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Lose weekend games Sabres play the spoilers lj Diana With just even left in the season of the Central Junior the can hi sure of only one thing They have a definite hold on last place dimes like last weekends fiascos against the Barrio Colts jI jnd Travelwiys II jt Mathematically of course its not im possible for the Sabres to repeat last years per ind climb out of the cellar All have to do is win the next seven games and the equally bid Milton 1- have to lose theirs Last dots not inly mean worst however and there arc several dubs in the leifcue playing just is bid is Acton They just hive more points And losing isn tall it cracked up to be either So the Sabres will have to come up with a lot of spirit to skate their best in the next seven games knowing it not to gel them anywhere They in only spoil records Their major is defence or lack of Their is 100 more goats than Milton team lint only five more po Their defences were down in the weekend games is well In milch against Onllia at the Community Centre the Travclways scored four goals In the opening frame only two in the second and another four in the third started out with a shorthanded goal scored by Ray Flaherty all 13 Dennis Charbonneau replied for Acton a few seconds later and then Neil Anderson made It 1 before Steve Timpano scored the tying goal Kevin made It 3 and at 17 Marshall Thompson gave Travclways a lead Timpano scored again for a minute and a half into the second stanza Pat Fung a powerplny goal to put the Sabres back into the game only to have Jeff widen the lead on what proved to be the winning marker Epps scored again seconds into the third period Thompson had his second of the night at 22 then Doug Macdonald made it at FINAL Anderson a strong offensive player netted his second of the night only a few seconds later at 13 Terry Duff flipped one past goalie Steve at 19 but the Sabres got the final say with Pat Fung connecting on a marker at 10 Kruk faced shots in the net while the Sabres let loose Marty Rogers It was a chippy game with the Sabres serving minutes in the for infractions like hooking crosschecking slashing fighting and Glen Murray illegal stick Steve Miller Fung and Murray picked up assists for Aclon Thompson Crowther Timpano Flaherty Cam Henderson and Claude earned singles for Saturday night was no belter Dave Stephens of the Colls opened the scoring at seconds then made it 14 IB It t take the Sabres long to unwind in the second frame however and Wade Vlckery shot one past goalie Dave Campbell at 32seconds Steve Bouehey scored 10 seconds later however to give Bnrrie a 3 lead Clint Irwin and Kevin Guest netted two before Pat unconnected GOALS Joe and Curnc exchanged goals then rounded out the scoring sending the Colts Into the dressing room with a lead at the end of the second Marty Collerton scored for the Sabres at of the third then Jim Garner Bowman Mark Nik and Hugh Church tallied for the Colts Fung got his second of the night with one second remaining in the game The Colts threw at goalie Mob Bremner while the Campbell faced Sabre shots Rob Bob Miller Anderson and Roy picked for the Sabres Pat Fung and Nell Anderson stage an attack on Marly Rogers In Junior action Friday at the community Sabres lost the game and Saturday game against II sports and recreation One Hundred and Fifth Year No WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1980 Second Section Redmen are on the warpath The Acton District High School junior basketball are on warpath Last year they finished second in the West division and made it to the semi Tina Is in the league playoffs for the first lime ever only to lose to M M Robinson in overtime So fir this season the juniors are tearing up the courts winning all four of their games They defeited Assumplion last Wednesdiy at with a 17 point point difference Ihcn walked off Millon High School court with a victory before marching into Perdue to nib a win And loday Ihey will have the T Rod Devils quivering in the r sneikers in one third of a Inplchcader at Coich link know who to praise first for his team s performances Defence is the best pari of our game he said but we have top offense too Rebounds are really off for us We are getting two or three shots it the net to one thrown Chris I and Rob I- iber are leading the of squid getting points respectively in Wednesday 45 conquest The Redman were leading by the third quar so emptied his bench allowing As sumption to gain 13 points Glen Van and Brent netted points each for he Matt Vuk played well in both directions sinking five