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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-05-11, Page 9THE HURON EXPOSITOR, May 11, 111S4-0 Local players shine at nationals The five Seaforth Juvenile Boys Broomball players that were picked up by the Windsor -Essex All-Star team returned home with the Bronze medals and high spirits. The boys travelled to Regina to face the best in Canada at the 3rd National Juvenile Broomball Cham- pionships and didn't disappoint their new team's coaches or players one bit. The first game was against Alberta and after a hard fought battle the Ontario II team (Windsor - Essex) were defeated 1-0 in over- time. However, the Seaforth Boys didn't do unnoticed because Kevin Van Den Neucker was the recipient of a game M.V.P. Award for his outstanding performance. The second game the team game up on the winning end beatingNew Brunswick 5-3 and later in the day stunned the crowd and the highly favored home team of Regina 1.0. The third day of the tournament things took a turn for the worse when under estimation of the Que- bec team was evident. As the team started to come back they ran short of time and lost 5-3. To make mat- ters worse, the team stepped on the ice to face the Northwest Territories team making a vow to get back at what had happened earlier in the day. After a goal was called back and bad penalties it was clear they had to beat the refs as well as the team from the north. After 30 min- utes of hard fought broomball the Territories had beaten Ontario 1-0. Sititt, That loss put the boys into a situ- ation to shoot for a Bronze. Although still a bit down the boys seized the moment and took it right to the Nova Scotia Team. It was at 0:22 seconds of the first period when local boy Kevin Van Den Neucker drilled one from centre ice that went off a Nova Scotia player and into the net. The boys went on to win 6-0 and another local hero was named game M.V.P. for his outstanding performance. Matthew McNichol had a pair of assists and played strong defensive. St. Columban loses 1st game The St. Columban Men's Soccer Team played their first game of the season on Saturday and suffered a heart -breaking loss at the hands of the London Portuguese Club. The first goal of the game was by the Portuguese team when a shot that was going over the net, came back into play when it hit the foot- ball uprights. The failure to blow the whistle by the referee, led to a Portuguese player putting a low shot by keeper, Jason Dietz. St. Columban would tie the game up shortly after when Portuguese goalie left a big, juicy rebound lying in his crease. How John Jordan was able to kick the ball into the open net, while looking pretty at the same time, may never be explained. The half ended in a 1-1 tie. Despite carrying most of the play in the second half, St. Columban was unable to pull ahead of their opposition. Being that the Portu- guese were unable to beat the so- called 'farm boys' by themselves, the referee gave them an early Arbour Day present by awarding them two penalty shots. They scored on both attempts and the home team was down by a pair. For the rest of the game. St. Columban pressed hard in an attempt to tie the game. Along with having some excellent scoring chances, St. Columban took advan- tage of the rainy weather and gathered worms for the fishing season. The big one got away on this day and the final score was 3-1 for the bad guys. The team would like to congratu- late fellow player, Dean Martin, who got married in the off season. They would also like to congratu- late Dave and Faye Murray who saw the arrival of their first young- ster. Keep up the good work, Dave, and Faye another 10 more and we'll have ourselves a farm team. Miller hits two doubles in win Bobbi Miller scored two doubles in Seaforth softball to help Kids Klose defeat Coops 11-8. Other batters to offer doubles for the victors were Tracey Bedard, Carol Bennewies and Mark Harris. Coops' batting included a triple by Rob Mason in the early game. In the late game Mark Harris scored a home run as Custom Arts defeated Whitney-Ribey 18- 8. Katie O'Leary and Judy Scarrow scored doubles while Tracey Bedard notched a triple for the winners. For Whitncy- Ribey, Rob Mason scored a home run and Joanne Heimpte added a triple. Seaforth boys contrib- ute to national bronze medal Speaking of defensive skills Dan Hoggart is to be highly commended for his exceptional level of play. Dan saw a minimum of 10-15 minutes every game and in most cases was double and triple shifting playing up to 25 minutes. He was noticed early by Windsor and appointed assistant captain. Dan Hoggart and Kevin Van Den Neucker were on the first line for the All-Star Team mixed with Windsor players. The line saw power play action, penalty killing action, along with regular shift action. The second line had Matt McNichol and Harold (The Wall) Hugill on it. They too saw power play, penalty killing and regular shift action. Bradley Price was on the third line and after taking a lot of hits and bangs managed to do the job and keep the opponents off the scoreboard. The boys were picked up by Windsor for a reason and that rea§on didn't go unnoticed. Ontario II had a total of 15 goals in the tournament and Seaford' boys were in on the action for 12 of them. Dan Hoggart had 3 assists along with Matt McNichol, Harold Hugill had 2 assists and Kevin Van Den Neucker had 2 goals and 2 assists. The boyq will be returning to Windsor in May for an Awards Banquet and are wished the best of luck in the future. Matt, Dan and Kevin were at the First Nationals in Montreal two years ago and were honoured that their last year of Junior they could come home with a medal playing for a team that recognized ,their talent. It won't be the end of broomball however for them. Dan > Hoggart plays for a team in Ridgetown where he attends school and plays for Winthrop of the Seaforth League as well as Brad Pryce. Mau McNichol plays for the Grads, Kevin Van Den Neucker plays for the Parr Line Panthers, this year's "A" Runners up in the Men's League and Harold Hugill plays for the Knights. The five boys represented the community well and are to be commended. DAVID SCOTT PHOTO EVIL STEP -SISTERS?? - Scott Klumper, Nick Hill and Matt Feeney played Cinderella's three evil step- sisters in a Grade 4/5 French version of the Cinderella story entitled Cendrillon at the St. Patridt's School Spring Concert on Wednesday. Cinderella was played by Emily Maloney, right. Following the French play, the cast performed a modern humourous interpretation of Cinderella. 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