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Redmen cop Georgetown tourney to complete successful season Acton Junior flnLshcdoff what could be their finest hour In style on the weekend as they copped Georgetown Rebel Basketball Tourn ament for their fourth tit le of the year Earlier In the week the had put up a fine fight in the Helton High School semi finals falling to M Robinson of Burlington in overtime on the year led by Martin Osso found themselves with a and wonlost record four tournament champion ships a consolation title and in the Hal ton league playoffs for the first time ever Osso has led his team in scoring throughout the season was the top er In the six tournaments in which they competed and was selected to three tourney all star teams including the weekend event in Georgetown Only three of the touma the at tended voted an all star team He also captured the Most Valuable Player Award three times In playoffs the second in Hal ton West met MM Robinson the first placed team from Halton East in Burlington With their backs against the wall the fought hard forcing overtime before falling The Redmen trailed 31 at half time according to coach Rick McArhtur fought back to even the count at at the end of regulation time Martin led the way scoring points while Glen Van added and Ted and Rob Leniiky ten each At the tournament in Georgetown the met and defeated the host Rebels in the opening game of the Osso was again the team leading scorer hitting for points Chris added 11 In their second round match up the more than doubled count on King City 7835 Bob McClure topped In total points for the game with Chris added and Osso 15 In the final the Acton team had little trouble taking Granthcr of St Catherines 41 was back leading the way with poLnts McClure added ten points and six Both Osso and McClure were named to Ihe all- star squad Acton Junior Martin Osso Glen Van Dave Williamson Rob Fiber Ted John Vuk Bob McClure Ken Stephen Sprlngle and Chris Team coach is Rick Mc Arthur WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28 1979 One Hundred and Fourth Year- No 35 Second Section Last minute marker advances Bantams A Third time Sau It te Marie retains title tops consolation Rob Vermculen goal right to move against with just nine seconds left in regulation time lifted Acton Bantam Firefighters to win over and the Ian brook in Ontario Minor Hockey Assoc iation quarter finals scored the only goal of the first It looks as if Acton Junior Sabres are preparing to make another attempt to catch a Central Ontario League playoff berth For three seasons now the Sabres have fought in attempts to have a successful hockey club on theiceandatthegatc The question I ask Is why should they continue to fight this way and have Georgetown doing the same They should maybe sit down and talk One junior team In Hills maybe could produce a successful team both on the ice and at the gate To start with Acton docs not have talent to produce a winning team without help from outside If you look at this year final standings neither do the Georgetown Gemini The two clubs finished in the last spots in the league Combining the two teams could generate enough talent to challenge teams like Burlington and but In dually I say forget it Both teams will be near the bottom or the league gain next year A Halton Hills team could provide the area fans with good exciting junior hockey and show the people with winning team something essential in this day and age Where would a team such as this play home games at Gordon and the Acton Com m unity Centre Ice time has been a major complaint of both teams over the years Not enough practice time With the team operating out of two arenas it could use one and a half hours practicing in each arena Plenty of time for junior hockey Between the two centres they would still be using less ice time than If they ran individually three hours practice a week and three hours for a home game instead of two hours practice each and three hours game time each week Neither team really wants to give up the fight as an individual franchise But lets face it there just enough talent for two team in them Hills With two arenas to play in the Sabre Gems GemSabres or whatever you want to call them could draw the larger crowds to help pay the bills playing in Acton or Georgetown only once every two weeks you are more likely to draw a larger crowd than if you play every week in one centre Not only would you get local fans in terested fans from the other end of Hills would probably alsomakethetnp The team might have problems at executive level Both sides would have to head Into such an endeavor with the attitude that both Acton Sabres and Georgetown Gemini have folded and It Is a whole new hockey team No playing favorites because a player made the team last year Teams such as Streetsville and Dixie get the use of Toronto players to draw imports Acton and Georgetown