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The Acton Free Press Wednesday February 3 Harvesters claim win Seventh straight setback dims Tanner playoff hopes Cheltenham Harvesters broke a three way tie for fourth place In the Central 0 H A Intermediate B league with a victory over Acton Tanners Sunday afternoon The loss was the seventh in a row for Tanners who haven t won since they shellacked the same team 10- November 27 Tanners must now win two of their three remaining league games ACTON CFAW midgets open their 0 H A playoffs this week against New Hamburg Pictured front row to are Dale Fisher Steve Webster Pete Morrison Dan McGilloway George McPhail Middle row to r are Bren Irwin Steve Mclntyre Harry Henry Toebes Ken Hurren Roland Back row to r are manager BUI Knight Gary Fisher Gary Turkosz Dave Lee Randy Coker coach Jim James Photo Midgets top New Hamburg in OMHA opener tomakethegroupplayoffs Fergus Flyers the other team battling for the Qnat playoff berth come to town for an 30 game Friday night Tanners pay a return visit to Fergus Tuesday February In between Tanners host ElmLra Polar Kings in a rescheduled game Friday Feb 12 Outside of the first period of Sunday game Tanners might just as well have gone for a swim In the heated pool which ad Joined the ice rink at Arena Harvesters and Jim James crew In the final two frames Tanner were continually caught out of position leaving goalie Bruce at the mercy of the Chelts A rash of second period penalties t help the Tanner cause either Harvesters scored twice while Acton was Lost In first Coach James felt his teams failure to capitalize on first period scoring opportunities was a big factor in the loss We lost that one right in the first period he commented We should have come out of it with a 31 lead Gordle and Dan Arbic both missed excellent chances Fred Buchanan fed a pass to Acton CFAW midgets handed New Hamburg a defeat in the first same of their best of three H A midget B playoff aeries at the community centre last night Tuesday Acton led all the way grabbing a 21 first period lead ana stretching it to at the end of the second frame A rash of minor penalties to both teams in the third period resulted In only two goals being scored Fisher fires two Dale Fisher paced the Acton attack with two goals Steve Mclntyre Dave Lee Ken and Roland McCulloch added single markers Larry who converted It Gary while Tanners were into the first goal of the game at two men short the minute mark but Harvesters stretched their lead Harvesters caught Tanners to with two markers early in napping and tied the score on a the third period Tanner winger two man break at IB Ed Jan put a perfect pass on Wilton scored on a perfect pass George stick then the slap shot from feet In front of the Acton cage Dick Buisman completed his hat trick for the sixth Cheltenham goal Penalty shot Dan picked the upper corner of the Harvester net on a penalty shot for Acton fourth goal mid way through the period had no chance on the perfectly placed shot Referee Sullivan called the Lanky Dick put penalty shot when was Harvesters in front to when hauled down from behind on a he cashed In a pass from John breakaway by a Cheltenham Hamada at of the second defender period Minor penalties to potted his goal of Bell and Kevin Hall paved the the gome with assisting way for Alex Smiths goal at to Ice the Cheltenham win at which put Cheltenham 12 ahead Lorry Gregson with a goal and Buchanans breakaway an assist was Tanners top than two minutes later performer Fred Buchanan narrowed the Coach James was critical of count to 32 when he beat of Sullivan calls Harvester goalie Rick especially his calls on positions with a well placed backhand Larry sent Buchanan on the breakaway with a neat pass TANNER TIDBITSTanners second goal 13 played without Bruce and Brian the Harvester lead to who were In Omaha Fighting majors to both Nebraska watching brother Pete layers resulted from rousing goal for Omaha Knights of attic between Dave Norton and SteveGoy was also Cheltenham rearguard Rick sidelined with pulled groin shortly afterwards muscle and Hamada skated away with a also for the Japanese- decision Canadian allstars who edged Just 10 seconds inter Harold Cheltenham in an exhibition scored on pass from recently SCORING SUMMARY PERIOD A Mario Smith Slurp 1 A 11 Smith IS 13 Naylor 1S3T Lorry Din Jan Kevin Hill Norton i II wood Ed miller I LARRY GREGSON Goal and assist DAN Pots penalty shot and from world of sport By Denis Gibbons Battle for the fourth and final playoff berth in the Central OHA Intermediate B lengue begins at the community centre Friday night when Fergus Flyers come to meet the Tanners in the first of a do or die home and home series for both clubs The two teams are currently deadlocked in fifth place with six points apiece Fourth place Cheltenham Harvesters have only eight points but they enter the O HA Intermediate playoffs facing Fenelon Fails in the first round Second game of the all Important FergusActon series goes in Fergus Tuesday February 16 Tanners only other remaining league game is against Polar Kings here Friday February This game was rescheduled when Polar Kings were unable to come to Acton last Friday on account of hazardous highway conditions Fergus two up Besides the two game with Acton Fivers have games remaining with FJmira and Cheltenham Fergus won the first two meetings with Acton and 54 earlier in the season Although Tanner officials arent able to predict what will happen if the two teams finish in a tie for the final playoff berth its presumed Flyers would get the nod to enter the playoffs since they would have beaten Tanners in three out of four regular season games Consequently it appears Tanners will have to win two of their three remaining games or pack their gear away until next season Race for second Jets need only one win in their three remaining games to clinch first place A fight to the finish between Durham and Elmira is brewing for second place however Both teams would dearly