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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-07-27, Page 29Pratt elected as president Jack Nairn named Junior Hawks head coach EXETER ER Local hockey man Jack Nairn has been selected to take the helm of the Junior D Hawks next season. Nairn, well-known for his tenure with the now defunct Lu- •can-Ildenon Jets -and Stratford Jun- ior B Cullitons, will take the reigns of the Junior club when training scamp starts in the last week of Au- gust. Nairn was named after Hawks formed a new executive body recent- ly. George Pratt, team trainer and executive member last season, will take over as president. Al Quinn was named general manager. - While a first vice-president has yet to be appointed, John Skca will fill the duties of second vice- president.. Nancy Quinn took the position of secretary. - As head coach, Nairn is on the look -out for local talent. "I hope we can use a lot of local kids," Nairn said at his home Tues- day night. "That's what Junior D is all about." Not only does local talent cut ex- penses, it tends to draw' bigger crowds over the course of The sea- son: But Nairn adds, "You've got to be competitive too." Nairn brings a long history of hockey experience to the club. Working as a player -coach for Lu- can-llderton Jets, originally a Inter - Royals edged SEBRINGVILLE - Exeter Royals season record fell to six wins and 13 losses last Wednesday when they dropped a 4-3 decision to Stratford Army & Navy in 10 innings. Exeter errors played a key role in the loss as. three- of the four Strat- ford runs were unearned, including the winner. Stratford opened the scoring in the first inning on a walk, sacrifice and an error. Royals took the lead in the third inning with two runs and Stratford tied the score in the sixth with thcir-only. earned run of - the game. They took the lead in the seventh only to have Exctcr tic the score at 3 - 3 with a run in the top of the ninth. Leading Royals at the plate was Mike Desjardinc with two hits in Sport four trips. . Dan I Icywood, Doug Todd, Brian Hodgins and Greg Wise each added one hit. In St. Marys on Monday morning a 4-0 foss to eventual tournament winners, Richmond Hill, eliminated mediate team and later a Senior team, Nairn guided them through seven years of success. As head coach of Cullitons in Stratford, Nairn led the team to two all -Ontario championships and five league championships. Cullitons were also Ontario finalists once during Nairn's stint. At that time he coached Quincy Wilker, Paul Barton and Dave Randerson -- known now as Exeter Mohawks "Stratford line". After a two year stint coaching St. Marys Bantams, Nairn accepted the post of head coach with St. Marys Junior B Lincolns in 1985. He didn't finish the season with the again Royals from .the annual Creamery Junior tourney. • Exeter finished seventh in the 16 team event, with -a record of two wins and two losses. Their. other loss was an 8-1 pasting . by St. Marys Juniors while they defeated Sebringvillc Juniors 6 -0 -behind the three hit pitching of Greg Wise and Tavistock Merchants 3-1. - Doug Leonhardt was the winning pitcher in the win over Tavistock. He gave up only four hits while sulking out 16 and walking none. Royals next home action will. be Thursday night with Ncw Hamburg Juniors providing the opposition. Serving South Huron, North Middlesex August 3, 1988 dvocate & North tambton Since 1873 Lincs, however, due largely to in- ternal conflicts in the organization. Nairnreturned to coach St.•Marys Bantams. He was offered a coaching job with London Junior B Dia- monds, but refused the invitation because he felt the drive would be too much. Last year he didn't coach at all. "You miss it when you're out of it," Nairn said. "You want to put something back into it." Hawks should have a strong re- turning nucleus in the coming sea- son. Nairn expects roughly 10 players from last year's line-up to return. He. hopes to build a strong skating team with an emphasis on defence. Discipline will also be a key to success. Nairn wants to keep penal- ty minureFat.a minimum, noting that "no one wants to watch a four hour hockey game". - While Hawks star goalie Dave Rook went over -age at the end of last season, Nairn expects Derrick Martin to fill the space easily. Mar- tin, in