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Times-Advocate, 1985-01-02, Page 10Sports Spotlight Blenheim, New Hamburg win local atom tourney titles Sponsored by Petro -Canada By Ross Haugh Looking ahead Here we go with the first issue of the new year. We are going to take a quick look into our crystal ball and make a few predictions of what the year of 1985 has in store for sports on the local, national and inter- national scene. Here we go with guesses on a variety of sports in no particular semblance or order. Tongue nay be in cheek for some of our suggestions. The Toronto Maple Leafs will put together at least one winning streak of two games before time runs out on them in April and they fail to make the playoffs. The Leafs will fire coach Dan Maloney before the current season comes to an end. Former Philadelphia Flyers coach Fred Shero who is now a television commentator will return to the coaching game. Shero after a serious illness which took him down to 108 pounds is now back to about 164 and could join a junior team. That's the only level of hockey he had not had a winner in. Wayne Gretzky will break his own scoring season record of 212 points by averaging three points per game throughout the full schedule. At the moment he is at that level with 105 points in 35 games. The Edmonton Oilers will repeat as Stanley Cup champions. The Chicago Cubs will continue as the only major league baseball team without lights in their home park at Wrigley Field. Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka will shave off his moustache when his club wins the Super Bowl. The Pittsburgh Steelers will win their first game ever in Miami as they head for the January 20 Super Bowl. Chicago Bears star running back Walter Payton will not have to worry about getting Social Security. He is guaranteed $240,000 per year until he reaches the age of 73. Hamilton will defeat London as the two cities bid for the 1991 pan Am Games. Tennis star John McEnroe will receive the good sportsmanship award of the year after apologizing to the electric eye at a tournament. The Detroit Red Wings will set all-time attendance records for their 1984-85 season at Joe Louis arena. Harold Ballard will trade King Clancy to the Min- nesota North Stars for the playing rights to Albert. Monday night televised football games for the 1985 season will begin at 8 p.m. One of the final decisions to be made by retiring On- tario Premier Bill Davis will be to locate the much talk- ed about domed stadium across from the Woodbine race track, near Malton. The Exeter Mohawks will continue their winning ways and win the Western Ontario Athletic Association intermediate hockey championship. Monte Clark, recently fired as coach of the Detroit Lions in the NFL will stay out of football for the next three years as he collect a good salary onhis existing contract. The same Clark will get a $25,000 bonus when the Lions make the 1986 playoffs and $50,000 when the Detroit club wins the 1987 Super Bowl. Jack Kent Cooke dabbling in the game of thoroughbred racing for the first time will have to wait until 1988 to win his first Triple Crown. More NHL referees will follow Andy Van }lelle- mond in wearing helmets. Don Cherry finally says something uncomplimen- tary about the Boston Bruins. Howie Meeker comes up with a couple of new adjectives. The Maple Leafs win a trophy. No, not the Stanley Cup. It's the Molson's slo-pitch championship at Niagara Falls. The Vancouver Canucks get new uniforms Former Leaf goalie Mike Palmateer will remain by the phone at his new burger outlet waiting for a call from Harold Ballard to return to the hockey wars. Allison Gordon will be welcomed back as a reporter of the Toronto Blue Jays. In the same vein Harold Ballard will again close Maple Leaf Gardens press box doors to Globe and Mail reporters. Tourney on weekend The annual Exeter hawks junior hockey (ourna- ment is all set for this coming weekend with eight of the top teams in southwestern Ontario competing. The Grand Valley Ilarvesters will be back to defend the championship they won a year ago. The Harvesters are undefeated in this year's regular schedule. Also competing in the two day event which gets underway at noon, Saturday will be the host Exeter Hawks, Lucan Irish, Thamesford Trojans, Waterford, the'Tavistock Braves, Ifowick and Brussels. This is a great opportunity for area hockey fans to see an excellent brand of hockey. The championship game will he played at 7 p.m. Sunday evening. The following week on Saturday, January 12, the Western Junior "I)" all star game will he