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I 6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 9,1991 rr FLASHBACK-25 YEARS AGO - Team members members of the Bowmanville Junior Town Hockey League all-star team who recently played the Jr. B Peterborough Don Byes in an exhibition game at the local arena include Larry Nemis, Pat Murphy, Don McMurter, Steve Bums, Warner Walroff, Murray Murray Brown, Dean Rogerson. Bucky Hughes, Mike Bothwell, John Mathers, Bod Cameron, Dave Kerr, John Adams, Peter McCullough, Kerry Dickens and Gene Balson. FLASHBACK-10 YEARS AGO - Members of the Flying Dutchman Major Bantams' hockey team who recently won the Silver Stick title on December December 27 in Bramalea are Ryan Brown, Eric Peebles, Robert Geidlinger, George Kennett, Deryk Clark, Gordie Rogers, Ian McKay, Jeff Bmnt, Darcy Huber, Roger Hornsby, Raymond Cummings, Chris Michelson, Danny Weir, Scott Heard, Jay Sweet, George Michelson (trainer), Peter Clark (coach), Joe Sweet (manager), David Hume (stick boy). SPORT-TALK TRIVIA - When was the last time that Canada or the Soviet Union didn't win the gold medal at the World Junior Hockey Championships? Championships? EAGLES' GAMES -- The Bowmanville Eagles have four games on tap for this week. On Thursday they'll visit Ajax and on Friday night they will be in Lakefield. The Central Ontario All-Star game will be held on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in Uxbridge. The Eagles will be facing a team of all-stars comprised comprised of various players from the other teams in the league. On Sunday night at 7:30 p.m., the Uxbridge Uxbridge Bruins will be in town. SWIMMING CANCELLATION -- The Town of Newcastle would like to advise all patrons of the Newcastle Fitness Centre that effective January 7, all Monday night public swims from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. have been discontinued in order to accommodate accommodate instructional classes. NATIONAL SKI WEEK - All parts of Canada are planning to celebrate National Ski Week from January 19-27. Join in the fun by attending one of the many hundreds of ski events organized Dy a resort, resort, ski club, ski trail, school, municipality or company company in the area. In the past two years, over 150,000 men, women, and children of all skiing abilities participated in nearly 1,000 events. INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW ™ The Toronto International Boat Show takes over the Coliseum and Automotive Buildings, Exhibition Place, Toronto Toronto from January 12-20. In its 33rd year, Canada's Canada's largest boat snow is expected to draw 125,000 visitors during its nine-day run. Over 1,500 new boat models from Canada and around the world will be on display from over 450 exhibitors. TRIVIA ANSWER -- In 1987, Finland won the gold after Canada and the Soviet Union were disqualified disqualified for being involved in a bench clearing brawl. Tyke Selects Playing .500 The Bowmanville Tyke Selects are in the middle of a very busy and successful season.' The team has worked hard to learn their positions and improve their play. Their coach, Larry Reynolds, Reynolds, assistant coach Dennis Dennis Smale and manager/ trainer Jim Linfoot are very pleased with the team that has developed through hard work and determination. The Tyke Selects have played seven games this season season and they have three wins, three losses and one tie to their credit. Their first game was November November 29 in Newcastle against the Newcastle Tykes and the Bowmanville Selects Selects skated to an easy 14-2 win. But, their next game was against the Pickering Selects. The Pickering team came out flying and gave the Bowmanville team their first taste of Select Hockey. This time, the Pickering team skated to a 8-0 win over Bowmanville. On December 8, the Tyke S elects hosted the Clarkson yke Reds and although the score was 9-2, the Bowmanville Bowmanville team began to work as a team and an excellent effort effort was put out by each team member. Everyone knew that more wins were in the future. December 9 marked the first road trip for the Optimist Optimist Selects, as they travelled