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sports and recreation III In mil I till i flj turn 1 III Ind mill jth Press leads playoff final Blow Press is the Industrial Hockey Lea gut finals after weekend on it tin Acton Com m unity Con Bio Press dumped Aclon Terminal irchouse in Hit mi funis Saturday me Hellers who defeated Centre 4 Sunday s match up Thtrt the Pressmen held on for victory in the best of three series High storing forward Bill Fields ltd II Press men attack netting two ind four assists in Saturday tsme goals and two ass sis Sunday contest lie s playoff storing r ice wilh nisi mil In Salurdiy match George hail started off scoring for with a toil at m Mark Morr Wayne replied quickly for Blow Press Iwo mtnules later with i from F ending Iht period note Wayne Ailan Pressmen a lei 1 early in Ihe scei nd frame on a marker set up by Fields igun Ken Fields nctted1 couple of more goals to mike it 4 1 by Hie end of tht period Deforest and Fields earned issists ON TRACK got back on track in Ihe third on a by Mirk Morrison from Ken Mike M the second mark Then Chris Tcnanl polled mother to close II Morrison counted an aid on the the ended there as Blow Press scored three more goals lo clinch Ihe victory Wayne Allen scored a hat trick villi two more while Fields got the other Assists went to I oebc and Way ne Allan Centre fell to Hellers in a upset in the other I f eame Saturday Hellers took an early lead in the match on a by John Ashelty at Glen tied it for only to have Bandy mike it 1 by ihe end of ihe first period J Buss Van Heel and I assists while Jim picked up ihe Laktvitw tor i while it looked like the time belonged to as they netted two quick goals in sec period Glen Mchenzie scored second of the night it to even the Brute polled the go ahead at a lo a Bon Mellon earned assists on lis while single went to FOUGHT But Hellersfought back with Vmcc s marker at 10 10 and Dan It 42 The second ended with Hellers leading by one goal Bill Sevennski connected on a fifth al of the third period to moke j A flurry of lelivity the dying minutes led Mellon finally scored for at 19 to bring them wilhin one scored an unassisted goal on an empty nel to settle the Hellers out with a win Van Heel Smallwood Dive Thompson and I- loyd p eked up remaining Hellers assists and counted brackets for losing effort final series as Blow Press dumped ll em j Sunday night and on the first two goals for Ihe Pressman on in first and 1 in the second period Melds MacPherson and Sid Barnes counted assists Van Fleet countered for Hellers at 11 in Ihe sec Fields quickly dashed hopes of lyine the game with open marker it the end of Ihe second period and anolhcr early in the fin ilfnme Gordon kept Hellers in with a goal at only lo have Fields on target for Ins hat trick at 16 Arb polled final goal 17 40 for Hellers Assists wcnl to Deforest and Gordon in Blow Press end while Jeff Town sley and Thompson for Hellers The next will be played Sunday the Com with the third played following week if necessary pm Hellers upset l in the second gamp or Industrial Hockey League Saturday nlhl mui to advance to Ihe finals Hellers goalie Dave Mien watches commute John behind the puck out his zone Floyd and Hon Schmidt of Lakeview Centre ore fore while BUI looks on Hellers lost match In the beslof finals lo Blow Press j Dramatic comeback Eds tie it in dying seconds Mike Monah in one of the most important goals in the 1JB0 season for s In N Out midgets Saturday in He banged the puck past Ihe goalie with one short second left in reulatiun time lo tie game and force overtime in the first match of ll finals He assisted on the next lying by Bob in iht overtime period too this time with only 42 seconds left And all this if Ed 1 by the eight minute mark of the second I- s lied game in a penalty ridden Petroln probably thought they had up with five first per to s lonely one ind three second frame m irkers FFFOR1 In the first of tight came from Rick Trembly effort it 10 wis silling out on elbowing offence Rob and Terry Jim netted a hat trick and Mark lock scored two and Mark Dobbin tallied for 1 with the last marker coming at 7 Gary Lumbers scored Acton only goal fll of Ihe second per Derek Hodgson Timbers aids ll was about ihis time decided lo collect a of their own goals reteiving a lot of alionfromPttroha addiction to penalities Every of Acton goals from on came on the of course Pelroha phyed all but one minute of the match short funded serving minutes in minor penalities Thai not including a couple of misconducts either Monahan for ihe second Acton goal at of the middle frame from Vermculen WITHIN Denis Kirlon potted one at 11 Monahin un leashed his second at 1 for the fourth Vermculen was on target for the fifth in ihe third and Mirk Duval brought the midgets to within one with Iwogoalsal 10 and That scl Ihe singe for moment of glory at 14 of the j minute per forcinj