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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-02-23, Page 8Home Hardware Page 8 Times -Advocate, February 23, 1983 Sports Spotlight By Rose Haugh More than 230 athletes, coaches and managers will be representing the province of Ontario at the Canada Winter Games in Quebec from February 18 to March2. Ontario athletes competing in the 18 sports of the Winter Games will be trying to bring home the Canada Games flag, emblematic of a first place finish. The last time Ontario was able to win the overall championship was at the 171 Winter Games held at Saskatoon. They were one point back of winning Quebec in the 1975 and 1979 contests. Ontario's Minister of Tourism and Recreation Reuben Baetz says, "The Canada Games have proven to be a very important developmental step for young athletes across the country and they serve to promote unity in Canada by fostering understanding of the dif- ferent customs, cultures and att-itudes of the country's various regions. This year's Canada Games will involve over 2,000 athletes from every province and territory in Canada. It is one of the largest athletic competitions to be stag- ed in the entire world. Ontario's participation in the badminton competi- tion has a lot of interest in this area. The coach of the team is Pat Rowe of Hensall who is a physical educa- tion teacher at South Huron District High School and coach of a' number of sports teams at the loeal school. Ontario's badminton team was one of the bright stars of the 1979 Canada Winter Games with both men's and women's singles, doubles and mixed pairs chalk- ing up impressive totals against all competition. The team's silver medal was on the strength of 80 victories over the week. ' Another Pooley report ' • • Paul and Perry Pooley continue to turn in fine per- ' formances with the Ohio State hockey team. In 28 games Paul has 22 goals and 25 assists for 47 points good for third place in the team scoring statistics and Perry' is right behind with 22 goals and 21 assists for 43 points in 32 games. Paul has also moved up in the Buckeyes record ' book. He is now ninth in career points with 152 and tied for eighth in career goals'with 71. The Buckeyes are ranked fourth in the nation in the latest WDOM-CHSB media poll and fifth in the WMPL coaches poll. The team 'is just two wins away from tying the school record for consecutive unbeaten games in a season with 12 set in the 1979-80 season and needs just three more victories to tie the school record for most wins in a season, 25. Irish oust Hawks After ciawingthler way in- to the playoffs by winning four of their last five league games, the Exeter Hawks were unable to keep any momentum going' as they were ousted in four•straight by the defending OHA champs from Lucan in the northern division semi-final. The Hawks were close in only the first game, a 5-4 loss at home. They dropped 8-2 and 9-5 verdicts in Lucan and then were sent to the sidelines by a 8-4 count in their final ap- pearance at the rec centre, Sunday. In each of the final three games, the Irish took leads in the first period and were never headed. They will now advance to the final against the winner of the Tavistock- Thedford series. The league champion Braves lead that series 3-1 and were expected to wrap it up on their home ice last night. Game two In the second game of the series, the Irish scored'five times in the middle period and were never seriously threatened by the Hawks. Paul Wraith scored twice to pace the scoring with singles coming off the sticks of Steve Seasons mixed again This spring is going to be more cluttered than ever as far as the mixing up of sports is concerned. With the NHL hockey season and the NBA basketball season still in full swing, major league baseball teams have started spring training and the new United States football league will kick off their initial season in less than two weeks. - The first Monday night football game of the season goes on the Global network on Monday, March 7 and will likely continue right through to the final playoffs in July. The new USFL seems to be on solid financial footing as the first game comes up very shortly. Canadian John Basset is the mastermind of the Tampa Bay Bandits and he is optimistic the team league and his team in particular will he successful. • We heard Bassett on Bob McCown's Sportsline show twice this week and he appeared to be very confident. Basset said, "As opposed to the World Football League which didn't last too long all our owners this time are wealthy or have put together excellent finan- cing each with proven capitalization of at least six million dollars." Ile went on to say, "I didn't leap in. My participa- tion came after long and cautious investigation. We have already sold close to 25,000 season tickets in Tam- pa Bay and that is certainly a good start." Bassett listed three reasons why the new league should fare better than the old WhL. in addition to solid financing he listed good television contracts and the fact the league will play at a timeof the year without direct opposition from the NFL.. ile said the league already had applications from 51 cities for four more teams in 1984. Asked if he had, considered bringing a team to Toronto Bassett answered, "No, 1 have no stomach for fighting the Liberals again." A KICK SAVE — Exeter goalie Dave Rook kicks out a Lucan Irish shot in Sunday's