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Exeter 235.0800 OUR STORE IS BIG ENOUGH TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS.., BUT SMALL ENOUGH TO BE FRIENDLY We Have One For Every Member of the Family Complete Service and Parts Page 12 Times-Advocate, April 14, 1977 Finish Wellington in five Conditioning pays off Hawks reach OHA final Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh A good start Four games does not a season make but the perfor- mances of the Toronto Blue Jays in their first series in the American baseball league was more than encouraging. The fledgling Blue Jays won two of their first three games against the Chicago White Sox and dropped the other by a single run in a very auspicious start. They won their third game Monday with a come from behind 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers, The Blue Jays cannot be expected to win any pennants or even place high in their division but they are bound to provide plenty of entertaining baseball for the fans of not only Toronto but throughout Ontario. With more than 8,000 season tickets sold crowds in ex- cess of 20,000 will not be uncommon especially on weekends and with some of the top clubs in town. Good coverage by a large number of Ontario radio stations including CFPL in London will help to keep interest and enthusiasm up. We expect to be in the crowd to-day Thursday when the Blue Jays close out a four game series with the Detroit Tigers at CNE Stadium. The first four home games in Toronto attracted more than 110,000 fans and games Sunday and Monday had to be delayed a few minutes to allow the long lineup of spectators to get to their seats. Plans for summer Several meetings and registration days are being held in the very near future to plan sports programs for the summer months. Registration for the Exeter and Lucan minor soccer organizations have been announced and ads appear elsewhere in this issue. All boys and girls wishing to compete in the Lucan soccer program are asked to be at the lucan fire hall this Saturday morning between the hours of 9 a.m. and noon. All youngsters between the ages of six and fifteen years are eligible to play on the three Lucan teams which will play in a district league or in the local house league which will be operated. The registration fee is $5. The Exeter Minor Soccer Association is also holding registrations. They will be held this Saturday morning and the following Saturday at South Huron District High School. Anyone wishing further information should contact presi- dent Joe Laurie or Damian Solomon. Monday night, April 18 anyone interested in competing this summer in the Exeter and district recreation softball league is asked to attend a meeting at the Exeter Public School Library. Competition in this league is kept at a fairly low key with the main emphasis being on participation by as many men regardless of age as possible. Wednesday, April 20 at the Stephen Central School, west of Crediton the annual meeting of the Stephen Minor Baseball Association will be held. During the past couple of years the Stephen group has provided baseball competition for a large number of boys and girls not only from the township but from Exeter and Grand Bend. A survey has been conducted in recent weeks to deter- mine the number of youngsters interested in playing this year and this will give officials a few guidelines to go by. The Stephen group which is mainly centred in Crediton is to be congratulated on continuing to give area youngsters to partake of their favorite summer sport. Season over for Jets The 1976-77 season for the Lucan-Ilderton Jets in the OHA Senior Continental league ended rather quickly when they were eliminated by the Woodstock Royals. While we always support the Jets it is good for the league to have a team like Woodstock come up with a good showing. For many years, the Royals formerly known as the Athletics were the door mat of the league and in a cou- ple of seasons were fortunate to win any games. In the final series, the Jets seemed to be tired. The main reason for their tired condition has to be the two tough series against Preston and London. The L-I club was ex- tended to the limit in these two set-tos and played as many as four and five games a week. Don Urbshott, who has been in charge of the Jets for all seven years of their existence said, "Woodstock was probably a little hungrier than we were and had more of a will to win." We would guess that a couple of the charter members of the Jets will not be back when the hockey season rolls around this fall. These could include Doug Galloway and Jacques Cousineau. Both have been very invaluable to the Jets. It is ex- pected a numb,er of graduates from the St. Marys Lincoln Juniors will line up with Lucan-Ilderton for the 1977-78 cam- paign. Goalie Cam Fink saw some action in the playoffs against London and Woodstock after the St. Marys team was eliminated. Couple of teams still in contention In addition to the high interest shown by area fans for the Exeter Hawks as they head into the OHA Junior "D" finals against Stayner or Tavistock two other clubs with area support are still in contention for provincial cham- pionships, Perry Stover, an Exeter minor graduate is one of the top performers with Dorchester now in battle with Gananoque for the Intermediate "B" title. Perry was with St. Marys Lincolns last year and is trying for a second straight championship. He has been a consistent scorer with Dorchester. The Stratford Cullitons appear headed to the Junior "B" championship