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sports and recreation Mm One Hundiod and Fifth Year No Wednesday Fcbruary13 1980 S I Senior Bob McCIure dribbles the ball during last night at The senior and Junior squads lost their matches to while the midgets retained second place victory Red mens first loss puts them in third The Acton High School junior Redmen suffered their first loss of the sea son and consequently ended up in third place instead of first in the Hal ton Secondary School basketball league Tabbies who finished second handed the juniors a setback in last nights tripleheader at The Seniors also lost the midgets came back to defeat TAB The junior game was close with coming within two points in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter but the Tabbies held on counting points on three foul shots Before the match the juniors were lied for first place with and White Oaks Although they beat White Oaks by eight nts W O defeated Blake by 10 giving them the advantage Chris was the top scorer for the juniors with points followed by Rob and Glenn Van with each They played a strong game in Georgetown defeating them last Wednesday tcbruary On Friday they travelled to to contest in onethird of a tripleheader and downed them with a nine point spread lysholm was the top scorer igain in the garni netting 19 points scored Van Riijk and Glenn Scolt each hooped six points while Matt sunk two baskets I he seniors up i strong Tabby squad losing last nigl in a closely fought contest bred was out standing for the netting shots igoinst the seniors were defeated again Martin was the top scorer in the losing effort with nts Bob McLlurc netted 11 points he seniors picked up a Continued on Eds victory streak ends at Soos midget invitational Ed In N Out Midgets suffered their second and third losses of the season in the Steel City ational Hockey Tournament held last weekend in Sudbury They lost the first gome to the St Clair Americans came back to defeat the Sault Elks Midgets in the second game and were downed 97 by the bury Lions Saturday Mike led the midgets in their losing ef fort netting a total of seven points in three games He scored a hat trick in the second and third game each and received one assist Gary Lumbers also scored seven points with three goals and four assists Rob and Mark Duval each picked up four points with Duval netting two goals He col lected his first marker in game one against the American squad seconds into the second period St Clair Americans started the game with a goal by at of the opening period Jim Vargo and Marc George received aids Duval tied It before potted his second of the evening Clair ot of the third and George netted the final goal to end the gome Jim Vargo Paul Stone John Baldusari and Ron earned assists for the American Ed rebounded from their defeat to double the Sault Elks in game two Del Mohammed opened the scoring at 1 of the first frame with Ver counting one of his assists Lumbers made it by in the same period on an unassisted effort The got on the with goal by Brent Smith in the first Robert luce i and Roger Jackson picked up assists connected on an unassisted effort two minutes later Kevin Conway put the Elks within one goal 14 ending the period Monahan netted his second marker at of the second Lumbers earning the assist Mike Johnson again put the Elks within one goal a minute later But Lumbers scored the clincher at 11 31 of the second with Monahan and Scott Timbers picking up aids completed his first hat trick of the tournament at 3 34 of the third period with an marker Timbers earned the assist Penalties proved costly to Eds in the third game a must win match for the midgets The Sudbury Lions netted five goals giving them a victory Monahan put Acton on the scoreboard first just 39 seconds into the opening period The Lions then went on a scoring rampage snaring four goals in ten minutes Scott netted the first powerplay goal at 3 Dave Kerblc Rob Harris and Simms again rounded out the in the first period Pete made It early in the second period on a marker before Ed could collect themselves and start playing hockey Monahan got his second goal of the afternoon followed by a Lumbers marker at connected on a Lumbers pass moments later for his third goal and second hat trick of the tournament to put the Midgets back Into the game But Sudbury scored another while Timbers was off for interference to end the period The Lions tallied three more goals two of them powerplay markers in the third period Ray Marty and Mark Duval rounded out the Acton scoring Derek Hodgson Mohammed and Duval earned assists Sudbury Acton 29 to IB Tim Baker and Dave Anderson shared the goal ten ding duties The midgets returned to Acton Sunday for their second round of playoffs this week Firefighters extinguish team flic Major Bantam Firefighters have blasted their way into the second run of playoffs by defeating in three games The first game lied Acton in overtime giving the teams a point each The Firefighters came back In game two to down bantams and then went on to manhandle them 7 1 In the final match Coach Ed said the whole scries was a team effort with every one working as a unit The Major Bantams have gelled Into a well disciplined hockey club undefeated in their last tight games singled out goal tending as the key in the scries with the firefighter nets well protected The major bantams meet New Hamburg In round two Sabres end with a disaster