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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-11-11, Page 18Page 2 A Times -Advocate, November 1 1, 1987 Panthers make their presence known in Ontario With a very significant 14 seconds showing on the clock Satur- day afternoon, Jon O'connor kicked a field goal, giving Senior Pan- thers football team the championship and capping off what has to be one of the finest weeks in the history of South Huron athletics. And it. didn't just happen here in Exeter. Even as O'Connor and his team mates were revelling over the fact that they had kept their- balance in the cliff-hanger of the season, something was happening. All over Southern Ontario, people were asking the question: 'what are they feeding those kids?" They must have been collecting the Wheaties boxtops for next season in Toronto after the South Huron Midget girls overcame injury and illness to place third at OFSAA on Saturday. That's number three out of a grand total of 650 schools. Kim Van Dongen turned in the best performance a South Huron - runner has ever recorded at OFSAA, placing 14th. And it was just around that time in Goderich that Matt William- son dove on a loose ball in Goderich's end -zone to become an ins - _cant hero. MtWrzklOW There's a story. Williamson saw limited action on the field with the Junior Panther's this season, and then when he was given a chance in the big game, he came up like.a champion. Don't be surprised if the Canadian Olympic committee drops in Sports Spotlight bx "%lark Itis,et .if .4141804 to test the water in the South Huron fountains. . There was no shortage of heart on the other side of Southwestern Ontario either. Half way up Hamilton Mountain, Lisa Ellerington was helping her field hockey team mates through a semi-final game at OFSAA. She played the entire game with a broken wrist j. -- an accomplishment in itself. But she didn't leave it at that. She also scored South Huron's only goal. Panther's field hockey team actually lost their last two games on that beautiful Saturday, both by a score of 2-1, but I don't think that means very much -- those were the only losses they suffered all season. Beside that, as the girls' coach Jim Workman cheerfully noted, being fourth in the entire province is nothing to be gloomy about. Somebody's mother called me Monday morning to make sure I had plans to congratulate Workman for the job he did with the field hockey team. I do congratulate him, and I'll extend that to Ron Bogart, and Dave Cox, Senior and Junior football coaches respectively, and to Joe Fulop, who guided the cross-country team through their season. . - Someone must have wished them all a good weekend. Congratulations to the kids who wear the Panther colours as well. This week, if you see a South Huron athlete' on the street, shake hands with them -- you might win a lottery. Waxers split a pair of games after dropping 3.1 decision Exeter Novice Waxers split a pair goal of the night, unassisted. of Shamrock league games on the Goderich narrowed the gap when weekend, downing Goderich 5-2 and Mark Johnson scored late in the se - losing to Ilderton 3-1. cond but with 1:44 remaining, Rob Lynn found the mark, unassisted, restoring Exeter's two goal lead. Lynn scored the only goal of the third after Dave Farquhar set him up at 11.26. Jason Lindenfield turned in a good performance in goal when called upon. Merton' :1 - Waxers 1 . Waxers travelled to Ilderton Sun- day where, despite taking the lead early in the first, they lost the game In Saturday's match against Goderich, Exeter's -Chad Gilfillan started the scoring just 30 seconds in- to the game after he was set up by defencemen Jeff MacLean. Ryan Beckett gave Waxers a two goal lead when he scored unassisted after three minutes of play. Goderich was unable to answer un- til Craig Corriveau scored with 2:30 remaining in the first. With four seconds left in the period, MacLean pumped in- Exeter's third Lynn scored from Farquhar and Bryce Hann after 5:52 of play in the first, but Ilderton evened the score when Andy. Marshall scored unassisted. Less than two minutes into the se- cond period, Ilderton got a leg up on Exeter when Dean Dobinson scored from Marshall and Scott Lemmer. Waxers fought itout throughout the second and most of the third and it looked as though a victory was still within reach until