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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-02-17, Page 6tit DON JONES unlimited DAVE CYR 178 lbs. DOUG GEOFFREY 130 lbs. GERARD CHAR R ETTE 106 lbs. 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The Home of Guardian Maintenande 111111Juniorsir LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL HOCKEY PLAYOFF EXETER ARENA Sunday, Feb. 20 2:00 Fifth game of Best-of-Seven Series Clinton Mustangs vs Exeter Hawks 4 RAIDER .. the first really NEW approach to snowmobiling in 30 years Once you experience this high performing, twirl track, rear engine snowmobile, you'll never be happy with any other. You'll love the look of RAIDER from the rakish sweep of its body to the luxury, plush-foam cockpit bucket seats. Seated position, precision Steering with more control and Maneuverability Makes it possible to drive for hour after hour. You'll feel safely Confident surrounded by the steel perimeter frame and sitting in an enclosed cockpit. 8EE IT TODAY JACK B. COCKWILL AR 3 1:Mthwood Phone 237.8447 win H-P title H wrestler. Page 6 Time$-Advocate, Febrtary 17, 197Z FOR GOOD- $PORT$ By Ross Haugh Xi points and Listowel followed with 48 points. Gerard Charrette competing in the 106 pound class wen three straight Matches and his third consecutive H-P title. Joining Charrette an the championship class were Barry thle tic invasion Two more wins ARNOLD WESTELAKEN 136 lbs. * MIKE MILLER 141 LEIF MADSEN 145 lbs. ART WESTELAKEN 123 lbs. Miller, Art Westelaken, Doug Geoffrey, Arnold WeSteleken, Mike Miller, Leif Madsen, Dave Cyr and Don Jones. Placing second were Kim. IVIcKinnon, Paul Reabnrn, Gary Gibson and Don Truemner. A eomparitively new wrestler Randy Decker finished third after Winning one match. While Paul Reaburn lost his final match by a close 5 4 score he had the distinction of coming up with the fastest pin of the day, nailing his opponent in an early match in 35 seconds. In Saturday's WOSSA meet, close to 300 wrestlers from about 50 Western Ontario schools will be competing. The various conference champions in attendance in addition to South Huron will be the Beck Spartans of London, Regina Mundi of the Middlesex conference, Sarnia Central of Lambton and Woodstock's Huron Park representing the Oxford- Elgin conference, The South Huron District High School wrestling team won the Huron-Perth conference championship for the third straight time Friday and a full local squad will be competing Saturday in the annual WOSSA championships to be held at South Huron. The nine South Huron bays with stars showing beside their names are Huron Perthchamps while the others were close runners-up and will also be competing in WOSSA play. T-A photos BARRY MILLER 115 lbs. for novice club The Exeter Broncos came up with two wins this week and both were by way of the shutout route, In exhibition play, Friday night at the Exeter arena they blanked the East London Optimists 4 0 and Saturday afternoon in the Shamrock league schedule they scored a 6 - 0 win over Dor- chester, The Broncos started OIVIIIA playoffs last night Wednesday on home ice against Goderich in the first of a best-of-five series, The second game of the series is in Goderich Saturday night at seven o'clock with the third set for the Exeter arena, Wednesday February 23 also at seven. Brian Mercer scored two goals to lead the Exeter attack against East London, Getting single goals were Steve Skinner and Dan Bell. In addition to getting a goal, Skinner picked up a pair of assists. Against Dorchester, Dave Bogart and Dan Bell each counted on two occasions to head the Exeter scoring. Chipping in with one goal apiece were Steve Skinner and Jeff Newby. RACEWAY CYCLE & SPORTS RR 8 PARKHILL PHONE 294-6702 Located at Corbett on Highway 81 Five Miles North of Parkhill • Motorcycles • Snowmobiles Polaris — Kawasaki — Norton — Maico Bultaco NOW OPEN DAILY 9 A.M. - 9 P.M. SAT. UNTIL 6 P.M. An almost unbelievable per- formanee was turned in Friday by the South Huron District High School wrestling team in the GHuodroenri-ePherth Conference finals in The South Huron squad won the Huron-Perth title for the third straight time, but more im- portant, a total of nine local wrestlers were crowned in- dividual champions in their respective weight categories. In addition, four others finished second and the other member of the 14-man team finished third. A tremendous record, The full South Huron team will be in action Saturday when the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association tournament will be held at South Huron. South Huron amassed a total of 180 points in the Huron-Perth competition with Goderich well back in second place with 96 points. St. Marys was third with Skating carnival The annual carnival of the Exeter figure skating club will be held at the Exeter arena, Saturday, February 26 at eight o'clock. The show sanctioned by the Canadian Figure Skating Association is entitled "This Land is Your Land." All members of the local .club will be seen in action in the show under the direction of club pro Brad Loosely and president Jack Underwood. Costumes are being given out at skating practice Monday af- ternoon with full dress rehearsal slated for Tuesday afternoon. KIM McKINNON 90 lbs. GARY G I BSON 157 lbs. RANDY DECKER 194 tbs. DON TRUEMNER 168 lbs. PAUL REABURN 98 lbs. PETE SEREDA 98 lbs. Hawks