and earning top defensive title In Friday game sunk for points and scored with 14 Doug Entwistlc and Steve were the lop defensive In the mat The juniors can Ihe midget Redmen however who also hold top spot in their division They Assumption in Wednesday then creamed Milton and Perdue John is leiding the midget attack He netted 15 points against and in Mil ton Scott stalled both opposing offenses In sank seven bas while Greg and Paul Nolan netted five points eich played strong defensive game as well The Seniors have lost only one game to the powerful Milton Champions Thursday It was a closer game than the score Indicated but the sen suffered a mental lapse in thcfinil two minutes giving up points They came back Friday with a 71 victory over Perdue Panthers Martin so offensive leader for the juniors last year Is now leading the seniors squad He netted the contest and was top defensive player Bob McClure helped out by scoring points Rebounds were crucial against the Panthers said making an offensive difference In the game He singled out Ken as their offensive strength as well as who was hitting well Wildcats cop tourney title W I Dick elementary school from Milton walked off Acton District High School basketball court with the sixth an nual red and white championship crown after they downed 14 The two girls jr teams met Saturday afternoon in the second half of that tournament I Dick reached the finals after defeating Centennial and 14 in the semi finals squeaked past Rolling Meadows in their first match be fore nipping Erin 22 in the other semi final Patty Walters and Janice Latimer were the lop scorers for Stewart own in the finals getting six points each Connie Kollman led 1 Dick Wildcats with 10 points while Judy Riding netted Centennial copped the consolation title with a victory over Burlington Rolling Meadows Tina Lord and Karen Edgar of Cen were Ihe top shooters Lord sunk five baskets while Edgar tossed two In other games lusl year champions McKenzieSmilh were knocked off early in he tournament They lost to Erin in the first game then bowed to Ro ling Meadows in the consolation round Debbie Lumbers and Laura each netted four points in Ihe losing effort Erin while Angle Vuk scored eight points and Andrea four against ling Meadows downed I- in another close match and Cen lennlal lopped 4033 on their way lo the consolation champion ship Saturday tournament is the second half of an annual event at ADHS held to introduce the and it facilities to future students In the first half of the Lancaster won Junior Redman Hob gels squeezed out or the ploy by the Assumption defence during last week of The Juniors won the gome while the Mid Rets downed Assumption I Swimmers paddle in team meet Three Acton swimmers an he Marlins wilt to Sudbury for team championships Left to right they are Kovacs Mark Bray and Peter Broy Mark won a sliver medal representing Ontario In a meet against a Quebec team lost weekend In Scarborough Below practises her best stroke the butterfly for the upcoming championships ATW faffs to Pressmen Blow Press continues to dominate Industrial LcnRue Shinny defeating 1 14 Sunday night at the community centre Hellers and Van s Welding battled to a tic while Lakevlew Cen trc skated past Family Cleaners 2 In other lea gue games In the first game of evening Bio Press dominated three periods of hockey scoring three goals in the first frame and four in the second and third Bill fields opened the scoring at 4 for the Pressmen Wayne Allen picking up in assist Chris Tenant replied for at before Wayne Deforest and Bruce MncPherson lied to make it 3 1 Rick Henderson Henry Toe- bes ind If earned sis Is In the second period Henderson Blow Press 1 lead 10 before Ken Slaney netted one for 7 Wayne Allan and Bruce then traded goals for Blow Press and 13 and to keep it close But Deforest and Mac hereon scored to give Blow Press an in surmountable lead by the end of the second ridds mide il at of the third with his second of the night Toe- bes nclted one at 10 before count for ATW at 14 Ken Owens and Rick Henderson rounded the scoring for Blow Press earning markers 14 ant 21 to make It Dave Paul Sid Owens Fields Toebes Allan and Deforest pick up assists in the game Cooney and Tenant aided an goals Blow Press served minutes in the sin bin while sat three minors sister kisser Van s Welding look the lead in their sister kisser against Hellers In II second John netted the opener in the first it 44 Randy Mclntyre count for Hellers it 10 11 in the second Oliver Co I I again for the Welders I in the third only to have John Ashley tie it at J