Scott Watterton pumped in an insurance goal with 1:24 remaining in the game. Waxers now have a record of four wins, four losses and two ties. - ONE WAY OUT - Mike Hirtzel propells himself out of the corner during Lucan's game with Belmont Wednesday night. The Irish trailed 4-3 until the last two minutes of play in the final period when they managed to tic the game 4-4. Irish cover all the bases Lucan Irish did a little bit of everything in Western Junior D action this week. Theymanaged a 4-4 tie. against Belmont Wednesday night, lost to Thamesford 6-2 Friday night and then won 8-4 in Seaforth Sunday. Irish fell behind 4-2 Wednesday night in a close match -up with Bel- mont, but recovered in- the final minutes of play to tie the game. "In the second period we let down a few times and our power play wasn't very effective— inconsistent that was the problem," Dave Rev- ington, Lucan's head coach said after the game. Revington said the team is beginn- ing to balance out. It is no longer disastrous when one or two key players are missing. "We're just having to use some of our younger guys," he said. " Each game they learn something, each practice they pick something ftp I hope. They can't expect to jump right into the line-up and be world beaters." Belmont took the lead just 53 seconds into the first period Wednes- day but Lucan soon tied the game on the strength of a goal by Pat Kennedy from Joe Febrey. Belmont re -took the lead, however at 13:05 of the first during a power play and then increased it with two goals in the second. Lucan stayed close with a short handed goal by Glen Marshall at 12:14 of the second. In the third period, Darren Neil found the mark after just two minutes of play, breathing new life into the Irish. Todd Hayter drew the assist on the play. At 18:12, Jamie Greig beat the Bel- mont goalie, delivering the tie. A tough Thamesford team out -shot Lucan 34-21 Friday night in a game that was scoreless until the second period. Thamesford managed three goals in the second and three more in the third, over -powering Lucan. Both Irish goals were scored during power plays. Ian Craig picked up a pass from Brad Muir to score at 14:39 of the second. In the third, Muir con- nected with Greig to score Lucan's se- cond goal. Lucan 8 - Seaforth 4 The tables turned Sunday when the Irish travelled to Seaforth. • Paull Barnes and Marshall both not- ched two goal nights in the effort. Lucan got off to a slow start, fall- ing behind 3-2. Irish were able to capitalize on two power play oppor- tunities when Marshall and Scott Denomy scored in the first. The puck started to co-operate in the second for Lucan and soon goals by Darren Neil, Barnes and Dave Smith put the Irish in a 5-3 lead. Barnes, Marshall and Muir scored in the third to cement the victory. Lucan out -shot Seaforth 56-29. Ringette teams run into competition Exeter Tweens ran into some trou- ble when they came up against a tough Seaforth team Saturday, losing 9-1. Exeter's only goal was scored by Jill Sararas at 13:19 of the second period. The lone assist on the play was awarded to Jodi Soldan. Jill Betties led the Seaforth tiam with four goals and one assist while Tracy Fortune accumulated a hat trick in the effort. Jodie Hugill scored twice for Seaforth. Exeter Petite Ringette team played host to the Mitchell Petites Saturday and came out on the short end of the stick, losing 8-5. As in their first exhibition game against Mitchell, the girls were out- Lingard line leads Midgets Led by the line of Jeff Kints, Steve Lingard and Jim Dickens which turned in an eight point per- formance, Exeter Generals walk- ed over Belmont 10-3 Wednesday night in a Midget Shamrock League game. Generals took a 3-1 lead in the first and increased it with two goals in the second and five in the third. Belmont managed one in the second and one in the third. Kints put the machine in motion in the first period after he picked up a pass from Linkard to score. Doug Clark also drew an assist on the play. Jeff Chipchase potted Exeter's second goal from Rob McKnight and Shawn Moore. McKnight then chalked up his second point of the night with a goal from Moore, giving Exeter a 3-1 lead. in the second period, Lingard scored from Dickens and then Rob Taylor set up Moore for Generals' fifth goal of the game. Leading 5-2 heading into the third, Exeter was spurred into a