final game. T -A photo Mohawks doubly score on Hensall The regular schedule in the South Huron hockey league ended on a winning note for the Exeter Mohawks, Thurs- day night. The Mohawks who Finished solidly in second place doubl- ed the score 8-4 over the league-, leading Hensall • Sherwoods. t The Mohawks first playoff opponent has not yet been decided. They will meet either the Centralia Marauders or the Centralia College Saints. These two clubs are meeting to decide fourth place. In Thursday's contest, the Sherwoods started off in great style and had jumped into a 3-0 lead late in the first period before the Mohawks got untracked. Ken Varley opened the scoring for Hensall at 6:15 on a three-way effort with Jamie Caldwell and Terry Caldwell. Bryan Baker made it 2-0 with. assists going to Varley and Terry Caldwell. Brian Maher fired the third Hensall score on a play started by Lloyd Alland and Dave Kinsman. With four minutes to go in the first period. the Mohawks hit the scoreboard for the first time with Brian Mercer hit- ting the Hensall net with assists going to Jeff Fuller and Brian Taylor. Dave Atthill registered the second Exeter goal on an unassisted effort with a little over a minute 11 inaining in the period. The second 'period was a close checking affair which produced only one goal. Brad Taylor fired the successful shot for the Mohawks on passes from Barry Baynham and Brad Raters to cut the Hensall lead to a single goal. Tom Ryan knotted the score at 2-.:16 of the third period on passes from Brian Taylor and Luc Gagnon and only 22 seconds later Brian Taylor put the Exeter club in front with Luc Gagnon and Tom Ryan assisting. At 7:48 Dave Robinson scored what proved to be the winner for the Mohawks with assists going to Raters and Looks like repeats if the oddsrnakers in Las Vegas know anything of what they are talking about, the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Ca dinals will he repeat opponents in the 1983 World Series. The Toronto Blue Jays who are showing plenty of optimism within their organization are listed at 60-1 to win the American league's eastern division. The Toronto team continues to bolster their lineup. The latest addition is veteran Jorge (ria. It seems he should "orta" fit in somewhere in the lineup. The Blue Jays have most of their players under 1983 contracts as spring training gets underway with the re- cent signing of pitchers Dave Steib and Jim Clancy. The Jays open the new season Tuesday, April 5 in Boston against the Red Sox and will he hack at CNE Stadium for the home opener Saturday, April 9 with the New York Yankees supplying the opposition. In the first game in Toronto both teams will have players in the lineup which have formerly played with the other. The Jays are banking heavily on Dave Col- lins and Mike Morgan recently obtained from New York while former Jays Rick Cerone and John Mayberry are with the Yanks. Mike Desjardine. The finalHensallscore was registered by Dave Kinsman on a three-way effort with Bryan Baker and Jamie, Caldwell at 10:49. The Exeter scoring was completed by Jeff Fuller on passes from Brian Mercer and Brad Taylor. and Brian Taylor as he converted a pass from Luc Gagnon. Playoffs .start on weekend Shamrock playoffs will be starting this weekend, with the league again using the . tournament style for all minor divisions. Lucan and Exeter novice squads will be in Strathroy this Saturday for the "B" tournament. Lucan tackles Mt. Brydges in their opener, while Exeter will play South London. fhe juvenile teams from the two local centres will also be in action this Saturday in Parkhill. Exeter will face Port Stanley in the first game at 8:00 a.m. and Lucan tackles Parkhill in the second. Exeter atoms will play in the "A" tournament in St. Marys on Saturday, having finished in second place in the northern division. They'll face Port Stanley in the first game. Lucan's atoms play March 12 in Belmont in the "B" event. Exeter will host the pee wee "B" tournament on March 5. The home team faces either Port Stanley or Oakridge in the first game and Lucan is scheduled to meet South Lon- don in the second game. That tournament gels underway at 9:00. The Exeter bantams are in Bayfield for the "A" event on March 12, while Lucan and 11- derton will be in the latter's centre on March 6 for the "B" playoff. Exeter and Lucan will play in the midget "B" tourna- ment in Lucan on March 5. Exeter meets Mt. Brydges and Lucan tackles South London. The Exeter and area Junior D Hawks and team executive wish to thank all their fans for their loyal support dur- ing this past season. Special thanks to all the players' parents who helped so willingly at all our functions. Thanks also to the merchants who advertised in our program or spon- sored a sweater. To all who participated in the slave auction and dance, our appreciation. Gord Kirk, (pres.) Eliminated in four straight in first Thomson, Doug Latta, John Medd, Al Craig, Dave Patton and Steve Glenn. Geoff Ed- wards recorded three assists and Glenn and Latta had a pair each. Ed Willis and Tony Jones scored for Exeter with Willis adding an assist as did Bill Glover. Mike Tadgell was the busiest man on the ice as he stopped 34 shots in'addition to the eightwhich eluded him, while Paul Creighton record- ed 30 saves. The Irish scored once while a man short and added two more on the powerplay as the teams sat out 11 minors each. Game