by Kallmann The Acton Sabres certainly found a novel way of ending their 1979BO season Saturday night at the Community Cen Ire Half the team show up for the match against Die Burlington Cougars and those that did were probably wish they had stayed home after suf 166 thumping That not the worst record in this bleak Junior season On November they lost rather badly to the same team by an 18 score Jules Russiani may have thrown in the towel too but he was in Sault Sic Mane scouting for future Sabre stars and was oblivious to the massacre tak place in Acton Only players dressed for the game and two of them were house league that happened to be wandering around the building at faceoff time The Cougars jumped to a 1 first per iod lead Neil Anderson scored the Sab res goal on a powerplay effort with less than five minutes remaining The Sabres the Cougars in the second period collecting three more goals by Pat Fund Barry and Glen Murray The Cougars potted another two markers to make it by the end of the second Anderson and Roy Dolman connected in the third period for Acton but Burl set up goalie Rob for target practise and shot away In the third period the Cougars the Sabres 31 The game total was It was all could do to stay in the nets for the final minutes instead of giving up and going home to watch the Love Boat The players that dressed for Sat night match will probably be the ones who will form the nucleus of next year squad The Sabres will lose only one player Jamie Viekcry to over age and he since Christmas anyway because of illness The tame was so disheartening not even the polka music was played iftcr Sabre Where did the puck go Goalie Hob had a difficult time with the disk in Saturday Sabre gome It kept pop ping Into his net Burlington won the game 1G6 Ilremner was with shots He stopped all but 10 or them In the Sabres final game of the 197980 season Wait til next year Russiani promises by Kallmann The scene a deserted locker room tape recorder and manila envelope are resting on a bench in the centre of the room A lone figure his foot steps echoing in the silence His fice is illuminated by an overhead and recognition Is instant It Acton Sabres coach Jules Rus He flicks switch on the re corder Good evening Mr Your mission this season should you decide to accept it is to build the Acton Sabres into a cup contender championship team in unbeatable force well at least get them out of last place Russiani picks up the folder and looks at the first x inch lossy This the 1979 Kit Sabres cringes They ended up in last place They won only three games They tied four more They lost games They scored 190 goals only everyone else scored 379 against them Die did not s well this But there ire s bright Huts Pit of leim to He scored 1 out mire for iloffl Not only thai rune is in plnycrtoj He mil served ilx minutes in the pen iltv i lie s lot of heart better keep from scouts Russian immcdi del its the evidence Barry liuod Remember he tied on that memorable shot Hani worker too mother is for the to mi Keep him Nov this is Hi has some nifty moves real show manslup Ik s ihovich Never turns the other check Of course he never lost ither tins like him loo lh hem something to talk about is the idinf sin ire in minute the pen box and he Ihe scorer with oils Stew Miller one third if the il res line with sell hunt Ik s netted for the Gc i ind is their leading KM this He s I ill but his me moves mils the Sabres itii tit Hell trie fern ik fins I ivc mid els and juveniles mount up the rinks Some they will for the Russian si iris to drool Denis Ins already seoi of toils for the club There Mirk Duval Mike Rob Handy Smith Scott Timbers or Gar mis 1 ike your pick trnbs all of them He picks the tun glossies and Nuw here comes the tricky pirt is Scott Milcolm and Dive McGilloway They are defectors been ished by the mini li is scored points Malcolm has about points The people them back at cost our mission includes back into Sabre uniforms mi picks up the list picture i small hi book ind cowls 1 1 esc ire referees We don them You II find i list of nasty things to lo referees when they give out loo many pcinlties Or too i It How lo yourself ejected from the game vvith four letters Good luck Mr and remember no worse than fourth ml to nnke Acton people proud of us will self in five The begins to sizile and smoke while silently turns w polka music fillers through from a far off loudspeaker Sounds of a distant crowd roars is heard to himself No worse than fourth the rcfereemg was lous no defence Mission Impossible Glenn Murray is the Sabres leading sinner and leading scorer He was named to the Central Ontario Junior B league all a tor team Murray named allstar Acton Sabre Glenn Murray has been Burlington on defence the Cougir named to second all star team of the Mark I on left wing Dove Mc Central Ontario Junior league Gilloway from Georgetown at centre Murray was the leading goal scorer and Brian Marvel on for the Sabres with goals assists right wing and 79 points and was ninth overall in The second team is Rob the scoring race and Bob Ferguson Burlington Players named to the first team are Hoy from Slreetsville Tony Williams from the Slreetsville from Georgetown and Brian Sabres and forward was one of the few bright spots In Dcrbys in goal Mark from the Murray from along with the club season A team leader hung ploys a solid game of hockey and Derby and Jim Cochrane from Murray from Acton should be backforncxtyeor