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Olympia girls cop title OLYMPIA DRIVE IN Squirt Girls won both the league and playoff titles this year The team is made up of in front from the left Bev Dawson Giselle Charette Debbie Lumbers Lisa Cadenhead Rondine Brown Sally Bnggs In back is manager Gary DeBruyn on the left with Betty Lou Tufford Kim White Robin McClure Linn Conner Theresa Dunn and Susan Tufford with coach Pop Main Absent is Gail Hughes Squirt I Girls swept the Ha Hon Rural I Softball Association playoff title for the third season in a row Squirt girls downed Omogh 1 for the championship here Thursday Theresa Dunn was on the mound for Acton In the final frame Squirts Dawson Debbie and Robin McClure con nectcd for home runs to put the game on ice Kim White and Betty Lou previously smashed homers for Acton in the game For the second time In three years the Olympia team copped the playoff and league titles Last year Olympia set tied for the playoff title while captured the league honors team members arc Dawson Giselle Charette Debbie Lumbers 1 Bhnn Jody Brown Sally Gail Hughes Betty Lou Kim White McClure Lynn Conner Theresa Dunn and Susan Tuf ford Manager Gary DeBruyn and coach Pop Main guided the team again l Main commented that this squirt girls team Is the best behaved he has coached No hit hockey team forms Acton Is soon to be the home of a new rep team as a full year of organization has re sulted in the formation of a contact hockey team to enter the league formed by Georgetown last year Coach organizer chief cook and bottle washer Mike we hope to win We have a good team Tht team was begun last year lo help people in the new subdivision meet their neighbors It skyrocketed from there said Lalonde rhey first played Friday nights but had to move to Sunday nights lo make way for the Sabres They moved from 11 p m Sundays to 9 m to and back to Fridays and back to Sundays again going back and forth for the whole season We were kind of pushed around then hut the guys were having a good time At present there are nine teams in the league from the area with three more waiting to get in There Is no contact allowed in the game and no are permitted We don want anybody to get hurt said Lalonde The Acton team is trying to keep itself an all Acton thing as all players come from town and they have hired the Acton Referees Association formed by Robin Inscoe last winter their games So far the team has no sponsor and players have had to put about of their own lo buy sweaters They have practiced the last three weeks in Milton but will not be able to get Into Acton until October The team has come a long way from being just a way to get to know your new neigh Once boxla stars teach Rams Tho Acton Free Press 12 Wednesday Aug 24 1977 Monarchs rally in to 1st rallied to a hard earned win and a share of first plate in round robin bantam ldcrosse plajoff action here last week Going into tonight s action here against Acton puts its record on the line 11 history in point series Game lime ii m Tomorrow night what could be the deciding en counter of the series pits the against in the Royal City at and Acton share top spot game of the series sees hosting Monday with an start Kick Miller netted an urns marker his of the game to nudge Man into a listing third period id Kitchener t is fill apart in the third period in last Wednesday Rime as Momrefc pulled off an I who found them irk Ihrec tlnus put the itch on lie also with in short i scored the first goal of the without help and pi a man short Period by the went like this irchs JUNIOR RAM FRED Allan steps lively past a pair of senior during Saturday night s exhibi match Seniors won 13 lok a slim 1 lead into Ihe second hurst for four goals while kttping lo one goal for an overall lead when the buzzer sounded 1 tiding up lo Milters game winner there was sec saw pi in the final period Civ sited just seconds into the frame before lie popped home the orange ball from Turkosz and Mike M Kitchener Bruce returned to play after serving i ten minute misconduct lit gave the kail agun Six seconds liter were in the drivers seat to stay when number 17 bulged the Iwmc for his stcond goal of Ihe night Ihen followed Miller and with the winner and Kitthtner was the only leim to spoil season victor rtcord fin year on top of the with record Also scoring for were Ken Anderson with a pair and Hodgson with goal j nil an In penalties both sides were pretty even Aclon serving minutis ind Kitchener S Schwartz and J Hoffman Kitchener with two goals each J counted for the remainder of i scoring There they were a little older not much slower and still able to drill a lacrosse ball through a foes skull A of the vintage Rams the only team to bring the Junior Ontario Cham pionship to Acton joined some slightly younger former Rams lo shade the latest lion in an exhibition game here Saturday night The socolled pulled some muscles and some plays to delight about spectators There were ll folks in the com centre including players The engagement could fairly be called a family affair The Turkosz all three of them were on deck the Van Ihe and Ihe Wilsons were also on hand the championship squad of six years ago came Harry Chris Sargent Craig Mike and Bob Gowland Of course from the team there was the highest scoring Ram ever Bob and net minding brother Garj organizer Howard agreed the game results were less important than Ihe fact