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Sl Ei a IN =i EP Yi 23527 tei Sa RE. -v The Port Perry ModJacks have grabbed a share of third place as the Central Junior C Hockey League is coming down to the final few games. Byt it wasn't easy, not by any stretch of the imagination. Points have been hard to come by for all teams in the highly competitive league this season. And the MoJacks were more than pleased to take four over the weekend with victories over the first and last place squads. On Friday night in Ux- bridge, MoJacks got an early jump on the first place Bruins and came home with a 5-3 victo- ry. And Sunday night at the Scugog Arena, the MoJacks put on a gritty display as they spot- ted the Ajax Axemen a quick 2-0 lead, then slowly battled back to win this hard hitting game 5-3. Last Tuesday night (Jan 15) in Ajax, the Axemen scored three times in the third period to trim the MoJacks 5-2. And the Ajax gang, who had a three e win steak on the line and is in a bitter strug- gle for the final playoff spot looked like they were going to do the same number when the teams hooked up Sunday at the Scugog Arena. Dan Mollen and Kevin Kearns put the Axemen ahead 92-0 before the contest was five minutes old. And were it not for some strong work by Drew Campell in the nets, the score could have been alot higher. It took MoJacks until the mid-point of the second to final- ly get on the score-board as Warren Geer snapped a shot under the cross bar on a partial breakaway. Three minutes later, Al Avery tipped a puck across the line with an assist to Phil McBride. And after 23 seconds of the third, MoJacks went ahead for the first time as Jim Vernon sta- pled a shot to the twine from the top of the face-off circle. John Lally and Avery set him up. But the Axemen got right back in the game at 5:46 as Mol- len blew a rocket past Campbell on the power play. Phil McBride got what proved to be the winner as 10:21 with a long shot from the left point through a big crowd in front of the Axemen cage. Kevin Gibson drew the assist. John Harman made sure with an empty netter in the dy- ing seconds of the game. In Uxbridge Friday night, the MoJacks never trailed as they pinned a 5-3 loss on the first place Bruins. Saptain Brad Menzies had an outstanding game as he scored once and set up three others. Linemate Warren Geer had two goals and an assist, while John Harman, the third member of the line clicked once and had two assists. This line had ten points on the night. MoJacks grab share of third place RR Jim Vernon, who has found the scoring touch again, netted the other MoJack goal with a set-up from Lally and Avery. These three have been teamed together in recent games and are playing well at both ends of the rink. . Campbell got the nod in goal and faced 34 shots. He was at his best early in the third as the Bruins were on the power play. Paul Sinclair netted two in a losing cause for the Bruins. On January 15, MoJacks went to sleep in the third period and allowed the Axemen to score three times for a 5-2 win. Menzies and Gibson did the scoring for Port Perry. SLAP SHOTS: The ModJacks have to be mighty pleased with their weekend work. The win over first place Ux- bridge will boost the old confi- dence levels and the win over Ajax was a result of old- fashioned hard work. The Axe- men, by the way had won three straight in an attempt to catch Cobourg for the final playoff spot. In other Junior C action over the weekend, Lakefield tripped Little Britain 4-3; The Merchants dumped the Eagles 5-1; Bruins defeated Lakefield 6-3 and Eagles doubled Co- bourg 6-3. MoJack coach Ken Har- man is hoping defenseman Chris Arsenault can return to Cornish track st Two local track stars have really excelled in their chosen sports. Tommy Chambers and Amanda Wakeford are mem- bers of the Durham X-L Track and Field Club. Both partici- pate in cross-country running and track events. And at a recent awards ban- quet for the region-wide club, both of the youths were reward- ed for their contributions dur- ing 1990. Tommy was the recipient of seven awards: medal award for track and field; Medal award for cross-country; award of ex- cellence for track and field; award of excellence for cross- country; champion award for cross-country; coach's award for hard work, persistence and a positive learning attitude; and outstanding Atom boy (ages 11-12) for cross-country. Amanda, who competes in the Tyke girl division (ages 9- 10), was awarded six medals: Medal award for track and field; medal award for cross- country; award of excellence for track and field; award of excel-. lence for cross-country; cham- pion award for track and field; champion award for cross- country. The ham X-L club is com- prised of the best athletes The Port Perry MoJacks seen here in white in action Sunday night against Ajax Axe- men, came up with two strong games over the weekend to defeat Uxbridge and Ajax by the RR CR same 5-3 score. The wins for the MoJacks give the club a share of third In the Central league standings, with five games to p action this weekend. He's been out since November with a broken ankle. Rob Willetts is out with a knee injury, but may start skat- ing again this week. - Here are the League stand- ings, including games played (eight years old and up) from all the schools in the region. The team practices two nights a Emiels shuts out Big V Emiels 4 - Big V 0 The only goal of the first period was scored by Matt Baker of Emiels, assisted by Kristin Wooton and Neal Hancock at 3:30. The second period also had one goal scored in this close contest, and that was by Jeremy Stevens at 6:21, assisted by Mark Thornton. Justin Wotton opened the scor- ing in the third period at :35 seconds assisted by Chad Barker and Justin Wotton also scored the final goal at 8:29, shorthanded. The shutout was earned by Mike Wilson with special mention to the four defence partners of Shawn Watson, Neal Hancock, Jeremy Stevens and Mark Thorn- ton. Matt Baker played a strong game also for Emiels. Sunday night. Uxbridge 44; Lakefield 36, Port Perry 35; Bowmanville 35; Lit- tle Britain 31; Cobourg 23 and Ajax 18. MoJacks have one game in hand on Bowmanville and two on Lakefield. week at the Oshawa Civic Cen- tre for area, provincial and na- tional meets. " i : i i Amanda Wakeford and Tommy Chambers are members of lay. (see story for details) MoJacks were in Cobourg Monday night (Jan. 21) and will host the Merchants this Thurs- day night (Jan 24) at 8:30 PM. This coming Sunday, they will be on the road in Bowman- ville for a proverbial "four- pointer." Game time for that oneis 7:30 PM. ars X-L Both Tommy and Amanda are students at R. H. Cornish Public School in Port Perry. ¥ the Durham X-L Track and Field Club. At a recent banquet, the two Port Perry students received many awards for their ---- DOTfOrMance in the 1990 season. (See story for details.)