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. For the first time in over 20 years, a PPHS Senior Boys' Basketball team won the LOSSA gold and Is off to Belleville this week for the OFSSAA ' competitions. Front row, left to right, Kevin Pike, Gary Norton, Matt Brown, Jay Fletcher. Middle row, left to right, Andrew Mitchell, Salvatore Alonzi, Ryan Williamson and coach Bll Langley. Back row, left to right, Mike Smith, Sean Roncettl, Glenn Esple, Chris Amoid. Absent is Jeremy Hartin. Playoff spots set in local broomball loop The regular broomball season came to a close this past Sunday and the top four are gearing up for post season play beginning next Sunday. Going into this week the Blackstock Brewers and Trader Sam's were deadlocked in the standings with 20 points each and were going head to head to see who would come out on top. When the smoke had cleared it was Trader's emerging victorious with a 4-2 total. The first period saw both teams trade off goals with Trader's going first when Shawn Piels recorded an uhassisted marker. This was answered by Blackstock's Ron Wagg with Ron Short and Neil Woodrow drawing assists. Tony Dennis from Ken St. Amant and Les Allen pulled Trader's out in front and this was followed shortly after by St. Amant's goal from Dennis. Blackstock rebounded with their final marker off the stick of Woodrow from Al Bouwmmeester. The final goal went to Mike O'Meara with help from St. Amant and Piels. In game two it was the league leading Brooklin Bruins blanking the Stouffville Scorpions by a 4-0 tally. The Bruins built up a two goal lead before the midway point with goals by Don Jansma and Luke Collard. Picking up the assists were Ron and Nick Attwood, with Jansmé drawing'one on Collard's goal. The Scorpion's kept it close until the dying moments when they gave up the final two. Scoring Brooklin's third goal was Shawn Mitchell from Dennis McWhirter and the last tally going to Ron Attwood from Rob Mason. Jim Raaphorst recorded his league leading 11th shutout. head record and the difference in goals. They emerged on top of a 3-0 blanking of the Framer's Gallery in the final game of the day. The Swamp accounted for one in the opening frame as Mike Butt picked up his first of two. Butt scored number, two midway through the second on a setup from Mike Mole. Mole again got on the score sheet as he aided on the final goal of the game with it going to Scott Heard on a shot from the point. Keith Tremblay picked up shutout number 8 for the year. Next week sees the start of the second season with Brooklin entertaining Blackstock at 4:30 and the Swampers playing host to Trader's at 5:30. Starting the day off at 3:30 with be Framer's and the Scorpions. mp" Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, March, 1996 --33 4 Senior Rebels earn For the first time in some 25 years, Port Perry High School will have a senior team in the all-Ontario (OFSSAA) boys basketball championship. The Senior Rebels coached by Bill Langley are off to Belleville this Wednesday to compete against 16 other AA schools from across the province for the coveted OFSSAA crown. The Rebs won a berth in this tournament last Thursday night at Durham College when they soundly defeated G.L. Roberts 64- (38 to capture the Lake Ontario Secondary School Athletic A the squad for a great, team effort over Roberts in the LOSSA showdown. A berth in OFSSAA has been a long time coming for the Senior crew at PPHS. In fact,it's believed the last time a team from this school advanced to the all- Ontario was in 1971, when the squad was led by 7' 2" centre Jim Zoet who went eventually played in the NBA. ley said some. of the teams PPHS will face at ' trip to Ontario finals The OFSSAA format will * guarantee each team three games. A loss in game one will keep the team in contention for the final, but a loss in game two will send the squad to.the consolation side. Langley said win or lose, representing the school at the all-Ontario will be a great experience for the entire squad. He noted that several members of the senior team are just 17 and have two more years of the OFSSAA tournament _ high school ball ahead of include Cornwall, Barrie, Sutton and Delhi. As might be expected at the AA all-Ontario level, he said the will be title. It was a doubly sweet victory for the Rebels as it put them into the OFSSAA tournament, but also made up for a gouple of losses at the of G. L. Roberts earlier this season. "Our guys really wanted to win that one. They didn't care how many times they may have lost (to Roberts) during the regular season, this was the one they wanted," said a happy and proud head coach Bill Langley. The Rebels got off the quick start taking a 15-4 first quarter lead and continued to play solid ball at both ends of the court for the well deserved victory, v # As he has done all season, Andy Mitchell led the Rebels on the scoresheet with a sparkling 18 points, followed by Mike Smith with 11, Sean Roncetti and Gary Norton with eight each, Chris Arnold with six and Ryan Williamson with four. But Langley had words of praise for every member of The Homelife S kept pace with Brooklin but fell to second place on the basis of their head to ZT] (=1)] Windshield? mre TE Eee. 'while supplies last, with every windshield replacement PLUS ... WE PAY YOUR DEDUCTIBLE on most insurance claims. PORT PERRY TEL Sales & Services Inc. Residence and Business Customers have the Tg ou Dia Sum LIER. Giveusatry.. specializing in ... INSTALLATION & REPAIRS = Inside Telephone Service = Mini Satellite Systems = Echo Wireless Security Systems In-home Demonstrations) 985- 009% tough. But his young teanf is ready to play, he added. "They have faced tough teams all season long," said Langley, who is making his first OFSSAA appearance after more than 20 years coaching high school basketball And the Rebels may just be hitting their stride at the right time. After a slow start to the season, the team turned things around brilliantly and is now riding the crest of a 10- game un-defeated streak. them---- It has been quite a run for athletes at Port Perry High School. Last week, the |, Midget boys squad won the * LOSSAA basketball title with a 59-49 triumph over . * Central Collegiate. There is no OFSSAA level for Midget age teams. The Junior girls won the, LOSSAA volleyball crown, defeating Uxbridge 15-1. in the game three tie- breaker. The wrestling team came home from LOSSAA as champs and will compete at the all-Ontario tournament and the swim team is sending 14 members to the OFSSAA championship this week. Pineridge Midgets out The playoff season for Port's Pineridge Sports Midgets came to an abrupt end a couple of weeks ago in Stouffville. The team dropped the series in two straight to theClippers, who have since fallen to Oshawa in the Lakeshore group finals. (Oshawa subsequently went on to paly Port Colborne in the 'OMHA Midget A quarter - finals). Coach Warren Geer and his assistants Jim Dexter and Steve Connors deserve recognition for the time and effort they spent with the members of the team over the season. Also, Terry Coyne of Pineridge Sports is thanked for his financial support of the team, Poulan PRO JULAN-F ' SELF-PROPELLED MOWERS MANCHE STER 985-9909