a minute overtime Two successive almost spoiled ihe com for Monahan with scoring while he was serving a slashing penalty 7 Gord sat out Ihe first two minutes for roughing That gave a lead until the 17 mar ker when polled the tying goal for Acton was of course another mar F Was caught slashing Ihe midgets were practically angels compared to They served just minutes In Ihe sin Single assists went to Duval Tom Ferguson and Hick Smith while picked up three aids for Trembly earned four assists MeKeller took three and Ferguson picked up Iwo assists for Pctrolla Singles went to Ken Gould Ken Vnnden Ed McGregor and Brad The next was last night Tuesday at the Community Centre with the third tins Saturday in A bus will be travelling lo Sal a match for fans interested in attending and next Tuesday night here in Aclon Bray competes Acton swimmer Mark Bray will compete Bray will be competing fl wilh five other against paddlers from G provinces in Ihe Division Two Nationals members in Brnnlford in this week Friday Saturday ind Sunday Team spirit boosts novices I as they fight back to tie series Alton Mclssac the r best of five series nercte Construction against Fergus Iwo Novices come back from apiece a deficit tie That sets the stage for Siturday battle for the Waterloo Wellington crown in For Alton Concrete Construction Novices create havoc Tor Fergus In the fourth game of the five consolation crown series In WaterlooWellington action Saturday the Community Centre Acton won game selling stage for the final game to be played Saturday In Fergus Aclon nipped in fie fourth game Saturday a I the Com munity Centre Chris Graham of dldn I waste any lime opening the scoring with a goal just 30 seconds Into the first period from Sean Sears Chris tied It on in unassisted effort at for Fergus Fergus went a end in he second period on a by Dave Nelzcn from Acton roared back to win match bears scored one of his own at in the followed by a pair from Bene Vnnkcslercn al and Robert Lock hurst picked up an assist on the first Vankcstercn marker The novice team played their best hockey of the season in day match must win situation for hem Coach Ron Salmon said team spirit carried them through the playoffs wilh little help from sound hockey The final game for one of the teams comes this Saturday ol I in Fergus In Ihe meantime the novices I ravelled for the annual Plattsville Novice Tournament today Wednesday Confused byallstar schedules Dont worry youre not alone by Diana Playoffs quarterfinals one week Waterloo Ion semis the next Paris lo New Hamburg tomorrow Confused Some of us are live the Ontario Minor Hockey Association has up it schedule with Ihe sole purpose of it ing mass confusion for ghtmares for harried sports writers You see Ihe At ton play in Waterloo IW league along with Orangeville Woolwich I ind New Hamburg At end of the regular however Acton does not enter W W playoffs but competes in OMHA I Iiydowns other learns is in in along Willi Fergus ind Hamburg because of it population Other classes include AAA AA etc I Whoever survives first two rounds of into playoffs Tl who are knocked out return to W lo finish those playoffs whether consolation or championship Now then This is the teams slinlisMnrehl7 s In Out midgets ire embroiled in semi finals i Their coach is Cope Smith they inded in first place in league and lost only three g all not including lourn play Ids hid record jomg the piaydowns where Ihty disposed of Ntw Hamburg in lie first round and Fergus in he second two losses lo dump Pans in three games lo two in OMH finals 1 hey will be retumu lo W W playoffs The Aclon I Jmciules finished fourth in the league with record They took first round of OMHA play downs against Fergus three straight games their New Hamburg ran dry losing Ihrce games lo two in Hie second round of pliydowns So was back lo Waterloo Wellington playoffs to defeat Orangeville in two games they now fict in the second round The I 1 ded in second place in the It with i 1 J record and points They advanced title d round of OMH piaydowns after three james lo none lost to Mew imbur in second round so went where Ihey downed Fergus iwo gimtstothric Sit then F rtfghttr been waiting for lliree weeks to met l The Firefighters are coached by Ed The Rotary Club minor arc coached by Ruddy Holmes They finished second In the league with points The Rotary Club was knocked out of the piaydowns by in two straight games They met New Hamburg in Ihe W play winning two games and tying a third to ad vancc to the Championships will play either Orangeville The Lions Club ended in seventh and last place but arc a different club when it comes to phy They were knocked out of the first round of OMHA piaydowns by Fergus in three games but came back win not only the first round of W over three games to one eliminated in the second round in three straight games They will face Fergus in the W championship