Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 1, 1988, p. 11

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NOTICE GEORGETOWN HONDA MUST BE SOLD SALE ports I and and Recreation Wednesday lime IMS Page 1 to OS For 30 Years We Have Delivered Bennett picked second by Wolves Herald Sport Editor The city of Sudbury has won over a new convert and his name Is Adam Bennett The 17 year old he Junior B Georgetown Gemini was the second overall selection at the Ontario Hockey League midget draft lost and the first pick of the Sudbury Wolves Bennett selection by Sudbury may have surprised some observers who figured the was headed to Guelph Platers as the third overall choice Bui a sales job by the Wolves sold Bennett on the cam and the had originally informed Bennett some time ago of their In tent to draft and the GDHS denl had expressed no great desire to end up Sudbury But prior to draft day the Wolves contacted the Bennett family and convinced Adam thai Sudbury was indeed the place to be Sudbury came down and had a better presentation said Bennett during an w The Herald on Monday Sam McMasler Sudbury general manager Is one heck of a guy and the Wolves corrected a lot of misconceptions I had about Sud Bennett nothing but live feedback regarding Sud bury approach from those he spoke to after McMaster visit Sudbury GM Is highly regard ed in hockey circles and Bennett said everyone told him Sudbury was a great hockey town Bennett sold McMaster wanted to draft the best player available regardless of position They said I was a legitimate second pick said Bennett Adam reconsidered his the Sudbury visit sa d Adam father Keith He decided If Sudbury wanted him be d go There pros and cons added the elder Bennett closer to home but Adam will fit right in with Sudbury Indeed the Wolves have ap parently already pegged the shooting defenceman as an ideal addition alongside veteran John They think Adam can do the job said Mr Bennett At and pounds Bennett will be expected to provide some muscle for Sudbury In the wars but the Gemini graduate says he Wolves don do a goon show 1 11 be expected to step In for smaller teammates he said But 1 11 be expected to play I have to handle myself and not give an inch II Jet op ponents know I there Bennett expects the to be a lot faster and harder hitting He looking to develop more in all areas of his game You have to play every shift at a higher level he says In thai vein Sudbury has already provided Bennett w a program designed to help him train In an lei pat ion of he Sept 1 opening of raining camp n he Nickel City Bennett plans to attend Grade 12 Sudbury and will be billetted with a hockey family One of Bennett rival defenders in the Central Jim or B loop was the first overall pick in Saturday s draft Drake of he Barrle Colts went as the op pick of he revamped Kingston Raiders late choice Jim McCabe was the second Georgetown Gem selected in Saturday midget draft but the call come unt he round McCabe was he player chosen overall when the Belleville Bulls picked his name in round at the North York Ccniennial Arena Although a bit miffed with his low placing In the annual lot tery McCabe has other options he wants to consider Monday But I m more Interested in obtaining a college scholar ship McCabe has been In touch with Cornell University in New York state and if he can maintain his current per cent average until the completion of his Grade 12 year next season he Gemini pivot could be wearing the red and while of ex Ken Dry den alma mater Baton champ Susan a Grade 9 dent at has returned from the Eastern Canadian Baton Ion with many awards The contest featured athletes from Ontario and Quebec and was held in Montreal on May Susan competed on May where she won the open solo dance contest and was fourth in he championship event She was second In medley and third In championship solo Monday May saw Susan prepared to compete in the elite baton twirling event of freestyle She Is one of the youngest athletes In the senior women class and showed great promise with her fourth place finish having competed against athletes ten years her senior She Is now preparing for Ontario championships to be held In Picker on June and for the upcoming Canadian championships which will take place In Etoblcoke In July Unlike Georgetown Adam Ben no It selected second overall by Sudbury who let It be known that he was where he wants to be next year McCabe old Inquirers he was most interested in ding a hockey college Guelph phoned me before the draft and rated me a seventh round pick said McCabe when they asked me what I wanted to do I told them my to ingascholars McCabe honesty probably hurt his drafting position with most OHL teams passing over prospects who have indicated other options as more appealing But the 5foot 11 inch skater believe he is the only ticket to the NHL I don t believe or A Is the only way to get there he says If you re good enough they if f nd you compiled points last year as captain of he Gems with 13 goals and assists He In leresled In pursuing a physical education degree with a possible teaching My main goal Is to make the NHL he said With that In mind he says he attend the Belleville camp next Tall with an open mind Although their paths may yet be different and Adam Bennett have the same destination Rams lose The Niagara Warriors are quickly becoming the nemesis of the Acton The Hams dropped heir second consecutive loss of the season Niagara Warriors last Friday night absorbing a 135 drubbing In Golden Horseshoe Men s Lacrosse League play at Niagara The loss drops the Rams record two wins two losses and a tie Steve Wilson fired a hat trick and Kevin Marcoux had the other two Acton goals but he meager often give showing t enough to derail he Warriors scoring machine As In their previous loss Niagara two weeks ago he Rams were hurt by a depleted lineup They it players In uniform on assists for Acton and goal tender Steve Young had a single helper along with forward Wayne Young Rams have a chance to gel back on the winning rack as hey visited Hamilton Wildcats last night prior to a June 7 rip to Burlington We won Recreation Joanne May A total per ccr Wilton and Work Thai Body Ho Ion Hills St residents took or Laurie Bum Jump for joy after part In at Iran 15 minutes helping to lead Hal ton Hills to die while per cent of tory over