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\ ea aaa eo ena hie en eee eee eres Team play captures top spot Sacred Heart School's boys' volleyball team are champions and they played like it Saturday in Simcoe County championships at St. Theresa's High School in Midland as they took top spot in Simcoe County boys' volleyball. The Midland squad defeated Connaught from Collingwood in quarter finals by scores of 15-5 and 15-12. They then went on to the semi-finals against Warnica from Barrie where they defeated them 15-13 and 15-5 after losing the first game 15- 10. In the finals, they met Ste. Bernard's from Orillia and volleyball action galore filled the courts at that point. After coming back from a 15-8 defeat, Sacred Heart plowed through St. Bernard's tough defence to win the next two games 15-13 and 15-8. That wasn't bad for a team that finished fifth at the end of round robin play. Congratulations go out to all the players who put out their best efforts _despite the tremendous' odds against them. Juveniles off to good start. The Juveniles' boys' volleyball team from Midland played in Provincial Cup com- petitions over the weekend in- Etobicoke and finished fifth overall in standings. The team is entered in Ontario Volleyball Association play and provided an en- tertaining 'form of volleyball action. In their first match of round robin play, Midland juveniles defeated Thistletown 15- Oldtimers play to 6-6 tie Penetanguishene Hotel Brule Oldtimers played to a 6-6 tie Friday night in Penetanguishene Arena against the Elmvale Georgian Bay Old- timers. Larry Marchand, Alvin Robillard and Ken Davidson all scored double markers for Penetanguishene. Brian Merkley scored a hat trick for Elmvale while Dennis Turner scored two goals and Paul Harvey one goal. The second game in this home and home series will be played in Elmvale Arena Jan. 31. The Oldtimers will be playing this Friday though in an exhibition game in Penetanguishene Arena against a team from the Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre. That game begins at 8:15 p.m. { District 10 champs Thursday was a red letter day for Lynn Morton of Midland and her rink as they defeated a team from Orillia. to take top honours in District 10 playdowns in Midland Curling Club for the second year in a row. Morton's rink will be travelling to Penetanguishene Jan. 6 and 7 when they will take on winners from districts 9, 11 and 12. From left: Diane Vollick, Vivian Shaw. Marg Bourgeois and Lynn Morton. Juvenile girls stopped in semi-final Midland Juvenile girls volleyball team finished third in a field of 10 teams in the Provincial Cup championships held Saturday in Etobicoke. Out of 12 games, the girls won eight and lost four, finishing second in their pool of five teams. In the quarter finals, they defeated Green Peppers from Ottawa 15-13 and 15-13 to ad- vance on to the semi- finals against North York Tigers. In semi-final action, Midland was eliminated 15-13 and 15-4 by the Tigers who went on to win the championship. Bears claw Centennials 6-3 Midland Centennials Jr. C hockey club played Parry Sound Shamrocks Sunday night in Parry Sound and despite a valiant effort, the Centennials were handed a 6-3 defeat. Parry Sound was ahead 2-0 at the end of the first period but Midland scored a goal half way through the second period to narrow the margin. However, a minute later, Oro scored again and followed that up with another marker six minutes after that. 13 and then went on to torious end again win the second game 15- winning both games 15-2 9. and 15-13. In the first game, Midland lost the first Midland was down 8-0 game to North York but came back to win. Huskies 15-9 but came The next team they back to win the second faced was Toronto game 15-13. Latvians and Midland Toronto West proved emerged on the vic- too tough for Midland as Dusome Garage still on top Dusome Garage of the Penetanguishene Industrial Bowling League maintained their 10 point lead over second place Desroches Bros. after last week's play but there was considerable movement in the middle of the pack as several teams made big jumps in the standings. Sarjeant Boys' who were in sixth spot last week find themselves in fourth after picking up the full seven points for their three wins. A big jump in the points standing was made by the Oak Ridge Boys' who also won all three of their games to pick up seven points and slide into seventh place after being in 10th last time out. Midland IGA.and Pilon Const. remain in the thick of things in fifth and sixth place respectively but both