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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-09-14, Page 8 (2)Page 10 Times -Advocate, September 14, 1978 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Mixed sports This is one time of the year when summer sports are winding down and fall and winter activities are just getting underway. On the area ball front, the Kirktonsmidget girls appear to be the only team still playing an active role. While still in contention in Western. Ontario Association playoffs. the Kirkton girls have already won the Provincial Women's - Softball association ACC championship. The Kirkton gals turned in an impressive record in taking the PWSA title. They won their last eight games in disposing of four teams in quick fashion. They defeated Penetang in the finals by scores of 11-2 in Kirkton. Friday and 11-9 in Penetang. Sunday. The long trips for the visiting teams in each instance probably had an effect on the outcome. Congratulations. girls. You may as well carry on and the WOAA crown to the rest of your laurels. On the soccer front, the Exeter Centennials are waiting playoff action in the Ausable senior league. A league meeting to chart playoffs is being held tonight, Thursday in Taxandria. The Centennials finished in second place and are expected to meet West Williams and Forest in a round-robin series. The other set has Nairn. Taxan- dria and Grand Bend kicking off. Coaches Ron Bogart and Doug Ellison of the two football teams at South Huron District High School are busy readying their clubs for Huron -Perth action which starts next week. Bogart will be a busy fellow for a couple of months as football and hockey go at the same time. . He has called the first practice of the Exeter junior Hawks for this Sunday afternoon. It will be held at the Ilderton arena at -2 p.m. any junior9ligible players in the area are welcome. Bring your o n stick and equipment. - For further information. prospective players can call manager Fred Mommersteeg •lt 236-4649 or coach Ron Bogart at 235-0847. - • South Huron Rec Centre administrator Kiril Armstrong reports that ice will be installed the first week of October. This means that the final roller skating sessions at the Rec Centre will be this Friday and Sunday. The annual Exeter Fall Fair will occupy the Rec Centre facilities for the weekend of- September 23. 24, 25. • Great showing A member of the Exeter saddle club turned excellent performances at last weekend's horse show held -in conjunction with the Western Fair in London. - Joanne Malone won one event in the western show Friday and came back with three- more red ribbons Saturday. In Sunday's action she won first prizes in ladies - pleasure hbrse. junior pleasure horse and western pleasure horse with Miss Sundial. It's believed this is the first time a junior com- petitor has won the top prize in four events. Congratulations. Joanne. Another kind of horse - Still on the subject of horses. but of a different variety. we'd like to report of an Open House being • held this Sunday -afternoon. Seelster Farms of Lucan will have 19 yearling race horses on display.—These young colts will be part of the CSHS yearling sale to be held at the CNE Horse Palace on October 14-15. Seelster Farms operated by the Van Bussel family. has one of the most successful breeding operations in Ontario. Their farm where the Open House will .be held is on Highway 4. about two miles south of Lucan. next to St. Patrick's Separate School • Would he reconsider In Cooperstown did Doubleday • The game of baseball once create: In pastures did the fielders play With splintered bats and balls like clay Ahd pie -tins for hort,le plate. The early game was quite a thrill. Which made the local fans agree' That though the players might lack skill And second base was on a hill. The game was fun to see. The game has changed from days of yore. With sliders flying past each bat. With players hitting. 204. And fifteen innings with no score. And dreadful things like that. And now, much'to the fans' dismay And unearned run's big attack: Which makes me sure if Doubleday Could see this boring game they play. He'd take the whole thing back. Boost YOUR, - HOME TOWN It's Good For You SIGN UP FOR HOCKEY — Registration for the Exeter Minor Hockey Association was held over the weekend. Above, Jeff Kints and Tim Robinson sign up with Shirley Pratt, Kathy Whiteford and Arn loithwoite. T -A photo Kirkton wins PWSA tit Kirkton won Provincial Women's Softball Association CC cham- pionship over the week end with two straight victories over Penetang. The Kirkton,girls scored an impressiv12-1 victory before a large crow•d'Friday night and wrapped