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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-11-11, Page 17Serving South Huron, North Middlesexa North I amblon Since 1173 410.111111, November 11, 1987 PagelA ridiron victory The only true way to describe the Senior football final which took place at South Iluron Saturday afternoon, would be to call it a squeaker. South Huron won the game with 14 seconds left in the fourth quarter after Jon O'Connor kicked a 31 yard field goal, deminishing the one point lead Goderich Vikings clung to. The final score was 3-1. Ron Bogart, head coach of the team, must have been relieved when the final buzzer went. "It's a tough way to pull it out, but we'll take them all, " he said. After hashing their way through more than three quarters of scoreless football, Goderich Vikings took a nar- row edge. The three minute warning had been given when Goderich punted for a 32 yard single. Bogart had given instructions to concede the point, a move which would put them on their own 35 yard p or S line, but somehow the wires were crossed and Panthers made an effort to run the ball out. Luckily, they failed. Had Panthers managed to get the A SEASON'S CELEBRATION - Gerry Lamport and Scott Heywood raise head coach Ron Bogart up on their shoulders after Panthers • won the Scnior football final, beating Goderich Vikings 3-1. The SHDHS Y senior squad went undefeated in the season. Midget girls cross-country team wins third at OFSAA The South Huron Midget Girls Cross Country team overcame the odds to take third place in the OFSAA meet held in Toronto Saturday. A freak injury led to the loss of one Of the better runners on the team, Michelle Chalmers. Another member, Anna Szabo, was quite ill but competed and ran a very gutsy race. (She finished eighth.) • Kim Van I)ongen had the best -ever finish by a South Huron Midget run- ner, placing 14th. The rest of the team hung together, recording the best results for a South Huron team at OFSAA. Other members were Raquel Thompson 73rd, Deanna Olmstead Both, and Chrystal Jones 170th. The South Huron girls ran superbly as well, finishing just behind the se- cond place team. Three girls ran together - Jeanette Van Esbroeck 51s1, Brenda Vanderlaan 57th and Rosemary Regier 59th. Wanda Turnbull at 91st and Christine Chalmers at 106 rounded out the team results. OFSAA includes the best of over 650 schools in the province with the top 36 tv teams taking part in Toronto. "The girls should most certainly be congratulated for their excellent ef- forts," coach Joe Fulop said. • PASS FRUSTRATION Jeff Denotter (far right) has a pass knocked down by Viking defensive players during the final game between Senior Panthers and Goderich. South Huron was unable to move the ball in the air all day Saturday. • ball out of the end -zone. tney might have eaten up the remaining time hy marching the length of the field. With 1:59 left in the game, Panthers started their final journey toward Vikings' uprights. They picked up • first down by running the hall for 17 yards. After throwing two incomplete passes, Gary Lamport ran for eight yards. Jeff Denotter made a six yard dash on Exeter's fourth own to secure another series. Lamport threw to Trevor Ratz for the first down but Ratz was interfered with. That play could well have cost Goderich the ball game. The officials moved the hall within range of Viking uprights and after two single yard gains by the offence. O'Connor came in to finish the season A last ditch effort was made by Goderich as the seconds ticked off the clock, but it amounted to nothing. Ex- eter intercepted the pass and ran it hack 25 yards. Bogart didn't under -rate the luck factor in Saturday's match. "We were very lucky a couple of times to get out without Goderich get- ting -on the scoreboard, but the defence came up big," he explained. "We put ourselves in a hole several times by not catching passes right in- to our hands and by fumbling six times -- that wasn't typical of our play all year:" Though the defensive squad held up under the pressure, for the first time in the season. Panther's offence found themselves frustrated. Their usuall3 efficient passing game failed and they managed only five yards of total offence in the air. Panthers converted 129 yards rusing into five first downs and suffered six fumbles. only one of which they recovered. Every South Huron penalty in the game was handed out to the offence Four consecutive penalties in Pan thers' first -offensive series of the game left them on third and 35 yards to go for a first down. Lamport pulled them out of the situation with a 49 yard bomb which was completed. only to he called on an illegal procedure penalty. South Huron Senior Panthers went undefeated in regular season play. Juniors pounce on championship By Sheila Dougall In the Huron -Perth final between the two area rivals, Goderich and South Huron, both the Junior and the Senior football teams captured the ti- tle in "come -from -behind" wins. The final score of the Junior game JUNIORS CELEBRATE - Members of the South their exciting victory over Goderich Huron Panthers Junior Football team celebrate after Photo by Mike Williamson South Huron field The South Huron girls' field hockey team is the fourth best in Ontario. That fact was