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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" ' CLs 4 i -_ f i t i EYE ON THE ACTION: Taylor Fuels' goaltender Jeff Glazier kept a careful watch on the action last weekend as his team took on Harrison Fuels, a game they would eventually lose 4-1. The return of ice to the Scugog Arena has brought with it lots JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR of action, as the Scugog Hockey League began play last week and with the Port Perry MoJacks getting set to wrap up their pre-season exhibition games and open the 1999-2000 regular Central Ontario Junior C season. MoJacks take to the ice Port Perry's Junior C hockey squad have finished training camp and will wrap up their ~ pre-season schedule with a game Thursday evening against arch-rival Little Britain By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star The Port Perry MoJacks are expected to have their roster final- ized by the end of this week as the team prepares for another season in the Central Ontario Jr. C Hockey League. The team has one exhibition match left this week (Sept. 16) and general manager Murray Parliament says the roster will be pretty much set at the conclusion of that game. ~The ModJacks are going into this Thursday night's tilt against the arch-rival Little Britain Merchants with about 17 players either signed to cards or designated to a spot on the roster. The GM and head coach Tom ee Te er Thornbury will use this final pre- season game to further evaluate the talent and make those all-important final additions to round out the 20- man roster. The ModJacks opened training camp Aug. 30 at the Scugog Arena with close to 40 hopefuls trying to land a spot with the green and white, and after several practices and three pre-season games, the manager and head coach are more than happy with the talent and degree of com- mitment they are seeing on the ice. "We have a lot of skilled hockey players competing for the positions. And there has been a much stronger commitment to the practices and the pre-season games," said Parliament this past Sunday night at the Scugog Arena as the team battled its way through a high-scor- ing affair with the Georgina Ice that ended 10-7 in favour of the visitors. And head coach Thornbury is likewise impressed. He rated his training camp "happiness level" at "close to a nine" on a scale from one to 10. Thornbury said the players are showing him a lot of skill and heart -- two ingredients he said which will more than make up for size. "They play like they are 6' tall and 200 pounds." And they are stick- ing up for each other, an ingredient all coaches like to see for cohesion and positive chemistry on a team. The head coach is starting his sophomore season as the ModJack bench boss and indicated he's expect Please Turn to Page 23 Waving the final flag Mosport waved the final flag of this millennium as the '99 season closed By John "Wally" Nesbitt From Corner Five Shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11 the final checkered flag of the millennium fell at Mosport Speedway, ending a night that saw cham- pions decided in all four of Mosport's racing divisions. Queensville's Kyle 'Wheely D.' Donaldson entered Saturday's activities with a substantial lead in the Bob's Towing ThunderCar standings, and his three, second place finishes on the last night of action secured not only his championship, but also the 'Rookie of the Year' title. In the ThunderCar preliminaries, heat race wins were earned by Oshawa's Gabe Scimone (his first), Brian Strawn, Terry Shaw and Darren Kearnen. Continuing his winning ways, 16-year-old Kearnen in his #46 Chevelle advanced from the rear of the 21 car pack and into the lead on the sixth lap (out of 20) in the season finale. Hounded, Kearnen was able to take advantage of lapped traffic and held off the challenges to claim the popular win. Donaldson crossed the line virtually attached to Kearnen's back bumper with Terry Shaw, Doug Lamb and Dave Crowther rounding out the feature's top five. An all-too-familiar sight for the Terry Cullwick Auto/Fortune Investments Challenger racers has been the sight of the defending series champion Steve Knab's disappearing tail lights. This was the scenario again on Saturday as Knab used a three race victory sweep to claim his second Challenger championship crown. After cruising to two heat wins, the Richmond Hill driver in his #90 Monte Carlo checked out on the field and powered on for a half lap victory in the 20 lap feature race. Nestleton's Dave Lee made a valiant effort to chase down the new champion but was forced to settle for a distant second placing. The best battle of the night saw Bruce Knapp edge out Craig Chen and Dan Robinson for the final podium position. Port Perry's Rod Sauder's late season charge in his Sign Works #46 MOPAR made the Horner Automotive Modified title chase interesting, but in the end it was Acton's Darrin Wrigglesworth laying claim to the Mosport Modified title. Sauder was dominating on the final night of racing as he took wins in both of his heat races (John Teune and Larry Jackson earned the other victories), before piloting the #46 to a well deserved win in the Modified season finale. Taking charge of the feature on lap five, the Scugog Islander ran uncontested to the checkers with Andy Warbutton, Larry Jackson, John Teune and Adrian Foster fol- lowing in order to the stripe. Wrigglesworth, who had for several laps been challenging Sauder, suffered his first DNF of the year as the powerplant in the #36 Chevy expired half-way through the feature dash. Fortunately, his points advantage heading into Saturday's action was enough to secure his championship. Heading into Saturday's finale, Mississauga's Brad Corcoran held a 14 point advantage atop the Advantage Personnel Late Model points standings. When the checkered flag flew to end the year, Corcoran found his lead cut to seven points, but he was still honoured with the 1999 Late Model title. Taking two heat wins, a feat that he shared with Rob Munday (#5), Corcoran took the green flag for the 25 lap feature race from the back of the 16 car field. Working his way towards the front-along with title challengers Rod Sauder and West Lee Talons, Corcoran was eventually forced to retire to the pits suffering from rear brake problems and some Please Turn To Page 23 APL SL aa ls ea el Re TET » Th ant