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Sports Page ACTQN ONTARIO FEBRUARYS I97B One Hundred and Third Year No 32 Second Section ffJock jjgfe Tock By John Bo Ho ml Dont forget AMBA meeting tonight at the arena Don forget the meeting tonight for the Acton Minor Baseball Association The fate of the organization rides on the turnout and support of the town tonight at 7 m in the arena Just a little work from everyone will make AMBA run smoothly so get out and support Soccer association to start plans are underway Let s hope a proposed soccer association for Halton can Ret better support than the softball has received Plans are afoot to form a Halton Youth Soccer Association and four Acton representatives were in Oakville last Tuesday to help discuss its formation Soccer is a fast growing sport in Acton and before any club can register players with the Ontario Minor Soccer Association they must be registered with a local association Thus far there has been no such thing for Acton soccer players It takes three clubs to form an association and five areas from have shown an interest in getting together In addition to the Acton representatives there were soccer fans from Milton Georgetown Oakville and Burlington at the meeting If the association is formed then anybody registering with the Acton club would automatically be registered with the Halton Youth Soccer Association and could be registered with the OMSA to compete against teams from across the province Figure skater praiseworthy at Canadian championships Kevin Parker has every right to be disap pointed with his performance in Victoria over the past week but absolutely no reason to be ashamed He was off his peak because of a bad flu but still managed to place fourth in the Canadian championships Although he would have liked to have been higher and might have been without the interference of his bronchial passages that is still a praiseworthy achievement Sabres finish with dignity Sabres have with a late surge of sorts managed to finish the season in a way that will enable them to hold their heads high I say of sorts because the surge was not enougn to win a lot of games just to make them closer Although they will not have improved much on last year record they have made their impact felt by providing closer competition in most games than they managed most of last year They hit a bad slump for most of the second half of the season but have in the last few weeks shown that the many losses have not killed their spirit The other main area of improvement for the team has been in the team spirit department Last year team it is fair to say suffered from many personality clashes These have virtually disappeared this year to the envy of many other teams in the league They have also learned a lot about disciplined and clean hockey Last year s club spent a lot of time on the bench one problem which coach Bruce Chapman has solved It will take him longer to build a winning team He has commented the job can not be done in a single year and anybody will agree He has also said he would like the opportunity to do the job The Sabres lose only two players to overage next year which could mean they have a strong nucleus of returning veterans for next year Some quality imports added to the roster could make a big difference Imports do not come unless a team has money and it is too early yet to really tell whether the Sabres year will be a financial success In spite of the poor record in the standings Bruce Chapman feels it has been a personal success for just about everyone concerned A bad flu did not stop the Canadian Junior Kevin ionships last week in Victoria Parker from placing fourth at The placing made him the alternate choice to represent Canada in the world Parker was on antibiotics the junior event last year season Is over There a lot ihecompetitlvcseasenhewill and cough medicines when he Last years world champion of nervous tension during the be participating in winter was there and his condition and favorite Daniel season carnivals across the was evident as he managed was leading going Into the last has one more year province and when he only a sixth place finish in the day but slumped in his free compctc in juniors before recovers from his flu he will figures event Figures had skating program to allow Col lo be returning to school at been a weak spot for Parker to lake over j Acton High His long practice but he had worked on them Parker said he feels a hours forced him to drop out until he was good enough to relief now the competitive Now that he has finished during the season taka the event In both the divisional and sec I ion a competitions My figures ore better but I had an off day he said Being in a hole put the A STRONG SMOOTH SKATER Kevin Parker did well in the final free skating competition to move up from fifth to fourth overall in the Canadian junior men championships pressure on him and he responded well by taking third in the compulsory free skating and second in the free skating to move himself up to fourth The off day he had in figures depressed him slightly Parker said You feel like you sort of blew it Nonetheless he came back well from there Parker free skating has been his strong point us hi is a smooth and polished skater ills difficult routine includes five triples The Parker family were a bit disappointed in the fourth place but in the face of his flu fcil he did his best Parker said he had a good lime at the championships on hit third trip stayed at the Hotel one of the oldest buildings an the Island He pointed out how different the weather was raying flowers were o come out While he was there he met the Marshall family former now living in Vancouver They made the trip to the championships to see Parker In his previous times al the Canadian championships he won the novice men event lwoearsugo and was fifth in Peewee tourney schedule TOURNAMENT GAME SCHEDULE First team named will be the HOME team FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1978 p Milton vs 27 Georgetown vs Preston 38 009 p m Orangeville New Hamburg SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1978i am Ancastervs Jordan 5 am SaultSte Oak Ridges 6 0010 00 am Acton vs 10 m Bolton Shelburne 811 noon theLake vs pm Loser of Game lvs Loser of Game 2 10 Winner of Game lvs Winner of Game 2 11 00pm Loser of Game LoserofGame4 3 004 pm Winner of Game 3 vs Winner of Game 4 Loser of Game vs LoserofGame6 14 006 pm Winner of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 6 15 6 pm Loser of Game 7 vs Loser of Game 8 7 pm Winner of Game 7 vs Winner of Game 8 SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17 Winner of Game vs WinnerofGamell 10 0011 00a m Winner of Game 10 vs Gamel2 00 noon Winner of Game vs Winner of Game 20 m Winnerof Game vs Game 16 21 00pm Game 17 vs Winner of Game 22 2003 m Winner of Game vs Winner of Game 20 Deciding Game for CONSOLATION CHAMPIONS Deciding Game for GRAND CHAMPIONS Sabres top last years record with upset of Dixie Beehives Acton Sabres finally broke their long streak which extended from November 11 when they topped Dixie Beehives 1 in the arena Saturday It was their fourth victory erasing last year record of Ihrce wins The win really showed what potential we have here said coach Bruce Chapman It was the highlight of the year Dixie took a 10 lead in the first period when Jerry Cautaruttl Robin lnscoe in the Acton nets It was the last lime he was beaten as ho stopped 42 shots in the last two periods Dixie played a good game said coach Chapman They re a quality team not animals There were only three penalties called against and six against the Beehives Pulled Even Acton pulled even on a marker from Mark who got the puck from Dave Chapman and Rob MUlicon for the score Pete got the winner halfway through the thlrdperiodonasoloeffort It was one of shots the Sabres aimed at Orcst Okpysh during the game Beehives were credited with shots on goal although coach Chap man commented he Is wondering If there was that big a difference In the shots But the record he shrugged Chapman stuck to his basic lines for the game and said the older players seemed to be working well with the younger ones Every player that dressed was moving he said It showed that they have ab sorbed the teaching and poured It all out In one game A good crowd was on hand to witness the first win for the team they topped the Milton Flyers in the arena November Flyers The Saturday win came one day after the Sabres gave the Flyers a run for the money as they dominated the first two periods before falling Flyers played their usual game but could not manage rattle the Sabres The two teams were even after both the first and second periods Mark was the hot shooter for Sabres as he collected a hoi trick and added an assist for four points He opened the scoring after one and a half minutes getting the puck from Wicklum and Kick for the score The lead was lUed as Myers Ron came right batk seven seconds later Sabres made it on markers from Rob Mill lean Millican each picked single assists Paul Martin and Brian Gordon evened the count before knocked in a marker from Chapman Flyers finally clicked on their with only seconds left in Ihe period when Twiss found Ihe range with his second 1- got their rst lead of and Scott Malcolm David Ihe game in the first minute assisted on both of Ihe second period as Schinkel and connected They held it for Ihe whole period until Ray Dunbar was in nets for Injured Schinkel lied It up with Just 18 Acton stopping 38 Flyer had to be left and pucks Sabres sent shots at aken f the nets in the Malcolm got credit for assists Hop Parrott ploying his first period after being hit in on Ihe goal game in the Milton nets Interference The game as usual when rj shot Dunbar John was off for the Flyers arc playing saw a interference when Paul profusion of pen allies most rem part of the shot McConn scored in the third falling on the Milton team barrage the levelled at period Jim Cartwright They amassed minuted Dunbar knotted Ihe score yet while Acton totalled allowed only one goal in the from Chapman but the Flyers Sabres were not as sharp ast ten m of play managed two unanswered against Burlington Kelly opened the goals In a two minute span lo day when they dropped an 11 in the game giving get the win decision in the arena The sabres a lead they kept score was not indicative of minutes the play said Chapman as Malcolm assisted the two teams skated nearly even They deserved Ihe the win he admitted i0 was but the Derbs Sabres were again Ihe first pounding to to score as Schinkel beat in the second Cougar Todd frame was the Pearson from mflr as he within the first minute Three ejected from Chapman Burlington markers gave McGilloway them the lead before Rob will have a week s connected for the reat their belts when first of his two goals Chop- clo3e OTt their season man and earned against the Saturday assists on the shot arena Fans may get a With 40 seconds left the former Sabre Cougars popped in fourth Kent Moffatt in action point Two goals each Chapman happy helped Burlington with the way his team is play Sabres in the second now saying Our period The lone Sabre goal f are finishing strong came from assisted by Chapman and aDrO Scoring Cougars scored twice more before McGilloway got Ihe final Sabre score of the game with an assist from Millican Dunbar started In nets but was replaced by lnscoe half way through the middle period They combined to stop shots while Pearson stopped In the Cougar nets In contrast to the last time the teams met this game had its share of penalties as Sabres picked up minutes and Cougars piled up the same amount Hat trick MARK SCHINKEL made Flyer netminder Hap assist as Flyers back for Sabres Parrott nervous every time he was near The young forward scored 3 goals and added an last season game is Saturday against Streetsville in the arena week Sunday in and bottled them up for 30 minutes before the Derby muscle took over Final score of the game was 132 although coach Chapman again felt the score was not indicative of the play Chapman Malcolm Millican Viekery McArlhur Cartwright CurrieAP Barnes Elliott Shields Major Buchanan J Viekery McPhailAP ManesAP InscooG 34 11