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1 8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, October 23,1991 Local Girls Help College to OCAA Title by Brad Kelly There is a distinct local flavour to the 1991 OCAA women's softball champions. Aside from the fact the champions are from Durham College in nearby Oshawa, three of the team's members reside in the Town of Newcastle. Newcastle. And all three contributed contributed in a big way at the championship tournament this past weekend. Traci Hanc and Lisa McLeod, of Bowmanvillc, were : instrumental in Durham's Durham's win in the opening game of the championships on Friday evening. Hanc went the distance on the mound in a 13-8 semi-final win over Conestoga. McLeod was selected as the game's MVP. Diane Hornsby, of Cour- tice, did her part in Saturday's Saturday's gold medal game against Seneca. Her two-run homer in' the first inning paced Durham to a 7-3 victory victory over Seneca. Her two hits, the other a fifth inning single, garnered her MVP honours for the game. "Great!," was the collective collective answer from all three when asked how it felt to be OCAA champions. It was a much better feeling than last year, when Durham entered the championships as the favourites, favourites, but lost both games. "We have more experience experience this year," said Hornsby in describing the difference in the two teams, "Last year we didn't know what to expect at the playoffs. "We're more of a team this year. We stick together, we're not just a bunch of little little groups." McLeod, who was in her first year with the club -- both Hornsby and Hanc played last season -- echoed the same feelings. "We do everything together," together," she said of the closeness closeness of the team. "We're like a big happy family." Durham entered the championships championships as the overwhelming overwhelming favourites to win the gold medal after finishing on top of the standings with a perfect perfect 10-0 record. In addition to their outstanding outstanding record, history was also on the side of the Lady Lords. Their last OCAA championship came in 1984- 85, and ironically, it was the last time that Durham College College was the host site for the championships. In the opening game on Friday evening, Hanc received received some support early, as Durham pushed 11 runs across in the first inning against Conestoga. They coasted from there. "I was really nervous," said Hanc of getting the start in the opening game. "I gave up a lot of walks, and that wasn't good." Hanc finished the game allowing allowing 12 hits, while striking out one. She was also one of the many contributors on offence. offence. The second year Food and Drug Administration student student collected three hits -- one a home run -- and two RBIs. In Saturday's gold medal game, McLeod got Durham off to the start they needed. Batting in the leadoff spot, she reached first on a bunt single, then stole second. She scored on a one-out single by Kim Blakely. With Blakely on first, Hornsby ripped a liner over the centre fielder's head that rolled to the outfield fence for an inside the park home run. McLeod, a first year Law and Security student, helped Durham rally for three runs in the sixth inning to break open a 4-1 game. She reached first on an error to load the bases with nobody out. She later came across die plate with Durham's seventh run. Conestoga answered with a pair of runs in the top of the seventh to make the score respectable. respectable. "Last night (Friday) opened our eyes because we slacked off," said Hornsby, who is studying Legal Administration. Administration. "We knew we really had to come out hard today (Saturday) (Saturday) because Seneca is a good team. They were the team we were really nervous about, so we knew we had to come gunning for them." Seneca advanced to the gold medal game after downing downing Loyalist, 6-3, in Friday's other semi-final game. In the bronze medal game, played prior to the start of the Durham and Seneca match, Conestoga needed eight innings innings to beat Loyalist, 9-3. Port Perry Trounces Eagles BULLSEYE -- The leading scorer of the OCAA women's soccer league this year was Bowmanvillc resident Stephanie Axford, who booted 13 goals in six league games for the Durham College Lady Lords. Her offensive prowess led