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12- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, December 20, 1994 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice' "A SPORTS Pineridge Atoms win nailbiter over Oshawa J. PETER HVIDSTEN / PORT PERRY STAR Pamela Armstrong of Epsom, a former member of Port Perry Figure Skating Club, skated to a second place finish in the Preliminary Ladies class at the Keswick Invitation Skate on Nov. 26. Pamela now trains at Upper Canada Skating Club in Toronto three times a week under the supervision of coach Bob Emmerson, and continues to practice at Scugog Arena. Compton Cable Minor Novice was on the road to Unionville to play Markham 1 on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. They came up against a strong and steady offence and soon fell behind in the score. Taylor Churchill, Shane Jeffrey, Kory Bauer and Danny Halward played well on defence, blocking many shots. A sharp three-way passing play enabled Derek Goreski to score the lone Compton Cable goal, assists going to Ashley Lucas and Cassidy Weber. A beautiful centering pass out front by Kyle Mul- lins to Keenan Geer just missed on the short side. Todd Lance worked hard to pick up the skill of keeping the puck inside the offensive blue line. The home team earned the win. Compton Cable put in good effort Saturd.y, Dec. iv, Comp- ton Cable was host to East Gwillimbury. Port Perry was On Dec. 15, the Pineridge At- oms hosted the Oshawa Red Wings in a close, hard-fought game. The first period started off slow, like two boxers trying to find their opponent's weakness- 'es. Midway through the first, Oshawa pressed hard, in which Zak Fis came up with some big saves to keep the Wings off the scoresheet. The second period started to open up with the Oshawa fans cheering on their Red Wings, and the Port Perry fans began to cheer louder causing the ap- plause metre to break down. Again, Zak Fis and Shane Fishcher came up with big saves, and the Port team began to open up, as Geoff "The Rock- et" Simpson took a hard shot only to be stopped by the hot Oshawa goalie. Then a hard shot from the point which was deflected by David Halward, changing direction and the Oshawa goalie made another great save. Third period with the score "nil", Port began to open up. With wingers Wes Langmaid, Joey Schembri, T.J. "Boom Boom" Robbins, and Gerrard Timmers, who played centre, pressing to keep the puck away from the Oshawa players, Mike Milligan had some great chanc- es only to be foiled by the Red Wing goalie. Midway through the third pe- riod, assistant coach Steve Churchill, taking over for ab- sent Paul Milligan (rumor has it he was playing Santa at a Christmas party), looked fit to be tied as he was running out of fingernails to chew on; but then Spencer Churchill scored on a breakaway from a clearing pass. Oshawa began to press more towards the end of the game, pulling their goalie for an extra man. Pressing to the Port Perry zone only to have the defence hold them off, Matt Skerratt picked up the puck and scored with 40 seconds left, putting ic- ing on the victory. Oshawa still pressed but the defence of Dy- lan Harper, Mike Wiseman, Derek Bond, Mike Thompson and Garrett Brown stopped eve- ry chance Oshawa had to help preserve the shutout for Zak and Shane. Good work, boys. P.S. The Pineridge Sports Atom hockey team want to wish their sponsor, coaches, moms, dads and all their fans a very "Merry Christmas". Coach of the Year awards Don't forget to nominate your favorite coach for the Port Perry Star Coach of the Year award. Often coaches go unnoticed and unappreciated, but the Port Perry Star wants to change that. We at the Star know the im- portance of coaches and want to recognize these vitals mem- bers of the community. All coaches, who display the qualities judges are looking for, are eligible for the award. Nominators can explain how the coach establishes respect among players, parents and offi- cials and by way of example, provides quality leadership and projects a positive image for all coaches and players. If you know a coach who fits the criteria simply pick up a nomination form at the Port Perry Star Office, Pineridge Sports, or the Scugog Arena. Completed forms must be returned to the Star by J anuary 16 for consideration for the awards. By Cathy Olliffe Port Perry Star A Seagrave man will be rubbing elbows with the country's top skaters when he competes at the Royal Bank Canadian Figure Skat- ing Championships in Hali- fax,Jan.11to 15. Chris McGill, 21, .and his partner Emily-Kovaks, 16, of Tillsonburg, will represent Team Ontario. They quali- fied in the Junior Pairs Divi- sion Sunday, Dec. 11 at the Central Canadian Division- alsin North Bay. Chris has lived in this area all his life, and got his first taste for figure skating at the Port Perry Figure Skating Club. He says he was seven or eight-years-old when he have fun." & And when the competition is over, he says he'll be just like the rest of us, watching a mye Seagrave man to compete in figure skating championships Elvis and Canada's other top skaters vie for the top spots. The only difference is, he'll have a much better seat. toner Lp. w---- EOE SE » led by Keenan Geer's awe- started, after hanging ; some two-way play. Kyle around the arena watching 3 Mullins, Tyson Savage, Jeff hissister skate. H Tomcheski and Michael Ly- cett were persistent around the opposition's net. With a burst of speed, Matthew Roth flew by the defenceon a - clear breakaway just miss- ing the post. East Gwillimbu- ry shut Compton Cable out, replying with a successful flurry of their own. Strong defensively for Port Perry was Nelson Langmaid, and the hot gloves of Mark Carnaghan and Leo Taillon. Taylor (tenacious) Churchill played his best game yet, capped off by a fine rush. De- spite coming out behind, all the Compton Cable players left the ice smiling because of the fine effort they put forth. These days, he trains three hours a day at the National Training Centre in Barrie, the same place where Cana- dian Champion and Olympic medalist Elvis Stojko prac- tises. Chris hasn't been a pairs skater for long, and his part- nership with Emily is just more than a year old. Which makes their qualification in the Canadians even more of a thrill. "It's pretty exciting," he ad- mits. "I'm looking forward to it." But he's not getting his hopes up. "I'm just going to go and " 8, op 4 % ik g x 4 a Every Pairs skater needs a partner, right? Well cute as she Is, Sparky Is not Chris McGill's partner on the ice, just a real- ly good old family friend. On ice, Chris is teamed with Emily Kovaks and the two of them are bound for Halifax, Jan. 11 to 15, to compete in the Ro Championships. See story. yal Bank Canadian Figure Skating PE TA TEEN eR Ce a RR tl Sr, I ---- ----------. i pat