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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-12-16, Page 14EMHA IN PARADE — All teams in the Exeter Minor Hockey Association were Saturday's Santa Claus parade. represented on the float in T-A photo Mitchell two points back Huron Park teams lose By CAROL GINGERICH Huron Park minor hockey teams dropped three decisions to clubs from Belmont in Shamrock league play this week. Belmont won the pee wee contest 4-1; the bantam game 5-1 and the midget tilt 2-1. The only Huron Park pee wee goal was fired by Tony Jones on a pass from John Insley. Rick Lather was the only Huron Park bantam marksman on an unassisted effort and Dave Sinclair scored for the midgets by converting a pass from Ron Kennedy. In regular Huron Park house league play this week the Leafs edged the Bruins 2-1. Mike Lessard was on the firing end of both goals for the Leafs, One was unassisted and the other came on a pass from David Smith. Todd Lewis notched the only Bruin marker with the assist going to John Hannah. Shop at Home New winners in gun club In recent weeks, of competition at the Exeter Claybird gun club, perennial champion Bill McNutt has been bested by two op- ponents. December 5 Larry Mason won the "A" class with a high score of 23 compared to McNutt's 19. Other scores the same day were Randy Stanlake 17; Doug Bender 15; Brian Wedlake and Calvin Stanlake 13 each; Terry Schwartzentruber eight and Sue Mason seven. December 11 John Hessels of Goderich edged Bill McNutt in a 75 target match 61 to 60. McNutt won the 12 gauge round 23-22, the 20 gauge round 21-20 but Hessels captured the 28 gauge event by a score of 19-16. LADIES CURLING Mousseau 10 — Ecker 6 Marshall 10 — Taylor 8 Russell 13 — McDowell 7 Dawson 9 — Busche 6 Pfaff 11 — Coates 1 Boyle 7 — Gregus 2 Burton 12 — Hackney 6 Mickle 9 — Lovell 7 Amos 10 — Shapton 6 Hodgert 13 —t Strang 2 Etherington 7 — Coleman 5 In regular competition Bill McNutt headed the shooters with 23 followed by John Hessels and Larry Mason with 22 each. Other scores were Doug Bender 15; Bill Armstrong 13; Kitchener Pavelick 10 and Tim Oliver 9. Poor, weather conditions and cold have lowered scores in the past two weeks. The claybird club would like to thank Discount Dave's and Jerry MacLean Automotive for donating trophies to the highest monthly averages. They were Bill McNutt with 96 percent and Larry Mason 90 percent. WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY — 7 - 9 p.m. Tell your parents to bring their camera and get pictures of yourselves with me. Radio Ihaek Go.rd's Trophies & Engravings AUTHORIZED DEALER 382 Main St. (Formerly Eatons) 235-2261 • • • • • • • • • • • • * • 0 0 * • • • ILDERTON ARENA Stratford Perths VS Lucan-Ilderton Jets ' Friday, December 17 8:15 p.m. Homewood Farms and England's Auto Body are Jet Supporters Many needs • • • • • • • • • • • • You Could Save Up To This Much By Buying A Bolens Tractor Now • • • • • Hawks hold down first place C formance. Knight scored the first two goals of the game in the first minute and 31 seconds of play. One was on a solo dash and Brian Taylor and Dave Kinsman and Paul Pooley scored with passing help from Steve Jennison and Petry Pooley. In the middle stanza, Phil Knight completed his hat trick again on an unassisted effort and Rick Ingram cohverted a pass from Kim McKinnon, Three third period goals completed the Exeter game scoring. Matt Muller and Perry. Pooley scored unassisted with Pooley's goal coming with his team playing shrothanded. Paul Pooley wound up the scoring on a three-way effort with Matt Muller and Tom Hayter. Randy Lovie was in the nets for the Hawks and helped gain the victory. First half scoreless In Wednesday's victory by the Hawks over Belmont all of the scoring came in the last half of the game. In fact it wasn't until the 18.32 mark of the second period that any of the goal judges had a chance to go to work. The first Exeter scoring effort came on a three-way com- bination with Ron Bilcke finishing off the play with Gerald Weida and Rick Ingram. The third period was only 56 seconds old when Rick Hunter N . -)$# e—' Pen/ ANI at nCe •,-,t , MCM4 Ca'r ?he Ne w Arse I ` BOYS and GIRLS be in Exeter to meet you next week. EE With the purchase of a Bolens Tractor • Bolens has been a leader for years in the riding tractor business and have built a solid reputation for making equipment that will get the job done year after year. Right now and for a limited time only they are co yNTR 'NER STORES While the province of Ontario seems to be emphasizing spending restraints that doesn't seem to be the case for area