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Raiders behind eight ball must win remaining games The Thorold Athletics are one nail away from closing the coffin on Raiders after Inking a win at home Sunday nipping George- towns here Friday On Wed the teams played to draw after Thorold won the series opener The Athletics now hav en points to the Raiders one and needed just a tie last night fifth game here to wrap The Raiders had an excel lent chance to get back into the on Friday night The Athletic outstanding Bill Cheropita rece ived match penalty in that g in the second period The Athletics regular backup Ross wis not at the game so coach Bob was forced to use Joe Persia who was up from the Juveniles The score when Cheropita headed for the dressing room at the mark of Ihi period was with Ray Evan just having tied the score for the Raiders It appeared at that point that the Raiders were about to turn Ihc scries around Cheropita had excelled for the Athletics since he joined the team in mid season was fuming bet ween periods He said If Cher was suspended for three games he would not return to Arena for the fifth We always get shafted in this building Urquhart said If we can buy Cheropitu back we re not coming back received the mat for butting ending the Raid Becker The goal Midgets dump Chinguacousy The Gcorgcti Acres Farm Major Midgets arc ahead one game to none in their Tn county semi final after defeating Chinguacousy 72 in fie opening contest The second game in the series was placed here last night The Midgets reached the semi final by downing Burlington in the quarter final After the first game home they came back to take and 10 victories Bill Humphries was in the nets for all of the games and compiled an excellent 10 a Is against average the cam scoring Jeff Hubert 4 Mark Brabant 5 Mike McMcncmy Bill Taylor Jim Greg Thompson Randy Waters John Barnes Kevin Thompson 1 FdDwyer lender did not argue the ill too vehemently before off He wilt be out at lost the next two games The Athletics came out in the third period and united around their young The Raidcs have very few good scoring chances in the period and the Athletics capitalized on one good chance ike the victory By the end of had cooled off and no doubt he was at Alcilt Arena last nigh and without in net Our guys showed a lot of heart in that third period sail did not have loo many shots to stop in the deadlock it mi Ruder own power play scored two goals winning on Silur nighl wis scored on a Haider power pi only t seconds Into the third period The goal happened on what is for the Raiders in ploy Neil Cotton was with puck his own end The puck hit a puddle of water Cotton overskulcd it Peter Mara picked up the loose pink and Coich Junior Tibbitts went almost exclusively with two lines for the latter part if Saturday He li benched Hob regular all year bee use Ihe winger wis not skiling You in lie you don pliy said The coach s that lie was not ill isctl wilh the Br id pliyers up Ins Its loo hit in the ink different itions he Mid Ins w is lucky loctme out of 1 lo Tlew The mm lo It 11 firs Ihi Itims Is n si period How tor Thorold replying fir The I Athletic period illowitg ei two oils I- riser Hue Mir sec red the lis Ihi rphy night Ihe lh kid when siurtdhlt in first our the see wilhbrt si rtl Hue I meht Ihi El hi 11 by who is I 11k n 11 whin they Acton high basketballers rated second in province If UN The Acton senior boys basketball team will be competing In the upcoming Ontario federation of Athletic Associations A Basketball Cham lo be held Acton High March lGth through High School is rated as the top with ranked 3rd last year currently ranked 2nd Acton coach tournament director Rick feels We definitely have i good chance of winning We have home court advantage and a lot of supporters Besides and there will be nine other teams participiling from as far iway as Thunder Bay there will be 500 athletes at the tournament most of whom will be billeted out various homes the irea Not oil teams are requesting billets although thev are encouraged by do so Some prefer stay together as a team in motel Assistant director comments We still need more billets have about now hut we still need at least more If you are Interested in taking in i player you can contact cither McArthur or at Acton High School The OFSA Championships will cost a total of S3 to run To date organizer have received about in funds Besides Ihe do per team entry fee has received donations from Acton business community private citizens town council and the Boird of Education According and Boychuk there ore basically live reasons Why Acton applied lo host the OFSAA A Championships The letters in the word represent these five reasons prestige representatlo by best simor team evorv Intercommunity and sihool rehlionships of the excellent facilities provided by the school Acton would nucr have gotten this had a new school not been built commented Me There will be many admits provided for during their slay in Acton On Thursday night a jacket and tie banquet dance will be held Although only athletes will attend the banquet anyone can attend Ihc dance High f ihn Club will be showing a short Harlem Globetrotters film and The Other Side of The Mountain on I riday evening for the enjoyment of both athletes and the general puhllc The whole school has given ind their support and 1 I nil is ply II is impossible li who tuvc helped us but we 111 ink Ihem ill is open to wishes to it 1 per per pi r military school pupil