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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-03-13, Page 12Page 1'2 Times -Advocate, March 13, 1985 Magicsh w t odaY headlines break activities at Rec Centre o as both clubs have championship titles on their minds. In the other WOAA semi-final Lions Head leads Woodford, an Owen Sound area club two games to one. All school students in the area are on Spring Break holidays this week, but, mothers should not despair about having their off- spring in their hair for the entire week. Thanks to a number of hockey tournaments and an excellent program of recreation activities planned by rec director Lynne Farquhar, much of any expected free time can be taken care of. $ Lynne has lined up a special treat today, Wednesday for area 5 youngsters. Mr. Magic will be on hand at the South Huron Rec Cen- tre at 2 p.m. with an excellent show of magic and eye betraying tricks. The admission is only one dollar and boys and girls are en- couraged to bring their parents along. Just remember, regardless of age the hand is quicker than the eye. Advance tickets are available and may be reserved by call- ing the Rec Centre at 235-2833. The second free session of ice skating is available Thursday afternoon from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Friday is only March 15, actually two days prior to St. Patrick's Day, but it will be advantageous to all to wear a bit o' the green when arriving for Friday's activities. The St. Patrick's Day special is the presentation of a Walt Disney movie entitled "Darby O'Gill and the Little People". It goes at 10 a.m. Regular admission is $1.50, but anyone wearing a touch of the green will get a reduction of 50 cents. To get in on the special price take a close look at your closets for green. It could be socks, shoes, shirts, pants, coats, scarves, mittens or anything that can be con- strued as -wearing apparel In the concession booth, Jane Dearing is also offering a St. Patrick's Day treat. Green slush puppies will he on sale for only 25 cents, one-half the regular price. All this week the Exeter figure skating club is sponsoring a Spring Break school for skaters within a 30 mile radius of Exeter. Club president Peter Aunger reports about 30 have registered and will be on the ice each day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Friday afternoon. The Exeter members get an extra week of skating the follow- ing week to make up for a number of days missed because of storm cancellations. This will be followed by a test day for Exeter and Zurich figure skating club members on Saturday. March 23. • Sports Spotlight by Ross Haugh Playoffs continue A biggame is coming up Friday night at South Huron Rec Cen- tre for the Exeter Mohawks as they attempt -to capture the Western Ontario Athletic Association intermediate "A" championship. The Mohawks currently down two games to one to the Teeswater Falcons were at home last night Tuesday for the fourth game of the best -of -seven series. The fifth game is scheduled for the local arena at 8:30 p.m. • By that time the series could be tied at two games apiece or the Mohawks could be fighting to stay alive. In any case, Friday's game promises to be an excellent one NVOK.o-O § -'ak:az iA.M.1'r V:MR fM.. .. ... ... .,..> -Mmw �.... At home Friday at 8:30 p.m. Another Casey It wits interesting to learn that the name of Casey Stengel is still in the game of baseball. The groundskeeper at Grant Field in Dunedin, Florida where the Toronto Blue Jays train is a lady and her name is Casey Stengel. Coach of the year A former junior hockey player in Seaforth has been named coach of the year in college hockey ranks in the United States. The honour has gone to Ron Mason who is in his third year at Michigan State and before that was head coach at Lake Superior State in northern Michigan. Mason was one of the founders of the Huron Hockey School at Huron Park. A weekend touranment at Joe Louis arena in Detroit was won by Michigan State. A member of the Michigan State club is Craig Simpson of London. He has been nominated for the Hobey Baker award and should be a high choice in the June NHL draft. Locals in junior playoffs The St. Marys Lincolns have reached the OHA Junior 'B' quarter finals and two of the main reasons for their great success has been the play of John Kernicicof Exeter and Jeff Shipley from Lucan. Kernick has enjoyed an excellent career in St. Marys. In his first season he was named rookie of the year. .