sports fans. In Exeter and. Lucan especially organizers of minor hockey teams and parents are spending more money this year in providing regular hockey programs for area youngsters. With arenas being constructed in these two municipalities home games of their minor hockey teams are forced to be played elsewhere. It is just like having all away games instead of an even menu of home and away contests, The amount of money being spent in travelling alone will be quite substantial for many families where as many as four boys are playing and in some instances on four different teams. While this type of money being spent could be classed as maintenance there is also a number of places where donations can be made for capital costs. Drives are now underway for four different sporting projects in this area. We are talking about the construction of arenas in Lucan and Exeter, a swimming pool at Kirkton and installation of baseball lights and general improvement of park facilities at Crediton. Residents in the townships of Stephen and Usborne are probably being hit as hard as anyone when it comes to have people knocking at the door looking for financial con- tributions. People in Stephen, especially in the easterly portion are being asked for donations to the South Huron Recreation Centre in Exeter which will house the arena and also help for the Crediton park. It's the same story in Usborne with a combination of the South Huron recreation centre and the Kirkton swim- ming pool. The co-operation being received by most canvasses is very gratifying and it appears as if all objectives have a good chance of being reached. If the folks around Kirkton-Woodham show the same community spirit as they have in building the community centre and keeping it operating in black ink they should have little trouble in doing the same thing with the swim- ming pool. The committee at Kirkton is composed of a dozen hard working and enthusiastic persons and they have already covered a wide area in canvassing for pledges before con- crete plans were made for construction. Now that a contract has been let and a solid figure to shoot at as far as donations are concerned they should real- ly roll. Chairman Ross Robinson told us that the entire swimming pool project would cost $120,000 with half coming from Community Centre and Wintario grants. Robinson indicated that the initial survey had netted about $35,000 in pledges,,,,,The,gornmittee will now begin to collect this money and the additional needed. The Kirkton pool will be of Junior Olympic size at 82 feet, six inches by 43 feet. It will be heated to allow use earlier in the spring and later in the fall. Presently youngsters from that area have been forced to go to Mitchell, St. Marys or Exeter for their swimming lessons and programs. It certainly is a worthwhile undertaking and we wish them the best of luck. The same situation should exist in Crediton where about $5,000 is needed in public donations to pay for the full regulation baseball lights which were installed in late fall to complement the softball lighting system which was es- tablished as part of Stephen tonwship's Centennial celebrations. The Crediton park has been upgraded with a new drainage system and construction of new seating accom- modation. The Crediton park facilities have really been busy with five minor baseball teams operating. Youngsters from not only Crediton but Exeter, Dashwood, Centralia, Huron Park and Grand Bend have been participating in a good baseball program so monies to pay for the new installations should come from a wide area. The weather man has proved to be a very stubborn op- ponent to progress in the construction of the Exeter and Lucan arenas. Lucan officials had hoped to have the present ice facili- ty sufficiently covered to allow use by January 1 of 1977 but it appears now as if that date could be set back by a few weeks at least. Good performances Two area teams in two of the top calibre hockey leagues have been rewarding their fans with excellent hockey. At the time of writing the Exeter Hawks are in first place in the OHA Junior loop and the Lucan-Ilderton Jets hold down second place in the Continental Senior league. The Hawks are actually tied with the Mitchell Hawks who have two games in hand. Actually, games in hand are only valuable when they turn out as victories. Manager Fred Mommersteeg and coach Rocky Wiese have moulded together a good hustling well balanced club and they will be heard from when playoff time rolls around. The situation with the Jets is reversed as they are behind the London Kings by three points but have played two fewer games. The