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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-09-02, Page 10i • 4 Page 10 Times -Advocate, September 2, 1981 Play at home Sunday at 1 p.m. Sports Spotlight By ROSS HAUGH Taking a look at the mediate area this week baseball being featured. A popular spot this week will be the Stephen township arena where the final week of the Huron Hockey School features the visit of 53 professionals. Leading the influx are the Montreal Canadiens with an even dozen players in camp including Pierre Mondou, Doug Risebrough, Mario Tremblay and Doug Wickenhauser. This is at least the third trip to the Huron Hockey School for Risebrough. The visiting pros will finish each day of instruction with a scrimmage slated to start at 8 p.m. Any area fans wishing to drop into the Stephen arena at Huron Park to see the scrimmages are more than welcome. They continue tonight, Wednesday and tomorrow night. Thursday. This is a great opportunity to not only see some of the current top pros. but, the stars of tomorrow as a lot of the NHL clubs send their promis- ing junior draft choices to the local school for extra coaching. The Huron Hockey School is known throughout North America as one of the best instructional schools. Three of the fellows who started the school some nine years ago are still around handing out hockey exper- tise. They are executive director Brian Gilmour and his directors Bill Mahoney who is now the assistant coach of the Washington Capitals and Ron Mason, coach of the Michigan State University hockey team. A couple of weeks ago we mistakingly said Mason was the -coach at Bowling Green: Sorry Ron. While on the subject of hockey, -the new summer hockey league also being held at tie Stephen arena is proving to be very popular. Three games are held each Sunday and the brand of hockey is excellent. This coming Sunday will see the final day of the regular schedule with the playoffs to start the following week. The Red Army team remains undefeated. On the Army roster are Paul and Perry Pooley who were scoring stars with the Ohio State Buckeyes last year and Dave Bogart from the University of Waterloo. Hawks set to practice The regular hockey season is not far away either. Exeter junior Hawks manager Fred Mommersteeg was in to see us a few days ago with information on his team for the coming year. One new team has been added to the OHA Western Junior 'D' grouping. Joining the northern division will be the Thedford Browns. The other,.teams are the Hawks, the Lucan Irish, Seaforth, Tavistock and Mitchell. The southern division will remain the same with Belmont. Bothwell, Port Stanley, Thamesford and Mount Brydges. The first practice for the Hawks is tentatively set for the Stephen township arena at 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 19. The first exhibition game for the Hawks will be October 4 when they travel to Thedford to meet the newly organized Browns. Action in the popular junior league should be faster than ever this year. At a recent meeting, the teams approved removing of the centre red line. Football practice underway Classes at South Huron District High School don't get underway until next Tuesday. but, prospective football players are already out to practice. Senior Panthers coach Ron Bogart had 20 players out to his first workout on the weekend in preparation for the opening Huron -Perth Conference game slated for Thursday. September 24. On opening day. the Listowel junior and senior clubs will he in to do doubleheader battle with the Panthers. Bogart said he hopes to get an exhibition game for the previous Friday. The pre -season game for the past four years which pitted the South Huron seniors against Sir Arthur V'oaden of St. Thomas had to be scrubbed when the St. Thomas team filled the date with another club when they heard rumours the H -P Conference might be folding. The South Huron senior coach told us this week. "It doesn't look too good for the future of conference football. There seems to be some doubt if the Listowel and two Stratford teams may continue much longer. It wouldn't be worthwhile to try to play with only three or four teams Norwell of Palmerston has been added to the senior grouping this year to bring the roster up to six teams. The others are South Huron, Goderich, Listowel and Stratford Central and Stratford Northwestern. sporting scene in the im- and we find hockey and Tigers need to win The Dashwood Tigers find themselves behind the eight ball as they prepare for the second game of the OBA Senior 'D' semi-finals against Nanticoke. The Tigers dropped the first game of the best -of - three series 3-2 in Nanticoke Saturday