In he annual Par accepted he challenge Challenge on Herald photo OFSAA Rebels ready will send athletes to the provincial high school rack and field championships on June 34 In and if their performance at he southern Ontario Is any Indication the Rebels could be peaking at Just the right time Rebels turned In a strong effort the May reglonals In Etobicoke the last qualifying meet prior to OF Nine firsts were recorded by the contingent Including an unprecedented five relay team titles Twenty four OFSAA qualifiers is also the most ever for Georgetown That Ihe we ve ever sent o OFSAA said beaming cocoach Karen Cosgrove last week It was a fantastic performance Cosgrove was particularly with the fine outings by Ihe school a five gold medal relay earns GDHS won both the open girls and boys event as well as the x 100 finals In midget and junior girls and midget boys The winning junior girls 4 x 100 team will be looking to at least duplicate their OFSAA finish of two years ago when the foursome ran as midgets and won a bronze medal They been Injury plagued but they re coming back now said That team consists An Michelle Thompson Lisa Carter and Tare Burroughs The midget boys x 100 team not only won In last week but hey established a new school record in the process with their combined second clocking Kevin Usher John Dave Lawrence and Trent Cull make up that squad Cull displaying equal prowess In both track and field events turned around and set a new school record of 13 metres on his way to second place In the midget boys shot put Meanwhile Dave Paul continues to blaze trails n he metre steeplechase where he has been practically unbeatable in local events According lo Cosgrove the GDHS athlete Is running the fastest times In he province right now and his 1 time was good as gold in Etoblcoke said she hates to make forecasts but the Rebel track mentor does concede that Paul should be In the medals at Megan continues to show great Improvement In the midget 1500metre event and she could i a force to be reckoned with as her high school track career develops She sawed an impressive seconds off her best time at the meet as she qualified for OFSAA with a fourth place finish In a time of One athlete who dominated the local field event scene may find the going a bit tougher on June 34 Mark Dunning who won he south regional discus with a throw of metres is undefeated In 19B8 Cosgrove says there have been throws of metres in other parts of the province this year and Dunning will have to pull out all the stops at other solo gold medal win ners at the south regional were Yanne who ran a 1 In capturing the senior boys event and repeat winner Dave Paul who added a bide ribbon In the senior boys metre run GDHS three remaining first- place relay teams consist of Shan non Snyder Anna Tara Bur roughs and Lisa Carter open girls 4 x Glenn Mulder Rick Lane Mike Dyer and open boys Kristv Lewi Laura Homer Natalie Goldson and Harkley midget girls 100 Lisa Carter also qualified In the junior girls 3rd while Glenn Mulders fourth In Junior boys was also good enough to earn an berth Melanie Jans fresh from winning be Canadian Under squash title in two weeks ago finished third In the midget girls 80metre hurdles and Sheri Nairn also took a bronze clocking in at 11 In the junior girls 3000 Bob Donker Junior boys and Natalie I midget girls 80metre hurdles also qualified for the Ontario finals According lo the final Is the most track meet in North America and boasts the largest number of athletes The top eight finishers in each event move onto the excluding 3000metre runners who w compete in heat overall final Midget tourney Eagles battle back for B title Georgetown midget Eagles scored a behind win over Scarborough Village to capture last weekend s Shaw Trophy first annual midget tournn consolation title Cambridge bombed Hamilton West In the championship final Ham Ron Guelph Cambridge Scarborough and la On Friday started a great game with Georgetown being edged out by Guelph jumped ahead to a lead and Georgetown had to fight back but they t take ad vantage and left bases loaded In the last Inning Steady pitching by Cord Burke and Jeff Hannah tept the score close The loss placed Georgetown on the consolation side of the Hes out A Georgetown Eagle slides Into home plate during nab the Eagle consols Ion flnil action between Scarborough Village home plate he locals Although the Scarborough catcher has title with 1 dropped the ball In this picture he recovrrrd In time to apparently failed to touch ended comeback to win con 12 9 win over Scarborough Herald defeated them 151 The game featured a near perfect wo hitter by Scott vandevalk The consolation final featured Georgetown and Scarborough Village The game seesawed back and forth until Scarborough broke It open with five runs In the fifth to go ahead But Georgetown battled back to score six In the seventh combining walks and timely hits Jeff Hannah came In in relief shut the side down for the last two Innings The weekend action saw the boys settling down and playing as a team On he team are Jeff Han nah Scott Mora Curtis Green Burke Stephen Lee Travis Gardiner Rob Ross Kevin Usher Nap Benito Dave Ridley Andy Doimngos Ed Doyle and coach Brian Hannah On the championship side the two teams left were Cambridge and a mil ton West Mountain back and went on to win 144 GMHA meets At the GMHAS spring annual general meeting last Sunday at the Arena president Canon Mini rich was returned to his post with Dave Martin assuming the vicepresidency for hockey and Jim Coleman taking up the ad ministrative vicepresidency Peggie Mills and Ed will handle the hockey directors Buchan will be the director of operations and the director of plan ning post In Wayne Pries Joanna Is the a treasurer for and both Judy Pries and Norma Frost were elected to the association secretarial office Meanwhile plans are under way for the upcoming Molson NHL Slo- game at Glen Williams on Tickets are available from Time Out and M and M Pro Sports as well as from members of GMHA rep teams The NHL stars will play the Glen Williams Oldtlmers In the GMHA fundraiser SPORTS Rugby opener BZ Loon tunes B2 Acton athletes B3 SPOK1S I Canada wins B3 Olympic dream B4 Rebels bow out B4 ENTERTAINMENT Book helps B5 Dundee saved BS Gallery exhibit BS

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