played at the Lucan arena with the best of the northern division tak- ing on the tops from the south. The first annual Exeter atom hockey tournament held Thursday proved to be very winning the A championship successful with Blenheim and New Hamburg taking the 13 title. Members of the winning teams received crests from the sponsors local Petro Canada distributors Don Cowan and Dave Moore. Blenheim defeated Zurich 7-0, Goderich 4-2 and Clinton 11-1 in the final to take the grand championship. Todd Warriner scored nine of his team's goals in the three games. He was named the team's most valuable player MVP AWARDS — Don Heywood and Al Quinn present hockey sticks to Shawn Chip - chase of Clinton and Blenheim's Todd Warriner as the most valuable players in the holiday Exeter atom hockey tourney. T -A photo ATOM TROPHIES — At Thursday's atom hockey tournament, Don Cowan of Petro Canada presents trophies to captain Jim Pfaff and Ian Culbert of New Homburg and Strathroy's Shane Whiteside. At the right is Larry Taylor. T -A photo - Harvesters return Hawks tourney on weekend The Grand Valley Harvesters will be seeking their third straight win when they, compete in this' weekend's Exeter Hawks Junior "D" tournament at the rec centre. The defending champs will be the favorites, not only on their past performances, but also on this season's record. They are undefeated after 15 games in their own league and have only two ties as par- tial blemishes on that record. Lucan Irish and the brussels Bulls will kick off the two-day event when they tangle in the 12:00 noon event on Saturday. The Irish are in third place in the northern division of the Western loop. while the Bulls are one of the teams trying to catch up to the Harvesters. The Harvesters see their first action at 2:30 against the Thamesford Trojans. The lat- ter aren't expected to give the defending champs too much of a test as they are current- ly trailing in thesouthern half of the Western league. Division leading Tavistock Braves, one of the teams ex- pected to have a good shot at the tournament title, will meet the Howick Optimists at 5:00 p.m. and the 7:30 final will pit .the Exeter Hawks against the Waterford Tri - Cats. Despite being in fourth spot in their loop, the Hawks are coming off four straight games without a Toss and with a couple of former stalwarts back in the Iigettp, could be one of the squads to come up with an upset or two, par- ticularly when they enjoy the home ice advantage. The Tri -Cats are also in fourth place in their Southern league and •have a 9-12-3 record to bring into the tournament. The winners of the first two games on Saturday will hook up in the first semi-final on Sunday at 12 noon, while the winners of the other two con- tests will meet in the other semi-final match at 2:30. The final is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. to declare the win- ner of the eighth annual tournament. January CLEARANCE SALE LEATHER GOODS 25% Men's & Ladies' Wallets, Keycases, Attache Cases OFF 0.14g GAMES * TOYS JIGSAW PUZZLES Including Selected Fisher Price Toys '7��► Clocks, Wall Plaques, GIFTWARE Figurines, Glassware, Collectable Plates PLUS MUCH MORE 3 3 OFF 1 % OFF 41‘N' BOVER, OOKS OFF TIMEX A% WATCHES V OFF JIGSAW 20% PUZZLES OFF GIFTWARE '/z Price SPECIALS IN EFFECT TILL SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1915 Shop Early, Many Items in Limited Quantities YES, WE ACCEPT Most.rCard Main Street Exeter MUMVISA 235-2202 in the final contest. The only goal for Clinton in the final came from the stick of Shawn Chipchase and he was named his club's most valuable participant. On the way to the B cham- pionship New hamburg lost 4-2 to Goderich and then went on to defeat Zurich 9-2 and edge Strathroy 2-1 with the winning goal coming in a shootout after five minutes of overtime failed to break a 1-1 tie. New Hamburg captain Jim Pfaff scored thewinninggoal on the third try after the first two players from each club failed to score. The other goal for the B champs was fired by Shane Snyder. Shane Whiteside was the only Strathroy marksman. Ile and Pfaff were named the game's most valuably players. In the win over Zurich, Shawn Burchotski scored three times for New Ham- burg. The Zurich goals came from the sticks of Jason Schilbe and Mark Crane. Goal scorers for • Goderich in their opening4-2 win over New Hamburg were Chad Papple, Jason Jeffrey, An- drew McLarty and Chad Pap- ple. Jim Pfaff and Shawn Leis replied for New Hamburg. In the first game of the tourney, Exeter edged Lucan 5-3. The locals were eliminated in the next round 4-1 