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"A Family Tradition for 132 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, March 17, 1998 - 23 Little Britain wins 3-2, loses 6-5 By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star If the first two games are any indi- cation, the Little Britain Merchants must do one thing if they want to defeat the Campbellford Rebels and move on to the next round of Junior C playoffs -- - stay out of the penalty box. In the first two games of this best- of-seven affair, the Rebels have notched eight goals. And seven of them have been with a man advantage, while the other came while shorthanded. The series stood at one game each after the weekend, with the Merchants taking the first game 3-2 Friday on the road, and the Rebels hanging on for a 6-5 win the next night in Little Britain. Game three was Monday night in Campbellford and game four is back in Little Britain Wed. night (March 18) at 8 p.m. Bryce Levesque was the big man Saturday night for the Rebels as he scored a natural hat trick midway through the contest to break open a close game and give his team a 6-3 lead. With the game tied at three in the second period, Levesque scored his first at 14:29 as the Rebels enjoyed a five- on-three advantage. : The Merchants were still short a man a little over a minute later when Levesque clicked again, and he opened the third period with a goal 45 seconds in to up the lead to 6-3. If there is one thing the Merchants can do with the best of them, it is score goals when they are down. Chris Cross Merchants, Rebels open series with a win each made it 6-4 early in the third and at 12:59, Jon Perrin cut the margin to one as he pushed the puck across the line off a big scramble in the Rebel goal mouth. For the rest of the game, the Merchants buzzed around in the Rebel zone pressing for the equalizer, but the Rebels did a lot of "dump the puck out" and held on to preserve the victory and even the series. Other Merchant goal scorers in this one were captain Chad Desjardins with a pair and Tim Teel with a singletone. For the Rebels, Kevin Larmer, Chris Turner and J.P. Goulah did the damage. In the series opener Friday night, the Merchants opened a 3-0 lead on markers by Corby Purdy, Jeff Darrach and Jay Marquis before the Rebels re- grouped to score a couple of their own from Larmer and Levesque to fight their way back. But it wasn't enough as Merchants held on for the 3-2 win. Both netminders have been busy in the first two games of the series. The Merchants' Steve Thomas and 15-year- old Ben Kerr of the Rebels have seen a lot of rubber. But, the key so far, has been the Rebel power play, firing seven of the eight goals the team has scored. Game five is Friday in Campbellford at 8 p.m.; and game six is in Little Britain Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Should the series go the distance, and this is a distinct possibility, game seven 1s Monday, March 23 in Campbellford at 8:30 p.m. Prior to the start of the series, sup- porters of both teams were predicting their favourite would wrap things up in five games. Black downed Red 32-17 in the consolation game Aqua grabs the Y basketball title with a 35-30 victory over Grey The final round of play- off action seen Aqua emerge victorious over Grey with a score of 35 to 30. It was a highly contested game. Fast end-to-end action with a total team effort. For Aqua there was great rebounding by Travis Puckrin and Chris Booth who both earned four points. Top scorer was Mark Forderer with great accurate shooting to earn eight points. Quick floor movement and fast forward passing by Matt Menear earning seven points. Great defensive man-on-man cov- erage by Leo Taillon who contributed six points. A late charge in the game seen Andrew Bray net six points to seal the victory. The Grey team made a strong effort and just fell a bit short. Leading the scor- ing was Chris Feasby with 12 points and great rebounding skills. With an injury shortened game, Mike Shisko still contribut- ed eight points. He showed superb ball control for his ers. team. Good offensive effort shown by Shawn Feasby who earned four points. Good defensive effort with many turnovers and steal by Glen Powell who earned two points, along with Theo Posthumus who also earned two and showed great ball handling skills. Willy Deanike showing good two way effort and contributed two points. For the consolation championship Black defeated Red by a score of 32 to 17. The two top scor- ers for Black were Joseph Kozlinsky and Dave Stewart earning nine points each. Excellent give- and-go passing by Joseph and accurate shooting by Dave. Rounding out the scoring for Black was the brother combination of Matt and Alex McClaren earning seven points, and Craig and Brett Simmons also earning seven points combined. Great defensive ability shown by the broth- The Red team showed great effort by Michael Munzer who played a solid two'way game and earning team high eight points. Teammate Patrick Kenny showed great defensive steals and earned three points. Jaime earned six points. Hallie Karpis and Lauren Jenset showed a good effort but were unable to convert their shots. ) | { JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR TEAM CAPTURES BRONZE: Four skaters from the Port Perry Figure Skating Club were successful when they took part in a Junior Bronze Team Event, held as part of the competitive schedule this year, capturing a bronze medal. Here, Ashley Faux (left), Sarah Ballagh and Catherine DeJong take a break during practice in Port Perry for a photo. The remaining team member, Christa Lane, couldn't be there for a picture. 30 out of 32 students passed Port, Uxbridge skaters fare well during test days last month At the recent test days held in Port Perry and Uxbridge on Feb. 17 and 23, excellent results fol- lowed with 30 tests passed out of 32 tried. Congratulations skaters. The tests passed are as follows: . Canasta: Joanna Benschop, Elena Eun, Gina Eun, Joanne Eun, April Horton, Dana Jewell, Katie Walhout. Dutch Waltz: Joanne Eun. Baby Blues: Aimee Foster, Jessica Foster. Swing: Elizabeth Benschop. Skill 6: Theresa Gracie, Christa Lane. Skill ms Chloe Desmarais, Jackie Miller, Lea Lansdell. Willow Waltz: Jackie Miller. Ten Ballagh. Preliminary Fox: Sarah I0X0T0T0T0T0T0X0X0X0T0T0X¢ WANTED § Players 20+ for SCUGOG MENS' SLO-PITCH LEAGUE INC. Pineridge Sports 985-2839 | Frank Fielding 985-7216 Freeskate: Aimee Foster, Freeskate: Christa Lane. Jessica Foster and Jackie Senior Bronze Miller. Freeskate: Ashley Faux. Junior Bronze PPMHC presents the RS Superior Bindery Service Hockey Tournament Featuring the PEARCE AUCTION PREDATOR HOCKEY CLUB Saturday, Mar. 21 at Scugog Arena Guest Appearance at 2:00 by the "Black Stocking Precision Skaters" TIME TEAMS 8:00am... Port Perry vs. Clarington 9:00am... East Ender Ticats vs. West Hill 10:00am ......... .Port Perry vs. Caledonia 11:00pm... Owen Sound vs. East Ender Ticats 12:00pm ........... Caledonia vs. Clarington 1:00pm............. West Hill vs. Owen Sound 3:00pm.............C Final 4:00pm... Consolation 5:00pm ............ Championship