This ehirfi covers inlrj ind whole lourn 1 to on lrih Si mi nil indihnmpionship lhi came ml fly if hi sicmd period ind in withiwogouls win In put puck by t iiilniinder None of six Hi Is I Ihtrl brought he to Iwo with a it il mark of It mil put Ihe iwy whin farm 1111 mil Hill put llnni id 1 midway Ihe period II the Haiders made si if im when Doug Tale r scored in completed his hat trick with 12 left on inilwithno time remain scored or the Bantams defeat Oakville Tin Georgetown Club Mini r Hani dele 40 in firs game of Tncounl quarter finals which defmstman Mike recuvt itch pen in third period received the match pen illy for Mike He slruck him Ihe hcid now stands In re i a major suspension m II A and will no dress fur Minor EUnlanis in tie lourn wliiih begins this week Mikes mot her Ins i letler Id ikvilli litiziti for his She her sin bet is frustrated Ins bid knti Mrs sud He was slash tl n the knee limes mil tin referees did not till it He ime frustrited thitdncsnilixcuse lilt J mil IS whilewis vcrv Willi liie refirets hiving lilllr control tin Aflcr Dm recuwd Ihe penally there were viral cheap shots by pi from It nils itirgilown indtd up in indDikMlIt ruind IK rit jumped i id Hit The first pi r win by rrow Nor urdiy Mill rigid Jon High Major atoms in OAAHA final after taking Fort Erie in five The Georgetown Construction Major Atoms roared back losing the first Rami eliminate Fort Eric In five and birth in the DM HA finals They will play in the final The scores In five games were for Fort a draw and then and far Georgetown In the first Georgetown win lasl Thursday Mike tallied with less than a minute lo be played to lies the aeries at three points each was O Brien second goal of game Georgetown had jumped lo a lead but Fori Eric came back and had taken the lead in third period Brent lied the score with his second goal of game set stage or O Brien heroics Morrow set up three of goals In second win led the attack as he Iwo goals the winners In overtime Georgetown was handed when tallied took a lead In this only to have the tough Fcrt frio squad erase it early In second period The then develo ped intoa seesaw battle and King had scored lo give Georgetown the then scored a picture lo give Georgetown the lead again But Fori Eric scored twice to take the lend at Morrow then milled from captain Todd Cull and Smith to send Ihc contest Into who played his finest game the season then scored the goal late into the session The big line of Morrow and OBrien Held day in the rout Smith scored the hot trick had two goals and Morrow one marker and helped set up scored the five others Ricgcr who also anala had two assists and John Georgetown general manag Tom linen said it look tola im ir to iletuiMoi nil Thr Athletic Mike to sneak the puck lead he series even point past Mario of ihe Holders In the wrapped It up In last night s gome here Intermeddle final third game here Friday The to one and may hove by Norm HALTON HILLS CHAMPIONS school Sunday In the front a irrmlv lleathfr Becky Heather Tanya j Summers I Herman Gudgeon Janet Laura Susan Jill Jennifer Melville jnd Pam In the back row are Jennie Gallagher Shirk Kim Klrkpntrlck Christine J Mitchell Jennie I 1 Janice Re Id Todd Cull on he Georgetown Firefighter Construction Major Atoms leads a rush Into He territory Georgetown won the series In live games to advance lo final against Stratford ptriod win with Jeff rtiltr 1 in GcirMlowiirici scirt rtm mud 0 I 111 lie fin period when hum I rink Ieler ill id II ilk r w is Ihe I rf wn pi is he ils Thi I jged extra ice lime George iwn si Hit with only four whin incite wis lif Iht m with three is n ihe let fur mosl of Ihe third also played a strong as he helped set up two the goals He was movtd defense in Ihe third period he sciond game of the sirus will be played In Oak villi lomghl If a third and is needed il will I her Pee Wees lose to Owen Sound Tin Georgetown Slandnrd duels Major Pec Wees re in three is by Owen Sound in A plivoffs lost first game in Sound having a The Georgetown from Bobby How tar Oram find Jay Captain Harrison sel up of goals Owm Sound look second game here Erie Oram and Mark Snow did the scoring in this game Oram ilso hid iwo assists Owen Sound scored late in Hie game to wrap up Ihe series at home wilh win Harwell and Harrison did he for Georgetown in ihlt gimi Harrison nlso had an isslsl In league games George town defeated West and and dropped one Milton Tney will play In mint In Blenheim this week end and one In London on April 11 and 10 They will also begin heir iguc playoffs soon Whats wrong with Raiders Wh it wrong with Ihe Chrysler turn lhi Tl wire nil from the It in the In ttrmtdiale playoffs The two squared off in the rit if gimp list night and as you are reading this the mil r season miy history were sitting in first place in the It igut standings and looking invincible Then things slirltd In fall for them Bill turne thitr best defmsim in quit because of pirsonal reasons Colin Gordon who was touted be a stir was dropped because he misstii away games and could not work himself into General manager J Handy said the troubles on the did not begin until after January 10 signing deadline so he could not bring in players once Ihe team si irtcd slumping Handy with ind Gordon in the lineup the Haiders were approximately per cent better hockey club thin Inst year He said he is very wilh lhi improvement shown by of his young players such as difensomen Bob and Brad general manager also said that a couple of players who could