Lake Scugog Historical Society Historic Digital Newspaper Collection

Port Perry Star, 12 Apr 1983, p. 20

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

20 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 12, 1983 Sports Pee Wee B's hope to wind up f Last weekend Port Perry Stone Realty took two out of three games. in Forest to take a 3 games to 2 lead in their best 4 out of 7 All-Ont- ario series. The three game series opened up Friday, April 1 with a 5-1 victory for the Stones. The game ' was a hard fought one for Port Perry in which the boys were called . upon time after time to keep their cool. As in their previous contests in Port, the Forest team used a lot of lumber on their visitors but for- tunately in this game it cost them in extra pen- alties and goals against. In the first period the play was back and forth with both sides getting opportunities to score but it wasn't until 8:46 when Jeff Oke assisted by Ian Smith finally put Port on the scoreboard. The goal came after sustained pressure on the Forest net by Port Perry. The second period featured exciting end to end hockey and some great penalty killing by the Stones. At 10:53 Jamie Menzies got what proved to be the winner assisted by Paul Wylie. Paul fed Jamie a lead pass, Jamie bulled through the defenders and scored. Toward the end of the period the play got rougher with penalties going to both sides. Port maintained their lead by virtue of determination and hard work from every player on the team. : In the beginning of the Small game tags no longer needed If you're hunting for small game in southern Ontario this summer, you won't need a res- ident's summer small game tag. "I am pleased to inform resident hunters that the validity date on their licence to hunt small game has been extended to April 1 and August 31,"" Natural Resources Minister Alan Pope said. '"This is applicable to the South- ern Region of the pro- vince only." Hunters planning to hunt only during the summer will still re- quire a small game licence but will not have to purchase an addition- - al summer tag as in the past. The change will also benefit year-round small game hunters who will now have to pur- chase only one licence. Belles win- gold with fine play On Monday, April 4th, the Poff Perry Belles participated in the nnual tournament at Port Perry. Port met up against Lindsay in their first game and won 7-1. The second game was between Whitby and Warkworth. Whitby beat Warkworth 5-4 on a sudden death overtime. The third game Wark- worth played Lindsay *and Warkworth won 4-3. The fourth game was to determine who would play in the champion- ship game and Port played Whitby. This game was a very fast,' ¢lose game but Port came up with a 5-4 win in overtime. The win- ing goal was a super play to Kelly Raines by Janice Jackman. This win put Port Perry in the championship against Warkworth » J where Port-came up victorious with a fab- ulous score of 6-2. Goals and assists for the day were as follows N Janice Jackman 9 goals, 3 assists; Michelle Andrews 4 goals, 4 assists; Kelley raines 2 goals, 3 assists; Brenda Shepstone 2 goals, 1 assist; Stephanie Butt 1 goal, 1 assist; Kim Gar- land 4 assists; Tracey Olsen 3 assists; Michelle Newell and Diane McDougall each with 1 assist, Special congratulat- ions are to be given to our goalie Jill Kendall who played yet another great day between those posts. Congratulations Jill. Also thanks to our defense who stayed in the game enough to shadow the shots and also to our coaches who without them we could -not have won. third period Port once again provided some great penalty kiiling, particularly from Keith '"'Rosie" Roberge. At the 4:36 mark of the period, Davis Watts who had a strong game for Port gave the Stones a 3-0 lead on a shot from his favourite spot on the right side. Ian Smith got the assist on the goal. From that point on the slashing increased in frequency. Greg Staple- ton added to Port's lead with a neat goal result- ing from a pass from Ian Smith in Port's end: In spite of taking Some cheap shots along the way, Greg carried the puck down the ice and put it home with a hard shot. From this 'point frustration took over the Forest team and they hacked at anything that moved in a red and white sweater. At the 12:31 mark Davis Watts picked up his second goal of the game from an almost impossible angle, just catching the corner on the far side of the net. Ian Smith got his fourth assist on the play. Jeff Oke was also credited with an assist. Port did not sit back on their laurels but kept taking the play to the opposition. The Stones kept their cool and beat Forest where it counted - on the scoreboard. The Stones played a classy game of hockey which all their fans appreciat- ed. In the second game, on Saturday, Forest emerged the victors by a 5-3 tally. Despite the loss, Port was in the _ game all-the way and the score could have gone either way. With only 4:50 gone on the first period, Port found themselves down 3-0 but -- 'the Stones never gave up. In the second period the Stones finally got on the scoreboard with a goal from Jeff Oke resulting from a scramble in front of the Forest net. Ian Smith and Mike Toye assisted. In the third period with Forest two men short Port made it 4-2 on a goal from Davis Watts assisted by Jeff Oke. Port quickly got another goal