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sports and recreation One hundred and SMh tear Number WEDNESDAY MARCH IS Second Section MririwamaAwinj Reach OMHA finals Laing on road to championship Construction major atoms I reached the finals of the playoffs tor defeating In four games nipped Beamsvllle 4 3 In fourth match of the five series Saturday at the Community Centre to win the series and advance to the OMHA finals the first local team to accomplish that feat his sea Acton played an outstanding game Sat out hustling and us cling Beamsvllle for the win The score was tied one goal apiece after the first period John Van Dam scored for just seconds Into the frame from Greg Leatherland and Lee But came back to tie It up scoring at on the Carl made It 1 10 seconds into the middle stanza only to have Beams rally for the tie scoring at But Van Dam potted his second goal at to Return to Hub put Acton in front aided back one more with a tic scoring at the second mark but copped the series with second marker at only 58 seconds left In the match and Frank Kotsillerls pocketed the assists could have wrapped the scries last Wednesday en they travelled to Beams ville for the third gome They had already won the first two contests But Beamsvllle kept their playoff hopes with a victory over Acton came out slow in the first half of the game not playing the hockey of which they were capable until third period But by then had already scored four goals Including a and a short handed marker In the second period putting them up Cadenhead finally connected for Acton scoring on the in the third frame Rob Murray made it but Beams held on for the win Carl Yaroschak Lee and Murray earned assists in the game Lalng now awaits the winner of the Salt fleet Woolwich match up before continuing their quest for the championship Meanwhile they fitted in several Hub League playoff games Sunday at the Community Centre dropping a I decision In Kitchener Thursday and shutting out New Hamburg last Tuesday at home David llinz recorded the shutout for Acton Tuesday Murray opened the scoring in the first period with Cadenhead making it Carl also picked up a pair of assists on earlier goals The strain of a game a night for the past three nights started to show on the atoms in Thursday loss Laing failed to play dis ciplined positional hockey and their skating up to Us usual standard either The result was a late third period goal by Kitch to capture the victory Van Dam was the lone for Acton scoring at in the first period unassisted to at that point tic the game Kitchener had already scored at of the first The second frame remained scoreless leading to Kitchener third per victory But Laing came from behind to nab the conquest from Elora Sunday took a onegoal lead in the second frame scoring two markers to Acton one Cadenhead was the marksman assisted by Evan Hayter Van Dam tied It up for Acton In the third followed by Leatherland winning marker on a pass from Van Dam Eds Inners ousted from playoffs inn in smile Oakley the Figure Skating Club also skates out of the I Skating Club Saturday she performed the rare feat picking up three gold medals and the club us outstanding skater at the Guelph annual club competition placed first In ladles juvenile first In compulsory out of 10 skaters and first In com finals awarded her the trophy as best skater In the club for her feat Nancy is Tracey Parker to star in clubs annual ice carnival Skat ng star Kevin Parker for merl of the Acton Figure Skating will be return to Acton to perform at the club annual ce carnival April Parker of Compbellvllle won the Con tral Ontario d vis anal championship and placed eighth overall at the national champ earlier this year in Halifax He II be the guest star at the Club Holiday HI 1 a llghlhearted look at vacation spots around the world Also featured In the club production are Cindy and David and Susan Kinal local skaters who have done well in provincial and national competitions Carol Campbell prerident of the Figure Skating Club says rehearsals for the production have already started and are gong well Various resorts highlighted will be Hawaii Disneyland Las Vegas the Swiss Alps Spain New York and the Canadian West There will be two shows on Sunday April at 2 m and Ticket prices are for adults for high school students and for public school students and senior citizens The Club is holding their annual general meeting with the election of new officers on March at the Community Centre The meeting starts at p m One goal scored late in the third period sent Ed In N Out midgets back to Hub league playoffs after eliminated them from OMHA quarter finals Friday nipped Ed In the fourth game of the bestof five quarter finals at the Community Centre Earlier in the week Glanbrook handed Ed a a loss Friday game was a crowd be tween the twoevenly matched teams Ed put forth a strong team effort says coach Steve Marshall but Dell Mohammed was outstanding on defence Hoy Spear put Acton on the scoreboard first potting a quick goal seconds after the opening faceoff Cord MeArthur and Tim Ferguson picked up the assists But Glanbrook came back to lie it before the end of