Boys basketball team is out of all-Ontario qualifier action with a 60-45 loss in Hamilton on Thursday. "They gave it all they had but our shots just didn't go in," coach Jamie Shepherd said when asked about the first of three games Acton needed to win. Acton got off to a slow start in the first quarter but rallied and beat Hamilton in the second. The Redmen were sluggish to start the third and Hamilton took the win Shepherd didn't single out high scores is the e but said that they all did eve- rything right. "The team has showed a major improvement since the beginning of the season. One of the ref's told me that I had a great bunch of guys and that's probably the highlight for my year." It's been 20 years since Acton sent a team to the On- tario championships and this year's squad had the best fin- ish in that time. Under-7 Taylor Mann had an out- standing game, scoring three goals to lead the Orange team to a 5-3 win over the White team on Saturday. Stephen Van Helden and Jesse Steenhius had the Or- ange team's other goals while Rebecca Sampson had an assist and Kevin Hamilton played a great game in goal. Mark Wells netted two of the White team's goals while teammate Thomas Pottruff had a single. Kyle Tulk, Kevin Lee and Jesse Breen had assists. Under-10 Kyle Napp found the net five times to lead the No. 3 team to a 7-2 trouncing of the No. 4 team. Sarah Iantorno and Justin Breen netted No. 3's other two goals. Kyle Payne and Anglelynn Bland scored for No. 4. EK Tim Medland scored twice and had a great game in goal for No. 2 team as it narrowly defeated MacMill- an's Frozen Foods 4-3 on Saturday. Nils-Olay Stock- inger and Justin Breen net- ted No. 2's other goals and Mitchell Thomas gets spe- cial mention for his outstand- ing defensive plays. Joshua Dickieson booted two of MacMillan's goals while Kyle Wrigglesworth had the third. Under-13 Joe Douglas scored 5 is in Bev Gray Design rvice's 11-4 shellacking of Lakeview Flooring on Satur- day. Lisa Robson found the net three times while teammates Daniel Nikic, Lindsay Sampson and Torin Dopelt each had singles. Both Corey Burgan and Thomas Polls found the net twice for Lakeview. **K The White team pulled off a short-handed 5-3 win over the blue team on Saturday. Bantams edged out by Fergus in sixth game The clock struck twelve for the Cinderella Bruce Hood Travel Bantam 2's on Friday night in Fergus as they were beaten 5-4 in the sixth game of the OMHA quarter finals. This loss eliminated Acton from fur- ther OMHA play. Considering it was a five game series, being in the sixth game alone is a testa- ment to the closeness of the two teams. There were two overtimes, one tie and three games decided by one goal. "It was a great series," McPhail. "Neither team ever gave up. I'm proud of our boys and their efforts." He's especially pleased with the work by goalies Adam Field and Rory Dick. "We wouldn't have got this far without them." In the extra game, Stephen Monaghan provided the excitement with two late markers while Mike Hyrn and Ryan Weatherall netted the others. Assisting on the goals were Darryl Blyth, Matt Hebden, Andrew Forbes, Matt Thatcher, Chris THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1998 Justin Goodlet and Hollie Manson each scored twice while Katie Banks had a single. Joe Douglas had a great game as a fill-in goalie. Eric Corman found the net twice for the Blue team, while teammate Katherine Hopkins had a single. Adult Ken Dalgleish scored half of the Green team's goals in a 10-7 win over the Turquoise team on Sunday. Adam Milligan and Colleen Thompson both had doubles while teammate Sean Thompson had a single. Hector Alanes scored four goals for the Turquoise team while John Routledge found the net twice and Joanne Cooper] had a single. Both Hector Alanes and Kris Adema found the net twice in the Orange team's 5-4 win over the Light Blue team. Kingston Patterson also scored. Simon Entwistle netted three markers for the Light Blue team while Cathy Paul had a single. eK Mike Wilde was unstoppable, scoring five goals to lead the No. | team to a 9-5 win over the No. 2. Marc Vanden Akker netted two, Gerry Burgan one. Rob Ceccotti scored three for No. 2 with Derek Jones and Taysha Sinclair. Atom Sabres take win over Fergus The Acton Atom Sabres played a very aggressive game in Sunday's 5-2 win over Fergus in Tri-County playoff action at Acton. Fergus managed only 10 shots on goal as the Sabres' defense did its job. Kyle McDonald, Nick Ridler and Kurtis McArthur each had single goals and assists while teammates Scott Williams and Matt Locke each found the net once. Matt Freckleton and Nick Johnson also had assists. The Atoms had a 3-2 win over Faustina in M.T.H.L. exhi- bition play on Feb. 25. Goalies Josh Locke and Brandon Kernohan split a shut out on Feb. 24 when the Atom Sabres blanked Arthur 10-0 in Tri-County playoff action. The whole team played well with some outstanding pass- ing and defense. Greg Black, Kyle Marshall, Kyle McDonald, Nick Ridler and Matt Freckleton each found the net twice tor the Sabres while assists went to Scott Williams, Cory Wilson, Nick Johnson (2), Matt Locke (3), McDonald, Ridler and Marshall. Brady Masters, Black (2), The Bantam boys bowling team won the Regionals and are going to the Provincials, which will be held in Cam- bridge, on March 22. Shown are: back row L-R: Kyle Harding, John Wagg, (coach) and Johnathan Uiterick. Front for L-R: Nicholas Glover, Kyle Fendley and Friday. Ron Base's Oakville rink won the spiel. concurred coach Bryan Stanhope and Weatherall. Jordan LaRose. - Ellen Piehl photo [7 Gewrrat Ontario Aucrionzzrs =] ry ACTON PRECAST ald Bla Giias HE A Bh Bis BI Professional Auction Services SLES * SEPTIC TANKS & WATER CISTERNS * PVC SEWER PIPE * WELL TILES & CULVERTS Doug Mart x0. 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