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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-11-02, Page 10Times-Advocate. November 2, 1978Psge 10 Spotlight Great show QUALIFY FOR FINALS — The South Huron senior girls cross country'team finished second in the WOSSA finals and will be running in the all-Ontario finals. They are shown above leaving the starting line at WOSSA. Photo by Terry Schwartzentruber School runners advance t * to Ontario championships Congratulations are in order for two teams at South Huron District High School who are competing this weekend in WOSSA and Ontario championships. The South Huron cross country team is again put­ ting the local school on the map. The senior girls team has qualified for the provincial finals being held this Saturday in Scarborough. On an individual level Paul Wareing continues his heroics on the cross country trails. The Hensail youngster won the senior boys WOSSA championship Saturday against competitors from 60 Western On­ tario schools. Paul will also bte in Scarborough attempting to add an all-Ontario championship to his laurels. There are two reasons for the continued success of the cross country teams at South Huron. They are the dedication and enthusiasm of the runners and the same or greater dedication and leadership of coaches Joe Fulop and Carey Unich. The other local team still in contention for further honours is the girls field hockey team guided by coach Jim Workman. They were undefeated in Huron-Perth conference play this season until Saturday when they finished se­ cond in the finals. They will be competing in the WOSSA cham­ pionships to be held Saturday at Medway High School at Arva. Best of luck to both teams and the individuals Saturday as they attempt to bring further honours to their school. Beat Seaforth, lose to Mitchell Hawks continue at even break Good effort The young and possibly some of the not-so young in the police village of Crediton and surrounding areas will be benefiting from recent efforts by two groups in the community. The Crediton parks board and the volunteer firemen have been putting a lot of hard work into plan­ ning and now actually providing a roller skating and ice skating pad at the Crediton park. Both groups are providing manual and financial assistance to the program which included the erection of a storage, change rooms and booth building. The latest financial drive came to a very successful close Friday night with a Monte Carlo night at the South Huron Rec Centre. Thanks to an elimination draw and the operation of many games of chance, the recreation needs of Crediton and area were enhanced to the tune of almost $3,500. The Exeter Hawks maintained their even record this week, splitting a pair of games for the second week in a row in the Western Junior league. They dropped a 7 - 4 ver­ dict to the Mitchell Hawks at the rec centre, Friday, and then rebounded to squeeze out a 5 - 4 win over Seaforth on Sunday night. This week the Hawks take to the road, playing in Thamesford on Friday and in Mitchell on Tuesday. The two Hawks teams battled on even terms, throughout most of Friday night’s contest before the Mitchell crew wrapped up the win with four goals in the final period. Jim Smith gave them a 1 - 0 lead in the first, but Jamie Caldwell’s long shot from the blueline evened the count. Ken Pinder picked up the assist. Mitchell then grabbed another lead, but Kerry Bedard knotted it again when he finished off a three- way play with Dave Bogart and Dave AtthilJ. Mitchell scored first again in the second period, only to have Don McKellar finish off a play with Pinder to even the count at three a piece at the end of the stanza. The visitors regained the lead for keeps at the 6:14 mark of the third period and added three more to win going away. Fred Mommersteeg sandwiched a solo effort in between the four Mitchell goals to give Exeter some hope in the late minutes, but those hopes were quickly "".........scored three teams dashed as Mitchell twice in the final minutes with the playing four aside. Mitchell served 10 of the 18 penalties while Exeter out­ shot the visitors by a 33 - 32 margin, keeping Steve Beer and Bob Ward extremely busy. Jets lose twice to rivals from Durham The Lucan-Ilderton Jets were trounced soundly in both of their games in the Ontario Hockey Association Continental Senior league. On both occasions the Jets were the victims of their old rivals, the Durham Huskies. Friday night in Ilderton the Huskies triumphed 8-2 and Sunday on their home ice they won 7-2. This week the Jets will be in action on three occasions. They are at home again to Durham at 8:15 Friday and host Petrolia Sunday af­ ternoon at 2 p.m. In Sunday’s game, Jamie Robb scored the two Jet goals. He hit the mark at 1.20 of the first period on passes Good reading Sometime ago in this column we talked about a book which was soon to be published and could possibly provide interesting reading. It’s the amazing, interesting and almost incredi­ ble story of current Detroit Tiger Star Ron LeFlore. The life story of LeFlore was originally intended to be called “Breakout — From Prison to the Big Leagues”, but has been changed to “One In a Million”. The story is certainly one in a million and we would heartily recommend it not only to sports fans but to anyone interested in humanity. When he was 19 years of age Ron LeFlore’s way of life landed him in prison with a term of five to fifteen years facing him. The helplessness and terror