travelled to Beaverton to take on the Novice 'B' team. This was the best game the team had played. There was end- to-end action throughout the whole game. It was a tough battle that ended in a 2-2 tie. The Optimists goals were scored by Nat Fair and Jonathan Ross. Bock in Newcastle on December December 15, the Optimist Selects Selects again beat the Newcastle Newcastle Tykes by a score of 9-0. Jeff Reynolds led the scoring with two goals and two assists, assists, Cole Linfoot had one goal and two assists, Martin Frampton, Sebastien Dault, Jonathan Ross and Nat Fair had one goal and one assist each, Tyson Crocker and Paul Evans had one goal apiece, Scott Maxwell nad two assists, while Brooke Pakosta had one assist. Excellent Excellent goaltending notched Erik Smale his first shut-' out. In their last game before Christmas, the Optimist Selects Selects hosted the Whitby Selects Selects and played a team game, with good passing and positional play. This time they came away with a 5-2 win. The top scorer of this game was Jonathan Ross with three goals and one assist assist while Justin Osborne had two goals, Nat Fair and Martin Frampton had two assists each and Jeff Reynolds Reynolds had one assist. Good defensive play came from Ben McCaffery, Kent Missions, Missions, Tylér Kohn and Zack Thoraval and solid goaltending goaltending from Erik Smale kept the Whitby team from scoring. scoring. To finish off 1990, the team travelled to Whitby for' a rematch with the Whitby Selects. The final outcome of the game will never be known as the game was called with five minutes left to play. Whitby was leading by a score of 4-2 and was credited with the win, but the Optimist Selects were starting to turn up the power power ana surely would have filled the net with some more goals if time had allowed. allowed. Scoring for Bowmanville Bowmanville were Tyler Kohn and Jeff Reynolds and strong defence defence provided by Ben McCaffery and Zack Thoraval Thoraval kept Whitby within reach. The Optimist Tyke Selects Selects are eagerly awaiting their next games and wifi participate in their first tournament on January 11- 13 in Scarborough. Good luck and keep up the good work. 328 RITSON RD. N., OSHAWA 725-4744 ifbtuy call 725-2831 W HUI I S XI I X lit I \ll DURHAM REGION 'S WOOD SPECIALISTS IN Hardwood * softwood lumber dry kilns * dressing facilities Including custom made trim; hardwood A marine plywoods as well ae a complete stock of building materiels. FTïüFTTdl MWT401 % SPORTS Eagles Prevail Against Lakefield Eagles Rank 11th In the Province Just who was the top rated Junior C hockey team in the province to close out 1990? Well, it wasn't Bowmanville. As a matter of fact, nobody from the Central League was able to crack the top ten. But, based on the Central Ontario standings of December 24, the Eagles landed in 11th spot. The seven various leagues in the province were contacted by The Statesman just prior to the Christmas break, and league statisticians unveiled their current standings. In all, there are 56 Junior C teams throughout Ontario competing in nine leagues including the Central League where the Eagles are based. Other provincial leagues include: include: Great Lakes (north and south), Western, Mid- Ontario, Niagara District (east and west), Eastern and Georgian Bay. The following information shows how teams in the Central Central League stack up against the rest of the province. It also reveals the top ten ana the worst ten teams in the province. The rankings were based on winning percentages prior to Christmas. Central Ontario Jr. C Provincial Rankings Won Lost Tied Rank 14- 5 2 11 Team Bowmanville Lakefield 15 9 0 Uxbridge 14 9 2 Little Britain 11 12 1 Port Perry 10 10 2 Cobourg 8 15 1 Ajax 5 17 2 Provincial Top Ten Team Orangeville Dundas Stayner Napanee Hanover Goderich Walpole Island Belle River Brussels Schomberg Win Lost Tied Pet. 19 2 0 .905 16 3 0 .842 17 4 0 .810 12 3 0 .800 8 11 .800 8 2 0 .800 23 6 1 .767 22 6 2 .733 7 12 .700 13 5 1 .684 Eagles Play All-Stars by Brad Kelly The Bowmanville Eagles will be playing a selected group of league all-stars this Saturday afternoon in Uxbridge. Uxbridge. The