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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Sailors split weekend after Ohio trip
Gerard Cranes _-- ---_- - -.
signal -star staff
The Goderich Junior 'C' Sailors
were back on Canadian ice this
week, after spending last weekend
south of the border taking on the
Ohio Bobcats.
The excursion gave the team a
chance to experience another level
of hockey, as the Bobcats are com-
parable to a top -15 NCAA Division
three program - the second-highest
level of play in the United States.
According to coach Shaun Peet
on sailorshockey.ca, "Despite los-
ing both games to the Ohio Bobcats
by a wide margin over the week-
end, the coaching staff arrived back
in Canada on Sunday with positive
feelings about the trip. Both games
were hard-fought and intense, the
players received tons of great in-
formation about • college hockey,
and got a taste of the student (and
student -athlete) experience at a
major U.S. college."
The players were also given in-
formation about pursuing their
hockey careers at the post -second-
ary level.
Back in Canada, the Sailors lost
a close, 3-1 away game against the
Wingham Ironmen Friday before
coming home to double the Mount
Forest Patriots 4-2 Halloween
night.
Following a scoreless first pe-
riod against Wingham, Brent
McGuiness netted Goderich's sole
marker at the halfway point of the
second, assisted by Brendan Dykx-
hoorn and Chad Woodhouse.
At home against Mount Forest,
the Patriots were first to get on
board, however 12 seconds later,
the home team turned it around.
Jamie Miller scored twice to
lead the Sailors on the scoresheet.
Woodhouse and Brendan Thom-
son rounded out the goals. Cap-
tain Scott Miller and McGuiness
notched two assists each, while
Brett Phillips, Ben Gowing and
Austin Spencer each contributed
one assist;
The Sailors record so far is 3-8-0
with 21 goals for and 45 against.
Despite the losing record, the
Sailors have shown great improve-
ments on the ice. The only blowout
so far was a 9-0 loss to Mitchell.
Walkerton continues to lead the
Western Jr. 'C' league with eight
wins, one loss.
The Sailors next home game is
Saturday, Nov. 7 against the Ha-
nover Barons. In their previous
matches, the Sailors split the wins
with the Barons, taking a 3-2 home
game and losing a 6-1 venture on
the road.
Photo by Gerard Creces
Assistant captain, Jamie Miller notcnes his sec-
ond of two goals against the Mount Forest Patriots
Saturay at the Maitland Recreation Centre.
Photo by Gerard Creces
Pirates sniper
Goderich Pirate .Curtis
Muxlow lets fly with a slap -
shot from the blue line
Saturday against the
Milverton Four -Wheel
Drives at the Maitland
Recreation Centre. The
Pirates won the game 5-4.
Denny Scott has the full
story on page 31.
on-line: www.goderichsignalstar.com
Eagles running
circles around
cross-country
competition
Gerard Creel's
signal -star staff
The St. Anne's Eagles are once again flying
high in cross-country, sweeping the Huron -Perth
race finals and catipulting three teams from
Western Ontario Secondary School Athletic As-
sociations (WOSSAA) finals into the Ontario
high school finals.
on Area in St. Thomas October 29, the junior
and senior girls teams qualified, as did the senior
boys team. .
Both the senior and junior girls teams were
second only to London Central Secondary
School at WOSSAA, and the senior boys placed
second under St. Thomas Aquinas.
At the October 22 Huron Perth finals at Morri-
son Dam, Exeter, the Eagles' midget, junior and
senior girls teams won the day, along with the
girls overall honour.
In boys races, the midget and senior teams
won their races as well as the overall boys title.
St. Anne's also took the overall team award.
At WOSSAA held at Spring Water Conservat-
iFor the Ontario Federation of School Athletic
Association (OFSAA) finals this Saturday in
Woodbridge, coach Baird Robinson said it will
not only be a test of the runners' abilities, but
also of their immune systems.
"A big question is who will be the healthiest?"
he asked. "A lot of big teams and top runners are
feeling it."
As flu season and symptoms continue to ac-
cellerate, Robinson said much of the battle will
be to stay healthy right up to the starting line.
However, for the success the Eagles achieved
this year, he said St. Anne's has a strong group
of dedicated individuals.
"Most of them are running five -to -six days
a week," he said. "Our top boys are putting in
about 80 kilometres a week and our top girls are
running 50-60K."
St. Anne's is ranked in the top 10 going into
the provincial competition, and Robinson can
recall no other Huron County school that has put
three teams through to provincials at the same
time.
"Distance runners," the coach said. "Are
.made, not born."
However, as St. Anne's continues to build its
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