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4 Orono W~ekly T~xn~s, Wednesday, Februaiy 24~ 21999 Tamworth down two games Markham Label poised to move on to sems Robin so o The Orono Markham Label peewees are one win away from advancing to the OMHA semi-finals after defeating the Tamworth Sabres twice this past weekend. The quarter-final series opened in Orono on Friday and the Leafs skated away with a 6- 2 victory. Jesse Gimblett opened the scoring for Orono on a power play with Tyson Gimblett and Curt Robinson assisting. Kyle Searle was credited for the Leafs second goal when the Tamworth defenseman put the puck into his own net. Tyson Gimblett made it 3-0 when he scored a shorthanded marker on a nice solo effort. Jesse Gimblett added his second power play goal of the game to give Orono a 4-goal lead at 10:06 of the second period. Kyle Allin and Tyson Gimblett assisted on the goal. Robinson put the Leafs up by five while killing a penalty as he converted a Tanner Millson pass. Tamworth managed to spoil Jamie Whitehead's shutout bid at 10:31 of the third period. Robinson answered that goal just 21 seconds later taking a Kyle Searle feed to beat the Tamworth goalie. Tamworth managed to get one more by Whitehead to make the final 6- 2 in Orono's favour. Game two in Tamworth Sunday's game in Tamivorth saw the Leafs put together a 4- goal third period to bury the Sabres 8-3. Chris Moffat put Orono on the board early in the game on the power play with Justin Szymczak and Tanner Millson assisting. Matt Barnes potted the Leafs second marker after being set up by Searle and Moffat. Tamworth managed to cut the Orono lead in half at the 7:26 mark but Curt Robinson quickly restored it a minute later out-hustling the Sabre defenseman to a loose puck. The Leafs seemed to fall asleep at this point, letting Tamworth score the next two goals to get right back in the game. It looked as though the teams would go to their dress- ing rooms during the flood tied at three but Kyle Searle buried a slapshot to the top corner with just 7.9 seconds left in the period. Jesse Gimblett and Robinson earned the assists after some great forechecking. Orono put the game away in the third when they scored four unanswered goals. Matt BArnes scored two of them just fourteen seconds apart for the hat-trick. Robinson assisted on both Barnes' goals while Millson assisted on the second. Jesse Gimblett scored the last two Leaf goals on solo efforts- one on the power-play with a slap shot from behind the hash marks and the other while killing a penalty when he drift- ed another slap shot from his own goal line which fooled the Sabre goalie. Kevin Martin started the game in net for Orono and Jamie Whitehead finished Up. Game three of the series will be in Orono on February 26th at 9 p.m. Game four, if necessary is in Tamworth on Saturday the 27th at 5 p.m. and game five, if necessary is in Tamworth on Sunday the 28th at 3:30 p.m. Down two games to none against Madoc Family Auto bantams face elimnation Orono's Family Auto ban- tam rep team opened their quarter-final playoff round against Madoc on the road Friday night lin game one of a best of five series. The locals had to be on top of their game this night as Madoc proved to be a formida- ble opponent. Derek Heerschop put Orono on the board first on a shot from the top of the circle but Madoc responded by evening things up at 1. Orono had trou- ble getting the puck out of their own end and Madoc took a 2-1 lead before the first period ended. In the second, Orono showed signs of life coming on strong during the power play as Jeff Thompson and Derek Heerschop both rang one off the post. However, by the end of the second, Madoc went up by two when Orono got caught in their own end again. Orono gave up another goal while killing a penalty in the third which seemed to bring them them down. Then, Madoc scored yet another taking a 5-1 lead. Jeff Slemon was solid in net making many big stops in an effort to keep Orono close while Jeff Thompson tried toi spark a comeback scoring Orono's second goal of the game from Derek Heerschop late in the third. But, by then it was too late as they fell to Madoc 5-2. Game two in Orono The series resumed play back in Orono Sunday night as the bantams entered the game with a little more energy play- ing harder right from the open- ing face-off. Unfortunately, too many turnovers were commit- ted which cost them dearly. Chris Field had a chance to open the scoring when he walked in all alone but was blanked by the Madoc netmin- der. Madoc came right back scoring the game opener by putting a fluke past Chris Burritt but, Orono held them off the board for the remainder of the first period. In the second period, Madoc really opened the game up with a flurry of goals--scor- ing four unanswered crushing all Orono's scoring opportuni- ties. However, Family Auto would not give up and fought back in the third, Lee Allin found the mark blasting a slap- shot from the blue line into the net erasing any thoughts of a shutout. But, Madoc soon put Orono back on their heels by scoring again making it 5-1--a deficit from which they could not recover. Note: Game three in Madoc will have already been played (February 23rd), the night before the paper is out. Team members, coaches and parents would like to pass along a huge 'thank you' to their great sponsor Stan Gylytiuk for the pizza at Madoc's local pizzeria after the game Friday night. Also, many thanks for ail the drinks after games this season. "'Thanks Stan, you da man!" 1 KIs high-scoring captain, Devin Robinson netted four goals in the Douro tournament on the weekend. TRT wins fourth 'A' chmpionship Orono's TRT Sand & Gravel novices nailed down their fourth 'A' championship tournament title in Douro last Saturday winning three in a row to bring home the hard- ware. Orono cruised through game one against the home town Douro team, defeating them 7-3 and outshooting them 23-6. Douro couldn't handle TRT's passing and shooting game. Of special note was a beautiful goal by winger Joel McDonald, who was in perfect position to land Orono's second goal of the gaine froin the slot. Game two featured the tour- nament's fastest action. St. Anne's proved to be a formida- ble opponent right down to the buzzer which saw Dustin Armstrong sink an empty-netter for a TRT 8-5 win. Winger Josh Dobson was smokin', conpleting a hat-trick to lead his tean to victory. The defen- sive corp ofTyler Elson, Devin Robinson, Jevon Staples, Nathan Smith and Katie Definney limited the speedy opposition to eleven shots. These two wins pitted TRT against Lakefield in the 'A' final. Orono played their game and posted a 9-3 win to take the tourney. During third peri- od action, captain Devin Robinson powered his way, in alone, then dropped a pass back to trailing winger Daniel Hodgson who slapped in Orono's ninth--a team effort for sure! The rookie forward line of Zachary Flood, Blain Cox and Joel McDonald pinned Lakefield in their zone more than a few times. Centres Matt Dobson and Rob Blaker creat- cd havoc for Lakefield's defense all gaine while TRT goalie Tanner Johnston came Up with the key saves. Congratulations TRT and coach Blaker, Dobson and Smith.