up -the- championship with -an 11-9 win in Penetang Sunday evening. The new provincial champions are still in the hunt for the Western Ontario Athletic Association championship. They downed St. Marys 3-2 in the first game of a best -of - five series. The third game will be played in Kirkton Monday night. The winner will advance to the WOAA finals. . In the final series opener against Penetang. Kirkton hurler Patti Down allower only -three hits ' while recording seven strikeouts. Her team-mates were strong' at the plate with a total of 16 base hits in their 'six turns at the plate. Sheila Penhale was the top Kirkton slugger with two doubles arid a single. Jayne Dougall parried. the heavy bat with a home run and triple to her credit. - Sue Schaefer, Patti Down and Bonnie Westlake each contributed tvvo` -singles to the winning cause. Getting one hit apiece. were Kim Heather with a triple, Pam Johnson and Natalie Stroud doublesr and Julianne MacLean and Rose Miller singles. • In Sunday's • game the Kirkton• club had a little more trouble. probably due to the long trip. Steer This Way By LARRY SNIDER 416 Check your cars, trunk floor for rust holes. That's where exhaust fymes :might- enter the passenger compart- ment - Front-end alignment is a necessary part of respair- ing o car if there is damage to the frame, suspension, wheels, or steering apparatus. The energy in one gallon of gasoline amounts to obout 127,650 BTU: • Do you FILL your lank when you gas up? Air in a half -empty lank moy carry moisture Shot will condense in -time, diluting your fuel. Illegal parkers are os much a pain in Great Britain as anywhere else, and an inventor there hos come up with a gadget to stop them. It's a spike -studded device that locks °found a wheel. We've invented our own brand of quality auto service at Larry Snider MOTORS LIMITED Kirkton scored three runs in the top of the seventh to go ahead 11-5, but, Penetang failed to give up easily and scored four times in their last trip to bat and had the tying runs on base when .the final out was recorded. Sheila Pentiale with a home run, two doubles and a single paced Kirkton to the championship win._ Sue Schaefer was close t3ehind with three hits. Patti Down contributed two base hits while ohe hit each were added by Pam Johnson. Kelly Kernick, Jayne Dougall. Julianne MacLean, Kim Heather and Rosemary Miller. Patti Down was again the winning.pitcher This time she gave up nine hits. Six Kirkton errors helped keep Penetang in contention: Atter losing to Goderich and being dropped to the CC category, the Kirkton club won eight straight games against four opposition teams to win the title. In the close 3-2 win over St. Marys, a double from the hat of Kim Heather produced the winning run. Jayne Dougall was the hit leader with two singles. Pam Johnson added,. a single. .Exeter atoms victorious Exeter youngsters became atom -division soccer championrs in tournament • matches at Thamesford Sunday .• They took the crown with a "3-0 win over St. Marys; a 1-1 tie with Lucan; a 3-0 win over Thamesford; and a 2-1 defeat of Nairn in the final game of the day. - Dennis Eisenschink earned both shut -outs • in goal, and contributed a score while playing up front in the final 2-1 victory over Nairn. Steve Gould, and Hick Gilfillan each had three goals for the day. Gould spread his at one each in the St. Marys, Thamesford and Nairn games; while Gilfillan hit for one against St. Marys; and two against Thamesford. Singles were scored by David Bierling against St. Marys: Gregory Peitsch in Exeter's 1-1 tie with Lucan; and Dennis Eisenschink in the final 2-1 downing of Nairn, which Exeter managed with about . 20 seconds left in the game. 'Sean O'Hourke, although scoreless in the tournament. was a stand -out performer for Exeter at centre -half. Lucan won the pee -wee tournament championship. which was also contested at Thamesford, Sunday. The Exeter pee-wees, who were Lucan and district league champions for the season, Jost out with three ties and fi s They played to scoreless draws against Thamesford and St. Marys, tied Nairn 2-2, and went down 3-0 final. Exetor to Lucan in the tposquttoe$ will play their tournameflt matches at Thameslcird Saturday. squirts and CLEAROUT OF , REMAINING, 78'S Elder Enterprises is clearing out their present stock of 78 Yamaha Motorcycles. Beat the price increase on 79's, beat the tax increase and take advantage of our clearout prices while stock lasts! Att )110 Li" 181111111111,1. t THEY'RE HERE! Now in stock - four different Yamaha models - more arriving-doilyi Beat the lox increase - beat the price increase. Come in today! 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