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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-11-04, Page 8Page 8 Times -Advocate, November 4, 1981 ,Apopi • Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Congratulations, girls The South Huron District High School girls field hockey team are to be congratulated on their excellent showing this year which culminated Saturday when they brought home the ' WOSSA championship from Parkhill Saturday night. Under the tutelage of coach Jim Workman, the girls finished second in the Huron -Perth title race los- ing the final game 1-0 to St. Marys in conditions which coach Workman described as atrocious and a night- mare. The South Huron team now moves onto provincial play in a tournament this weekend at Scarborough. Still at the high school level, the South Huron Panthers senior footballers are in the Huron -Perth championship final again this year. The senior Panthers coached by Ron Bogart have gone through the season to date undefeated and will meet their arch rivals, the Goderich Vikings for the ti- tle. The game will be played this Saturday at 1:30 p.m at the South Huron field and a large crowd of noisy sup- porters is exactly what the Panthers need. The long range weather forecast appears to call for reasonably good football conditions. See you there, Saturday. It's all over We would imagine that Abner Doubleday sai amen when the Los Angeles Dodgers took the Worl Series Wednesday night to bring an end to the 198 major league baseball season. The year 1981 had to be the whackiest season sinc Doubleday invented the game away back in the 1800' supposedly in Cooperstown, New York where th Baseball Hall of Fame is now located. Thanks to the 55 day player strike, the just con eluded season was divided into two parts and unheard of playoff series were arranged. A couple of teams that had the best records in their league overall did not win either the first or se- cond of the mini -seasons and couldn't qualify for further playoffs. Then came the division playoffs, league cham- pionships and finally the World Series. The Dodgers under manager Tom Lasorda have to be known as the comeback wonders of modern day baseball. They found themselves down two games to none to the Houston Astros, were behind with the Mon- treal Expos and also lost the first two games to the Yankees in the series. If one looks at the calibre of ball in the Series, it would have to rate as one of the poorest seen in many a moon. Despite some excellent fielding plays, there were a lot of performances that looked as if they belonged on the sandlots. These included many errors of not only commission but omission in running the bases. The Series has provided lots of fuel for hot stove league talk over the winter months as armchair managers second guess fellows like Jim Fanning and Bob Lemon. The one field boss who won't receive any criticism or ridicule is Tom Lasorda of the Dodgers. But, there is a difference here. He was the winner. The same would be said for Fanning or Lemon if their teams had gone on to win. Baseball fans are certainly human and it has always been that the losers are sometimes remembered better than the winners or a certain player's name will come years hence for an error or boner he made. One that comes to mind is the third strike missed by catcher Mickey Owen a long time ago when he was a catcher for the Dodgers, then based in 3rooklyn. We don't know the year, but, it must have been in the 1940's. Although the Montreal Expos failed to get as far as their loyal fans hoped for they should be right back in the running next year while the Dodgers unless they come up with a lot of young stars will not be in conten- tion. The Dodgers could lose most of their regular in- field next year. Ron Cey has already announced his retirement. Two of the others Davey Lopes and Steve Garvey are close to the end of their careers. Only shortstop Bill Russell should be good for a number of more years. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Heading for the Grey Cup A week ago we talked about changes that should bE made in the playoff structure in the Canadian football league. Our theory has certainly been borne out with the final standings in the CFL. ' Two teams in the west with point totals of 18 and 12, respectively are through for the year while the Ot- tawa Roughriders with 10 points and the Montreal Alouettes with only six points are in the eastern playoffs and theoretically could win the Grey Cup. Of course, we don't expect any miracles, but, in sport anything can happen and sometimes does. Remember what Yogi Berra says, It's not over until it's over. On past performances it should be the Edmonton Eskimos and Hamilton Tiger Cats in the Grey Cup, but, past performances don't mean much when playoff time comes around. We will go out on a limb and predict the Alouettes will stay alive by defeating the Ottawa club for the se- cond straight week. In the west it would be difficult to go against Ed- II monton. The Eskimos 576 points in 16 games. That's more than 100 more than any other team in the league and their points against mark was also the lowest at 277. The toughest opposition for the Eskimos will come from Winnipeg where quarterback Dieter Brock has been setting all kinds of records. Escape from bridesmaid rely SH field hockey girls Win WOSSA championship Bridesmaids no more! The South Huron girls fieldhockey team won their first WOSSA championship in Parkhill, Saturday, after having to settle for the silver medal the last two years. "It was a worthwhile battle", coach Jim Workman said about the round-robin tournament, in which South Huron compiled a record of 3 