with a shorthanded team. .They were without regular in- fielders Barry Baynham and Luc Gagnon. Despite the shortage of players, the Tigers turned in a great performance and had men in scoring posi- tion several times, but. couldn't get the key hit at the right time. They left 10 men on the bases. The second game will be played in Dashwood Sun- day afternoon at 1 p.m. with a third game if necessary going at 4 p.m. the same day. Sunday's postponement due- to wet grounds was probably favourable to the Tigers as it will give their star southpaw pitcher .John Bruijns a chance to get rested up Bruijns had only one bad inning in the open- ing game when Nanticoke scored two runs on five hits. all singles. The other Tiger left handed pitcher Jim Guenther has been coming through with the home run bat in re- cent games. In the last three games he has hit four home runs and all have come as the lead-off batter in the inning Tigers one game down in provincial senior semi-final series The Dashwood Tigers find themselves one game down in their Ontario Baseball Association semi-final series with Nanticoke. The Tigers travelled to the Lake Erie town Saturday and dropped a close 3-2 deci- sion. The second and a third games if necessary were scheduled for the Dashwood diamond Sunday afternoon but were postponed because of wet weather The games have been rescheduled for Dashwood Sunday, September 6 at 1 p.m. If the Tigers come up with a victory III the first game the third .Ind deciding contest will be played the same afternoon at 4 p.m. Saturday's game was close and exciting from the very first pitch and the Tigers came close to scoring more runs several times. PEE WEE B CHAMPS — Winners of the Pee Wee B championship at the Usborne Minor Ball tn,lrnnment were (back, from left) coach Jim Russell, Dwayne Coalman, Laurie Chalmers, Jeff Dalrymple, Chris Frklns Inv Davison: (front, from left) Eric Coolmon, Mark Russell, David Dalrymple, Allan Blommaert, and Scott Russell Mi<vno were Pnt Hartman, Jeff Chipchase, Brent McDonald, David Ferguson and coach Jack Chipchase. Start exhibitions in Thedford First practice for junior The Exeter junior Hawks will see their first action of the season in the Ontario Hockey Association Western Junior 'D' league on October 4. Astros hit semi-finals The Lucan Astros ad- vanced to the semi-finals of the Southwestern Fastball Association by eliminating Sylvan in two straight games. Tuesday night, the Astros held off a late seventh inning rally by Sylvan to hang on for a 3-2 win. Doug Latta led the Astros at the plate collecting three hits. Rick Freeman was the starting and winning pitcher. He allowed only five well scattered hits and sent 10 opposing batters down on strikes. ' A four run first inning was all the Astros needed Thursday night enroute to a convincing 13-3 victory and a spot in the league semi- finals. Sean Porter was the leading hitter with five safeties to his credit, but, the home run ball paid off for the Astros. Scott McNair had a two run homer and three other hits while Jim Benn, Doug Latta and Paul Gilmour added one home run apiece. Paul Wraith was the winning pitcher, getting relief help from Rick Freeman in the sixth inning. Bantam girls move ahead The Exeter bantam 'B' girls have taken a comman- ding lead in the district league round robin playoffs. Tuesday they scored a resounding 40-18 victory over Crediton and Thursday they posted a 27-16 win over Hensall The round robin series continues this week with the Exeter club travelling to Hensall for a Tuesday night game Thursday they will be at home to meet Crediton with a 7 p m. starting time. The win over Crediton was featured by excellent pitching by Janene Seller and strong hitting by Julia Glover. Janene Seller. Bren- da Thompson and Kelly Whiteford. In the victory over Hensall Kelly Whiteford and Janene Seller shared pitching duties for the Exeter team. At the plate Kendra Arthur was the leader with two home runs while Susan Boyle and Kelly Whiteford each hit one round tripper. Contributing solid hitting were Julie Blommaert, Julia Glover. Brenda Waldeck and Brenda Thompson. "Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too." 4 On that date the Hawks travel to Thedford to meet the newest team in the league. the Thedford Browns. Hawks manager Fred Mommersteeg has been in with information from a re- cent league meeting. Exeter. Lucas Thedford, Mitchell. Seaforth and Tavistock will comprise the northern division with Bothwell. Belmont, Tharpesford. Port Stanley and Mount Brydges in the southern group. Mommersteeg reports that face masks will be manadatory this year and the red line has been eliminated for offside Dassgs. Approval