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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2005-11-30, Page 16Pegs 16 November 30, 2005 • The Huron Expositor Do you have a sports tip? Call our newsroom at 527-0240 Hazing still very much a part of sports Jeff Heuchert 41.1111. Perceived as an old tradition not common amongst today's athletes, hazing is still very much a part of organized sports, according to Brian O'Reilly of Brucefield. "The general feeling is it's under DO YOU =IrSAIIE10% $1111141101100 Get Your Seaforth BIA Bucks at CIBC & TD Canada Trust and save 10% on purchases at Member Businesses. Join Huron County's Premier Golf Course 2006 Membership Sale We pay the tax plus give you a FREE driving range membership. Purchases must be made by Wednesday. 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In just the past two weeks alone, new incidents have been made pub- lic with a girl's high school and Junior A men's hockey team, and a high school football team. O'Reilly believes hazing is a reflec- tion of society, where "people try to humiliate other people to control them." It's a form of bullying, which chil- dren grow accustomed to at a very early age, he says. O'Reilly says bullying goes on everywhere, but maybe the moat in sports arenas, and fields, around the world. "There's bullying from parents to get their kids to play well and work harder," he says "Parents yell and scream at referees, opposing teams, and then players bully players, and we're surprised?" This leaves an athlete with a "sense of approval that is wrapped up in hazing and bullying, because it's what they understand," he says. Players look at hazing as a team bonding experience, which is far from the truth, says O'Reilly. "If you humiliate someone, you won't get the best out of them," he says, noting that if hazing helped to build team spirit, it would be prac- tised in offices and companies. O'Reilly has vast experience in the fields of psychology and sports. A graduate of social work, O'Reilly has many years experience helping teams and athletes around the world as a counsellor, life coach and mental fitness coach. Also a Olympic men's volleyball team coach, O'Reilly says his area of expertise is team building and team bonding. "I helped them (individuals) work through team issues and the rela- tionships between body and mind," he says. O'Reilly says hazing is happening in men's and women's teams at every level, including Olympic teams. Over the past couple of years, O'Reilly has listened first-hand to many athletes confess to having been the victim of hazing. "It messes them up, confuses them," he says. "It can have a tremendous affect on them," he says. "The kids I've talked to (who have gone through an incident of hazing) were trauma- tized." O'Reilly says he has spoken to a number of coaches through the years that look at hazing as nothing more than a tradition, one that will help a player "fit into the team, and be taken down a peg," says O'Reilly. The other hurdle to stopping haz- ing, and maybe the biggest, is giving athletes the support, so they can speak up when an incident has occurred. But, there's an unspoken rule among athletes that what happens on the road, stays on the road, says O'Reilly. "If they open their mouths, they are basically kissing their dreams goodbye." O'Reilly warns parents, "hazing is going to happen to your child, it's going to be humiliating, so they're going to have to look at their integrity, and decide is it worth it?" Unfortunately, he says 99 per cent of kids will decide it's not worth speaking up when a hazing inci- dent has occurred, and they will not risk their chance at playing profes- sional sports. The best advice O'Reilly can give to anyone in a situation where they've been a victim to hazing is, "If it (hazing) happens to you, don't do it back. Break the cycle." Scoreboard S 11 Nov. 23 Men's high: Hank Dorssers 4 wins, Joe Van Dooren, Harry Pennings, Ken Lingelhach, Bert Bachert 3 wins. Ladies' high: Ann Van Dooren 4 wins, Grace Corbett 3 wins. BOWLING Seniors Nov. 25 Men's high single: Paul Copeland 266 Men's high triple: Paul Copeland 595 Men over 200: Paul Copeland 266, Hank Dorasers 247, Claude Stewart 212. Men over 600: none Women's high single: Joyce Matzold 189 Women's high triple: .Joyce Matzold 553 Women over 176: Joyce Matzold 189, 184, 180; Olave Little 182. Women over 500: Joyce Matzold 553 St. James Nov. 21 Men's high single: Gary Huston 251 Men's high triple: Gary Huston 644 Men over 200: Gary Huston 212, 251, Pat Elliott 248, Pat Ryan 233, Bob Dinsmore 228, Gord Murray 226, Tom Leppington 224. Men over 600: Gary Huston 664 Women's high single: Janice Morris 204 Women's high triple: Julie Geddes 582 Women over 200: Janice Morris 204 Women over 600: none Standings: Ravens 49, Dolphins 44, Marlins 43, Colts 34, Vikings 31, Eagles 30. Men's Intertown Seaforth 19 Molesworth 2 14 Seaforth downed Molesworth 2 by a 19-14 score. George Johnston led Seaforth with 209, 294, 290, 286, 256 - 1335; Gary Allan Huston bowled 204, 234, 300, 256 and won 5 games; Gary Huston had 216, 223, 225, 268, 209 - 1141; Don Elliott bowled 219, 268, 209 - 1012; and Bob Dinsmore had 236, 205, 210 and won 3 games. High bowler for Molesworth 2 was Ron Walters with 235, 324, 297, 262. 227 - 1345; Chad Ward had 274, 271, 257 - 1190; Rob Anderson 218, 229, 313 - 1112; and Mark Kennedy 219, 282, 201 - 1071. See SCOREBOARD, Page 17