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Page 4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, October 22,1997 Section Two Vi. La 0 0» , f -, rtf- - i Ç. ' . i, V /£*>' V'j 11 n n a) r 3 I® 1 ;t j: n n Eagles 3 2 1 Cobourg 2 1 0 > [j mi <m >0 x3d S3 6 3 Bowmanville - Adam Armstrong (2), Tyler Cook, Mike Davies, Chris Steele, Steve Blais. Cobourg -- Rob McLean, Shane Diamond, Rick Thcrricn Err:™r~7,.TZi:::.:rn The victory over Cobourg keeps Bowmanville's home ice winning streak intact at 4-0-1...The Eagles utilized juvenile call-ups Matt Staley and Ryan Winning for Sunday's game. Winning was involved in a toe-to-toe bout with Cobourg's Jeremy Smith. The other scrap of the night featured hometown favourite Ryan Latimer against Jody Whelan...The win moved the Eagles into first place in the Eastern Conference's Ruddock Division, one point ahead of Trenton and Peterborough, and two in front of Kingston. "I think we will be in and out of first place all year. Everything we are trying to do is working. The kids know they have a chance to win every game," says manager Mike Laing...Sunday's game completed a hectic week for the Eagles, with five games in eight days. They began with a tie against Aurora, followed by victories victories in Ajax and Kingston, a loss in Peterborough, and a win over Cobourg. Ryan Penney was in goal for all five games. Backup goaltender Brett Cooper has been released to the midget Toros. The Eagles will rotate the midget and juvenile goalies as backups...Defenceman Steve Ewles has been suspended suspended by the hockey club. His spot will be filled by one of the extra defencemen the team is carrying... carrying... A couple of local connections still remain with the Cobourg Cougars. Former coach Mark Watson is the general manager and coach, while Dave Watt, of Courtice, also a former Eagle, is a defenceman in Cobourg. Home - 4-0-1 Away - 3-4 Overall -- 7-4-1 Friday, October 24, Bowmanville at Aurora; Sunday, October 26, Trenton at Bowmanville, 7:30 p.m.; Monday, October 27, Bowmanville at Cobourg. Preston the Movers Travel to Peterborough Playing in their first tournament of the 1997/1998 season, the Toro Minor Atom team, sponsored by Preston the Movers, played inspired hockey, gaining a spot in the semi finals of the annual Peterborough Tournament, before bowing bowing out 3-2 in overtime to a very tough Cobourg team. Heading into the game the undefeated Cobourg Cougars were heavy favourites to win the tournament, tournament, and everyone figured figured this would only be a warm up to the finals. However, no one told the young bulls from Clarington, who proceeded proceeded to come out and put the pressure on the Cougars right from the start, with Brad Farrow scoring early with assists to Derek Cobb and Mike Syer. The talented talented Cobourg squad finally settled down and managed to take the lead 2-1 part way through the second period. The Toros, however, however, never quit. With net- minder Robbie Goddard holding the fort, the Toros managed to tie the score with less than two minutes remaining in regulation time, when T^ler Beers deposited a rebound from a shot by Matthew Parker to force overtime. The Toros gave it their all in overtime, but luck was not with them, as Cobourg scored on a shot that deflected into the net off a skate during a scramble in front of the net, winning 3- 2. The round robin portion portion of the tournament saw the Toros defeat Cedar Hills 5-2, on goals by Ryan Webb, Nathan Murray, Kurtis Salway, Robbie Campbell and Jordan Beaudrie. Clarington then lost to Brantford 6-0 and finished second in division play with a 5-3 win over Chinguacousy to qualify for the semi-finals. Jordan Beaudrie had a pair of goals, with Matthew Parker, Brad Farrow and Robbie Campbell adding singles. Considering that this was their first taste of tournament tournament play at such an early part of the season, Coach Farrow was thrilled with the play of his defensive defensive unit of Mike Syer, Matthew Smith, Derek McCron, Alex Ley, Marc Rogers and Eric Kemp who played four solid games. The forwards once again generated several exciting scoring chances and will only improve as the season progresses. The goaltending duo of Robbie Goddard and Matthew Cooper gave the team a solid performance, holding the team to contention contention during times of heavy pressure. Tim's Fifth Wheel boys got an early start in their first game as a team on October 18, at 6:00 a.m. They played a tough Tint's Rental team and lost 5-2. The coaches were very proud of the gritty determination of the boys, They just kept working hard the whole game. They got their second game in on October 19, against a good Newcastle Photo squad and came up with a great effort with a 6-6 tic. Dallcn Rands played a great game in net for Tint's Fifth Wheel, and also congratulations congratulations to Josh Beech on his first hat-trick. Roy Nichols Takes Cup Final Over Whilby Strong Playoff Results in Four Straight Wins The season ended with a record of 9 wins, 3 tics and 6 losses. This placed the Under-17 girls in fifth place out of 