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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-02-03, Page 8Page 8 Times-Advocate. February 3, 1977 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Ready for dinner •••••••••••1•1•1•61.0. The Battle For First Place Support the Hawks OHA Jr. 'D' Hockey Sat., Feb. 5 Mitchell VS Exeter 8:00 p.m. ZURICH ARENA 414*••••roore.....•••••• saiswah. _ See GAMESTER ADVERTISING for Calendars • Adv. Specialties Book Matches • Balloons Lighters • Rulers • Yard Sticks Ball Point Pens • Pencils Labels • Decals Car Emblems • Ash Trays Playing Cards • "Magnetic Signs" • Flags • Pennants Safety Awards NEW YEAR'S PARTY LINE Complete with Balloons, Noisemakers, Garlands and Hats. Service You Can Depend On - Since 1954 GAMESTER ADVERTISING SERVICE LTD. Head Office & Showrooms: 108 S. Christina St., Sarnia P.O. Box 666 Tel: (519) 337-9520 or 337-9541 41111111•11111111111h. PHIL GAMESTER "THE IDEA MAN" Drive Over The Bridge To The ONE-STOP SNOWMOBILE STORE Complete Line of Clothing, Accessories, Parts * Tracks * Bogie. 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T-A photo GIRLS WIN TOURNEY — Exeter Public School won the girls championship at Friday's annual district elementary school basketball tournament. Back, left, Manager Sheila Edwards, Susan Campbell, Ronalee Bogart, Maja Gans, Sheila Sims, Judy Parsons and coach Jane Brown. Centre, Lynn Roger, Maureen Gans, Liz Miners, Danette McLeod, Pat Rose and Mary Ferguson. Front, Brenda Brunzlow, Annette Cann, Sheila Eisenschink and Teresa MacDonald. T-A photo Hold down fourth place Jets victorious in Continental The Exeter Hawks and Mitchell Hawks continue to share first place in the Ontario Hockey Association Jr. To western division. Due to the wintry blasts throughout the area all schedul- ed league games were post- poned. The Hawks were scheduled to meet the Port Stanley Lions at the Huron Park arena last night Wednesday and will meet the Mitchell Hawks at the Zurich arena Saturday night at 8 p.m. The two Hawk teams have 42 points apiece and the Tavistock Braves are one point back in se- cond place. Belmont is fourth with 30 points. The Exeter Hawks have four scheduled games remaining, Mitchell has three and Tavistock five. This year for the first time two clubs from the OHA western grouping will advance to provin- cial playoffs. In the first round of grouping The South Huron District High School wrestling team is enjoy- ing another good season and is in the running for Huron-Perth championships. The South Huron Panthers travel to Listowel February 11 in an attempt to bring home the tournament trophy for the seventh time in nine years, The wrestlers will be at home in their own gym on February 15 to try and win their ninth con- secutive dual meet competition when they take on Stratford Northwestern, one of the strongest teams in the Conference. In regular Huron-Perth play the South Huron grapplers defeated Stratford Central 48-42 and Central Huron of Clinton 36- 18. In a meet at Woodstock Wednesday the locals defeated London Beck 54.33 and Stratford Central 69-18 only to lose 42-30 to College Avenue of Woodstock. The best wrestler in Wednesday's win in Woodstock was Brian Mayer with three straight wins. Bill Duttman was the most improved performer playotts the first place finisher will meet the team ending up in fifth place and the third and seventh place teams will meet. The best of these four teams will move into the OHA semi- final round against teams from the Haliburton-Bancroft area. At the same time the second and sixth and fourth and eighth place teams will do battle with the eventual winner going on to provincial quarter finals against the Western Counties champion. It is quite conceivable that the two championship teams from the district league could be matched up in the Ontario final. With the close battle for the first three spots in the league standings the team finishing se- cond appears to have the best chance to advance to Ontario playoffs. Exeter manager Fred Mommersteeg said this week, "we will take one game at a time but we will certainly be trying for first place. There is pride in being number one." with two victories by pins and Rick Bilcke recorded the fastest pin in 35 seconds in one of his three wins. Also winning three times was Vince Winters. Two match winners were Phil De Haan, Jamie Eveleigh, Brian Pym and Richard Rooseboom. Ron Bilcke, Ken Govers, Cliff Hicks, Kevin Hern and Ray Gallagher each won single matches. The South Huron team placed seventh in a 19 team tournament recently at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate. Included were four top teams in Ontario and an out- standing team from Michigan. Rick