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6 The Independent, Canadian Statesman Weekender, Bowmanville, Saturday, January 22,1994 Yesterday's Heroes 50 YEARS AGO -- In Church League hockey action, S. Tighe's team was badly swamped by A. Martin's brilliant stick-handlers to the tune of 7-1. Dadson, Martin and Hamilton put on successive power plays, netting three each for Dadson and Martin, and one for Hamilton. Cattran, in a lone effort, prevented a whitewash. Members of Orono Figure Skating Club Off to Uxbridge 35 YEARS AGO -- In the first Midget game of the afternoon in the Recreation Hockey League, the Comets upset the league-leading Orphans Orphans 3-1. Jon Hancock, assisted by David Kerr, Andy Mathews unassisted, unassisted, and Rae Pickell assisted by David Thompson were the Comets' goal-scorers. 25 YEARS AGO -- At a meeting held at the home of Murray Tighe, Ken Parks was elected to the office of president of the Bowmanville Merchants baseball team. Jack Hately is the new vice-president, with Don Martin as secretary-treasurer. The directors will be Jack Locke, Fred "Buck" Cowle, Ted Dadson, Murray Tighe and recreation manager Bud Fanning. Clint Ferguson, who did such a fine job of coaching the team last year, will be the 1969 manager. Bowmanville Whiz Kids rebounded from a 9-3 defeat at the hands of Lindsay Cleaners, to down Thornhill 10-5. The win moved the Whiz Kids into the battle for fourth place with Richmond Hill and Georgetown, Georgetown, while increasing their margin over Oakville to six points. 20 YEARS AGO - Brent Hughes, a member of the Detroit Red Wings, is being described as a bulwark of the Wings defence. 10 YEARS AGO -- Scoring leaders in the Non-Contact Hockey League are S. West 15-18-33, G. Bradley 17-14-31, R. Ellis 17-8-25, B. Villenue 7-13-20, B. Howes 12-6-18, T. Rowland 5-12-17, M. Shrider 5-12-17, G. Luxton 8-8-16, S. Gordon 7-9-16, G. Rice 5-11- 16. Accepting awards f° r tire Young Canada Day game in which the The a b ove members of the Orono Figure Skating Club will be busy the weekend of January 28-30 Bowmanville Bantam #2 team downed the Orono Bantams were Da- w ^ en w iu be competing at the Uxbridge Invitational competition. Members include, front row, (1- vid Fairey of Bowmanville (game star), Paul Stainton (Bowmanville r)> Katie O'Neill, Kaiti Colville, Andrea Mirsch, Jillian Lemieux, Michelle Moffat. Back row, (1-r), Mel- captain), Kevin Zarosky (Bowmanville MVP), and Kevin Hartwig onie Allin, Melanie Lemieux, Heather Geboers, Adam Colville, Anthea Peacock, Melanie Colville. Ab- (OronoMVP). sent are Parisse Marrett and Lori Mirsch. On Tuesday, January 4, Hooper's met Bradbury Mechanical of Whitby Whitby in an exhibition game held at Bowmanville Arena. Whitby scored two quick goals before Laton, assisted from Stravato and Sorenson, replied with a goal at the end of the period. Midway through the second, La- ton, assisted by Dower and Cuth- bertson, tied the score at 2-2 before Whitby again reclaimed the lead with two more goals. Laton came back again in the third period, assisted by Hamum, to earn a hat-trick. Final score: Whitby 4, Hooper's 3. On Thursday, January 6, the boys travelled to Orono for a house league game against Computer Learning. Andrew Laton came through with two unassisted goals in the first and third period. A late goal Two Losses for M&M Meats in Novice Action by Kim Gadd M&M Meats lost 7-2 to the James Insurance Novice team on January 8. Chris Meringer scored the first goal for M&M Meats, assisted by Brandon Sands and Lydon Gadd. Vince Wilshire poked in the second goal for the Meats team, with help from Kyle Moore and Lydon Gadd. M&M Meats played again on January 15, this time against the Bragg's Wild Birdseed team. M&M Meats lost 11-1, with their goal scored by Todd Dechene, assisted by Lydon Gadd. Teammates from M&M Meats send wishes for a speedy recovery to Chris Meringer who suffered a broken arm recently. Hurry back, Chris! from Computer Learning was not enough to stop Hooper's. Final score: Hooper's 2, Computer Learning.!. Learning.!. Saturday, January 8, Hooper s continued their house league schedule schedule against Cutting Post. In a physical physical game, in which Hooper's was continually shorthanded, the players showed their ability to work as a team to set up goals and kill penalties. penalties. Andrew Laton continued his scoring streak with two goals in the first period for an early 2-0 lead. Steve LaFlamme, assisted by Andrew Andrew Laton, made the score 3-0 in the second. Cutting Post came back with five minutes to go in the third to prevent a Hooper's shutout. Andrew Andrew Laton, assisted by Mark Gan- hao, planted an insurance goal in the empty net, giving Hooper's a 4-1 victory, and Laton his second hat- trick of the season. Good effort, guys. On Saturday, January 15, Hooper's Hooper's Trophy suited up against Computer Computer Learning in a high-scoring, fast-paced game which produced an amazing five goals from Andrew Laton. In the first period, Hooper's gained a 3-0 lead from an Andrew Laton hat-trick. The first goal was assisted by Mark Ganhao, the second second by Steve LaFlamme, and Steve Bosgraaf assisted on the third. Computer Computer Learning hustled back to make the score 3-1 after one period of play. Early in the second, Computer Learning came back to tie the score 3-3 before Laton, assisted by Ian Cuthbertson and- Jason Rerrie, pulled Hooper's ahead 4-3. Laton., unassisted, increased the lead to 5-3. Seconds later, Computer Learning came back to narrow the margin 5- 4. In the third period, Jesse Halik, assisted by Brian Tamblyn (Welcome (Welcome back, Brian!), gave Hooper's a two goal lead. 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