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Page I SECTION B THE HERALD Wedneiulav Mv l Face Nia tomorrow Undefeated Rams tame Wildcats Ham charger By ALEX TOUGH An Acton Ram beats HimUlon unbeaten In three face WUdcl check during the Rami 1T Niagara tomorrow May thumping Hamilton last Thursday IB In Acton Herald photo at the Acton Arena The Rami Opening day just like old times tions will not up easily they have to be earned Certainly at the top level At the end of this month the cur rent Canadian National team are in Toronto for a three way tournament with Greece and Chile which should to be a worthwhile challenge for our lads Greece are an up and com outfit at Internationa and no longer the pushovers they once were Chile are a former World cup finalist in losing lo Brazil the eventual winners They still have several world class players and the style in true South American fashion Th Wednesday sees five senior Inter County games to kick off the official season Viking are at Alcott to Villa at p Meteor United at Mcadowglen against Crown and Anchor Eagles host at Christian Plus Weld face at at and Ancient Manners host Trexcon at Ccdorvalc at following a boys house league game Last week I was on about referee shortages Sunday morning at an Hon game the appo of d not show Another qualified man was there and volunteered lo officiate The teams were heard to express the thought that they should behave and not complain as the volunteer had offered to take the middle Firstly the complaining should not happen even if the correct official was In attendance never a stand In Secondly the players d not refrain from com milling offences sly hits off the ball late challenges w th the back foot coming through handballs on the blind side And others especially complain when the referee could not see things happening This is the of behavior which turns off good and bad referees Mind you the lesser standard of of ficlal may not notice too much At the end or day the behavior patterns have a lot to do with officials fed up with the constant harass leaving the game or at least giving up being the target In the middle Acton Rams are gunning for a se cond consecutive Golden Horseshoe Lacrosse League title and they prov edit last week The Rams who captured the senior men league championship in 1987 recorded pair of decisive wins last week to give them an undefeated record of two wins and one tie early into the 1968 schedule Rams doubled up on Hamilton Wildcats 147 in Acton last Thursday night after avenging a season- opening tie with Burlington by burying the Cougars In Burl on May 10 Scott Early and Jim Clark paced the Rams on Thursday with four goals apiece while Steve Wilson turned in the hat trick Wayne Young Kevin Marcoux and Fred Allen notched singles Goal tender Steve Young who played strongly In the Acton cage had a teamhigh four helpers Other assists went to Young Early 2 Wilson 2 2 George J Clark I Allen In Burlington on May 10 the Rams showed their hosts no mercy as Steve Wilson fired four goals with George Wayne Young Jim Clark and Kevin all nailing hat tricks Fred Allen and Paul Wilson had twogoal games Assists went to Steve lson and with a trio each Young Allen and goalie Steve Young with a pair apiece and Jim Clark with a single helper Hamilton On Thursday In Acton Rams led 1 after the first period and had things well under control at 3 heading in the final frame Scott Early opened the scoring with an unassisted marker and add ed a second solo effort after a goal by Kevin Marcoux from Wayne Young and Steve Young Fred Allen scored from Wavne Young before Early completed Ills scoring for the night with two more goals George Artem and Steve Wilson drew assists on Early hat trick marker while Wayne Young and Jim Clark his fourth of the helped period Jim Clark closed out the Acton scoring in the opening frame beating Hamilton net minder Al Good with help from and Steve Young Acton added four goals In the mid die frame after Hamilton second goal of the night Wayne Young found mesh with Steve Wilson assisting before Wilson fired one home after taking a lead pass from Young Jim Clark scored unassisted and Steve Wilson added his second from Paul Wilson and Steve Young to close the second period at 11 3 Acton Hamilton Cm scored Acton In the third period but the old adage too little too late was more than appropriate as the Rams coasted to victory Jim Clark sandwiched his third and fourth goals of the night around a single from Steve Wilson as the Ac ton arsenal finally came to a halt Scott Early picked up an assist on Wilsons third goal and also helped out on his fourth with George Artem drawing the other helper Kevin and Fred Allen assisted on Early third period effort Acton was nabbed for 10 minutes in penalties while Hamilton record eight Rami Burllngton2 Acton led after one period 152 offer the second frame and poured In five unanswered third period goals to complete their winning onslaught In Burlington on May 10 Acton run and shoot and score offence left little time for penalties as the Rams played penalty tree Burlington picked up the game on ly minor penalty Meanwhile the Rams w put their undefeated record on the line row Thursday May 19 when they host the Niagara Warriors at at the Acton Arena According to Rams president Wayne Young the Warriors are like ly to present the biggest obstacle on Actons road lo a second straight Golden Horseshoe league champion ship Niagara will probably be our toughest competition said Young last week They re a good young side Average age on the Acton squad Is about 30 said Young and the Rams will look lo their ex perience to deal effectively with the Warriors Regular season action will con tinue in the four team loop during the summer with playoffs to get under way in July It was lust 1 old times on Satur day Gcorga Baines Bryan Turner and I were down at Cedarvale to try to have everything ready for the youth opening kick off George was at his booth and Bryan and I were lining the f eld and put ling up the nets Unfortunately there was a shortage of chalk Tor he lining and the nets were a little scraggy Nevertheless we managed and w th the additional help of Bill Harrison and Geoff a t was in time And I do not leave out the nc volunteering of a lady who ass sted George in getting the coffee ready on time Only the boys played this time as there was a girls tournament nearby and the Georgetown school team tied one game and lost the other The weather was certainly kind to all As I type this lot late on Supday event with the ran thunder and lightning early in the day and even now It was a blessing The season now has begun in earnest and we can all look forward to a busy summer ahead I had planned on having some news of the new Georgetown United and Falcons the young senior league squad for this column However by the time I sorted out a couple of problems with scheduling and another few calls I never did get around to the respective coaches for more news Suffice to say that the Falcons eked out a 10 win over the United From what I hear Falcons took the game to United much as Wimbledon did to Liverpool in the English FA cup final and did not allow the big United have already beaten Ciac who were the team to beat last year In the and earlier and had another good outing against North York Indications are there that the team have the capability of good results However the Kentners break winless streak Tuesday nights three games all featured tight checking good goal tending and plenty of one saw the McGlbbon Hawks hang on for a victory over Daves Service Both teams played welt and with the goalie pulled Daves scored with six seconds left to make It dose McGlbbon point getters were Brian Beaumont 3 goals 1 assist Larry Peterson 2 goals 1 assist Paul Allison goal 1 assist and assists to Ian Syme Brian Hunziger Gerry Coffee 2 Rob Hamilton and Charlie Knoepfli Daves scoring was handled by Nell McDonald goals assists Don goals Gary 1 goal l assist Brian Johnston 2 assists Marty Weavcn and Neil McLean assist each The next game saw the Kentners get in the win column Goals by Geoff Parker and Dom Vetro gave the a 20 lead but late in the third period John Bajic replied for Choice Air Although Choice Air pulled their goalie they couldn come up with the equalizer Dave Krause also played a strong game for the as he assisted on goals Game three was another fast end to end game Two goals late In the third for Midas one into an empty net gave them the margin of vic tory Goal scorers for Ibe Midas Top Guns were Joe Gary Beck and Tony Kovncevlc Assisting were Gary Beck and singles to Woody Fabian John Clark Mark Maxwell and Joe Chris Milne scored both Plena goals with help from Grant Bodnar Doug Thompson and Don Norton Challenge set The Town of Halton Hills has for challenged the Town of in Challenge Hotline the Crownllfe Pnrtlcipaction to be Included In the final count in a physical activity like walking Jogging house cleaning etc for continuous minutes Thanks to 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