Jets received a big boost Sunday when the Durham Huskies downed the Kings by a scorre of 7-3. One of the top performers for the Jets Rick Fifield narrowly escaped injury Monday afternoon when the snow- mobile he was riding was hit by a train in St. Marys. He was able to jump clear but the machine was dragged down the tracks. Wrestling tournaments The annual Black and Red wrestling tournament will be held Friday at South Huron District High School. Local school wrestling coach Doug Ellison is in charge and reports a good number of top-notch teams will be in ac- tion. Ellison has taken a half year leave of absence from his teaching post at SHIMS but continues to coach the wrestlers. He is furthering his education at the University of Western Ontario. Saturday Ellison will be directing a pre-junior wrestl- ing tourney for boys from the ages of 11 to 15 years. It also will be staged at South Huron. deadlocked the score for Belmont. A rash of Belmont penalties in the third period allowed the Hawks to get their power play going and it paid off with two goals, enough to ensure victory. John Van Gerwen fired the winning goal as he converted a pass from Fred Mommersteeg, at 10.50. Shortly past the 17 minute mark Matt Muller scored an insurance counter on a pass from Gerald Weido and Paul Pooley eonpleted the Exeter scoring with a successful shot. Pooley was set up by Weido and Muller and he made no mistake as he deked the Belmont goalie completely out of position. Randy Lovie was in goal for the Hawks and turned in an excellent performance in keeping the Belmont club from getting 'any closer on the scoreboard. A • • • * • • • • • • • 0 • 0 • • • • • 0 • • 0 We'll give you a • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • offering a free snowblower with the purchase of a riding tractor .. . a value that has not been equalled by any other manufacturer. If you're interested in saving $817 don't miss this opportunity. • Open Mon. Sat. 10 to 10, Sun..Noon to 6 Despite a 2-0 loss Tuesday night to the Mitchell Hawks, the Exeter Hawks continue to hold down first place in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior "D" western division. The Exeter club now has a season record of 13 victories, five losses and a pair of ties good for 28 points, two more than Mitchell who have two games in hand. The local Hawks now take close to a two week break for the Christmas holidays. Wednesday nignt tne Hawks downed the defending Ontario champion Belomont Bombers 4- 1; Saturday they blasted the Mt. Brydges Cougars 9-3 and Sunday night they disposed of Thamesford by a score of 9-1. The Hawks were in Mitchell last night, Tuesday to meet the Mitchell Hawks and then take close to a two week break for the Christmas holidays. Tuesday in Mitchell, more than the first half of the game was scoreless. Murray Elliott counted the first Mitchell goal late in the second period and Dennis Fischer counted near the halfway mark for the final session. Scoring well spread Eight players shared in the Exeter scoring in Sunday's 9-1 victory over Thamesford. The only double scorer was Ken Pinder. Both of the successful shots by Pinder came in the first period to give the Hawks a 2-0 lead at the end of the first 20 minutes of play, Assists went to Dave Kinsman and Fred Mommersteeg. The only Thamesford goal came early in the middle frame came from the stick of Peter Fulmer. Two Exeter markers in the second period came on three-way passing combinations., Gerald Weido registered with passing help from Rick Ingram and Kim McKinnon and Paul Pooley was set up by Matt Muller and Perry Pooley. Two of the four Hawk scores in the third period cone on unassisted efforts. They were fired by Steve Jennison and Rick Ingram. Phil Knight scored from Fred Mommersteeg to open the third period. Next came the two solo goals and Kim McKinnon con- verted a pass from Rick Ingram and Matt Muller hit the mark with the assist going to Paul Brooks. The two Exeter stars receiving the McKnight Men's Wear cer- tificates were Matt Muller and Don McKellar. Laurie Skinner was in goal for the Hawks and turned in a steady performance. 'Defenceman leads way Defeneeman Phil Knight led the Hawks in a scoring way in Saturday's 9-3 triumph over Mt. Brydges with a hat trick per- CW,IPACCIRCIPPROWORM.C.COMOVVVVAIRRIWORI4 rj SNOWBLOWER • • • 0* • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ,411 • • • • • • • • • • • • • YOU COULD BE CLEARING SNOW THE EASY WAY TELEPHONE 237.3456 MOUNT CARMEL, ONT. BUY NOW AND SAVE! IN FACT THE MONEY YOU SAVE WOULD MORE THAN COVER THE COST OF A VACATION IN THE SUNNY SOUTH: • • • • • • • • • • • •