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"A Family Tradition for 131 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 1, 1997 - 21 GOING OUT WITH A BANG: The Port Perry Print- ing Novice team ended their season last Wednes- day evening with a 8-1 romp over Haugens. With ing a great season. on » 3 5 > Ps & CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR their win the local boys captured the Novice Hous: League Championship title for 1996-97 after hav- SHL teams compete for final spots Well, here it is sports fans. The true sign of spring has nothing to do with the ice on Lake Scugog or the ar- rival of the Robins and Blue Jays Baseball. Indeed, the change of seasons in Scugog features the champion- ship games in the Scugog Hockey League as the real indicator, and a summer full of bragging rights for the successful few. The "Road to the Final Games" ended on Sunday, March 30 with the traditional Easter ex- citement and at least eight of the 10 teams jockeying for final championship game positions. Flames 8 - Chargers 3 Game one saw the Harrison Flames capture a spot in the B-final with a victory over the Monsma Charg- ers. Larry Pilkey led the way with the hat trick and an assist for a four point outing. Extra Flame counters went to Wayne Hancock, Dean Smith and Brian Sa- mis. Assists saw Jim Beatty, Karl Durham, Bob Part- ington, Wayne Norton, Dave Dickson and Brian Samis all chip in singles for the important victory. The Chargers had replies from Brian "Red" Steven- son, Bill Van Camp and Lee Wilbur with two assists by Ritchie LeFort and a single from Marvin Stevenson. Comets 3 - Hawks 0 Game two featured the Compton Comets against the J&D Hawks with the Comets eyeing the chance for an A-Final berth. While the Comet crew needed help in the latter games, they did their part as they blanked the Hawks 3-0. Ken Harman did the job in the Comet Cage for the shutout and Greg Warriner from Darcy Milligan, Terry Bache from Warriner and sponsor Ron Compton from Sean Fewer and Kelly Lee looked after the scoring. Aces 2 - Wolves 4 Game three had the league champion Taylor Aces face off against the Pineridge Wolves. With the Wolves already guaranteed a spot in the Annual Bowl Classic the Aces had win on their minds. Well as expected, the Wolves had one last howl as they trumped the Aces 4-2 and sent them all the way down to the C-Final. For the Wolves it was a pair by Ken Smart Sr. and singles to Peter Lane and Steve Connors for the sweet victory. Rick Sakanashi has two assists with singles to Willie Edwards, Bob Beacock, Glen Hudson and Tim Ash- bridge. Tho Aces had replies by Paul Stanley from Mike Clarke and Doug Bronson and later Brad Menzies from Terry Flieler and Stanley, but they just couldn't handle the Wolves for the first time all season. Devils 1- Senators 0 Game four continued with important game situa- tions as the Pizza Delight Devils battled with the Ball and Callery Senators. The Senators crew already had their position locked in Bowl Mode but the game meant many possible venues for the Devils. As expect - ed once again, the underdogs came up big but in the end it was the Pizza gang with a narrow 1-0 score on a goal by Andrew Steele from Carl Fitzgerald and Garry Lance that sealed the berth in the B-Final. Troy Gla- zier took the shutoutin a fine match by "oth teams. Clippers 5 -Sharks 3 Game five completed an exciting slate of games as the Cedar Creek Clippers humbled the leading Van World Sharks 5-3. With the Sharks already slated for the A-Final it was up to the Clippers to prove a point and the message was sent. Mike Geer and Jason War- ner each tallied two Clipper counters while John Har- man added the single. Danny Taylor and Jim Park chipped in two assists a piece with singles credited to Jamie Menzies, sponsor Derek Fitzgerald, Chris Brain and Harman to complete the scoring parade. The Shark attack had replies from Wayne Fox, Jar- rett Harman and Steve Fox. Single assists went to Jay Adam and Harman with Jim Fowler counting a pair of helpers. As always in the SHL, the battle between Kin and in this case the Harman boys, proved to be extra excitement for the faithful fans. Now the finals, as a result of the 23 regular season and a playoff games scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 5 at the local sports palace. 