10 teams. The team had been more successful successful than expected by many of The Darlington Youth Soccer Club, but this was only the begin- The Lange's Foto Source minor Peewee "A" Toros enjoyed their thanksgiving weekend participating in the 6th annual Ron Wilkins Memorial Tournament in Burlington. The Toros started with their first win in a thrilling overtime victory, defeating Tecumseh 3-2. This unfortunately unfortunately was to be their only win as they were defeated by the Whitby Wildcats in a close 2-1 decision. The team gave it their all as they pulled the goalie with 58 seconds remaining for the extra attacker to even the nmg. The Roy Nichols Motors sponsored Under- 17 D.Y.S.C. Girls' soccer team was made up of mainly 15 and 16-year-old girls, with two 14-ycar- • score, but came up short in what was their best game played of the tournament. The final game was enjoyed by a home team crowd as the Toros allowed the host team Burlington Eagles to score all four goals in the first period before getting on track in the second and third periods, finally notching notching a goal to spoil Burlington's bid for a shutout. In continuing league play the Toros stretched their win streak to three games in a row, defeating Nobleking in a close 2-1 olds, and one 17-ycar-oId. They entered the cup competition competition with high hopes but a realization that they would have to play their best in order to have any chance of success. The game. Michael Oliver picked up a goal and assist for his fine play, and Andy Chamberlain scored the winning goal. Their win streak was cut shot by Vaughn Rangers who left Darlington arena 3- 2 victors. Jesse Bradburn and Michael Oliver were the Toros sharpshooters with a goal each. The team's record stands at three wins, two losses, fourteen goals for, and eleven goals against. Three games were decided by one goal differences making the games close and exciting. competition was held over the weekends of Sept. 13 and 20. The first game was against Peterborough. This team had gone undefeated during the season. Peterborough had soundly thrashed Darlington earlier in the season by a score of 8-0. In the playoff game, Darlington was able to hold Peterborough to a 2-1 score. Although it was a loss for Darlington, there was a ray of hope shown in the level of play. The team had to play their best in order to have any chance o f success The second game was against Etobicoke. This team had beaten Darlington by a score of 5- 2 earlier in the season. However, the Darlington girls raised their level of play and defeated the competition competition by a score of 2-1. Solid attacks and defensive defensive play contributed to the win. Game three was against the team from Vaughn, the third place team. Vaughn had defeated Darlington previously by a score of 4- 2. Darlington managed a tie in their second encounter. The playoff game was a different story. A final score of 3-1 vaulted vaulted Darlington into serious contention for the Cup Final. Game four was against Olympic Flame. In two previous meetings, Darlington had prevailed by substantial scores. The playoff game was no different different with a score of 4-0. With three convincing wins, the Darlington team entered the Cup Final on September 21 against their Durham rivals from Whitby, the second place team. During the season they had traded wins. Right from the first whistle Darlington dominated the play, not allowing Whitby an opportunity to use their game plan. Aggressive play by all members of Darlington resulted in a first half score of 3-1. Whitby pressed hard during during the second half but had few chances to penetrate the solid defense. When they did, the superior goaltending goaltending of Karen Rickard stopped them cold. Darlington continued to create goal scoring opportunities, opportunities, popping in an additional goal. At the end of regulation time Darlington had won the Cup by a score of 4-1. Alida Brinkman was a scoring dynamo kicking in three goals. This was particularly particularly satisfying because it was her last game with the team. Emily Muir scored the second goal and demonstrated excellent team play by setting setting up numerous opportunities. opportunities. Assists were also gained by Christie Stevens. The team plans on continuing continuing next season and will be looking for replacements. If any young women born after 1981 are interested in trying trying out for the team they should contact either Jim Reid (905) 623-9824 or Gord Lohnert (905) 434- 1289. Indoor practicing and try outs will start in January. The Roy Nichols u-17 girls' soccer team finished the past year with a record of 9- 3-6, finishing in fifth place. But the playoffs were a different story. They reached the Cup finals against Whitby, and won with a well-deserved 4-1 victory. Team members include, front row, (1-r), Kcrra Gardner, Amy Reid, Karen Rickard, Christa Klawittcr. Second row, (1-r), Gord Lohnert (coach), Alida Brinkman, Jennie Williamson, Brittany King, Nikki Braybrooke, Christa McCreary, Jim Reid (coach). 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