Ontario Community Newspapers

Port Perry Star, 23 Feb 1988, p. 27

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TS Port host to curling finals Port Perry High School hosted the Lake Ontario Secondary School Association Boys Curling competition at the Port Perry Curling Club on Tuesday, February 16 and Wednesday, February 17. Interest in this sport continues to grow with 12 rinks competing in the competition from eleven Secondary Schools in Durham Region. After competition on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dunbarton High On Saturday, February 20th, the Port Perry Armwrestling Team travelled to London, Ontario, for the Ontario Open Armwrestling Championships, facing the tough- + est comptition they have encoun- tered so far. Terry Barton, in the Bantam- weight category, tuned in an out- standing performance to finish third in Ontario. Mike Haigh and Pat Mastrangelo, both achieved a respectable 6th place in the Lightweight and Middlewieght categories, respectively. Garth Carlson and John Roberts just fi- nished short of the medal rounds in the Heavyweight category. There were over 160 competitors from Eastern Canada and the Unit- ed States, with several World Champions among the entrants, make the tournament an extremely challenging event for the local Team. "Other area competitors included Rick Erwin, Ed Pierson (5th in the Super Heavyweight category) and a newly-crowned Ontario La-' dies Champion, Darla Tillings of AYA Nh, d--LREHH PT PERRY Great effort to finish in third School defeated Dennis O'Connor 9-2, to win the gold medal, and ad- vancement to the DYSSA com- petition at the Uxbridge Curling Club on Wednesday, February 24. Dennis O'Connor received the silver medal and also qualified for entry into the DYSSA competition. The Port Perry High School rink of Jason Towns, Rob Mit- chell, lan Thompson and John Rankin defeated the O'Neill 'B' rink 6-3 to receive the bronze medal. Blackstock, who was undefeated in her class throughout the event. The Most Sportsmanlike Award, donated by Port Perry Armwrestling Team, was won by Ed Fitzgerald of Detroit, Michi- gan, who finished 3rd in the Lightweight category. This is par- ticularly good because, now, Port Perry and local armwrestling will be known further afield. While at this international tour- nament, members of Port Perry Armwrestling Team distributed flyers announcing Festival Days and the contest to be held on July 9th; "The response was fantastic, and Port Perry will be hosting one of the best armwrestling tourna- ments of the year, with, certainly, a record number of entries from Canada and the U.S., and, really, we have to thank the people of our town for their interest and support of the Team and armwres- tling for this" Mike told the Star. The team will continue their gruelling training and practice ses- sions for regular competitions, in preparation for Festival Days. auto glass & trim itd. BE Windshields Bl Auto Upholstery HB Marine Upholstery BOAT TOPS - BOAT SEATS - MOORING COVERS HB Sunroofs B Convertible Tops BM Vinyl Tops BH Safety Glass 139 WATER STREET -- PORT PERRY Call for your appointment: Free Mobile Service | With this Coupon .. INSURANCE CLAIMS 985-8507 -- WE NOW SELL MOBILE CELLULAR PHONES -- The finals of the Lake Ontario Secondary School Assocation boys curling were held at the Port Perry Curling Club last Wednesday with the team from Dun- barton H.S. winning the gold medals. The team from Dennis O'Connor placed second while third place bronze medals went to the PPHS curlers. In photo above are the skips from the gold, silver and bronze teams. Collin Mitchell, An- drew Carroll and Jason Towns. Auctioneers back on track On Saturday the Novice Auc- tioneers travelled to Uxbridge to compete in their annual tournament. Port's 1st game saw them mat- ched against Uxbridge in a game that saw only one goal by Ux- bridge until the last few minutes of play when they took advantage of Port's empty net and gained two more goals. Although Port out-shot Ux- bridge they could not get the win they needed, but the boys were geared up for their next game in the "B" round. They met a team from Ajax and Port took control from the begin- ning. Port took the lead with less than a minute to play in the 1st period. They continued their goal scoring to take the win from Ajax with a score of 5-3. Scoring for Port were Brad Morten, 1 goal, 2 assists, Tim Fitzpatrick 1 goal, 1 assist, Tom- my Chambers 1 goal, 1 assist, Kent Johnston 1 goal, Darryl Moase 1 goal, Kevin Gray 1 assist and Matthew McClelland 1 assist. This game put the Pearce Auc- tioneers in the championship game for the consolation plaque. Sutton was to be their opportuni- ty in this game and they proved to be a very solid team, taking the lead in the 1st minute of play. However, Port was all fired up to win this game. Port came back in the second period with a goal by Kevin Gray made possible by a pass from Tommy Chambers to tie the game. The third period saw Kent Johnston of Port score a nice goal from the blue line, unassisted. Port's defense continued to be a strong asset in this game making it possible to hold onto a 2-1 lead. However, the clinch of the game was clear when in the last minutes of play Brandon Ham- mond made two excellent saves in net against two of Sutton's ATOM HOCKEY TOURNA Saturday, Feb. 27th SCUGOG ARENA -- I BY -- PORT PERRY LIONS CLUB PORT PERRY breakaways. Great game, boys. The boys and parents were elated to win as they have been in a slump in the weeks past. Defensemen Brad Morten, Jason Logan, Mike Heasman and Jeff Clarke were very instrumental in this game as well as netminder Mike Morden. The forwards, Todd Parry, Brad Shanley & Daryl McEnaney were also very strong, especially in the area along the boards. Good work, boys! The Pearce Auctioneers will continue their playoff series this week with a game Wednesday night at 7:00 in Port, Friday night in Stouffville and Sunday in Cobourg. Come on out and support this fine young hockey team! Relly, Zuly, Greenway, Bruce BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS Motor Vehicle -- Criminal Personal Injury -- Wills Real Estate -- Family Law Corporate & Commercial EVENINGS & WEEKENDS BY APPOINTMENT 114 Ring St. E., Oshawa 723-2278 8:00 AM - Port Perry 2 vs. Oshawa Minor Bruins 9:00 AM - Port Perry vs. Oshawa Major Hawks 10:00 AM - Bewdley vs. Georgetown 2 11:00 AM - Uxbridge 1 vs. Oshawa Major Red Wings PLAYOFFS -- SCUGOG ARENA -- JR. 'C' HOCKEY > ~ C Round Robin Series § Scugog Arena -- AT -- WEDNESDAY. MARCH 2nd -- 8:00 PM Lakefield Chiefs vs MoJacks SUNDAY, MARCH 6th -- 7:30 PM Lindsay Muskies vs MoJacks

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