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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, March 25,1992 9 By Brad Kelly Somebody Actually Wants This Job / Somebody Is after my job. At the conclusion of last week's column, it was noted that one particular correspondent, Kim Gadd, had/submitted stories for three different hockey teams during the winter. Some weeks, she had more bylines than I did. If her resume surfaced, I wrote, I would become nervous. Kim, apparently, has a great sense of humour. humour. Her resume appeared on my desk on Monday morning./ But Kim, I've got my own mortgage to worry about, j. Having said that, your resume has been forwarded forwarded to my editor. And, to show there are no hard feelings, I gave your application my personal endorsement endorsement and recomendation, asking that he sift through it carefully. Honest. I wouldn't lie. Is Bowmanville Next? Reports in a Cobourg paper say executive members members of the Cobourg Cougars will be travelling to Georgetown on March 30 to make a presentation to the Central Ontario Junior B hockey league in hopes of getting a team for next season. A franchise has been already granted to Port Hope by the league, but it still needs approval from the OHA. Several unnamed Oshawa businessmen are backing backing the team in Port Hope. Cobourg are following Lindsay, who jumped from Jr! C to the Jr. B ranks a couple of seasons ago. Cobourg will know if its. bid is accepted by the Central league by April 15. The OHA will then vote on their application, along with Port Hope's, shortly afterwards. Should Bowmanville be following Port Hope and Cobourg's lead? Learn the Rules, Buddy! It was during a Sunday afternoon game in Newcastle Newcastle in which the BRHL bantam selects were em- barrasing an Oshawa team 9-1. An offside at the Bowmanville blueline was called, and before the li- neseman could retrieve the puck, an Oshawa player flipped it over the glass. The referee assessed the, player an unsportsmanlike penalty. A fan, presumably presumably from Oshawa, yelled to the referee, "What are you. doin' ref? There's no penalty for being offside." The referee', in this case myself, didn't bother to explain. explain. , ■ Even They Make Mistakes Sifting /through Steve Simmons' column in the Sunday Sun, he made reference to a couple of Ontario Ontario basebâll players who are in the Boston Red Sox organization. One of the players he referred to was Port Hope pitching sensation, Phil Quantrill. His name isiPaul. Oops. Rupa Nearing a Title Shot Bowmanville's Nick Rupa had a title fight scheduled scheduled for May 30 on a Pernell Whitaker undercard- card, but Whittaker's fight was moved to South America, and the card was cancelled. So, next week Rupa leaves for Arizona to spar with Meldrick Taylor, Taylor, who fights on May 9. There is a possibility that Rupa could get a tune-up fight on the undercard. Following that, negotiations are under way for a welterweight title fight in June or July. Destinations to Go Bantams Hope to Clinch Sunday by Brad Kelly Coach Paul Jackman described described his team's play as, "scrambled" following the opening game of the All- Ontario 'AA' minor bantam finals. That may be true. But, after after two games of the series, it is the opposition, Chatham, that is now scrambling to stay in the scries. Backed by a pair of wins on the weekend, 5-2 in Bowmanville Bowmanville on Saturday and 5-3 in Chatham on Sunday, the Toros are one win away from clinching their second consecutive consecutive All-Ontario title. They now have a two games to zero stranglehold on the scries, with game three slated for Chatham this Sunday. Sunday. Game four, if necessary, will be back in Bowmanville on Saturday, April 4. "No, we're not," replied Jackman when asked if his team would be interested in throwing Sunday's game' in Chatham for the opportunity to return to Bowmanville and win the title on home ice. Game five, if necessary, would be in Chatham on Sunday, Sunday, April 5. They might as well cancel the ice time now. The over three hour journey journey down the 401 had little effect on the Toros Sunday in game two of the series. They jumped out to a 3-0 lead before before two late goals in the second second period brought Chatham