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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-03-25, Page 18, Jhanh You • The Exeter Mohawks wish to pass on a hearty thank you to their sponsors for the support given during the 1986-87 Senior `B' season. Also thanks to the many fans wht§ attended the home games and the hundreds who follow- ed the team through the playoffs especially in Tavistock. • • Page 2A Times -Advocate, March 25, 1987 Time to intospring with conditioning pro gram s•. • • • • • • • Some of the characters will include farm animals, Dying one of these excellent players clinics for your community contactmembers taking part. Ron Pegg, Iiesherton (924-2574). monkeys, ghosts, penguins, munchins, ghostbusters, chimney The deadline to register baseball teams for 1987 .is fast approaching. All towns Must declare their intentions by -April 1.2.. New towns wit() wish to join the WO13A• should contact secretary, John Gales, Kincardine at ( 396-21 19) by April 10. The baseballcom- mittee of the WOBA will hold its next meeting in Walkerthe. — boardroom of the town hall on Sunday, April 12 at '� p.tonrn.at N,w . members are encouraged to attend. , house league finals - 'l'he Lambkin-NIictdlesex house league championships are be- ing.held in fivecategories al the South i i_uron Nee Centre on Satur- day. March 28. . At 9 a.m. Ilderton meets Strathroy Denning in the novice divi- ----sion; Ilderton-1''1yers--tangle-_wit h the Strathroy- Nursing Home atoms at 10:15; Ilderton and- Parkhill meet at 11:30_ a.-rn: in pee wee; the Exeter Eagles take the Parkhill bantams at 1 p.m. and at 2:30 p.m: it's the Exeter Bears against Strathroy. Presentations of gold pins to the winning team and silver pins .- to the runnersup chill be made following each game.. The robins are back, the sap is running and it's time to swing into spring and the South Iluron Rec Centre has plenty of activities lined up. The theme for their busy spring program is "Spring into Shape sweeps and star wars creatures.. for Summer. Added entertainment will be provided by the.Exeter Enter- ''.Kegistration for I Bourses and classes is being held this week taints junior precision skating team, the -tide -don Jets pre -novice and continues until Friday, March 27 during regular office hours precisioners and guest skater Shelley Smith from the London - at the South Huron Rec Centre. skating club. One of the classes has already been filled, but the others are Other members of the Luc an club executive in addition to wide open for prospective students and participants. The body -fit president Sandra Jemec are Pat Ward, Janice Latta and Beth trim -a -size classes for8 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays is fill- Smith. ed, but others wishing to take part in this activity will •be accom- modated the sante evenings combined with the trim and dance classes. The instructors are Laura Overholt and Beth McLelland. Each Tuesday and 'Thursday mdrnings, mom s and their youngsters are offered a great morning break of well planned warm-ups. challenging exercises in a friendly social atmosphere under the direction of Anne MacDougall. During the same hours Deb Oke will be conducting kindergym classes in a fun fulled fitness program for pre-schoolers aged three to five years. ' Slo-pitch leagues are being organized in -ladies, menand mix- ------ Baseball is coining --- - Ringelte Group to _ eel _ ed categories. For those interested meetings are being held at 7:30 Spring is almost here and baseball is in the air. The newly As the spurt of ringette is quickly gaining popularity in this area, the is:nulitlil:e_upass cit ntarinatTct)fot tiu•rrmm►i r�r�+t'= kadie5. number of events to help encourage growth both in the --number of the Exeter ringelleassociation'on Moudat�. 1i.rtchaoal li p.m. Registration is set for Saturday. March 28 and Saturday, April of teams and towns, and in the quality of play. • at the Exeter ugels• School- formation chool 4 tor minor softball, baseball and soccer. Contacts for further in- Umpires should. take note that OBA Clinics are scheduled for formation are softball - Joyce Morgan 235-2544: baseball Dwayne Exeter (South Huron DSS) on Sunday, April 5 from 12 to 4 p.m. 11,111'- for Baseball and for lianover (Coliseum) on Sunday, May 9 from 12. to 4 p.m. The clinic tee of $10.00 can be paid on arrival. - NCCP Level I Baseball Coaches Clinics are also scheduled: One is at the Exeter Public -school on Saturday, April 11 from 9 to 3:30 p.m. The second clinic is in (Hanover (Coliseum) on Satur- day, April 25 from 9 to 3:30. The fee for either clinic is $15.00. You coaches. _The. first practice is scheduled for Sunday. April 25. are requested to notify your town contact or Reg Daze, Kincar- The Exeter Minor Baseball Association and the ('o -Op juniors dine (396-3152) by April l if you plan U) attend the Coaches Clinics. • will be hosting The Ontario baseball Association .Junior '1) Playoff The Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, through its "Best tournament on the Labour Day -weekend. :-!