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Sports Page ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER IB 1977 One Hundred and Third Year- No Second Section Minor bants nail sixth win still no losses in play Acton minor bants picked up their sixth win without a loss Sunday as they shutout New Hamburg In an game They defeated Fergus November and doubled Hespelcr of their closer games to date taking a decision last Wednesday in the arena period as Rick Greenly was the first to break through for a point scoring from Rob Vermeulen and Rusty Elliott late in the second frame Captain McArthur potted the next point scoring on passes from Rick Smith and Vermeulen in the third frame Tim Ferguson closed the scoring from Vermeulen Sabres split over weekend top Milton bow to Cougars with three minutes left to play Tim Baker was in nets for the shutout Vermeulen led the scoring with his three assists Fergus game The bants Fergus game was close for the first period as Acton took a lead on marker by Jeff McNabb assisted by Tony After that it was Acton s game all the way as Ihey picked up two more In the second and three in the third for the final and Bob meulen potted the second period points with Mark Duval assisting on Shep Duval Vermeulen and were the marksmen In the third frame while picked up an assist The hockey left something to be desired but the game was as exciting as they come when the Acton Sabres de feated Milton Flyers last day in the arena by a count The excitement came from the vigorous if unpolished play and from the close score which stood at 3 2 Acton with four seconds left to play when Dave Chapman shoved the puck the length of the ice into an empty net for the goal Both teams were a little sloppy in their play especial ly in the second period Neither team seemed able to execute plays properly and neither team could capitalize on the other errors Robin played in nets again and turned in another fine performance as Flyers Sabres 42 in the game First marksman Wade was the first marksmanfor Acton opening the first period with a score from Scott Malcolm and Dave The midget line has accounted for points in the first 14 games Flyer captain Ron answered five minutes later from Bruce Ellison to tie the game up Milton went ahead in the second frame on a marker by Gasper Paul from Hod Gooding and Rick Jack lin and it was up to the Sabres to play catch up hockey from hen Hat trick Dave Chapman scored three limes in the final period to get the win He tied it up from Brian Walker and Rob Mlllican early In the period and added the goahead marker with eight minutes left Flyers started pressing but were unable to take advent age of a and pulled their goalie in the last minute Sabres sent AHS girls topple OT to advance to semis Acton High School senior girls basketball team upset Trafalgar who topped the league during the season to take a playoff Victory Monday The win moves Acton into the semi finals as they meet son here today Acton finished the season in fourth place with a record The Acton girls tight defensive play brought them the win against a taller squad The girls led after one period and IB at the half They slipped badly in the third coming out of the period at a deficit We were on shaky ground for a while said coach Anne rhey came back strong for the fourth period with a full court press which yielded enough turnovers to turn the game around Sue Thomson led the scor with points while Lisa Near and Sheila Cook lowed with eight each Karen Chapman netted six points and Pat Nessett connected for five to round out the team scoring If Acton gets past Nelson today they will go Into the finals Friday night three shots sliding down the ice towards it with Chapman finally hitting to guarantee the win Acton collected minutes in penalities to Milton s There were no majors and none of the goals came on powerplays Close game Sabres went on to drop a close game In Burlington Sat urday Action was chippy to say the least with two Sabres John Bruni and Rob Mlllican picking up game misconduct penalties in the third period In spite of these penalties the Burlington team misconduct was far worse or at least it hurt more as the Sabres picked up four goals was again the first scorer in the game with Mai getting an assist on the point It was the last time In the game the Sabres had a lead as Cougars came back with four more points before the period closed The Sabres were by an identical count in the second period when Robin took over from Kent in nets Peter Wick lum got the Sabres second period point with assists going to Kelly McArthur and Chapman Boiled over The game which had been simmering all day came to a boll in the third period as Acton counted penalty minutes to a comparable amount for the Cougars In the confusion Acton managed to score four times to put themselves back within range with five mninutes left but were unable to pull the game out Chapman scored the first goal of the period from and Walker when the two teams were even A penalty helped the Sabres pick up their fourth point of the game as Vickery scared again from and Malcolm on a situation The two teams were again when Kelly broke through from Chap man and Malcolm took ad vantage of another powerplay to get the puck from way