PAGE 10, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 1983, WHITBY FREE PRESS SPORTS WEEK Henry St. junior gridders hang on ôwnoee Henry Street defensive playerstry to track down a r'unner from Oshawa's O'Neiil Coilegiate. The Henry team emerged with a 27-26 victory. Free Press Staff Photo by TIM BAINES 40 yards for the touch- It wasn't pretty but thfiey got' the job done. That's probably the best summnation of the season-open er for the junior Henry. Street, Hawks football squad as they hung on to defeat Oshawa's O'Neil Collegiate 27-26. The Hawks roared out of the, starting blocks early as noseguard. Greg Lepine scooped up a fumble and rambled down. ilanker Chris Reier s à re touchdown on a 60-yard pass and run play and halfback Jeff Page bulled over the goal-uine for other first- haif majors. Kieker Scott Tutten added three converts. The score stood at 20-6 at haif-time with the Hawks apparently in command. Greg Roberts swept TOYOTA Your local Toyota Dealer Parts,*,Sales e Service 61 1025 Dundas St. W., Whîtby 668-4792Tor. Une 686-2228 around end for. another Henry touchdown in the second haif . A succession of errors <put, O'Neiil in a position to tie the game as they narrowed the gap to one point. Rather than going for the tie, they decided to gamble and try for a two point convert. The attempt failed and even though O'Neill regained possession -of the bal with 'about 30' seconds remaining in the game, they could flot get the bail downfîeld. Henry Street co-coach Dan McCluskey at- tributed the early lead to% nervousness on the part of. O'Neill's players. "They were on a strange field and they were nervous. We got the jump on them but as the game wore on, they began to play more con- fidently as they realized theéy were as good as us," he said. He was not at al pleased with the num- ber of turnovers his team committed. ."IWe fumbled three ti'mes and had two punts blocked. We made tons of mistakes but having made those mistakes and stili winning should give us confidence." He noted that Chris Reier, who played botb flanker and inside linebacker, especialiy stood out on offence. The defensive star of the game was Bart Slichter, Henry's safety. "Bart was saving us ail game. He's just a small' guy but he devastated a few guys wîth hits," said Mac- Cluskey. It is probably too early for MacCluskey or the other co-coach, Steve, Greening, to assess the team's chan- ces in the nine-team Lake Ontario Secondary School >Association (LOSSA) junior football Ioop. Tradition would die- taLe that Henry wiil be in contention at the top of the league as they are defending champions and have won the titie two of the past four years. "At this point we're inexperienced and we haven't really seen the kids in pressure situations," said Mac- Cluskey. He also abides by a philosophy used by Bobby Cox, coach of the Toronto Blue Jays basebail club. "If a kid has a rough outing, you have- to remember it's his first game. The kid is probably basicaily a good athiete so you hope he just needs a littie confidence." >"I looked out there today and saw kids with no color in their faces. We have to build up their confidence. for them to perform up to potential." There are currently 27 fuil-time members of the junior squad and'a few Grade 9 students, who attend practices and try, to get some ex-, perience. Cross-town Anderson Coilegiate is flot fielcling a junior teamthis year. Henry wiil next see action Oct.. 4 ýat hom e against Uxbridge. THINK SNOW!. SNO-W!t SNOW! VAN HEMMEN TIRES & SALES 1-416-666-2121 107A WARREN RD, WHITBY OPEN DAILY Mon. to Sat. 8 a.m.'to 6 p.m. SPECLALIZING IN WHEEL ALIGNIMNTw D.O.T. SAFETY CHECKS UNE STOP BRAKE CENTRE BRIDGESTONE DUNLOP MICHELIN UNIROYAL GOOD-RICH FIRESTONE KELLY-SPRINGFIELD is PEN » WHEN YOU THINK TIRI CALL VAN HEMMEN TIR 6616-2121 CHARGE-X MASTER CHARGE SPECIAL OFFER TO DURHAM REGION CITIZEN EMPLOYEES L2Ç% OFIF SUGGESTED ES RETAIL PRICE ALL OUR TIRE ARE FHRS LINE ES (No Seconds or Blems; FREE ENSTALLATI1ON & WHEEL BALANCI (EXCLUDM GMICHELIN)i SKATE EXCHANGEf NEW& USED SKATES SKATE BLADE REPAIRS DONE ON PREMISES« C.C.M.-BAUER- HOUAS: Large Seloction LANGE-MICRON Bayr iu ts _ Equlpment Id. 839-M"10 - -c-:i NO roo Rd LPickring M,