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22- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, March 23, 1999 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" KEEP AWAY: The Scugog Arena was once again packed with players and families last week as the annual March Break hockey tournaments were held at the local ice pad on Reach Rd. Teams from throughout Central Ontario in varying age and CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR skill ranges squared off all week at the rink while the students enjoyed a brief holiday from school. Here, two Bantam players chase the puck into end boards while their teams battled it out for the House League title last Friday (March 19) morning. seri Compton Cable tuned out Don Card picks up the shutout as Monsma Electric hammers the Compton Communications squad 5-0 in Sunday's SHL playoff action By Dean Van Camp Special to The Star Monsma Electric 5 Compton Communications 0 This contest was a one-sided affair all game. Brian Till popped the first Monsma goal followed by one from Mike Clarke. One minute later, Dave Cini scored for Monsma from Rick Campbell. With the game nearing the end, Monsma scored two more goals from Rick Campbell and Dave Cini to wrap up the scor- ing. Don Card played a strong game between the pipes for Monsma. Taylor Ford/Mercury 5 Pineridge Sports 1 Taylor didn't waste any time starting the scoring. They scored three first period goals from Clarence Stephenson (two), and Mark Decosta. Assists went to Bill Bridge (two), Gary Lance and Brian Samis. In the second, the momentum didn't change as Taylor scored two more goals from Bill Bridge and Mark Decosta. Pineridge broke the shutout at the end of the game with a goal scored by Rick Goris from Rick Sheehey and Tony Oxley. Ball/Callery & Associates 3 Harrison Fuels 7 This high scoring affair ended up with Harrison taking the two points. Harrison opened up the scoring from John Ennis and Mike McGuiness to go up 2-0. Phil McBride responded for Ball/Callery to close the gap to one. John Ennis scored again along with Richie LeFort to go up 4-1. Once again, Ball/Callery scored with Bob Tarbotton getting the snipe. Harrison pulled away with three goals from John Ennis (two), and Jamie Menzies. Brad Hurst scored one more goal for Ball/Callery in the losing cause. Joe's Pizzeria 2 Van & Truck World 2 Joe's and Van & Truck World ended up splitting the two points in this close match. Bill Weisflock opened up the scoring for Joe's assisted by Collin Wackett. Van & Truck World responded with Greg Fitzgerald scoring from Mike Geer. The Truckers scored another from Ken Jeffrey assisted by Brad Coppin and Mike Adam to go up by one. Halfway through the third period, Steve Churchill scored the tying goal for Joe's assisted by Dave Turn to Page 24 Green flag drops on '99 season for area drivers © BydJ. Wally Nesbitt © Frim Corner Five , © Scugog area drivers have begun the new racing season right where | they left off last fall. ~~ Uxbridge resident Scott 'Maxwell and: teammate Greg ° Wilkins claimed victory in the first © 10.104 a disappointed Powell. "But once we managed to rese Electronic Control Module, the car ran fine for the rest of the race." round of the 1999 Motorolo Cup held March 19 at Sebring tio sporting new sponsorship from Coca-Cola, too Florida circuit by one minute, 11 seconds over the Sunoco/Pennzoil Firebird of defending series cham- pion, Devon Powell of Blackstock and co-driver, Doug Goad. = . "We had fuel feed problems," ed to reset the in The three hour enduro was the win at the slowed by a 40 minute shut down, brought on when a competitor's car caught fire on the track. This delay permitted the winning cars 'to manage only 52 laps of the 3.71 - mile circuit. With the demise of the U.S. 'based Speedvision Cup, the Motorolo Cup ranks swelled, with . a series record 58 cars taking the Turn to Page 24 Large... Port Perry's Todd Healey takes a look at today's world of sports The Sport (?) Of Boxing Is Under Fire Once Again It's about that time again, time to generally rain toads on the parades of those who have annoyed us recently in the sporting world. In light of last week's Lennox Lewis/Evander Holyfield debacle, let's start with, and I use this term in jest, the "sport" of boxing. What was once the "sweet science" and the "noble sport," boxing has progressively become rife with allegations of match fixing, phantom punches, and battles being waged in the courtroom instead of the ring. The unification bout between Lewis and Holyfield was to have made everything right in the boxing world again, proving to the naysayers that there was yet hope for the once-proud sport. However, judge Eugenia Williams, the hard-up accounts clerk in Atlantic City's city hall scored the fight 115-113 for Holyfield, thus creating a judging draw, cast a pall over boxing that even Pollyanna would say stunk to high heaven. So badly was Holyfield beaten that the only logical explanation of the fight being judged a draw is bribery, collusion, and downright fraud. Now we as the paying public are not wrong to feel outraged by boxing's adulterous ways but we simply need to put our anger to good use. Let's collectively hit boxing where it hurts - in the wallet, or more precisely, Don King's wallet. Here's the game plan: We pressure the U.S. gaming commission to deem it illegal for casinos to accept wagers on boxing, just as it is with wrestling. Boxing would then be forced to acknowledge (just as wrestling was) that their "sport" is simply entertainment, since the end result is pre-determined; as fake as a face slap on Jerry | Springer. If the threat of cancelled wagering was levied by a gaming body, boxing would be as clean as June Cleaver's apron in the time it would take to say "goodbye Don King." Nothing speaks lounder than lost millions. On a more local front, I read in last week's paper, with great amusement I might add, a story concerning Blackstock Recreation facilities, and in particular, their lack of use. Fred Ford, a member of the Blackstock Recreation Committee, is quoted as say- ing, "I just think it's a shame that we're not being used when people really need ice time and they don't think of us. We have the same type of facilities you can find elsewhere." Obviously Mr. Ford has either never seen another arena outside of Blackstock, or has not seen the inside of his own for all the diesel fumes emitted by the tractor used to resurface the ice. Blackstock is and should be proud of many things: the fair, the award winning high school, the rec. hall. But the arena is not one of them. In fact, as a hockey arena, it makes a great curling rink. It is roughly a third smaller than a regulation-sized pad and therefore cannot accommodate organized hockey games above the age of about eight. In fact, Port Perry Minor Hockey does rent practice ice in Blackstock, but only for Tykes and Novices. For older age groups, ice is rented outside the township in both Oakwood and Little Britain to accommodate overflow in Port Perry. If Mr. Ford truly believes that the Blackstock arena has similar qualities as others, how does he explain the fact that for a 100-mile radius around Blackstock, ice is virtually unattainable? You are not being forgotten, Mr. Ford, you are being shunned. There's a difference. A GIR URS Sl ud ig, ade A