Eagles, who won the right by virtue of being the first place team after 14 games of the regular season, will be making their second consecutive appearance in the game that showcases the top players in the league. Game time is slated for 3:00 p.m. "We're looking at it as being being a fun outing for the players," said coach Mike Noonan Noonan as he explained the approach approach > the Ea- Noonan • Stating towards the game. "We'll play to win, but I just hope that the game isn't chippy. The all-star team will be made up of the finesse players of the league, so it should be a good brand of hockey." There was some fear circulating circulating around the Eagles' camp after the club's recent tailspin which saw them lose four in a row. Sunday night's win over Lakefield renewed some of the team's optimism. "The win took a load off our minds. We don't expect the guys to go in there and play like à bunch of bums now," commented Noonan. Although it's deemed an honour to play against the league's best, the game couldn't have come at a worse time for the Eagles. January is their busiest month of the season, with 13 games on tap, including two rescheduled games with the Ajax Axemen. Including Saturday afternoon's afternoon's game, the Eagles will be playing four nights in a row starting Thursday .ip Ajax, Friday in Lakefield, and at home Sunday to Uxbridge. Uxbridge. With their recent slide, the game could prove to be (a needless one, but Noonan chose to be optimistic about the team's heavy schedule this month. "I think it will be good for us. We have enough bodiès that the games shouldn't affect affect us." 'What it will do is keep everybody sharp and help to build momentum for the playoffs and that's what .it's all about." The coaching staff of the all-stars will be Wayne Marchment and Ian Russell of Lakefield who were in sec- ondplace after 14 games. Three players from each team in the league, with the exception of Lakefield who have five, will make up the league all-stars. Ajax-Mark Achim, Ian Agard, Derek Candolini Cobourg-Geoff Flemming, Flemming, Duane Crawford, Kevin Kevin Williams Port Perry-Brad Men- zies, Rob Metcalfe, John tally tally Little Britain-Steve Black, Kirk Robertson, Rob Harris Uxbridge-Darrin Bas- ten, Greg Cooke, Jason Underwood Underwood I ! Lakefield-Jason Borgat- ti, Duane Spoelstra, Heath Sterling, . Ron Payne, Bill Wasson'. Cutting Post Gets Clipped Provincial Worst Ten Jeff Flintoff, of the Bowmanville Eagles, makes sure this Lakefield forward doesn't get to the puck during a Central Ontario Junior C game at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Recreation Complex on Sunday night. The Eagles put an end to their four- § ame losing streak with .a convincing 6-2 win over the visiting Chiefs. The Ux- ridge Bruins, who have moved ahead of Bowmanville and into first place, will be in town Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. Team Won Lost Tied Pet. Fergus 1 18 0 .053 Walkerton 1 9 0 .100 Grand Valley 1 7 2 .100 Midland 2 18 1 .100 Blenheim 4 20 4 .143 Simcoe 4 14 4 .182 Huntsville 4 ! ;.17 ' .190 Dunnvilte V 5 16 3 .208 Ajax 5 17 2 .208 Eagles Halt Streak by Brad Kelly For the past four games, there had been nothing special special about the play of the Bowmanville Eagles. But on Sunday night against the Lakefield Chiefs, it was the play of their special special teams that put a halt to their four-game losing skid. Scoring twice on tne power power play and twice more while short-handed, the Eagles rolled over Lakefield, 6-2. The win came on the heels of a 9-5 loss Friday night in Lakefield. EAGLES 6 CHIEFS 2 With the win, Bowmanville Bowmanville remained tied for second second place with the Chiefs and stayed four points behind behind league-leading Uxbridge. Uxbridge. The Eagles still have three games in hand on both the Chiefs and Bruins. Shane Armstrong had a pair of goals while Glen Campbell, Steve McCrae, Rob Real and Brad Robinson had singles. Mike Thompson and Derek Derek Scott replied for Lake- field. The Eagles held a first period lead of 3-1, and increased increased it to 4-1 after 40 minutes of play. "On Friday night we played pretty