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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills SPORTS Jul Dennis Stark left own an lark hake hi nils during he meet in Toronto on Saturday Clark beat out Stark or the Junior Stark took the title last year Clark defeats Stark at provincial meet There was plenty of excitement at Scarborough College Saturday just before junior boys crosscountry w is about begin The excitement was there because Georgetown Ian Clark and Dennis Stark were about to stage inoihtr ihc are suit very young Hit hid my memorable duels during the Stark went into meet is thi defending champion hiving Clark at last years meet In ill iv However the Clark that Stark beat last year was thing close to Clark of this year Clark is much this jcur and going into the meet he had not been defeated by his own age Hit Georgetown runner was definitely favorite bin everyone was expecting it to be very very Clark did not gel a start but it was still much better than the one he gotten the previous year one mile into the race Clark had finally worked himself into Ihe lead but his rival from was right behind him Then the two runners vanished continue their battle in woods Fveryone headed for the finishing stretch lo catch Ihe end of battle The anticipation was unreal Could Clark to the finish line He had never been able to do it before Then a runner emerged clad in blue and his blond was blowing in the wind It was Georgetown Chrk He got to the top of Hit final stretch and looked over his shoulder to see hire Mark was Stark was nowhere to be seen Clark had left him behind In woods Stark was second to but there was no way In world hi was joing to catch Clark The Georgetown runner hive crawled in and still won Stark looked over shoulder and again there was no one close Second place was his without Stark having to his great sprint finish Clark had claimed a victory over his main rival of his own age group and done it with relative case I have finally learned how to race against him Clark slid alter his victory There is no way I can him if we together and sprint at the finish ho Ihe Georgetown runner went out and made sure there was no sprint at the finish He set a gruelling pace lint Just could not match Last Clark failed when he tried to match the much taller Stark stride for stride at the end He had made the mistake of running Stark race Now n is up to figure out a way to beat The runners will meet again Now the pressure is on Stark to come up with a formula beat Clark if indeed here is a formula Another member of the Georgetown boys Junior earn had tough luck at OFSAA Jon Lancaster has had an excellent year finishing second to Clark at many of he lie went Into the provincial meet a sure bet to finish somewhere in top 10 and possibly he top five However Lancaster had the problem bat good runners have nightmares about Early in the race he suffered leg crimps Before the tramps he had been running at the front of the pack and he said he was feeling very strong When the runners emerged at Ihe op of the stretch Lancaster was not where he was supposed to be When he did finish there were 30 runners In id of him However the fact hit he finished that high was a remarkable feat in itself Once he suffered he cramps he to tome to almost a complete slop When he regained his form there were approximately GO runners in front of him Before the race was over he had caught half of horn quality runner be hampered by leg cramps is bad But it is worst when II happens at the big meet of Reis scores 59 in two Bruin games The Sheridan College bask Bruins led by George- towns Mark look the lit the Daw son Invluittonal held in Mont real over the weekend In their first game Bruins went up against Clinton College from New York State and last 10580 despite points by Andre hod 13 Sheridan took the Ion priie by defeating Centen at in their game Has was at his best in this game as forward pumped home points had 13 was he second week in a row the Bruins came out of a tournament as consolation sec winners Last week they accomplished the feat In the Durham Invitational Harriers come up big at OFSAA The crosscountry j took provincial Ml six Itilxl fired Rebels completed their best honors it the OfrSA well season In history when two of held at Scarborough lollijc on 1 Tin Jun r rls wire their midget and Salurdiv sit ml Wist the Minor girls wire fifth the sixth beys wert ninth was the only school in the province to have six teams competing at Hi on the lounger wen ills ip but they sui mm ill Us holt different world said id Donna Only ire im of crop are at Hie junnr boys went into the is heavy fivonles ifUr winning It all list year I in ltd cim as he finished first Arnold had a very strong race he burned the lasi yards Young Doug race of his life and came on to finish Smith is i first ycir r He w is second best limsher all the first Juniors The junior sci re would have been belter thin had Jon nut leg Iintastcr had to struck in and finished thirty first Undir slant is ister would have itthng for a spot among the top five filth llebel runntr John finished thirty Then were runners in tht race and having all five runners will in Hit top per Is quite Jim Allen another top runner also received a medal as the alternate The midgel boys had a little tougher lime winning their division They edged out Mich lei Power by a mere four Andrew Broke was the lop runntr in this division as he time in fifteenth Mark and David Griffiths finished thirty fourth and thirty sixth respectively Geoff was tht fourth Rebel to count as he the 137 position Scott was In he ICG position The alternate on this winning team was with In who jury West rtrns ran away with Junior girls title but the Rebels were a very strong second Leading the way in his Provincial champion Ian lark took lead championship held Saturday lark had trad hr the top Junior In the province The Susan Irfl