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6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, March 3,1993 Brought to you by... Corner of Courtice Rd. and Hwy. 2 Sales and Servicing 436-2222 ^Rebecca Evans/ ! SAVE *50.00 i 1 on deductible of most insurance windshield claims plus ... i ONE FREE GflS BARBECUE I WHILE SUPPLIES LAST Offer expires March 31st. 1993 | Auto Glo/z OShflWfl 432-4642 Bloor St. at Park Rd. NO SHORT CUTS BOWMANVILLE 19 Silver St. (Across from old Canadian Tire) 623-4225 UXBRIDGE 852-5382 Douglas Rd. NO OVERCHARGE TO YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY Phone Brad Kelly at 623-3303 SECURED A TRYOUT -- Spending a season as the backup goalie for the Bowmanville Eagles has paid off for Sarah Couch, who has been invited to the training camp of the 0HA Jr. A Newmarket Royals next fall. How long she stays with the club is up to her, but Newmarket plan to have her appear in one of the team's exhibition games. That sure will look good on her resume when she challenges for a spot on Canada's National Women's team in the future. WOLVES ADVANCE -- The Central Ontario 'AAA' major bantam Wolves continue to dispose of opponents in the Ontario playdowns. They eliminated Peterborough in the fourth game of their best-of-five series on Friday night with a 4-2 win. They now face Richmond Hill/Vaughan in the semi-finals, with game one in Richmond Hill on Saturday. Game two is in Woodville, game three back in Richmond Hill, and game four of the series is scheduled for Newcastle on Wednesday, March 10. TIER I SOCCER -- Try-outs for the Darlington Tier I Select under 9 team are being finalized. Kids bom between July 31 of 1986 and August 1 of 1984 are eligible to play for the team. Those interested can contact Gary Ncmisz at 436-7237. TURUL SOCCER -- George Pithie is heading up the Oshawa Turul under-15 team this year,, and is looking for representative players from the area who may want to attend the practices he is holding at Bowmanville Senior Public School on Wednesday nights from 6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. As long as you're 14 on August 1 of this year, you are eligible for the team. For more information call 623-2813 or 263-8145. VOLLEYBALL INVASION -- Over 100 girls will be converging on the area to participate in a Christian school volleyball tournament hosted by Knox Christian School this Friday and Saturday. The tournament will include 11 teams, with games being played at both Durham Christian High School and Knox. The finals are expected to get underway shortly after noon on Saturday. Good luck to all. YOUTH BALL HOCKEY -- The first registration for boys and girls interested in playing ball hockey in Bowmanville this summer will be on March 26 from 6-9 p.m. at the Bowmanville Mall. The league is for boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 13. For more information, contact Glenn Davis at 623-0075. Swimmer Heading for Edmonton Meet Eagles Jump Out to 2-0 Lead Strong Performance Leads to Wins Over Little Britain ----- 1 Newcastle Aquatic Club swimmer Neil Murray competed at the Winter National Short-Course Championships this past weekend in St. John, New Brunswick, against the lop swimmers from around the country. His results were good enough to qualify him for the Summer Summer National Championships this July in Edmonton. by Brad Kelly October passed some five months ago, but a definite correlation between between the Bowmanville Goodyear Eagles and Halloween has developed developed at the Recreation Complex., Right now, the Eagles are a real treat to watch. Backed by two-goal performances performances from Marvin Robillard and Shane Armstrong, the Eagles staved off a late rally by Little Britain on Sunday Sunday night for an exciting 6-5 win. Coupled with a 5-3 victory in game one of the series on Saturday night in Little Britain, the Eagles have taken a two games to zero lead in their best-of-seven league final. Now, they have to concern themselves themselves with Halloween ghosts of years past. Twice in the last four years, the Eagles have advanced to the league final, only to lose in the seventh game of the series both times. This time around, they are two victories away from burying those haunting memories. And, if their play over the past weekend is any indication of how the remainder of the series will go, they can start bringing the shovels out of the cobwebs. The best may be yet to come. "I feel that we're riot playing as well as we did against Port Perry, but hopefully we'll improve," said Robillard, who was chosen as the game's first star on Sunday night after after scoring his fifth and sixth goals of the playoffs. Over-age captain Nick Dennis, who made his first appearance of the playoffs in game one of the series series after being sidelined with a knee injury, agreed with Robillard's assessment. "We're not playing as well as in the Port Perry series, but we're still winning, so we must be doing something something right." •! iv. The Eagles have seemingly done everything right in the scries to this point. ...i i They have forccheckcd well, been able to match the physical style of Little Britain, and have scored the key goals when they needed them. Sunday night, they used all three of the above weapons in their arsenal arsenal to take game two of the scries. They held a lead at the