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THE HERALD Wednesday January 24 Page ONLY PER WEEK 1990 HONDA CIVIC GEORGETOWN 203 Gualph St Hwy LOW COST Georgetown LEASING SA SERVICE 8731 8 and Recreation COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor DOWNTOWN FAX SERVICE Evenings Saturdays Too ill vounci a Downtown Georgetown 8772761 Raiders shifting into high gear By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor Georgetown Raiders appear to be holding true to that old axiom Save the best for last as regular season play winds down in the West Division of the Central Ontario Junior B Hockey League and playoffs fast approach The Raiders topped Peter borough Junior Petes 76 in a nasty game Friday evening at Gordon Memorial Arena then held on to gain a 55 tie with the West Division third place Burlington Cougars in another home en counter Saturday evening at Got don Alcott Memorial Arena The win and a tie lifted the Raiders season record to not nearly good enough to escape the leagues West Division cellar but more than good enough to salvage Raiders which has had a rough go of It this past season With playoffs just over the horizon the Raiders have elevated their game a notch or two and have four points to show for their last four outings two ties and a win If the Raiders continue to upgrade their efforts the team could be the surprise of post season play as all teams in the tral Ontario Junior B Hockey League gain entry into the playoffs Curtis Green once more took centre stage in the win over Peter borough as he was forced to make saves as opposed to only snags for his counterpart in the Peterborough nets Jamie His efforts might have gone for naught had John Williamson not converted passes from Kevin Brown and newcomer Andre Gregoire with less than three minutes remaining in the game for what proved to be the game winning goal Williamson s goal his second of the night capped a scrappy gutsy effort by the Raiders who deserved the two points if only because of their never saydie attitude Chris Lazarowff had a pair of goals and an assist for the Raiders while singles went to Marty Savoy team scoring leader Brent Presswood and hard working An Gregoire Kevin Brown had a pair of Burlington waltzed into Georgetown Saturday evening a full 29 points ahead of the Raiders in the league s West Division stan dings The Cougars left with a bit more respect for the Georgetown squad The Raiders tightened up sively somewhat against Burl ington and Curtis Green was only called upon to make 33 saves while the Raiders directed drives at Burlington netminder David Smenglio Raiders enjoyed a 2 1 first period advantage and headed into third period play with a less than com lead Burlington managed to outscore the Raiders 2 over the final 20 minutes but the play of Green combined with strong defensive play in their own end salvaged the tie for the Raiders Chris Lazarowff was a force to be contended with all game as he scored twice and added a pair of assists Single Raider goals went to Mar Savoy Steve and Brent With only seven games remain ing in the regular season Raiders will have ample opportunity to finetune leading up to playoff ac tion The Raiders journey to Burl Friday evening return engagement with the Cougars then entertain West Division leader Blades Saturday night 30 p m at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena Raider rivals reap rewards The 198990 award winners were named for the West Division of the Centra Ontario Junior B Hockey and as expected the top two teams in the division scooped up most of the hardware Similarly as expected Georgetown Pontiac Buick Raiders failed to make an ap pearance on the winners list is perched loftily in first place in the West Division dings points ahead of second place Streetsville Georgetown Buick Raiders are in last place in the seven team division John Duff of Oakville Blades and Willie McGarvey of the Peter borough Junior Petes were named as cowinners of the Most Valuable Player award Cam of Streetsville Derbys was selected the Best Jim McGroarthy of Streetsville was named Jeff Daw of Milton was judged the Most Gentlemanly Player while Kelly of was selected the league s Most ed Player honors went to Blades Ken Moodie with special mention to his assistant coach Tom Herstad SUNNY ACRES FARMS Jake comes to the aid of Peter Downs during play in the major midget encounter Saturday at Gordon Memorial Arena against Ancaster In the rough and tumble affair Sunny Acres prevailed and combined with wins