The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Rebs run a strong second at Halton meet By DOUGLAS Hera Id Com pendent At the Halton track field championships In last Thursday the Georgetown District High School team placed a strong second taking a back seal only lo Burlingtons Nelson High School Twentysix Georgetown athletes qualified in events to go to the Peel championships in tomorrow II was what we had expected said Rebel coach Karen Coegrove Nelson has a very strong team but we qualified more people for the Peel Hal torn than wa have In years The powerful Rebel midget team played an Important role In Georgetowns second place finish Midget Amy Powers took second place In the meter 1500 the races She was racing against the Ontario champion from Milton in all three events Powers set a school record as the first first year midget to run under 11 minutes in the 3000 Sandra finished second In the midget girls 100 She took second In the midget girls setting a school record of seconds Heaton placed third In the midget girls ZOO and contributed to the fourth place finish of the Junior girls x and x 100 relay teams Louis De dominated the midget boys hurdles equalling the Halton record of 14 2 seconds Nancy Mustard was second in midget girls hurdles third in the 1500 fourth In the BOO Jon Hammer won the midget boys discus and was second in shot put The Junior team also had a number of outstanding performances Barwell won the Junior girls hurdles in 12 seconds and Kim Dryden took first place in the Junior girls high Jump Lynn MacPhail completely dominated the junior girls 3000 with the tune of 10 39 said Rebel coach Donna Metcalfe Chris Ferguson won the Junior boys and Erik Hopkins was second Hopkins won the Junior boys 3000 while Ferguson took third Susan Krlstensen raced superbly and won the senior girls She finished second In the Wheeler won his first senior boys chase race while Ho raid was third in senior boys steeple chase and second in high Jump The boys 4 relay team of Hen Hesse Paul Burroughs Chris Ferguson and Gary Hulbert placed second Rich placed third In the Junior boys discus We collected 342 points which was more than we had expected so we re quite pleased with that said coach Cosgrove Georgetown accumulated more points than third place White Oaks We rccxpectlngtoplccetnthetopinreeatUiefeei nations says We re a little weak In some field events In some areas we have quality but not quantity she says This year our aim is to qualify some people for OFSSA We be happy If we con do that I think we re going to peak next year Cosgrove said her contributors to Georgetown a point total Include midget Anne Coullghan who fourth In the 3000 midget Jenni Lusby placed sixth In high Jump midget Mike Wood look third in the fourth In the 15O0 Junior Fiona Heaton took third In the 3000 and sixth in the 1500 Junior Lee placed fifth in the too junior Kara McGaw placed second In discus sixth In Javelin junior Ken Hesse placed third In the and sixth in the junior Gary placed fourth in the and fourth in the senior Jen Pepper was second in the while Angle was fifth in the same event and fourth in the 800 senior Sandra Marclnluk wosfaurthlnthclSOOandtheSOO serilorLeslleBlckwoafifthinhurdles senior Jack Harlow placed third In hurdles and fourth In triple jump senior Paul Burroughs was fourth in Javelin sixth in the and senior David Banks was sixth In 1500 Nancy Mustard Barwell Louis De Stacey Wheeler Harald Jack Harlow Sandra Jen Pepper Amy powers Lynn Suson Mike Erik Hopkins Chris Anne Coullghan Fiona Sandra More iniuk Angle Ken Hesse Gary Jon Hammer Kim Kara McGaw Sue McLaren Lusby and Paul Burroughs all qualified for the Peel meet tomorrow In VOUilGS PIMMIVKV OpenWseknlghls PHONE 8772761 the HERALD Gemini annual meeting Russiani returning READY TO SOAR The Georgetown Junior Eagles opened the Halted County Dore Gerry MUM Scott Bray Jay Anderson Mario tarda and Paul row left to coach Dan they posed for a team picture The Eagle are back row left to Kevin Hughes Gord Allen Andrew Braun and Scott right coach Kevin Burke Paul GulsUnl Ralph Kelly Brad Herald photo Mike Frit and Larry Deigbtoo middle row left to right coach Raiders and Rockton go Senior but other Hardy teams dumped By GERRY TIMBERS Herald Sport Editor The Georgetown Raid era will be Joining the Ontario Hockey Senior A League for the 103384 season but they will be the only Intermediate A club to do so Representatives from the six existing Senior A teams stunned Interme diate club and at a meeting In London Thursday night when they turned thumbs down- on three separate proposals to amalgamate the two leagues