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Eric Fobert Canadian Champ ERIC displaying bis AllOntario Trophy Is the Canadian Wrestling Champion In the 123 lb decision Eric an 16yearold student from Georgetown District High School la the Canadian Wrestling Champion in the lb class Eric woo the Canadian Championship this past weekend In Vancouver For Eric the honor of being a Canadian Champion provides fitting climax to a highly satisfying and successful wrestling campaign He did not wrestle or last year as be was attending school in Northern Ontario However on his return to Georgetown tills year coach Lew Martin expressed optimism about Erics chances of gaining wrestling If all things went as planned and of course barring injury In all the tournaments In which be wrestled Eric completely dominated his opponents In two tournaments In Montreal and Burlington he was named Host Valuable Wrestler and his classy style of wrestling drew envious comments from both bis op ponents and their coaches Eric won All- Ontario laurels In the ISO lb class but dropped down to his optimum weight for the Ontario Junior Freestyle Wrestling Championships held several weeks ago in Toronto His victory at that tournament paved the way for his appearance In the Canadian Championships Eric was under no as be headed for Vancouver He expected that be would perform up to par and would hopefully pick up a medal However it was really the ex perience of competing win top calibre wrestlers some with university training and some who bad competed In terna that loomed as the biggest price As with the Ontario competition Erics wrestling proved an unhappy experience to his opponents and no doubt taught them U soma invaluable lessons Eric had six matches all victories three on Friday and three on Saturday He was ipuabed to the time c defeated Leo Raines the AllOntario Champion in the 123 lb class In his second match Eric came to Sips with Vera the Canada Winter Gold medalist A CBC crew televising the event Interviewed and hailed Mm as the obvious choice to win his class Eric noted with humor that at this point he was totally Ignored This all changed however after his vie- over Eric was besieged by coaches from the University of British Columbia Simon Western and to name a few ail at to Induce him to attend their school Ap parently more than an education was dangled before him Their pleas were to no avail as Eric had already made his choice but It must have been an amusing sidelight for him all the same team According to Eric be will have to himself again at the camp if be wants represent Canada In the World Cham pionships to be held in Bulgaria Prior to the Again this is a singular honor aa only the top wrestlers from across Canada have been Invited Its been quite a year for Eric and there are possibly more honors ahead Be that as It may Im sure this paper echoes the sen timents of all Georgetown when It extendi heartiest congratulations and best wishes for the future to Eric our 1973 Canadian Cham GDHS graduate also in Georgetown was well represented at the Canadian Wrestling Championships held this past weekend In Van couver Aside from Eric who won the crown In the lb class Llewellyn of Georgetown representing the University of Western Ontario also Corn ell ve won the Greco Championship in the US lb class and was fourth In the Freestyle event also at 149 lbs Cllve is the captain of the western Mustangs Wrestling Team While attending Georgetown District High School was captain of the GDHS team and an AllOntario and Canadian Junior Champion With the success of the team In recent veers and the outstanding inaivmual wrestlers who have been a part of the team Georgetown Es quickly gaining the reputation as a hot bed of wrestling talent Norval 1974 GIHL Champions AUouettes captured them double winners as they cd had op- elated and relieved that his the Georgetown Industrial also finished in first piece in ponent In the finsl not been the team had won credited the win Hockey League Championship regular season play powerful team could to a total team effort and theydownedMacsMilk to team Outclassed and out- of any game in the short series put up a real battle end the league finals Their win pointed during the regular and gained a lot of respect both As Indicated by the score the on Sunday gave them a three- season they entered the from the ana and the game was a close fought coo- in hnai playoffs meaning to redeem players test all the way Wayne Held themselves They won their coach Kent BUI Campbell and Keith Smiley and Jack Heroes from Max Korsack notched first period goals or the Allouettes and It turned out this was all they needed The second period produced no scoring ss both teams were checking closely Dave Holmes of Macs on an unassisted effort produced the only goal of the third period Norval rose to the challenge Un by Br kept the Milk crew off the until the final irr signified the cham- As is to be expected and Macs dominated the playoff scoring statistics Were Number Onell Champions of Mercantile Hockey League Juveniles take one game lead DON presents the GIHL John looks on This nukes It four ChampionshlpTrophy to Norval captain Bob championships in the last seven year for Moncton and good luck charm The Georgetown Rotary Juveniles made a successful debut in this years OMHA semifinal series when they downed Oak Ridges a suburb of London last Sunday In London Juvenile coach Paul Robinson despite bis teams success this year was not taking Oak Ridges for granted He expected a tough hard hitting series and Oak Ridge played one to form in the first period of Sundays game basic tactics appeared be working they opened manage a reply until there was less than three minutes remaining in