like to hang on to the second rung and avoid meeting the powerful Jets in the first round of group playoffs Huskies have a one point lead over at present McCulloch also assisted on two goals Hurren Gary Fisher and Henry Toebes collected one assist apiece thC blasted home a powerful shots from the point but failed to hit the target Steve Webster In the Acton nets settled down to play a steady game In the last half of the third period after on the two New Hamburg goals Rookies Coach Jim James and manager Bill Knight were especially pleased with the work of their first year players who accounted for over half the team scoring points in the game Steve Mclntyre and Ken came in for special praise Second year men Dale Fisher Roland McCulloch and George McPhail also played strong games Second game of the series is in New Hamburg Wednesday February Reelect lain Galbraith Peel president Acton Steve Webster Harry Gary Fisher George McPhail Randy Coker Dale Fisher Gary Bren Irwin Dave Lee Henry Steve Mclntyre Ken Hurren Roland McCulloch Pete Morrison Dan McGilloway Acton slain Galbraith was unanimously reelected president of the Halton Peel interdistrict minor soccer league at the annual meeting recently Acton minor executive Colin Bennell was also reelected to another term as secretary Rounding out the league executive are vice president George Pope of OakviUe and treasurer Gerry of Bronte Successful season The retiring executive commented on the successful 1970 minor soccer season boys representing teams participated Georgetown teams captured two championships and and Bronte teams copped one apiece in the finals IAIN held In Acton In September Addition of new clubs and a projected increase In player registration promises to make Oil season even more exciting than last year A group of men is interested in organizing minor soccer in township and a Burlington team is leaving the Hamilton district league to join Peel Junior league A Junior B league with entries from Mississauga Bronte Oakville and Georgetown may make its debut and a squirt division will likely be organized The league looks forward to the coming season with confidence and hopes for increased parent and fan support GF GA Lucan Durham Cheltenham Acton Fergus List OMHA playoff dates County rep Fred Buchanan completed arrangements for the first round of O HA playoffs for all five Acton teams before the start of last nights ActonNew Hamburg midget game Acton won the opening game 62 Second game of the midget series is slated for New Hamburg Wednesday Feb at 30 Third game if necessary will be played in Acton the following night Feb 11 at Pee wees open Acton Mens pee wees and Acton Firefighter bantams will play host to New Hamburg in the opening games of their series at the Community centre Saturday afternoon Pee wee game starts at 1 Second games of both series will be played in New Hamburg Wed nesday February Pee wee game time is 30 and bantam time is If necessary third game of both sets will go in Acton Saturday Feb 13 Once again pee wee game time will be and bantam time 10 Novice zone New Hamburg novices will come to town Sunday afternoon at 05 to meet Acton A m the first game of their best of three zone playoff A Bs will return to New Hamburg Saturday Feb at Deciding game if necessary will be played Sunday Feb 21 in Acton at Acton Lions juveniles Hamburg will open a best of five series here Thursday Feb 11 at Remaining dates of the series are Saturday Feb 13 45 at New Hamburg Thursday Feb 18 at Acton Wednesday Feb 24 30 at New Hamburg if necessary and Thursday Feb 25 at Acton if necessary BOB ANDREWS dribbles past an Erin defender during Acton- Erin senior basketball game Tuesday Photo Bants whip Holmes fires four goals 159 won two four point games against Acton Top Scorers Butch Graham Durham Bill White Laverne Miller Jack Nairn Dick Doughty Ed Wilton Cheltenham Dee Piche Durham 30 29 29 28 Terry Holmes triggered four g goals to lead Acton Legion bantams to a convincing 102 exhibition win over Centreville at the community centre Sunday Georgetown nips novices George also bagged a lour assists BUI and Ashley earned one apiece hat trick for Acton and Charlie Chris Tennant each helped out on Centreville marksmen were McRae Mike Ferguson and Bill three goals Taylor and Zorn McGilloway singles collected a pair of assists while Top playmaker for the locals Paul Daley Charlie McRae Pete Acton have now won eight was Tim who earned Ken Withers and John games out of MEET THE TANNERS sailfor Pir February 5 to 14 Freddie hits jackpot Rumor has it rep Fred Buchanan will retire from his Job soon and start using his talents to better ad vantage in Las Vegas Representing Acton in the coin toss to decide location of the odd game in all five playoff series with New Hamburg Fortunate Freddie came out on top every time As a result deciding games of each series if necessary will be played here Nice going Fredt Acton A B novices were edged 21 by Georgetown minor novices in an exhibition game here Saturday afternoon The loss was the third consecutive one goal defeat for the much improved Acton lads Scott Malcolm talked the Acton goal Coach Barry reports his boys missed some good scoring chances and they could have gained a win if they had been able to convert them into goals Novices meet New Hamburg in the first round of the MJHA zone playoffs Acton eliminated New Hamburg in the opening round In both and In the team went on to capture the zone championship Well known to players and fans around the O A intermediate circuit George Beatty has been trainer for several Acton sports teams Including hockey baseball softball and lacrosse George is a long time fan of the Montreal its and Montreal and has met some of the players personally Rookie defenceman Lloyd has been a pleasant surprise to fans since he Joined Tanners In December Although not a flashy player seldom has a bad gome Lloyd played his minor hockey in Acton including two years with Acton Lions 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