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Kings predicted to take home Stanley Cup With the start of the National Hockey League playoffs it s once again time for sports writers the world over to make their loity predictions Of course come June it will be time for most of us to stop shaking our heads in disbelief Adams Division Boston opened post season play against Hartford who spent most of the season trying to catch so tbey wouldn have to play the Bruins in the first round Hartford wont be advancing Who have tbey got They traded their best player Ron Francis and got almost nothing in return Boston all this slonal opponents and were second only to Montreal in goals against Hartford were just ahead of Quebec in scoring and goals against The Buffalo television sport scasters are blatant their sup port of the Sabres and always predict they re going to do bet this year Hah I respect their biased opinions so little that I always predict the opposite and usually am right A lot of people are picking Boston to go all the way but I going out on a bit of a limb and say will take this division in six or seven games Patrick Division Pittsburgh is definitely going all the way to win this division After never finishing first in team history Penguins have the players and the desire to come out on top Risky Business Rangers are still in a season en ding slump which will continue through the playoffs New Jersey and Washington have always grinded their way through this division and will again be too pooped to put up much of a fight Norris Division Without the Leafs in there to go wild like they usually do when they qualify for post season play and eliminate the first place team a semi final showdown bet ween St Louis and Chicago is in evitable Blues have Brett Hull and Adam but once you get past that line you don t have much Chicago is going to put up a hell of a fight for the Campbell Conference title with a for lineup of scorers but more importantly the best goals against numbers in the league Division I was lucky enough to live in Edmonton during the height of Oilers power and just remember ing the announcer saying Gret to Kurri to Messier back to Coffey at the point you just knew there was chaos in the other team send However those days are gone with leading a new crop of hungry hockey players Being an Oiler fan I dedicated to the perpetual downfall of Calgary Flames so predicting an Oilers Kings showdown with LA havingtheedge Once past the Smythe Division Kings should be able to handle Chicago Montreal is likely to be Canada s last hope of keeping the Stanley Cup north of the border but I believe Kings are likely to have the bigger thirst for the 1991 vintage champagne Georgetown Rebels continue to succeed Georgetown District High School Rebels wrestling and bad teams continued their successful seasons last week by qualifying several players for further playoff competition At the Halton wrestling cham held Thursday at GDHS Rebels finished third overall with 59 points EC Drury 118 points and White Oaks out of the 12 team competition The top four finishers in each weight division qualified for the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Con championships being held tomorrow Thursday in Hamilton to which Georgetown managed to send competitors The following athletes will be representing and will all be seeking to finish first or se cond in order to advance to the Ontario finals later this month Bruce Ryan first in 97 lbs class Steve Scarlett first in 169 lbs Aaron Gooding second in lbs Kevin Spear third in lbs Steve Brown third in lbs Stew third in 149 lbs Trevor Brent third in lbs Jason Denny third in lbs Ian Cox 1104 lbs Colin Day 134 lbs and Mike 141 lbs placed fifth but were also allowed to advance to Hamilton In the Halton Richardson sion closed tournament held at Notre Dame on Friday Rebels qualified 10 players for the Halton championships to be held Friday at Loyola In ladies doubles Julie Purvis and Hilary placed first while Ryan and Allison Pur vis placed fourth qualifying both teams for the Halton finals Mike Bosman and Chris Cam bouris placed first in men doubles to allow them to advance while Mason Lavs and Owen Jones placed sixth Sherri Nairn and Ryan Robinson placed fourth in mixed doubles while Loel Morgan and Alistair Kermack placed fifth In women s singles Kelly Cot ton placed third followed by Hoi Sones in fifth Rob Ross took the men s singles title while teammate Jim Brown placed seventh Georgetown has dominated he badminton standings over the last few years having lost overall Halton title to C Drury by just one point last year The previous two years Rebels had laid claim to the title and are looking to regain it this season I gives Assumption Chris a quick ride during their wrestling match at the championships held Thursdaj at Large lost this malch but still qualified for GHAC competition in Hamilton this Thursday Herald photo Valuable baseball John Williams resident who collects sells miinly sports cards holds up one of his prized possessions a autographed by former New York Yankee manager Billy Martin and player Ricky Henderson Williams was one of the people operating a booth at the Sport Curd and Collectable in Georgetown on Sun day which was organized by another local resident Kay Herald photo Georgetown athletes honored by province Fifteen Georgetown athletes are among over people be ing honored by Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recrea for their excellence in amateur sport in 1990 The winners of the Ontario Sports Awards program will be officially recognized at a ceremony being held this Friday at the Hamilton Convention ten tre by Peter North Minister of Tourism and Recreation for On tano beginning at 30 pm Loral winners include Ken Nicholls and Mike Gorman for their efforts in archery this past year won the traditional equipment category at the Archery championships held in Caledon last July while Corman won the professional category at the same competi tion Liz Gillham Debbie Hole Helen and Marily Stephens are being recognized for becoming the Canadian five- bowling champions The same group was recently honored by the Town of Halton Hills for those achievements as weir Other Georgetown recipients of the ministry awards include Chrissy Power Dee Ann Se- Cynthia Tracy Guignard Tim King and Martin for baton twirling and David Sands and Randy Bond for excellence in volleyball Frank Bruno of Downsview a member of the Georgetown Men s Flag Football League and a former resident won the Doc tor Robert Jackson Award as the Disabled Athlete of the Year Bruno picked up five gold medals and set two world records at the World Championships and Games held in Assen the Netherlands in 1990 Created in 1965 the Ontario Sports Awards Program honors excellence in fitness and amateur sport and is sponsored by the Premier of Ontario and ad ministered by the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation House league hockey champs Georgetown Minor Hockey Association house league s Day of Champions on Saturday at Arena concluded the 199091 season for the resulting in a new crop of winners Curwood Packaging captured the Bantam division crown with a 52 win over Georgetown Honda at the beginning of the day followed by the Bronze Tyke bronze championship won 101 by Eagle Landscaping over Masonary champions for this season were Georgetown Rental which doubled Georgetown Firefighters 63 Montego Con stmction took the Tyke silver trophy beating Armstrong In Daves Service Centre edged out Tim Hortons for the Atom division title followed by Terra Cookies which won the Tyke gold championship by overcoming J Clothing 3 Barrager s Cleaners claimed the Novice trophy with a 42 win over Kinsmen and Freestone Con beat Don s Sign Service 54 for the MidgetJuvenile championship