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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Monday, December 23, 1996 Section Two St. Marys Toros Go Undefeated on Way To 'A' Championship The Bowmanville Toro Juvenile Juvenile team, sponsored by St. Marys Cement, travelled to Fort Erie for the 18th Annual Invitational Tournament held November 22-24 and came away as champions. The team was matched up against Brampton, Jordan, and the local local favourites Fort Erie in the round-robin and came away with three straight victories to finish first overall going into the semi-finals. In game one they had to play the home team, and despite a lot of support for the locals, the Toros came away with a hard earned 3-2 victory. It wasn't until Bowmanville found themselves themselves one man short due to a minor penalty that the first goal was scored. Surprisingly enough it went to the Toros when Darryl Cook found the back of the net on an unassisted unassisted play. Allen Lacey notched two quick goals in the second to put the team comfortably in the drivers seat. However, two late goals by the home team with less than four minutes remaining remaining in the game made for an exciting finish with the Toros Toros just hanging on for the win behind the goaltending of Cameron Millar. Game two against Brampton saw the Juveniles jump out to a 2-0 lead in the first period with goals from Cory Scott and Jason Hoffman. However, the Brampton team began to fight back, eventually beating Jeff Parry in the Toro net to cut the lead in half midway through the period. Mike Nesbitt restored restored the two goal margin with just 41 seconds left in the period. Brampton came out determined determined to even the game in the third, but some good defence defence from the Toros and solid netminding by Parry held them to a late goal to make the final score 3-2. The final game of the round robin was no contest as the team easily defeated Jordan 8- 1. Cook led the assault with three goals with Nesbitt, Lacey, Lacey, Greg McMurter, Nick Hand and Paul Lavallee adding singles. In the semi-final the team met Brampton again, but this time Brampton took the lead in the first period and held the Toros at bay until midway through the final stanza when McMurter decided to take things into his own hands and scored two goals in three minutes minutes to lead the team into the final with a 2-1 win. The final matched the undefeated undefeated Bowmanville team against the home favourite Fort Erie team. With the crowd strongly behind the home team, and the close game that was played in the opening match, it seemed like the Toros might have a tough time on their hands to maintain their unbeaten record and win the tournament. With Jeff Parry getting the start in goal, the two teams played very cautiously cautiously for the first period, but the two goaltenders were unbeatable unbeatable and the second period began scoreless. However, it didn't stay that way for too long as one minute into the period, period, Lavallee took a pass from Matt Staley to fire the puck past the Fort Erie keeper. Two minutes later, Staley increased the margin when he took a pass from Lacey to make it 2-0. The Fort Erie team replied immediately, immediately, and seven seconds later they made it 2-1. The period ended this way and a fine game was capped when Lacey added two goals and Scott one to round out the scoring and give the St. Marys Cement Toros the victory and the championship. championship. Volleyball Champions from Monsignor Cleary The girls' volleyball team at Monsignor Cleary Separate School defeated Knox Christian School in the championship game to complete an undefeated year. It was the sixth year in a row that the school has won the girls' volleyball tide. Team members include, front row, from left: Magda Dabrowski, Barbara Sarpong, Kelly Kirkpatrick, Nikita Aldcroft, Lisa Krawchuk, Katherine Good. Back row, from left: Samn Anderson, Anderson, Shannon Klatt, Jenn Kwietniowski, Jenn Neufeld, Allyssa Waldropt, Briana Try- puc, Grace deVerteuil (coach). Jvt ay you and yours celebrate a season of joy and love with family and Mends. , Monica Dose Fashions The Bridal Path X 49 King St. W„ Bowmanville Harrison Fuels Edge Bobcats JL On December 17, Harrison Fuels Major Peewee Toros hosted the Belleville Bobcats and skated away with a hard fought 4-3 win. In their previous previous meeting, Belleville blew by the Toros in the third period, period, scoring four unanswered goals to notch a 6-3 win. In the first period, Harrison Fuels outshot and outchanged Belleville Belleville by a large margin and dominated play with crisp passing and strong forechecking. forechecking. Josh Wignall opened the scoring at the 7:33 mark, with assists going to Jordan Foley and Dylan Welsh. Thirty eight seconds later, Darren Lang took a pass from Foley, spun Kick Up Your Heels And Celebrate! We hope your holidays find you sitting tall in the saddle! We're mighty happy you moseyed in this year, and hope to see you again soon. Thanks, pardners! Ed Hooper - Kevin Wharmby Hooper's Trophy Centre 43 King St. W. Bowmanville Telephone 623-1471 and fired a quick wrist shot to the top comer, to take a 2-0 lead. The second period was just as exciting. Although the Toros had many quality scoring scoring chances, Nathan Stout made riiany fine saves to keep Belleville at bay. At the 5:06 mark, Foley scored from Wig- nail and Welsh. The Bobcats forced the play and broke the shutout, with a goal at the 2:22 mark. The Foley line once again pressed the attack and Welsh fired in a rebound from Wignall and Foley, with 56 seconds left in the period. In the third period Belleville came out flying. Stout was kept very busy, making many fine saves, until the Bobcats finally finally found the range, at the 6:04 mark. Belleville made it 4-3 at the 4:57 mark and applied applied heavy pressure until the final biizzer. A tribute to both teams was the fact that this game was played penalty free. After being on the ice for six straight days, the Harrison Toros Toros have earned a well deserved deserved rest. Toro League Record: 9-8-5. Halminen Homes Beat Barrie 4-3 On December 14, the Halminen Halminen Homes A/E Peewees travelled to Barrie to meet a long time rival. The team played an incredibly disciplined disciplined hard hitting game of hockey, and with some solid goaltending from Kyle Large and Chris Wood, chalked up a much deserved 4-2 victory. Scoring for the Toros, Jamie Bryant (lg, la), Adam Wilks (la), Steve Motty (2g), Darren Kelly (la), Kent Missions (la). From page one was moved to the bullpen after struggling to a 4-10 record with a 6.29 eamed-run average. After moving to the bullpen in July, he compiled a 1-4 mark with a 2.76 ERA. 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