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Spirit of Peter Flanagan Memorial Novice
Tournament kept alive by family
Dap Schwab
Teenager Jacob Flanagan helped to
keep his father's memory alive Nov.
13 by dropping the puck during the
opening ceremony of the. annual Pe-
ter Flanagan Memorial Novice Zbur-
nament. • .
The two-day tournament brought
teams to Seaforth from Lucan, Inger-
sol, Goderich and other 'areas across
Huron County to compete for a tro-
phy, named after Peter Flanagan,
a former trainer, coach and hockey
dad from Seaforth who died in a con-
struction accident in 1993.
Jacob was born three- weeks after
the tragic incident and in 2002, he
had the opportunity to play in his fa-
ther's memorial tournament for the
first time.
Ron ' Pryce, president of the Sea -
forth & ,District Minor Hockey Asso-
ciation who was working on the job
site with Peter the day he was killed,
says the key to the tournament's suc-
cess every year is the dedication from
the Flanagan family.
"The biggest thing about this is
all the support from the family," he
says. "A lot of (Peter's) family mem-
bers were there and it was nice to
see that."
Pryce spent the weekend behind
the bench as head coach of the Stars'
novice team. In the opening game of
the tournament, they faced the Lu -
can Irish, losing 6-2.
In their second round robin game,
Seaforth defeated the Bayfield-Clin-
ton-Hensall Ice
Dogs by a score
of 6-2.
In their third
match, the Stars
found themselves
trailing the In-
gersoll Express
4-0 going into the
third period.
In the dress-
ing room, before
coming out onto
the ice, coach
Pryce gave his
team some words
of inspiration.
"We just told
them that if they
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The Stars lost their first game to the Lucan Irish 6-2, but
came back In game two to beat the BCH Ice Dogs 6-2.
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Jacob Flanagan, son the of Peter Flanagan, drops the puck during the opening
ceremony of the toumament named in memory of his father, who was a dedi-
cated hockey coach and trainer. -
give 100 per cent, good things will
happen," he says. "We tell them to
never give up."
Over the length of the third peri-
od, Seaforth kept the Express from
scoring, while they steadily made a
come back, until with 30 seconds left
to go in the game, the Stars scored
to make it 4-4, ending the game in a
tie.
At that point, their record of 1-1-1
put them into the `B' finals, where
they once again faced Ingersoll.
Although the team played well on
the ice, they weren't able to come out
with a victory and lost to the Express
by a score of 2-1.
The Irish won the `A' champion-
ship, beating South Huron 8-6.
The tournament also featured a
shootout competition, with trophies
given out to the top shooter and goal -
tender.
Seaforth's Bobby McLachlan
earned a trophy for his impressive
performance in net.
Windsor wins NY baseball tourney with Nationals
.Dan Schwab
Just four days after the New
York Yankees won . their 27th
World Series title, Seaforth's
Craig Windsor was in the same •
U.S. state, celebrating a major
tournament victory with the
U18 Ontario Nationals baseball
team.
From Nov. 6-8, the Ontario
squad battled teams from across'
Western New York, Yerniont,
Connecticut, Maryland and
•
New Jersey during the 12th an-
nual Antonia Agostinelli Memo-
rial Tournament in Yaphank,
NY
The Nationals' emerged with
a perfect 5-0 record, allowing
only four runs during the entire
tournament.
For Windsor, it was clear that
his team was the underdog, go-
ing up against a pack of strong
American clubs.
"Nobody counted us in, right
from the start, even us," says
Windsor, the Nationals' first
baseman. "Other teams didn't
take us seriously. But beating a
U.S. team in the final was awe-
some."
The Nationals won their final
game of the tournament by a
score of 5-2, prompting Wind-
sor, and his teammates to rush
the mound after the final play.
"It was quite the atmosphere,"
he says. "We were jumping up
and down and giving each other
high fives."
See Ball player, Page 13
Craig Windsor