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Sabres boosted to eighth spot Georgetown Acton Wednesday Jan 4 9 For the first time this season the Acton Sabres are no longer in last place as they waltzed over the Mon or a victory at borne Friday night After last weeks dismal showing against the Sabres got back into win form to pull ahead of the ThornhlH by two points This week s game against the Thunder bird Monday night January will be an Important one or Acton because a win will ensure at least a four point lead In the stand In Friday night a game Mimieo did their best to intimidate the Sabres and the local squad held their penalties to minutes compared with a minutes Acton received one game misconduct sad chalked up two According to general manager Frank All sop the Sabres were instructed to stay out of the penalty box as much as possible but goon tactics and intimidation from Mimieo bad the local team taking a few bad penal tea Ken opened the Sabres scoring drive midway through the first period with assists from Paul and Randy Cover dale Then at the end of the first period the took a three goal lead as Scott Ken and Clint Watts pounded the puck past the goalie Kennedy and Watts were assisted on the plays by Brian Demone Denis tOrton Rick Dodds and Paradiso Coming into the second period tempers flared and the Sabres found themselves at a disadvantage for at least 10 minutes Mimieo took advantage of the Sabres trips to the sin bin and scored two powerplay goals With the scoreboard reading the Acton squad got back to work pounding in goals at 10 17 34 and IS 31 Scoring for Acton Mere and with his second goal or the evening Watts Assisting on the plays were Watts Barratt Covcrdale and Barratt again J goal was unassisted At the 13 mark recorded their final goal of the evening After the second period brawling the Sabres got back to playing hockey and kept the Monarchsout of goalie Fred Fesss hair The last Sabres goal was Just icing on the cake as Barratt assisted by Kavanagb and Mike Yalowka wrapped up the game at 19 a Fess stopped of S3 shots on goal while the goal tender ended off of shots The boys played well and did their best to stick to the game plan They staged out of the penalty box as much as they could under the circumstances The Sabres next home game is this Sotur day night against the Blades at B JO PeeWees top Fergus 50 On December the Acton Minor Wees played their best game of the year to defeat Fergus Gerry opened the Acton scoring drive with a marker assisted by Robbie and Marty Robbie Lock hurst then blasted in a pair of markers with assists from Paul Wests way Kelly Jupp Gillls Jupp then took his turn driving the puck past the Fergus goalie with assists from Gillls and Lockhurst punched in the final Acton marker with an assist from Sean Yomsshita The shutout was the third this season for Paul Glass lATtnTEOMOUMT BAZ MOTORS LTD AUTO BODY SHOP ffl 8776288 Rotary Bants sweep Thompson tourney The Bantam Champions In the Thompson Memorial Tournament held In Acton last week are back row Dennis Swina Todd Lee Yaroschak Phil Greg Rob Murray Evan Troy Foster and John Van Dam Front row David Roger Scott Williams Mike Simmons Arthur Mitchell Frank Kntsilleris and Carl The coaches are Rick Smith Pat Kirlon Steve Marshall David Anderson and Dennis David accept from Ray Graham at the Thompson Memorial Hockey Ray Graham presented Chris Dusky with the MVP award Tournament division The first annual Charlie Thompson Tournament was held at the Acton arena last week for Bantam and Peewee rep squads and the local Bantam reps managed to sweep their division for top honors Unfortunately the Acton reps met up with some lough competition and in quick games were eliminated In the Minor Bantam division two teams from Brampton and single billings from Burlington London and Acton competed In the the Minor categories squads from Guelph Streets ville Acton Georgetown Port Credit Byron London Burlington Erin dale and participated In round one Pee Wee action Guelph and Streetsville opened the tournament with a 101 drubbing in favor of Streetsville Next on the agenda was Acton going down to defeat against a powerful Georgetown team In the second round of Pee Wee action Port Credit doubled Byron 2 London blitzed Burlington and Erin dale edged the second team from Burlington 3 In fights for the consolation round downed Acton 74 Burlington blanked Byron 70 and the second Burlington squad upset 3 1 end result in the consolation round was a matchup between Guelph and Burlington in which Burlington managed a 4 2 victory for the consolation trophy In the race for the Pee Wee championship Georgetown nipped Street 32 for a berth in the championship and London creamed Port Credit for their matchup with Georgetown London then overpowered Georgetown for the crown In Bantam action Acton doubled Burling ton in their opening bid in the tournament London edged Burlington blitzed group one Brampton and London dumped Acton then returned to the Ice and defeated Brampton group one and eliminated their op from the tournament In the final round of round robin action slipped by Brampton group two but because had a loss ship The end result was a contest between Acton and London who were both unde feated in the two day tournament In a no contest match Acton stomped all over London or a decisive victory Rob Murray and David struck for a hattrick each in the match and Carl and John Van Dam recorded singles Assists were credited to Carl Y Van Dam Greg and Frank Katsilieris In the Minor Bantam s previous match Lcatherlond scored twice and Dennis Swinamer Katslneris Roden and Vlnce Rogers Rallied singles against Burlington with assists from Mike Simmons John Van Dam Troy Foster and Rogers In their match against Brampton Simmons led he Acton assautlt with two markers while Carl Yaroschak followed suit with a pair as well Van Dam and Todd tallied the remaining Acton markers Acton assists were from Van Dam Simmons Cadenhead Laienby Murray Rogers and According to the tournament organizer Dan the first Charlie Thompson memorial tournament went extremely well Everything remained on schedule we didnt have any foulups and everyone was treated to two days of superb hockey said Sixteen teams showed up or Jhe tourna merit 10 six Bantam The tournament Itself was named by one of the Pee Wee players Marty McAffee The Tournament namesake used to live out on the Fifth Line said and his dedication to sports in Acton prompted us to name the tournament after him Mr Thompson used to walk in from his home almost every day continued McGllIoway and that kind of dedication deserves some king of recopltion All In all concluded the tournament was a complete success and next year we re going to try and have a four day tournament with twice as many they were eliminated from the