has been receiv- ed for the annual Exeter Hawks junior tournament to be held January 9 and 10 at the South Huron Rec Centre. The annual league all star game has been scheduled for the Lucan arena on .January 16 at 7 p.m. The first practices for the Hawks will be at the -Stephen township arena at Huron Park on Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20. Both sessions are to start at,7 p.m. Coach Ron Bogart is in the midst of sending out in- vitations to about 40 players. Ineligible for this year's team because of overage are Ron Bilcke. Brad Taylor. Dennis Preszcator and Ran- dy Parsons. Bogart added, "We will have a good nucleus left NOW YOU SEE IT -- Exeter rec administrator BoomGravett tells Hedda Hooker of the Cc''fornia Cuties to take a good look at the boll before Monday's game against the Rec All Stars. Gravett suggested it might be the last time the visitors sow the ball. The all stars won 2-0 T -A photo EXETER MINOR HOCKEY REGISTRATION All Categories Novice through Juvenile Sat., Sept. 12 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. SOUTH HURON REC CENTRE Bring OHIP and Social Insurance Numbers If Possible Equipment Sale Will Be Held Same Time And Place As Registration. If You Have Equipment To Sell, Br- ing It Along Or Contact Brion McLelland 235-1068 EMHA needs your supportll Anyone interested in helping with any team please contact Bob Whiteford 235.0894 or Don Lewis 235.1216. Coaches, managers and assistants are needed for travel and houseleague teams, including the Junior Hawks. Hawks from last year, but, will need a number of defencemen to fill the gaps. Most of the 1980-81 midget team seems to be graduating so we should have plenty to choose from." Dashwood hurler lefty John Bruijns turned in an ex- cellent performance striking out an even dozen Nanticoke batters. Bruijns retired nine of the first 10 batters he faced and the first trouble came in the fourth inning when Nan- ticoke socred two runs on five hits. all singles. The Lake Erie team scored their third and final run which proved to be the winner in the fifth frame. The Tigers mounted a ral- ly in their second turn at the plate when Jim Guenther, Kevin Hern and John Brui- jns walked, but, failed to score. In the Dashwood fourth, Jim Guenther opened with a solid double. He was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a single from the bat of Glenn Thurman, who was also out at third on a fielder's choice -by- Kevin Hern. John Bruijns followed with a walk, but, again no runs crossed the plate. Jim Guenther cracked a Kirkton girls lose first tilt The Kirkton midget girls dropped the first game of the ladies fastball round robin series to Byrcn by a score of 2-0 in an exciting game in Kirkton, Thursday night. Kirkton now meets Dor- chester in a home and home series with the first game tonight, Wednesday in . Dorchester and the return contest back at the Kirkton diamond Thursday night at 8 p.m. Barb Skinner pitched the , full seven inning route for Kirkton and chalked up 10 , strikeouts in the fast moving game. Patti Willis led the Kirkton I.team at the plate with two hits. Adding one hit apiece , were Cindy Down and Lori Brand. An excellent fielding play by Kirkton centre fielder , Laurie Simpson robbed a Byron batter of a base hit. 1 1 1 1 Gtr boli &lathy Old bases empty homer to lead off the Dashwood sixth to put his club on the scoreboard for the first time. It was the third homer for Guenther in the last two OBA games and all came as the first batter in an in- ning. The second Tiger tally crossed the plate in the eighth when Bob Hoffman walked, went to second on Jim Guenther's single, to third as Glenn Thurman walked and home on a sacrifice fly from the bat of John Bruijns. The only other Dashwood base runners were Rob Dickey with a first Inning single and two walks to Jim Dietrich and one free pass to Perry Stover. Keen competition features bowling Close competition featured the- three regular jitneys at the Exeter lawn bowling club this week with deadlocks for first place in three of the events. Tuesday night, Margaret Wein and Alvin Pym were all even at the top of the prize list with two wins and aggregates of 29 each. Olga Chipchase was in the runnerup spot with an aggregate of 28 to go with double victories. Clarence Down was next with ,24 followed by Edith Love 23, Leone Brock and Lillian Pym 21 and Emma Campbell 18. Saturday night it was a tie between Rose Blanchard, and Ted Lamport with two victories and aggregates of 28 apiece. Velma Huff was next in line with 19. Then came Clarence Down and Morley Wadsworth 17 and Beth Batten and Gordon Hoggarth 15. 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