to within one. A power play goal early in the third pul the Toros up 4- 2, before Chatham again cut the lead to one. A late power play goal secured secured the 5-3 win for the Toros. Toros. It marked their ninth win in a row in post-season play. After eliminating Vaughan in the sixth game of their opening opening scries, the Toros posted back-to-back three game sweeps over Cedar Hill and Hamilton. Saturday, in game one of the scries at the Darlington Sports Centre, Allan Lacey and Jason Jackman notched a pair of goals each in leading Bowmanville to a 5-2 win. Brad Onniston had the other. Ryan Ellis, with a pair, replied replied for Chatham. "We were off game conditions conditions for two weeks," said Jackman after Saturday's game. After sweeping their semi-final scries, the Toros have had a two-week layoff. "It (the layoff) takes a bit of a toll because you can only practice at such a pace." Saturday's game was one of those which ' was much closer than the score indicates. indicates. Chatham goalie Willie Mooney looks behind him for the Toros. The minor bantams lead their All- into the open net as Bowmanville's Allan Lacey (8) Ontario 'AA' best-of-five final two games to zero, scored his second goal of the afternoon in a 5-2 win and can wrap up the title on Sunday in Chatham. It was Chatham who jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, while their goaltcndcr, Willie Mooney, kept the Toros Toros off the board. That changed only 20 seconds seconds into the second period when Ormiston scored to lie the game. The biggest goal of the game was Lacey's first of the afternoon when he redirected redirected a Greg Knox slapshot slapshot from the point past Mooney. Mooney. Only eight seconds remained remained in the second period. And, with the momentum, Jackman stepped out in front from behind the net and slid a shot along the ice into the far corner 48 seconds into the third. Chatham managed to pull to within one, but Lacey restored restored Bowmariville's two- goal lead when lie knocked in his own rebound. Jackman added another into an empty, net when he out-raced two Chatham defencemen defencemen to a loose puck with 29 seconds left in the game. "I maybe expected a little belter game out of them (Chatham)," said Jackman on how the opening game went. "They played Cambridge Cambridge (in the semi-finals) a little more physical than they did us today. "The boys came up a notch, though, and finished their checks well. We should be all right." A win on Sunday afternoon afternoon will make that last sentence sentence the understatement of the year. Last year as pccwccs, Bowmanville won the All- Ontario title. They also added an Onutrio Hockey Federation Federation championship to their list of accomplishments, defeating defeating the best teams in the MTHL and NOHA. Ten players from that team arc with this year's minor minor bantams. At OFSAA Finals Consolation Title For Clarke Girls by Brad Kelly What a difference a day makes. Just ask die senior girls' volleyball volleyball team at Clarke ,High School that question. Competing a the OFSSA 'A' volleyball championships in Wal- laccburg prior to the March Break, Clarke couldn't buy a win on the opening day, and never lost during the last two days. Unfortunately for them, their two losses on the opening opening day dashed any hopes they had of advancing to the gold medal round. But, their three wins on the final days of the competition competition garnered them a consolation consolation championship. "I was a little disappointed disappointed with our play the first day. We just didn't play consistently," consistently," said coach Dave Dobson. "Our passing and hitting was erratic. "We weren't consistent in our skill level. On the second day of the tournament, we did play well, though." Both of their opening matches were mirror images of each other. In both instances, instances, Clarke won the first game of the match, only to drop the next two in a row. Against the host team from Lambton/Kcnt, Clarke won the opening game 15-12, but dropped successive games by 15-13 and 15-12 scores. In their second match against St. John's (Perth), they opened with an easy 15- 2 win before losing 15-7 and 15-12. "We had quite substantial leads in both final games (15- 12 