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EG i a ll uit Sa SEO --_------ rd 24- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 17, 1998 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR CENTRE OF ATTENTION: The Scugog Hockey League is the centre of attention at the Scugog Arena Sunday mornings with lots of great action taking place on the ice. There's plenty to see in and times. JEFF MITCHELL / PORT PERRY STAR Scugog with the SHL, Port Perry MoJacks, and other fine minor hockey squads in the Township. Check the schedule at the arena for all the dates t Large..." Port Perry's Todd Healey takes a look at today's world of sports MoJacks declaw the Bruins Less than 48 hours after dropping a 5-1 decision to rival Uxbridge, netminder Jeff Mackie leads the way in shutting down the Bruins By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star Netminder Jeff Mackie got his first shutout of the season Sunday night at the Scugog Arena, backstop- ping the Port Perry ModJacks to a 3-0 white-wash of the first place Uxbridge Bruins. Mackie was full marks for the shutout, showing flashes of the bril- liance he displayed in the latter part of last season when he had such a big role in lifting the team into the final playoff spot in the Central Junior C League. And ModJack coach Tom Thornbury said his netminder had help from the entire team in shutting down the hard skating, and usually high scor- ing, Bruins squad. "Everyone contributed to the win, Port 3 Uxbridge 0 Jeff Mackie stops them all starting with Jeff," said the head coach after Sunday's game. It was "one hell of a lot better effort" than Friday night in Uxbridge when the Bruins clipped the MoJacks 5-1 in a game where the MoJack power play fizzled and came up emtpy on numer- ous opportunities. Thornbury said he was less than pleased with the way his team per- formed in Uxbridge and he "let them know it" after the game. Whatever he said, the players must have been listening as they were full marks for the shutout 48 hours later. Although this was the third game in as many nights for the Bruins, it was not a case of them going into the tank. The explosive Bruins may be the best skating club in the League and have no shortage of snipers who can put the puck in the net any time they're on the ice. As an example, the Bruins fol- lowed up their Friday win over the ModJacks with a 6-2 victory Saturday in Little Britain. But the MoJacks Turn to Page 26 Goreski, Cedar Creek undecided in SHL play By Dean Van Camp Special to The Star Goreski Roofing 4 Cedar Creek Cont. 4 Goreski sod to wake 3p the quickest this chilly morning by scoring a quick pair of goals from Paul Goreski and Jason Warner. Assists were given to Jason Warner, Bill Van Camp and Bill Foote. But Cedar Creek came back to tie the game up with two goals of their own from Bob Collins. Both of his goals were assisted by Derek Fitzgerald (two), John Harman and Rick McJanet. Goreski took the lead once more compliments of Jason Warner on an unas- sisted effort. But Cedar Creek came back with two more from Bob Collins and John Harman. With what looked like a Cedar Creek victory, Bill Van Camp spoiled the parade by scoring with only seven seconds left to leave the game a tie. Monsma Electric 1 Compton Communications 4 Tee second game of the morning featured Compton easi 3 skating to a victory over Monsma. Mike Driscoll got Compton on the board first with a goal assisted by Todd Wilbur and Scott Heard. Monsma tied the game up half way through the third with a Dave Cini . goal assisted by Wayne Norton. But then Peter Somers found the back of the net for Compton as well as Todd Wilbur. Greg Warriner rounded up the scoring with a shot that got by Don Card. Todd Wilbur and Mike Driscoll picked up the assists. Van & Truck World 1 Taylor Ford/Mercury 5 Turn to Page 25 - Andro or not, McGwire's still The Home Run King Ever noticed how complicated the world of sports has become in the last few years? Holdouts, lockouts, strikes, agents, arrests, andro, creatine. What ever happened to the good 'ol days when it was the people who robbed the banks, when it was the cheerleaders who held hands and danced after each play instead of the players, and when playing with a hair of the dog hangover after a night of carousing was the worst transgression a pro athlete was ever guilty of. Well, those days are gone. Pick up any sports page and more likely than not, headlines pertaining to off-field issues dominate actual game reporting. One such issue that has dominated the headlines this summer and fall is the use of androstenedione or "andro" by many Major League Baseball players and more specifically, the use of andro by Mark McGwire. Many debates have been waged about the legimatacy of McGwire's home run record if andro moves from Baseball's "legal" list of drugs to the "illegal" list which, judging by murmurs from the league office, is a very real possibility. The anti-andro faction says that if andro is placed on the banned list by MLB, then the powers that be are admitting that the drug is a performance enhancer and therefore, McGwire cheated in his quest for the Maris and Ruth records. The pro-andro side counters that even if andro is banned by MLB in the future, it was not an illegal substance at the time McGwire was using it, and therefore was not a transgression of the rules. They also point out that while andro "may" increase muscle mass, it in no way aids a player's hand-eye coordination required to hit a baseball, and so should not be deemed a per- formance enhancer. My take on this whole mess? As a matter of principle, I fundamentally disagree with both sides. So what if, in the future, andro is deemed an illegal substance? McGwire can't be faulted for Baseball's lack of col- lective brain cells. He was well within the rules in taking andro. If you want to pick on a player for taking an illegal substance while playing, pick on Babe Ruth. For almost his entire career, and certainly his prime, prohibition was strictly enforced. The Babe was a notorious booze-hound and most certainly broke the rules. To take that thought a step further, cocaine, was a legal substance at the time and Ruth, along with a host of players, endorsed Coca-Cola which of course was made with cocaine. Now that cocaine is deemed to be an illegal substance, are Ruth's records to be expunged from the books? Of course not. On the other side of the coin, don't tell me that andro does not enhance performance. Andro is con- verted in the liver to testosterone, which 1s used in muscle production and is a powerful steroid. So, when you tell me that by taking andro, McGwire is not able to hit-a ball any easier, you're telling me nothing, because McGwire could already hit before he started taking andro. What he couldn't do was hit it 550 feet. Now, granted, a ball hit that far pre- sumably would have been a homer without taking drugs. But what about his homers this year that barely cleared the fence? Did andro turn a long fly ball out into a tater? You tell me. At any rate, there really is no easy solution. Both sides could be right or wrong, depending on the indi- vidual. What cannot be debated is that sports have entered a twi-light zone of which there is no turning back. "We're not in Kansas anymore Toto." XT JO A RS? 1