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Limited Chevrolet — Oldsmobile PHONE 235-0660 EXETER, ONT, The Home of Guardian MaintenanCe '2395 '1595 Wrestling Clinic South Huron District High School Sat., April 19 10 a.m. Featuring EGON BIELER STEVE MARTIN of the UWO wrestling club 1974 Commonwealth Games Gold Medalists This is the start of the wrestling daises for grades 5.8 students Parents welcome Sponsored by RAP and the South Huron Wrestling Association The Exeter Legion bantams will be gunning for the Ontario "B" championship when they take to the ice at the Exeter arena Saturday afternoon. By virtue of a split in weekend games in Picton, the local pucksters now lead the best-of- seven series by a 3-1 margin and could wrap it up in the 4:00 p.m. contest. If they lose, the series will shift back to Picton Sunday afternoon and if a seventh contest is necessary, the clubs will meet in Exeter on April 26, The weekend series in Picton was almost a re-run of the first two contests in Exeter. The local crew posted a lopsided 12-3 win Saturday, but Picton rebounded to post a 5-4 margin on Sunday. In Exeter a week earlier, the locals scored a 10-1 Saturday night win and fought back from an early four-goal deficit to score a 5-4- victory. The 100 fans who accompanied the team to Picton were hopeful that the team would wrap up the series on Sunday, but the hosts showed a complete reversal of form to earn the victory. Soft ice hampered the faster skating Exeter crew, There was some indication the ice machine Five minutes later Ron Rader put the Flyers ahead 4-1 on a passing combination with Ken Smale and Kevin McKinnon. At 16.10 Ken Smale contributed the fifth Zurich marker with assists going to Rader and Schilbe. The Shipka scoring spark was re-ignited at 18.05 when Peter Gill converted a pass from Jim Guenther and only 38 seconds had been turned off and pools of water slowed play. Goalie Richard VanDusen also came up with his usual Sunday heroics to thwart the Exeter crew. However, the victory may have been costly as Van Dusen was injured on Exeter's fourth scoring play. He was helped off the ice following the goal mouth scramble and Picton Manager Vern Armstrong said early diagnosis revealed four cracked ribs. That injury could keep him out of Saturday's game. Armstrong, who took over coaching duties when Ken Ireland was banished due to an excessive amount of penalty minutes in Saturday's game, said after the contest "it's nice to win at least one", He noted that the teams should have been deadlocked at two games each, "There's no way a team should blow a four-goal lead in the final period," he said in reference to the loss in Exeter. The confidence he portrayed was far different than was evident Saturday night. He came out of the Picton dressing room shaking his head after the 12-3 score, "That's a good team," he said of the Exeter boys. Exeter coach Ron Bogart was high in his praise for the Exeter crew in their morning activities prior to the game. Pooley explained that had they lost, there would have been stronger controls put on the team to make sure they were well prepared for Sunday's contest. As it was, the boys were able to enjoy a Sunday morning swim and some tennis activities. Jump to attack Saturday night's contest was as lopsided as the score indicated. While the teams traded goals in the early minutes, Exeter jumped into a commanding 4-1 lead by the end of the first stanza and kept building their lead from there. The Picton crew appeared to fall apart mentally after captain Andrew Greig picked up a 10- minute misconduct after slamming his stick on the ice when he was assessed a minor. Greig picked up four other minors. The hosts forgot about hockey from that point on and appeared more intent on physically beating Exeter. They drew a total of 42 minutes in penalties, including two misconducts. Exeter's entry meanwhile didn't fall into the trap of retaliating and their ability to stick to hockey was maintained through to the final whistle, The Pooley twins paced the scoring attack with a hat trick each. Paul picked up two assists and Perry recorded one, Randy Fisher, who played a strong two-way game, potted two goals and had three assists. Single tallies came off the sticks of Randy Parsons, Dennis Preszcator, Paul VanGerwen and Dave Atthill. Parsons, Atthill and Dave Bogart drew two assists, while others helping to set up single tallies were Dennis and Darrell Preszcator, Brad Taylor and Brian Mercer. Summing up Saturday's contest, coach Bogart said "They tried to intimidate us, but I think it backfired as Picton took penalties and we scored goals." Different story "It sure was a different story for this game," Bogart said of Sunday's contest. While not using the poor ice as an excuse, he did point out that Picton seemed able to play better under the adverse conditions, He also cited a slight drop in the desire of the Exeter team and possibly some over confidence, as reasons for the reversal of form, They were also the victims of two "stink bombs" in their dressing room. Picton opened the scoring after only 27 seconds in the first period and led 2-0 until 14,06 when Perry Pooley finished off a play with Mercer and Bogart, The hosts picked up two more goals in the early minutes of the second to take a 4-1 margin. Paul Pooley narrowed the count by finishing off a play with VanGerwen and Atthill at 5.10 and Atthill came back at 12.33 on a play with Mercer and Perry Pooley to get Exeter to within one goal. Then at the 7,35 mark of the final period, Brad Taylor