minor came fourth in lea gue with a record for 1G They are coached by Jim Raggett They defeated Elmira in Iwo straight games in first round of three OMHA proceeded lo dump Fergus three games two in the second round before losing to Orange in Ihe quarter finals They are facing New Hamburg in WW playoffs lied one game apiece Steel worker Atoms by Danny M ended fourth in the league with an j record They advanced to quarter finals of playoffs after dumping in round one and New Hamburg in round two They mel Pans In the semifinals but lost lhat series Now the Atoms are facing Orangeville in W They also competed in the Silver Slick ment capturing regional championship The minor Atom Hockey Moms placed fourth in the league with a 1 10 record for points They handed Fergus a three game to none defeat in first round or OMHA but lost to Woolwich three games to none in round two In Waterloo- Well ngton they were knocked out of first round of playoffs by so now they compete against New Hamburg or F for Ihe consolation trophy And last but certainly not least he Alton Concrete Novices who ended in fifth and list place wilh a 1 record have tied Ihetr W five consolation two tames withf scries at one point in piaydowns the Novices were ousted by two games lo one Got if The Briar president Robertson rink won the annual IGA Saturday Curling Club Curling club Dave of Da I Una ad presents the trophy to Brian Robertson and Belly Francis while ii members Russell I and Patricia Foster look on Atoms faceoff for tournament The sixth annual Atom tournament will held llus weekend at the Acton Community Centre If leims from all over Ontario attending in eluding the Acton Sice workers Atoms Bill Knight is president of the the tournament along wilh Jackie John and Judy Shannon as well as dozens of volunteers It by the Acton Min or Hockey Association Trophies will be for consolation Moms bumped lie Acton minor hoc k Moms will be lime cither Fergus or New Hamburg for the consolation trophy in Waterloo Wellington playoff action rec straight games Orangeville In Ihe first round ousted Moms from the chum round by defeat ing hem i in game one in the second match I In the third game Carl iarosehak scored the two goals in the first game played Wednesday March j at wilh an assist going to Brent Wedge scored the first goal and picked up an assist In Ihe second with Frank Katslllcras netting the other marker John Van Dam scored the only Acton goal In the third game Todd by earned bracket Since Ihe series ended last Tuesdny March 11 the Moms have been tun up for the consolation series with a tournament mingtoi Satur day 11 Moms suffered a third period letdown in first game Cobour allowing goals to be scored Wayne opened the scoring in the firsl period from Lee replied with lliree goals of their own in the second frame the Moms solid fort and clinched it 1 In the third The Moms lost the see game against as well although they outplayed their The forward line of Jason Henderson Wayne MacFachern and Craig Cadenhcad Played a for the Moms connecting for the only Acton goal in the third period Henderson netted it with Cadenhcad and assisting Brent Wedge Lee and Rob Murray also played solid on defence and championship crowns as well as indiv idual trophies to each player on the winning teams tournament starts Friday evening at p with meeting Ancnster faces Union ville at while Stouff and Salt fleet battle 40 Acton gets an early start Saturday morning when they meel Kil in the first game Later they mec I either or Salt fleet at either or depending on if they win The have had a successful year reaching the semi finals before being knocked out by Paris They captured the Silver Stick regional crown this year as well and are now play Orangeville in W playoff action They could face in the tournament such teams as consolation winners Inst year Godcnch Chatham Hanover and Stoney Creek Last year a champ lonsBowmanvllle will not be attending this weekend For a complete sch edule of the tour nam en I see scoreboard Mistake helps juveniles advance A minor technicality gave the Acton Free Press Juveniles victory In their best of three Waterloo Wellington playoff scries against Orangeville Inst week Orangeville had won the first game 1 but an OMHA ruling forced them to forfeit he game to the Juveniles The Orangeville lecled to name a bus pended player on ihe roster for the game The rules slate all players be listed if ihey arc able to play Including suspended players The juveniles came back with a victory In the second game Paul Campbell and Wade Vickery led the way with two goals each Murray McNabb and Trevor Gardner added singles Dave Laws on scored the lone Acton gonl in the first match The juveniles pier in Ihe first game of Iht next playoff round last night Tuesday at Ihe Community Centre and travel there Saturday for the second match for the semi finals of the WW championship playoffs