and beat Cougar net minder Todd Pearson tar the score The last minute drive fiz after that and the Sabres wound up short Sabres out shot their rivals In the period and overall Sabres next game is home Friday when the Georgetown Gemini come to town for round three of the Hills mini championship Sabres took the first game and many people watching say they should have taken the second game won by Georgetown 4 2 The cross- town rivalry promises the Sabres will be up for the game Sabres play in Dixie HOCKEY LEAGUE ST r a is Duval each collected two points Fergus goal went to Ken Chad November the bants doubled In the arena took a 10 lead out of the first on a point by their captain Todd Ferguson but Acton came back with two unanswered goals In the second to take the lead Hat trick Gord McArthur tied It up halfway through the period on a pass from Brad Manes and was followed quickly by Bob Vermeulen who hit from Rick Smith and Greenly Jeff Fisher tied it up for at the start of the third period but nailed the winner twenty seconds later from Tim tomorrow night cap According to the doctor attached to the broken sec with his two Ferguson netted Sabres shorts Bud Buch playing on it will not make it The two consecutive goals and single assist was the insurance goal unassisted knee injury been any worse Problem with it Is wins is a record for the the game high to give him three for the diagnosed as a chipped knee- there is a piece of ligament Sabres in junior B play McNabb Vermeulen and ft 10 Gtcrgttown is I MUton SB Acton U M AMIS TUB HSU Tun Acton MUttxil Burlington Sat I I Acton I Sun Dixie MUlont 11 a II ID 4 EVEN THOUGH HE HAS ALREADY LOST THE PUCK to a Milton defender Scott Malcolm s momentum carries him on into the net which he knocked off its posts on his way past Hard play was typical of the Sabres Friday evening as the team seemed especially fired up against Milton Flyers Drive paid off a win for Sabres Burg teams out of noncontact loop Two Hillsburgh teams have pulled out of the Wellington Halton noncontact hockey league and president Rick Saul of Hillsburgh has resigned as a result of disagreements among team reps at a meeting Friday night The league which designed to promote exercise fun light competition and sportsmanship has been plagued with rough play especially in two games in the Acton Tigers and Country Gents The Acton team walked off the Ice In one game and a brawl broke out In the second According to Mike Marshall and Gord Kerr league live members from George town the Hillsburgh teams were not happy with the system of splitting Ice time costs or with a majority tion of Saul proposal which would have stiffened league rules in an effort to curb violence Hillsburgh teams pay only for game ice time at the Hillsburgh Arena while the league entry from Meadow vale must pay SI for the same amount of ice time in its home arena Because of the difference In rates teams had been splitting costs so that visitors to paid and visitors to Meadow vale The teams apparently wanted the system changed so that the home team paid total ice rental costs for each game Their proposal voted down Saul who also for the Hillsburgh Town Gents made a proposal which included a six game suspension for fight a change In league age regulations and a system of fines for certain infractions He says league reps didn Tigers trounce Pirie 93 game a pleasure Lalaide Acton Tigers topped the unanswered goals In the final Bryon last period Thomas Sandy Phil Bailey Tuesday in a noncontact Coulson and Mc 1 Wayne l Kevin Kenolty even grant him the courtesy of voting on the proposal and when they he resigned There was too much violence in the league Saul conceded but the only way to settle It down was to put in a tiff er penalties even fines Saul said he was also upset that one of the referees the second Acton Country Gents game revealed the comments he had written on the game report sheet to the Acton Free Press and that the Free Press printed them before the sheet reached the convener hands He said the Country Gents are not to blame for the rough play in the league He blamed the referees for letting games get out of control The general feeling of other team reps was that the present rules were adequate If they were just enforced Kerr said We felt Ricks proposal wouldn t cut down on the stick work which was leading to fighting League rules excluded anyone under the age of from playing Saul proposed that the limit be lowered to IB since both teams are sponsored by the Gentle mans Club of which has members as young as The two Hillsburgh teams hope to be part of a new four team league which would also Include Erin presently a member of the WHD loop The Erin team has no quarrel with the league but may prefer to play against because of its geographical proximity The teams would like to come back into the League next year If the proposals I made or ones are put into the rules Saul said Meanwhile reps from the remaining or 10 WHD teams were to meet last night Tuesday to revise their schedule and elect a new president Besides Georgetown a two entries Patterson Insulation and Halton Hills Clean Machine the league also includes two teams from Orangeville and single entries from Acton Grand Valley Cedar Valley Milton and maybe Grin Reps