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8 Tho Acion Press Wednesday Doc 31 sports and recreation 1980 a year of success stories 1380 has been filled with championships and champions and a few close calls In Acton sports scene Here are some of the milestones headlines and names that found their way in the sports pages in 1930 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS Kevin Parker who although didnt win the senior Canadian mens title still finished a respectable seventh terrific show Ing for first year performance Mike and Colleen Petty win gold medals in the Interclub figure skating contest In Milton In late January Terna Dunn wins the Youth Boiling Council zone championships and places second in the provincial competition in Toronto Hellers upends Blow Press in industrial mens hockey to win the playoff title in three gomes Shirley places first in Heltons Secondary school badminton championship Ft en ton Is top Halton East gymnast after placing first in bars beam in seconds rv school meet John Vuk and Steve pair up to take first in Halton Second ary School mens doubles in AHSs Sandra run die wins first place In javelin toss at the Halton secondary school track and field championships She goes on to place first in the Peel Haltons comes fifth in the southern Ontario and sixth in the provincial meet The midget boys relay team also does well placing third In regional and eighth in OFSSA The track and field team at McKcnile Smith school win four first place ribbons in the North Hal ton meet Dwayne Hay wins the annual Acton Open golf tourney shootings Sylvia Mages of Acton wins a gold medal as part of a fivemember team from Ontario at the Master Bowlers Team championships in Van The Acton Astros win the Beatrice Youth Chal Cup a provincial soccer title with a win over Dun das in overtime tops the industrial league and takes the playoff trophy The meanwhile also place first in Georgetown Industrial Fastball league but finals The Trojans junior B soccer club goes undefeated all season and wins the final championship J T Ladies capture the Ladies Fastball champ ionship with an upset over L Mustangs Kelly White and Ken Katanugh team up to win the Halton Peel secondary school mixed doubles tennis championships The Acton Restaurant Outsiders dump to win the Condominium crown In industrial baseball Ed In Out midget boys baseball team qualify for provincial championships and place fifth losing against the previous seasons top Canadian team Geoff Denny wins the provincial shuffleboard championship Sally Bnggs Jill Bnggs Pierre Brian Kim White Erie Veldmnn Michelle Jones Scott Hibbard Ken Kavanagh Steve Ta liefer Garth Marks Larry Kee and Kelly White win tro phies In Acton junior tennis club competition Chris Steen Mnrcla Gregg Peter Marks Morris Don Gregg and June Lewis win trophies and titles in Acton tennis club competition The Junior girl are tops In East secondary school basketball league having been undefeated In regular season play unatcly they lost in the semi finals Mark Bray wins a gold medal In the 100 metre and metre butterfly In North York Hail of Fame Oakley in beginners free Genoe and Heath Norton in mixed dance Susan in pre juvenile Cindy in juvenile Karen M- In intermediate interpretive Mlchcal Creighton Sharon Campbell and Heath Norton again all place first In the Acton Figure Skating Club annual club competition Optimists are the rural squirt base ball champions The Transmission are league squirt and playoff champions Construction atoms travel to the final of the zone championships And in minor hockey thb year Eds midgets travel to the semi finals of the playoffs after an undefeated season The Steelworker atoms also travel to the semi finals of the playoffs and win the Waterloo- Wellington championship They also captured the regional championship In the annual silver stick tournament last year The minor atom moms win the W W consolation championships as does the Isaac novices MILESTONES The Minor hockey clubs In Acton made history with eight minor rep teams placing high within the WW standings OMHA play downs Six advanced to the second round of OMHA and one received a bye The junior boys basketball team place third in East secondary school league and lose In semi finals The midgets however travel to finals before losing AHS swim team sets a new In finals The junior girls medley relay team of Karen Coats Heather Thatcher Cathy G randy and set the record and the entire girls team qualifies for the Peel Halton championships Frank Houston long distance runner also sets a new record In the LoneStar Conference in Texas Mark Bray helps the preOlympic team to a first- place finish against Germany and Soviet Union at a swim meet in Germany The WaterlooWellington league is disbanded and the Acton rep teams join the mantle division of Kitchener- Waterloo Hub league The Acton and Rockwood