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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-11-17, Page 14victorious The Ilderton Old Timers won the "AA" championship of an oldtirners tournament in Toronto over the weekend. The Ilderton club scored a 4-1 victory over Strathroy to take the championship. They reached the final round with a 3-2 sudden- death overtime win over Barrie, In earlier action, the Ilderton oldsters blanked Ennismore 1-0; tied Fort Erie 2-2 and lost 4-3 Burlington with only 16 seconds remaining. Jim Thompson led the Ilderton scoring attack in the final con- test. Adding single goals were Ken Loft and Don Urbshott. Nick Carter fired the deciding goal in the overtime win against Barrie, Jacques Cousineau notched the other two goals. Cousineau was the top Ilderton goal getter with five successful shots in four games. Doug Galloway added one goal. Smile! 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OUR STORE IS BIG ENOUGH TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS... BUT SMALL ENOUGH TO BE FRIENDLY Exeter 235-0800 4111111111111111111111111111111111111 Ailsa Craig & District Lions Club., • 2nd Annual Turkey3hooi Saturday, November 26 10:a.m. till 5:00 p.m. KOA CAMPGROUND, NAIRN, ONT. Men' and Women Welcome ° 22's and 12 gauge Shot Guns RAFFLE ON A HUNTING COAT • TOUGH SLEDDING — Field conditions were far from ideal for Saturday's Huron-Perth junior football final in Exeter. Above, Larry Dawson (30) of South Huron struggles through the snow with an army of Listowel tacklers surrounding him. T-A photo PANTHERS WIN JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP The Huron-Perth Conference football season ended on a suc- cessful note for one of the South Huron District High School teams, Saturday but it took three days after the final game for a final decision to be made, After playing to a 3-3 tie with Listowel on the local field Saturday the South Huron juniors were given the, championship by forfeiture when Listowel refused to return to Exeter for a replay set for Wednesday afternoon. Saturday's game deadlocked at 3-3 was called off by mutual consent of the referees and both coaches Doug Ellison of South Huron and Craig Weber of Lis- towel. The players were exhausted andialmost frozen after playing full regulation time and 30 minutes of overtime. South Huron coach Doug Ellison said it was "the only logical thing to do. Injuries can happen very easily in the con- ditions we were forced to play in." After conferring with Huron- Perth.football •convener Ray Donnelly of Goderich, Terry O'Rourke, president of the overall Huron-Perth athletic organization ordered the game replayed. Donnelly said the basic rule in the book says a game called by darkness is to be replayed on the same field at a later date. It was interpreted that weather con- ditions would fall under the same category as darkness. When Listowel refused to make a return visit to Exeter O'Rourke and Donnelly conducted a telephone poll of the other nine H- P schools not involved. The vote was 5-4 to have the game replayed in Exeter. Listowel continued their refusal to play and the cham- pionship was awarded to South Huron. While conceding the forfeited championship is "backing in the back door", South Huron coach Doug Ellison commented, "we would object 'to a co- championship being declared as we won eight games and lost only one and Listowel had a 4-4 record, but we would have had to live with it. We defeated every other team in the league." Two plunges, one kick Saturday's game was restricted to two cracks at the line and a kick as the field was covered with mud up the centre and snow over the balance. Listowel held a 3-0 lead after Schedule revised As a result of the folding of the Port Stanley Dynamites, the Ontario Hockey Association Continental Senior schedule has had to be revised, The schedule for each team has now been reduced from 42 to 36 games. The original home game schedule for the Lucan-Ilderton Jets remains in effect until late January. The January 27 date will see Stratford in Ilderton instead of Port Stanley, The February schedule for the Jets at home is as follows: 3- Woodstock; 10-Durham; 17- London; 22-Preston. 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A passing game was almost impossible. South Huron tried three aerials. Doug Brooks was good on one to Steve Pearce for two yards. The South Huron defensive line played an important part in holding Listowel to three points. Doug Hoffman led the defence with 15 key tackles. Next in line were Ed Hunter- Duvar with 12 and Steve Sararas and Jeff Fuller with 11 apiece. Greg Prout made 10 big stops. Seniors blanked The South Huron seniors were blanked 18-0 by the Goderich Vikings in Goderich as they at- tempted to retain the H-P championship they won last year. Coach Ron Bogart who was faced with a tough chore back in September with only seven players returning from the 1976 team was pleased with his team's overall performance. Bogart added, " I guess we were beaten by a better team although I thought we might give them a better go, even perhaps with some luck an upset." The SH coach continued, "We got off to a real bad start and with the field conditions as they were could not recover. After the first two Goderich touchdowns our defence played well for the rest of the game, but we just couldn't show any offence." Bogart concluded, ';We had a lot of ifs, but, no score. Rick Skinner intercepted a pass and almost broke loose and two passes came so close to com- pletion." The Panthers could pick up only 79 yards through their ground game and added another 90 yards by Goderich penalties. They scored only three first downs on their own. Goderich had four first downs. Jeff O'Brien carried the ball 10 times for 50 yards and Larry Regier gained 36 yards in nine carries. Rick Skinner led the South Huron defence with 12 key tackles. Jeff O'Brien and Dennis Pfaff shared offensive player of the day honours and Rick Skinner was best on defence. MAINWAY MIDNIGHT MADNESS FRIDAY 9 P.M. — MIDNIGHT in friendly Downtown