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Sports Recreation Wednesday March 1978 Year- No Second Section John Atom tourney this weekend Acton major atoms are a solid choice to take the championship trophy in this years Atom Centennial tournament being run this week end by the Acton Minor Hockey Association Sixteen teams take part in the tourney including the last year s champion Glanbrook and the champs from two years ago Beams ville Minor atoms are registered as a back up team in case one of the other teams cannot attend Last year the major atoms then minors put up a strong showing as they topped l in overtime and fey 1 to Elmira after holding them to a 2 1 lead until the late minutes of the final period This year the atoms went games without a loss and have matured to the point where they will be a real threat in the tourney I will be very surprised if Acton doesnt take it said tourney organizer Bill Knight I m hoping they will They never have yet Knight is expecting good close competition this year The organizers screen the teams and try to set up even games In last year s event three of the first four games went to overtime and the champions Glanbrook won all their games by single points Approximately 300 to 320 players will take part in the tourney Some will be billetted with Acton players but most will make the trip in and out This year there are four teams from the Metro Toronto Minor Hockey Association entered Warren Park Humber Valley and Cooksvifle Other teams are Orangeville Thornhill Stoufville Beamsville Glanbrook Bradford Burford Penetang Leamington Waterloo are coming in place of Milton The weekend promises to provide some fine atom hockey and with a strong Acton team to root for it could be fun Come on out to the arena and support the Acton atoms With some crowd support they should be un beatable Industrial and noncontact This week marked the first time this season I have watched either industrial hockey or noncontact hockey and I must admit I was pleasantly surprised by both The industrial game was fast hard hockey and the Sabres could have learned a lot about aggressive play around the net by watching A T W edged Family Cleaners in overtime in the game and the last five minutes of regulation time as well as the overtime period were among the most exciting games I ve seen all year including the ones I watch on my broken down television About people showed up to watch although that may be a generous estimate and they all got good entertainment value for their money They would have even if they had had to pay to get in Only one person showed up the next evening to watch the Acton Tigers who finished their first season in second place in the Wellington Duffenn Halton noncontact league That was me The game was played at 10 to nearly midnight so the lack of fans is not surprising Especially smce very few people knew about the same I did not knew what to expect at a non contact hockey game and rather expected to see a crew of tubby outof breath gentlemen moving gingerly around the ice in a game closer to ringette than hockey I was quite surprised at what I saw contact is actually a bit of a misnomer for the sport since there is plenty of contact involved You just cannot play a game of hockey at full speed and not expect to hit somebody sometime It would be better to call it reduced contact hockey The players still check and they still clear the opposition from in front of the net but the checks are not in the same league as what goes on in industrial play and tempers stay put What you get in the end is a very fast and very clean game of hockey which gives the lie to an oft repeated truism that refs slow the game down by calling penalties Acton was playing with only six players and a goaltender tut still threatened in the second period to make a game of it as they held their opponents to a 2 1 count in the frame unfortunately six players cannot skate with a ten player team tor three periods so the Tigers lost They will have a full team Friday when they face the same team in their second game playoff at 8 30 in Hillsburgh The team has indicated that they would not complain too loud or too long if some fans made the trip Going on vacation For the next week I will be on vacation so any sports news you can think of bring it in to Eric Defence is key for Red men in OFSAA championship play high school will be hosting the S A A A basket ball championships this year March to March 18 Acton high school will be competing against eleven other teams Tor the All Ontario championship The nine players representing Acton in the tournament are Dan Webster Bruce Kick Van Fleet Martin Osso Brad Buchanan Mike Morris Don Coats John Ifogcnblrk and Mike Mc Gregor During the past five years most of these players have participated in over 200 games and have spent ap proximately hours playing basketball This Is quite a commitment for any person to give to a team and Acton high will be repre sented by the school finest players Rick Van has been playing basketball for five years on the school team He is 18 years old and in his last semester of grade 13 Rick is and weighs pounds Rick was awarded the out standing athlete of the year award in 1975 in the Athletic Society Rick who plays for ward eels his strongest point Is rebounding and his weakest is shooting a the most valuable player for the senior basketball team Dan is weighs 150 pounds and plays guard for the team Dan feels his strongest playing point Is defense and his weakest is offense Dan also participates on the track and field team in the athletic society The youngest player on the team Is Martin Martin is 165 pounds and plays right forward He is in grade II and was the most valuable in the midgets Martin says his strongest point is re bounding his weakest dribbling Mike Morris is enjoying his first year on the team Mike is 150 pounds and plays forward position Mike is IB years old and enjoys bad minton and tennis as well as basketball Mike says his strongest point is anticipation and his weakest is his pcricncc In playing on the team Don Coats shares the responsibilities of cocaptain with teammate Dan Webster on the team At 170 pounds Don Is the leading scorer on the team In 1076 he was the most valuable player on the junior team and in 1977 he was awarded the out standing athlete award Don says his strongest paint Is shooting his weakest Is defence Known as the mean machine of the courts John Is the most player on the team John is G toll and weighs 170 pounds lie is years old and has played on the team for three years John