mosquitos defeat Georgetown mosquitos in exhibition soccer play at CNE stadium before the Toronto Blizzard game Acton Ram start a new season In a new lacrosse league Two months later they have a 3 1 record in 11 games The Acton Soccer Club travels to Lock port New York for some international play The Junior Tro jans win both games David and the Acton Sabres may qualify for the Guinness Book of Records but not for the most Improved team In the world Instead McGilloway scores two goals the sumo time The second annual is held In the streets of Acton Archie Chase of Georgetown win3 It for the second year in a row Names in the news Mark Sawden Is named out standing goalkeeper of International Youth Soccer Tournament held In Toronto Sawden is captain of Toronto Jets in the 18and under division of the Nat ional Soccer League The Jets reach the finals of he tournament David Haines of the Acton Trans miss Ion pit a perfect game in baseball striking out bat in a tournament in Maryhill Jeff Ingtls earns a spot with the Calgary IngllslsoformerAHSsludcnt Ray Mueller a 17yearold cyclist wins the Ham 11 ton and Kincardine events and qualifies for the Ontario Summer Games Steve Marshall Chris and Joe Deforest of the Roadrunners arc named to the GIFA David signs with the Newmarket Flyers of provincial junior A league Two months later he is in a Sabre uniform causing a controversy between Acton and Georgetown Gemini club The situation is resolved with remaining a Sabre Teammate Glenn Murray is named to the second alls tar team of the 1379SOand Is seventh in the summary Teammate Pat Fung is awarded four trophks at theSabresannualend of season awards night Sabres start the season on a losing note then sign goalie Wayne Mark Beaton and Don of Acton with Dave Hobdon of Burlington form the threeman team of the racing Soling called The trio are at tempting to qualify for the Olympics and world championships Sharon Cook Is named top AHS athlete She wins outstanding cross country trophy outstanding male athlete trophy and the Bill Spchar Memorial trophy Bob McClure Is named outstanding male athlete Mark Bray Is honored as Halton Hills Athlete of the Year Gary is runnerup In the sports builder category Audrey McCobe is the first woman to cross the finish line in the Hamilton Marathon HEADLINES Huff Puffers head west for the national hockey championships The Harlem Diplomats basketball entertainers put on comic performance at AHS wins the annual Centennial atom tournament The annual merger is put to rest in discussion at the Sabres annual general meeting The Acton Figure Skating Club tops off a success year with an equally successful ice show The Swedish team Mora play Ed In NOut midgets lo a sold out crowd The game ends in a lis tic The Junior C Sabre meet the junior B counterparts in a fund raising exhibition and tic the game 7 7 Lions capture crown Lions Club pee wees experiencing a seesaw season so far this hockey year came together as a team last week and just In lime too to capture the Optimist Tournament championship The Lions defeated Caledonia 1 and Smithville 1- Saturday and came back from a deficit Sun day to win the championship game in overtime over Coach Barry said the comeback was the mark of a good hockey club We play well In the first period of Mondays match he sold but we played well in the third and overtime periods Dundas is no slouch either They are a strong club Brent Connors played all three games net and played them well added Inscoe but the victories were the result of a good team effort Kevin Lobsinger scored a pair of goals in the first win over Caledonia Saturday Gary MacEachcrn picked up the other marker The only goal of Lions Club second victory came in the second period when again con nected on a pass from Craig Coltson Steve Wagner finally put Acton on the scoreboard with six minutes left In the second frame of the final match on an unassisted effort Randy Mc In tyre scored once more before the period ended with Wagner earning the aid Lab singer tied It early In the third period and Wagner performed the overtime heroics scoring at SI He also picked up an aid on Lobsingcrs goal singled out Wagner Mclntyre and for praise saying ihey played to their potential Its tho first tournament title this version of the Lions Club pecwecs have won Now Its back to regular season play Saturday when the pecwecs travel to Elmira Firefighter bants take tournament title A new trophy will be gleaming from the case at the Acton Community Center thanks to the Acton Firefighter Bantams They won the memorial trophy and the championship in the Sandwich West Tournament last week on the basis of best point record in two round robin series That because their final game against Learn ing ton remained scoreless after two five minute overtime periods Twelve teams competed in the tournament in three groups of four playing round robin to