the frame scoring at 40 Tl went ahead in the second scoring at Tim Evans connected at 30 for the lying goal and then put Acton ahead with l 23 left in the frame Spear assisted on both goals with MeArthur picking up a single fought back to tic It at 4 of the third period and then took a 3 lead seconds later at 4 Wayne McMilllon capitalized on Eds opportunity however scoring at 0 to tie the game Spear earned his fourth point in the game assisting an the goal Brian Dcmonc also aided But Glanbrook came back once more scoring only nine seconds after McMillan s marker to make it put Ed on par with Glanbrook scoring at from Spear but snatched the victory on a late goal at 11 Ed s t come up with any more equalizers Glanbrook goal ten ding foiled Ed a earlier in the e3 Ed played well but lost last Tuesday in Glanbrook They opened the scoring on a goal by at 1 18 of the first period but a goal by Glanbrook at 49 sent the teams into the second frame tied There took the lead again with Spear nabbing a goal just 33 seconds Into the period Tim Ferguson collected the bracket took the lead In the third scoring at 11 They were up by two goals after scoring with only seconds left In the game when Acton came within reach on a goal by Mohammed He scored with only 40 seconds remaining in the game Gary White pocketed tl e ass st Ed attempts at the equalizer were warted however by some good Glanbrook goaltendlng and a last second goal Glan brook clinched the victory scoring with seconds remaining In the game Marshall singled out MeArthur the match saying he was outstanding on de fence He added Ed quest for victory was blocked by both goaltendlng and the Ed now return to Hub league playoffs with their next home game Friday at p Firefighters foiled in quarter final Acton major bantams bowed out of ho OMHA quarterfinals last week suffering two narrow defeats to Paris Paris nipped them at the Community Centre and in Paris to take the series in games Earlier in the week on March Firefighters bumped Paris 7 3 to even the series at three points apiece Tim McKendry guarded the nets during the Paris series playing three strong games Lorenzo Civlero was the lone local goal getter in the defeat with David Mcknight and Chris Hicks earning the assist Civicro also potted a goal In the final game along with singles from Handy McKnlght and Bill Morrison McKnlght Richard Kilpatrick Stan Smith and Brad aided Vlncc and each collect a pair of goals in the victory over Paris Cargill and Hicks also sc ored Morrison earned three assists with singles going to Coverdale Smith Cargill David Milne and Civlero Firefighters returned the Hub league playoffs in the meantime to a 42 Morrison potted a pair Thursday in Kit and Smith were the other goal getters Hicks Carg 11 and Brad Macpherson pocketed the brackets Civlero and Dodds connected on a pair of goals each as the Firefighters blasted Kit at the Community Centre Coverdale MacPherson Cargill Morrison and Todd collected the other Acton goals Dodds Morrison and David Milne each earned a pair of assists with singles going to Hicks Cargill and Coverdale Disallowed goal costs Lions winning streak A disallowed goal scored in the second period of Saturday s round robin playoff game with New Hamburg cost Lions Club major their winning streak In hub league playoffs Lions Club had to settle with a tie Saturday at the Community Centre when New Hamburg potted the equalizer midway through the final frame Lions opened the scoring with two quick goals In the first period Steve Wagner connected on an unassisted effort at 1 12 followed by a powerplay goal from Steve Martin Wagner aided New Hamburg tied it up In the second frame scoring on the at and Lions also scored twice with the referee ruling the puck was kicked in on the first goal The second one counted however Scott scored on a pass from Wagner at to give he Lions a lead But New Hamburg came back in the third tying the gome at Playoffs continue with Lions Club still to battle Kitchener Fergus and YBC fun for kids Saturday starting at nine in the morning and running til six at night area children gather at the Acton Bowling as part of the Youth Bawling Council has been going on in Acton for many years This year there ore an estimated 180 child rcn Involved in the Ihree legories bantam under ll Juniors under 14 and seniors under year lis becoming more and more popular as the of bantam category Increases This year here are children In the bantam group ploying over three shifts There are GO in the two shifts of juniors and In one senior shift all supervised carefully by an army of volunteer coaches Linda Perkins who heads up hot army says he main purpose of besides leaching children how to bowl is to teach team spirit There arc badges Tor Individual high scorers but the kids learn winning is strictly a cam happening At he end of he season there are awards for he highest scoring team crests and playoff But besides learning coordination and team spirit the kids learn to fun Kids and coaches having fun at YBC Saturday a left be fore throwing the ball below coach Mamie Clarke and crew writing down scores and right coach Dee Deforest Walton left w P Ms f