losses)," said Dobson. Clarke played the type of volleyball they were capable of the remainder of the tournament. tournament. They bounced Red Lake in the quarter-finals of the consolation round, and followed followed with a win over Rockway Rockway (Northern Ontario) in the semis. In the finals, they were pitted pitted in a rematch against St. John's. They avenged their earlier loss with easy 15-6, 15- 5 wins. "If we played at the be ginning as good as we did at die end, we would have finished finished in the lop four," said Dobson. Despite not playing up to their potential the entire tournament, tournament, Dobson wasn't disappointed disappointed with the way the season ended. "I hoped going in dial we would finish somewhere in the middle of the pack," lie said. Clarke, had advanced to OFSAA after winning the gold medal at the COSSA championships with a 15-2, 16- 14 win over Cloy ne in the finals. At the Kawartha championships, championships, played prior to COSSA, COSSA, they went undefeated in all of their matches. Orono Figure Skaters Dennis Pina Novices WinTrenton "A" Title Preparing for carnival by Laurie Cook Trenton was the site of a two-day tournament in which Dennis Pizzeria major novice Toros walked away with the 'A' trophy. The boys won four games straight, with goalies Ryan Ponto and Darren Powell only allowing two goals. The Toros opened the tournament tournament with a convincing win over Kingston. Ian Glecson scored one from Jay Henderson Henderson and then Jay assisted Ian. Tyler Cook added one in the second, while Sean Pudlis scored the final one from Andrew Andrew Smale. In the second game, David Griffin scored twice. On the second goal, he was assisted by Ian and Daryl Stockman. Nick - Stacey made it 3-0 for the final score, with assists going to Mark Gunter and Eric Dion. On Sunday morning, Dennis Dennis Pizzeria beat Trenton 4-1 with goals from Ian, Mark, David David and Eric. Assists came from Nick, Ian, Mark and Bobby Bobby Witheridgc. A frustrated Stirling team made some rash statements before before the final, but the Toros prevailed 3-1 after falling behind behind on a short-handed goal. Andrew Smale reciprocated, shorthanded from Bobby and Scan. Scan scorecLfrom Bobby and Jared GJeclpri'g whilc^Sean and Jared asSistbd-on' Stephcn Hoar's goal. The. Toros had to then rush back to Bowmanville for the opening game of the Eastern Ontario finals against Kingston. Kingston. What a shock! The speed and level of play was notched up a long way from the tournament. tournament. Kingston scored in the first on a power play, but Ian Glee- son lied it on Nick Stacey's rebound rebound in the second period. After Kingston went ahead, Tyler Cook scored from the point. The period ended with Scan Pudlis again trying the score from Andrew Smale. After After the flood, Dennis Pizzeria Toros began to run out of gas in their fifth game in 33 hours. The score ended up 8-3. Game two in Kingston treated the fans to outstanding end-to-end action and great goaltcnding by Darren Powell. Nick had two goals and an assist. assist. Ian had a goal and an assists assists with a single goal to Stephen Stephen and assists to David, Andrew and Daryl. Coaches Rick Stockman and Ivan Grif- Mi/Wf SpIppIq StPzil 66 A ?> championship in London Lange's Part of Oshawa Tournament The BRHL midget selects travelled to London the weekend weekend of March 14-15 to compete compete in the London Red Circle Tournament' and came home 'A' champions. The midget selects showed character, team play and discipline discipline and played four excellent games. Bowmanville opened the tournament ■ against Mount Hamilton Blues and defeated, Hamilton 2-1. Scoring for Bowmanville were Jeff Johnston Johnston and Richard Bateman, with Richard, Carlo Warr and Byron Lange picking up assists. assists. Richard Bateman received received MVP honors. With only three hours to their next game, the team checked into their hotel and were back to the arena to face OCHL selects. They played to a 2-2 tic. Scoring for Bowmanville Bowmanville were Jeff and Richard with assists going to Brad Hargcst, Carlo Warr and Byron Lange. Bowmanville's next opponent opponent was the host team from London and the teams battled to a 3-3 tie with Jeff Wright scoring twice and Byron