-- off ..°'. .�. -.� ,re Mohawks fall game back in WOAA play The Exeter Mohawks find themselves one game back of the Teeswater Falcons in the Western On- tario Athletic Association in- termediate "A" semi-finals. Teeswater won the first game of the best -of -seven series in Hensall Thurs- day night by a score of 9-3 and the Mohawks roared back to even the series in Teeswater, Friday with 4-1 victory. The Falcons took the one game edge with a 5-2 victory Sunday after- noon, also at home. The fourth game was played in Ex- eter last night, Tuesday with the fifth slated for the South Huron Rec Cen- tre Friday night with faceoff time set for 8:30 p.m. In Thursday's opening game, the Teeswater club took a 2-1 first period lead and the Mohawks were never able to recover as their opposition, scored three times in the middle frame and notched four more scores in the final 20 minutes of play. The only Mohawk score of the first period came from the stick of Brian Mercer with assists going to Jim Guenther and Pete Tuckey. Terry Caldwell was the marksman for the second period Ex- eter score on a three-way passing ef- fort with Randy Kraut and Ken Varley. In the third period, Barry Baynham completed the Exeter scoring on passes provided by Brian Mercer and Pete Tuckey. Captain Kent Cerson led the Teeswater scoring attack with a hat trick performance. Dwight Leslie was next with a two goal effort and scor- ing in single fashion were Terry Davidson, Larry Meyer, Dan David- son and Clint Petteplace. In Teeswater Friday night, the home team scored the first goal mid- way through the first period and that was the only shot to get by Exeter goalie Louis Arts. Less than a minute after Jim LeGrand had counted for the Falcons, Bryan Baker tied the score for the Mohawks on passes from Barry Baynham and Jim Guenther. With six minutes remaining in the first stanza, Barry Baynham fired a successful shot for what proved to be the winner for the locals. Assisting were Randy Kraut and Pete Tuckey. In the second session, Brian Mercer converted a pass from Barry Baynham and he was on the passing end of a goal by Pete Tuckey tocom- plete the Mohawks scoring in the final period. r 1e A SHOT ON MOHAWKS GOAL Mohawks goalie Pete Parsons blocks a shot from Terry Davidson of the Teeswoter Falcons in Hensoll, Thursday night. Randy Kraul and Jim Guenther (5) are ready to lend a hand on the rebound. Other Teeswater players are Dan Davidson and Kent Cerson. In houseleague Bantams win over Hensall The Exeter bantam houseleague team handed Hensall their first loss of the season. beating them 6-5. Saturday. Hensall started off quickly. with Jim Dickens and Rob Taylor scoring early in the first period. to give them a 2-0 lead which carried into the se- cond period. . Frank Woodward scored for Exeter half way through the second period. After receiving a pass from Tom Rolph, he circled the net and scored from close in. firing the puck between Congratulations to Ruth Yenssen RR 3 Mildmay, Ontario Winner of our free RUST CHECK draw at the LONDON FARM SHOW Exeter Motors Ltd. Main Street North, Exeter, Ont. 235-1100 RUST./ CHECK Usborne Umpires Association is sponsoring a Softball Ontario Fastpitch/Slowpitch Umpires' Mechanics Clinic Exeter District High School March 23 Begins at 8:30 a.m. and will last approx. 8 hours Register now to avoid disappointment. Fee 510.00 - to register can 235-2544 or 234-6426 Restaurants nearby This clink involves all of the physical aspects of umpiring. It is divided into gymnasium and classroom activities with the following program outline' on introduction to Softball Ontario - the role of the umpire and game control - positioning. base umpire and plate umpire • physical moverh4nt and calls for fastpitch and slowpitch - complicated rules equipment 4 the goalie's legs. Jason (manse scored for Hensall. then Exeter scored three in a row, with David Josephson getting the first on a shot from the slot, with assists going to Henri Debruyn and Peter Lerikos. Jeff Rowe was left uncovered in front of the net, and after receiving a pass from Jeff Playfoot, he waited un- til the goalie went down and then flip- ped the puck