jnd Helen headed home together during the senior girl il thi championship Helen would have done much better had she not been iprrcdliv sprained ankle running against girls much older than herself In division was Diane Jones who finished thirty Others In the division were Heather Melaren57 Heather Heed and The senior girls could have finished higher than Helen not been a very sprained ankle Leading he way here was Jtnnie Thompson who was twentyeighth Others were Heather Rogers Michelle Helen Kria- fill and Susan Kris This team was only five points out of third and a healthy would have finished at least six places higher The midget girls were led by Cheryl Thompson who ran well and finished twenty fifth Others in the division wereKilhyWebb 461 Sherry Gray 88 and Karen Sparkcs The senior boys were led by Chapman who stormed In finished a solid twenty third Others in this division were Csaba Otto Fergus Barnes DO Dan Vandervoorl 132 and Dale MacGregor It was by far the Rebels best year at he provincial meet Coaches Metcalfe and Karen were very pleased with the performance their team made The team showing was particularly pleasing to the coaches because it was a marked Improvement over last year Melcalfe and arc vtry confident that the team will be even belter next year We will be trying to win in three divisions next year said The team can hardly do thing but improve next year Only two of the runners who competed at Scarborough College Jennie Thompson and Mithtlle will be graduating Both arc excellent runners and will be missed the team v Ill be inheriting runners from the public schools in the area The senior boys will definite ly be the learn to beat next year the strong juniors from this year except for Smith all moving up Smith will be a strong contender for provincial honors next year Eight Rebel players try out for Mickey Susan Jacky and provincial field hockey tram Thelryouts will be this weekend at llruuin Itrtli of will also he he of Toronto From left rlRht the girls are an the trim Maureen ltoniilr1 Beckett Linda Acton loses three of four win breaks losing streak Seven girls mm the two fitldhockcj lejms it George lown district school have been to try for the provintnljumnrkim Dunns Bonnie Lea and in re chosen from the senior jnd Den I mis J the juniors who will hi trvmpout Tin rv mils will be held this corning weekend at the irsiij of The first diy nil the girts will In the squid Flu ire im if the crop will then be on and from those final leim will be The Iwd of the high ire ecstatic a bout the seven players being Ruth his tin juniors and the seniors and I arc very plias This is by far thi mosi players we ever hid invited Last year two Georgetown girls Beth and tired for the ul from here were They for players are In excellent shape coach said word his come in said that Richmond is unable to attend try Outs on the and Arm sirong Richmond had an ex vear with the junior ihrei of tin Hoi l who In had The troubles the Acton Sn have been experiencing lately continued Inst week they dropjied three of four games List Tuesdny thumped them 14 3 On Wed nesdny Brampton nipped them They finally won Saturday against Thnrnhill on Monday they lost Oak Ridges The win against home snapped seven game losing for the Sihres The loss to was the second one Sabres suffered the hands of the mighty In the previous game St recti villi won 12 1 for Acton against tht were Denis Vlckcry and Jeff Shields The Sabres tan take with the fact they dan t have lo face the again until December In the loss to Brampton Wednesday the Sabre goal were Mirk and Drew On re g lined his storing touch which hid let him after lit suffered wo slon and he recorded three lend Sabres rhornhlll in tht game were Kelly Shaw Glenn Murray and Jeff Shields On night was hoi hut not too ninny of his te immnlrs were helping linn Iltkard scored three of his team four goals In ihe loss Shields helped him out by earning assists on two of lilt markers I In left Sibrts with six Wins gnil was stored by Murray losses mil wo tics o The three losses and win show for Hit so far Insulators win ildr i tin iiufftr mi fin I I UI mil pus anil link ill undid with Pirker nil lull two ft i with Jilin tin ntit will I Silurihy pi field hockey fort This has also been Mc Gowiiis in year of field hockey Tin will be all over Ihe field pi nil in and Pilrier arc plays centre In If Wild rwnrd d Jones and Wick ins art insult forwards who attends iht of Waltrloo has also been invited to try for Hi team She was on it las ir should cinch to be on It suit 111 it lot ihe or lit upsurge in Hi Id hot ki sh to Cent of and Jon played The pi been work inc out e to far trials said they arc running and doing stick Derbys and Cougars are top two teams Derbys and Burlington Cougars will represent the Central Junior B League In the Ontario Games Both teams ore still undefeat games Early in the year here was speculation hat the Derbyswercnolneurlyasslrongaslast year However In games they have an unblemished mark Burlington will meet and Blues in their round robin lournoment to decide who goes to the Games Streetsvllle will meet teams from Niagara District and the Golden Horseshoe They have yet to be determined The Acton Sabres arc tied for fifth place despite he losses they have suffered lately There ore four teams with points The Georgetown arc stuck in the twelfth and final place trailing Milton by four points Here arc the standings Team P 14 111 Burlington 14 13 1 Oik Ridges 14 17 6 16 6 14 Atlon 78 14 15 7 79 14 Dixie 14 7 4 10 Borne 13 106 Milton 13 1 Georgetown 1 43 3 Three Sabre players among top scorers Three Acton Sabres are among Central Junior lop eight scorers statistics below do not include games held last week Acton Paul Plckard had hat ricks in two games so he should move up Mark Litton Burlington Burlington Paul Acton Jcffdhlelds Acton MlkoCarr Burlington Oak Ridges Shawn Hen Burlington Murray Acton