sports and recreation I niul ivih Wednesday Si mid i tin Wednesday ATW slips to cellar Acton Terminal Warehouse skidded Into last place Sunday night as Nielsens Cloth handed them an embarrassing defeat in industrial hockey action at the Community Centre The loss puts in last place with Niel sens a point ahead of them In other games Family Cleaners held on to their first place standing with an vic tory over Hellers The Cleaners had been experiencing difficulties last month losing two games Acton Travel tied with Hellers for sec ond place nipped third place Lake view Centre in the final game Sunday Nielsens totally dominated Sundays match jumping into a fivegoal lead Randy Mclntyrc opened the scoring at the two minute mark of the second frame assisted by Lloyd Smallwood and Steve Mike Shuttz made it 20 on the first of his two goals at 37 then returned to pot one a few minutes later Shultz closed off the period with his other goal at 19 Bruce McPherson earned the aid Bob Ron Schmidt and McPherson collected the Other Nielsens assists Schmidt connected early in the third per iod scoring at 3 to make it with Schultz pocketing the bracket Evan Hayter of spoiled- goalie Char- He Paynes shutout scoring at a Bruce took the assist Nielsen s served fiveminor penalties including a three minute bench penalty for too many men on the ice That set up Hay- lers powerplay goal Chris Tennant connected on a penally shot in the third period as Family Cleaners romped over Hellers Cleaners Mike Miller was first on the scoreboard at of the opening frame Tennant made it two minutes later and Kent Kent rounded out the scoring in the first period connecting at 19 Miller potted his second goal lo open scoring in the middle stanza before Hel lers finally got on the scoreboard Ken collected his first goal of the season at assisted by Van Fleet and Bruce Cooksley Mike Fields and Rusty Miller scored ending the second period took his penalty shot at and completed the scoring at 21 Wayne took advantage of a Hellers powerplay to score their second marker at IS 24 while Miller was off for tripping Brent Irwin received the assist Miller Dave Morris Wayne Allen and Wayne Deforest picked up the Cleaners aids A third period goal by Henry Toebes handed Acton Travel a win over Lake- view It was Toebes third goal of the game coming at the seven minute mark of the final frame Acton Travel had Jumped into n two goal lead in the first period with Toebes and George McPhail the leagues top two scor ers connecting at 31 and 8 They also picked up assists on each others goals along with John Ashley But rallied In the second tying the gome They scored the first goal In the middle stanza at seven minutes Mike Morris was the marksman replied with his second at 14 but Lake view scored two quick goals at IS minutes and 16 Stan scored first followed by Dave Thompson That set up Toebes marker In the third period once again assisted by Ken collected the other Travel aid Morris John and Burt Post re ceived brackets for Lake view Centre once having the dub ious honor of being the last place team has climbed into third a point behind Hellers and Acton Travel and only three points be hind first place Family Cleaners Theres twopoint gap between them and fourth place Nielsens They could in crease that If they pull out an upset in the first game Sunday night as the Centre faces off against Hellers at Nielsens wrestles with Acton Travel at p m while has the opportunity to pull themselves back into respectability merely by defeating Family Cleaners The Cleaners will put up a battle however wishing to give their first place status a lit tle breathing room That game starts at See scoreboard for complete scoring summaries team scoring summaries and standings as well as the schedule Cagers see red and white Acton High School will be holding the first part of their annual red and white basket ball tournament this Saturday The tournament Is a way of Introducing the facilities and faces of to public school students Boys teams will be com peting In the games scheduled to start at a m and run all day Wayne Doug nil Sabres go a I tender was back In form for days game against as Acton won It 105 He also played superb Saturday against Burlington keeping the score a close Bob Verrauelen day rescue Fri- Sabres find Burlington and slump tough to beat Sabres are finding withdrawal pains a bit hard to bear as they slowly pull out of their slump Last week at the Community Centre for instance they started to make their move as coach Jules Russian promised by defeating the Streetsville Derbys in a scrappy contest But woe is they the very next night they came face to face with the dreaded team that started their slump in the first place the Burlington Cougars and they lost Granted the score was a close 2 but Russiani said we were fortunate TheCougars handed the Sabres their first loss in 12 games back in early December and since then the Swordsmen havent been up to snuff losing three more games and tying a fourth blamed the slump oil a number of things Their was shattered they started panicking and the goal tending was But not this weekend Goalie Wayne a very big reason why the Sabres are so Improved this season was superb in both games especially Saturday says Russiani played a heck of a game We would have won the game too If we followed our game plan he added said the Sabres had talked about the Cougars during last Mondays practice and put theory to work during