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THE HALTON HILLS HERALD TOE HERALD December OK CORPORATE HO MAPU AVI Spciallilft Tun- up Specials Pickup Delivery Towing FAST FRIENDLY SERVICE Sports Athletes 22 and I Recreation ROB RISK Herald Sports Editor 8772201 23 Sports Calendar 24 Buffalo victory The Hurricane Major team had a big finish to the end of their schedule in November win ning a tournament in Buffalo and finally beating their Burlington rivals On the American Thanksgiving weekend Nov 23 Halton beat the hometown favorites Buffalo in the championship game This was the squads first title in only their second tourna ment the first game of the tourna ment the good guys in white took it to the bad guys Niagara Falls Thunder in black beating them 41 later met in the elimination draw which they beat 21 in a tight checking game drew first flood which held until Jeff popped in the tying goal with assists going to Bertoli and Loader winning goal came in the last half of the third period scored by Bertoli Sandy David son and Tim Diardichuk drew the assists on the goal walked through their next game drubbing West Seneca Loader led the way with two goals and two assists followed by Philip Sanderson with two goals and one assist In the championship game against Jeff Haydar scored the first goal Regals stormed back to take a 21 lead ging into the third period but goals from Macintosh and Paul Sandifer proved to be enough to clinch the victory Back in league play Halton defeated Burlington earning their first win over that team in five tries Hurricanes managed one loss amongst the victories Nov 22 getting beat by Brampton in a penaltyfilled game Hurricanes got things back on track Nov 27 nipping Brampton in a rematch With Haltons couch and half the Brampton staff sitting out suspensions from the previous match Hurricanes came through in another physical game The game was tied 22 after one period after which Loader San and Kuhn each notched a marker in the second which end ed in a lead for Halton slid the winning pass to Bobby Wilson who blasted in the deciding goal at 1114 Brampton managed just one more goal with 605 remaining West side tourney The West Side Volleyball club hosts of the McGregor Cup plac ed seventh in the tournament which was held Saturday at Georgetown District High School Ten teams participated in the round robin event which was also divided into two pools West Side Thunder began the tourna ment playing Oshawa Wolves losing the first game but recovering to win the second 1511 Their second opponent was St Catherines Saints Once again West Side split the results by win ning the first game and los ing a close match 1513 West Sides next challenge was Gloucester Heat Team Thunder got off to a slow start but picked up the pace toward the end of the game only to lose They did come back to win the second game 15U The last game of the round robin in their pool was against the Scarborough Lunatics who prov ed to be just a little too strong beating West Side and 1511 West Side had to play off for seventh or eighth place after the round robin was completed They placed seventh by defeating Markham KVB two straight 159 and 156 Blocked attempt Acton senior volleyball player Leanne has her shot blocked over the net during a game against Robinson Wednes day Redmen lost their games to the visitors 155 1513 their second defeat in two days having been beaten at Georgetown 159 Tues day Herald photo by Robert Risk Local player wins Ont squash title Seventeenyearold Jans won the Ontario Closed Womens Squash Championship which was held at the Northfield Racquet Club in Kitchener Ontario this past weekend She entered the tournament seeded fifth and en route to the final defeated both the first and fourth seeded players Jans defeated her opponent Tara Sharpe of Peterborough 79 90 95 and in the final match The event was also a selection tournament for the Womens Pro vincial Team which will par ticipate in the Canadian Team Championships to be held in January in Toronto will be playing the no position on the threemember Ontario squad Last year Melanie was ranked eighth in the province among the women and first in the girls under Acton Novices stick together to win By ROBERT RISK Herald Sports Editor Theres a saying that familiari ty breeds contempt For Acton Major Novice West Wearhouse Sabres familiarity has bred success The team all nine years old this year has played both lacrosse and hockey for two full seasons with most of them also attending the same school St Josephs So far the team is unbeaten in hockey having played 20 games and taking two tournament championships Coach Mitch Lajeunesse said playing together for so long has definitely given them an ad vantage over their opponents Playing lacrosse has given them the aggressiveness for full contact hockey These kids go after the puck into the corners everywhere Their handeye coordination is also belter since its a big part of lacrosse i- i lealhcrtn a team In- Acton the which i lacrosse lorlhii is i be reckon ii in games arid wit lr Pan issistant coach Wall Pitrc Scott coach Mitch Chris I re t I out row left to right Ryan Young i Dai id Ia- Andrew Coo J jpher and Shawn left to right back row Herald photo bertRisk Finding each other on the play ing surface hasnt been difficult this season with the top line of David Lajeunesse Jason Christopher and Kyle Artem hav ing a total of 130 points Their passing is very ac curate they know where their buddies are out there The team is good defensively too Andrew has a goals against average of l said Lajeunesse Even though the hockey season ends in midJanuary Lajuenesse said the boys get together right away to practicing lacrosse indoors at St Josephs even though the season doesnt begin until April They do a lot of things together My son David usually takes one or two guys with us when the C earn of which he is the club president plays They love talking to them After winning both the Port Dover Tournament and the Erin tournament last weekend the teams sights are set on their own invitational which ison Dec 27 We hope to do well at our own rink Another big goal is the Silver Stick next weekend Dec If we win that we advance to the Ontario Silver Stick in Samia sometime in February said Meanwhile the winning streak SPORT SHORTS ExSabres Acton Sabres are looking for former members of the team in preparation for an alumni game Dec starting at 700 pm All those who once played on the junior team are being asked to contact Harold Townsiey at if they are interested in taking part Dart Tourney The second annual Darts Doubles tournament is taking place Jan at the George and Dragon with pro ceeds going to the Heart and Stroke Foundation The event last ami organizers are aiming for this time around Though registration just began 20 teams have already signed up There are more spots open but the cut off day is Jan 2 Cost is per team to enter with first prize being for the championship and for the consolation Contact Doug at or drop in at the George and Dragon to register Sports Celebrity Author and sportscaster Dick is signing copies of his latest book Greatest Hockey Stories at Oxbow Books in Georgetown today Saturday is promoting his book at the store located at 102 Main St S between 200 and pm Gymnastic Honors Glen Williams resident Angela Stiles won second place honors in the junior high per formance category at the Elite Canada competition held in Seneca College last weekend Stiles 12 is a member of the Bramalea Gymnastics Club and recently made the all- Ontario team that is competing in the Canadian Winter Games inP I this March Raider Special Tonights Saturdays Raider game at Alcott Arena is George Kennedy evening Any students associated with the school will receive free admis sion to the game provided they have a special ticket given to them at the school Raiders have been offering these feature nights to various elementary schools for several weeks now Youth Darts Start The Halton Youth Darts sec tion is getting underway Games will take place at the George and Dragon on Mon days and Wednesdays Teams include OTooles McGibbon High Rollers and Steeprock Contacts are Dave Scutt Terry Hancock and Ian McDonald