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Seniors and Midgets drop games bd ars ERED) ein Ld SETAE "t on pt AERA 2 Rh ima AXIUREALED 30 $l PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., January 14, 1981 -- 13 Junior Rebels defeat Dunbarton Spartans by Danny Millar Dunbarton Spartans Midget Basketball team came from behind with one minute remaining to nip Port Perry High School Rebels 32-31 in what was likely the most memorable game of the young season on Thurs- day, January - 8. -- Port's Juniors remained undefeat- ed with a 42-27 win while Spartan Seniors beat the Rebels 46-21. But the evening belonged to the youngest high school team. And the fourth quarter belonged to Jeff Kerr. Kerr put on a clutch foul shooting exhibition during the final period, making a superb seve of nine shots from the line. He finished the night with 16 points, highest on the team. Port went into the last quarter down 24-20 but they had started to play excellent defence under new coach Gerry Cole in the second half. Mid-way through the final frame, with the Spart- ans, in deep. bonus foul trouble, Kerr sank a pair of free throws to pull within 26-24. Moments later, he . toed the line again-and-popp--.=: ed in the first shot, making it 26-25. He converted twice on his third consecutive trip and Port Perry grabbed a one point advantage. Dean Stone hit on a jump shot with under three minutes remaining to lift the Rebs to a three point lead and it looked as though they would pick up their first pair of points in LOSSA competi- tion. But Dunbarton hung tough and J. Woodstock swished a shot from outside tying it at 29-29. S. Duncan dropped in a foul shot with under two minutes left and the hosts regained the lead. Stone missed in a crucial one and bonus situation but Kerr pumped in another pair with 1:20 left. T. Todd got inside the tight defensive unit and scored on a layup underneath the basket to force a change in leads for the fourth time in four minutes. It has been said that fate has a way of evening things out on the sporting field. It can turn goats into heros and vice-versa. It can convince second stringers they are superstars and change front liners into non- entities. And that's what happened. Kerr was fouled with less than a half minute remaining and toed the line with the game riding int he balance. He missed for only the second time in the quarter but it cost Port Perry a first victory this season. Harry Sillen, Port's tall center, played a strong rebounding game for the Rebels. JUNIORS WIN Another center led the junior Rebels to its fourth season win. Brett Ooster- man followed up a 25 point game against O'Neill before Christmas with a 20 point effort'against the Spartans. It marked the first win for Port over Dunbarton after four losses last year. Guard Todd Wilbur was the only other Rebel in double figures. He had ten points. Port Perry took the open- ing tip-off and Wilbur banked it in and the visitors never looked back after that. They were held close during the first quarter, which ended at 10-10 after a slow start. Guard Robert Burnett, especially had a tough time getting untracked as he missed his first three shots and was benched before the half ended. He finished the game with four points, one of his lowest totals of the season. Port took charge in the second quarter with a strong SOOO ELUTE JUNIOR 'C' HOCKEY Scugog Arena - Port Perry - Ontario SUNDAY, JANUARY 18th Port Perry MoJacks Little Britain Merchants ADMISSION: Adults $1.50 Students $1.00; Children 50¢ RRR GAME TIME: 7:30P.M. AIR rebounding and shooting attack from Oosterman. By the time the half drew to a close, Port had gone ahead 26-16, allowing only six points during the second eight minute frame. Port Perry Coach Glenn Rideout went to his bench after securing the lead in the third quarter and came up with Scott Wallace, Stan Glass Jr. and Pete Christie. These three are just about the only players to have come off the pines this year "and Christie and Glass have been used very sparingly. Coach Rideout has chosen to stick with six basic players and' the strategy has been very successful to this date. Dunbarton switched to a man-to-man defence in the final five minutes of the game in an effort to gain possession and put some points on the board. Port stayed in its standard 2-1-2 zone and got stingy perfor- mances out of Wilbur and Burnett at the top of it. Late in the game, with the out- come ascertained, Scott Wilson and Andy Fisher saw some playing time. SENIORS LOSE Trouble keeps piling up for the Senior team following a 25 point loss to Dunbarton. Perhaps the best indication of where Port stands in the LOSSA circuit is that Dun- barton was only a .500 basketball team before they more than doubled Port Perry. MolJacks in ninth position It was learned before the end of the holidays that starter John Wynsma would be lost for the season follow- ing surgery for a torn knee ligament. It was a strange injury that didn't look serious initially. Wynsma hurt it in the O'Neill game just before the Christmas break. At that time he left the