well and you could tell that we were starting starting to come back," summarized. summarized. assistant coach Paul Reed who chalked the win up to a lot of hard work by tne Eagles. "Our power play was working well, and our penalty killers worked hard out there." "Killing off that five minute minute penalty and getting a goal in the process helped. Just killing it off would nave helped, even if we didn't score." Reed was referring to a five minute major penalty for fighting that Greg Goode Youth Bowling League Junior Division - Rockets Rockets 66, Moodies 59.5, Adidas 55.5, Snarks 48, Bundys 46, Smashers 43, Nikey 43, Pin Power 37, Simpsons 35, Strikers 29, Koopas 27, Bullets Bullets 16 High Triples - Jason Vickery 641, Kerri-Ann Kel- ly 607, Matthew Bothwell 584, David Dean 552, Ryan Flint 543, Jeremy Forsey 505 High Singles -- Matthew Bothwell 245, Jason Vickery 240, Kerri-Ann Kelly 236, David Dean 231, Kelley Flintoff 203, Ryan Flint 201, Craig Schnercn 198, Andrew Break 192, Brent Huggins 184, Jeremy Forsey 183 Winning Team -- Kyle . Dodds, Jeremy Forsey, Kathryn Tait, Karrie Fos- kett and Martin Routh Bantam Division - Tigers Tigers 64.5, Rockers 60.5, Koopas Koopas 52, Shotgun 47, Huskies 46, White Sky 42, Ninjas 38, Blue Birds 35, Rollers 33, Sunshine 32, Doobies 31, M.V.P. 21 High Triples - Laura Spoelstra 514, Joel Forsey 491, Adam Millson 427, Lori James 426, Michael Wilcox 421, Christie Stevens 418 High Singles - Laura Spoelstra 212, Michael Wilcox Wilcox 191, Joel Forsey 184, Christie Stevens 178, Mark Dodds 170 Winning Team -- Nicholas Nicholas Vickery, Chris Bowers, Angie Ross, Lisa Thrasher, ana Terence Porter Senior Division Brown 62, Richards 55, Hanc 37, Big Canoe 32, Evans 27. Burns 17 High Triples - Stephen Brown 715, Dave Slappcn- del 674, Cheri Richards 668 High Singles - Traci Hanc 274, Dave Slappendel 264, 215, Cheri Richards 202, 202, 264 Family Twosome Tyke Division held Saturday; December 22 Mother/Son Division - Robbie and Beth Campbell 741, Chris and Cathy Cave 701, Scott and Linda Bartley Bartley 685 Mother/Daughter Division Division - Terri and Marilyn Flintoff 771, Kimberley and Karen Hellam 766, Adrienne and Patti Barrie 731 Father/Son Division - Garrett and John Dodds 825, Anthony Edmondson and George Evans 812, Shane and Craig Whitney 806 Father/Daughter Division Division - Alison and Ken Barrie Barrie 961, Susan and Barry Lawrence 815, Ashley and 1 Jim Burtch 802. Junior and Senior Division Division held Sunday December December 23 Mother/Son Division - Stephen Brown and Susie Marshall 840, Martin and Kelly Routh 839, Jeremy and Debbie Forsey 836 Mother/Daughter Division Division - Amanda and Heather Heather Westlake 888, Amanda and Ellen Welsh 872, Michelle Michelle and Ginette Hicks 858 Father/Son Division - Shawn and Paul Pappas 932, Nick and Terry Brown 919, Brent and John Huggins Huggins 918 Father/Duughtor Division Division -- Snndi and Dave Snowdon 1011, Kelley and Bob Flintoff 883, Holly and Rod Greenley 844 Bantam Division held on Sunday, December 23 Mother/Son Division - Tim and Shelly Welsh 927, Chris Welsh and Nancy Living Living 852, Adam and Cindy Millson 778, Terence and Anne Porter 768 Mother/Daughter Division Division - Alissa and Joan Burtch 882, Nicole and Jackie Jackie Braybrook 813, Jenny and Julie McMullen 808, Karen and Jackie Esselink 769 Father/Son Division - Danny Welsh and Pat Leddy 934, Nick and Stephen Vickery Vickery 989, James and Tom Welsh 860, Joel and Paul Forsey 839, Ryan and Bob Preston 807, Chris and-Rob Hood 793 Father/Daughter Division Division - Laura and Bob Spoelstra 950, Kristin and David Gifford 897, Melissa and Richard Widmeyer 883, Karen and Doug Outram 877, Kelly and Scott Murray 860, Tammy and Andrew Devem 833 took following a surprise attack attack on a Lakefield forward early in the first period. For the Chiefs, it was the first game in some time that the team has not played up to their potential, according to assistant manager, Gary Jones. "We just stunk the place out tonight," he said matter- of-factly. "We just weren't up for the. game. We didn't' skate and were just standing standing still out there." On the