the ben ion played it all The seniors sounds better than play tonight in Memorial Arena at 30 pm in another exhibition game The oppo sition is The whole idea Howard said is to get the minor teams going in lown and for the sen iors to have some fun The only minor Itam in town is the which is coached by Chris Sargent and Bob More exhibition are in the wind for the seniors Howard who was on the seniors bench said Mike McMahon will very likely come in i player coach The Cooks ley brothers Bruce ind are sible as is Glen mm The seniors borrorwed B Sabrt hockey sweaters for their first On the Junior Rams bench was Larry Porte pulling the strings At game s start the seniors come out so much fire in their bellies they threatened to push the Rams out into the ball park Rams were quick to rally and up to the final few min made an entertaining game of it Seniors ran the youngsters into the pavement In the final five minutes ac cording to coach Dwyer Seniors bagged five goals in Ihe first two periods then settled for a half dozen in the third Juniors matched goal production in the middle frame but only found the net four limes in the first and lost frames Bramalea player Jinan paced seniors with four gaols and an assist Paul Wilson slipped in a couple of goals then helped Bob Turkosz netted a pair and assisted on three Also for seniors Harry Karens and Van collected two goals and two Mike popped in a pair while Ian Campbell ton rue ted for one and set up four Bob found the mirk once and assisted on one Turkosz picked up an assist as did Doug Taylor who shared net duties with Jtrry who also assisted on a goal Keith Toy lor is another pro- who helped the seniors One of the prettiest goals of the was by Davey who ireed the ball over his shoulder Into the net from about feet out Bob delivered an over the shoulder pass lo from centre The play started with Gary lob to Rob Turkosz Ronnie the Junior C forward is said to have bet Gary he score on him If he did he get a if he failed he hid to pay the same Ronnie had to fork over at least judging from stops elder brother made Ronnie got two assists Larry Porte said he signed Jerry Jarman son Chris for the game Chris whatever Ihe relationship to he senior netted four goals and helped on two for the Hams Kevin netted two assisted twice Fred through with a pair of markers and helped set up one Also for the Juniors John Von fired in a goal and assisted on one as did mates Steve Wilson and Bruce Number George was held to a goal and four assists Pete also picked up a goal for Ihe juniors while goaltendcr Graham Harrison earned in assist Rick Gibson and Steve Pa pill on also played for Rams Money from a food basket draw will be going towards minor lacrosse sold Larry Porte Jays nip Orioles Blue Jays pulled a win out of the fire two runs in the last inning after Orioles rallied for three runs in two innings in lea gue action in August 13 Blue Jays nipped Orioles Brown paced the Jiys w ith home runs in the opening and closing frames Orioles were held scoreless until Ihe third inning when Michael Bowers picked up a run He was soon followed by Ron Kenneth Boners made a round trip In the next frame Hon Woolley nearly collected a fourth run for Orioles WINNER OF THE MOST home runs award during Georgetowns Industrial Softball Tour nament is Acton native Chris Tennant Chris team won the consolation championship Against Port Elgin he clobbered a grand slam homer Chris hot bat has Norval in first place in the eleven team Georgetown industrial league snares 3 shot title Derrick of Road captured the Meadows Junior Mens Championship Sunday lis ihe first time he has entered the tournament Derrick shot a hole total of 1G5 On the first It he shot in Three strokes back were Bob McLure and Dive Johnson Johnson led after Ihe first round with a but went to a JO in Ihe second round McClure shot on the first 18 holes then the second To go wilh the title Derrick received a puller from the men section while runners up got golf bills the Senior Men Championships ire completed with Bob Soltcr leading after holes with a 145 He shot rounds of and 75 In second place is Stu McDonald with lotil over holes He a 71 over Ihe first round on second trip There Is a third place tie between John Kraptt and George Hall who Krapek shot an and 1 while Hall The second half of is next weekend Participation key in school sports Studies have shown smaller schools higher participation rates in school sports than large schools do and Acton High school is no exception About people take part in islic sports in Acton approximately one- third of the school total enrolment That figure is normal to little above normal according to Bruce Andrews head of the physical education program in the school Added to the number or interscholastlc competitors are all the people involved with intramural sport participating in whhat Mr Andrews described at last year sawirds banquet a3 one of the fin est intnmural programs in Ontario IJlfrcrei outlook The programs that attract nil these dents are quite different from the town hockey ana baseball associations offer The high school sports program Is not as concerned winning cording lo Mr Andrews In town sports the atmosphere with parents yelling from the stands and coaches playing their best players Is win at all costs There s so much violence In high school we want to sec as many play as possible While this Is true sports it is