his first year with Hawks last season, was scouted by Lin- colns during the playoffs. • Nairn's hockey approach is re- freshingly simple. "They've got to have fun at it," he explained. "That's what we've got to stress. It's Only a game,. you've got to remember. If it's not fun for the players and not fun for the fans, then what's the point." Asked if hewas concerned that the Senior Mohawks would steal some of the Junior team's thunder -- something that happened late in the season last year -- Nairn didn't seem concerned. "You've got two teams and you've just got to work together," Ise said. "If you've got a good cali- bre of hockey, the fans are going to Pi je 1A come." HEAD HAWK -- Jack Nairn has been named head coach for the 1988-89 version of Exeter Junior D Hawks. Nairn brings with him years of hockey experience. . Exeter 1 finalists in Centennial Cu EXETER - The -Atom I team worked their way into the A final of the Exeter Centennial Cup this 'week•when the local soccer club or- ganized another successful tourna- ment which drew eight Atom teams. Both Exeter teams started out strong and won their first game to go into the side semi-final. Exeter I got shut -out goal tending from Cory Dulemba en route to a 5-0 win over Goderich II. David Farquhar scored twice while Chad Gilfillan, Jeff Sararas and Ge- offrey Mayer each scored singles for Exeter I. Exeter II also played very well in their first game against Goderich I. A 2-0 shut outwin was .the result. Scoring for Exeter II were Bryce Hann and Luke Sims. . In the A semi-final, Exeter I came up against a strong Strathroy team and probably played their best game of the season. Defensive play by Adam Hcrn and Roy Hodgson and the goalkeeping of Cory Dulemba wcrc the key to Exctcr I's success in shutting down the Strathroy offence. The midfield play of Chad Gilfil- Ian, Billy Kline and Scott Rasen- berg kept the Strathroy attack from getting started. The win put Exeter I in the A fi- nal. Scorers were. Jeff Sararas (2) and Chad Gilfillan. Exctcr II played a good game in the .other semi-final against a strong Listowel team. ' Exctcr II took the lead early on a goal by Bryce Hann and for most of the game it looked as •though the two Exeter teams were going to meet in the final, however two late goals, one with only seconds left in the game gave Listowel a 2-1 win and a place in the A final. The A final was anticlimactic for the Exctcr I team. After playing so well; especially in the semi final, they just couldn't find the way to the net in the final againsta well coached Listowel team. The final score was 6-0 for Lis- towel. Congratulations to the Exctcr coaches and kids for an excellent tournament. Special thanks to Sher- ri and Kevin Pfaff for convening the tournament and to the -parent _votun- leers for their help in the booth. Express rusty after layoff, drop two EXETER - Senior Express are a little rusty after a Tull in their schedule. Express were downed 9-7 by Strathroy in Great Lakes base- ball action Tuesday night. Earlier in the week they dropped a 7-6 deci- sion to Seaforth. - Tuesday, Dave Hunt threw for six strike outs in five innings. He al- lowed just two hits before Paul Els- ton came in to replace him. Elston ran into trouble, giving up six hits before being rescued by Kevin Drager. Express took a 5-1 lead in the third inning after Mike Neil hit a home run to score Pete Hecncy and Dave Shaw. Singles. from Paul Gilmour, Dave Anthill and Dragcr pushed in two more runs before the end of the in- ning. Strathroy added one run in the fifth, but exploded in the sixth for w .� te,,>_ HEADING HOME - Doug Fairbairn rounds third base on his way home when Exeter Tuesday night. Express lost the game 7-6. •_ -:.,4 • Ai Express took on Strathroy four runs. They added three more in the top of the seventh. Express mounted a small rally in the bottom of the seventh when Neil and Gilmour were brought home on a single. by Atthill and a double by Drager, but they fell two runs short. ,Seaforth 7 - Exeter 6 Express again allowed an early lead to dwindle when they met Sea - forth and lost 7-6. Exeter built up a 4-1 lead by the bottom of the third, but they were unable to keep up the pace. A triple by Neil scored Heency in the first. Shaw added to the score when he batted in Doug Fairbairn and