ram- med in a loose puck on a play with Derek Regier to knot the count at 4-4 and set the stage for another thrilling finish, However, this time Picton who came up with the winner as Barry Matthews and .Brad Ireland caught the defence out of position with the former scoring with one minute left. Picton outshot Exeter 31-28 in the game, with Paul Gaiser and Ted Triebner having several difficult shots to handle. The pair handled 27 shots in Saturday's game, Bogart said he and the team were most appreciative of the fan support in Picton and "we hope to see everyone at the arena on Saturday". RAFFLE EXETER ARENA Fri., April 25 8;30 Elimination Draw Advance Sales Only Call 235-1772 for tickets South Huron Wrestling association would like to thank the almost 200 per- sons who have already purchased tickets; however we still need to sell another 200 tickets to meet our ob- jective. Your support would be appreciated. Don't miss a fun evening: games, a good meal and over $700 in prizes. Get out and meet and see your friends, The Zurich Flyers won the South Huron intermediate hockey league championship Friday night with a 5-3 victory over the Shipka Colonials. The Zurich win came in the seventh and deciding game to break a three games apiece deadlock. The Flyers took a 3-0 lead on the scoreboard by the 13 minute mark of the second period and were never headed as they enlarged the lead to 5-1 before the Shipka club fired two quick goals -in the last two minutes of the game. Only one goal was scored in the first period and it came with le.ss than two minutes remaining. Ron Desjardine was the Flyers marksman on passes from Pat Bedard and Bob Farquhar. Desjardine was back on the scoring parade at three minutes of the middle session converting ,later Dan Dalton hit on passes a pass from Rick Schilbe. The from Peter Gill and Stan Lovie. Zurich lead went to 3-0 at 13,02 on a successful shot by Glen Overholt. Kevin McKinnon and Rick Schilbe assisted. The first Colonials marker came near the halfway mark of the third period when Bill Bowden hit on a three-way effort with Barry Clark and Shane Burley. Saturday is the final day for boys Exeter and district to register for the summer program being presented by the Cen- tennial soccer club through the co-operation of RAP, Soccer co-ordinator Damien iSplomon emphasizes the fact in his message to interested boys that no games in the Huron Soccer Association will be played on weekends to allow families to enjoy holidays. Solomon adds "there's lots of room for more boys to par- ticipate. Just come to room 116 at South 'Huron District High School, Saturday morning bet- ween 10 a.m, and noon. When registering boys are asked to bring along proof of age and one photograph of them- selves. A new bantam division is being planned this year for boys ' 16 years of age and under. Last chance for soccer Canada's top wrestlers to attend clinic here Four of the top amateur at the 1973 world junior cham- wrestlers in Canada will be in pionships. Exeter Saturday to coach and The third visitor Saturday is a participate in a clinic at South 149 pound wrestler Steve Martin. Huron District High School, He was a bronze medalist at the Three of the wrestlers are from 1974 Commonwealth Games and the University of Western is now an Intercollegiate crown Ontario and the fourth is from holder. Vancouver and currently visiting The visitor from British in Western Ontario. Columbia is Jim Miller, three times a Canadian national champion. Saturday's demonstration and clinic will be held in the new gym at SHDHS and begins at 10 a.m. All elementary school boys are invited along with parents and anyone interested in getting first hand tips on amateur wrestling. The clinic is sponsored by the newly formed South Huron Wrestling Association and Exeter's RAP committee. Egon Beiler, a native of Kit- chener was a member of Canada's Olympic team in 1972 and a gold medalist at the 1974 Commonwealth Games and currently Canadian Inter- collegiate champ. Beiler com- petes at 136 pounds. Wrestling at 142 pounds is Clive Llewellyn. He recently recap- tured the Canadian Inter- collegiate title he held two years ago and was a fifth place finisher Exeter Centennial Soccer Club FINAL SOCCER REGISTRATION For Minor ( boys 6-16) For Senior (17 and over) Note: There will be no weekend games this year SOUTH HURON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL Room 116 Saturday April 12 & 19 10-12 noon Registration Fee Minot $5.00 Senior $10.00 Proof of age and 1 photograph will be re- quired for registration. A FAMILIAR SCENE — During Saturday night's 12-3 win by the Exeter Legion bantams over Picton, goalie Richard Van Dusen looks back into the net for the puck. Pressing for Exeter are Paul Pooley and Randy Par- sons. The lone Picton defender is Steve Allen. T-A photo Flyers cop South Huron title with final win over Colonials Slowed down by soft ice .Break even in Picton Page 45 Times-Advocate, April 17, 1975 ulliwilliousitaidumumniiiimmilillult111111111111111111111111111liiimoniunilmiiiirmoinuoilinfol Bantams nearing OMHA crown The Exeter Legion bantams will be trying again this weekend to wrap up the Ontario Minor Hockey Association Bantam "B" championship against the Picton Kiwanis team. The locals lead the best-of-seven series at the moment three games to one and could be celebrating about 6 p.m. Saturday if they come up to their performances of two of the first four starts, one in each arena. In Saturday's game at the Exeter arena which gets go- ing at 4 p.m., the Legion sponsored Exeter youngsters should have an advantage over the visitors because of the 275 mile trip Picton must make. If the Picton team plays back to their Sunday efforts when they edged Exeter 5-4 neither team would have much of a visible advantage for a sixth contest which would be back in Picton Sunday afternoon with both teams forced to make the long trip. It was interesting to read the story on the first two games of the series in the Picton weekly newspaper. The story was written by Picton manager Vern Armstrong and following are some of his comments regar- ding the first game of the series won by Exeter 10-1: "How could an Ontario final game produce a score like that? This writer could possibly come up with many reasons, a long bus trip, tired players, a goaltender having a bad night and many others which could and did contribute to the disastrous outcome. But the foremost reason had to be intimidation, as the rough and rugged squad from Exeter laid on the body, after Picton's quick goal, hitting every blue and gold sweater that moved. Exeter outhit, outskated, outshot and outscored the locals at every turn, making the home-town crew look twice as bad as they really were. The high flying Hawks utilized their elbows more in the first two periods than they did their sticks, picking up a total of ten minor penalties, seven of them for elbowing. It worked and worked well for the western squad, as they had the Picton crew looking over their shoulders throughout the game, rather than concentrating on an at- tack of their own. Picton did not play well in this opening encounter, which has been their pattern through most of the playoffs, combine this with a fully frustrated and tired crew and you will very seldom come up a winner." We get letters, too During the past two weeks we have received a couple of letters from our readers and we welcome more on any spor- ting topic. The first was published a week ago and sort of challeng- ed the capabilities of one of the referees in the South Huron Referees Association, Actually it was an attack on the referee-in-chief Pat O'Brien. We continuously support and back officials in any sport. If one thinks the refereeing or umpiring as the case may be has an adverse effect on the outcome of the game, -what would happen without officials? They are very necessary and like the players are human even if some fans don't believe they are. Sticking to the hockey subject, it would be very interesting to take time to do a survey and possibly a job analysis for lack of a better words on the performance of players and referees. This may sound a bit far fetched, but how about a panel of knowledgeable hockey persons checking a player's per- formance on did he pass the puck properly how many times did he miss the net, etc. Then check into the referee's ef- fort. How many mistakes did he make. We would be willing to wager on the outcome. Let's go a bit further and check the conduct of some of the fans. We have heard spectators not only ridiculing the of- ficials but players also. The fans do pay admission to get into the arenas and this gives them the opportunity to ex- press their opinions in a free country like ours. Fans could be marked on their appreciation of good plays reaction to possible questionable calls by the officials and their attitude when their favorite team loses. Maybe we could go a little further than this and talk about a fan's attitude when his favorites appear to be 'get- ting the short end of the stick'. Many fans seem to think they can see a game better from the stands than the referee can on the ice. This may apply in only one out of a hundred situations when a referee is blocked out of a play and a fan at the right angle has a good look. Our favorite comment about refereeing is "If the referee could see better in the stands that's where the NHL and CAHA and other hockey authorities would place them. Then the officials could enjoy a hot dog and a bottle of pop at the same time. Shouldn't have much trouble doing these extras while blowing the whistle sitting down. Second letter unsigned The second letter we received recently was unsigned and concerned a statement we made two weeks ago in this column regarding the upcoming figure skating carnival at Huron Park. We said in trying to drum up some interest in the car- nival for president Nancy Condor and her hard working ex- ecutive that it was the first carnival at Huron Park. This was probably incorrect to a degree. It was the first attempt by Huron Park officials to stage a carnival since 1971. So we would like to rephrase it to read "the first in four years," A second championship Our congratulations go out to the Lucan-Ilderton Jets on winning the Ontario Hockey Association Senior Con- tinental championship for the second time since the league was organized in 1971. The story of the Jets and their success over the past 10 years is a very interesting one. Started as a dream of Don Urbshott and Steve Storey, the Jets have blossomed into one of the best amateur teams in Ontario. The outcome of the first two games over the weekend in Allan Cup play against the defending champion Barrie Flyers has to be encouraging to everyone connected with the Jets. The Jets at least in the first two games put up a better battle against the Flyers than Orillia or Brantford did in the playoffs, Urbshott said he was very proud of his dub against Barrie. He added, "It's a real bonus for the team and the fans to go against a dub like Barrie. They skate faster and pass crisper than any team we have met in years,"