he felt there and his rebirth as a major league ball player are the ingredients of his remarkable story. A paragraph from New York Times Book Review seems to tell it best, “There is no false humility here, no contrived philosophy, it is, simply, a well told story of a man who was given a chance to use the skill he never knew he had. In its sparse, unemotional way, it suggests that the old “unfashionable” belief about redemption may have some life after all.” Howell top Blue Jay In a race that went down to the final game of the season, Roy Howell edged out Rick Bosetti by a single point to win the second annual Labatts Most Valuable Player Award for the Toronto Blue Jays for the 1978 season. For his season-long efforts Howell will receive a cheque in the amount of $500. The 24 year-old Howell, who was obtained in a trade with Texas early last year, led the team in hit­ ting with his .270 average and was second to John Mayberry in RBI’s with 61. After an early season ex­ periment which saw Howell play five games in right field, he returned to his home at third base and played solidly there for the duration of the season. He set a club record 9 assists for a third baseman in the second game of a doubleheader against Milwaukee in mid­ June. Howell was a two time winner of the monthly award leading the field in April and June as well as finishing in a second place tie with Bosetti in July. He amassed a total of 255 points to Bosetti’s 254. Last season Howell was sixth in the Labatt’s voting which is conducted at the conclusion of each Blue Jay game by an accredited panel of the Toronto media. Bosetti, the Blue Jays flashy centre fielder, was also a two time monthly winner, topping the list in May and September. The 25 year-old Bosetti whose first major league home run was a grand slam, provided Blue Jay fans with many memorable moments over the course of the *78 season including 2 game ending hits at home over Boston and one over the defending champion New York Yankees. Last year’s Labatt’s winner, Bob Bailor, finished third in this year’s balloting. Wear a poppy for Remembrance *lii Down, Jayne Dougall and Deb Webster. Murray Wareing was the only South Huron junior boy to qualify for the Ontario finals in Scarborough. He will be accompanied by his brother Paul, the senior champion and the entire senior girls team. ft Paul Wareing of South Huron District High School is the new Western Ontario Secondary School Associa­ tion senior boys cross coun­ try champion. Rebounding from a lengthy bout with a virus Wareing led from start to finish burning off the challenges of his, chief com­ petitors Leeming of Strat­ ford Central and Dawkins of London Westminster. His time of 27 minutes and four seconds for the 7,200 metre course was only 25 seconds off thd* course record. The senior girls team from South Huron qualified for the all-Ontario cham­ pionships to be held Satur­ day, November 4 in Scar­ borough. They finished se­ cond to a very strong London Westminster team. Dorothy and Lucy Van Esbroeck, both suffering from the flu finished third and fourth, respectively. Diana Verlinde en­ countered bad luck .when another runner stepped on her foot tearing her shoe to shreds. She managed to finish 23rd. Sharon Rundle ran well to finish 28th and showed the biggest improvement on the team since last week. Other members of the local team and finishing well were Janet Bilcke, Patti Close one Sunday’s contest Seaforth was also a struggle with all but one of the nine goals being scored in the first and third periods. The Hawks tood a 3 - 2 lead at the end of the first, with Jamie Caldwell looking after the scoring with the first hat- trick performance of the season. Fred Mommersteeg. Dave Kinsman and Terry Caldwell picked up the assists on the three goals. Seaforth evened the count with the only tally of the middle frame and the Hawks wrapped up the win when they scored twice in the third, while holding Seaforth to a single. Ken Pinder scored the first on a solo dash, while Mommersteeg potted the winner with the assists going to Steve Jennison and Jamie Caldwell. Randy Lovie went the distance in the Exeter nets, stopping 33 shots. His team mates registered 37 shots. The Hawks served 13 of the 24 penalties, which included penalties to both netminders and fighting majors to Ron Bilcke and Seaforth’s Don Heard. with close from Bill White and Greg Roberts. In the final frame with less than two minutes left Robb finished off a three-way effort with Dave Revington and Barry Baynham. Mark Aitken led the Durham marksmen with a hat trick performance. Larry Farr scored twice and Dean Newman and Bob Becker added singles. Friday night, Durham jumped into a 4-0 first period lead and were able to coast to the victory. Jim Nixon Jr. and Dean Newman paced the Durham scoring attack with three goals apiece. Notching one goal each were Larry Farr and Bill Burlington. Randy Kraul registered the first L-I score at 59 seconds of the second period on a blistering shot. Goalie Lome Daer gained an assist on the play. In the third period, Dave Revington scored from Garry Herr and Bill Murphy. X S ...xa'A .. . CHAMP RUNS — Paul Wareing was an easy winner of the WOSSA senior boys cross country championship. The South Huron High School district runner will be in Scarborough Saturday competing in the all-Ontario final. Photo by Terry Schwartzentruber BATTERIES We have the best selection of batteries going. 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