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Bantam tournament features ties for locals By ROBERT RISK Herald Sports Edltor The 31st annual Bantam tour nament hasnt yet made losers of any players who live in the im mediate area though it hasnt made winners of them either After Georgetown Acton and played their first games none of them had managed to secure a win Most of this is due to Saturday nights game which saw Georgetown and Acton lock horns in their struggle for bragg ing rights Halton tied Wexford on Monday night The GeorgetownActon game was a seesaw battle with Ac tons Troy MacDougall opening the scoring in the first period with just over three minutes remain ing Georgetown responded 35 seconds later when Dave buried a Mike Travers pass into the Sabres net Acton controlled the second period scoring the only two markers of the middle frame Brad Cripps was set up by Steve and Dan King for the 21 lead followed by Pipers goal at Georgetown climbed back into the contest with a pair of their own to the tie in the final period notched his se cond of the evening set up by who also assisted on Georgetowns third goal scored by Derek Parson at There are 30 teams in this years tournament divided into four divisions The top four teams in each group will advance to the divisional semifinals on Friday with divisional finals and the grand championships on Satur day DivisionA The AAA division Buffalo leads the competition with two wins having defeated Hamilton and North York on Saturday North York stands in second after defeating Brampton on Mon- day night game against Buffalo on Tuesday yesterday likely decided whether the Americans would finish atop their group Todays Halton- Brampton game at pm should also sort out the standings Division is unbeaten after two games having done away with Mlssissauga and York Thomhill dropped out of the tour nament at the last minute and were replaced by who lost to York Division C Guelph is undefeated after playing two games Saturday Guelph downed Tillsonburg and Preston by identical scores Preston is in second place with a lM record but will slide in the standings after Hamilton Scar borough Leamington and Owen Sound results start coming in Division Georgetown and Acton are featured in this division which Is currently led by Oshawa who is at 20 after beating Erin and Kit chener Two untried teams in this group Kincardine and have yet to begin play Notes Buffalo might have to withdraw from the tournament If it conflicts with their New York State championships in which they are favored Local teams playing today include Acton at Kincardine 830 am Georgetown at Kincardine pm and at Brampton Athletes strike gold at Ontario Winter Games Four Hills athletes who competed In the Ontario Winter Games March 510 in Barrie and Collingwood brought home four gold and two silver medals REBEL REPORT Georgetown District High School Rebels senior volleyball team repeated last years suc cess at the Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association championships by placing fourth in Sarnia on Friday Rebels finished atop their pool on Thursday going undefeated against Loyalist and Saunders In Friday mornings elimination game Georgetown beat Anderson CVI Whitby to advance to the medal rounds In semifinal play Rebels lost 21 to Kennedy CI Windsor and then dropped their bronze medal match to Marymount Sudbury Kristine Bayles a Terra Cotta resident competed in womens fencing winning first place in junior and also took top spot in womens air pistol Another member of the Bayles family Tracey followed close behind taking silver in each of the same events com peted in the Canada Winter Games held Feb to March in Edward Island finishing seventh overall in womens epee Georgetown resident Cara Kato won the gold medal in juvenile womens 56 kg class also competed in the Canada Games winning the silver medal in the same class While Georgetown bowler Christina Lane was edged out of individual medals finishing sixth she helped the central west ladies team win the gold Other local competitors listed for the Ontario Games included William Cooley wrestling Mark boxing William Kato judo and Bruce Bayles pistol but results were unavailable at press time Speed Trap Two Acton Sabre Bantams try to put the brakes on Georgetowns Derek Parsons during their opening game of Georgetowns annual Bantam tournament being held this week at Arena Parsons scored with remaining to help his team earn a lie Herald photo by Ben Orangeville Crusher Scott Destefano gets a piece of the puck during Friday nights playoff game at Acton Arena Sabres stayed close early in their fourth game of the MidOntario final but Crushers turned It up later In the match winn ing and the series Herald photo by Sabres swept from finals By ROBERT RISK Herald Sports Editor Even though Acton Sabres were eliminated from the Mid- Ontario Jr C playoffs on Friday at home losing coach Ken Steen said he is convinced this year has been largely successful Steen pointed out that Sabres recent history has been rife with dismal records and early exits from post-season- play when the team managed to scrape into the playoffs This year has been a lot dif ferent We set a goat of playing over 500 hockey winning over 20 games and getting to the playoff finals we did all that said Steen adding that the team had never before gotten to the finals in their history The coach swept his team 40 but insisted at least two games could have gone the other way He said the result then may have been different but again acknowledged Orangeville abilities They are the defending cham pions and went all the way Oast year to take the provincial title We can take consolation in know ing we would have advanced if they had been another divl- Steen said another factor which hurt his teams chances of winn ing were the injuries to some of his top players Ed Kopf sat out Sunday because of the nine stit ches he received in his head after fighting in Orangeville on Tues day Also injured were Jim English Tim McDonald and Keith Kerfoot Jason Lucas played half of one period but missed the rest of the match The first period was a tight checking affair which saw Orangeville open the scoring at 154 Sabres stayed close getting the equalizer less than a minute later when Paul Larsen scored assisted by John Van Dam and Mark Broomersma Crushers ended the period leading but Sabres Rich Bond knotted it up three minutes into the middle frame set up by Phil and Jason Sawyer As they did in Tuesdays game penalties wound up hurting Ac ton With two men in the penalty box Crushers got the winning goal on the following up with another while the second infraction was still being served Orangeville netted two more markers in the period adding three more in the third for the victory Crushers will be playing the winner of the Niagara East Hockey League on Friday Port Dover leads Caledonia 31 but the location of game one hasnt been decided at press time