Bilcke placed second in the 194 pound division and was named the top South Huron wrestler. Storm slows juniors, Hawks tied for first Wrestlers continue with successful year • TELEPHONE 237-3456 • al Ow Mon, • Sol. 10 to 10, Sun. Noon to 6 411 • • • • • • • • • • OHA Sr. \\ Continental Don't The Lucan-Ilderton Jets won their only start in the Ontario Hockey Association Continental Senior 'A' league this week. Wednesday night, the Jets downed the Port Stanley Dynamos 8-6 to remain in fourth place with 35 points. The London Kings lead the league with 49 points and the Stratford Perths and Preston Jesters are deadlocked in second place with 36 points, only one point ahead of the Jets. The Jets travel to Walkerton Friday night to meet the Durham Huskies and Sunday afternoon the Jets will be at home at the Ilderton arena when the Port Stanley Dynamos will supply the opposition. Game time is 2:00 p.m. Wednesday's contest in Port Stanley was a close one from Playoffs get started Playoffs for four Exeter minor hockey teams are scheduled to get underway this weekend after being postponed by the weather. The pee wees, bantams and midgets will host St. Marys in a triple header at the Huron Park arena Friday night. The first game gets underway at 7:00 p.m. The three teams will then travel to Embro Saturday for return engagements with the first contest slated for 5:00 p.m. Exeter pee wees and bantams won the flip for the third game in their series and they will play at Huron Park Sunday afternoon starting at 4:00. The Exeter and St. Marys atoms will also open their series on Sunday at Huron Park, following the pee wee and bantam games at 6:30. The third game in the midget series and the second atom game are scheduled for Embro on Monday night starting at 7:00. start to finish with the eighth Jets goal to give the club a two goal lead coming with just over three minutes remaining in the third period. The Jets were able to hold a one goal lead at the end of each of the first two periods and that's the way the game went until Ed Parkinson banged in the in- surance goal at 16.54 of the final period. Parkinson flipped in a rebound on a play started by Rick Fifield and Randy Roth. The three goals in the first period came in the last four minutes of play. At 16.47 Rick Fifield blasted in a slap shot on passes from Doug Galloway and Randy Roth. Just 57 seconds later Ed Robb upped the score to 2-0 with assists going to Jamie Robb and Rick Fifield. Gerry Schneckenberger was the open- ing frame Port Stanley marksman. In the second period each team scored three times and allowed the Jets to maintain their one goal margin on the scoreboard. Ed Parkinson pulled the trigger on the first of the Jets se- cond period scores. The first came on a power play with Ran- dy Roth and Rick Martin after Frank Sworik counted for Port Stanley. Before the period was over, Ed Robb and Rick Fifield found the scoring range for the L-I club and Scott McTaggart and Gary McNamara replied for the Dynamos. Rick Martin provided the assist on the Robb goal and Ran- dy Roth and Ea Parkinson assisted Fifield. Rick Martin recently back in the Jets lineup after an injury layoff scored twice in the third period, The first came on a three-way combination with Jacques Cousineau and Bill White and Jamie Robb picked up an assist on the second. Gary McNamara and Bob Hall scored for Port Stanley to put their club within one of tying the score until Ed Parkinson bagged the insurance goal. The Jets had a wide edge in territorial play outshooting the Dynamos 56 to 23. Two victories for SH cagers South Huron District High School basketball teams won two of three games against Norwell of Palmerston, Thursday. The South Huron seniors were victorious by a score of 64-34 and the midgets were on the right end of a 39-27 count. The South Huron juniors were defeated 39- 30. Paul Brooks led the senior scoring and Dave Atthill led the midgets with a point total of 14. ILDERTON ARENA ••••••••• • • SNOW REMOVAL is easy with a Bolens Riding 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. 