Two victories move Sabres into fourth By ROBERT RISK Herald Sports Editor Acton Sabres had Christmas come early on the weekend after two wins put them ahead of and just two points behind third place Bradford Three players had hat tricks and Jeff Shevalier was named allstarMVP Playing Saturday John Van Dam and Jason Lucas each netted three goals to help the team win an important win for the team according to coach Ken Steen Up to that point it was our biggest game of the year It mov us back to 88 and put us up on a team that we still have a game in hand on The scoring didn stop that night Sunday Sabres took apart 12 2 giving them more wins than losses for the first time this season It came at a good time We re right at the halfway point of the season and we ve been playing a lot better We should continue to do better in the last half said Steen The coach pointed out their next goal is to beat Bradford when they visit Acton this Sun day With two games in hand on Bradford a win against Bradford could move Sabres into third since they have two games in hand on them Shevalier Matt Marcoux and Mark Broomersma were the three Acton players picked for the Jr all star team that played against B Owen Sound team in Alliston Friday All stars lost but three goals from Shevaher sealed the for the Acton sniper Steen said he believed the team played a stronger game Sunday than the one previous though almost six days off between games may have had something to do with it Sabres next game is Dec 7 in Mount Forest MIDONTUUOjn Team AM I T t A IV lb I3S IH 11 a 95 17 M All sum 110 IS 15 so 2 M Western 10 MI Mid Georgian 26 10 109 Week Results Orangeville 7 Schomberg 2 1 Owen Sound B Jr C Acton 6 Orangeville Grand Valley Acton 12 Walkerton 2 Bradford Fergus 5 By ROBERT RISK Herald Sports Editor Georgetown Raiders com another weekend split of their games losing 7 2 in and winning 84 at home against Peterborough Saturday Coach Gary said his team played only two complete periods against Oakville when three were needed to earn a vie tory The effort was there since we were trailing just 32 after two but defensively we made mistakes in the third After we allowed a couple of soft goals it was 52 and it didn get any bet Curling concentration Brian Reynolds was one of 56 people participating In the second an mud Dunlop Insurance Bonsplel at the North Halton Golf and Country Club in Georgetown Saturday The charity event raised approximate ly 500 half of which will go to the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital and the remainder to Hills United Way Campaign Fund An Acton player scrambles for a loose puck In front of the net during their game in Acton Sun day Most of the action stayed around the Walkerton goal as Sabres dominated 122 A victory Friday over Alliston moved Sabres Into fourth place just two behind Bradford Herald photo after that McFadven credited goalie Paul St Pierre with a good effort but acknowledged that the team had to give him better protection Jason Nicholson got the start in Saturdays game against last place Peterborough a team the coach emphasizes has to be beaten by the Raiders We have to stay ahead of them in the standings they re must win games Burlington won one of their weekend games as well so we re still five points behind them The coach said the game went weil for his boys who the visitors in every period However as in their last match up McFadyen hoped his players wouldn keep the result in doubt until the last period We put a lot of pressure on their end but were only leading going into the third We open things up until there was about 10 minutes left One reassuring sign received was the ending of a ing drought for one of his main lines which consists of Bill McDonald Lewis and Blair Catherwood Both McDonald and Lewis netted hat while Catherwood got a single The other goal was ed by Scott Humber Raiders play their next game in Milton Friday before returning home to face Brampton the following night beginning at 7 30 p m Saturday s game Is featured as George Kennedy evening Any students associated with the school will receive free admis to the game along with a certificate from McDonalds as long as they are accompanied by an adult North Peel selects come close in Hamilton The North Peel Selects com for the MacGregor Cup in Ontario Volleyball Association midget play at Hamilton last Saturday Georgetown residents Darby Stephanie O Brien Christie Hallet Julie Scarlett and Tanya McMaster play for the North Peel Selects squad Prior tournament play established the North Peel Selects as a pool l team one of the top six in the province Com only against pool 1 teams the Selects opened against sixth seed Scarborough Nova In a very flat performance the Selects lost and 015 Their next opponent was the third seeded Kitchener Tigers Only slightly unproved play in the first game resulted in a 15 loss before winning the second game by a score of 1512 The North Selects gained con and played sound volleyball to defeat Brampton Spirit and 15 Playing very hesitantly against the no seeded Peel South Selects the North team was swept 3 15 The North Selects completed the round robin play by splitting their match with number two seeded Hamilton Seekers and 17 16 Scarborough Nova the Selects bronze medal opponents had their number this day as they swept the two out of three match 7 and This year corporate for the North Peel Selects is provided by Webster and Sons Limited a building materials supplier With one month left to prepare for the next tournament the Selects anticipate even better results REBEL Due to the snow and slush storm Monday all games in Halton were cancelled forcing them to be played Tuesday yesterday As a result the scores from those games were unavailable as of press time On the weekend Rebel junior and senior basketball teams took part in tournaments The junior squad played at Pearson Friday losing their first game to St Thomas Aquinas and relegating themselves to the consolation side Saturday the team beat and then lost to Blakelock 4640 in the semi final game Coach Rick Redshaw said his team had an eight point lead at the half but couldn t hold it Seniors placed fourth out of 16 teams at Pauline Johnson Sectn dary School in Brampton on the weekend Rebels won their first match 57 24 over follow by a victory over the host team The squad lost to Bluevale from Kitchener in the semi final and the game for third and fourth place to St John of Brantford 6748 REDMEN RESULTS Acton High School junior senior volleyball teams hadjden tical records at Streetsville s tournament on the weekend Both teams split their two games with Streetsville Hunt svtlle and and lost to and Glenforest The tournament was a round robin with the two top teams playing each other for the championship Midget volleyball team hosts tournament Dec and travels to Milton the following week All six midget teams visit each school every week playing a tournament format The top three teams will play for the championship at Feb