three The Irish out -scored the Hawks • 5-1 in the first period and then coasted to a 9-5 triumph as Steve Glenn pick - round Junior 'D' ed up a hat trick. the second, but then two Notching singles for the . defensive lapses late in the Irish were Art Gregory, Jeff middle stanza cost them two Skinner; Randy Turner, Dave goals and the Irish were Patton, Paul Wraith and never in trouble after that as Geoff Edwards. -� they posted an 8-4 win at the Mike Clark was a one-man rec centre. scoring machine for the Hawks as he connected for four tallies, the first three coming on powerplay at- tempts 'Scott Brintnell added the single. Tony Jones had three assists„while Tony Underhill and Steve Prout helped out on ' two each. . Tadgell ended the game with 42 saves, while Creighton had 40, as the teamsstuck mainly to offensive hockey. Game four After spotting the Irish a 3-1 lead in the first, the Hawks battled back to even terms in • Slave auction realizes $955 The hockey season for the Exeter Hawks ended abrupt- ly Sunday afternoon as they were eliminated by the Lucan Irish from further playoff ac- tion, but, they will still be heard from in the weeks to come. At an auction Saturday night, the services of players and officials were bought to carry out a wide variety of tasks for three hours. Auctioneer Mayor Bruce Shaw offered the Hawks per- sonnel without warranty on an as -is basis absolutely without the option of return- ing for exchanges. - The 31 auctioned merchan- dise brought a total of $955. Coach Bob -Rowe, an' area, Texaco distributor was pur- chased by Murdiena Glover to ork a Friday afternoon th hour shift at the Save U Gas . This item went for $70. The highest bid in the amount of $73 was made by Doug Ellison of Ellison Travel and Tours for the services of Jenny Rowe, the coach's mother. Mrs. Bowe will serve a three hour stint as hostess on a bus tour. The driver will be Hawks executive member Gabby Mol. His services were purchased by Ellison for $50.75. Murdiena\Jever+ was also involved in the other end of the auction. She will be raking the lawn of Kirkton area con- tractor Gerald Brintnell who paid $70 for her services. Brintnell also purchased three hours of time from mayor Shaw, probably another raking routine. The mayor's services were worth only $60. Manager Doc Campbell was committed to work for his mother isa Smith in flower bed work. The pro- ceeds on this item were $33. While mayor Shaw is work- ing in the Brintnell yard in Kirkton, Hawks player Bill PINERIDGE DRAW The Pineridge Snowmobile Club held their annual meeting Sunday and ended with an enjoyable pot luck supper. The 50/50 draw was made and winners were Wilma Bender, Main St., Exeter; $608.00; Norm Wilson, Cen- tralia. $364.110; Rhonda Prout, Chatham, $243.20 and miscellaneous draw winner was Dean Curtis. Glover will be cleaning .out the Shaw swimming pool as purchased by Fran Shaw for $40. In addition to cleaning the Shaw swimming pool, Bill Glover will be able to sleep in one morning in the future as his father Jim takes over an early shift at the gas station. This switch of family work hours was worth $22 to the Hawks coffers. Other purchasers were Wayne Steeper, Gerald Willis, Jeff Rowe, Jenny Rowe, John Skea, Gary Ford, Ron Bilcke, Don McKellar, Gord Kirk, Gabby Mol, Don Heywood, Ralph Batten, Lorrie Rowe, • Bob Rowe, Bob Clarke, Susan McClure and Mr. Tadgell. John Medd scored three times to pace the winners, with Jeff Skinner, and Steve Glenn adding two. Geoff Ed- wards had the single. Steve Prout, Ed Willis, Atoms win first playoff The Exeter atoms registered a 7-2 triumph, in Lambeth Saturday in the first game of the best -of -three OMHA play of series. Harlen Tinney opened the scoring in the first period on a pass from Rob McLelland • and before the period ended Brett Lammie scored on an unassisted effort. Exeter opened up a 3-0 lead in the second with Lammie converting passes from Todd McCann and Tom van Dam before Lambeth got on the sheet with a marker froln Rob Fletcher. • In 'the third peripd Van Dam connected with an unassisted goal and McCann tipped in a pass from Alan Blommaert as the locals opened up a 5-1 advantage: Shannon Hrudka' and Harlen Tinney scored with McLelland drawing assists on both before Chris Doxtator rounded out the scoring for Lambeth. • Steve Siliery was sharp in the Exeter goal making several key saves when the score was close. The next game in the series takes place Sunday at 4:30 p.m. in Exeter. �.r COMMERCIAL BREAK -- Sandra Datars, Assisted by skaters Jodie (left) and Jaime McGee, provided a "com- mercial break” between acts at the Zurich Figure 'Skating Carnival. Save U Gas Bar Our special purchase at the Hawks hockey auction. We are pleased to have smiling B b Rowe (in his Texaco unifdrm) manning the pumps at the Save U Gas Bar. Friday, February 25 from 3 to 6 p.m. �urdiena 9tover playoffs Tony Underhill and Dave Jackson replied for the Hawks. Dave Rook took over the netminding duties for the locals and recorded 32 saves, while Creighton posted his fourth straight triumph for the Irish with 29 saves. Each team served 14 minors in the game as referee Bill Walsh sent players to the penalty box mainly.in Pairs. On location or Studio Bart DeV ries PHOTOGRAPHY • COMMERCIAL • POI TRAITS , 4 . wtOOINGS t 'mum, Motes and Telephone 235-1298 137 Thames Rd. East Exeter, Ont. 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