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The Lions are to be commended on the excellent lineup of sporting celebrities that will be in attendance. We were pleased with the calibre of speakers at the first dinner in 1974 and it has improved every year since. Each time, organizers have been able to come up with excellent master of ceremonies and this is a very important role in keeping the program moving smoothly. This year will be no exception with the Paul Brothers in charge. Knowing Lee and Gerry Paul as well as we do we know they will fill the bill very effectively. Entertainers in their own right they should add plenty to the festivities. While at least a dozen top names in the world of sports will definitely be here Lions president Max Dawson and dinner chairman Doug Ellison are still trying to lure a cou- ple of fellows from the Toronto Maple Leaf organization. Ex-Leaf goalie Johnny Bower is definite but there is still a possibility of having King Clancy, Darryl Sittler or Borje Salming in attendance. At the same time, the Detroit Tiger front office is being checked for the possibility of someone from that group appearing. The Toronto Blue Jays will be represented by pitcher Bill Singer. He was picked up from the Minnesota Twins in the expansion draft. Jack Kopas recently named Canada's top harness race driver will represent the racing profession and veteran amateur wrestler Pete Michienzi will also be here. Michienzi with 15 Canadian championships under his belt is a self-styled wrestler. After coming to Canada in 1949 he made use of a coach for only one year and then coached himself if that is possible. Football will probably be the best represented sport with NFL referee Tom Bell, Western Mustangs coach Darwin Semotiuk, Tony Gabriel of the Ottawa Roughriders and Don Bowman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The most dedicated sportsman at the dinner will be a former wrestler Whipper Billy /Watson. When we say dedicated we mean to the cause of helping crippled children. The popular Whipper Watson has attended two of the three dinners held to date in Exeter and has held everyone spellbound with his sincerity for the cause of those less for- tunate than most of us. The last time he was here Watson spoke from ex- perience as he was just recovering from two broken legs suffered in a car accident and was using canes to get around. All members of the Exeter Lions club have tickets for the dinner. They sell for $25 and are tax deductible. All proceeds from the dinner go directly to help crippled children. While the money goes to a good cause, we are also assured of partaking of a good dinner. Irene Harness and her assistants from the Legion Auxiliary are famous for their fine food. While on the subject of crippled kids, the annual Crippl- ed Children Weekend at the Pineridge Chalet is scheduled for February 18, 19 and 20. This is another worthwhile pro- ject that sends all profits to help the less fortunate. Chirps from the Bluejays This steady winter weather leaves one dreaming about spring and that dream appears as if it may be quite long but we can think about baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays continue to get organized for their first season in the American baseball league. The schedule has now been set and we know a lot of ball fans from this area will be making a couple of trips to Toronto this summer. The Blue Jays will open at CNE stadium against the Chicago White Sox on April 7, that's if the snow has melted by that time. The Detroit Tigers will be the visitors for four con- secutive afternoons on April 11, 12, 13 and 14, with game time set for 1:30 p.m. All night games will start at 7:30 p.m. and twi-night doubleheaders are scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. The big chore at the moment for general manager Pete Bavasi and manager Roy Hartsfield is in signing players. At the last count 17 names were on contracts. The big names so far are pitchers Bill Singer and Steve Hargan, veteran catcher Phil Roof and shortstop Bob Bailor, A few Tiger tales While talking about baseball we can't pass on without saying a word about our favorite Detroit Tigers despite the fact some of our allegiance may now switch to the Blue Jays. In an attempt to eliminate the chance of running into free agent problems the Tigers have signed a goodly number of their top performers to multi-year contracts. These include Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, John Hiller, Ron LeFlore, Ben Oglivie, Dave Roberts and Mickey Stanley. Rusty Staub was the first Tiger ever to get a contract for more than one year when he signed a three year pact when coming over from the Mets a year ago. One familiar face will be missing from the Tiger roster this year. He is Bill Freehan who won many catching awards over his long career in Detroit, Willie Horton who failed to get more than a one year contract may not see as much action this year despite the fact he will be paid $105,000. It looks as if Ben Ogilvie and Rusty Staub can give Hor- ton plenty of competition for the designated hitter posi- tion, The DH spot seems ideal for Staub when one considers his sometimes far from passable fielding, Former Tiger third baseman Don Wert has taken over as baseball coach at Franklin and Marshall College in Lan- caster, Pennsylvania,