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6 The Clarington/Courlice Independent, Bowman ville, Saturday, December 30, 1995 Dennis Pizzeria Toros Continue to Improve The Dennis Pizzeria Minor Novice Toros played two games on December 10 and 13 and managed to win on and almost almost lake the other. The boys continue to play competitive hockey and are showing improvement improvement each and every game. The first game, on December December 10, took the Toros to Richmond Richmond Hill. The two teams had met previously in tournament play and both games had been tough ones. The Toros blew out of the gates with five first period goals to welcome the home side. Jordan Gross opened the scoring on assists from Ian Garrison and Brad Farrow. David Perron notched the second Toros goal, assisted by Tyler.,Ferguson.. ..just before Gross added his second goal on an assist from Garrison. Jeff Nieuwenhuis scored the fourth goal on an assist by Corey Bradbum, and Gross finished the period with his third goal with help from Garrison Garrison and Chris Boyce. The Richmond Hill team did manage manage to fit in three first period goals of their own in what looked to be a shoot-out. However, However, from that point onwards, the Toro goalies allowed no more scoring by Richmond Hill. Alex Henderson accounted for all the second period scoring scoring with two goals, one assisted assisted by Boyce and one by Kevin Smith. Henderson continued his attack on the goal mesh with two more, goals in the third period, one unassisted and one assisted by Nieuwenhuis Nieuwenhuis and Daniel Millette. A convincing 9-3 victory was the result of the days work and the Toros were off next to visit the Ajax-Pickering squad. The game against Ajax on December 13 saw the Dennis Pizzeria Toros have a difficult time getting their game on track. It wasn't long before Ajax took advantage of the opportunities opportunities provided to them in establishing a 3-0 first period lead. The Toros gradually regained regained their composure and slowed down the Ajax team starting in the second period. Persistence paid off and Brad Farrow notched the first Toros score near the end of the second second period, assisted by Chris Boyce and Ian Garrison. From that point on, the game virtually virtually belonged to the Toros. Garrison Garrison scored the second Toros goal early in the third period on an assist from Jordan Gross and it was clearly the Toros game to win. However, the game had been delayed in starring starring and was called with 8 1/2 minutes left in the final period and the score stood at 3-2 for the Ajax squad. The Toros will certainly have their chance to get this one back in the next meeting of the two teams. A highlight of the year coming coming up for the boys will be the mother/son game on December 22. The outcome of this game is perhaps inevitable, but we appreciate the commitment of the moms to-making the effort. Good luck moms! Tournament The Tim Horton Minor Novice Novice Central Ontario Wolves 'AAA' team won their home tournament in Lindsay. The Wolves met some stiff competition during the tournament. tournament. However, they didn't lose any games. In the first game, the Wolves defeated Guelph by an 8-6 score. Chad Dunlop and Dustin Belton had two goals apiece for the Wolves. The second game of the round robin for 'the Wolves was a good game with the 'AA' Clarington Toros. This team graciously entered the tournament after there was a late cancellation. The game was fast moving, and the score of 8-2 for the Wolves was not indicative of the level of play. Chad Dunlop counted a hat- trick for the Wolves in the victory. victory. Jordan Gross and Tyler Beers scored for the Toros. The third game ended in a 1- 1 tie against Richmond Hill. In the final game of the round robin, the Wolves prevailed 3- 1 over Goulding Park. In the semi-finals against Richmond Hill, the score was 3-0 for the Wolves. The final game against Whitby Whitby was fast, physical and competitive. competitive. The score, Wolves 4, Whitby 2,, was indicative of how close these two teams are in caliber. Skate Cobourg Meet Attracts BFSC Members The Bowmanville Figure Skating Club went to the Skate Cobourg competition on November 4-5 and came home with respectable results. Pictured (in no particular order) order) are: Robyn Brouse, Nicole Sarris, Tina Cumby, Dawn Cumby, Cherie Divell, Ka- tie-Lynne Johnson, Colleen Divell, Kristen Perry, Sheri Lane, Natasha Piney, and Tiffany Tiffany Piney. Absent were: Sarah Monaghan, Lauren Alexander, Mona Hoy, Katie Baragar, Elizabeth Monaghan, Peter Andreas, Shannon Hicks, Tracey Brouse, Lisa B ridge tt. Wolves Win 1 •TV 4k 4k * • Boxed Christmas Cards • Wrapping Paper • Christmas Decorations 1/2 Price McGregor Drugs 5 King St. W. Your Local I.D.A. Drug Store 623-5792 Bowmanville frDJ.P. Salvage Tykes Start League The Newcastle Salvage Tykes played their first two league games this week, each against Grafton #1. Their first game was on Monday, December 4, in Grafton. Grafton. They played a very defensive defensive and strong forechecking game. Grafton took the lead with the only goals in the first period being scored by Grafton, Grafton, for a 2-0 lead. Kendall Boyd brought us one goal closer closer when she scored her first . goal of the regular season, as- , sisted by Mitchell Bacon. Carmen Carmen Shah tied the game at 2-2 with his first goal of the year, on a quick shot in the comer of the net off a pass from Kelly Palmatcer. With just minutes left, in the game, Grafton scored the winning winning goal, sending us home with a 3-2 loss. Joshua Iwanc- zyk played a fabulous game in net. Great effort kids. ' Our second game was played on Saturday, December 9. Joshua Iwanczyk played another another strong game between the pipes, but couldn't keep #29 off the scoreboard. He picked up six goals this game. Newcastle Newcastle had many chances and showed excellent effort. Remarkable Remarkable defensive action was .displayed by Andrew Weck- , erle, Zachary Paradis, Christopher Christopher Earle and Willie Brownell. Brownell. Rikki Palmatcer and fomic McCarthy made an excellent excellent play during the second but couldn't sneak one past that Grafton goalie. Alexander Khan, Codcy Rutledge and Brandon Couto played a strong offensive game. With just seconds left in the game, Carmen Shah dug the puck out of the corner and made tin excellent pass in front oJ the. net. Kendall Boyd slipped it in to break Grafton's shutout. Final score 6-1.