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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" I ------t ne a ee KELLY LOWN/PORT PERRY STAR The Port Perry MoJacks won their season opener on Sunday evening. Pictured are Dave Jackson, back centre, of Mother Jacksons Open Kitchens, which has sponsored the team since inception, with sons Kellen, left, and Christopher, who dropped the puck to officially be- gin the club's 21st season. Also pictured are Bobcaygeon Bullets captain Dwayne Vandenaak- er and MoJack captain Brett Puckrin. Pictured are far back is Carl Luke, MoJack equipment manager. ModJacks win season opener 7-2 over Bobcaygeon Bullets By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star The Port Perry MoJacks won their season opener on Sunday night in convincing fashion. The ModJdacks handed the Bobcaygeon Bullets a 7-2 loss in the Bullets first regular season gameattheJunior Clevel. Prior to the game a special puck-dropping ceremony was held. Dave Jackson, of Mother Jacksons Open Kitchens, along with sons Kellen and Christo- pher dropped the pucks to offi- cially begin the ModJacks' 21st season. The game was scoreless until halfway through the first when Steve Laird finished off a pass from Todd Byers to give the Mo- Jacks a 1-Olead. A penalty-ridden game, both teams played much of the game short-handed. It wasn't until the second pe- riod when the ModJacks' can- nons letloose. The mix of five veterans who returned to the fold, along with the new players proved success- ful for the home club. Todd Byers had a four-point night and Jason Logan a three-point evening to lead the MoJacks to a much-deserved victory. At 11:62 of the second Byers showed what he could do, with a nice end to end rush, before slip- ping the puck over to Greg Dav- idson. Davidson finished the play off with a nice deke to slide the puck into the Bobcaygeon net. Jody Logan gave the MoJacks a 3-0 load as he brought the puck up ice all alone and back- handed it past the sprawled goaltender. Bobcaygeon did manage to get one goal back as captain Dwayne Vandenaaker slid a weak shot through the legs of [an Cooper, who hadn't seen much action up to this point. The ModJacks came back to add two more before the end of the second. Byers potted his first of a two-goal performance on a point-blank shot in front of the net which ricocheted off the goaltender's stick into the top corner. Logan and Laird picked up assistson the play. With 1:15 left in the period Byers netted his second goal on a hard shot from the point. Dav- idson picked up the assist. Bobcaygeon was first to score in the third period as Shane Fleming beat Cooper to the bot- tom corner. Mike Larivera had the assist. The ModJacks picked up two more goals to end the game with 7-2 victory. Converging on the Bobcay- geon goal the ModJacks took four shots before Todd Dennis slipped one past the goaltender with 13:00 left to play. Logan picked up the assist. Jason Cochrane scored the fi- nal goal of the game for the Mo- Jacks as he finished off a nice cross ice pass from Brett Puck- rin. Both goaltenders were hot in this match-up, stonewalling many rushes at the net. The Mo- Jacks out shot the opposition 44 to141n the game. The ModJdacks are in Little Britain Wednesday, Oct. 7. Game time 18 8 p.m. The Mo- Jack's next home game is Sun- day, Oct. 11 when the Lakefield Chiefs will be in town. Game timeis 7:30 p.m. Cartwright minor ball elections The annual meeting for Cart- wright Minor Ball will be held on Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. in the Town Hall in Blackstock. The meet- ing will feature the election of a 'new executive for the next ball season. This past year was particu- larly eventful for the associa- tion. Registrations increased over 20 per cent with 21 teams participating in T-ball, softball, hardball and one "rep" team. This was a year of firsts, and the results were most encouraging. The T-ball division was a first for the league, with a total of three equipped and coached teams taking the field and com- peting over a 10 game schedule plus year-end tournament. Hardball was re-introduced to the area for the first time in many years. House league soft- ball players were able to partici- pate in three "pick-up" hardball divisions complete with new equipment, additional practices and some exhibition games. Also for the first time, a "rep" boys softball team was fielded and participated very success- fully in the regional fast pitch league. The next year has the poten- tial to be equally eventful. Dis- cussions are ongoing regarding the expansion of playing oppor- tunities to include scheduled hardball league play, as well as softball. There continues to