only get half way to each other and Milton Georgetown can go half way to Brampton while the Sabres can go to the border Still not much room to find talent Combining the clubs could produce a winner at the gate In the league standings and In Hills Why have two losing liockcy teams when one winner Is Just a merger away frame before Gord McArthur could find the range for Acton with a goal at the second mark of the middle stanza from Tim Evans Flamboro regained the lead a short time later but this time it was Andy Vaivods who evened the count with an unassisted marker Barry Hughes put Flamboro ahead for the third time In the con test before the period ended Mark Duval pulled the of the final frame as he found the net with help from Tim Ferguson and Andy Vaivods took the lead again with to play and it looked as If the Firefighters were going to be forced into playing a fifth and deciding game in but Gord McArthur second goal of the game from Tim Evans and Rob with 3 remain to set up a dramatic finish Rob Vermculen s goal with nine seconds remaining from Mark Duval gave Acton the lead for the first time in the gome and the series victory Coach Steve Marshall was not pleased with the way his team played in the contest commenting that they had been out hustled to the puck and forced into mistakes in their own end Marshall had high praise for Andy after the game saying he played outstanding force becking and working very hard Sault Ste Marie captured their third title in four tries at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch IS7 annual tournament at the Community Centre on the weekend The Soo had little trouble walking off with the title they had won the year previous In the final game of the ment Ste Marie manhandled Jumping to an early 40 lead and coasting to a win The consolation final was about as exciting as the final as the second half of the tournament draw proved their superiority Jordan who found themselves in the consolation after suffer ing a setback at the hands of the host Acton team had little trouble topping Hespeler for the crown The tournament semi final turned out to be the games to watch as the Soo met their toughest competition Marie played Alexander Park of Hamilton even for the first half of the contest before pulling away to a win The lone goal by Alexander Park was the only piece of rubber that beat the goal tending com of Mark Cote and Brad match over the entire four games of the tournament The tournament first round proved to be more exciting than in the past they seemed for the most part to draw even competition Orange vllle 4 3 Orangeville chance of reaching the final looked almost as they fell behind Hespeler 30 over the first half of the con test With 3 remaining in the second frame came to life scoring four times to out the win Dave Gallent led the attack with three goals while Pat Hamilton added the single Lome Park New Hamburg In the only outright mismatch of the first round Lome Park had no trouble dumping New Hamburg as they potted three goals in each period Bill Charles paced the Lome Park team with three goals while Pat Brown and Doug Mac La chin counted a pair apiece An caster 2 Oak Ridges An caster played tough on defense as they held on to a two goal lead over the final minutes of the contest for a win Ancaster netted two goals within three minutes at the close of first frame and be ginning of the second for the win Steve Smith and Mike Walsh fired the counters Preston A Bolton Preston A team found victory waiting when Dean Duchene found the net to give his team a overtime vie over Bolton Chris MacFarlene led Preston with two goals and an assist Scott added three assists Simon Keogh and John Peterson paced Bolton with a pair of goals each Alexander Park 8 Alexander Park showed that they would be a contender for the tournament crown with an win over John Copple led the Hamilton team with a pair of goals and a couple assists got two goals from Dave tucker Acton Jordan 3 An exciting contest as Acton Brad take a good hot at Alexander Park goat tender Dennis during the second round of Legion tournament Acton won their first game defeating be eventual consolation champions from Jordan but found the going too toaghwben they met Alexander Park falling which elimin ated them from the tournament A good crowd was on hand to take In the game tournament the host Acton team needed an empty net marker in the last minute to secure the win took an early lead in the game but Ted Lindsay managed to tie things up only a minute later with a nice passing play from Bruce Shep- pard Acton took the lead be fore the first frame ended as Brad Youmans found the range with Lindsay assisting Jordan tied the contest early in the second period but Bruce Sheppard re tained the lead for Acton with on unassisted effort Jordan tied the game at three before the se cond period ended setting up an exciting third frame that resulted In an