even more true in The program is designed for the elite of the school and Ihe intra mural program Is set up for everyone else The program is divided into four houses yellow black blue and green into which the students are drafted for their whole high school career You have to cumulate points for your athletic letter said Mr Andrews This Is done by interest in the athletic program through interschool participation intramural participation and service Service in eludes timekeeping refereeing and any activity that helps to run the sports pro- Participation is the key The program is run by the Athletic Soci iety chosen each year It consists of people who captain the various houses and levels The Job or the society Is to run the program and raise runds to pay for sports and to purchase awards One mark of the success of the program Is that the society has had raise more and more money each year as Ihe number of people earning letlcrs has increased Coaching Mr Andrews also thinks the coaching in school sports from high school on down Is better than it Is in town sports Overall It belter than in the community The rea son is that high school coaches are rained to teach They can use teaching methods You hove remember that you re working with an Individual and you have to teach If he doesnt perform what do you do give him hell If he could perform he would There is problem getting coaches in high school rhey have a small staff of about and seven of these teachers also coached labt year Community people helped said Andrews If you re going to run you re going to have to go to the com munity if they understand the school philosophy Many of the teacher coaches double up coaching more than one sport at a time Anne a physical education In rue tor coaches two basketball teams gymnastics and tennis Quite a heavy load besides leaching according to Mr Andrews Different r ports Besides the different philosophy and he different coaching methods the high school program also offers different type of sports The range of sports is mostly those In which the Individual has a chance to do well rather than In team sports One of the problems we ve always faced is that wo re the smallest school In the region We were not always com in some sports One of Ihcsc was basketball on which Ihe school has con to Ihe point that they now are competitive with mosl teams In the dis We do well in individually oriented sports such as gymnastics track and field and sports where a single person can out said Mr Andrews I sec us staying in that kind of an approach It silly for us to spend money on hockey In high school if the town supplies it said Mr Andrews The high school pro gram does not try to duplicate most of the town sports simply because it docs not make sense for them Some snorts such as tennis they do duplicate We do the teaching and Introduce people to the sport Sports run by the school arc cross country for boys and girls boys golf two basketball cams three boys teams girls gymnastics one coed swim team tennis badminton track and field and Inst year a coed softball team The community through the board of education pays for all Ihese sports The Athletic Society raises some funds but the bulk of the money especially this year comes from the board This year is different because of the move New equipment Including a sal weight training machine a trampoline a track was paid for out of the capital ex peases budget of the board There Is also a repairs budget a supplies budget which buys small equipment that is used In classes as well as Intramurals inter school and a travel budget for the inter school sports Referee fees and other expenses are paid for by the students themselves They do take an active interest said Mr The money is raised through the Athletic Society and through student act ivlttes Mr Andrews feels the public should be allowed to use the equipment when the school is not using it School s are not usedenoughbyintcresledgroups He doesn think all the equipment should be used it has to last but most of It should Fitness Mr Andrews sees the emphasis of the program moving Into fitness He wants to get students on their own to make a com milment lo some form of fitness They don have to reach any get into a pattern Fitness Is one of ihe major reasons thai the students have cited for going Into school sports in the first place Physical Education in school is not compulsory now and according to Mr Andrews akld realizes you have to do something Your body will tell you The department will be introducing a voluntary fitness program in the fall He has seen a great interest among stu dents in sports they can use when they leave school He cited tennis for an example saying kids come at a m to play during the school year Vive difference With a lown program that includes hockey lacrosse soccer tennis bowling and curling It might seem a little unnecessary to have a sports program In the high school as well High school sports however are an Important part of the students life In Acton As Mr Andrews said Sports teaches them Ihe winning losing concept of life and how to cope with It Because the outlook and philosophy of the high school program Is different from the town sports program It gives people a chance to get involved with fitness and sport whatever their natural athletic ability For this reason alone the program would deserve to exist Add Its other bene fits and It almost has to