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(see article) - kW The action in front of the Little Britain got a little heavy at times during Sunday night's Junior C game with the Port Perry MoJacks. The final score was 7-2 in Port Perry's favour. They also defeated Little Britain 12-2 on Saturday night to wind up the pre-season schedule, without a loss in five games. With a fine combina- an un-blemished record (four wins, one draw) and looked pretty im- pressive in the process. In those five games, the team pop- ped 40 goals behind opposition net- minders while surrendering just 22. And 15 of those surrendered goals came in the first two pre-season con- tests when the coaching staff was taking a close look at players trying to break the roster. In their final three outings, the MoJacks gave up just seven goals. The MoJacks wrapped up the pre- season schedule this past weekend with a pair of wins over divisional rival Little Britain Merchants. And they did it in handy fashion Satur- day night at the Manvers Arena by the score of 12-2. Sunday night at home in the Scugog Arena, the Mo- Jacks broke a closer game open in the third period en route to a com- fortable 7-2 win over the Merchants. OK, you say. Pre-season doesn't mean a darn thing. What will this team do when the real season gets underway and the games mean something? We'll find out this Thursday night (Oct. 8) when coach George Burnett and assistant Garnet Warriner take their charges on the road to Port Hope for the traditional opener against the Panthers. Coach Burnett likes to keep his pre-season comments low key, but he's pretty pleased with the way things have gone for his team dur- ing training camp and the exhibition games. Well he should be. With 21 players signed and the roster just about set for the start of the real season, the tion of experienced veterans and some very talented newcomers on the roster this year, the MoJacks should be in a position to take a solid run at first place in their Division of the Central Junior C loop. In fact, this team may be the most talent-laden in Port Perry in a decade. (see arti- cle for details) MoJacks are a team loaded with talent. In fact, as one who has been following Junior C hockey closely in this town for a decade, I would ven- ture a guess that this team is the most talent-laden of any to come along in that ten year period. And that includes last year's fine squad that provided so much hockey ex- citement for fans in Scugog Township. It would be utter folly, of course to start talking about a divisional or league championship in October, but based on pre-season play and the calibre of hockey players Burnett and Warriner_ have assembled for the roster, let's just say for the time being that this team is going to be competitive with strength everywhere on the ice star- ting in goal. With Brian Tarleton and Paul Goreski, the MoJacks have two ex- perienced Junior C cage keepers. Based on their performances last season, the MoJacks will be able to count on either of these guys to come up with the big save in key situations. Goreski is a combative individual who doesn't take any nonsense from opposing forwards crowding his turf in the goal crease. But both are highly capable net- minders who have been through the playoff pressure cooker. Along the blue line, the MoJacks appear at this stage of the game to be solid. Darren Nesbitt, who was such a dominant force in the league last year is back again and he can doit all. Big, strong, tough, mobile, Nesbitt is also a threat to score any time he steps on the ice. He's the kind of guy younger players look to for leadership. Also back from last year's squad are Clay Dempsey and Dave Sims. Dempsey is big and strong with fine range, but he piayed hurt much of last year. Hopefully, he can stay healthy this season. Sims is a tough, hard-nosed performer who likes to hit. John Hartford has been playing defense during the pre-season (Turn to page 26) More Karate Club honours On the eve of the Fall season for the Port Perry Wado Kai Karate Club, students competed at Brock University, in St. Catharines, the. afternoon of Sunday, September 27. Bringing home the medals were: Michele Vanheiningen - Gold in Sparring, Bronze in Kata; Kim Cau- dle - Bronze in Sparring, Emitt Kuyt - Silver in Kata; Tony Vanbox- tel, Jr. - Bronze in Kata; Neil Ruskay - Bronze in Sparring; Nelson Coish - Bronze in Kata. Port Perry's first, locally trained Black Belts, Tracey & Trevor Mollon, placed well in their first Black Belt competition. Trevor placed 4th in Sparring and Tracey earned a Bronze medal for Sparr- ing. Tracey also placed 3rd in overall points in the Women's Black Belt Division and received a trophy for her efforts. The Wado Kai Club is reporting an excellent turn-out for the Fall "87 beginners class of parents and children students alike. There is stil! room, though, if interested, so drop by Sunday or Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Latcham Centre, downtown at the lake. Bill Bridge flying again The first game of the day saw Dennis Anderson's defeat Sport- sland in a one sided game, by a score of 8-2. "Drivers" for Andersons were Bill Bridge 5 goals, 3 assists, Dave Bourgeois 2 goals, 3 assists, Jim Duncan 1 goal, 1 assist. Also adding assists were Sean Kenny with 3, Henry Forderer 2, and Chris Brain with 1. Scoring for Sportsland were Ken Little from Scott Davis and John Connors from Brian Samis and Ken Smart. In game two Blanchard's Supply edged out J & D Construction 3/2. Scorers for Blanchard's were Tom Patton 2 goals, Ron Jeffrey 1 goal and Donovan Smith 1 assist. Counting for'J & D were Colin Asselstine from Dennis Lycett and Bob Tarbotton from Doug Bronson. In game three, Norton's Home Improvements managed to pull off a 5-2 win over Larocque Electric. Scorers for Norton's were Bill Hurst 2 goals, 1 assist, Dick Martin 1 goal, 1 assist, Brian Norton and Rob Evans 1 goal each. Adding assists were Bob McEachern 4, Clarence Stephenson and Lee Steeves 1 assist each. Scoring for Larocque were Bruce Smith assisted by Carl, Fitzgerald and Ed Olsen, and Rick Brooker assisted by Dave Dickson. Game four saw Compton Cable T.V. out-hustle, and defeat Crandell's Riverboat 4-2. Capitalizing for Comptons were John Foster 2 goals, John Robertson I goal, 1 assist, Wayne Fox 1 goal, I assist, Brad Hurst 2 assists, John Delorme and Rick Olaisen 1 assist each. The markers for Crandel's were Doug Suppelsa unassisted, and Ken Jeffrey from Larry Jackson.