get game lead over Clinton, thanks to four goal performances with Larry Haugh assisting on both. Early in the third period, Murley finished off his produc- tive night as he scored from in 'close. Haugh and Lindenfield again assisted. At 8.16 of the third, Larry Haugh scored on a three-way effort with Ron Lindenfield and Perry Stover for his fifth point of the night. Late in the game, Stover made the final period got underway. Ron Lindenfield notched the first Hawk counter on a three- way passing play with Larry Haugh and Pete Glover. The ' second was shot by Steve Murley with Haugh again assisting. The final goal of the game came near the halfway mark of the third period with Paul Johnston scoring for the Mustangs. The Hawks had a wide edge in Four goal performances from a couple of players have put the Exeter Hawks into the lead in their best-of-seven Ontario Hockey Association Junior "D" semi-final series with the Clinton Mustangs. In the opening game of the series Friday night on Exeter ice, Brian Bestard fired four suc- cessful shots to lead the Hawks to a 9-6 win. After dropping a 4-2 decision in Clinton, Sunday, the Exeter club bounced back Tuesday, winning 6-1 on the strength of Steve Murley's four goal effort. The two teams meet in Clinton Friday in the fourth game and will be back in Exeter Sunday afternoon for the fifth contest. If a sixth game is necessary it goes in Clinton, Tuesday night. In other league playoff action, the Belmont Sunsets disposed of the Lambeth Flyers in three straight games and are waiting for the winner of the Mitchell- Lucan series. Mitchell had eliminated Lucan in three games, but a successful protest by the Irish wiped the series out. The two clubs met in Lucan last night, Wednesday and will be back in Mitchell, Friday for the second game in a total goals series. Murley leads Steve Murley's four goal performance was more than enough as the Hawks downed the Mustangs 6-1 Tuesday. The speedy left winger opened the game scoring at 9.40 of the opening period as he converted passes from Larry Haugh and Ron Lindenfield. John McKinley counted the lone Clinton goal of the night late in the first session to create a tie at the end of the opening twenty minutes. The only scoring of the second period was taken care of by Steve Murley as he registered two goals bunches, getting the first two in the opening period and the next pair in quick order late in the third period. Perry Stover assisted on both goals fired by Brian Bestard in the first period, Bill Stirling was the lone marksman for the Mustangs in the first period as the Hawks took a 2-1 lead. The biggest Hawk margin, until late in the game came in the second period when they were able to go ahead by a 5-2 score, Steve Murley took a pass from Larry Haugh to notch the third Hawk score of the night at 1,57 of the middle frame, Pete Glover was on the scoreboard less than two minutes later on a play started by Ron Lindenfield and Lindenfield tallied from -Murley and Haugh. The second period Clinton goals were registered by Stu Mustard and Ron Graham. The Mustangs rallied in the early minutes of the third period and scored two quick goals to tie the score temporarily. Stu Mustard scored both goals, the second at 4.27. The Hawks bounced back quickly with Larry Haugh scoring from Ron Lindenfield 50 seconds later and Brian Bestard picking up his hat trick with help coming from Perry Stover and Rob Lindenfield near the halfway mark. The last Mustang marker was chalked up by Stu Mustard at 10.57 as he completed a four goal effort. Brian Bestard was back at 16.33 to equal Mustard's per- formance and Steve Murley completed the game scoring less than a minute later. Assists on the final two Exeter goals were picked up by Peter Kleinstiver and Larry Haugh. The penalty parade was fairly light with the Hawks getting tagged 10 of the 16' called by referees Mel Huctwith and Bill, Shaddick. The halls of South Huron District High School usually quiet on a Saturday will come to life this Saturday when an invasion of all sizes of athletes will take place, The two gyms at South Huron will be the scene of the annual Western Ontario Secondary Schools. Association wrestling tournament. More than 250 boys from some 50 schools in five district conferences will be competing for WOSSA championships. When we say all sizes will be competing, that's exactly what we mean. There will be a total of 14 weight divisions ranging from the lightest at 90 pounds up to the 194 pound class and the unlimited division for extremely big boys. • The highlight of the tournament besides the fact it is being held in Exeter for the first time is the inclusion of the entire South Huron wrestling team. Goderich, Friday, the local wrestlers under the guidance of coach Doug Ellison won the Huron-Perth championship for the third consecutive time. Probably more exciting than the team champion- ship was the nine individual titles won by the South Huron youngsters. This is an all-time high for the local school. In 1970, five wrestlers from SHDHS won Huron- Perth crowns while last year only two were successful. With the competitions taking place within the friendly confines of their own school and plenty of vocal support to assist, we would hope for some WOSSA champions from South Huron. If dedication to their sport and the job at hand is any indication of their success on