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This may i have made them tired towards the end of the regu- lation time as they nurses a 2-1 lead for nine minutes before Craig Brunton beat Port Perry goaltender Doug Arscott between his pads with 49 seconds left in the - third period. Brunton choreographed the play by stepping around Ian Dickson and Peter Oosterholt before taking the first shot. The tying marker came while Campbellford was short- handed. Oosterholt had a tough night as he was consistently stopped on tough chances by goalie Brian Fry or 'lady luck'. He started the ten minute extra session by jamming in a goal that was. disallowed. The goal was disallowed after Fry, in the referee's opinion, had con- trol of the puck long enough to warrant a whistle. Ooos- terholt pounced on the puck when it came loose and tipped it in. Campbellford scored first in the overtime, at 3:37 as Terry Petherick was left alone in front of the net to receive a pass from Randy Morrow to score on a point blank range shot. ' Mike Thompson got the Port marker with 1:44 left then allowed the hosts to walk out of the building with (Turn to page 13) Schromberg sets pace, lead Port Midgets 2-1 by Danny Millar In two games of the Schomberg-Port Perry mid- get A series Port Perry fans have had the opportunity to watch some of the most entertaining hockey avail- able. The third game of the set saw Schomberg take a 7-4 overtime win as they went ahead in the series two games to one on Sunday, March 2. Speedster Mark Matson was the most potent scoring threat for the. visiting Schomberg team. He had three goals, two of them in overtime. Matson's efforts were matched by the play of Todd 'Wilbur and Clay Lovering on the other side. Wilbur scored the first three goals for the Pacers and assisted on the fourth, by Brian Mikkelson. It was Wilbur's first game since the Uxbridge quarter- final series when he injured his knee. The layoff lasted three games. Lovering was stellar in the losing cause, as he faced at least six break- aways. Wilbur showed no ill effects fromthe ailment but he was restricted to three shifts in the first period. He was double shifted for the remainder of the match when Doug Potts was in- jured. Potts was taken out of the game when he was label- led by a body check from defenceman Scott Keaver after 1:54 of play. Potts suffered a leg injury after being crashed against the end boards. He was carried off on a stretcher but made a remarkable recovery to return to action in the third period. Schomberg threatened early as Lovering had to reject chances by Matson with his pads. The only goal Lovering surrendered in the first period was to Brad Warden on a power play at 12:52 with Mark Jeffrey off. Keaver did most of the leg- work as he went around Wayne Robinson and Mike Andrews before he lost possession of the puck after being hauled down. Warden trailed the play and alertly whipped in a low wrist shot to Lovering's glove hand. The teams\exchanged bad penalties that resulted in goals in the second period. Warden took the first one for an unwarranted slash on Sean Fewer and by the time he returned Wilbur had blasted in a shot from the piont right off the draw, which was won by Paul Storr. Wilbur got his second power play marker of the period blasting in another shot from the blue line that eluded goalie Dave Cober with 6:47 remaining. After the second goal Lovering was called upon to make two consecutive stops after the defence couldn't clear the puck fast enough off Randy Jenning's stick. The inability to remove the puck from harm's way was a problem for the Pacer blue line corps for most of the match. Brian Dickson took the penalty that cost Port Perry the lead when he tripped Dan Wiederhold at the blue line with 4:23 to go. Matson scored on an elaborate play that 'was started by Rick Sweeney after he fed the puck to Warden at center. Warden carried the puck into the Pacer zone where his behind the back pass to Warden was broken up by Jeffrey. But Jeffrey couldn't retain control of it and lost the black disc to Matson, who came skating over to fire it in. Charles Ponter scored with just 6:51 left in regula- tion time on an exciting play. Warden was originally stopped on a breakaway by Lovering but the gdefence once again was nowhere to be found as Ponter was all alone to pop in the rebound. The play originated in the Schomberg end when PPHS girls win curling title Warden blocked a Todd Blayone shot at the blue line. Lovering stopped another breakaway after Wilbur put in his own rebound to tie the score with just under six minutes to play. The break came when Fewer gave the puck away at his own blue line. Brian Mikkelson picked up his third point of the night when he shot Port into a 4-3 lead with 5:05 yet to be played. Mikkelson was in the right place at the right time to tip in a Wilbur pass- out from behind the Schom- berg net after he went around a defenceman. Mikkelson just had to re- direct the puck into the open side. Keaver was given a game misconduct late in the game after he was hit with a hold- ing. penalty, an unsports- " manlike conduct infraction, and finally given the gate after arguing the original call with 3:03 left. The goal that forced the extra session occurred with fi aside. Sweeney managed to knock in a Warden rebound off a blue line slapper after he was not guarded closely enough in front of Lovering. Warden started the wild overtime period by scoring on a breakaway as he deked Lovering down and flipped the puck over him. Lovering came back almost immediately to stop yet another breakaway. The only goal that might be termed "soft" came with 3:51 to go when Matson lofted in a high shot from the boards at the left wing corner. Matson nearly incited a bench clearing brawl with 2:55 left when he fired the puck that hit Jeffrey, who was already down on the ice, in the face mask, after the whistle had blown. At least /three players charged at 'Matson: right near the Port Perry bench and there were a few minor altercations that broke out in the ensuing scrap. Nobody was thrown out and each team were given six minutes in penal- ties. Right after the scuffle Lovering came up big to stop Warden on a break away. Lovering was removed with 1:29 to go and Matson took advantage of the open net to fire in an easy shot after Wilbur deflected a Jennings clearing attempt onto his stick on the Port Perry side of center. four times in last five years by Danny Millar Local curling buffs can chalk up another win for the girls at Port Perry High School. For the fourth time in the last five years, a girls team from PPHS has won a Lake Ontario Secondary School Athletics champion- ship. The title came after tough 7-6 victory over Ux- bridge in the final on Wed- nesday, February 27. The team of skip Lee How- sam, Alison McNab, Laural Holtby and Kelly Fairman had no trouble in the first two matches, which they won by 11-1 and 14-2 scores. The final was a different story. The Rebels came back from a 6-1 deficit after three ends, to take the next six points and the win. "They just curled very well as a team. They really did," said team coach John Barton. He declined to name any girl in particular as a standout. "It was a big win for Alli- son and Lee because its their last year," Coach Barton continued. McNab and How- sam are in their senior year at high school." They have been curling as a team for several years. Barton is optimistic about the future chances of the quartet. "They have a good shot at COSSA. They're in a good frame of mind." They move on to COSSA cham- pionships Wednesday, March 5 in Trenton against three other teams. The boys rink was not as successful as the girls. They were eliminated from LOSSA on Friday of last week after dropping a game to Ajax. Their season is "complete. »