Sunday and Monday evening allowed the to finish the Hockey League regular season In first place Herald photo by Ben Sunny Acres Farms claim regular season league title By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor Georgetown s Sunny Acres Farms major midgets showed no mercy in rampaging over their op ponents in the home stretch of the County Hockey League regular season Sunny Acres trounced Ancaster Saturday afternoon defeated Streetsville 31 Sunday evening and closed out regular season play Monday evening with a over Brampton The weekend wins ran the team s current winning streak to five games and locked up first place in the Hockey League Midget AA Division two points in front of arch rival Milton Sunny Acres finished regular season play with a 2231 record a harbinger of hoped for playoff suc cess and possible provincial honors The game against played Saturday afternoon at Go- don Alcott Memorial Arena was a rough and tumble affair that saw four players from each team toss ed for fighting Mark Rich Bond Craig Cooper and Mark Lonto were given the gate for Sunny Acres while Jason Holts Jason Van Den Heuvel Ray and Jason MacLean got the heaveho for Ancaster The ejections were the result of a third period fracas when tempers worn thin during the chippy match snapped Regardless of the Sunny Acres were full value for the win Georgetown rebounded from a 1 first period deficit to lead 54 Golden Age bowlers roll along Jet Set 87 Happy Gang 77 Alley Cats Snow Birds Bowler Domes Blitzers Super Six Skylarks Hopefuls Corner Pins Dominoes Tollers High Single Flat Daisy Hams Edith Mills 218 Kay MacMillan George Archibald heading into the third period Sunny Acres Ancaster 3 2 over the final frame to claim the win Lorito made his presence felt before bowing out ungraciously by potting a hat trick and collecting an assist Eric Long had a pair of goals for the winners while singles went to Ken Kosziwka Trevor Ehnesky Brad Amato and Rob Boyle Eiinesky had three assists to cap off a fine game with Kosziwka ad ding a pair of helpers Although he allowed six goals Sunny Acres goaltender Peter Downs came up with some clutch saves when called upon It was a different story Sunday evening in Streetsville as the defensive side of Sunny Acres came to the fore The first period ended scoreless and was knotted 1 heading into the final period of play Goals by Adam Hagen and Rob Boyle added to the second period marker from Rob Lang allowed Sunny Acres to escape with the win Ken Kosziwka had three assists on the night with Trevor Eiinesky collecting two assists Paul St Pierre did yeoman like service between the pipes for Georgetown to earn the The regular season finale Mon day night against Brampton at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena saw Sunny Acres stumble through two periods of play before putting Brampton away for good in the third period with an offensive flurry Sunny Acres led 2 1 after the first but Brampton rallied to tie the game 3 heading into the frame Sunny Acres Bramp ton 31 in the third penod for the 64 victory Mark once again showed his scoring prowess by collecting three goals and an assist Single Sunny Acres counters went to Rich Bond Ken Kosziwka- and Rob Boyle Craig Cooper Kosziwka Mitch Butt Trevor and Gord Burke garnered assists Peter Downs saw action in the Georgetown goal By virtue of the team s first place regular season finish Sunny Acres will play fifth place Wood- bridge in the first round of playoffs Although the playoff schedules have not as yet been finalized it is expected Sunny Acres will have a home game this weekend at Got don Memorial Arena Acton knots Cambridge Acton Leathertown West Warehouse Major Novice Reps ran into a hot the form of Larry Beaulieu and were forced to settle for a be with Cambridge in a Hub League round one playoff game played Sunday in Cambridge Acton opened up a first period lead but Cambridge rallied to tie the game at 22 near the mid mark of the second period Two more Acton markers allow ed Acton to enjoy a lead early in the final frame but once again Cambndge regrouped to knot the game and leave the issue stalemated Andrew Coe in the Acton nets matched his counterpart in the Cambridge nets with a number of fine saves David Owen and Devon Fraser each scored twice for Acton and picked up a pair of assists Single Acton helpers went to San dy Chapman Kevin Dick Kyle and Chris Lee The Acton West Warehouse squad plays host to Cambridge tonight Wednesday at the Acton Community Centre tbeaoays a return visit