once with assists going to Richard (2), Jeff Johnston (2), Carlo and Mike Sucss. Jeff Johnston and Mike Suess received MVP honors in the second and third games. This put Bowmanville in the 'A' final against OCHL and the teams battled for nearly nearly three scoreless periods. With 40 seconds to go in the game, Byron Lange scored for Bowmanville, Bowmanville, assisted by Richard and Mike. Bowmanville won the championship 1-0. MVP honors went to Brad Hargcst. Backed by the solid goal- lending of Sarah Couch and Adam Adams, and the team play of Bruce Bumstead, Matt Yco, Brett Rogers, Brad Harg- est, Jeff Johnston, Jeff Wright, Mike Sucss, Richard Bateman, Byron Lange, Carlo Warr, Greg Cook, Derick Honcyman, they showed how well they can play as a team. On April 17-18, the BRHL midgets and Lange's Photo will be hosting the Lange's Photo Midget Classic with teams from Hamilton, Whitby, Oshawa LNHL, Forest, NASC, Marmora, Harriston, New Hamburg, Bcamsvillc and Kincardine Kincardine at the Bowmanville Complex and following this, on April 19, the BRHL juveniles juveniles will be hosting their tournament. tournament. Three great days of hockey. On Monday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m., Lange's Photo pec- wees had the honour of participating participating in the opening ceremonies ceremonies of the Oshawa Times annual peewee tournament. Dwayne (Boomer) Hayes took the ceremonial faceoff against St. Gregory's/St. Joseph. When the real action began, Lange's proved to be the dominant dominant team, emerging with a 12- 2 victory in our only easy game of the tournament. Goal scorers were: Darryl Cook with five, Ryan Brannigan with three, and Damien Jay with two. Paul Marchant, along with Dwayne, each notched a single. single. Assists went to Jamie Powell, Jim Bubar, Phil Gu- shulak, Darryl, Damien, Dwayne and Ryan. On Tuesday we were at Children's Arena for game two against Dykstra's Deli of Bowmanville. Bowmanville. This proved to be a fast-skating, hard-hitting affair, with both teams determined to advance in the 'A' division. Kris Donoghuc stood lough/in goal, with both forwards and defence playing solid two-way hockey. The end result was a 4-2 victory with Jamie, Dwayne, Darryl and Damien doing the damage with the only assist going to Darryl on Jamie's marker. Thursday found us back at the Civic Auditorium against Whitby Provincial Signs. From past experience, we knew them to be tough opponents and from now on only winners would advance. Damien came through with two big goals from Darryl. Daniel Vandc- rheydon scored a beamy on an exciting end-to-end rush. Kris put up a solid wall in net for a well-deserved shutout. . Saturday at 1:30 p.m. the pressure was mounting when we faced Holy Family Flames in . the 'A' semi-final. Both teams settled down to fast, clean two-way hockey with plenty of action for the spectators. spectators. Once again, victory was ours with a 3-1 win. Darryl, Ryan and Dwayne lit the light with Damien, Darryl and Colin Galinski providing the helpers. It was a solid team effort from goal on out. At 8:00 p.m. we reached the ultimate goal with a berth in the 'A' final. The kids were excited, excited, but coach ' Powell and staff (especially Mike) were on the verge of nervous breakdowns. breakdowns. Fortunately, we survived survived despite a 6-3 loss as Oshawa's St. Andrew's emerged as the victors. Goals were scored by Ryan, Darryl and Damien with Darryl, Damien Damien and Colin adding assists. Throughout the tournament, all team members contributed although their names did not show on the stats. John Prophet played solid defensive hockey and Tony Willson along with Andrew Rodmcll relumed from vacation for the finals to help the weary troops. We were disappointed in going this far and losing but being the 'A' runners-up in a 33-team contest is not too shabby an accomplishment. It was a fantastic tournament with the likes of Rab Reid and Dulchy Turner doing a super job. It is this scribe's opinion that the fine group of gentlemen gentlemen organizing this tournament tournament year after year should collectively be included in Oshawa's Sports Hall of Fame. Lange's would also like to congratulate our friends on Checkers Variety and Cutting Post who brought the 'B' and 'C