10 a.m. - J&D Hawks vs Monsma Chargers - D Fi- nal. The Hawks and Chargers both went down to defeat this week but look for a great game to begin Ch ampion- ship Saturday. The teams will compete for the Comp- ton Cable T.V. trophy with MVP Awards presented by Taylor Fuels, Jim Grosvenor and the S.H.L.. 11 a.m. - Taylor Aces vs Cedar Creek Contracting - C-Final. Turnto Page 22 Stayin' alive Port bantams fight back from deficit to stay alive in final The Port Perry Techstar Bantam "B" team rolled over Strathroy 6-1 yester- day in game five of the All- Ontario series. Now only down by one game, 3-2, the Bantams will continue the series next weekend against Strathroy. In game five, Strathroy found the net first at 7:45, which was the only goal scored in the first period. Second period action saw the local boys notch three goals: Kam Cooper from Steven Wygerde and Bill Carr; Bill from Joel Thompson; and Scott Cun- ningham from John Bur- nett. No further scoring by the Strathroy team, but Port poured another three goals into the oppositions net: Kam from Bill; Joel Van Camp from Matt McGarry, and John B. from Jon Sanders and Mark Delaney. Super job by the entire squad includ- ing Chris Loughlin, Chris Monsma, Matt Caldwell and Mike Levon. In other games, the Strathroy Bantam B team arrived in Port Perry on Saturday, March 29 for game three in a best of sev- en All Ontario Champion- ship series. Port started the scoring with a fine pass from Ste- ven Wygerde to Bill Carr. Second period action had Strathroy scoring to tie, and then Port moved ahead on a goal scored by Kam Cooper from Steven. Tryouts for AA and A Whitby ringette teams will be held April 12 to 27. There will be a fee of $10 for each ice time. Players who are registered in asso- ciations in Central Region are eligible to come to the Whitby tryouts. Times for the various divisions are: Petite AA - April 12 - 9:15 a.m. - Iroquois Pad 2; April 13 - 1 p.m. - Iroquois 'Pad 1 and April 17-6 p.m. - Iroquois Pad 1. Tween AA - April 12 - 10:16 a.m. - Iroquois Pad 2; April 13 - 2:30 p.m. - Iro- quois Pad 1; April 16 - 6 p.m. - Iroquois Pad 1. Junior AA - April 12 11:16 a.m. - Iroquois Pad Strathroy tied the game - with six seconds remain- ing in the second. The visi- tors took the lead at the start of the third, and Port came back with a goal by Scott Brownson from Russ Brown and Wade Ritchie. The Strathroy team popped in the go-ahead goal and although the Port boys did not let up, their determination was not to be rewarded. Game five took place on Sunday, March 30, with Strathroy scoring the only goal in the first period. Port came back in the sec- ond with two goals, the first one a beautiful goal on « breakaway by Russ Brown, and the second on a pass from Scott Browns, son to Wade Ritchie. The visiting team tied the score with 1:11 re- maining in the second. Following the flood, Port turned up the heat scoring three quick goals: Scott Cunningham from John Burnett; Wade from Scott B. and Russ; and Wade (hat trick) from Scott B. The Strathroy boys charged back with another goal. With just over a minute remaining the visitors pulled their goalie and put out another attacker. On a pass from Chris Loughlin (one of our great goalies) Wade sent the puck the length of the ice and into the net for this fourth goal of the game to cement the win for our lo- cal boys. vy Ringette tryouts soon 2; April 13 - 4 p.m. - Iro- quois Pad 1; April 20 - 8:15 p.m. - Iroquois Pad 2. Petite A - April 20-6:15 p.m.; April 26 - 11:15 a.m.. and April 27 - 11:45 a.m. All are at Iroquois Pad 2. Tween A - April 20 - 7:15 p.m.; April 26 - 12:45 p.m.; and April 27 - 12:45 p.m. All are at Iroquois Pad 2. Novice B - April 20 - 5:16 p.m.; April 26 - 10:15 a.m. and April 27 - 10:15 a.m. All are at Iroquois Pad 2. a If you have any ques- tions regarding the tryouts, call Judy Henry at 666-0955.