with former Lucan-Ilderton Jet Jack Nairn handling the coaching reins. One of the playing members of the Cullitons is Jim Benn from Lucan, Displaying superior con- ditioning, the Exeter Hawks battled their way into the OHA junior "D" finals when they ousted. Wellington with three straight wins in Zurich over the weekend. The victories gave the Exeter crew the series by a 4.1 margin. The first two home games gave local fans a clear indication that their favorites were in much better condition than the guests as they won those tilts going away in the final period. In the third game, Wellington threatened on only a few oc- casions as they were obviously convinced they had no chance. The Hawks out-scored Wellington by a decisive 25-5 margin in the three games, which drew a total of 3,000 fans who gave the Hawks plenty of sup- port. Despite the wide gap on the score board, the visiting Dukes were contenders in the first two games until they ran out of steam in the final period. In the series opener on Thur- sday, they jumped into a 3-0 first period lead and had local fans concerned until the Hawks started to roll with seven straight markers in the final two period to post a 7-3 margin. In game two, Wellington battled the Hawks to a 2-2 tie at the end of the second, but Exeter turned on the jets in the final period with eight tallies to record a 10-2 triumph. The final game on Saturday saw the Hawks break their series trend by taking an early lead and they never relinquished it as Randy Lovie kicked out everything shot in his direction to post an_8-0 shutout. The Exeter attack was a complete team effort, as most of the players hit the score board in the three games. The scoring was evenly divided among coach Ron Bogart's three lines. Start slowly The Hawks started out slowly in the Thursday night opener and were behind 3-0 at the end of the first period. Even their staun- chest supporters felt they would have a hard time coming back against the Dukes. 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Dealer around in the middle frame after Steve Jennison finally got them on the sheet with a blistering drive from the point at the 7:47 mark. John Van Gerwen then scored 39 seconds later on a power play and the Hawks knotted the count at the 10:23 mark when Don McKellerscored on a shorthanded effort. Goalie Randy Lovie picked up an assist on that play as he kicked the puck out to Matti Muller who hit McKeller with a pass as the latter broke in all alone. Rick Ingram fired the winner three minutes later and in the final period,I3rian Taylor Muller and Gerald Weido added in- surance tallies. Noel Skinner, who missed the first period, arrived in time to steady the Exeter defence in the final 40 minutes and he picked up four assists to lead in that department. Kim McKinnon recorded two assists as did Muller, while singles were chalked up by Fred Mommersteeg, Taylor, Dave Kinsman, and McKeller, The Hawks drew nine of the 17 penalties. Good action Friday night's contest, played before 1,344 fans, featured some of the best hockey of the weekend until the Hawks blew the game wide open with their third period onslaught. Once again,the Dukes broke out in front with the only goal of the first period and it was halfway through the second before John VanGerwen knotted the count with his first of three for the night. Wellington quickly rebounded for a 2-1 lead at the 11:30 mark of the second and then VanGerwen tied it again on a solo effort before the end of the stanza: • The Hawks moved quickly to the attack in the final period as VanGerwen notched his third tally after only eight seconds had elapsed and then Ken Pinder added a clincher 34 seconds later to take the steam out of the Dukes completely. Brian Taylor, Phil Knight and Pinder then scored before the six minute mark and that was enough for starting goalie Gerry Harrison, However, his replacement didn't fare much better as Taylor came back with his second and Tom Hayter and Jim Ferguson counted singles to add to the rout. Fred Mommersteeg was the top playmaker with four assists, while VanGerwen, RiCk Ingram and Jim Ferguson had two each. Assisting on one each were Phil Knight, Ken Pinder and Brian Taylor. Saturday's verdict was hardly in doubt after the Hawks took a 2- 0 lead in the first period. Randy I,ovie took the steam out of the Dukes attack with a perfect performance and the only question appeared to be how many tallies the Hawks would score. They settled for eight, although they missed a dozen more. Paul Pooley, called up from the midgets to replace the injured Gerald Weido, hit four goal posts alone as the Hawks dominated play. Matt Muller and Don McKeller paced the attack with a pair of tallies each, while singles came off the sticks of Noel Skinner, Brian Taylor, Paul Pooley and Rick Ingram. Muller also collected three assists, while Ingram, Taylor and , Skinner had two each. Helping out on single goals were Phil Knight, Steve Jennison, Jim Ferguson and Don McKeller. Hawks scored their fourth tally at Harrison again the mid-way gain quit alter the mark of the second period. auto l!tiltiOtio1Ostittillotituttuttatiiiiins ILDER . pRI ES1 ne.'.0ite West'and one Steer This Way By LARRY SNIDER ANOTHER ONE — Goalie Gerry Harrison looks between his feet to find the puck as Hawks Phil Knight and Matt Muller raise their sticks in the victory sign. Staff photo Ariens delivers power In many forms — power to mow your lawn, till your soil, haul heavy loads, doze earth and re- move snow. 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