Durham to a perfect 6-0 season, and carried them to the OCAA championships in Ottawa this weekend. In her last game of the season, Axford scored three times in a 4-2 win over Canadore. IN TOUGH -- The Clarke'" High School senior boys' volleyball team had a difficult time repeating their silver medal performance of a couple of years ago at the Canadian Classic volleyball tournament held at Dalhousie University in New. Brunswick recently. They finished fifth overall, but not without a fight. In the deciding games of a pair of their best-of-three matches, they lost by scores of 15-13 and 17-15. Grand Falls, from Newfoundland, were the eventual tournament champions. EAGLES' GAMES--There aren't any. The Eagles don't return to the Recreation Complex until Tuesday, October 29, at 8:30 p.m. for a game against Port Perry. . BASKETBALL REGISTRATION -- There will be a registration for boys and girls, age 8-13, who would be interested in playing some basketball over the winter, at Couirtice High School on Tuesday, October 22 and 29, from 7-8 p.m. on both nights. Bill Langley will be operating the league, and if you require any additional information, he can be reached at 263-2527. REDMEN ROLLING -- The Bowmanvillc High School senior boys' soccer team had a tune-up for the upcoming LOSS A playoffs this past weekend. Playing in a mini-tournament hosted by Clarke High School, the Redmen won'the championship with a narrow 1-0 win over Port Hope in the • final. Trover McDonald was Bowmanville's hero, scoring their only goal. TRAGEDY -- With modern medicine making the advances it has,; the day will come when race horses won't have to be humanely destroyed because of a broken leg. The tragedy that happened to Izvestia in this past Sunday's race in Toronto reminded us of the three horses that were destroyed at trackside last November at the Breeders' Cup. Some day that won't be necessary. We can only hope that day is soon. TRIVIAWho was the .last Atlanta Brave to win rookie of the year honours? ANSWER -- Bob Homer, 1978 [Minor Basketball Registration Taes., October 29th ; 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Courtice Secondary School for Boys and Girls, age 8-13 years. For information call Bill Langley at 263-2527 ! KEEP YOUR CAR LOOKING LIKE NEW! Superb craftsmanship at I body shop prices. j Our experts make everything old ! look new againl^ {High quality collision repair • Expert refinishing • Clear coat available • Insurance claims i j Come in for a ! FREE ESTIMATE 623-6353 FRED'S AUTO BODY 163 Baseline Rd. E. Bowmanvllle by Brad Kelly The strains of Metallica's hit song, "Sand Man," were trumpeting over the sound system at the Recreation Complex as the Eagles concluded concluded their warm-up on Sunday Sunday night. The "Sand Man" must have followed them into the dressing room. Because the end result against Port Perry was a nightmare. Four goals in each of the second and third periods gave the MoJacks a convincing 11- 2 win over the Eagles. Port Perry 11 Eagles 2 On the bright side, the game did cure any fans who were suffering from insomnia. insomnia. Many had to leave before the midway point of the third' period, for fear of slipping into a deep sleep during the proceedings. The win enabled the Mo- Jacks to keep their undefeated undefeated streak alive, which now stands at five games. Their only blemish was a 4-4 tie last Thursday against the Eagles. Eagles. "We've outplayed other teams worse than that and just not got the goals," commented commented Port Perry coach, Ken Harman, about his teams dominating performance. "I thought Bowmanvillc played a better game tonight then they did on Thursday night. But, when we got the chances tonight, we capitalized." capitalized." The MoJacks made the most of the undisciplined play of the Eagles. They broke open a 4-1 game in the second period with three Clair Cornish (#19), of Port Perry, was instrumental in the MoJacks' 11-2 romp' over the Bowmanville Eagles on Sunday night at the Recreation Recreation Complex. The ex-Oshawa General had a goal and three assists, and was selected as the first star of the game. That's Eagles' goalie Chris Massey Massey and defenceman Dean Baumhauer trying to thwart one of many scoring scoring chances Cornish had on the night. Orono Figure Skaters Have Busy Schedule The Orono Figure Skating