scoring frenzy after Larry Lewis scored unassisted. McKnight followed with a goal he scored after connecting with Moore and Chipchase. Lingard scored his second of the night from Dickens and,Clark and then it was Dickens' turn. He pick, - ed up a short pass from Kints and found the mark, making it 9-3 for Generals. Chipchase put in the final marker of the game, scoring on a pass from McKnight. Goalie Doug Kells put on an ex- cellent show in net for Generals. McKnight and Moore led the team in scoring with four points each while Lingard contributed some good penalty killing and' Chipchase stood fast on defence. Generals now have a league record of four wins, three losses and no ties. 1 muscled by the Mitchell squad. Janice Sanders led Exeter in scor- ing with two goals and two assists. Carrie Simpson followed close with two goals and one assist. , Suzanne Steciuk scored on a blue line shot. Assisting on the goals were Sonya Lawrence and Andrea Urlin. Exeter Petites play in Hensall at 5:30 Saturday November 14. FINAL APPEARANCE - Lucan Irish goalie Paul Woolford makes a dramatic save during a game against Belmont Wednesday night. It was one of the last saves he would make for the team. Woolford has been picked up by London Junior B Diamonds, making Wednesday night' s game his final match with the Irish. Paul Woolford to sign with Diamonds Lucan Irish have lost one of their key players to London Diamonds. Paul Woolford, a second year goaltender for the Irish was picked up by the Junior B club this week. He played his last game with Lucan Wednesday nicht. "Paul was out with the team (Diamonds) at the first of the year and he was their last cut," said Jim Hern, manager of the Irish. "Our feel- ings are, if the boy can play Junior 13, then we have to let him go." "He still has the opportunity to come back if he doesn't like it there, but I'm not banking on that." Goaltender Brian Gregory will take Atoms downed twice Exeter Atoms lost a pair of games in exhibition and Shamrock action this Week. Atoms dropped a 3-1 deci- sion to Goderich' Saturday in Shamrock play and then suffered a 4-1 loss against Seaforth in an exhibition match. Exeter took a 1-0 lead in the first period Saturday when Sean McCann scored on a pass from Steve Stire. That was to Exeter's only goal of the game. Goderich took control with two goals in the seconds and one in the third to clinch the win. Sunday, Exeter fell behind by two goals in the first period and was unable to recover. Seaforth went ahead with goals at 6:58 and'5:15. With just 1:47 remaining in the first, Steve Cook scored for Exeter, keep- ing the game close. Glen Hines and Matt Godbolt drew assists on the play. Exeter shuffleboard action The Exeter Suffleboard club held Mildred Thomson who managed a three different matches on the 225. weekend. In a five game series, Louis Weigand scored 203 to take high score. R. Long followed with 190 while Bernice Long rounded out the top three with 180. Verda Lightfoot led the pack in four games Wednesday, scoing 312 to edge out Olive Essery who turned in 305. Edna Caldwell completed the top three numbers with 304. in three games of action, Eldon I leywood scored 319leading Gertrude. Ilamilton who turned in 230 and over between the pipes for Woolford. Gregory, a native of Ilderton, has no Junior D experience but played for Medway last year in the popular Lon- don hieh school league. Doug Haskett, the other half of the successful goaltending staff which guided Lucan to the OHA champion- ship last season, will remain with the team. Of Lucan's loss, Hern said it wasn't unexpected. "I was surprised Paul didn't make Junior 13 at the start of the year." Thursday, Muriel Marshall cap- i tured high score in six games with 457 points. Steve Krapchak aollowed with 437 and Verda Lightfoot closed out the top three with 303. in five games of shuffleboard ac- tion, Phil Hern scored a whopping 500 to beat put Albert Hummel with 460' and Olive Essery with 420. Laverne Stone chalked up 280 points 10 come out on top of a four game series Thursday. Delmar Skinner followed with 280 and Mahlon Ryckman managed 138. My Attitude will Impress you Ron Rader HURON MOTOR PRODUCTS LTD. Exeter, Ontario NOM iSO Telephone (519) 235.0363 NOTICE fU1 TOWN OF EXETER TO DISCUSS MUNICIPAL HOUSING STATEMENT TIME: THURSDAY. 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