from all teams except Grand Valley and the two Orangeville entries attended Friday s meeting SUE THOMSON LED Acton scorers with points Monday as Acton knocked Trafalgar out of the running for the championships Acton High School won the contest by a 5143 count despite a shaky third period hockey game which was according to coach Mike La lande a real pleasure to play There was only one penalty called in the game a high sticking charge against Adrian of the Tigers Acton fell behind by a count early In the second period as Willy Ceelen was the only Tiger to crack the nets In the first period He was by Glen Ferguson and Brian Weber on his goal Ceelen repeated In the sec ond from Buddy Thomas to tie the game up and John Mc Allister put the Tigers on top to stay from Dave Bausfleld Adrian added another goal which proved to be the margin of victory net ting the marker from high scoring Wayne and Thomas Munro is currently leading the league in scoring with five goals and 16 assists for 21 points Teammate Randy Coulson is right behind with points on nine goals and six assists scored a third goal to end scoring In the period and send the Tigers into the third period nun ing a narrow lead Tigers took off from there counting five Allister all scored in the frame with Colson netting two Thomas and Munro each collected two assists while McAllister Carl Reed Worth Ceelen and Glen Ferguson each picked up single assists Coach Lalande said he Is signing Dave Blsshuk Just graduated from policeman college to help shore up the defence There were 10 Acton members on the team and their number has grown to According to they are hoping to play in Acton next year This year because they cannot get a suitable Ice time they are playing out of Meadowvale Tiger coring A Wayne 16 Randy Coulson IS Willy Ceelen 5 Buddy Thomas 1 Carl Reed 5 Glen Ferguson 3 Brian Weber Sandy 3 3 John 213 Don Silk 1 3 3 v Adrian l 1 2 Joel Sawyers 2 2 John Connor Tom Dickinson 2 Rick Smith 0 ATW clumps Hellers 104 only undefeated team left Acton Terminal Warehouse became the only team in the Industrial hockey league without a loss Sunday as they whomped Hellers 104 to take a firm hold of first place In other Industrial action Lakeview got into the win column with a victory over Vans and Family Cleaners made It two In a row with a 43 squeaker over Blow Press John Ashley scored the winner for first ever victory as he took passes from Steve Mclntyre and Bob early in the second period to beat Van net minder Dave Allen The two teams took a 2 tie out of the first period as Gerry VonDer Eyken netted one for Vans from Bruce to open the scoring Tom Dickinson answered for from Mclntyre and Bill Fields and George put them in the lead from Tim Mclntyre and Ashley equalized for Vans to end the period Ashley put in front to stay with his second period marker and son added an insurance margin from Fields and Steve Mclntyre before the period ended connected from Tim Mclntyre to end scoring In the game In the third period Second win Family Cleaners managed their second win in a row as they edged Blow Press scoring four in the third for the win The winner was scored with Just four seconds showing as Horry Lawson connected from Dan Hillier and Ernie Walter for the score Blow Press scored two unanswered goals in the first to take their early lead Mike McMahon started It off with a marker from Evan Hayter and Sid and Barens connected for the second from Jeff Goy and The game was marked by penalties as the called a total of 42 minutes including a 10 minute misconduct and game penalty to the Pressman Ed Hillier There was no scoring until the third period when Family Cleaners tied it up Ernie Waller and Floyd Hillier scored getting assists from Lawson and Gary on their forts Ken Owens scored unassisted for Blow Press but the Cleaners came back with two more in a row to get the win Ted tied it up from Bart Jacobs and Floyd setting the stage for Lawson winner Noconteil Except for the first period the ATW vs Hellers game In the opening frame Ken Slaney started Hellers off with a lead which was eliminated by Peter Morrison on an unassisted effort goal came from Ron Mellon Henry gave the lead permanently with the taking passes from Bruce Cooksley and Irwin to put ATW in front 1 ATW took command in the second with two points Steve Bennett and Pete Morrison fed Irwin for the first and Bennett took a Morrison pass for the second giving a 41 lead in the period Cecil Stuckless potted the winner early in the third period from Cooksley before broke through for their second point Ron Mellon got the point unassisted Morrison connected again from Irwin and Bill Severinski and Bennett con nected unassisted to put any hopes of an Hellers comeback on the shelf Henry Toebes Bennett and Cecil Stuckless got the rest of the ATW goals Stuckless and Bennett trading assists Ron Mellon completed his hat trick by netting the next two Hellers points getting assists from Glen and Van Fleet on the first and taking the second one in unassisted The fight for second place tightened up as four teams are In line for a share by next week Hellers Vans Blow Press and Family Cleaners are all within range ATW has taken a three point lead in first while Lakeview Is still In the cellar with their lone win