by Clinton while Lucan lost 3-2 to Strathroy. Ryan Lindenfield scored three times to lead the Exeter win over Lucan while Mark Brintnell and Jason Heywood scored in single fashion. Heywood picked up two assists and Joel Smith, Mark Lynn and Steve Farquhar added single assists. Goal getters for Lucan were Gary Haskett- Paul O'Shea and Neil F'roats with assists going to Peter Gibson, Mike Munro and Scott Smith. - In the 4-1 loss to Clinton, the only Exeter goal was notched by Joel Smith on an unassisted effort. Shawn Chipchase fired two successful shots for Clinton with Scott Jewitt and Jason Carter getting single scores. Neil Floats scored both goals for Lucan in their 3-2 defeat to Strathroy. Mike Munro gained an assist Shane Whiteside was a dou- ble score for Strathroy with Aaron Bergman notching the odd goal. In a minor hockey houseleague game Saturday, the Exeter and Goderich atoms played to a :3-3 tie In the first period, Mark McDonald put the Exeter club ahead on an unassisted et fort and early in the second period Jeremy Brock made it 2-0 again on a solo dash. After Goderich roared back with three second period scores, Mark McDonald gain- ed the draw for the locals with another unassisted goal. • Ames - Serving South Huron, North Middlesex ':. dvoca NinStaarliaskSONSFIV MINK January 2, 1985 & North Lamblon Since 1873 PagelA i Celebrate Local Government Week Jan.14-19, 1985 It's yours. YouYe it. You decide. Every day of the week, your local government is at work –putting out fires, driving buses, fixing roads, helping the sick and elderly, keeping your town clean and safe. January 14-19 is Local Government Week, a week of celebration,that invites you, the citizen, to get to know more about your municipality, your school board and public utilities, as well as the people–elected, staff and volunteer–who make local govern- ment happen. This week is your opportunity to learn how your local government works. TOWN OF EXETER a. Plan to take in some of the activities planned by Exeter Council: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16th - Shuttle bus tours to Exeter local government facilities around town and outlying area. Leaving Municipal Building, Library and Fire Hall every hour starting at 10:00 a.m., ending at 3:00 p.rn. (In case of inclement weather, bus tours will run Thursday, January 17th.) White waiting for the next bus tour, view old records displayed in Counil Chambers and enjoy video of local Council meeting and Departments in action. OPEN HOUSES Wednesday January 16th from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Municipal building Exeter Public Utilities Commission Exeter Branch Library Exeter and Area Fire Hall South Huron Recreation Centre Exeter Police Department Exeter Public Works Department Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Authority (Morrison Dam) Main Pumphouse - MocNaughton Drive (2:00 - 4:00 p.m. only) Exeter Public School South Huron District High School Precious Blood Separate School EXETER MUNICIPAL TRIVIA CONTEST - Awards will be presented to winners in adult and in elementary school classes. Trivia questions (Aver .tised,in Times Advocate or pick up copy at Municipal Office or library. Deadline is January 1 1 th at 5:00'p.m. Return to Municipal Office. (Not open to Municipal Employees or their families . FIRE PREVENTION FILMS - Continuous showing - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fire Hall. Bus tour ends at Fire Holl us for film and refreshments, on Wednesday January 16th. RECREATION PROGRAMS - orre and join New winter programs of fitness and crafts start week of January 14th. Call Recreation Crqnrrr, .235 2833) to find out times and locations. You are invited to be an observer atony session See v,hethe.r you might be interested next time around or this time, if not already full. STORE -FRONT DISPLAY CONTEST - Local stores are invited -to enter Local Government Display contest. Windows irrriyed and an award presented to winner. Judging will Coke place - Friday. January 11 th 1'tir`> SEMINAR ON ONTARIO HOME RENEWAL PROGRAM - Families with incomes below $19,000.00, who are interested in lowinters sr Innns for borne repairs, ore invited to attend a seminar in the Council Chambers at 2:00 p rn on Thorsriny January 17th. EXETER MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT VIDEO - Local cable channel 12 will run video film of December Planning Board and Cot)(.' meetings and odminstrative departments in action. Watch at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. 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