wins, 1 tie and 1 lass. In an exciting, end -to end game, South Huron beat defending champion St. Thomas Central Elgin 2-1, on goals by Pauline Brand and Marilyn Brand, for their first win of the tourney. Marilyn Brand, the team's leader, was only able to play 2 of the 5 games, because of a tailbone injury. Catherine Patterson played like a spartan to fillin for Brand at the centre half position. In a comparatively easy WOSSA FIELD HOCKEY'S BEST — The WOSSA girls field hockey championship was won Saturday by South Huron. They go on to provincial play in North York this weekend. Back, left, Brenda Brand, Lisa Hamather, Cheryl Cann, Carla Solomon, Corrine Weernink, Karen Brand, Patti Willis, Pauline Brand and coach Jim Workman. Front, Joan Cooper, Catherine Patter- son, Pauline DeVries, Marilyn Brand, Darlene McBride, Kendro Arthur and Christine Westelaken. Missing were Leanne Dillon and Ruth Ryan. T -A photo Could have been over confident Hawks lose first game of The Exeter Hawks may have been suffering from a case of over confidence when they stepped onto the rec centre ice, Friday, to face the Port Stanley Lions. The locals had been un- beaten to the point.after five league and three exhibition contests and coupled with a Tuesday win in Mitchell and the knowledge they had handled the Lions easily in Port Stanley earlier, they were heavily favored to skate to their sixth league win. However, the Lions played the role of spoilers to the fullest as they jumped on the Hawks for a 6-3 win. The loss dropped the Ex- eter crew out of first place in the northern division, but they'll have a chance to cap- ture a share of it again this Friday when they host the Tavistock Braves. The Braves have been un- defeated in seven games and 1 ' Boost YOUR HOME TOWN It's Good For You have been running up some big scores. However, the Hawks will have to win at Bothwell tonight (Wednesday) to get a crack at the share of top spot and they complete a busy week with a trip to Thamesford on Sunday and a meeting in Belmont with the defencing OHA Junior "D" champs next Wednesday. The Hawks took a 2-1 lead in the early going of the se- cond period against Port Stanley, but the Lions roared back to get ahead by a 4-3 count at the end of the mid- dle stanza and then popped two unanswered goals in the final period to send the locals to their first defeat. Brian Mercer, Bill Glover and Pete Tuckey scored for Exeter with assists going to Jamie Chaffe, Steve Prout and Mercer. The play in the game was fairly even with Exeter net - minder Mike Tadgell stop - Imo ping 24 of the 30 shots aimed in his direction while his mates were firing 31 shots at Kent Andrews in the Port Stanley end. It was a cleanly played contest with the Hawks pick- ing up five of the 11 minors called. The Lions scored the only power -play goal of the game. Big Period In Mitchell, Tuesday, the Exeter Hawks scored four times in the second period to post their 6-3 win over Mitchell on the loser's ice. It was the first regular season meeting for the arch - rivals and was the first defeat for Mitchell this season. The team traded goals in the first period as Dave Couse notched Exeter's tally on a play with Rick Linden - field and Bill Glover. The Exeter crew came out flying in the' middle frame and Bill Glover rapped in a season pair to spearhead the attack that sent them on their vic- tory as he dented the twine twice. John Kernick and Doug Brooks popped the singles. Mitchell narrowed the gap to 5-3 early in the final frame, but Brian Mercer took the starch out of their attack with his powerplay goal that sealed the victory. In addition to his two goals, Glover added a pair of assists for a four -point ef- fort. Picking up an assist each were Lindenfield, Mercer, Steve Prout, Dave Bogart, Tony Underhill, Preston Dearing, Pete Tuckey and Kerry Bedard. Mitchell served 14 of the 24 penalties called in the hard- hitting affair with Duncan Ferguson and Exeter's Brian Baker being banished in the third period with fighting majors. Rich Fletcher guarded the nets for Exeter. BUY ONE, GET ON FREE E This offer is for a limited time only so act now. When you purchase a new Kawasaki 440 Intruder at current list price and we'll give you a new Kawasaki 340 Drifter ab- solutely free. (The Drifter is worth over $2,000) BUY NOW WHILE QUANTITIES LAST IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT SAVING IT WILL PAY YOU TO SEE US NOW. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE GREAT DEALS AVAILABLE. ON THE SPOT FINANCING AT BANK RATES COVINITRY NERS MT. CARMEL PHONE 237-3456 OPEN MON. - SAT. 10-10 SUN. 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Lee Watt converted a pass from Mike McCallum and Daryl Coleman provided the pass for a successful shot by McCallum. Pauline Brand and Lisa Hamather scored for South Huron. "They're our bogus team", Workman said after his team's 1-0 loss to St. Marys. The Salukis defeated South Huron by a similar 1-0 count in the Huron -Perth final, two weeks ago. A goal by Lisa Hamather gave the Panthers their third win of the tourne»this time against Medway. "It was a nailbiter because we had to win and St. Thomas had to lose or tie in order for us to win the championship." Workman said about the tournament climax. The team leaves tomorrow af- ternoon for the 16 team OFSAA tournament at York University this weekend. . South Huron will face teams from Ottawa, Toronto and Peel regions in its pool of . the tournament. OVERHEATED? We are now equipped to repair any radiator problem you may have industrial or domestic. Repairing of radiator leaks, radiator cleaning and radiator recoring. 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