champion teams Charettes edged out in Flamboro tourney Dan McGllIoway presented the London captain Jeff with the representative Jim Pollard presented the Rotary Bantams Championship trophy at the first annual CharUe Thompson Captain Mike Simmons with the Bantam Championship Trophy at Memorial the first annual Charlie Thompson Tournament After chalking up two wins and tie In the Tournament Charettes Major PeeWees were edged out of the finals by Rochester on a last minute goal Charette s bombed Chlnguacousy 1 in round one tied London 33in game two nip St Catharines 2 1 and then lost to Rochester 2 1 In Acton s game against Steve Fleet led the local squads assault with a hattrick while Jason Boose Mike Rene Vankesteren and Donnle Guest tallied singles each for a 7 1 win Paul unassisted led off Actons scoring drive against London In gome two and Fleet and Steve Robertson racked up singles or the tie Robertsons goal was the result of a penalty shot in the third period The lone Acton assist came from Guest Tim Ttbbits and tallied the two goals for Acton as the local team ousted St Catharines l The lone St Catharines goal was recorded early In the first period With two wins and a tie under their belts Charette were assured their berth in the semifinals In the National division For the entire first period neither Rochester or Acton could get on the scoreboard but midway through the second period Rochester took a 10 lead Then In the third period Fleet assisted by Mike Williams and Sean Sears managed to tie the match with a much needed goal With only 33 seconds left In the game Rochester poured on the steam and grabbed the win Rochester eventually went on to win the tournament against Gait Girls breaking hockeys male tradition by Mark Holmes Traditionally hockey has been a male sport and figure skating a female pastime but In recent years more and more of the male gender have been breaking tradition and have traded their figures for sticks and pucks In the past many parents coachs and the have frowned upon girls joining the boys on the Ice but despite eight local girls have found places on Novice and teams One of the girls even leads her league In points Diana who is in her first season of numerous goals At first I dont thtnk the boys accepted me as a player said Diana They wouldnt pass the puck to me if there was someoneeUearoundbutDOWlmtreKrti an equal Diana said she became Interested In hockey watching NHL action on television and when her brother who also plan Novice signed up Diana decided she would like to try the game as well no stranger to awns M fine has had three yean efia the J Figure Skating Club but Is my J favorite sport now she said Dianas mother Joyce Fleas said she Is pleased to see her daughter playing hockey but the frustration of dealing with rules that allow girls bothers her According to Mrs Diana was asked to try out for the Novice rep team and after a few practices she was asked to Join Unfortunately for Diana said Mrs there is an ruling which says no girls are allowed to play rep I think that ride is a little discriminatory and because of that rule the Acton Novice reps lost a really good player Diana said she likes playing with the boys teams but an an girls team is something Acton should really have As a matter of fact all the girls who play hockey in Acton would like to see a girls team established locally Both and Georgetown have girls teams and hundreds of other Canada fc a gets any girl playing hockey ha to quit at Bantam age because the game changes from a noncon tact to contact sport some parents Coleman another Novice hockey player said she became interested in hockey the same way Diana fid her brother was playing and she wanted to try it too Although she as high a scorer as Diana Jody felt that when she Is good enough she would like to play rep hockey Id like to keep playing as long as I can Maybesomedaynievcnplayin the NHL a mother Heidi Coleman said she has been and always will be In support of girls playing hockey find allow girls In contact hockey or rep a discrimi nating and sexist ruling Players should be hockey and if a girl wants to play contact let her They have equipment to protect them as well as the boys she said Ann Marie and Caroline Kuinon are two sisters who also play hockey and were placed on the same Novice team Ann Marie is in her first year of the sport and she said sure Is better than playing with dolls or something Ann Marie has been figure skating for four years and although she still belongs to the Acton Figure Skating she said site pre fers to figure skating On the other hand however Ann Maries sister Caroline says she wont be Using the pads and sticks not year is all right I guess but I like figure skating better If there was a girls team I would play with them but I dont think I like playing with the boys In counter point of view Terry Coleman Jody s father said he doesnt mind seeing girls play hockey but boys should play with boys and girls should play with girls Its not too bad when girls play hockey with boys in the Novice and Pee Wee leagues but when they get Into contact hockey it would be too easy for girls to get hurt Susan is a three year veteran to both girls and boys hockey Obviously I really like the sport said Susan I play on four different teams The Milton Junior Girls the Milton Junior Girls rep team the BrookvUIe Public School team and In Acton Legion Satan said she also figure skated for three years and she prefers to play with and against girls I really wish there was a girls team to Acton because travelling to Milton several times a week gets to be a little too much Susan was ready to move up to Bantam next year but of the ruling not allowing girt to become involved the boys contact hockey she has to remain in PeeWee Susan said the ruling doesnt really bother her because shed rather not play contact hockey also remarked she thought girls hockey Is great for the girls Although I think when the kids become involved in contact hockey the sport loses something The kids would rather take out their opponent than go after the puck said Mrs Kim Hagan Is another aspiring hockey player and is in her second season of the sport I really enjoy playing hockey said Kim and I hope to continue playing for a long long time Kun is also the only girl playing hockey In Acton who has never figure skated Kim continued that she think shed mind playing contact hockey and as far as the boys on the team were concerned shes treated the same as anyone else With one exception of coarse laughed Kim Im not allowed in the chaa Klma mother Nancy said it took her quite a while to get used to he Idea of girls playing hockey but now she thinks tt a great becaose it keep mem fa good physical shape and out of trouble Im totally against girls playing contact hockey though said Mrs There