*• Sports, Spotlight by Ross Haugh p.m. on ,ApTit 13 formen;-April 14-for-mixed:and -A-prilil5-forthe-----formed- Western--Ontario--Baseball—Association--has-jwepared-a 'Pinney 2:35-1408 and soccer Martin DeBruyn 234-6798. Ladies volleyball classes begin Tuesday, March 31; golf lessons get underway Monday. April 6 and competitive swim train- ing for youngsters wishing to get back into Shape for summer start Thursday. April 2 at the Vanastra Recreation Centre pool. Karate classes go each Tuesday and Thursday at the Ree Cen- tre under the direction of _Ron Tyndall and the weight room is available during regular Rec Centre hours. _ Come to the Skating Movies Sandra Jemec of the Lucan,figure skating club. reports that their big carnival is coming up on Sunday, March 28. The show beginning at 2 p.m. is entitled Come to the Movies and features a colourful array of numbers with most of the 120 Received a note this week from Brad'Gregus regarding the up- coming season of the Exeter junior baseball team. The club will again be sponsored l)y the Exeter District ('o -Operative and will compete in the (:real Lakes junior league. Gregus continues as manager, but is looking for a couple of Ever" program has made available to the ()BA some funds for player development clinics. The purpose of these clinics is two - For this tournanteiifGregus would like Volirnteers to -help in scorekeeping, game announcing and -assistants. As the host club fold; to assess the.talent of young baseball players in Ontario, -and the local juniors are automatically in the tournament. The ('on- to improve the skill level of the players who participate. To book - ingwood Mountaineers will be here to defend their title of 198(1. Coach predicts good future Hawks season ends with 4-0 loss to Bulls The season carne to an end for the t - Exeter Hawks on 1Cednes(lay when they dropped a 4-0 decision to the Bulls in Brussels to lase their division final by a 4-1 margin. Jeff MeGavin. who back -stopped --thio of-the-Brussels--victnri • ed his second shutout of the s kept .the Hawks off the score sheet in game one when the Bulls von :3-0. Brussels scored a powerplay goal in the first period'lhat turned out to he the winner as iIcGavin turned aside everything fired in his--dn•eclion. Goalie Dave Hook had a roughing call served by a team mate when Tim Fritz scored on a play with Kevin Lee to put the hosts in the lead. A five -minutes slashing penalty to Rook late in the .scoreless second period also provedcostly as the Bulls jumped into a 2-0 lead early in the third with their second powerplay marker. Marty Rutledge was the rtggerman. The Bulls put the game out of reach midway through the tti'lird when Rod Cardiff found the range and Rutledge came hack with his second of the night with five minutes left to put the Rookie coach Dave Bogart nn- on ihc win.. acknowledged that the injuries and cries. Ile The Bulls amino ed pts-as-they—Pia P41—incxperience were the "big - factors" in the playoff loss to Brussels. pointing to the fact three of the team's leading scorers went out in the first game with injuries and a suspension. "As a result. our game plan that was so successful against Sea forth was just not the same." he explained. adding that defensively the team secutive overtime losses took con- siderable heart out of the team as they faced the prospect of having to win two games in Brussels. 