Exeter SCOTT'S Leather Tack Shop Riding Equipment and Apparel Lee Jeans, Denim Jackets & Overalls Western, Boots, Hats, Leather Belts, Wallets & Handbags 120 SANDERS ST. W. EXETER, PH. 235-0694 Ilderton vets Watch for Midnight Madness Specials Page 14 Times-Advocate, November 17, 1977 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh it's over The high school football season has finally ended, (we hope) and the Huron-Perth junior trophy rests at South Huron for the sixth time in nine years. After three days of deliberation, South Huron was awarded the championship when Listowel refused to come back here for a replay of Saturday's 3-3 tie. More update information of what transpired appears elsewhere on these pages. Doug Ellison who was back at his coaching duties after an absence of one year said the championship win was due to an excellent team effort. He cited four players as being outstanding. He listed the defensive captain Doug Hoffman as the finest example of a young athlete saying "Doug was an ex- cellent leader and made more key tackles than any other member of the team." Dashwood youngster Joe Becker was the only junior Panther to be used continually both ways, on offence and defence, When his club had the ball Joe was a flanker and on defence he was in the backfield. On offence, Ellison said quarterback Doug Brooks handled the position very well, He added, "It's a difficult position at anytime, but exceedingly difficult for a first year player like Doug." Larry Dawson was the top junior rusher with more than 1,300 yards. This amounts to an average of about 120 yards per game. Saturday's game here which was supposed to decide the H-P Conference junior championship ended in a 3-3 tie after 30 minutes of overtime. The game was played on a very muddy and snowy field with very cold temperatures. The referees and coaches are to be commended on call- ing the game when they did as the players were suffering from the cold and cancellation certainly avoided any serious injuries. Despite an 18-0 loss to Goderich in the senior final, the South Huron team are to be congratulated on an excellent performance. All one has to do is look back to the first few practices when coach Ron Bogart had barely enough players to field a team. Bogart certainly had one thing going for him. He didn't have to make any cuts at practices. With his usual persistence he was able to coax enough boys out to form a team. With only seven returnees from last year's championship club Bogart was forced to start almost from scratch as far as fundamentals were concern-. ed. The coach commented after the game, "I think we can hold our heads high. If we think back to early September when things looked very bleak this was a great accomplish- ment. A lot of the boys gained valuable experience — hopefully for next year." Bogart continued, "I guess we have to admit we were beaten by a better team although myself I thought we might give them a good go and perhaps with luck an upset." The junior club has also shown the same desire all year. In the league semi-final in Goderich they won out in the third period of overtime. Plan sports dinner The fifth annual Exeter Lions Club Sportsmen's dinner is already shaping up and appears to be bigger and better than ever. This year's chairman is Doug Ellison and he tells u's it will be held at the South Huron Rec Centre on Tuesday, February 7. The every popular dinner will be held at the new South Huron Rec Centre auditorium and will allow for a larger crowd than previous years. For the first time a two price system will be used. Adults will be charged the usual $25 and the student will be $15. This year with the larger Rec Centre space it is hoped more of the ticket holders will have a chance to mingle with the celebrities before dinner gets underway. The dinner committee has always been able to come up with a top notch master of ceremonies and this year is no exception. Handling the microphone to introduce the spor- ting stars will be Bill Brady of CFPL radio in London. Getting confirmation of speakers and guests is a dif- ficult task about three months in advance but the local com- mittee already has the nucleus of an excellent group. The Bank of Nova Scotia Hockey College has promised to provide either John Belliveau or Howie Meeker and Labatt's Breweries are expected to send one or two members of the Toronto Blue Jays. Football will be represented with Glenn Weir of the Montreal Allouettes and Bill Symons, a former star with the Toronto Argonauts. This will be Weir's fifth appearance here. The fine Exeter food is one of the reasons Weir likes to attend the dinner. Lions past president Max Dawson is attempting to secure diver Cindy Shatto and Cindy Nicholas who has twice completed a swim of the English Channel. Former NHL player Larry Jeffrey, now living in Goderich is expected to attend along with skating stars Sherry Biaer and Robin Cowan if they are not involved in the Canadian championships at the same time. One of the speakers at the London dinner which will be held the night previously is Toronto Argonaut coach Leo Cahill and he may agree to come here. That is if Leo is still in charge of the Toronto football club. After Sunday's loss to Ottawa in the dying moments, Leo may not survive the winter, Dick Beddoes and Jim Hunt blasted Cahill and the Argonauts on Monday's As It Happens radio show saying they can always come up with a new way to lose a game or maybe a newl wrinkle of an old method. That reminds us of the expression of Kingfish on the old Amos and Andy radio show, "If it ain't one thing, it's the same thing," Late fishing season This may sound like a fish story but it's true. The perch were biting at Grand Bend on November 9,1977. One of the most enthusiastic anglers in this part of the country Ted Pooley told us that he along with Harold Boltz- mann and Les Adams caught 44 perch in about three hours off the pier at the Bend. Ted said they were about 10 inches in length. He in- dicated that as long as the water remains clear perch fishing would continue to be fruitful,