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Interaction with newspaper helps everyone With the approach of warmer weather after months of snow and ice its not hard to believe the end of the hockey season is near Some teams have already stashed away their equipment after early elimination from the playoffs and are waiting anxious ly for the fields to dry up enough for baseball Before the hockey season slips away Id just like to thank all the people who have provided the Herald with scores stories tips pictures and questions Without them I couldnt have written some of the articles that ap peared In fact the response was so good that at times there wasnt enough room to fit everyone in as soon as they were received Occa sionally some articles had to wait for the following issue but fortunately it didnt happen too often As a result of the volume of material many had to be trimm ed down or rewritten slightly and I hope that I havent hurt any feelings by doing that As a writer who has had my own work edited I know what tis like to nave an article wind up shorter than it was expected to be On the one hand some names and details had to be left out of some stories On the other by making the extra space more ar ticles with their own names and details were able to be included With space limitations its hard to fully please everyone all the time At the other end of the spec trum there were often times when there was room for everyone and all the writeups were reprinted in their full length When possible pictures relating to the stories were run in conjunction with the articles litis is my next point If I am made aware in advance preferably one week of a tour nament or special event the chances of the Herald getting a picture of it are much greater A picture is worth a thousand words remember At the very least the paper could serve to let the public know about the event and be able to attend Id like to emphasize that I thought the response the Herald received from the communitys budding writers has been fan tastic I had been aware before I began working here of some of our regular contributors and I appreciate their continued ef- forts but the influx of new sub missions was surprising Many calls from firsttime writers were received tbfe past year asking what they needed to do in order to get their teams ex ploits printed in the paper Giving them the answers wasnt difficult and the articles they sent in often needed very little editing As a result I hope that our con tributors were encouraged by what they have seen reprinted in the paper and are- looking for ward to continuing their efforts I also look forward to seeing our regular summer contributors as well They were here when I first began at the Herald and were especially helpful In making the sports section successful For those thinking of sending an arti cle in for the first time please do so If you have any questions feel free to call me at 8772201 Thanks again for all your help Tournament success for Rebel players Ontarios Minor Midget champions Hurricane Minor Midgets didnt have too bad a season for a first year team finishing as the lop Minor Midget team in the province after defeating in three straight games last weekend The team finished third after regular season play behind and Richmond Hill their league but came on to knock out Barrie in- the playoffs after defeating them only once previously Pictured from left to right back row are Jim Derek Ellen Chris Barrow and Tom Baler Middle row left to right are Mike Mark Sonny Cardiilo Der rick Robson Eric Bodln Dave Osborne Clayton Vervoorn and Mark Front row left to right are Jake Mashinter Jamie Janjevlch Chris Heipel Trevor Thompson Troy Sharpe and Dave Marshall Absent from picture are player Mike Rusk assis tant coach Tom Webster trainer Kevin Eikins manager Graham and coach Dave Photo submitted By ROBERT RISK Herald Sports Editor Pour Georgetown District High School athletes helped their bad minton team secure a first place tie with EC for the bad minton tournament title which was held at on Friday Hilary Wiese and Julie Purvis took the womens doubles cham pionship with Mike Bosman and Chris Cambouris securing the mens doubles final All four athletes will be featured as the schools athletes of the week in The Herald Outlook edition on Friday Lily Lam dominated womens singles play while teammates Blair Zachary and Sonya Lyall captured the mixed doubles section to manage a point tie with Georgetown Rob Boyle one of the events con venors said the tie was unex pected considering each placing first round elimination second round semifinal etc was given its own point value Milton and Bishop Reding also competed in the one day tournament Continuing With tournaments Rebel wrestling team continued to do well in competition placing several of its members in the top five at the North Albion Col legiate tournament in last Saturday Bruce Ryan was the top Rebel finisher earning first place in his division Ian Cox and Colin Kay were close behind each coming away with a second place finish Aaron Gooding placed thin followed by Sean Goodwill in fourth while Jason Denny Bryon Luff and Adam Soward all came in fifth Also competing were Thompson Stew Steve Scarlett Jeremy Hantp Ryan Hutching and Mark Many of the aforementioned athletes will be competing m the Junior Championships at Bishop Reding tomorrow Thurs day while GDHS prepares to host the Halton championships April Two Rebel players put a positive note on the schools dismal basketball season on Fri day at Blakelock which hosted this seasons allstar game and skills competition Adam finished second in the three point throw event shooting 12 of them in one minute J5 was the winner Forward John Cruise contributed to Richradson divisions cause against Volpe division scoring six points as his side won 10187 Dave was selected Junior Rep Coach of the Year at the Georgetown Minor Hockey Association Coach and Managers Appreciation Night bdd last Saturday at Holy Cross church halt For more on the evening see Page Herald pboto Bennett selected as second allstar Former Georgetown hockey player Adam Bennett now play ing for Sudbury Wolves of the On tario Hockey League was selected to the leagues second allstar team on March Bennett a keystone of Wolves defence was the only Sudbury player picked to be on one of the three teams His 21 goals and 29 assists in games was one of the factors which led to his selection The Georgetown native drafted by the Chicago two years ago in the first round sixth overall has also gained notice nationally having been invited to the Canadian junior team for two con secutive years As of press time Bennett and his team were down 31 in their first round playoff series and were in yesterday Tuesday to play gave five Adam Bennett Georgetown District High School Rebel badminton player Andrew Elliott was one of the top competitors at the area tournament held Friday at GDHS Elliott defeated fellow student Jim Brown in mens semifinal play but lost out in the title match to Kevin