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AT) AAR BAL Thr 2 PSI 8 PUBFRD SOA Ae ZAIN S A x Un Ase MET AY RS RL IS LIT AL AXE I ACL toe) <{ BELT IEPVA BRA RC HTT Ae 4 ym Yat ' ; J RIERA IPRA We Cay Te ¥ "A. x x Nah os CTR YR PALE whit ALO NORIO 1 ales a i 12-- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., February 25, 1981 - i el Sede SSSS -- A a ~~ Son with 'Danny Millar The Port Perry Junior Rebels got back on the winning track Friday with a play-off victory over Dunbarton which advances them to the Central Ontario Secondary School Association finals. Todd Wilbur snaring this rebound had a strong game under baskets at both ends of the court. Port Perry Broomball League Utica, by Danny Millar For the third straight year, C & B Livestock and Utica Farm Equipment Plow Jockeys will be meeting in the finals to decide who will be the "year's Port Perry Broomball Association champions. C & B advanced to the finals with a 4-2 win over Larocque Electric and Utica ousted Blackstock 3-1 to capture the respective best of three series' in two straight games. Blackstock had by far the tougher round as they were taken to over time last week before winning while C & B coasted to a 6-1 triumph. It isa final confrontation- that really must be. In the two previous years, the Sports Junior Rebels win LOSSA play-off 50-31 by Danny Millar '"'With Brett not being here," explained an obvious- ly pleased PPHS Junior coach Glen Rideout, "'every- body played that much better." He was explaining how the Rebels defeated the Spart- ans of Dunbarton 50-31 in the opening game of LOSSA playoffs Friday, Feb. 20 in Port Perry. The reference was made of the loss of Brett Oosterman, who injured knee ligaments in a game earlier in the week and is not expected to be back this year. He had been a leader on the club, both in rebounds and scoring. He is one of the top rebounders j the circuit, a fact that Coach Rideout admitted he was concerned about. Port Perry's offense had to be rearranged because of the injury and Scott Wallace was "instituted as a starter, join- ing Todd Wilbur and Rob Burnett in the backcourt. Wallace broke through with an excellent game at both ends of the floor. Defensive- ly, he picked off several passes at the top of Port's zone defence as Dunbarton tried to feed the ball to Jim Woodside at the foul line. He contributed 14 points to lead the Rebel scoring. 'Scott Wallace played his best game of the season," said the coach following the win. Wallace had played in the shadow of Burnett through most of the year and was rarely started. He saw increasingly more floor time as the season wore on and the improvement was notice- able. Coach Rideout also prais- ed the efforts of Wulbur who finished with 11 points and Mark Phillips at the forward spot. Phillips replaced much of Oosterman's board clear- ing ability but still remains the team's biggest puzzle. For three quarters of the year he was a certain starter and played a large portion of every match. Over the last month he still was on the court for the opening tip off but was often replaced by Peter Christie or Stan Glass Jr. in the early going. Stone did a good job inside the Spartan defence in the first quarter as his team- mates fed him the ball in close, a role often reserved for Oosterman. He scored six points as Port went up 12-7. Port played a tightened defensive game in the second quarter that, led by Wallace, limited the Spartans to four points. The Rebels had their own way on offense as they increased the tempo and forced Dunbarton into a running game, which Coach Rideout felt was a key. Both teams were stingy in going to their benches for help. Dunbarton sent in only two men in the first half and Port's first substitute, Peter Christie, didn't make his appearance until five minutes had elapsed in the third quarter. Dunbarton outscored Port 7-6 in the third quarter, and all six points came on shots by Wilbur, the final basket coming two seconds before the horn echoed throughout the PPHS gymnasium. The fourth quarter went to Port as they engaged the Spartans in a shootout, out- scoring them 14-13. Port Perry now competes' in the semi-finals at GL Roberts this Wednesday and if successful there it goes on to the finals at Durham College this Saturday. Pee Wees split matches with Oshawa teams by Carol Wilbur Even though the Pee Wee Legionaires are out of the playoffs, they had two exhi- bition games on the weekend to keep them in shape for the upcoming Wellington and Goderich Tournaments. On Friday Feb. 20, the Oshawa Post Office team went down to an 8-3 romp. Robbie Baker had a big night with two goals and one assist. Dave Burnett, Steven Durham, and Lee Wilbur each had one goal and one assist. Tim Cannon, Greg Warriner and Chris - Lane tallied one goal each. Craig Menzies assisted on three goals. Andy Sytsma assisted and B will meet in play-off teams split the title and have also split the games between them so far this season. The last meeting between the squads was on the final day of the regular season when Utica emerged with an upset, handing C & B its second loss in league play. Utica's win over Black- . stock might be considered an upset considering they finished in third place, surrendering second spot to them. Conversely, C & B's victory was predictably safe. The only time that series was in doubt was late in the third period when Danny McKee tied it at 2-2 before C & B pulled it out. Both Port Perry area teams have fared well in tournament play, and if that is used as a prediction barometer, C & B would hold the edge. It won the last two tournaments it competed in, including the Port Perry Invitational, and Utica has usually been on the sidelines by the time the final game rolled around. Incidentally, C & B will be travelling to Brampton at the end of March to play in the Regional championships regardless of how it places in the PPBA final. It won that right by finishing first in the regular season. Larocque did not go down without a fight against the powerful C & B squad. It came back twice to tie it before Bill Bridge scored the winner with 3:59 remaining after taking a pass from defenceman Ken Jeffrey, while C & B's Bill St. John was serving a penalty for tripping Jeff Lyons. Beer managed to get a piece of the ball that Bridge fired but it was not enough. Tim Ashbridge scored the clincher with 1:39 to go on a flawlessly give-and-go pass from Robert Evans. Wing Bruce Woodrow set up the play when he stole the ball inside center and passed off to Ashbridge. Ashbridge relayed to Evans, who waited until Beer had committed himself before returning it. Ashbridge bobbled it momentarily before putting it in. Beer argued briefly that Ash- bridge's foot was in the crease. Bridge opened the scoring at 2:58 of the first period on a hard shot from the right wing face-off circle after Woodrow had passed out from the end boards. It was the only goal of the first frame as Beer was heavily tested. Evans had a chance while shorthanded and Ashbridge fired right at the Larocque goalie on a break away. Don Phinney hit the post once. Bill St. John also rattled a drive off the post in the next period. Kevin Martens worked a give and return pass play with Dave Canning as C & B was caught in a defensive lapse. One pass beat de- fenceman Jeffrey at center while the other, Charlie' Durward was caught deep in on two. Jim White, David Culbert and John Harmon each had one assist. On Sunday Feb. 22 we travelled to Orono where we played the Oshawa Canad- ians. Our boys don't seem to like playing morning games as they were defeated 3-1. Steven Whalen played well between the pipes. Tim Cannon scored Port's only goal assisted by Lee Wilbur. On Friday, Feb. 27 at 9:00 the Pee Wees will have a return match with the Oshawa Canadians in Scugog Arena. © Support Minor 'Hockey. final the Larocque zone. It was on a power play with St. John sitting out. Doug Scott, who paired with St. John along with blueline, sent C & B into a 2-1 lead at 3:37 of the third period on a powerful shot from the point after a cross- ing pass from Evans, while Larocque's Scott Heard was off for tripping Ken Fraser. UTICA - BLACKSTOCK The Utica - Blackstock encounter had some exciting moments but was not the cliff hanger that last week's match was. Down _ 2-0, Blackstock removed goal- tender Rick McLean with three minutes remaining and swarmed all around the (Turn to |page 15)