Fridays match It worked for us against Streetsville said But didnt fi Ion up with Burlington The Firefighters major bantams proudly display the Memorial Trophy which they captured as champions of the Sandwich West Tournament last weekend They are front row left to right Bill Morrison John Rick Dodds Tim Stan Smith and Dave Back row left to right Citiero Randy Dave Milne Pan Cargilt Vine Danagher Richard trick and Todd La big The Lions Club major p etwees also won a tournament crown last week defeating Dundas In overtime to cop the Optimist Tournament The team Mike Brent Con nor Craig Colston Mike Cunningham Steve Wagner David Jansen Kevin Sean Cote Clinton McMillan John Lloyd Gordon Mitchell Randy Steve Martin Philip Wedge and Gory Coach Is Barry Doug Lobtlnger The Cougars who hold first place in the junior standings and play as if they plan on staying there were up for the gome They scored first at but Glen Murray tied It 10 Barry assisted on the play Cougars went ahead at 13 to make It 2 at the end of the first The score remained that way until Just seconds left in the middle period when Cougars struck once more But Steve Miller countered for the Sabres 10 seconds later from Pot Fung and Bob making it 3 at the end of the frame was stilt 3 2 when the final buzzer rang The game was not without Incident however but most of the third period action took place in the stands as a benched Cougar Mark Green mixed it up with one of the fans As a result Green has been charged with assault He was also released Monday by the Cougars who acquired a back up goalie from Oakvillc Fridays fighting took place on the ice with the Sabres dominating he second and third periods amidst the fracas Sabres were down at the end of the first but came out flying in the second Trood potted the third Acton goal on the at 4 18 Fung assisted Earlier Denis Kir ton and Mark Duval scored Murray and each picked up a pair of assists David McGilloway scored the next marker at 52 then Duval took advantage of a traffic Jam in front of the Derbys net to connect on the goahead goal at 14 That too was a effort unassisted Sabres didnt stop there Roy Dollman and Murray both scored to put the Sabres welt In command Dollman collected his at IB vin Miller and Fung and Murray took aim with Just seconds left to play Miller picked up his second assist Mike Monahan and Duval aids on goal Murray scored his second of the night early in the third period but the big goal came from Fung who jammed the puck in the ret while the Sabres wcro at 37 scored once more at but Sabres had the last laugh Denis put It away with 17 seconds to go with Tony earning the assist also got the biggest laugh of the game when he crawled to safety while referees held down a dueling Derby It wasnt the only fight in the game marred with chippy play Earlier tossed an angry Derby over his shoulder and was on the receiving end of an Incensed goal tenders temper tantrum Streetsville absorb Ihe loss said Russian by way of explanation They the stick to us which was totally uncalled for But he agreed the Sabres took good care of themselves The game was costly however as lend scorer Murray suffered a broken thumb received said Russiani Friday night during the Derbys hatchet play He Murray would be used sparingly over the next few games The Sabres next match is tomorrow when they travel to Barrio That may peso a problem since roads to the north country hove been closed off and on this week due to snow squalls Friday at home they play Dixie Game time Is 8 Then Sunday Sabres face in Thornhill Eds miss title Eds In midgets missed the ver stick regional championships and con solution championships despite playing a super game They lost to home town Midland Saturday the team which eventually went on to capture the title Earlier in the tournament the midgets doubled Camp Borden Sunday Dec but lost the next game to Colllngwood Saturdays game was tough but clean Midland opened the scoring In the first period and increased their lead to midway through the second frame Eds finally did get on the scoreboard with Wayne McMllFan connecting at 15 from Rick and Dell Mohammed But they couldnt score the equalizer th warted on each shot by the Midland who was chosen MVP of the tournament Paul Morrison played well in the Acton nets In the first match of the tournament Camp Borden opened the scoring but Eds replied with a goal in the second by Roy Spear and a pair in the third from Brian Demone and Gary White Borden came back with a single marker of their own but Spear clinched the on a goal with only five seconds left In the game Mc Arthur earned the assist Another assist went to White Ed third period rally In the second match against Colllngwood fell short as they nipped Acton Colllngwood Jumped into a three goal lead in the first and second periods but Eds came out roaring in the third Barry McNabb connected on the first goal early in the third frame on passes from Tim Ferguson and McArthur Spear and Ferguson scored to tic the game with Fergusons goal coming with only seconds left in the game That forced an overtime period but Colllngwood scored at putting an end to Eds McArthur was chosen player of the game in the match against Camp Borden however Back in regular season hub league tlon midgets enjoyed surprisingly easy 11 1 upset over first place New Hamburg Sunday Dp to then New Hamburg had only lost two games this season The entire team played well with once again having an out