into the top corner. Woodward got his second goal of the game. with a shot from inside the blueline that the goalie was screened on. Chris Campbell scored to tie the game for Hensall. Henri Debruyn then scored two goals, with Jay Davison and Brent McDonald drawing assists on the first. The second was unassisted. With Less than 30 seconds left in the game. Hensall pulled their goalie. Debruyn took the puck from the lone defenseman and scored into the emp- ty net. Rob Taylor scored for Hensall with eight seconds left. to make the final score 6-5. Pee wees out of Young Canada The' Exeter Legion Auxiliary pee wees reached the second round of the annual Young Canada tournament in Goderich before being eliminated. In their first contest, the local youngsters downed Byron by a score of 3-2 before bowing to (he host Goderich club 2-1. Mark Burton scored the first Ex- eter goal on passes from Jamie Bedard and Tim van Dam in the win over Byron. The second score was notched by van Dam on a pass from Dave Dalrymple and captain Dave O'Con- nor fired what proved to he the winn- ing goal on a three-way passing com- bination with Tim van Dam and Dave Dalrymple. In the loss to Goderich the only Ex- etWr goal came from the stick of Haden Tinney on an unassisted effort. t Slow starters In Sunday's game in Teeswater, the only scoring in the first period came in the last four minutes and 38 seconds. With less than five minutes to go Teeswater captain Kent Cerson. hit the Exeter net for the first time. Three minutes later the Mohawks were back on even terms as Brian Mercer converted a pass from Pete Tuckery. When it appeared as if the first 20 minutes would end in a one goal deadlock, the Falcons scored twice in the last 30 seconds of play. Hitting the mark were Kent Cerson and Clint Petteplace. In the second period. Cerson scored his third goal of the afternoon for Teeswater and Tom Ryan replied for the Mohawks on a three-way passing effort with Mark Cronyn and Dave Ja In the third period. Cerson with his fourth of the clay and Craig Anderson completed the scoring for the winners. Referee -Peter Chisholm called on- ly six penalties with the Exeter club taking four of these. LOCAL Os. oFELLOWS WIN — A rink from the Exeter Oddfellows won a recent curling bonspiel in Forest. Above, Oddfellows General Commander Retired Elmer Teft of Forest presents the trophy to Bob Coates, Dennis Rowe, John Morgan and Lorne Ballantyne. Crunchers win two The Exeter Crunchers scored a 3-0 Webster, Allan McFalls, Kevin Johns. victory over Hensall Wednesday in John Weverink and Derek Beckett. atom houseleague hockey. Dart scores In Friday's regular competition in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league. the Scotties. Outlaws. Swat and A - Team each scored four points. This week's scores were: &otties 4. Smurfs 1 fkitlaws 4, Turtles 1 Surat 4. Shiphunters 1 A -team 4, Itchy Niters 1 Trailers :3, Snyde and Clyde 2 All in the Family 3. Odd Ones 2 Los: Flights :1, Canscolts 2 011ics Best 3, 4 -W's 2 F'riday's schedule is as follows: ti:00 p.m. All in the Family vs. Outlaws Trailers vs. 011ies Best A -Team vs. Lost Flights 4 -W's vs. Shiphunters 9:30 p.m. Swat vs Smurfs Scotties vs. Snyde and Clyde Turtles vs. Odd Ones Itchy Nites vs. Canscotts Travel Ontario Is Coming April 1st converted a pass from Tony Arm- strong and Jeremy Brock hit the Hen- sall net on a pass from Peter Gryseels. The third and final score for the Crunchers came in the second period from the stick of Brent Miron with Jeremy Brock providing the assist. In a return match Saturday. the Crunchers won handily by a score al 6-1. Allan McFalls fired two successful shots for the Crunchers. Both were set up by Brent Miron. Scoring in single fashion were Mark McDonald, Derek Beckett. Peter Gryseels and Brent Miron. Picking up assists were Shawn Ya ty Auto Parts Used parts for all makes and models of used cars and trucks. All parts guaranteed. Free pick up and delivery 24 hr. towing service. Open Monday to Friday 8 - 6, Sat. 9 - 2 Location; RR 2 Crediton 11/4 miles west of Crediton, turn left, first place on left. Phone 234-6265 1 For Complete Car Care visit Jim Nixon Motors Spring Specials Exterior hand wash and wax $25.00 With our regular $13.90 oil change, grease and filter. 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