into a new threedivision loop They accepted to join the Senior A league from Georgetown and Rockton meaning the Raiders will compete for the Allan Cup next year In an eight team league The two new entries will join Hamilton Chat ham Cambridge and Woodstock Raider president Finn who attended Thursdays meeting along with vicepresident Dave Kentner told The Herald he Is convinced the Senior teams werent prepared to accept what they consider to be lower caliber hockey teams from the Intermediate A clubs They found a fault with each of three pro posals whether it was travel distance or an unbalanced schedule or whatever Poulstrup said They knew they had two good entries In Georgetown and and they Just went through the motions to satisfy the OHA admitted that We 11 miss our tra rivalry with Coll but he was adamant that a move to Senior A best for the Raider organization The Raiders will play a game interlocking schedule next season In other Raider news this week vicepresident Kentner announced he has put together a three- man team to handle the general managers duties for the upcoming season Jack Handy Dn Fend- ley and Doug Brlndley have been named Assist ant General Managers each with different job descriptions Handy will handle the administrative functions of the Job while who was GM lost season will actually work with the players will recruit talent Jack Handy has a cool conservative Image and he knows how to deal with the league officials Kentner said Don Fend ley will deal with the players on a daytoday basis in mailers such as ice time equipment minor officials and Kentner added that the threeman coalition In the GMs choir would give him room to move around Kentner also cd Terry Harlow will be returning as head trainer for the club this season Terry a probably the best trainer In the summed It up Specters take two remain unbeaten By GERRY TIMBERS Herald Sport Editor Looking very much like the team lo beat In Inter County Fastball action the Glen Specters put together a pair of onesided road victories this week to stretch their earlyseason mark to three wins Sunday night the Specters travell to Cambridge to post a victory after thumping Fergus Friday night Sunday it was an incredible dis play of clutch hitting by the Glen men as they scored single runs In six different innings to seal the win A complete game ltstrikeout perform ance by flreballer Terry Haines hurt the cause either Short stop Rob Hatchers bat is sizzling early in the year and he went four for five In Cambridge Big Andy delivered three hits in five at bats and newcomer Donnle Roy belted out a pair of doubles In four trips to the plate The guys have really been tough with runners on base manager Ted Wilkes said Were getting timely from everybody In the first inning of Sundays victory third Tim Fields bunted his way on moved to second on a sacrifice fly and came around to score on an RBI single by In the second Glen singled stole second and scored on a single by center fielder Jackie Berg Ray doubled and singled to produce a flfthlnnlng run while Hatcher tripled and came In on a sacrifice fly In the fifth Bergman singled and stole second to score on Hatchers single in the seventh while and Ray both doubled In the eighth to produce another run Friday night in Fergus the Glen men came up with the win despite missing three regulars from toe start ing line up Catcher and outfielders Dean Hancock and Berg man missed the game but the Specter machine still ran like clockwork Already leading thanks to a tworun single by starter Jeff Haines furthered his own cause by belting out his own tworun safety the top of the fifth The Specters iced the game in the seventh when already leading rookie Rob Wilkes unloaded a long sacrifice fly with the bases loaded Glen McClure followed Wilkes with a single that produced two more runs Jeff Haines went six Innings posting seven strike outs to register the win Brother Terry finished up The Specters were to face league champion Alton lost night at the Glen In their toughest teat of the young Billy Murphy wins silver Centennial Middle School wrestler Billy Murphy led a strong local contingent by finishing second overall In the 32kilogram weight class at he Canadian Bantam Wrestling Championships at Int University of Western Ontario In London on the weekend Murphy 13 finished behind Scarborough wrestler Nelson Soma to earn the right to compete at the Eastern Seaboard Conference Schoolboy wrestling championships in Nova Scolla In July De Souza Is on his way to Montana for the World Schoolboy Championships in August Murphys Centennial temmates gave a strong account of themselves