end of each period. And, with a 5-3 advantage advantage midway through the third period period looking large enough to claim victory, they added another just for insurance. As it turned out, it wasn't an insurance insurance marker at all, but wound up as the game-winner. Dennis feathered a pass to Dave Stockton, who beat Little Britain goalie Brad Proulx with a slapshot for a 6-3 Eagles lead. But goals by Steve Trumbull and Jeff Adams -- his second of the game-- 56 seconds apart pulled Little Little Britain to within one with over five minutes left in the game. They failed to get the equalizer. Ryan Stewart had the only oilier goal of the game for the Eagles, while Garry Shaw and Jeff Buddcn rounded out the Little Britain scoring. scoring. The win was the eighth in a row in the playoffs for the Eagles, dating back to game six of their series with the Lakeficld Chiefs. After winning games six and seven of that series, they reeled off four in a row against Port Perry. They now have the first two games of the league final in the books. "It makes me feel kind of bad because they were doing better without without me," said Dennis. Going back to the last two games of the regular season, the Eagles have won 12 of their past 15 games. ' But, the next two victories may be the most difficult to obtain. And Robillard anticipates that Little Brit ain, who swept Bobcaygeon in four straight games in the opening round and have been out of action for close to three weeks, will be at their best on their home ice in game three on Saturday. "These guys were expected to play it rough, and we arc expected to not take any penalties,", said Robillard Robillard of the Eagles' strategy. "They should be physical on Saturday, Saturday, but I don't expect them to take too many penalties. Hopefully we can stay in the game with them early on." Game four is in Bowmanville on Sunday night at the usual 7:30 p.m. starting time. THE SCOOP - Brad Robinson had a pair of goals in Saturday^ win, while Trevor Clapperton, Shane Armstrong and Nick Dennis had singles...!! wasn't announced over the p.a. system in Little Britain in game one, but physiotherapist John Cook was credited with an assist assist on Nick's goal. John was responsible responsible for getting the over-age captain of the hockey club back into the lineup much earlier than expect- ed...Onc of the loudest cheers of the night came when the Eagles executive executive moved a youngster closer to the net during the Score-0 shootout between between the second and third period. They cheered even louder when he was given a second opportunity. Over-age Bowmanville Eagles captain Nick Dennis tries to cut to the net during game two of ;•< the league final against Little Britain on Sunday night at the Recreation Complex. The Eagles held on for a 6-5 win, and now lead the best-of-seven scries two games to zero. *?, by Brad Kelly Only a short time after returning home from the biggest swimming meet of the year to date, Neil Murray Murray was back in the |)ool training with his teammates on the Newcastle Newcastle Aquatic Club. Any disappointment he may have had with his results at the Winter National Short-Course Championships Championships in St. John, New Brunswick, this past weekend weren't evident. "Every kid on this team is watching how he is reacting to the meet," said NEW AC coach Karen Holbrook as meml'crs of the team were going through a brisk workout Monday night. "They sec that he is right back at it and working hard. It gives them a chance to see how top swimmers handle personal disappointment." Competing in the 2(K)m and 4(X)m individual medley and the 200m butterfly events, Murray failed to reach the top 16. Hut, he was one of the top 40 in the country to even qualify for the meet, he swam fast enough to qualify qualify for the .Summer Nationals in Edmonton Edmonton in July, and he swam seasonal seasonal best times. Considering these achievements, the meet was far from a total disaster. "It's still early in the season, and I need a little more work on line tuning my turns," said Murray, as be reflected on Ills performance this past weekend. "My goal was simple, simple, and that was to rc-qualify for the Nationals, which I was able to do." Murray has had a tremendous influence influence on the Newcastle Aquatic Club since lie joined. As a national level swimmer, he has been able to pass on his experience and expertise to the younger members of the team. He has become a role model of sorts, and coach Holbrook has nothing nothing but praise for the work lie has done. ,, . , "He has done a wonderful job here," she began. "The influence lie has is positive, and he has passed along his enthusiasm and dedication to the younger kids coming through. "The older ones arc able to sec that being an elite national swimmer might not lx? that far away." It's a role that Murray expected might lie cast on him when lie joined the club. He can remember doing the same thing when he was first starling out, and looking to pattern pattern his training methods after somebody somebody with a great deal of experience. experience. "I know that I have to set an example," example," lie said. "I'm more conscious conscious of the things I'm doing when I'm training." Next on the agenda are a couple of Ontario Cup meets lielbre travelling travelling to Edmonton for the Summer Nationals. /$