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20- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 5, 1996 WW R70 J. PETER HVIDSTEN / PORT PERRY STAR DOING HIS PART - Young Alex Pinkerton and his MoJack friends took part in the Scugog Centre Skate-a-thon held at the Scugog arena on Sunday. More than 400 people took part in the fundraising and proceeds will go towards a second ice pad and paying off the building debt. More than $16,000 was received in pledges and cash during the afternoon event. * Skate-a-thon a success By J. Peter Hvidsten The Port Perry Star Scugog Advisory Board members are more than pleased with the turnout for the Skate-a-thon held at the arena Sunday. According to board mem- ber Marilyn Pearce, "it was an excellent day," with bet- ween 400-500 people, tak- ing part in the event. More than $16,000. was raised during the afternoon skate and they expect to make a net profit of about $10,000 after expenses for the event are paid. Participants were asked to get pledges and skate 100 laps of the arena, and offered prizes for individu- al and team fundraisers. Anyone taking part who raised a total of $100 or more will receive a winter jacket with a skate-a-thon crest to show they partici- pated in the event. "We wanted to give something back to the par- ticipants, something vis- ible in the community," Mrs. Pearce said. Organ- izers expect about 150-200 of those participating will receive jackets. About 75 per cent of the proceeds ($7,500) will be placed in a trust fund and go towards funding of a second remainder will be used to help pay down the $55,000 debt remaining on the con- struction of the Scugog Centre hall. Eaglettes undefeated The K.C.I. (formerly XL. Gas Bar) Novice Ringette Eaglettes are off to a fast start this season. They have three wins and a tie, defeating Ajax No. 1 - 14- 6, Markham 11-2, tying Whitby No. 1 at four a Port Perry Minor Hockey Club presents the Van & Truck World Midget Tourney Featuring the ~ Pineridge Sports Midgets Saturday, November 9th Time 8:00am 9:10am 10:20am 11:30am 5:20pm 6:30pm at the Scugog Arena Teams Port Perry vs. Cobourg Innisfil vs. Bracebridge Niagara on the Lake vs. Trenton Port Elgin vs.Valley East (NOHA) JURE, Consolation Championship Next Tourney Bantam, Nov. 23 2% Cw Come Out and Watch some Exciting Hockey piece and outscoring Ajax No.3-11-6. Leading the way for the Eaglettes are veterans Amanda Curry with 17 goals, Jena Davison 14 goals and Caitlyn Helling- man with six ringers, new- comers Carley Churchill with two goals and Emma Kiiskinen with one goal round out the scoring. Graduating Bunnies Kim- berly Wilson and Laura Appleton have made the jump to Novice look easy while new team members Caitlin Dunn, Kellyanne Urquhart, Julie Tapper, Lauren Guthrie and Lo- gan Garland are learning the game quickly and all have played very well in their roles. Lyndsay Whyte, our star goaltender has played great, especially in the tie game keeping the Ea- glettes undefeated. Jill "Hunter, out with a cold is almost ready to go, her re- turn to the lineup adds an- other experienced veteran to this good team. Good luck in upcoming games Eaglettes! ice pad. The * 'The "Prince Edw County" Peewees elled all the way from | ton on Friday night to battle with Port Pe Legionnaires. The | teams had met previ in a tournament and knew that they had th work cut out for them! Despite many gr saves by Shane Fis Port was down 2-0 in | second period before Mik Blakey blasted home : goal, assisted by Joe Schembri and Dane Gray. Shortly thereafter, one « Port's toughest deft men, Matt Skerra to leave the game ; was smeared in the corner by a rather large Princ Edward "gentleman." Thi really got the hometown crowd going as Port potted two more goals to move into the lead. This time it | was Gerard Timmers who poked in a loose puck after great pressure from David Halward and Trevor Lance earned them as- sists. The other resulted from a fine pass from Mike Blakey to Dane Gray who beat the goalie with a wicked wrist shot. Before the end of the second, each team got an- other goal with Port's com- ing from a series of nice passes from Trevor Lance to David Halward and then to Jeff Tarbotton for the flip into the net. As the game went on, it got rougher as both teams had numerous ehe or two man advantage opportunities. In the third period, this resulted in three power play goals, although only one for the home team with Jeff Tarbotton and J Dane Gray assisting Tre- | vor Lance. With the help of good goaltending by Port's Darcy Stephens, the game ended tied 5-5. . Sunday night, after the Port Perry Skate-a-thon and auction, the Legion- naires travelled to Tren- ton to avenge an earlier encounter that Trenton had dominated. This time the results were to be dif- ferent. True to form, Tren- ton was big and tough as they did all the Scoring in the first period. Down 2-0, Port came out in the sec- ond period and really started to move the puck and show their speed. A turning point seemed to come when Dane Gray made a big hit behind their net, stole the puck, worked it to the point where Gerard Timmers ri- fled a shot that Trenton's goalie bobbled; Joe Schem- bri was there to drive