qualify for the consolation series In that set of round robin Acton qualified for the silver medal by tying 33 downing Sandwich West4 land WindsorIZ0 In the tie Bill Morrison scored two goals with the third from Todd Rick Richard Kilpatrick Brad and Stan Smith earned assists Randy Coverdale Smith and David Milne were goalgetters In the win over Sand Dodds picked up a pair of aids with singles to Milne Civiero Paul Carglll Danaghcr and Morrison Sandwichs goal against the Firefighters was to be the last one scored on Acton From then on goalies John McGrath and Tim McKendry kept the opposition shut out Such as the over Shoreline In the first gome of the second round robin series to determine thechamplonihip Danagher David McKnight and Morrison scored with Dodds Civiero and Coverdale pocketing assists Then was In nets for the shutout over Leamington in the second match Morrison scored Actons lone goal assisted by Smith and The Firefighters met Leamington again In the championship final after Leamington downed Shoreline in the other game That set up the He stilt intact alter two over limn periods Sabres resolve to pull out of slump STORY OF THE got to be the com reversal of the Acton Sabres In February they ended their 197080 season in last place having only won three games They lost the first five the new season Jules Russian I and the Acton Sabres can hardly wait until next year Thats when the Sabres are going to shake themselves out of their slump rind moke their move according to Russianl and it starts Friday with the Swordsmens first game of 1381 They face Streetsvllle at the Community Centre Last Monday Dec they dropped yet another game in Oak Ridges then Friday sank to their lowest yet losing to Brampton at home Russian blames the losses on a number of things He said the Sabres werent getting the goal ten ding they could count on earlier In the season Wayne has been shaky in the nets ever the Sabres loss to Burlington earlier this month But said Russian although he has put Steve in net a couple of times Including the latter half of Mondays match will stay Im going to keep playing him and try and get his confidence back Were a young club with kids out of midget one of them our number one goal tender so in a situation like this they tend to panic They retrying too hard and as a result not ploying the way they should be Saturdays game was a writeoff but the Sabres were carrying the play Monday night They were down at one point but came back to tie It Oak Ridges captured the victory with seconds In the third period when they broke a tie Mike Monahan scored a hat trick In tho game Steve Miller added a pair and Ken and David potted singles McGilloway earned three assists Pat Fung Rob Vermuelcn and Barry pocketed a pair with singles to Denis Tony and Mark Duval Nielsens upsets Cleaners 41 a thing upset Family Cleaners in industrial hockey action Sunday at the Community Center Lakeviow Centre took a victory over and Hellers and ATW battled to a 77 tie In other gomes Sunday and Lloyd Smallwood each sc a pair of goals for Ken Owens was the lone Cleaners marksmen Bob Mike SchuJtz Ron Schmidt and Randy Mclntyre earned assists Dave Morris and Wayne Allan picked up aids for Family Cleaners Gary Pickles and Bryan Lloyd scored for in their losing effort Lake view goals came from Mike Morris Steve Atkinson Bart Jacobs Rick son and John Sykes Atkinson Henderson Morris Jacobs Dave Thompson and Ernie Ruck earned assists Evan Hoyter John Jim Posicuk and Glen McXemle pocketed aids Henry Toebes scored a hat trick for Acton Travel while Bruce Cooks ley potted four for Heller in the tie Other goals came from Wayne Brent Irwin Van Fleet and Bill Severlnski for John Ashley with a pair George McPhall and George Artcm scored for Acton Travel Next week Acton Travel meets Lakeview at Family Cleaners faces Heller at and ATWandNelIsenssquarcoffat9 Scoreboard Lilian Mlatr Hackly PEE WEE It Kim Hamilton but a completely revamped team signs a and theyre off and running building a game undefeated streak That ended two weeks ago as the Sabres experience a holiday slump But they arc still In fourth place YBC players with highest won turkey and chocolates Saturday Dec Turkey winners In the second shift bantams were Dana Allen Widish Dunn Back row left right Karen Tracey Not pictured winners in the first shift bantams Elaine Marsh Steven Adam Fabian Melissa Fabian Peggy and Trevor Manh Turkey and chocolate winners In the juniors first shift are left to right Dunn David Ruse and Lisa Water house Back row Don Shelly Graham Other Junior winners In were Anthony Walton Duller David Deforest Scott Kennedy Turkey winners in the bantams shift and Juniors second shift are left right Jackie Stephen Becky Back row Stewart Hoy Barry Manes and Ann Greln Turkey winner In the seniors shift were front row left to right Greg White Chris Lobsinger Nancy Thomas and