court under his own power. Wynsma had been a reliable forward with his inside work complimenting the long range shooting attack of Curt Pinkowski. One bright spot for the seniors is the return of weak- kneed guard Kevin Harris. Harris played his first game of the year in spurts and scored his two points on free throws with :37 remaining. He has been plagued by the same problem faced by the likes of Bob Ireland, George Cope, Dave Dickson and now Wynsma--bad knees. He spent the past two seasons with the juniors and was a starter last year. Dickson performed strong- ly from the other guard spot and contributed a team high eight points to the attack. He should work well in the back- court with Harris's ball handling and playmaking abilities. The two were teammates on the juniors two years ago under Arend Dekker. Port Perry's teams play at home next Tuesday, January 13. Trounced 8-1 by Eagles by John B. McClelland The day of reckoning is approaching for 'the Port Perry MoJacks. } The team "has had more than its share of problems all season long, and following two lop-sided losses this past week at the hands of Cobourg Cougars and Bowmanville Eagles, the MoJacks play three games this weekend which are crucial to their chances of catching the final play-off berth. Currently mired in ninth spot in the ten team league, the three weekend games are a must-win situation for the MoJacks if they hope to over-take the Rice Lake Rangers. MoJacks travel to Lindsay this Friday for a game against the Muskies, then meet the Rice Lake Rangers in Bewdley on Saturday and host the last place Little Britain Merchants at the Scugog Arena on Sunday night. In Bowmanville last Sunday night, the Eagles made it look easy with a crisp passing and skating attack as they romped over the MoJacks by a score of 8-1. Eagles, who are currently in a neck and neck battle with Cobourg for first place, breezed to a 5-0 lead in the _ opening period, and although better in the final two frames the Bowmanville club seem- ed to be coasting through the motions and playing just hard enough 'to MoJacks off the score sheet. Stan Greenham and captain Don Farrow opened the scoring early in the first period, followed by a marker by Randy MacDonald at 10:40. MoJack captain Darrin Jobb was off for tripping when Brent Clemens made it 4-0 at 13:25, and Jobb was again in the box for interfer- ence when Clemens beat Ray Gibson off a scramble to give Eagles the 5-0 lead. The only goal of the second period came at the 4:11 mark when Brad Godfrey took advantage of a MoJack give- away to beat Gibson with a clean shot. Bad passing and give- aways in the MoJack zone hurt the team in Bowman- ville as they have all season long, and the inability to move the puck with any authority has been probably the weakest part of the team's play this year. Even though eight goals got by him, netminder Ray Gibson could hardly be fault- ed on any of them. In fact, his play in the final two periods kept the score from going well into the double figures. At the other end of the rink, MoJacks had few good "keep MoJack coffin with a hard wrist shot at 17:36 of the third. The game was a relatively tame affair in front of a small crowd in the Bowman- ville Arena. The only out- break of violence was a mild pushing match that resulted in minor penalties to Brown and Mike Albrecht of the MoJacks and Brad Godfrey and Neil Jones of the Eagles. With assistant Paul Kane handling the coaching duties behind the bench since just before Christmas, MoJacks seemed to show a little more spark and enthusiasm in the first couple of games, but the match against the Eagles was a dispirited and sluggish affair. Since Kane took over, the club has won one; tied two and lost four. With the season into the final two weeks, the club has eight games left beginning with the three game series this weekend. MoJacks pretty well have to take ten of the possible 16 points to be assured of the play-off spot so they are facing an uphill struggle. Game time against Little Britain at the Scugog Arena this Sunday evening is 7:30 p.m. SUNT Enno of Oshawa). SUNT Port Perry Snowmobile Club "RIDE-IN BREAKFAST" On January 25th, 1981, Port Perry Snowmobile Club presents their Annual Ride-in Breakfast, from 9 A.M. to 12 Noon, followed by a Poker Rally (with prizes donated by Taylor's Small Engines Registration - 12 Noon to 1 P.M. Riders to leave by 1 P.M. Come join in the fun at our Club House! For Information Call: 985-2888 or 705-357-3530 SITTER nae SN. the MoJacks played a little scoring chances with most of their shots coming from well out, giving goalie Craig German no trouble. The only goal that did beat _ #German came early in the third off the stick of defense- man Charlie Brown who got away a quick screened blast frém just inside the blue line. MacDonald with his second of the night made it 7-1 Eagles and Derek Keen- han put the final nail in the THE BIG BROTHERS OF NORTH-DURHAM-- announce their A PIZZA BONANZA COMING Sd | ait. 4.44 Lighil 14th TROPH Est Mon., Tues., & Wed. 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