Saturday, our local school wrestlers should be right in the thick of things, The boys on the team have been practicing every night of the school week and participating in numerous meets on the weekends for the last couple of months. When school classes were cancelled on Friday, February 4 for most SH students because of the weather, the wrestlers were in to practice Sunday afternoon to make up for lost time. Saturday will be a good opportunity for local residents whether wrestling fans or not to get a good look at this exciting sport. The amateur type of wrestling that goes on in high schools is a far cry from the version seen on television. We have talked to a few people that said, "we would like to watch the meet but we don't know any thing about wrestling." Knowledge is not necessary to enjoy this sport. It's simply a case of two well conditioned athletes trying to pin each other to the floor in the shortest amount of time with not only strength but a variety of holds, very few of which are ever seen on television. Aetion in the WOSSA meet will be continuous in both gyms from about 10:30 a.m. to well into the evening when the finals will be staged. While the chief meet officials will be stationed in the new gym at the east end of the school, a closed circuit television camera will be used to send all action from the old gym back to the main action centre. - While South Huron represents the Huron-Perth Conference, the Beck Spartans will be here from London, Regina Mundi from the Middlesex conference, Sarnia Central from Lambton and Huron Park of Woodstock from Oxford-Elgin. In addition to the five championship schools, wrestlers from other schools in the five conferences that finished in the top three or four in each division will also be competing. Two of the larger conferences,/ London and Oxford-Elgin with more schools in the fold are allowed the first four in each class while the other three may send the first three in addition to the championship team. Best of luck to the South Huron boys as they try to bring more laurels to the local school. Will it materialize' The newest professional hockey league hopes to be in action about a year from the time first announce- ments were made of its establishment. A hockey game in Miami, Florida on October 12 sounds like a strange happening, but that's when the first game in the new World Hockey Association has been scheduled. If the new league becomes a reality and the founders say it definitely will, big league hockey will no longer be isolated and identified solely with specific areas but bring the four corners of North America together. Three of the men behind the new league are quite experienced in getting a new league going against established loops. Gary Davidson, Michael O'Hara and Dennis Murphy were instrumental in getting the Ameri- can Basketball Association on its feet. The new twelve team league is expected to have at least five teams in Canada which is a better percentage than the National Hockey League can boast, Most people are concerned about where all the necessary players will come from, but the big problem we envision would be suitable arenas. Winnipeg is the only Canadian city with an arena that comes close to seating enough people to support a top professional club. New arenas are apparently in the offing in Edmonton and Hamilton while Calgary and Quebec City plan on enlarging their seating capacities. Each of the new clubs is going to attempt to come up with seven present NHL players to provide the nucleus of their rosters for the 19/1-72 season. The only players presently performing in the NHL that could legally play for the new clubs would be those on the last year of their contracts. The new teams appear to have lots of capita] available to entice top stars away from their present employers. If any of the new proposed teams had joined the NHL as expansion teams the franchise Cost would be six million dollars. Even with inflated salaries we imagine they could take care of a couple of years with the money that would have gone for franchises in, Clarence Campbell's loop. If the new league comes up with a reasonable brand of hockey getting fan support shouldn't pose any great problems. Fans in the prairie provinces will then have access to three big league arenas. the score 6-1 a quick shot from the left side on a play started by Brian Bestard and Ron Janke. Sink early In Clinton Sunday night, the Hawks fell behind in the early minutes of the game and were never able to catch up. The game was only a minute old when Stu Mustard blinked the red light for the Mustangs. In the balance of the first session, Ron Graham scored twice to give Clinton a 3-0 lead as the team headed for the first rest. The only Exeter scoring came in the second period and the Clinton lead was pared to 3-2 as BRIAN BESTARD STEVE MURLEY each score four goals in one game' the-shat-on-goal department but Fred German in the Clinton nets came up with many sensational stops. The Mustangs also were ahead in the penalty parade taking 1:4 of the 26 infractions called. Go ahead gradually The' Exeter Hawks scored one more goal than the Clinton Mustangs in each period Friday night as they won the first game of the best-of-seven league semi- final by a 9-6 score. Brian Bestard was far and away the top Hawk goal producer with a four goal performance. Bestard scored his goals in