Townsloy Char he Payne and win earned assists for Vans Welding while Muss Van Fleet Jeff and Dave Allan picked up singles for lers lends Glen lead the way for I a 1 at trick in Ihe first 27 minutes of the Lame He opened 10 41 of the first repeated his per forma nee two minutes later and made it 30 by j4 of the second made it Joe De forest a for Cleaners at Bruce Cooksley Bart Jacobs and Tim Mi found the range the third period fo at 111 for Family Cleaners Hire vie ill singles going to Move son Floyd Vince red Allen and Ruck counted for Family Cleaners The Cleaners spent eight in the pen illy box while the seem ingelie earned a clean Best game of season not enough for Atoms The Acton Union Atoms came a way empty handed in the Silver Stick American Finals although they played their best game of the season They lost their first match to Aurora 4 on day January IB In Acton their op ponents and outplayed the A team but I buy the two goals needed to lie the game Jason scored markers for Acton while had a pair of assists TomAther ton got the other bracket Troy Nolan was sharp and received plenty of help from a strong defence ind bick checking forwards Coach Dan said his team play bet hockey good enough to win but just ran into some bad luck The team from Micigan whom they mel in the consolation round couldn t score Fraser won the match The team would like to thank all the people who billcttcd the boys during the tournament and also the parents for their support The get back lo play action tomorrow in Fergus Midgets cut perfect record Ed In Out Major Midgets squad has what no other Acton team has when they defeated New Hamburg 1 last week They ended Ihe season unbeaten in all 18 Water league games In fact the midgets have only lost one game since laced up their skates last fall an exhibition match to a triple A Kitchener team Their record is and tics In league play In last Wednesday game the midgets went ahead on a toil by Mark Duval assisted by Mike Monahan in the first period Gary Lumbers made It in the second period with assists going lo Denis and Rob Vermeullcn at seconds Rick Greenly netted one on a passing play with at J before New Ham burg hit Ihe scoreboard on a goal by Steve McNeil at assisted by Dale Crcssman and Pete Moir Lumbers got his second of the night at assisted by and giving a 1 lead at the end of the second Lumbers connected for his hat trick Ihe two minute mark of the third period for the final goal of the gome Kirton and Marty Collerton picked up assists Coach Cope Smith said the team played its best game against New Hamburg this season outclassing Ihem with fine passing shooting Ed out of the Com Centre rink in W action January They beat 150 Kirton lead to victory with a hat trick In an exhibition game against Guelph AAA team January in Acton picked up two goals and singles went Greenly Lum and Smith Hodgson I umbers and Smith earned assists In an earlier exhibition match s skated to a 1 in Parker 7th in nationals Kevin Parker is planning on hitting Ihe books in stead of his skates for a few weeks The yearold figure skater is re turning to classes this week for the first time this month after a successful test at the Canadian Senior Men Figure Skating championships last weekend in Kitchener Parkerstarted and finished in seventh place in his first shot at the senior level In the nationals which he said was a success You could term my first time at the nationals as a successful learning experience said Parker I wasqullc pleased with my performance My first two figures were a little shaky because I felt more pressure on mo that I thought there would be My final figure was good when 1 got over the ten Parker added that he felt a bad case of Ihe nerves skating In his home skating also because was hit first shot a the nationals After a seventh in the figures Parker was fourth in Ihe compulsory short program his mar Its pull him up in the placlngs He was satisfied with his long free skate pro gram he said The athletic skater landed three trip les and added two successful doubles from at tempted triples He had experienced difficulty at the and divisional championships landing triples All his attempts had resulted in doubles The men title went to Brian the 20year old Calgary skater who successfully defended his crown For Parker Its back to Acton District High School where he finish grade 13 As soon as I capable of maintaining my grades I II go back to skating he added It II probably be in about two or three weeks He said he hopes to attempt tho American gold in the United States and try some International figure tests this si