which was dis- allowed. Within sec- onds, Stones made it 4-3 when Kevin Gibson found the mark. Assists went to Mike Toye and Derek Fitzgerald. From that point on Port out- played their hosts but couldn't put the puck in the net. They seemed to wait for the perfect shot instead of getting quick shots away. Instead Forest got what proved to be the last at the 8:16 mark of the period. Once again the game was an exciting one. The three quick goals in the opening period put Stones behind the eight ball and proved to be just a little difficult to overcome but there was no shame in the final score. Big Win On Sunday, Stones faced their biggest test 'of the playoffs. They rose to the occasion by defeating Forest 4-3 for their hardest fought victory of the year. They proved once and for all that they have enough talent and spirit to.come from behind. With just one minute gone in the first period Forest took the lead. Port Perry fought back and tied the score in the closing minutes of the first frame. Greg Stapleton took a pass from Paul Wylie and after a solid effort capp- Soccer kick offs Soccer registration has been taking place - over the last weekend and it looks as though many young people want to get into this growing sport. For those of you who could not make the regis- Co omy4 LAT RS 2) dy rend if 3 Vom = ART OT = RH.Cobugy fm = 307% (Waxy) 230° 133 Ce ) oe fa a The Scugog Youth Soccer As coming season last weekend and three youngsters. brother Mark will all be photo is association trea ed by a great shot, Greg put- the puck home on Forest's goalie's stick side. Port took the lead in the second period. Mike Toye who had a super series, took a break- away pass from Kevin Gibson and scored once again on the Forest goalie's stick side. Forest tied it up before the end of the second period and went ahead in the third. At 5:48 of the final frame, Mark Elliot un- assisted tied up the game for the Stones on a great shot from the point. the bullet went through several Stones and defenders to com- 'pletely fool the goalie. With less than two min- utes to go in the game, Port took the lead. Tim Allsopp who combined with Jamie Menzies got the goal. Jamie got the puck to an open Tim Allsopp who put it home to give the Stones the tration session, you can still get your children registered at the home of Alf Huggins, 274 Beech - Street, Port Perry, (985-3045) or Brian Mark, 433 Balsam Street, Port Perry, (985- Registration 8368). ¢ © °o_ game. The closing min- ute was exciting but Port held on. The game - the entire series, has been top quality. The Stones have' shown class, deter- mination, hard work and spirit, especially in the three games in Forest. Hopefully this fine team will receive well deserved support from Port Perry hockey fans when they resume their series back home Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. ~ Two from Port on OASA executive Two residents of Port Perry have been elected to the executive of the Ontario Amateur Soft- ball Association at the 61st annual meeting held last weekend in Stratford. Jack Cook Jr. was named first vice pres- ident of OASA and Gary Venning was elected to the executive. As a past president of OASA, Vin Walker is automatically a member of the organ-~ ization's executive. A delegation of 36 _people from Port Perry attended the weekend meetings which are the kick-off in Ontario for another softball season. . One of the high-lights of the season in Port Perry will be the annual Midget tournament July 16-18 which always attracts some of the best teams in Ontario. Meanwhile, regis- tration for minor soft- ball in Port Perry will take place this Saturday and Sunday at the Masonic Hall on Queen Street. ready to go closes on April 24th and the price goes up $5.00 for late-comers. Indoor clinics for the Minis and Squirts age group are planned for May 4th and i1ithat R.H. Cornish. This is when these younger children sociation held registration for the the sport is a family affair for these John Hansen (front left) his sister Susan and taking to the fields this summer. Also in surer. Nellie Westerman. -- An officially TO AR de a have some fun and learn a little about the game and our club officials try to grade the children's abilities. A very successful coaches' clinic has been held these last two Tues- days where aspiring ~ coaches and interested parents have been given basic pointers by two 0.S.A. regional coach- ing instructors. You sessions but if you are interested, call Tony Schincariol, our head ed referees' clinic. has 'been tentatively plann- ed for April 26,27 and 28th and those young- sters (or those not so young) may get more information about this from Dave Farrer, our head referee at 985-8729. By the way over 20 ladies have signed up as being interested in play- "ing soccer this year. Some want to get on their track suits and have a session while their children are prac- ticing and others want to go up to the Soccer Fields on Sunday morn- ing when there usually are a bunch of men and kids having a kickabout. Well done, ladies, we thank you for being a part of the club. A fund-raising dance for the Scugog Youth Soccer Club is being planned for Saturday, April 23rd. At $10.00 per couple, the offer is cer- tainly worthwhile. 5 2 'may have missed these ction

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy