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6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, February 24,1993 T--N ^ Salesperson of the week Brought to you by.. Corner of Courtice Rd. Sales and Servicing Craig Strong J§ Good News, Bad News for Athlete Phone Brad Kelly at 623-3303 OFF TO PROVINCIALS -- A couple of bowlers from the Bowmanville Legion have qualified for the Provincial championships after outstanding performances at a Regional qualifier this past weekend. John Pearson combined with Ron Etcher to take second place in the doubles to qualify, and John also placed first in the singles event to guarantee himself a spot in the Provincials. All the best, guys. FUTURE STARS PROGRAM -- A total of 18 lucky area hockey. players were selected to participate in the Wayne Gretzky. Coca-Cola NHL Future Stars Program that will be held at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium on Sunday, March 7. Over 100 youngsters in total will attend the clinic, and from there, two participants will be selected through a random draw to attend an instructional camp with Wayne Gretzky and a number of other NHL greats in Quebec City sometime in June. The Oshawa clinic includes players from 7-15 years of age. FASTBALL LEAGUE STARTED Roger Burley, of Port Hope, is interested in hearing from anyone who would like to enter a baseball team in a Lakeshore Midget Girls' League which he hopes to begin this summer. He is hoping that the league, for 16-17-year-old girls, will include an area that will stretch from Pickering to Trenton. It would be ideal for travel, as he would like all of the teams in the league to be in a close proximity to Highway 401. If anyone is interested in finding out more about the league, contact him at (416) 885-7773. by Brad Kelly Nicole Devonish couldn't help but have mixed emotions about her performance at the Canadian Indoor Track and Field Championships in Manitoba this past weekend. ly we'll find one," said a dejected Devonish from her Scarborough residence. residence. The Canadian Track and Field Association has strict rules about meeting the qualifying standard, and On the up-side, she finished first it's unlikely they will give her any overall, capturing the gold medal in leeway, she said, the women's long jump event with a The reminder that she cmi now leap of 6.12 metres. lay claim to the title as the best On the down-side, she failed to women's long jumpier, in Canada meet the qualifying standard of 6.45 wasn't enough to lift her spirits, metres that is required to advance to Although she had the gold medal the World Indoor Championships at draped around her neck on the podi- SkyDome in March. um following her event, she was Her only opportunity to gain en- most dissatisfied with her overall try for the Worlds is to meet the performance, qualifying standard by March 2. 'T am really disappointed with That leaves her only this weekend, myself," she revealed. There is "We're trying to find a meet to the fact that I didn't qualify for the go to this weekend, but it's not like- Worlds, but also I was technically weak on all of my jumps." She started off well, recording her winning leap of 6.12m on her first of six jumps. But, tilings went from bad to worse from that point on. She faulted on four of her next five jumps. "My approach was off because I was jumping over the board. The harder I tried, the more that, went wrong. It got to the point where I couldn't do anything right," said the Newtonvillc native. Next, she will begin preparing for the gruelling outdoor season that will begin in mid-April. Between meets, she will narrow down her numerous scholarship offers offers to American universities by taking taking recruiting trips to the various schools. Nicole Devonish by Brad Kelly One victory separates the Bow- SUPER EFFORT -- We must make note of the accomplishments of both Nicole Devonish and Sommer West this past weekend. Nicole is now the Canadian Indoor long jump champion after winning a gold medal at the. ^ vi H1V „ _ National Championships. As well, Sommer was part of the gold medal manville Goodyear Eagles from winning Ontario team at the Canadian Under-18 Women s Hockey ^jp j n q ie ] as t four years Championships. Their stories appear elsewhere in the sports section. t0 Ü1C central Ontario Jr. C league 3 ON 3 BASKETBALL -- Some people have been inquiring about the flI1 ^ okic Jeff Murphy picked a first 3 on 3 basketball tournament that we held in June of last year, and mos ^ opportune time to score his would like to know if we plan to do likewise this year. In a word, the f - t of lhe playoffs -- at 7:58 • i„At wc are looking at b - ■ - 1 ■ * - « Eagles Need One Win to Advance the third period of Sunday answer is yes. Though nothing has been finalized yet, wc r - j nl0 holding it sometime in May. One: weekend it won't be held is the Victoria n ;„ ht > s Kame ... fo gf t n, c Eagles to Day weekend. Wc would never think of giving up a long weekend that a come-from-behind 5-4 win. statutory holiday falls on, especially since there haven t been any since ^ n wl escaping a sev- New Years Day. If the government proclaimed one in February m the enth ' at lhe hands of future, it would be greatly accepted. Gold Medal Performance From Local Hockey Star by Brad Kelly Many firsts have been recorded by hockey player Sommer West, but to this point in her career, the biggest one may have evolved this past weekend in Montreal. The Bowmanville resident received received a gold medal after her Ontario Ontario team captured top prize in the first-ever Canadian Under-18 Women's Women's Hockey Championship. A 4-1 win over Quebec in the finals finals capped off a perfect weekend for the team, who finished the tournament tournament with an unblemished record of 7-0. "I thought wc woukPhavc had more competition," she said of the relative ease with which her team won. "To go 7-0 was great, though." Quebec and Ontario were tied 1- 1 after the first period of the game for the gold medal, but the Ontario team poured it on in the second, out- shooting Quebec 20-3 and were rewarded rewarded with a 4-1 lead. Kool Enterprises Skates to 4-4 Tie by Kim Gadd Kool Enterprises lied 44 with the Power Vac team last Wednesday evening evening in an exciting, fast-paccd game of hockey. Power Vac's John Ashton scored a Lakefield in the quarter-finals, the Eagles could sweep the MoJacks tonight tonight in Port Perry. Should Port Perry manage a win tonight on their home ice, game five of the scries will be tomorrow night in Bowmanville. Experience was a key factor in the Eagles taking command of the series in game three. Against Lake- field, they were up two games to zero and were forced to go seven They coasted from that point on to record the easy victory. "Quebec was the toughest team ^ imporlance 0 f winning game three on home ice was something that coach Wayne Marchment stressed to his players. "We don't want to go seven with these guys, so tonight was a real pivotal game." he began. "By no means will wc start jumping up and down celebrating because we're so happy. We'll wait until wc win four." The Eagles arc one step closer to Skylight Donut Bowling This week Chris Brown bowled a 198, Jason Vickery a 298 Glenn Smith 20, Joan Murphy 18, Sam Adams 16, Gord Cowling 15, Ted Roberts 9, Brenda Stainton 9 Low single ladies -- Marilyn Bal- son 124 Low single men -- John Woolncr 107 High single ladies - Joan Murphy 274 'iWW*"' taking that step after recording their second 5-4 win in a row. This one wasn't as easy, though. In both games one and two, the Eagles have built 3-0 leads and forced Port Perry to play catch-up. Sunday night, it was Bowmanville that trailed throughout much of the game. If not lor their outstanding power play, which accounted for three gods, this series may have been headed in a different direction. Shane Armstrong staked the Eagles Eagles to a 1-0 lead after the opening period when he notched his sixth goal of the playoffs on the power play. But it was Port Perry who fought back to take a 4-3 lead after the second second period. Jody Logan scored a power play goal 18 seconds into the period to tie the game 1-1, and just under four minutes later, Jan Heyes gave Port Perry their first lead of the series on aScrecn shot. . V .'Thc power play accounted for the Eagles' second goal when Shawn Hutchings beat Roy Kennedy with a shot from the point. But Logan's second goal, and another another by Shannon Todd three minutes minutes later, put Port Perry up 4-2. Again, penalties hurt Port Perry as Armstrong scored his second power play goal of the game, and the third straight for the Eagles. Twenty-five seconds later, Dave Stockton cut in front of the net to corral a rebound and tic the game at 4-4. f The Eagles buzzed all around Kennedy for much of, the third period, period, and outshot Port Perry terribly, 22-10. It paid off when Murphy collected collected a rebound and flipped it over a sprawling Kennedy. A balanced attack, with all three of the Eagles lines contributing offensively, offensively, has been the difference to litis point of the scries. "In the Lakefield scries, the when wc have three lines going well;" • THE SCOOP -- Despite Bow- manville's win, the first star of the game was Port Perry's Shannon Todd. Strange. Jeff Murphy and Shane Armstrong were the second and third stars rcspectivc- ly...Frustration set in on a couple of occasions during the game, as both Chad Armstrong and Gary Adams of the Eagles were ejected for fighting. fighting. Their fights paled in comparison comparison to the hostilities in the dressing room hallway following the gamc...Trcvor Clapperton had a hat- trick in the 5-4 win in game two for the Eagles last Thursday in Port Perry. Shane Armstrong and Dave Stockton had one apicce...The Eagles Eagles have built a five-game winning streak. High single men - Gord Cowling 324 (Brad) Robinson line was really go- High triple ladies - Joan Murphy j n g an( i Shane's line wasn't able to 781 „ , „ do loo much," said Marchment. High triple men - Gord Cowling ng ut t i, c 0 fo C r night, Shane's line Sommer West wc played," said West, who at 14 years of age, was the youngest player to make the leant. When the two teams met in the 733 High average ladies - Joan Murphy Murphy 225 High average men -• Gord Cowling Cowling 240 Bowmanville Eagles goallcntlcr Drew Campbell will go to any lengths to make sure that the Port Perry MoJacks don't get a goal past him in their bcsl-of-scvcn Jr. C league semi-final scries. Bow- manvillc has taken a thrcc-gamcs-to-zcro lead after posting a 5-4 win It's pretty hard to slick to us at the Recreation Complex on Sunday night. got four goals. Tonight, (Dave) Stockton's line was able to pick it up- cock. pair of goals early in the first period to round robin portion of the tourna- be quickly followed by a nice shot in ment, Ontario won by a narrow 3-2 the open comer by Kool's Dan Rowe, score. Kris Krummcnachcr and Peter Carmi- "They had good goaltcnding in chacl assisted. Peter Gadd evened the t | ]C fj rst game, and wc played at score when he flipped in the puck, focir level. Wc were a little tight and with Ron Léger assistant. didn't play our game," site said. Power Vac scored another pair of With the exception of the game goals in the second period. First by against Quebec, Ontario managed to Glen Hnmum, and then by Wade Pea- cruise through the round robin virtually virtually unchallenged. Along the way, they recorded a pair of lopsided wins, including 12- 0 and 11-0 shutouts over Prince Edward Edward Island and Saskatchewan re- spcclivcly. Playing a regular shift throughout the tournament, West contributed to the team with one goal and three assists. assists. Because of the vast number of girls playing hockey in the province, two representative teams from Ontario Ontario were sent to the National Championships. Championships. Ontario's other team won the bronze medal with a 2-1 win over Alberta. The third period found Kool's Peter Peter Gadd taking aim to score the third goal for this team. Dwayne Hayes assisted. assisted. A perfectly aimed slap shot by Ron Léger, unassisted, tied the score for the Kool Enterprise team. THINK SPRING I FREE G6S B.B.Q.'s S(flVE $ 5d.dO i on deductible of most insurance windshield claims plus ... i ONE FREE GAS BARBECUE l WHILE SUPPLIES LAST Offer expires February 28th, 1993 « fred's autobody ltd. 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