have helped his team very much decided to play One player who Handy said would hive been great to Raiders was Hay Tonelh The Milton native played a couple of exhibition games Haiders He played on a line Jurl Handy said Ihc two players went together like bread and butter Tone II I decided to play pro in the International League Handy fech thai needs- wingers of calibre of lobe of effectiveness in this league Handy also thought that he was going have Neil Korznck who started the season with Ihe University of Toronto Blues Koriack left the Blues and Handy said he has not joined the Haiders because he is con on his studies He may be on the roster next year Handy said he was not certain whether he would be bock as next year If he is back expect the Raiders to go wilh more youth The Raiders have one of the oldest ttims In the league at present Tht general manager siid he is pleased wilh young players Doug Barnes Chris Milne Ricky Becker and Bob He also said if Larry Peterson played alongside good veteran defenscmun such as his work would much improvement On paper I think we have a good enough lineup to lake championship Handy said I don know what wrong with us Maybe the guys are Just trying to hard He said some did not wont to be specific before the season ends are gelling players down It appears Ihnl maybe Thorold wants to win more than wc do If Handy is around for next ycur he said he would be doing a lot of shopping in he off season The Georgetown fans expect a winner Handy said The players played on a winner last year may be it harder to do it the second time around only three feet ended his season Hew Ihe Ruder gimi on Saturday night on crutches and will hive his knee on The dotor lold me lost November lhahc knee was injured Barnes said But he also said lhat I could not hurt it anymore by playing hockey Barnes was being bothered by his knee during the semi final series against the Streetsville and sot out pari of It In his three games the Haiders he was one of the team effective players He said he hopes to be back the Raiders year may not be back with the Raiders next year The winger works for Canadian National Railways Is being transferred to Sarnia The Alhleilcs hod die minimum amount of homebrews five dressed for Friday nights gome Alcott Arena Only Bill Robbie Ron Jim Latham and Joe Persia ore Thorold residents dressed for the game but did not see any He Is Injured and will definitely not sec anymore Ice time this year Thirteen of he Athletics live In St Catharines one lives In In contrast Raiders had 10 Georgetown residents dressed and eight Imports dressed Nell Cotton Art John Becker Peterson Milne and nil live In the Georgetown area Barnes will definitely see anymore action this year Alter playing the last two regular season games and the first playoff game he tore knee ligaments me injury did nol occur during a hockey gome He has had strained ligaments since November but the all time Georgetown Gemini scoring leader ployed most of the Junior schedule with his knee taped The final Injury which put him out of the lineup occurred work He said he fell off a ladder landed all his weight on his bad knee The fall was Sports from Acton high I The intramural program at Acton High School supervised by the Athletic Society headed by teacher Bruce Andrews is now in Its fourth year of operation There are four learns Yellow Red Green and Blue All in the school belong to a team have their locker in a section coloured wilh the team colour Each learn has four captains a senior boys and girls captain and i junior boys and girls At Ihe end of the school year trophy is presented lo learn witli the highest attendance and another to Ihe team most points In four year no learn has received both trophies on Andrews says goal of the program is to offer some recreation for the whole student body just those good enough to moke learns It is provide fun and enjoyment for anybody He his had visitors from other schools come and look Ihe intramural prognm and feels that has one or the heller progrims in County He things thai this is inninlv true In thai most schools spend more time and effort because there Is no glory ininlramurals effort and money the Athletic Society has pul Into its program It Is now integral part of school according lo Andrews Intramurals arc run mainly after school but when gym schedule permits during lunch periods They include both learn and Individual sports some of which arc coed The only sport offered only to boys is louchlootbntl while Is offered to girls only The major reason why some sports arc coed while others ore not is because of ability level according to Andrews It would be kind of Billy to have boys against girls basketball because boys hove a tendency to hog the ball among themselves Certain sports such as baseball lend themselves to coed more Andrews feels he and Athletic Society have now gotten the program point where don I have to spend II as they did In the beginning Now students know there arc activities offered after school and regularly go to the gym lake part Atlendance which Is based on the total number times each student comes has grown by every year This year It la starling to level off possibly because of the move to the new building Andrews is cautious to slate any direct cause and thinks he will bo better able to judge the building affect next year However he docs admit that the facilities arc belter all over the school and perhaps because there is more for to do now so mo are taken away from