established at the OFSAA tournament in Hamilton this week after the girls fought their way into the semi-final round and placed fourth out of 16 of the best field hockey teams in the province. South Huron missed the gold round after they lost an overtitne shoot-out with T.A. Stewart. The loss disheartened the girls to some extent, a factor Jim Workman, coach of the team, attributes to their bronze medal round loss. "Over-all I think the girls can be pretty pleased," said Workman. "1 think fourth in the province is pretty great -- nothing to be ashamed of, that's for sure." Stephen Leacoi:k from Scarborough eventually won the title; their third Ontario championship in four years. But unlike other years when the event rp 11 has been dominated by Toronto area teams, the competition wsa more even. "11 used to be -a white -wash". Workman said. "Toronto teams used to just clean up." This year, however, the level of competition increased and leveled out -- there were no blow -outs. Workman started the field hockey program at South Huron 13 years ago. In that time, Panthers have manag- ed a fourth place finish three times at OFSAA. He notes that field hockey has progressed considerably at South Huron since the first year when they practiced all season but didn't play a single game. And the near future looks bright. Workman expects to lose only one player next year. Carol Willis, a star sweeper with this year's squad will be. gone. and though her position will be tough to fill, the team will maintain an excellent core of players. • t- r November Specials 1n effect Thurs., Fri., Sot. while su • • lies of Dinner Rolls Old Fashioned, 6's Date Squares Tasty Nu doz. 99C Brepd Always fresh, finest quality '1.79 • 1 100% - 24 oz. Whole Wheat Bread loaf 79C Cheese Marble Ib. '2.99 Danish Blue Geese Ib. '4.79 We hove a wide variety of Cona• dion and imported cheeses. Fresh off the block 'Now available • Glaced fruits, aisins, etc. We have a wide varlery of Dellclous Donuts • asty Bakery & Cheese House "Traditional quality" since 1929 Exeter 235-03S2 ita""111e7Ck 411V • was 19-13 for South Huron. Seniors won their game 3-1. Panthers were behind 13-3 with five minutes left in the game. when An- drew Thompson threw a 60 yard pass to Rob Glavin that landed just inside the Vikings 10 yard line. Dave O'Connor scored the touchdown two plays later on a four yard run. O'Connor kicked the con- vert that made the score 13-10 for Vik- ings with three minutes left. Goderich was looking for a short kick off, but the ball was kicked long and landed in the- opposition's end zone. While trying to return the ball the Goderich player was tackled on t his own five yard line. Instead of pun- ting, Goderich conceded two points to make the score 13-12. Gdderich kicked off from the 35 yard line. South Huron used the same play five times in a row to march down the field. With 20 seconds left. Panthers sent in the punting team to kick a single and try to tie the score. Goderich moved two of their players Into the end zone to run the ball out, but they fumbled and Matt Williamson dove on to it and scored the winning touchdown. Dave O'Connor then kicked the con- vert to make the final score 19-13. - Mark Burton and Jamie Wulterkens notched interceptions for the defense. Dave O'Connor also had 26 carries for 112 yards and Andrew Thompson had 76 yards rushing on 13 carries. Craig Soldan also did a good job of punting. Dave Cox. head coach of the Juniors, was pleased with the win because it was Goderich that stole the final from the Juniors last year. The girls basketball teams finished up their league play Monday. Juniors are finished for the season but both the Midgets and Seniors advance to Please turn to 3 A hockeyteam places ourfh at OFSAA ,scored, when Kim Crawford made no •mistake on a blistering shot. The se- cond half was a see -saw battle. but no goals were scored and the game end- ed in a tie. That set the stage for the third and final game in the pool against Please turn to3 A "We've got a load of young talent Thursday morning at 9 a.m. on the and it looks pretty promising." playing fields of Hillfield - Strathallan Workman said. College, located on the mountain in (toad to semi-finaIs Hamilton. Dennis O'Connor provided the op- position and after a slow start, the local girls settled down to some fine hockey, beating the Ajax girls by a In pool play. Panthers were placed with Leacock, Dennis O'Connor from Ajax, and LaSalle from Kingston. The competition got underway score of 3-1. Scorers were Joelle Lamport t 2 and Marcie Ellison. In the Thursday afternoon game. Panthers played a strong La Salle team and found themselves with a 1-4) loss. Just before half time, Panthers FOURTII AT OFSAA -- After claiming the WOSSA championship in Parkhill, the South Huron girls field hockey team made it into the semi-final rounds at OFSAA and finished fourth over-all. At the back is Jim Workman (coach). Second row, left; "Kristi Van Dongcn, Lisa Ellcrington, Amy Relouw, Jeannette Kaak. Third row, left; Jenny Wareham, Sue Coates, Tania Johnson, Sherry Kerslake, Cindy Moore, Melanie Jones, Carol Willis, Leanne Dietrich. Fourth row, left; Kim Lingard, Sue Anne Soldan, Marcic Ellison, Kim Crawford, Tina Campbell, April Lewis, Becci Farquhar, Kelly Brintnell. Front; Jock Lamport.