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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-10-07, Page 10Page 10 • • • • , • • 1 .+- Tim.aAdvocat., October 7, 19$1 Trophies to top players OP 8 Sports 4 009* • Spotlight ilia its) By Ross Haugh Despite a recent epidemic of rainy weather all baseball and fastball championships in this area have been decided to the best of our knowledge. During the past week, the Hensall Legionnaires have won the Exeter and district rec ball title and the chiefs took the B title. In the Southwestern Fastball Association, the youthful Lucan Astros pulled a real surprise by defeating the Lucan Irish in four straight games in the final round to take home the trophy while the Denfield Centennials won the area ladies fastball crown by beating the Crediton Cowgirls. The rainy weather not only hampered getting fast - ball playoffs completed, but, created plenty of problems for the International Plowing Match held in Barrie last week. This may not appear to be a sporting item, but, anyone that went to the Barrie site had to be a pretty good sport. We made the trip Friday along with Yvonne Reynolds from Farm Update and it was a real ex- perience. The rainy and muddy conditions forced us to walk almost three miles from the parking lot to the match site. By the time we left by mid-afternoon conditions had improved slightly and we were able to hitch a ride on a wagon for a portion of the trip back to the car. We know that the weather will be better next year when the big match that normally attracts more than 175,000 will be held in Lucan. As Mert Culbert of the Lucan committee told us Fri- day. "The skies will be blue in 1982." Hope so, Mert. Culbert is in charge of the work group this week that is dismantling close to four miles of water pipe lines and bringing them to Lucan ready to be installed next September. We sure don't envy Mert and his crew in their job which will be carried on with much less than ideal ground conditions. Pre -world series play The year 1981 will probably be known as the nuttiest and craziest big le4gue baseball season leading to the annual World Series that has ever been known. Due to the 55 day strike by players, two seasons were created along with many problems and unusual situations. Ironically the team with the best overall record on the combined seasons, the Cincinatti Reds are out in the cold watching as two other teams in their division compete for the right to meet the other divi- sion winner on the way to the World Series. The Reds were second in both halves of the Nation 1 league western division as the Los Angeles Dodger won the first half and the Houston Astros took the secon rtion. The Cin ' natti club with good record in both halves finished wi a better overall record than any of the other 25 ubs in either league, but, are on the sidelin ad the Dodgers also won the second half then the Reds would have qualified for further play as a second place club. The overall record of Cincinatti was five games better than the Expos and the Phillies and they were theoretically seven games up on the Astros and Dodgers. Everyone is rooting for the Montreal Expos to become the first Canadian team to take part in a World Series. The Expos will have a tough row to hoe. First they meet last year's National league champs, the Phillies from Philadelphia and if they get by that hur- dle it's either the Los Angeles Dodgers or Houston Astros to decide which club makes it to the World Series. The Phillies and Dodgers should be well rested for the playoffs as they have known for several months that they would be in a playoff regardless of what their last half season record is. Despite our loyalty to the Expos we are forced to go with the Phillies to represent the National league in the fall classic and give our nod in the American to the Oakland version of Billy -ball. Hockey on, foo While the World Series won't be decided for at least another three weeks, the National Hockey League season starts this week. A quick look at the schedule tells us that the season goes until April 4 and there are only 10 nights between now and then that there isn't at least one NHL game scheduled. The first of 26 Saturday night Hockey Night in Canada telecasts goes this Saturday night with the Chicago Black Hawks supplying the opposition for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Of these 26 broadcasts only two will not feature the Leafs. They are November 7 when the Red Wings are in Montreal and January 23 when Calgary visits the Canadiens. With a change in the divisions and scheduling six NHL teams including the Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders will not be seen on a Saturday night telecast. The others are Colorado. Hartford, Minnesota, Pittsburgh and Vancouver. The NHL all star game will be played March 9 in Washington. The Toronto Maple Leafs with quite a bit of emphasis on youth look as if they should be showing a lot of improvement. In a recent look at the Leafs in an exhibition game against the Canadiens we were really impressed by two young defencemen. Bob McGill appears to be a real scrapper and has been in at least one fight