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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Jon Sabres handicapped by youth two losses by wide margin Inexperience Is still hurting the Acton Sabres in their quest to vacate the Central Junior B cellar they have occupied most of the season Coach Bruce Chapman blames a lack of concentration for a pair of losses the Acton Sabres suffered last week at the hands of Oakville and Milton Sabres fell to the Blades Wednesday and to the Flyers Friday and in each game they allowed five goals in a single period Wo ore suffering from mental lapses and a lack of concentration according to Chapman We re not finish tog checks The forwards are not and the defence Is wandering The young are maturing In spurts but it is almost getting to the point that it is too late in the season In the game Sabres bad period was the second Sabres fell behind in the first period on goals by the Blades WIHle McFarlane and Doug Taylor Blades popped in four more In the sec period before managed to avert the shutout getting the rubber from Dave Chapman Sabres were hurt by penal ties In the game taking 36 minutes plus a game mis conduct to Rob Milllcan com pared with only for the Ten to represent Acton figure skating LEGION DART season is in full swing and Don Lindsay gets in a few shots Shorthanded atoms Acton Figure Skating Club The skaters were chosen will be represented by en for heir performance at the skaters at the meet Introclub competitions held being held January in December at the arena Bramalea Seven clubs take Where there was only one part in the meet competitor no prize was dropped 31 at arena Second win for midgets Mlnoratoms were short four players but still managed to play a good light hockey game last night at the arena as they were edged 31 by a strong Orange ville team Score stood at 2 1 with only 28 seconds left when Orange viUe managed their final goal to put the lid on the game Coach Jim Warren thought the boys played very well considering there were four men missing and the Orange vllle team had tht atoms badly twice before this season John Lloyd was the only Acton player to notch up a score as he took tho puck from Clint McMillan and Gord chell In the third period The team play well in the frame but were not able to hit the and close the gap Coach Da commented the boys were not able to get any wood behind Ihur shots as the puck was dribbling harmlessly off their sticks on attempted scores With a few breaks we could have won this game he said Bants tie Elora on Lumbers goals Acton midgets picked up their second home win of the Wellington Waterloo season squeaker over last night at the arena The midgets have had a slow start on the season but arc gaining in experience rapidly and should be winning more gomes for tho rest of the season David gave them a lead In the opening frame as he deflected a Rob Evans shot into the net Evans and Bob Allsop earned on the play Don netted the winner early in he second period and the midgets held on from there to gel the win Dave collected an assist on marker Acton kept the pressure on Elora throughout the game with their tight checking defence Midgets benefitted from penalties as point came on a powcrphy situation only marker came when was serving lime for a roughing There were minutes in penalties called against Acton In the and only against the visitors given but the skater was given the opportunity to skate for experience Gary will be representing Acton In the batch test category Kelly Buchanan will be In the beginning free skate for girls Mike Creighton will be her counterpart in the boys beginning free skate group Kelly Edge and Yvonne will show their similar pairs dance routine at the competition for Acton PrejUvcnile girls will be represented by Angle Basch while Linda will represent juvenile girls Diane will be the Acton skater in the girls interpretive category Kinal will In in the boys Interpretive Sue Kinal is the Kinal to reach tourney skating in the girls level The competition will be held in the Victoria Park arena Blades Three markers came on Ray Dunbar and Robin Inscoe combined to stop shots in the game while Blades Jim Taylor faced only 30 Sabres were IT 7 In the third period but good work In nets by Inscoe held them to a single score According to Bruce Chap man the score was not of the piny Dave loway hit the post on one open net and the guys were shoot ingwlde he said He praised the work of Dunbar in nets saying he was beaten on two or three tlons He is pleased with the Sabres gen saying wehavethebest onetwo punch for goalies In the league The other units lo really sharpen up Dunbar was back in nets TEAM COKING 0 A Gordon M lion M as Acton Cm a It a M of past went IB Georgetown Brampton J Oa villi Acton M linn I Acton 11 Sun THIS WEEK Oak villi Acton at Brampton Burl al Acton al Dixie Burl it Mlllon Oik II Saturday Sunday at Brampton MHonal Friday when he stopped shots against the Flyers Ills teammates could only man age shots on net during the the first period as Dave M took a Chapman pass out in front of the net and converted it for a score Doug Elliott also picked up an assist on the play The goal evened the score as Paul McCnnn had already polled the first of the five Flyer goals he was going to gel In Iho game Flyers pressed to a lead after two as and Pierre Pltote connected In the final frame tho Sabres feel apart allowing three power Sabre scoring Chapman Malcolm Schlnkcl Elliott Currii Barnes Major Buchanan Dunbar G play goals and a pair when he teams were even and Doug Trimble did tho scoringfor the Flyers Acton managed a single In he period when Elliott slipped one between the Milton posts getting assists from Chapman and Jim Inexperience and youth are hurling he Sabres now as they have only three players who were with the team last year Recruiting has to be looked Into said Bruce Chapman The team has been hit by the flu and because thoyare lack Ing in numbers they have called up Jamie Vickery and Shane Withers from the juven lies for a few games Both played Wednesday and day and Chapman says I was very pleased with Jamie and Shane They sure did not hurt us They should be back lo full strength for this matchups with Brampton and Dixie the first time in five or six games they will have a full earn Brampton has been slumping and the Sabres should be ready for a win when they meet tonight in Brampton Next home game for the Sabres is a week from day when the Blades are in town for a rematch Firefighter bants got two goats out of Gary lo earn a tie against December 30 at the arena before falling to an A level team from Mil ion the next day Lumbers put Acton on the board with a shot from Randy SmithandRon Jackson tying the game up after two minutes of play Paul Donald had scored for Elora at the 1 mark Derrick Hodgson the firefighters a brief lead when he rocketed the puck in from centre Ice for an unassisted point Tim West and Denis Brock put on top but Lumbers tied It up again with only seven seconds to go in the game Martin Collerton put the bants back in front early in the final period but they could not hold the lead as Paul Donald collected his second point of the game for to end the game with the score knotted The loss to Milton was an exhibition contest which will not count in the Welling inn Waterloo standings Legion schedule Baltimore vs Rochester Tarn Springfield Tidewater ATOM St Kills vs Hamilton London NOVICE Dixie vs Brampton 11 lSa m Weslon Guclph BANTAM 12 30 Cougars vs Toms Oilers Jets vs Whalers MIDGETS Toronto vs Vancouver MonlrealvsDetroit Do you know win urn Willi anything In return has In which live Thus krai f Medal lor Go 1 puis Rec tilts it kptnktit Council of r is chairman is tin lit wtr Anyone Kin n ill in ft tin Out Medal and it on forms by tiny en Oil IN It r ICllAlbhp Out in Miktj in i lit If pr for good by April All Ml Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship 8532010 your hotfne to bigger sales results Your advertising message will get a long distance connection when you place an ad 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