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Sports Editor - Gerard Creces email:gsssports@bowesnet.com
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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Results are in!
Above'(L-R) Aaron Bos of Brookside competes in the triple jump, Chris Zinn of Robertson raises the bar in high jump, and Amanda Menchenton of Victoria takes a running long
jump at the elementary regional track and field meet last week at the high school track. See pages 30-33 for elementary, Huron -Perth and Huron County's WOSSAA results.
Lakeview boxers come up short in Golden Tiger bouts
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The kid's got guts.
In just his second fight, 14 -year-old Alex
Vodden may have taken more punches than
he gave, but at the end, he was still standing
and looking forward to his next match.
Both Vodden and Natalie Grguric took
part in the Golden Tiger Stars of the Future
fight night Saturday in Hanover.
Vodden came out strong off the bell each
round, landing some hard blows on his op-
ponent, but quickly ran out of gas as the
fight wore on.
Still, this rookie Goderich fighter packed
quite a punch, busting up his opponent's
nose early on and finding the mustard to
deliver a few hard hooks to the face
whenever he got against the ropes.
"Painful. Really painful," was all he
had to say after the match.
Vodden lost the fight in a 3-0 judges'
decision.
Grguric was up against Heather Stew-
art out of Boomerz in London. Stewart
won the match in a unanimous decision,
much to the dismay of coach Kirk Killam.
"I thought maybe a split decision," he
said. "tut (Grguric) got her good."
Stewart had the longer reach, making Gr-
guric go in tight if she wanted to land any-
thing hard. The Goderich fighter
did just that for a few body
blows in
the second and third rounds.
Much of the fight, blows were literally
exchanged, as the two boxers seemed to
throw the same punch simultaneously.
Even though the decision went to her
opponent, Grguric said it was a positive
night.
"It was a pretty good fight," she said.
"I'm improving every time and that's
what I care about."
The fighters will be looking to get back in
the ring in June at Boomerz in London.
Top
I e f t ,
Natalie Grguric
(red) and Heather
Stewart exchange
blows. Bottom left,
between rounds with
coach Killam. Right,
Alex Vodden unleashes
a niean left
hook.
Photos by Gerard Cr
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