well Rob Veil man managed o third overall in the class while Dave Barrow 53k and Rob McGulgan were fourth best In their respective weight divisions John Del Guldos also won a fourth competing for Centennial Terry Dixon led a threeman contingent by finishing fourth overall In the 41 k class Johnny and Brett Robinson were sixth and seventh respectively in their classifications Herald Sports Editor Jules has agreed to stay on as coach of the Central Ontario Junior Georgetown Gemini hockey club for the 198384 season The club held its annual general meeting day night at the North Golf and Curling Club to announce decision to return to the team and to elect a new executive for the upcoming season There was a polite round of applause ram everyone ot the meeting when club president Bob McCandlcssSr made the announcement Jules said be wanted a little time to think about It the last time we talked but I never even consider anybody else Mc Can I ess said later tfnres proved what he can do with the Gemini hockey team last season Russian had to con alder whether ho could devote the time the coach ing job requires while ha is running his business He also had coaching offers from our teams Including two Major A junior clubs to weigh I really enjoy coach ing but it s so time consuming said We had a meeting with the players about a month ago and we had good turnout That certainly influenced my decision to return also said he feels part the George town community and that he considered the excellent treatment he has received from the Gemini executive In the past while making his decision As far as the new Gemini executive goes there arc no new faces on the scene McCandless will contin ue in to a third term on club president and form or general manager Bob Tost will be the first vice president Dave was selected second VP Sue will be the club secretary The remainder of the directors Includes Norm Sandra Mcckln Karen Harrison Bob Mike Mc- Bob McCand less Jr Doug Harlow Bob Webster Mike Mc- Menomy and Dean Taylor Though the formal announcement Is still forthcoming Bob Webster will be returning to his role as general manager It was also announced at the general meeting that two new teams will be Joining the Central Junior B league for next Woodbridge currently Junior outfit will step up and a new Missis team has been created The idea of a Mississaugn entry caused smiles at the Gem meeting because such a team will almost certain ly weaken the defending champion Strcetsville The Gems will pay to compete in the Central loop next season way up from the they paid this season The Ontario Hockey Association Is financially strapped and looking for sources or revenue The Gems will pay the per home gome in addition to the per player card they will fork over before the Jules left shakes bands with Georgetown Gemini president Bob moments accepting the head coach tug position for the upcoming season Herald photo Newest Raider GM Minor tykes lose MEET THE EAGLES Page B4 There Is a fresh face in the Georgetown Chrysler Raider hierarchy this year It belongs to Doug Brlndley has been announced as one of three Raider general managers for the upcoming season their first as a Senior A entry His main area of responsibility will be recruiting players A resident of George town for almost three years now brings a wealth of hockey connections to the Raid outfit Brlndley played Tor the 1966 Memorial Cup Niagara Falls Fly era and was a Toronto Maple Leaf first round draft pick the following year After two years In Tulsa he graduated to the Leaf roster as a center playing behind such stars as Dave Keon Norm Jim Harrison and a young Dairy Ironically was the most valuable- layer at the 1963 George- awn bantam hockey tournament playing out of Walkerton The new GM was trad ed from Toronto to Van played 1972 In Rochester for Don Cherry and signed with Cleveland in the World Hockey Association In 1974 He was drafted away by Indianapolis the next year where he play with a scrawny 17 yearold named Wayne officer with the Ontario Provincial Police stationed in I ve been wanting to get back into hockey and Ive been talking to Dave vicepresident for couple of years now Brlndley said I think I have some Influ ence with a few fellows In the area who are just a year or two out of pro hockey and I might be able to convince some of them to come here An old teammate of Rene Robert once a man on the famed French Connection line In lo and the Raiders ore admittedly interested In Robert Im going to get as many hockey players coming hero as I can the Park Avenue resident promised Ive already started making con tacts DOUG BRINDLEY