reversal of the results results from two nights earlier when the Chiefs beat the Eagles handily, Jones echoed the same sentiments that Eagles' coach Mike Noonan has used on occasion. occasion. "On any given night, any team can win in this league. On Friday we won the game with our power play, and tonight tonight it was Bowmanville's turn to win on the power play. It was a complete reversal reversal from Friday night." Campbell opened the scoring midway through the first period on the power play, and only 29 seconds later, Shane Armstrong blasted a slapshot from just outside the blueline that found its way through the the month will be the all- star game this Saturday in Uxbndge. Game time is 3:00 p.m...The Eagles have two games remaining with the Chiefs, and also a pair of games with league-leading Uxbridge. It would seem that the fate of finishing in first overall, and obtaining home ice advantage throughout the playoffs, is in their own hands. On December 28, The Cutting Post BRHL team played in the Oshawa Checkers Variety hockey tournament. In our first game everyone played great hockey, winning 7-3 over Baker Park. The scorers were: Emile Saloman (3), Darren Allin, Chuck Cassar, Jacob Andrews and Jason Hoefel had singles. Adam Millar had two assists while Aaron Pudlis and Ryan Pin- gle had singles. This game ; put us in the 'A' pool. In the second game on the'"29th, we played Notre Dame. This was a great bàt- tle. The score was tied 2-2 at thé ènd of the second period, but Emile Saloman fifed two home late in the third, one into an open net. Cameron Millar had an excellent game in goal, keeping us in tiie game. The final score was 4-2 for Cutting Post. Jacob Jacob Andrews had the other Cutting Post goal, while Darren Allin chipped in with, three assists. On the 30th in the 'A', semi-final we played Glen Stewart. We came out flat in the first and were down 4-0 before Chuck Cassar scored our only goal in the second, period with assists going to Emile Soloman and Jacob Andrews. Final score was Glen Stewart 6, Cutting Post 1. With only nine skaters throughout the tournament, the boys played good team hockey ana we sure are looking looking forward to the BRHL tournament in January. Join the T Start your new year off right by joining in on the fun with YWCA programs. For children, the organization organization offers:: (Die Bowmanville Bowmanville Play Group "for 3 to ""t> year olds and Fun Fit Kids for 3 to 4 year olds. Jazz for 3 to .8 year olds still has some openings. ^ Babysitter Training Begins Begins January 16. Participants Participants must be 12 years old before the course ends to be able to register for this session. session. To keep all adults fit, the YWCA offers Line Dancing (beginning January 22), Yoga (held Tuesday daytime ana Thursday evenings), low impact aerobics and aerobics at an intense level. A special class for pre and post natal exercise begins on January 16. A special aerobics class is also Ming held in Orono. B iads of Lakefield netminder ' irren Watts. McCrae opened up a id TIRE SALES INC. 576-1220 KUMHO STEEL BELTED RADIAL 781 ALL SEASON 299 Dan Avr, Oshawa three-goal lead with a wrist shot from the top of the circle circle during Goode's five minute minute major. Thompson brought the Chiefs to within two after a scramble in front of Eagle goalie, Ian Cooper. Armstrong regained the Eagles' three goal lead on the power play nine minutes into the second period. Real's short-handed goal on a two on one break with Campbell in the third period, period, and Robinson's marker on a nice pass from Gareth Stone gave the Eagles a five- goal bulge. Scott scored the final goal of the game for Lakefield with 1:07 remaining on a backhand to the top corner. THE SCOOP -- The Eagles Eagles were without the services services of Kevin Mitchell, Trevor Lomath and Nick Dennis..,Newly Dennis..,Newly signed Mark Tripp and Chris Eriksson were also not in the lineup. Tripp will sport number 14, while Eriksson will wear 15...Tho Engles will piny 13 league games this month, including including two that were rescheduled rescheduled with the Ajax Axemen. Their 14th game of Ç(LU>S Meet 71 e (firfe/