the period Kyle scored for Georgetown and Peter Kennedy notched the Oak Ridges marker Oak Ridges continued to set the pace as they took a lead on a goal by Joe Henry at the mark of the second period Ian Syme tied the game for Georgetown at the 1148 mark of the second and this seemed to get the Georgetown crew moving as they left the ice at the end of theperiod with a lead Larry Peterson was the marksman on both Georgetown goals It didnt take Georgetown long to add to their lead as Doug Barnes blinked the light with only seconds gone in the third period This seemed to take the steam of the Oak Ridges team and although they scored once more before the never really threatened Georgetowns lead Marty Weaven added an in surance marker or the Rotary Juveniles at the 134 point to clinch the win Coach Robinson praised Brian Laird for his play especially In the first period Georgetown Tuesday with the fourth game if led Milne and evening but at press time the necessary or am Kirby is normally a score was not available pm March here in centre but played defence In The third game in the series Georgetown Should a fifth Injured Bill Allison or be played at the arena on game be necessary It will be their part In the victory The the University of Western played In London Rotary Juveniles played In Ontarios campus in London Midgets let down GBA will push for washrooms for ball fans annual Geoijetown Associations meeting was held this past Sunday at Cedarvale Community Centre Association President Ron Sguigna was pleased with the turnout especially so as many people new to the association were in attendance He ex pressed the hope that these new memben would take an active part in this summers program The only change to the associations constitution was the dropping of the position of the second and third vice- presidents Their duties will be taken over by the executive committee In answer to questions from the floor ft was revealed that It costs the association roughly annually to run the baseball program In Georgetown The bluest ROW comes handle youngsters from age six through 20 and the divisions run from to Junior It Is doubtful If a Junior league will operate this year due to lack of player response Last year me association had five divisions operating however player response plays a big pari in the decision regarding age group Leagues are set up to teams from the purchasing of equipment ana uniforms Last year 300 youngsters OBA okays metal bats The Helton County Senior Baseball League will be sporting something of a new look this year as several teams Lave been added and a new Senior chairman has taken over the reins of the league This years Senior chairman la Georgetowns man about sports BUI Richmond Bill is looking forward to bigger and better things for the iHCSBL year and this augers well tor area baseball fans League members Include Brampton Burlington Camp baOvfue Dundas Waterdowt Cambridge The league will play a schedule with six teams en tering the playoffs All playoffs series will be two out of three game affairs This years all- star contest be played on August iota Is anxious to make an area team and urges prospective baseball players to get in touch with him at regarding try out and practise infonnatlotL Locally Bill Richmond also available or Inquiries With Interest In baseball picking up throughout Canada and especially in Ontario it truly la a shame that Georgetown does pot have the a Senior team The players are here but because of a decision to remove the lights from the ball park a Senior team la not feasible The games must be played under the lights as the Senior league has an unlimited age and me majority of the players bold down stead Jobs in the only Camp- bellville Dundas and Water- down are without lights and plans are In progress In Dundas to rectify be situation The Dundas own council has pledged to be spread over three years to provide The local Optimist i agreed to take over of the lights as club project Surely with Georgetown being the sportsminded town that is some group can once more raise the banner for baseball In Georgetown The time would appear to be ripe Bill Richmond also an nounced that an OBA sanc tioned Umpires Clinic will be held from April to May every Sunday from 1 to pm at the Lions Com munity In The clinic will be run by former Jtrofesalonal umpire Dick Willis Interested parties should either contact him at or Mr BUI Richmond at B774378 convention last week In Toronto and certain rule changes will not only affect the Hal too County League but also the Georgetown Baseball Association approved the use of metal bats in all leagues and nude It mandatary thai batters wear helmets with protective ear flaps In a revolutionary move u Is using the CAD classifications which Includes Georgetown as Ihe testing area for a new format for provincial playoffs Instead of teams travelling from town to town all teams In the Peewee classifications will gamer In YorkSimcoe over one long weekend for a tournament to Elections were held but there was a definite lack of response from the people present to serve on the executive and some positions were left open Only one name waa suggested for president but as ihe gentleman was not present to signify acceptance last years president Ron will continue in this capacity until the position is wed Brian James is the new vicepresident and Denis Hatcher takes over the dual duties secretarytreasurer Members of the executive committee Include Ken Hutt Jim Don Davis Al Leeming Trudy and Bob One demand from the floor which gained support from those present was for washroom acuities to be made This the provincial experiment will available or both the players and fans One person stated The lack of washrooms