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Round Robin by Robin Inscoe Let give some credit where credit 13 due A few years ago when attended Acton High School we had the usual sporting activities and competed against other Hal ton schools Last week Acton High boys basketball history was made The midget beat A Blakelock It may not seem so great but only a few short years ago the basketball teams would come back from playing a league game In happier than punch If the Tigers t beaten them by a hundred points Hard work and early morning practices have paid off for the Cagers They are now a small force of their own The junior this year won a Brampton tournament and fell In the final of their own The midgets are walking over all exhibition competition including several teams from their own league The Junior girls team too was ranked near the top of league action being upset In the playoffs by Georgetown The midgets who failed to win a game two seasons ago fell just short In their playoff drive in the season past Thanks to teachercoaches like Rick McArthur Rick Boychuk Anne and McLaren Acton High School has same teams they can be proud of and they be ashamed to walk into again Although they won play an allstar game this season the Central Ontario Junior Hockey League has taken a big step in pursuing opportunities for future years The league decided that it will this season select oil star teams from the team league The league will be divided into two divisions the Northeast and the Southwest Joining the Sabres in the Southwest division will be Streetsvllle Burlington Oakvillc Milton and Georgetown Leaving Onlha Barrie Oak Ridges Brampton and Dixie supplying the Nor thcast Each club will nominate six players one at each position and a coach and manager at which point the teams will make their votes with the top point getters at each position getting the nod as the first team selections Runner at each spot will carry the title of the second team The one rule Is that teams cannot vote for their own players Being in the same division as teams such as Streetsvllle and Burlington the Sabres will be for tuna to have any players selected to the team Best possibilities from Acton standpoint would be Jeff Shields and goal tender Rob Shields competition includes the leagues top two scorers Frank of and Mike Carr of the Burlington Cougars not to mention Paul Cook Brampton top scorer last season now with Street and Rod Gooding of Milton may have it a easier than Shields Mitch Love rock of Burlington and Jim Lockhurst of Streetsvllle should be his main competition but Brad Miller of Georgetown and Ian Roberta of have been around a few years too Other Sabres nominated include defenceman Jamie Ryan and Brad Buchanan and wingers Kelly Shaw and Kelly If there was to be a game this season the Southwest would be tough to beat Burlington and Oakville are the op three teams in the league and should with or without the help of Georgetown Milton and Acton be able to come out on top In an allstar game Maybe next year the teams can square off Guelph Oidtimers will be in town on Friday December to play an exhibition game with Waterloo The Guelph team has some of the names Acton Tanner fans may remember Harold Townsley will be in the lineup for the Royal City along with Jim Sweeney Jim Farley and Howie and Doug Evans Game time at the Community Centre will be 10 pm I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year To all those who have looked after correspondence for various organizations and groups over the past five months that I have been with the free Press a very special thanks and keep those articles coming in Slow start Atoms rally for 91 victory After a slow first period the Acton Minor Atom Hockey Moms caught fire and went on to defeat New Hamburg WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1978 One Hundred and Fourth YearNo 24 Second Section Drop pair Five goals in final frame lead Gemini over Sabres Last night Tuesday Thornhill 6 Sabres 3 Georgetown Gemini must wish that every game of the season was against Acton Sabres The Sabres on the other hand must hope they never see Georgetown again The Gemini recorded their fourth win of the season and their second against the Sabres Saturday night at the Gordon Alcott Arena in Georgetown as they stored twice in the final minute and five times in the final frame to nip the Sabre In other action the Sabres fell by a count to Oak Ridges A 10 Aclon lead held through the first and second periods before Gems tied the match early in the third Gemini then grabbed the lead before Sabres fired a pair to go ahead 2 with a over 14 minutes remain in the gome ticorgetown erased Sabres margin and then scored a pair in the final minute for the victory Acton took the lead with than four minutes remaining in the opening period when Glenn Murray look the puck around the Georgetown goal from the right bide and fired from point blank range Gem net minder Chris Saija a recent addition to the rosier made the save but handle the rebound Mult Lambert and Paul Both sides skated through scoreless middle period before Gems tied it over two minutes into the final fnmt on a goal took pass from Patterson Steve spot on the top line back handed it pist Kent Moffat A little over minute I iter Georgetown went as found loose right in from of and banned it in Patter in mil Hick Hotter aids lied it up and then took the lead in the spaee of IK seconds on goals by and markers with Jeff Shields counting an assist on both goals and Murray and Drew one each Down a goal Gems kept pressing and came up with the equalizer when Larry Melton redirected a Mark point drive Tim also assisted It appeared the game would end in a draw when with seconds left Power took passes from and Hotter broke down left wing and blasted the puck past With the Acton net empty seconds remaining Power broke down the port side again and even though he hid chance for a goal fed Grit Thompson cruising in front and he flipped the in marker in Rotter nice picked