in every Leaf game to date. He looks like another Tiger Williams. The other rearguard showing a lot of promise is Jim Benning. He seems to have the happy knack of hit- ting his forwards with crisp. sharp and accurate passes. Rec hockey to organize Rec administrator Boom Gravett informs us that he has called a meeting of the Exeter and district rec hockey league for tomorrow night, Thursday at the South Huron Rec Centre at 7:30 p.m. Any teams or players wishing to see action this year are urged to attend. • Minor soccer ends with The Exeter minor soccer season ended with a bang Saturday with approximate- ly 300 parents and children participating in the traditional fun day. If all started at 10 a.m. Saturday with soccer games at the high school with players from different age groups playing against their parents. It was exciting to see all those "old folks" really get in to the game and enjoy themselves chasing the ball and trying to make an im- pression on their own kids. In squirt division the game ended in a 1-1 draw, in atom division the kids beat their parents by a 2-0 score. The mosquitos won and the com- bined pee wees and bantams were beaten by the parents. All in all it was a delightful 11/2 hours of -fun and games. At noon everybody gathered at the rec centre for the pot luck luncheon and award presentation. In his opening remarks Martin DeBruyn president of the Exeter Soccer club reflected on the success of the past season measured both in season and playoff standing and in the sportsmanship displayed by players ana coaches. He also thanked the parents for supporting the club this past season and he felt that the record turn out for this day was an endorse- ment of the Exeter soccer program as put together by the Executive. The luncheon was enjoyed by everyone and after all the appetites were satisfied there was not much left but empty dishes for the parents to take home. The luncheon was followed by the awards presentation. ' The president first presented the complete ex- ecutive and thanked them fora job well done. Next the coaches and assistant coaching were honoured with a plaque and they were thanked for their true sportsmanship and dedica- tion to the game. Vice president Mike Cregan Introduced the referees that the club had been able to count on throughout the season and presented them with a small token of appreciation on behalf of the Exeter soccer club. The awards for teams were presented to Shawn O'Rourkeas captain of the pee wees for winning the Lucan and District playoff championship and to captain Henri DeBruyn for the atom Cosmos team awards were SPECIAL AWARD — The first winner of the Scott Hassellback Memorial trophy is Shawn Rotteau. Above, Exeter minor soccer president Martin DeBruyn presents the award to Rotteau and his wife Brenda. T -A photo On tough course SH boys finish third Unfortunately the com- petition wasn't as tough as the course, for the South Huron team at the Laurier Invitational Crosscountry Meet in Byron, Saturday. Nevertheless, the team fared well on the hilly course, located at the Lon- don Ski Club. The junior girls' team was fourth in the team competi- tion. Individually, Susan Bir- mingham was 5th, while Mary Lou Rundle and midget Angela Fleming showed marked improve- ment. finishing Ilth and 18th, respectively. Stratford Central finished second. two points ahead of South Huron, in the senior boy's team standings. Help- ing the team to third place, were Matt McClure and John Van Esbroek, who were 3rd and 9th over the demanding course. Mike Van Raay and Jim F.egier placed consecutively again, as they cr sed the line 13th and 14th reel�ppi�,tively. Dan Mwifigi Raymond Lewis and. Dave. Medd had good performances in the midget boys division. You can ask Guy and Darryl...Or you can try on a pair yourself this week at Maclean's. The Ulimate Skate! 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The final presentation was made by president Martin DeBruyn. Martin explained to everyone that the Exeter Soccer club had decided to honour the contribution made by the late Scott Hassellback to the Exeter club during the years he was a member and that the club had established the Scott Hasselback memorial trophy. This trophy to the person best exemplifying the sportsmanship and dedica- tion that Scott had displayed before he was to abruptly taken away from us. The. award then was presented to Shawn Rotteau who according to the nominating committee bad given a true display of sportsmanship and dedica- tion as a player with the Centennials and as a coach and referee .with the club. The Scott Hasselback Memorial trophy will be an annual presentation by the club. In his remarks the press - dent thanked everyone for making this day and the season a great success and hoped to see everyone next season. The Exeter soccer club 111 will hold their annual meeting in November and we hope to have a lot of peo- ple on hand to elect the new executive and to seewhere we are going . If you have any input that win be the time. The exact date will be announced later. Exeter Miner Hockey FInaI Registration to be held Sat. 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