be interest expressed in terms of the continuation of the "rep" ball program in the new year, and the T-ball program was an obvious success. If this past year was any indication, there is the likelihood of even more playersin the future. The meeting on Oct. 19 will include the year end report by members of the outgoing execu- tive. Members of the communi- ty at large are encouraged to come and hear details on the season, as well as give feedback to the executive for the future. The final order of business will be the nomination of people for the next executive, followed by the election itself. The positions on the executive include chair- person, vice-chair, secretary, treasurer plus five additional executive members. Current members suggest the commit- ment of time to be about two hours per week, on average, over a 12 month period. Anyone seeking further infor- mation is encouraged to call Ron Martyn at 986-5952. Woody's undefeated in broomball league In the third week of the sea- son, previously winless Black- stock Brewers came out on top in the first game of the day by beating Monsma Electric 4-2. Blackstock scored first with Ron Short firing the goal in on an assist from Tim Cochrane early in the first period. Mon- sma tied it up in the second on an unassisted effort by Murray Down. Again the Brewers pulled ahead on a set up by Co- chrane and Short to newcomer John Binning. This time it took a penalty shot by Down to tie the score for Monsma. Black- stock then pulled off the win tal- lying the final two on efforts by Bill Pratt from Gord Bryans and Scott MacLennan from Pratt. Another team which hadn't won to date pulled off an upset of sorts as Emmerson's Insu- rance scored with six seconds to play in regulation time to defeat The Framers Gallery 3-2. Frramer's struck first at the four minute mark of period one on a tally by Paul Brough from Tyler Renaud. This was answered shortly thereafter by Emmerson"s when James Hudgins notched one from Karl Wittmer and Michel Roy. Again the Framer's went out ahead before the end of the period as Peter Kristensen aid- ed Stephen Kristensen tor the marker. Emmerson's final two came in the second half of the game as Les Allen assisted Hen- ry Elste for the tieing goal and Wittmer fired the winner unas- sisted. The final game of the day saw the two undefeated teams go head to head to see who would come on top alone. This one was a real squeaker with Woody's eventually coming out on top by a 2-1 score. There was no scor- ing at all until, with both teams entertaining a man in the sin bin, the B & R Swampers got their lone mark by Mike Mitch- ell from Dan Taylor and Brian Pomeroy with just 54 seconds left in the first period. Not to be outdone Woody's proceeded down the ice to tie it on a goal by Wayne Tate from Rob Mason with eight seconds showing on the clock. Woody's didn't wait so long into the final period to notch the winner as 1:10 into the second they got the final marker from Neil Woodrow as- sisted by Brad Maarse. Scores from weeks one and two: Sept. 20: B & R 6 - Framer's 0; Woody's 2 - Brewers 1, in overtime; Monsma 5 - Emmer- son's 1. Sept. 27: Framer's 56 - Mon- sma 2; B & R 3 - Blackstock 0: Woody's 4 - Emmerson's 0. Figure skating season underway Port Perry Figure Skating Club is officially into the 1992/ 93 season. We are now into our fourth week and the skaters are working hard. Congratulations to Kara Olsen, Britni Smith and Chloe Desmairais for being the first to receive Canskate badges this season. Already your skat- ing skills are showing improve- ment. Something to be proud of. P.P.F.S.C. offers several pro- grams for our skaters. Cansk- ate is a learn to skate program that awards badges through the eight levels of skill progression with each skater starting at the beginner level. Canfigureskate is a program that follows after the Canskate system. It incorporates badges as the skater progresses in their figure skating skills. Test stream is our main sen- ior program. [t allows the skat- er to advance through the test system with the help of a profes- sional coach. We also have several skaters who are at the competitive level and represent the club at major competitions. We are proud of all of them as they succeed in reaching their goals. Our skating season runs for 30 weeks and the skaters can skate once or twice a week de- pending on the program they choose. Pre-school skating is also of- fered on Friday mornings. We have a fall session of 10 weeks and a winter session of the same length. We are now full for our fall session but will consider running another session if enough parents are interested. Turnto Page 24 ST SE ri PTR -------- Ny YI I DN SI RE I mn ---- --- a Ew