Club is becoming very busy as the skating season gets underway. underway. The executive met this week to discuss plans for the many activities that involve our many skaters. Low test day will be in Orono Orono this year on December 12, Other dales of interest to our senior, and intermediate skaters arc: Pine Ridge on January 12, 1992, in Port Hope; and EOS- IC on March 7-8 in Lindsay. Our carnival will be April 11, .1992. Fund-raising is still a very necessary part of the club's ac tivities. We will be catering a banquet on November 2. Any held would be greatly appreciated. appreciated. Thanks to everyone who supported our chocolate sales and Octobcrfcst Dance. While some of us were swimming this summer, some of our seniors were busy skating. skating. Briar Ransbcrry and Tracey Tracey Eamcs passed their sixth figure, while Melanie Lemieux and Michelle Rutherford completed completed their third. Melissa Colville Colville also passed her fourth figure. figure. Adam Colville passed his first figure as summer school and his Junior Bronze Free Skate at tall school, we re all glad to sec Adam skating again without a cast on his arm! Gillian Gillian Lemieux passed her fiesta. Melanie Lemieux passed her Foxtrot and Rocker. Melanie also skated at the Scugog Invitational Invitational in Lindsay on September September 28, where she came second in Senior Bronze Frccskate and third in Senior Bronze Elements. Elements. Our club would also like to congratulate Michelle Moffat who was invited to skate this year at the Canadian National Exhibition. Thank you, Michelle, Michelle, for a job well done! straight power play goals in a span of 2:42. Ex-Oshawa General, Clair Cornish, led the MoJacks' point parade with a goal and three assists. Mike Coulson and Jim Vernon each chipped in with a pair. Scott Erickson, Kevin Bagshaw, Jeff Barr, Brad Mcnzics, Mark McKay and Greg French collected singles. Dean Baumhauer, on a first period power play, and Shane Armstrong accounted for Bowmanville's goals. Needless to say, the mood inside the coaches' room of the Eagles was much different different from Port Perry's. Coach Mike Noonan was quite emphatic when asked about the Eagles' problems. "Lack of effort...no desire..." desire..." he began to list as his voice trailed off. Then his frustration came - out. "We've just got guys who aren't pulling their weight. If it continues, there will be some changes, there's no doubt about that," he warned. "I'm not going to waste my time or Paul's (assistant coach Paul Reed's) time. If the guys don't want to give us the effort, then we'll have to bring in bodies of people who do want to give us an effort. effort. That's the bottom line." The Eagles actually played a good first period, holding an edge in play territorially. territorially. But, at the end of the first 20 minutes, they found themselves trailing 3-1. The goal that took a lot of their steam away was Cornish's. Cornish's. The big winger flew down the left hand side, faked a slapshot to pull goal- tender Chris Massey out, then slipped the puck along the ice to the far side. The goal came while the MoJacks were short-handed. After taking a 7-1 lead after after the second, four more goals in the third only added to the embarrassment. Massey was pulled in favour favour of back-up Geoff Smith after Port Perry's fourth goal, 58 seconds into the second period. The MoJacks thoroughly outplayed the Eagles as the game wore on. The rivalry that has existed between the clubs over the years only added added to their incentive to run the score up. Their 4-0-1 start to the season hasn't come as much of a surprise to Harman. "You never expect to start like this," he said. "I think we have a pretty good club and I think we have high goals here. "We think we have a good shot at winning the league, but it's very early to tell yet. Everybody says that this time of year." No, not everybody. THE SCOOP -- The three stars were Cornish, Coulson and Vcmon...Thc Eagles have signed veteran Brad Robinson, who began the year with Ajax in the Central Jr. B lcaguc...Craig Hilton has left the club,..Mark Pierce (knee) and Kelly Chalykoff (shoulder) were not dressed for Sunday's Sunday's game..,Greg Goode of the Eagles and John Lally were given early showers with 8:34 left in the third period period after a mild scrap. Three local