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All other members of the team are eligible to return although some may be lost as players move on to higher educational pursuits and other interests. Despite the loss to Brussels. the current season was most successful for the I lawks after they failed to even make the playoffs the preceding season, which was one of their worst on record. The locals couldn't put together any consistent string until the end of the season and that carried them into se- cond place. They ousted the defending champion Seaforth ('entenaires in four straight in the division semi-final and were given a good chance of beating the first place Bulls in the final. Ilowever, two costly injuries to high scoring forwards George Pratt and Scott Bogart took a lot out of the locals' scoring punch and two con. Registration For Dashwood . Minor Athletic Hardball April 4th 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Dashwood Community Centre T•eall 90 Minor Tyke 95 Tyke. Peewee Bantam '20 Midget '25 If not paid at registration 55.00 extra Bring photocopy of birth cer• tificate if new player. T -Ball must be 5 years of age -by registration: date. Eagles win in St. Marys Saturday the Exeter Optimist F:aglcs travelled 10 St. Marys to pair Iicipate in the bantam spring break tournament. Exeter played three ex- citing hard games and walked away with the 'A' championship. The first game had Exeter meet host team St. Marys. who jungwd out to a Iwo goal lead in the first period. 1n the second iwriod Exeter carne hack with goals by .ramie Bedard from Jamie Tonnes and Todd 111c('ann from Peter I.erikos. St. Marys added one to go ahead again and then Exeter countered with two goals by Peter Lerikos. one assisted by Ilenri Dcllruvh mid the other by Laurie Chalmers. This gave Exeter a one goal lead. The third period saw St. Marys score twice to regain the lead. Late in the third Ilenri Dellruyn scored to tie up the game and send it into overtime. - A scoreless five minute overtime was played and thegame went into a shoot-out with each team picking one player to take the three shots.. Justin ('harrette held SI. Marys to one goal in the shoot-out and the Si. Marys goalie was no march for the deadly shot of Henri DeBruyn who netted all three shots for the win. The game M.V.P. picked by the SI. Marys coach was Jamie Bedard. The second game had.Exeter meet Dorchester. Exeter jumped out 10 a quick one goal lead in the first period on a goal by Ilenri Dellruyn from Peter Lerikos and Shawn Ileywood. In the second period Dorchester tied it up at one. The game remained scoreless un til late in the third period when Todd 1NcCann netted thc'go ahead goal.nnd winner unassisted. Jamie Bedard put in the insurance goal from Todd •• . McCann and Laurie Chalmers. to send Exeter to the finals. The game MVP picked by the Dorchester conch • was Todd McCann. Exeter mel Strathroy in the final. Strathroy took a one goal lead 52 seconds into the game. A minute later •Ilenri DeBruyn tied,the score at one assisted by Laurie Chalmers. • The second period saw hard close play and remained scoreless. Early in the third period Ilenri DeBruyn netted the winning goal from Peter Lerikos and Glen Quinn. Henri DeBruyn and Petor. Lerikos ICad the strong offensive play with Andrew Thompson, .ramie Tomes. Laurie Chalmers, and Shawn Heywood all having excellent defen- sive outings leading Exeter to the 'A' championship. The game MVP pick- ed by the Strathroy coach was goalie Justin Charrette. played excellently with a :1.(1 goals against average which is "superb" (or playoff hockey. - ' Ile lauded the players for their ef- fort and noted that no one gave up and they should he proud of their ac- conrplishnients this year as They went from five wins last season to one oI the six best learns in ()Mario this year. - •'\ext year will be even better... he predicted ' - Itis status as coach will be depen- dent on his job hunt after graduating from I('achers' college this year. 4.4 ILDERTON TYKES WIN The 'A' championship of Saturday's fyke hockey tournament in Exeter was won by Ilderton. Above, coach Don Henderson and captains Trevor lee, Brennan Vogel and Greg Hender- son accept the banner from Bill Brock. The tourney was sponsored by the Exeter Minor Hockey Associa- tion with financial assistance from Oscar's Video and the Exeter Legion. T -A photo Panthers wine novice tourney 'Fhe Exeter RSD Panthers won the '11' championships of a recent novice houseleague tournament in Mount' Brydges. After losing their first game. the Panthers. blanked the host Mount Brydges lean :1-0 to firing home the silverware. in the first period Ryan liec•k••tt scored what proved to be the-winnirig goal on a three -way -passing combina• tion. with Rob "Turner and • Ryan Freiter. in the final period of play, Kevin itoss notched the second goal on passes from Jeff Inch and Lucas For- rest and Geoff Hann clinched the vic- tory by converting a pass from Geoff Mauer. Scores from dar. t league In F'riday's regular play in the Ex eter Legion mixed dart league.—Marg . Wragg rec•or(k'd the ladies high•svore of 1.20 and Jean Simpson al' 114 was tops for the spares. 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