Neil. A home run by Neil in the third Rave Exeter a 4-0 advantage. Exctcr left two men stranded on base. Sca- forth scored once in the bottom of the third but Exeter countered that when Kevin Hem scored on an error in the fourth. , Barham, who carried the pile ing Buttes into the sixth, al- lowed seven hits before he was re- lieved by Steve Pearce. Seaforth scored twice on Pearce in the sixth. and twice in the ninth to edge Ex- press. Exeter's last run was scored by Hem after he came home on a sacri- fice fly. McFalls McLaren first. At an Invitational bowling tour- nament held at Exctcr, Saturday; the team of Gloria McFalls and Marga- ret McLaren won fust place over a field of eleven other entries. Second place went to Welsh of Fairmont, London and third place was taken by Reid of Thistle, Lon- don. Fourth place went to Haynes, .Mitchell with the consolation go- ing to Lunn of Seaforth. Special mention should be given to Skip Brown from Port Stanley. Nation.tl Trust, Exeter donated awards to all the ladies in thc tour- nament. The Men's Club also wish- es to thank National Trust for their help to their tournament. All you need to remember about home comfort is LENNOX INSTALLED HY .`BAILEY;; HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING ' YHENSALL -We're proud to be your Lennox Dealirr" -.- -l- .-••••.::.........::... Special's / in elect Thurs., Fri., Sat. while supplies las; • Tasty Nu white or GO % whole Old Cheddar wheat bread Cheese Mozzarella Ib $4.59: A • • Fresh daily, 24 oz. loaf Y• : • • ;F�esh Cheese- Ib. $3.29 Country Buns ! : Tasty Blueberry • MUt tirl s ' ' Delicious t:Butter Tarts doz. $1.09 6/$1.99 6/$1.89 We have a wide variety of _ :Delicious Donut& Try our Kaiser rolls, whole wheat :: :: uM". 8alitery !sl Cheese House 'Tradition°, quality" since 19293 Exeter 235.0332 1 : bread, and tasty cookies For tho freshest bread, rolls, pa -tries and donuts come to • M N •• •• O..• •• •.• -.• ,1'..• ••71• •. .• -• •• •.•. . Co-opJuniors win two , thwarted -on third .try KINCARDINE - Exeter Co-op Thursday. The game was called Juniors came just short of build- in the :eighth inning after the ing a three game winning streak Listowel pitcher was ejected for when they blew an 8-0 lead arguing with the umpire -- the against Kincardine and were result of a shoving match be - forced to settle for an 8-8 tie tween Darcy Martin and the op - Sunday. posing short-stop. The tie followed an 11-8 win Martin hit a two RBI double over the same team Tuesday and before the trouble started, scor- a 7-3 victory over Listowel ing Brent. O'Brien to give Exctcr Thursday. the 7-3 lead, • Doug Schade pitched five Terry Cox pitched the entire =scoreless in ngsSunday,allow- game, striking out five batters ing just out hit before losing and-allowing-just,two hits. Only control in thsixth. onc Listowel run was earned. Schade lave up two singles Co-ops built their lead in the and a doublCbcforc Scott Rus- third inning when five runners sell came in to relieve him. Rus- crossed the plate. Gregus turned sell struck out five consecutive in a two RBI single while Cox batters but ran into trouble- in pounded out a two RBI double. the eighth when two runs were Exeter 11- -Kincardine 8 walked in and a third was scored Russell was'on the mound for on a single. . the win Tuesday when he cffcc- Fred Gregus gunned down the Lively held Kincardine down un - go -ahead run at home -plate to til he was replaced by Schade in end the inning. the eighth. Russell allowed just Jeff Butler lcd Co-ops offen- two carred runs. sively with three singles to his Grcgus hit an RBI triple and a credit in four trips to the plate. double in the effort while Cox Russell came up with a two managed an RBI triple. • RBI single in thc sixth and later Notes: Strathroy Juniors scored on a wild pitch to help have folded so Co-ops' Thursday the cause. game will feature a game against Game called Exeter Express, making up a Co-op Juniors picked up an game which was postponed carte - easy win against Listowel er in the season. - All you need to remember about home comfort is LENNOX INSTALLED HY .`BAILEY;; HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING ' YHENSALL -We're proud to be your Lennox Dealirr" -.- -l- .-••••.::.........::... 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