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. WES ~rgie -- ETAT »* Victory over ESPSS would have done it They are: ' As it turns out, the MSS Varsity Marauders had only to beat Ecole Secondaire Penetan- guishene Secondary School in their season- ending matchup Tuesday to earn the second and last playoff berth in the Simcoe County North Division. They lost, 23-22. Because of its weird- ness, description of the situation in the final week should be ap- proached from the front. Going into the final week, MSS, Orillia's Park Street Collegiate and Orillia's Twin Lakes Secondary School were all tied for second behind unbeaten Collingwood Collegiate _Institute. All had 3-2 records. In the last games, "MSS faced ESPSS -- whom they had beaten 47-0 earlier in the season -- and Park was to meet a weakened, demoralized and dissipated Twin Lakes team. If both the ob- vious favorites won, Park would get the playoff nod because of MSS' weird final week by Garry Forbes There are two simple words to describe the last week of the high school *: football season -- at least as far as =: Midland Secondary School is concerned. weird and tragic. an earlier win over MSS. If Park lost to Twin Lakes, MSS would be playoff-bound because of their season- Opening win over Twin Lakes. Midland's only hope rested on Park's losing. Fat chance. This depressing thought, aided by the injury Sunday of their quar- terback Steve Friesen -- the team's offensive driving force -- caused Midland to lose their concentration Tuesday in Penetanguishene and, consequently, the game. They had, alas, no way of knowing Park was going to blow it the next day. Today, then, as Collingwood and Twin Lakes practice for Tuesday's Simcoe County semi-finals, MSS and Park -- which turned the ball over to Twin Lakes eight times in the 18-14 Wednesday upset -- are kicking themselves on_ the sidelines. MSS, according to coach Randy Ritchie, "still should have won" OVA preliminaries Midland ladies' teams qualify for top division The ladies' section of the Midland Volleyball Club has gotten into the winning spirit this year with two teams qualifying for the A division in Ontario Volleyball league play. In addition, some local players -- in- cluding Mary-Pat Quilty, Kelly Swales, Susan Lamers and Pattie Cox -- have been quietly taking a shot at the All-Ontario team. The Midland Here's Lookin' Atcha squad, which competed in the OVA's B division last year, qualified for this year's A competition by winning five of six games in a qualifying tournament last Sunday in Toronto. The Atcha's_ beat Toronto PPL 17-15, 15-11 in their opener, downed Orillia 15-1 and 15-10, and beat Cabbagetown 15-8 before losing the second game 15-5. A second Midland Association ladies' team, the Midland Parlour Games, maintained their A-division status from last year despite losing five of six games in a separate qualifying tourney in Toronto the same day. The Parlour Games squad ~ split their Opening match against Toronto Kalev 15-10, 14- 16, before dropping to the Toronto Satellites 9- 15, 10-15, and the Don Valley Raiders 11-15, 9- 15. Tuesday's game over ESPSS, despite his allowance that Penetanguishene were keyed up to _ the facemask after their awful embarrassment earlier in the season. Flanker John Friesen filled the quarterback position in his injured older brother's absence and led the MSS offence to 300 yards total of- fence. Ritchie described it as "one of the best running games we've had all seasor.,,"' pointing in particular to fullback Gary Beausoleil's 169-yard One-touchdown __ perfo- rmance. The other MSS touch- downs came _ from fullback Mike Josland and quarterback Friesen the younger, who also passed for two two-point converts. Unfortunately for the restructured -- and obviously effective -- MSS offense, their defensive counterparts were shocked at every turn by ESPSS_ quar- terback Jerome Ladouceur and _ his Spirit-of-vengeance teammates. Ladouceur threw two touchdown passes, back James Morrow sur- prised the MSS defense with a high-risk flea- flicker play which resulted in a 40-yard touchdown toss to Paul ANNOUNCEMENT _Endzone agony Members of the Midland Secondary School Marauders look a dejected after a touchdown by a Collingwood Collegiate Institute receiver in their recent matchup. But little to Tuesday. it wasn't as hard to take as a 23-22 loss ESPSS Penetanguishene Secondary School The latter game ended Midland's playoff hopes. Ecole Secondaire Balabuck, and Dave Genier appeared in the end zone with two two- "point conversions and kicked for another one- pointer. ESPSS was never behind in the game, and in an effort to alter that fact -- and keep their playoff hopes alive - Midland attempted what would be a game- winning two-point conversion after their last touchdown during the final minutes of the game. They missed. MSS coach Randy Ritchie looked at the whole weird affair philosophically. "It was a good foot- ball game," said Rit- chie. "Penetang im- proved quite a bit and was full of surprises. You can't take anything away from them."' Ritchie described the sum of his team's six- game schedule as "a reasonably -- successful season. I'd say everybody had a pretty good time." Those comments came, however, before Ritchie knew of Park's defeat. Today, un- doubtedly, he'll have a lot of little things playing on his mind. Things like the missed convert Tuesday, Steve Friesen's injury Sun- Friesen's knee may have been in working order in time for the playoffs Tuesday. day, and the late news -- too late to inspire a more spirited MSS push against PSS -- that For these are the things which helped prevent the Marauderse) from continuing their good time for at least One more game. Malibus winless in league play The Commodore Hotel Malibus took it on the chin in their second round-robin competition of the Simcoe County Laies' Volleyball League season Tuesday in Colllingwood. The Malibus dropped their first match 15-12, Ken Wells Burner Service is now owned and operated by Dennis Truax. Burner Service For appointment, call 526-7357 24 hr. service 526-9914 NOMINATIONS for three Trustees for the Protestant Separate School Board of the Town of Penetanguishene will be held Mon, November 9, 1981 between 7and8p ih. at Burkevale School. ELECTIONS (If necessary) will be held on Mon, November 30, 1981 -------------------- 12-15, 15-7 to Collingwood, then were beaten two straight, 15- 13, 15-5, by Orillia's First club. The games were the third and fourth losses in aS many matches for the Malibus. Next action for the Midland team is Nov. 18 al Base Borden BUY NOW AND YOU'LLGETA Light Duty Trucks HURRY!! This offer is good *500°° On 1981 Ford FACTORY CASH' REBATE . Yes, that's right, you get a $500.00 cash rebate when you buy a new or demo 1981 Ford Light Duty Truck. October 21 through November 21!! i Choose from a wide selection now in stock at... 412 Hugel Ave. 526-2278 Friday, October 30, 1981, Page 9. if