up an The match was filled with pen dties chippy play and alt three of Acton goals with Gems in the sin Acton coach Fred Buchanan explained the loss by saying his club simply quit checking in the third period Both coaches agreed the ref was responsible lor the chippy play since he dldn act firmly from the start A Sabre and Gem would meet In the corners and then rough house The win was parUculartly gratifying to Gemini brass since it came before the largest crowd of the winter Acton Jumped to an early lead against Oak Ridges as Kelly McArthur scored an un assisted break a way goal at of the frame Oak Ridges came back with a pair of goals before the period ended to take a lead into the dressing room A effort by the Dynes gave them a goal lead as the second period drew to a close It took Oak Ridaes no time continued on page Acton Figure Skating Club held preparation for an meeting competition at the community centre lost in January goes through her rou musk it the Skating In the first period it looked as if it would be a much tighter game than the final score indicated with New Hamburg netting the only goal of the frame Five unanswered second period goals by Acton gave them total control of the game Peter netted the first goal for Acton from Doug McKnight followed by goals from Chris Rogers Paul Kilpfltrick and Jason 0 Neil The third period was another good one for Acton as they potted four more for the win Paul Kilpatrick netted two in the final frame to attain the with Doug McKnight and scoring the others Assists went to Kirk 500 Club Winners of this weeks Club draw Include Dot Deforest D Gibbons R Holmes 26 Smith 304 and Lloyd Cleaners remain unbeaten in industrial hockey action The Acton Industrial Hockey League season Is now twothirds through their regular season and Family Cleaners Is still undefeated The Cleaners topped second placed Blow Press to extend the streak to 10 games In other action Hellers moved even with Acton Terminal Warehouse by virtue of a win over that team Vans Welding edged Lake view Centre 54 The Family Blow Press game was close until the last seven minutes when the Cleaners hit for two goals The league s leading point getter Ed Hllller opened the scoring for Family at the 12 mark of the first period from Wayne Allan and Dan Six minutes later the Press men got the equalizer from Evan Family scored with 1 left In the period on a goal by Allan with an assist going to Dave Paul Blow press tied the game at 12 of the second stanza and took the head only a minute later Both goals came off the stick of George Jim Fred Crawford and Bruce McPhersan assisted on the goals Family Cleaners came back with two In the last half of the second to regain their one goal lead Gary Marsh and Bob fired the Cleaners goals with Ed Gary Marsh and Dave Paul adding assists The Pressmen lied the game on a marker by Hon Schmidt from Van Iccl and Fred Crawford early in the third Wayne Allan second of the game unassisted and Cecil first from Her gave Family the win struck early In their match with Hellers as Ron Mellon found the mark from Bill and Bill Fabian before the game was two minutes old Hellers equalized the at the midway point of the period when Floyd found the net from Steve and Allan Hall A minute later Gary Pickles put the in front for the second and last time in the game Three straight goals by Allan Hall put Hellers in a commanding lead by the end of the second period Larry and assisted on the last two Hall counters with Steve Mclntyre helping on the first Harry added to the Hellers total from Gary Moore before Henry beat Charlie Payne from BUI Fabian to end the Three goals by Jim Davis was not enough for Lakeview Centre as they dropped a 54 decision to Vans Welding Vans scored twice in the first half of period one as John found the mark from Townsley and them Townsley found Ihe range for one of his own Tim scored from Jim to pull the Centre- men within one with seven minutes remaining in the opening frame Vans regained their two goal margin before the period as Steve Bennett from Steve Townsley Lakeview again closed the gap this time with Davis first of three from Bruce Cookslev Jeff Townsley padded Welders lead by the games midpoint with help from Steve and Jim Hag Kelt Davis rounded out the second period scoring from BUI Fields harry in the third Vans extended their lead with a goal by Ted Jowett from Brent Irwin before Davis got his third from Tim Mclntyre with a little more than nine minutes to play There are no industrial games scheduled Tor the next two weeks When play resumes January 7 Family Cleaners will tangle with Vans Welding in a clock match Lakeview will meet at and Blow Press at it with Hellers in ft start Sport s scoreboard Central Ontario Junior Standing Teams L T Burlington Streetsvllle 25 0 16 11 Oak Ridges 3 13 12 3 Brampton 12 Thornhill 28 10 14 4 24 Dixie 8 15 5 Barrie 16 1 19 Milton Acton 7 Georgetown 2 10 WaterlooWellington Minor Hockey League Standing as of December 13 NOVICE L T 7 1 12 Woolwich 31 4 Acton 3 14 18 4 Fergus 3 19 2 10 MAJOR ATOM 32 6 GP GA Orangevillc 13 1 117 24 24 44 Fergus 13 9 Hes peter 10 5 13 54 Acton 14 4 7 11 44 New Hamburg 12 7 1 54 9 Woolwich 4 7 1 Elora 12 12 MAJOR 26 W T GA PTS 31 19 130 Acton 11 9 2 18 70 14 45 14 78 Woolwich 12 5 12 Fergus 4 17 18 9 New Hamburg 13 1 9 Elora 33 MAJOR BANTAM GF GA PTS 12 10 1 1 S3 10 12 I 31 17 Acton 13 3 33 16 173 New Hamburg 13 4 3 31 24 15 80 Woolwich 3 35 38 11 158 12 2 10 65 4 198 Fergus 9 2 24 MAJOR MIDGETS 148 GP GF PTS 13 9 1 3 37 294 Woolwich 13 2 Fergus 18 16 408 New Hamburg 12 I 38 15 132 Flora 14 4 1 87 9 405 Acton 11 3 7 1 44 1B3 13 1 5 MINOR ATOM W GA 11 IB Woolwich 1 22 13 Hespcler 9 3 10 11 Acton 28 New Hamburg 2 12 Fergus 9 0 2 8 MINOR 2 50 GP W T GA Orangeville 12 32 IB Acton 9 3 CO IB 76 11 3 21 16 48 Fergus 14 7 I 47 15 70 Woolwich 11 5 11 62 11 2 8 1 13 New Hamburg 13 12 1 21 MINOR BANTAM GP GA PM Hespcler 13 1 3 62 135 Orangeville 11 B 1 IS Woolwich 3 31 23 New Hamburg 10 10 Acton 10 3 1 24 84 Fergus 7 29 4 12 12 14