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24 - "WEEKEND STAR" FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2000 Stephen's Sporting Goods | Hunting, Fishing, Supplies & Licenses 8 80 King Street W., Bomanville (905) 697-2546 L.A % If your ad was bere you'd be seen by over 20,000 HOUSEHOLDS. call (905) 985-7383 ines. Reciprocal Playing Privileges "at 5 other GolfNorth Facilities (UNLIMITED PLAY MONDAY TO FRIDAY) STARTING AT $677 (TAX INCLUDED) 905-985-5263 group, ADULT WEEKDAY MEMBERSHIPS Former All-Star netminder decides to leave club oJacks, Mackie part compan By John B. McClelland Weekend Star Veteran netminder Jeff Mackie has left the Port Perry MoJacks after just a couple of games in the new Junior C hockey season. MoJack's general manag- er Murray Parliament said the parting was Mackie's SHOWING SUPPORT: Matthew Rievera was on hand at the Port Perry Fairgrounds last Saturday cheering on his dad Edwin, who took part in the first- ever Port Perry Half- Marathon. The event, which was put on by the Making Strides running attracted 284 participants and raised more than $2,000 for the local Big Brothers-Big Sisters chapter. i le BUY PIZZA, SUBS ® SWINGS BR Wabsr ots Port Bun -8448 idea and was under amica- ble circumstances. "Jeff phoned me (Monday night of this week) and we had a great talk about it all. He just decided it was time for him to leave and 1 really respect him for telling me his reasons honestly and at this time before we get too far into the season," said the GM. Essentially, the 21-year- old, an all-star in the Central Jr. C League last season, told Parliament that between his work responsibilities and going to school as well, he was finding it tougher. and tougher to make the neces- sary commitment to hock- ey. And, said Mr. Parliament, Mackie told him that he recognizes the team is on a "youth move- ment" this season and that it might be better for all concerned if the club can work with two younger goaltenders with an eye to the future. This would have been the final Junior C season for Mackie, an Oshawa native who's in his fourth year with the MoJacks. Over the past three years, he has had some brilliant games for the green and white, and in his rookie season his play was the main reason the team qualified for post- season action. Parliament said that Mackie enjoyed a "decent" training camp, but didn't get much ice time as the team knew his capabilities and concentrated on find- ing a suitable back-up net- minder, He played the first two games of the regular schedule, losing 6-5 in OT and 9-2, both to the Georgina Ice. Rookie Scott Poole was between the pipes for the third game, a 6-3 victory over Bobcaygeon Bullets. As for the Mojack net- minding situation now that Mackie is no longer with the club, Mr. Parliament said the 18-year-old Poole, who played Midget with the Orono All-Ontario squad last year, is signed to a card. And the coaches were looking at prospect Jeff Rankin in practice this week. He's also 18, an Oshawa native who played for the Kiwanis Midgets last year, and was a late cut this fall from the Junior B Oshawa Legionaires. If Rankin fails to catch on with the MoJacks, the gen- eral manager said there appears to be no shortage of young netminders seri- ously looking for a place to play competitive hockey. "Hardly a night goes by that I don't get a phone call Turn to Page 25 Bruins, MoJacks vye for Challenge Cup Mayor's By John B. McClelland Weekend Star There will be some- thing extra in the air this coming Sunday night at the Scugog Arena when the Port Perry MoJacks and Uxbridge Bruins hook up in their first meeting of the 2000-2001 Junior C hockey season. It will be Game One of the Ux-Port Mayors Challenge Cup, a new incentive for the two teams and the two com- munities, which have enjoyed a sports rivalry for generations. MoJack general manag-- er Murray Parliament explained that the Challenge Cup is a trophy put up by the two current mayors of the communi- ties -- Gerri-Lynn O'Connor of Uxbridge and Scugog's Doug Moffatt. It will be awarded to the team with the best won-lost record in the eight regular-schedule games the clubs play against each other over the course of this hockey season. The winning team (community) will keep the Cup for a year and put it on prominent display at the Arena or perhaps the municipal offices. And, the Mayor of the losing team has agreed to wear the opposing team's sweater at a council meeting or official public function. "The idea originated this past summer from one of the Uxbridge coaches and i thought it Turn to Page 26 i o 1-120" 3 "14 Cutrs's Ere mem" EEE a ------------. Th 7 YOUR JAY OR OUR\ o_o be WIP wr Fen om Re lr ey Wo apr. Jp i apr mr a Re Erni ort ma en RIE IAL lt eT ET rh