division lilies home. Way to go, Bowmanville and the BRHL! fin threw everything they had into the game, but came away with a 6-4 loss in overtime. The last goal was scored into an empty net. The third and final game saw the Toros all over Kingston Kingston for the first period, but unable unable to score. The season ended with a 3- 0 loss. After the game, the coaching staff awarded Tyler Cook the Player of the Week honours, indicative of Tyler leading an outstanding defensive defensive corps that included Bobby Witheridgc, Daryl Stockman and Andrew Smale. Their play was a highlight of the scries arid the tournament. Although the boys were disappointed, disappointed, the parents and fans walked away knowing that Dennis Pizzeria Toros had played incredible hockey and gave it their best effort. As the March Break began, the Orono Figure Skaters began began to practise for the Carnival on April 11th. Please be sure to check the bulletin board as skating time changes to accommodate accommodate the various rehearsal groups. Many of our senior and intermediate intermediate skaters tried tests over the past couple of weeks. Congratulations to the following following skaters: Melissa Allin passed her Bronze Artistic. Adam Colville passed his 2nd Figure, and the European. Kait- lin Colville passed her 1st Figure, Figure, 14 step and the Ten Fox. Melissa Colville passed the Blues. Melissa Allin passed the Paso, Killian, Viennese, Argentine, Argentine, Quick Step and Westminster. Westminster. Mclonic Allin passed the Ten Fox and Fourteen Step. Allison Cochrane passed her Bronze Artistic. Heather Gc- boers passed her Junior bronze Freeskate. Ailan McKenzie passed her Killian and Paso. Anthea Peacock passed her Junior Bronze Freeskate and,, 2nd Figure. Michelle Moffat passed her Preliminary Frccsk- - ate, Canasta and Baby Blues. Taralce Clemens passed her Preliminary Freeskate. Michele Rutherford passed her Junior Silver Freeskate, and Paso. Briar Ransbcrry passed her Silver Silver Artistic, Gold Artistic, Gold dances and 7lh Figure. Congratulations!! The Orono Figure Skating Club is very proud, of our two skaters who went to the Eastern Eastern Ontario Intcrclub Sectionals Sectionals at Lindsay. Kaillin Colville placed 3rd in her category; Adam Colville placed 1st in , his category and they skated to a 3rd in pairs. As a result Adam and Kaitlin will be competing competing in Pickering in March at the All Ontarios. Good Luck. SCOREBOARD Newcastle Girls* Slo-Pifch Registration to be held on Friday, April 3 -e to 9 p.m. at Bowmanville Mall Saturday, April 4 -10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bowmanville Mall and Saturday, April 4 -9 a.m. to 12 noon at Newcastle Community Centre Fee: *45.00 Includes team sweater and Picture - NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY - Novice -ages7to9 PeeWee - ages 10 to 12 Midget-afies 13 to 15 Bantam - ages 16 and over Come and Join the fun! All-Ontario Jr. C Playoffs Newcastle Town League Quarter-Finals Playoffs Best-of-seven Best-of-Five League Final Port Perry vs. Ernestown Newcastle Lumber vs. Tennant Heating (Series tied 1-1) (Lumber leads series 2-0) Game 1 Port Perry 7 Ernestown 2 Sunday's result -- Lumber 5 Tennant 3 Game 2 Ernestown 5 Port Perry 2. Game 3, Sunday in Newcastle, 9:00 p.m, Game 3, Thursday in Port Perry, 8:30 p.m, Bowmanville Town League Bowmanville Non-Contact League Playoffs Playoffs Burke Division -- Finals Beasties 7 Square Boy 5 Best-of-Five League Final (Beasties win finals 5 points to 1) Hooper's Trophy Centre vs. Hockin Real Estate (Hooper's lead series 1-0) Oliver Division -- Finals Thursday's result - Hooper's 7 Hockin 5 Shoppers vs. Papps Game 2, Thursday at Recreation Complex, 8:00 p.m. (Shoppers win finals 4 points to 0) Shackelton Division -- Finals Preston 3 Blues 0 (Preston win finals 5 points to 1 ) June ss Norway 6 to 13, 1992 Book This Special Rate! $1 KQKOO U.S. Dollars per person + taxes Price includes round trip air from Ibronto Book with Bowmanville Travel and save hundreds of dollars off the published rates! We have reserved a limited number of cabins for you to choose from. You are cordially invited to attend a private cocktail party aboard the ss Norway. 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