strongest playing points are rebounding and defence Standing at 140 pounds Mike McGregor is one of the team top players He is very quick and is known as the basket ball thief Mike Is in grade and is 18 years old Mike says his strongest point is defense and his weakest is offense These nine players are the high lineup for the all Out basketball touma ment Coach Rick McArthur shows a positive attitude towards his team and Is proud of them all He considers them one of the stronger teams at the tourney and feels with the homo court ad vantage hey can go all the way The team Is solid in ex playing in a league of AA and AAA teams The strong opposition gives them the edge over other A teams Tournament needs billeters Rick Boychuk assistant director of the A division Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations basket ball championships is look for parents to help with the of 150 young ath letes during the tourney being held at the high school March 16 through IS He cited the lack of hotel space in town for the need to billet A letter has been throughout the school with information concerning responsibilities of bllletters ACTON LOOK FORWARD to a successful weekend when the All Ontario A division basketball championships are hosted at the high school They enter the tourney hot on the heels of a championship trophy award at the Walkerton tourney two weeks ago Brad Buchanan centre has played ATW Lakeview win the team or four years In Brad was voted the most va 1 ploy pounds and Is in his last semester at the high school Brad is acUvc in team sports both in town and on school teams He is a member of the Sabres hockey team and enjoys playing on the tennis and track team at the high school Bruce is one of the team b tap defensive player at pounds is good at his job as a guard for the team Is 16 and has played on the basketball team or four years Gord feels his strongest point Is defense and his weakest offense He plays on a soccer team for the town in the summer Eighteen year old Dan Webster Is cocaptain of the team this year In 1976 Dan was voted the school s most outstanding athlete in the school and in 77 he became 500 Club winners Winners of the Acton Club Draw for the week of March are no 122 Curtis no 126 no S D Martin no 249 J no no 498 Shouting match overtime win highlight AIHL semifinal play Bill scored the edged Family Cleaners topped Blow Press in the si tying goal then added the Sunday In the first playoff game of the evening winner in overtime play as game of the industrial ATW benefitted in the sec Acton Terminal Warehouse hockey season and Lakeview period when Cleaners THIS HAPPENED TOO often to the Acton Tigers Monday as they lost to a tough Cedar Valley team In WHD playoff action Tigers had only one man on the bench and could not keep up with the visitors Tigers made it to the playoffs with a win over Hawaiian Tropics which gave them second place over all in the Wellington standings Emlc Waller trying to block ployed even until the a shot by Henry Toebes mark when Ted Jowett gave Inadvertently lipped it into Cleaners their first lead of the his own net for the fourth game Floyd Hilller and score Jacobs assisted on the goal It proved to the differ as BUI tied it P s up for the winners with just 16 Morrison tied it seconds left with 2 left ATW took a 1 lead in the got the lead first period as Toebes con back from and Jacobs twice and peter to go and Severenski Morrison once Toebes il overtime with Larry McAfee assisted on seconds left Morrisons marker and Severenski was the marks man after four a half ct win j minutes of sudden death play Floyd Hilller notched the as he scored from Irwin and Morrison period gelling an assist from Gary Shouting match Cut lead The second game proved to Coulton cut the lead to in as exciting as the first If the second period as he a different reason Blow scored from Bart Jacobs two Press Ed Hilller and referee minutes into the frame Ken Paisley became the and Walter made it 4 2 center of some very heated but Larry Kistner ended the debate alter a match penalty period with a score from Dan levelled by the latter on the Hilller and Lome Gordon to former into the third frame Coulton tied the count with a score from John The two teams two teams press Ed started to complain for no good reason He was told to button up at this point As I was the puck he kept up his verbal abuse and was given two minutes unsportsmanlike conduct He did not proceed directly to the penalty box and also kept talking At this point he was assessed a 10 minute misconduct When he finally went into the penalty box he kept on talking and making gestures earning a game misconduct He Ben returned to the Ice At this point he started to circle around me making threaten ing gestures and finally pushed me with his stick Utile trouble With Hilller the press men second leading scorer off the ice Lakeview had little trouble taking a win They took a 10 lead out of the first period as George McPhall scored from Tim The pressmen came back with two in a row In the sec ond to take a brief lead John and Gary Masters scored as Jeff Goy picked up two assists and Sid Barens a single Ron Schmidt tied it up for from Jim McDonald and McPhall The final period goals gave Lakeview their win as Bill Fields McDonald and Bob Jarrett scored score came on a long curving shot from outside the blue line Steve John Ashley Bob Brenton and McPhall got assists Playoff action continues next week with the second games of the best of three semi final serif final scoring stats MontmiAH Toeba Cotton Assessed a match penalty at Acton this point Hlllier version Is a little different Talking In the stands afterward he said In this league It icing as soon as it crosses the red line He waited until one of our Jacobt Dennett HUller Irwin ATW Flckh WHD FINAL STANDINGS L in 1U II 1 111 ACTON MINOR had their hands full Saturday when Oak Ridges came to town The visitors took a 51 win in the first round of their playoff series The only Acton goal of the game came from Jim Richards on a shot from Paul Cargill If we tighten our checking we can give them a game said coach Barry Inscoe before he called ft I asked him why and he gave me two minutes So I asked him If wo allowed to ask questions and ho gave me ten Then I got mad After all this Is a playoff game We should be allowed to ask questions 11 IT Wert DlrlilM 11 a I IT CedirVUr Erin 111 til OrunvUlaC 13 ill 1 Final standings were ad justed at a league meeting on the weekend since at least four teams Acton Milton Grand Volley and had used Illegal players on occasion