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\ vA Thirty-year drought ends CITIZEN SPORT for Port Perry Pee Wees On Saturday, the Legionaires and their families boarded the bus for Mooretown, hoping that the long return trip would be filled with i t of very chippy, but there were no penalties called as our boys were intent on keeping their cool and not being goaded into foolish Ities. Five mi into the champions: that the 30 year wait would be over. We arrived early and the boys went for a run to get their minds off the excitement that was building. During warmups you could tell that the parents were also feeling this excitement as they cheered every move. The game started with end to end play and hard hitting, with good defensive play by both teams. Scott Jeffrey found the net four minutes into the game with a slow-moving shot that surprised everyone. Adam Jones got the assist. The Port players, coaches and parents alike were ecstatic. The play then got a little chippy with both teams drawing several penalties before the end of the period. They were, however, the last penalties in the game as both teams settled down to a serious game of hockey. With just 59 seconds left in the first period, Adam Hobbs fed Adam Jones a breakaway pass and he had no problem finding the mark. Twenty-nine d period our hard work was rewarded when Scotty got his second goal with help from the two Adams. A minute later, after Shane Savage had made the initial save, Mooretown got their first goal which was somewhat excitement was building; our parents were really into this game and our boys were playing a very disciplined game; they knew now they could win. onto the ice; the excitement was unbelievable. Our goalies Dann and Shane and the rest of the team had come a long way from September and Garry and Ed now had their , but With a minute left in the period, Adam J. passed the puck out front and Derek Tindall made no mistake ending the period with the Legionaires ahead 5-1. . Mooretown came out flying after the break, and by the 35 second mark had narrowed our lead to 5-3. Less than 30 seconds later, however, the two Adams did it #gain, with Jones getting the goal and Hobbs the assist we're back in the groove again. This ended the scoring but not the great plays. The forwards, lan, Danny, Troy, Adam, Adam, Derek, Jon, Scott and Seth kept coming in on the Mooretown Spectacular play after play later Adam H. scored, assisted by Jon Froats, to put Port ahead 3-0 The second period started out kept p on the opp and our defence, Jeff, Wyatt, Glenn, and Casey performed admirably. As the game wound down, the Girls fastball Bantam-Midget age girls (born from 1875-78) interested in playing Tier 2 fastball this summer are invited to try-outs that start April 11 in the small gym at Cornish Public School in Port Perry. The try-outs will run April 11, 18, 25 and May 2 from 8:30 to 10:30 PM. For more information, you can contact Jon Dawson at 985-8843. Port Juveniles open at home The Port Perry Key Bar Office Equipment Juveniles will open a best of seven series this Wednesday evening at the 8cugog Arena against New Hamburg for the all-Ontario hockey championship. Game time in the seri is 8:30 PM with gam® two scheduled for 8:00 PM on Friday in New Hamburg. The series will return to Port Perry on Sunday April 3 for a matinee at 2:30 PM. The Port Perry Juveniles won their berth in the all-Ontario finals after sweeping Parry Bound three straight on March 18. New Hamburg defeated Shallow Lake three games to two after trailing at one point in the series two games to none. New Hamburg won Yor d and called New Hamburg a "nice looking team" with strong net- minding "We are going to have work very hard against them, but I have a lot of confidence in our team." Key Bar has been playing superb along the trail to the all-Ontario finals. In fact, the team is un-defeated in its last ten post season games. Should Key Bar win this series against New Hamburg it would be the first all-Ontario Juvenile banner for Port Perry in 34 years. And it would be the second all- Ontario championship this season as the Pee Wee Legionaires defeated M: 6-3 on Saturday night to win games by scores of 3-2 and 3-0. Port Perry head coach Dave Barkey scouted the New Hamburg/Shallow Lake series, don't mies the series opener this Wednesday evening (March 30) at the Scugog Arena. Game time 8:30. The Napanee Raiders have jumped back into contention in their best of seven Junior C hockey series with the Raiders lost the first two games in the but came i 5 di = Bs ada Port Perry Pee Wee Leglonaires celebrate thelr All Ontario hockey victory in Mooretown on Saturday Raiders back in Jr. C series Bowmanville, the Raiders left with a 4-8 . Barly in the third peried had what looked like a solid 3-1 lead, but the Raiders scored with under six ; | back over the weekend with a pair of wins that leaves the affair tied at two games each. play in fon to get the