Acton marker from Jerry Herring ton with three minutes remaining Bill Morrison assisted Acton put the game away with seconds re maining Bruce Shep connected Into the empty net Marie the- Lake Sault Ste Marie started their title defence In style as they capped a win from Niagara The game was much closer than the score indicated but the breaks went in the direction allowing them an easy win The Soo led 30 at the end of the first frame added two in the second and another in the third Greg Sicoly led the Soo attack with four points Preston B A goal with only four seconds remaining In the game Preston win over Lis towel Listowel jumped to a lead in the first period but Preston fought back with three goals over the next period and a half forcing to score late with a hope of winn ing the contest in over time Rob Becker goal with only four seconds remaining for Preston an end to all Listowel opes Hespeler 4 New Hamburg counted four times over the first two periods to give them selves a commanding lead before allowing Mike to break the shut out with New Ham burg only goal in their two tournament games Tim Pope paced Hespeler with a goal and two assists Lome Park A second period splurge by was enough to give them some breathing room and a win over Lome Park Five second period markers by Orangeville turned the game from a Lome Park lead into a comfortable Orange ville rout Dave was the big shooter for Orange ville with three goals Dean Ferguson scored twice for Lome Park Oak Ridges 4 Bolton Two third period goals by Oak Ridges were their margin of victory Bolton Oak Ridges was led by a two goal performance by Darin Clayton Preston A 1 Ancaster 1 What must be con side red the most exciting and heartbreaking game of the tournament Preston outs hot An ens 10 In the second over time period and got the nod to advance to the semi finals scared first In the contest and then held on until the mid point of the final frame before find the net behind some brilliant goal tending from Chris Dunn In the Ancaster net The teams were tied at two shots each after the first overtime frame setting up the second period win for Preston Jordan 2 Jordan started their run at the consolation title with a tough fought 42 win over Merriton Jordan scored two first period goals and never relinquished the lead though Merriton came close to tying the game on several occasions Alexander Park Acton The host Acton team found the going a little too tough as they could not manage to find the net against Alexander Pork falling 40 The Alexander Park team scored two goals in each of the first and third periods Four different players netted goals for the opposition team Listowel NlagaroontheLake Niagara took an early lead in their con solo Hon match up but four straight goals gave them enough of a lead to hold on for the win The last Niagara marker came with Just 35 seconds to play Terry Dei trick scored three times for Marie Preston B The Soo started out slow scaring only once in the first frame but once they got rolling there was no stopping them as they skated to an win Bill Hodgson paced the winners with three goals and an assist Oak Ridges earned the right to compete in the consolation final with an easy 7 1 win over Oak Ridges took an early lead in the contest before allowing Oak Midges their only counter of the dav Preston A Preston scored first in the contest but that was as far as their luck went as came back with four straight markers before allowing Preston back on the board Kevin Miller paced the attack with three goals and a pair of assists Jordan Jordan scored late in the first period and then held off the scores while they lied three more times scoring a win and Marie 4 Alexander Park 1 It was the game that was being billed by spec tators as the unofficial tournament champion ship The scored first at the mark of the se cond period but Alex ander Park came right back to even the count at two Three third period answered goals by Ste Marie gave them the win and the right to de fend the title they had captured last year Jordan The consolation final was a mismatch from the time the puck was dropped Jordan scored at the second mark of the opening period and never looked back Thirty minutes and eight goals later Jordan became the tenth annual pcewee tournament con solation champions Sault Marie The Soo counted five first period markers on their way to an easy win over OrangevUle capturing their third tourney title in four years We won Two players of the Preston A team em brace In a victory dance after their team eliminated Ancaster from second round play with a thrilling two period of overtime shots on goal victory Preston Ancaster In the second extra period to claim win In fours years defeating 70 Jordan to get a stick on a loose puck In front of the Soo net walked off with the consolation crown with during the of the Legion peewee touma over The Soo captured their third tournament title