standing match scoring four goals and gathering three assists Spears was lucky around the nets as veil connecting on the first goal In the opening stanza and Ferguson earned the assists McArthur made it shortly thereafter on an unassisted effort followed by first period goals from Spear Mike and White Mohammed White and McMillan picked up aids New Hamburg scored spoiling Eds shutout bid only 38 seconds left In the second period but by then the midgets had built an eight goal lead McArthur potted two in succession with and Paul Cargill collecting the other two goals Ferguson McNabb and McArthur rounded out the scoring in the final frame McNabb Spear White Randy Coverdale and Ferguson gathered he assorted assists in the game Peewees unleash second period fury A strong second period helped Beard- more minor to a victory over Fergus Saturday at the Community Centre Acton got off to a slow start in the game but came out roaring in the middle stanza They also scored twice while The game was Ihe secondhalf of a home and home series with Fergus On Dec Beardmore nipped them 33 in Fergus despite what coach Dan McGilloway said was a poor game for the locals In earlier action Beardmore fell 32 to Woolwich Dec but doubled New Ham burg Dee 17 In Saturday s game McGilloway said his team played a good game with some productive passes that led to goals Tom Alherton led the way opening the first period with his goal at But replied a few seconds later Sean Fitzgerald put Acton In the lead once more but Fergus come back to tie It again But before the end of the firtt period Peter Cargill connected on a pass from John Moran making It Fergus tied It 3 early in the second frame before Beard- morecame on with four unanswered goals Darryl Bartlett connected on the fourth goal and Paul on the fifth with just seconds left in the middle frame Kirk made It in the third with Jason ONeill capping off the evening on the seventh goal with left Atherton Moran Fitzgerald Kilpatrlck O and Dean Cote earned assists The ice in the Fergus arena for Actons 3 win last month was In poor condition upsetting the passing game Still Beardmore held on for a victory with Atherton scoring the first goal from ONeill and In the opening frame Fergus tied It up In the second but scored with seconds left in the period to hand the lead back to his team Ron Robinson earned the aid David Haynw padded the lead a little with his goal late in the third but Fergus made it close scoring with two seconds left In the game Chris Rogers received the other aid Woolwich minor are undefeated in the last two seasons but came close to breaking that record in their 3 loss last month Both goal tenders were strong said but Acton had no breaks around the Woolwich net opened the scoring on passes from Tom and Mike Baker But Woolwich tied it shortly after and went ahead one goal scoring late in the second frame Kilpatrlck scored his second goal to tie the match late in the third stanza and set up he play But Woolwich came back breaking the tie with left the game Two period goals by and Kilpatrlck gave Beardmore their vie tory over New Hamburg Dec Rogers opened the scoring with ONeill making it 2 in the second But New Hamburg fought back to tie it late in the second period leaving Atherton and to win the game In the third Fitzgerald Kilpalrick Bartlett and Atherton earned assists in the game Van Dam pots four in overtime thriller A victory In suddendeath overtime gave Construction atoms a big victory In the first game of the tourna ment recently But was narrowly defeated In the next game by ousting them from the competition In the first gome Acton nipped Bradford fl Friday Dec The game was an exciting one with the lead changing hands several times First Bradford taken hold of it scoring twice at and lo of the first period Craig kept Acton in the game potting a marker at in the first period John Van Dam and Jason Henderson pocketed the assists came roaring back in the second connecting on three more goals Carl scored first the eight minute mark followed closely by a pah of goals from Van Dam Lee Cadenhead and Greg Leathcrland earned the brackets Bradford meanwhile remained scoreless until of the third They tied the game at But Van Dam scored his third goal at 10 31 giving the lead once more It was shortlived as Bradford replied a few seconds later forcing the overtime That led to Van Dams fourth marker at 3 of the overtime period Rob Murray assisted on the play Other Acton aids went to and Cadenhead In the second game jumped into the lead In the first period with three goals to one Todd was the marksman assisted by Cadenhead Cadenhead and Foster connected In the second tying the game but Merriton scored twice more In the third Yaroschak scored Actons only third period goal Both picked up assists Saturday back in Hub league hockey nipped first place Woolwich 2 1 David was in the net for Acton playing a superb game Paul Campbell scored In the second period from and Frank Kat closed the game with the second goal with less than two minutes remaining Van Dam earned the aid The next game for Is tonight against Elora Game time Is Mississauga man wins Evans draw Ted Watts of Klngsholm In Mississauga Is richer today after winning the Rob Evans Benefit draw this weekend The draw was organized by The Acton Free Press Juveniles to help their team mate Evans who was Injured in October and tuts been In and out of the hospital since Total funds grossed from the draw was