a disgrace This sentiment was echoed by others present and one member commented that he was ashamed when out of town teams come Into town for games because of the lack of proper facilities Association president Ron Sguigna agreed that there was a crying need and explained that be bad approached the proper authorities to try and rectify the problem but all he had got was a run around and no satisfaction A demand for washrooms does not seem out of the question Perhaps If members of the governing body were forced to sit through a triple- header they might come around to the view that washrooms are a necessity The Georgetown Al Minor Midgets opened their semifinals here on Sunday with Riverside The visitors from Riverside out scored Georgetown The crew after winning the were maybe a Utile on Sunday Andy Larry Bums Mike Buck and Bob Hill gave a little extra and came up with the puck a lot of times but Just couldnt connect The gome was delayed an hour and a half because the Riverside bus broke down on the way here This seemed to have a bad effect on the team Riverside outplayed Georgetown throughout Riverside scored their first goal In the first minute of the first period then came up with another three minutes later This seemed to knock the starch out of Georgetown Georgetowns Randy Bergeron made a good play to Ruts Clarke who put on past Riverside This picked up the team but were soon deflated again Riverside put four more Into the Georgetown net Georgetown played better In the last period and seemed to play more together This caused the other team to get five penalties but trolling so badly Georgetown couldnt catch up even when Mike Rich mond connected with Bob to score It was Just too late The next two games are In Riverside at m Friday and Saturday nights The Georgetown Minor Midgets won their finals playoffs by Grimsby Peach Kings 41 here last Thursday night This waa a terrific game as both teams played super hockey The first goal came at the 10- mark of the first period or Georgetown The was In the Grimsby circle Centre man Greg Schenk got the and passed the puck to Clarke who blasted It past the Grimsby The second period was a bit slower for a few minutes then Paul from Grimsby got a breakaway and put one In the Georgetown net The third period started with tfaePuuttl team really putting a lot of pressure on Again No 14 Greg came up with a great play He passed the puck to Mere who put the puck past Grimsby The third goal for Georgetown came with players all around the Grimsby net Finally after a lot of tries Mike Richmond dumped It In The fourth goal for Georgetown came at the end of the third period when Grimsby pulled their goalie Mike Rich mond made a beautiful pass to Andy who put It away into the open net Foster brothers run afoul of refs Lakers continue Centennial to the finals experiment is a success men this format be used far all classifications It waa felt that this would enable the respective leagues to finish earlier and also that it would cut down on expenses for those teams involved It waa also ruled that no longer would the Tykes and Bantams use smaller baseballs AH dJvtsloos will now use the regulation It was decided that Burlington will bast the UTS Senior AllOntario and they take place on the and of June The centennial boys basketball team advanced to the County final when they downed Public School last Wednesday In Acton In public school playoffs games ore played on neutral high school courts because public school courts ore not uniform In site and the home team would have a decided advantage The game was a tight one at the ballCentennial held a meagre leadbut a combination of things allowed the locals to sprint to the win Centennial changed its defensive tactics for the second half and Oakwood really lost most of Its offensive potential as their big centre took our fouls In the first half and was not a factor at all in second half play Centennial did deserve the win as apart from their strong defensive play the boys were shooting extremely and Ut on a high their shots it wiU be played Secoadary School in viUe next Wednesday It the Halton final and the goal the Centennial boys have been aiming at all year As yet their opponent has not been decided prior game the girls team which had earlier defeated the Centennial girls team won honors for the North league as they defeated E J James Public School to advance to the final For Centennial In Wed nesdays contest Terry Waldrum was high point nun with Kevin bad and John CaroUdla had eight points Playoff action sot underway In the Halton Hills Hens Basketball league but Thur sday with the Cougars routing Knlcks and the Warriors edging past the Lakers The Knlcn were never really In the contest as tbeir play was highlighted by erratic shooting and errant balllanding and passe The Cougars Jumped off halftime lead never looked back Freddy Harris was man for the Cougars with points while Jim Ridley contributed points John Shaw carried the hooping 22 of their points The final outcome of the WarriorsLakers game was In doubt until with less than two minutes remaining the Warriors opened up a tourpoint lead The Warriors looked to be well on their way to an easy win with a halftime lead of it points but the Foster brothers Conn and Dave brought their teem back Into contention At one point late In the game the Lakera held slim but the Foster brothers overreacting to game pressure ran afoul of ma of ficials and allowed the Warriors to regroup for the win Jim Costlgan paced the Warriors with petals Rob added points CoUn Foster gunned far a the Lakers while brother Dave added nine The semifinals contifue next Thursday with the scheduled for 74B winners of two out of three games ad vance to the finals