softball players, from left: Diane Hornsby, Traci Hanc and '/M Lisa McLeod helped lead the Durham College Lady Lords to the 1991 OCAA gold medal this past weekend. Hanc was the winning pitcher in . Friday's semi-final game, while McLeod won MVP honours. In Satur- iq ' day's championship game, Hornsby was selected as the MVP. Great Season Start for Dennis Pizza Novices by Laurie Cook Dennis Pizzeria major novice novice Toros are off to a great start to their hockey season. Their first game saw them travel to Peterborough to face the Nationals Nationals on Saturday, October 5. This was the first game for the team in this 'AA' loop that features features Ajax, Whitby, Pickering, Peterborough and Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Peterborough proved to be stiff competition for the Toros. The game featured excellent goaltending on the part of Bowmanville goalies Darren Powell and Ryan Ponto. However, However, at 7:57 of the first period, Andrew Smale scored on a pass from Mark Gunter. In the second period, Peterborough tied it up. But, Stephen Hoar scored with Sean Pudlis assisting. assisting. The Nationals again tied the score in the third. This set up the dramatic finish that saw Nick Stacey score with one second remaining to give Dennis Dennis Pizzeria Toros a 3-2 win. On Monday, October 5, at Darlington Arena, Bowmanville Bowmanville played their first home game and won 3-0 over Whitby. Whitby. Stephen Hoar scored unassisted unassisted in the first, while third period goals came from Ian Glecson and Andrew Smale, Mark Gunter, Nick Stacey and Scan Pudlis had assists. On Monday, October 13, the Toros faced Pickering. Coach Rick Stockman was forced to juggle his lineup when Tyler Cook was forced to leave during warm-up due to a hamstring pull. This game featured three power-play goals, two by the Toros and one by Pickering. The lead changed hands several times with Pickering pulling ahead 5- 3 before the Toros came to within one with 1:03 left. While goalie Darren Powell was lifted for the extra attacker, attacker, Bowmanvillc scored what they felt was the tying goal only to find it waved off. Nick Stacey had a goal and two as- Skylight Donuts Bowling League Congratulations to Audrey who bowled a 239. Her average average is only 145. Way to go! Honey Dipped 20, Glazed Chocolates 18, Apple Fritters 16, French Crullers 13, Jelly Filled 9, Boston Creams 8 High average ladies - Joan Murphy 211 High average men - Gord Cowling 207 Low single ladies - Kathy Pappus 99 Low single men - Terry Fisher 101 High single ladies -- Wendy Goodall 283 High single men - Steve Vickery 277 High triple ladies - Joan Murphy 718, High triple men - Jim Win- terburn 633 sists and Andrew Smale scored twice. Mark Gunter picked up the other goal with Jared Greening getting two assists and Ian Gleeson and David Griffin each had one. Monday, October 14, found the Dennis Pizzeria major novice novice team at home in Darlington against Ajax. Nick Stacey opened the scoring in the first on a rebound from a shot by Mark Gunter. Six minutes later, later, Nick dug the puck out of the comer and fed Mark who backhanded it in fer a 2-0 Toro lead. From there, Andrew Smale scored four goals in a row, three unassisted and one from Jared Greening and Sean Pudlis. The defensive corps of Darryl Stockman, David Grif fin, Stephen Hoar and Bobby Witheridge, all played an outstanding outstanding game to help Ryan Ponto and Darren Powell to :; their second shutoüf in four' 1 " games. Dennis i Pizzeria's coach oy, Rick. Stockman, assistant., Ivan,,,-. Griffin, vainer Dan Ponto arid' manager Dennis Gunter look as if they have an outstanding team and the opportunity for a -îî great season ahead of them; , .-id The players include: Darren : fj Powell, Tyler Cook, Daryl [j Stockman, Nick Stacey, An- i; drew Smale, Mark Gunter, Da- ', , vid Griffin, Eric Dion, Jay - ' Henderson, Jared Greening, Bobby Witheridge, Sean Pudlis, Pudlis, Stephen Hoar, lari Gleeson, ; .\t Ryan Ponto. . '. ri Y ou Make The Call Hockey A linesman drops the puck to start play. Immediately Q after the play starts, the referee notices that one of the teams has too many players on the ice. Should the referee / assess a minor penalty to the team that has too many players on the ice ? 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