THE HERALD Wednesday February U 19 Page 19 Sunny Acre Farms Milton provides stiff opposition By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor Georgetown Sunny Acre Farms major midgets are finding the last rung on the ladder of sue cess as the County Hockey League s representative in Ontario Minor Hockey Association is the toughest one to reach not to mention climb over Sunny Acre Farms and Milton are deadlocked at one game apiece in the best of five County OMHA final series with the winner advancing against an as to be determined opponent from East Toronto The third game in series was played Tuesday evening at Gordon Arena at press time the score was not available There is little to choose between the Halton Region rivals and home ice is proving to be no adantage in thesenes early going Saturday afternoon at Gordon Memorial Arena Milton recovered from a lack lustre first to overwhelm Sunny Acre Farms The tables were turned Sunday in Milton as Sunny Acre Farms rallied from a deficit to post a narrow 54 triumph as Trevor Elinesky was a oneman wrecking crew collecting five points in eluding four goals Georgetown finished just two points ahead of Milton and in first place overall during regular season County Hockey League play Milton however was impressive in capturing the 24th edition of the Georgetown Midget Hockey Tour staged in early January so no one connected with Sunny Acre Farms could afford to take the team lightly In addition Milton captain David McDuffe was voted the tournament Most Valuable Player and his leadership was unquestioned Sunny Acre Farms were on a pi roll having won five consecutive games while shunting Brampton and to the sidelines Sunny Acre Farms dominated first period play in the Saturday afternoon match in Georgetown and courtesy of goals from Rich Bond and Mark with assists to Mark Mclntyre Mitch Butt and Ken Kosziwka headed to the dressing room with a 20 lead That was all she wrote on the for the balance of the game for Georgetown as four unanswered Milton goals three in the second period and one in the third period gave the visitors the series opening game win Peter Downs was n nets for Sun ny Acres Sunday in Milton Sunny Acre Farms fell behind early but then Raiders face Streetsville By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Fditor For better or worse depending on your view Georgetown Buick Raiders closed out regular season Central Ontario Junior B Hockey League West Division play over the weekend with a pair of losses Friday night the Raiders trekked to for a joust with the West Division regular season champion Blades and came out on the very short end of an 1 1 score Saturday evening at Gordon Alcott Arena in the Raiders regular season finale Milton Merchants played the role of rude visitor and hung a loss on their hosts The two defeats dropped the Raiders regular season mark to 3 in the cellir of the seven team West Division Raiders now prepare to take on Streetsville Derby who finished in second place in the West Divi standings points ahead of the Raiders in a best of seven opening round playoff The first game of the series was played in Streetsville Tuesday night at press time the score was not available The next two of the series will be played in Georgetown at Gordon Alcott Arena this Thursday tomorrow and game time 7 m The fourth game of the series will be played in Streetsville this Sunday Despite the fact the Friday night contest was a nothing game the rivalry that exists between the Blades and the Raiders wis evi dent throughout The Blades out salvoes while the Raiders for the most part were firing blanks Curtis Green Shiwn were the sacrificial limbs in the nets and between the two of them they faced 70 shots Raiders directed 29 in the direction of goaltender Jamie Cuff The actuallv led 1 after the first penod then the Oakville barrage began By the time the ice chips had set tied Oakville had scored eight times while blanking the Raiders to hold a commanding lead heading into the final frame Some calm was restored in the period but Oakville still the Raiders 2 1 to salt away the 11 3 win Steve Dubarry Mark French and Des Brown scored the Raiders goals while Chris had a pair of assists Against Milton night at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena thi Raiders offered a bit more pro tection to Green but up short in the goal scoring department Milton led I first period 1 minutes of The Raiders limed 19 shots at Milton goaltender Jiy Evershed in tht third period but could only find one chink in his as the chants the 2 1 to ice the Twin Kevin Brown scored ice for the Raiders with ttam scoring leader Brent rounding out the Raider scoring St Mens Wear by Ralph Lauren NOW AVAILABLE 211 Street Georgetown NORTHVIEW CENTRE RITERION RUG CO LTD SALES SERVICE INSTALLATIONS CARPET VINYL TILE GUELPH ST Georgetown Ont L7G4A5 4168771012 mounted a rally in the second period that carried over into third penod play to lock the series at a game apiece with the win The game was tied 1 after the first with Milton moving m front 1 barely five minutes into the second stanza Then Trevor Elinesky decided that enough was enough and led the Sunny Acre offensive charge that blew away Milton Elinesky scored the first period Georgetown marker off passes from Mark and Ken Kosziwka With Milton threatening to run away with the game he went to work and potted a natural hat trick to move Sunny Acre Farms ahead Kosziwka scored with just over two minutes left in the game the eventual winner while the last Milton goal came with just nine seconds left on the game clock and the outcome already decided Elinesky assisted on Kosziwka goal had four assists in the game while Brad had a pair of helpers Paul St Pierre manned the nets for the crucial win in Milton The fourth in the senes is scheduled for Thursday pm Milton and a fifth game if necessary would be played Sun day afternoon 4pm at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena Melanie Jans wins squash championship Melanie Jans of Georgetown won the Ottawa and District Girls Under squash championship held Feb at the quel Club in Ottawa One hundred and seventy five juniors entered the tournament in Melanie division participants came from Manitoba and Quebec as wellasOntano defeated Carol Anne from Ottawa 4 in the final Precision teams skate to glory On Saturday the Precision teams of the Georgetown Figure Skating Club travelled to Mount Forest to participate in the Cupid Capers Precision Competition The teams were supported by a large contingent of cheering fans and skated very well The Novice and Junior teams brought home Bronze medals Congratulations to all the skaters and the coaches Gale Verhaegen and Peggy Ward The teams and parents would like to thank the Georgetown Lions Club and the Royal Canadian Legion for their support this year It is very much appreciated The Jjvenile and Novice teams will compete again the tional Competition being hosted by the Georgetown Figure Skating Club at the Alcott arena on March 30 and CUPID S RESULTS Ice Dreamers 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