these teams must be getting worried about Paul Hahn popped Midland's second period goal in with help from John Webb and Ken Mugford. Midland came on strong here as they scored two quick goals early in the third period only forty seconds apart. Paul Hayes scored the first goal for Midland, Mugford and Hahn getting the assists on the goal. Dale Denis scored Midland's second goal with John Witzke and Andy Zurawski being awarded assists. Parry Sound made sure of their win though as they scored two more goals in the final eight minutes of the third period. Midland's Don Whittaker took the brunt of 43 shots in net while the Centennials fired 34 shots at Parry Sound's Ian Gallagher. Midland Centennials will be idle Friday night but they will be playing Sunday night in Bracebridge against the Bears, that game at 7:30 p.m. the juveniles fell to defeat 15-6 and 15-7. ~ Toronto West finished first in their division and then captured the championship by finished in second in their division but lost to Hamilton Slovenia 15-10 and- 15-10 in quarter- final action. Midland played well make the .tournament and this' affected Midland's attack, setting it off balance. The team was also trying a new system with Brian Quesnelle Coach Rick Presse feels that the boys made a good showing and he is not unhappy about their performance at all. Midland juveniles will be playing in Ontario Open competition Jan. defeating Guelph in the considering that their finals. top player, Vince Midland juveniles Deschamps couldn't their performances of late. Pilon Const. has managed to pick up an average of one win a week during last four weeks but the IGA team has only salvaged two wins during the same period and both teams have been slowly slipping in the overall standings. After last week's play, the league looks as follows: W L Pts Dusome Garage 29 10 69 Desroches Bros. 25 14 59 Lakeview Dairy 22 17 52 Sarjeant Boys' PA lt, Pilon Const. 21 18 48 Midland IGA 20 19 46 and Paul Cox on spiking with a 6-2 system. 31 in Midland when they next hit the courts. Oak Ridge Boys' 19 20 44 Huronia Collision 18 21 43 Gignac Muffler 19 20 43 Commodore Hotel 7. 22 87, Fiberglass Sales 15 24-87 Legion 68 9 30 20 Chalking up high scores in last week's play were Charlie Spiker who had a 733 triple and 271 single score. Larry Patenaude fired a 716 triple with a 282 single and Lloyd Bourgeois totalled a 705 triple and 253 single tally for the night. Mare Desroches won the Commodore Hotel weekly trophy for his 319 single with handicap score. Key players for Kings main scoring group Terry Spiker continues to lead Midland Athletics Intermediate A hockey club with 19 goals and 14 assists for 33 points. In second place in team scoring is Wayne King, playing coach for the squad who has 24 points. King is tied with Ken Knapton and Bill Beauchamp in that spot, Beauchamp having the most assists at 17. Jr. C standings Although complete standings for the Junior C division of Ontario Hockey Association play is not available, a rough idea of how things are shaping up has been determined. The tentative standings are as follows: W LT pts Gravenhurst Indians Ils 2°36 Penetang Kings 13% - 6).12:228 Midland Centennials ABO 1°27. Parry Sound Shamrocks 116 096)-4°-26 Bracebridge Bears 127 6 tenes Haliburton Huskies Biel Scot, Oro77's 4 16 2 10 G A Pts Terry Spiker 19 14 33 Wayne King 11 13 24 Ken Knapton 91524 Bill Beauchamp W OUT) 24 Ross Prentice 6 16 22 Bob Monteith 6 8 14 Ross Cousineau aati pes it tight Huntsville Huskies 218 0 4 As it shows the fight for second spot is hotly contested and a loss could mean the Kings would slip into third or lower, depending on what the other teams do. It is also critical for the Centennials to win at this time' in the league because they could take over second place or drop lower in the standings. Penetanguishene will be playing the league leading Indians this Sunday which they must win to make sure Gravenhurst doesn't get away from them. Tony Stone ho gty LB Ross Walten gE ee Hugh Robertson Oia. Larry Trottier PHS Iatew | Bruce Guthrie ey Ie 2 Peter Bresette ) Lye 30) aieed Greg McGuire (Forges) hepa Jino Morin Diial ie a Cold hands meant long games for minor hockey Referees in Midland Minor Hockey will now be allowed to wear gloves when refereeing a game. ; ~ It was found by the executive at a meeting Monday night in Midland Centennial Arena that games were too long because the referees had to leave the ice to warm their hands. It is hoped that this will speed up games and ensure equal time for all teams. Wednesday, December 17, 1980, Page 31