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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-12-30, Page 14Page 2A Times -Advocate, December 30, 1987 i Sports Spotlight b.% Alai.]: Bisset January hockey should melt the ice From my vantage point in the bleachers, it looks as if there's a lot of hockey coming our way in January. There's the World Junior ice hockey tournament which seems to be demanding attention this year the way the six o'clock news does after a terrible down- hill skiing accident. And even though they, know they shouldn't, Toronto fans are watching the NHL's' very own blue mould grow all over Maple Leaf Gardens. Here at home . we've got the Exeter Mohawks and the Junior Hawks steaming through their respective divisions in a fashion that calls to mind that horrific helicopter scene in Apocalypse Now where -the flying machines sweep down on innocent villag- ers, blaring the Valkyrie from loud speakers and spewing na- palm. Exeter Hawks are going to be setting the ice on fire in a coupte of special events over the next two weeks. January 2, Hawks will be facing off against Lucan Irish during Lucan Minor Hock- ey night. The fcilowing weekend (Jan. 8,9,10) comes the big Junior D event of the season =, the 1 lth annual Hawks tournament. Actu- ally, to call it the big Junior D event of the -season is mislead- ing. Hawks had trouble attract- ing the interest of many of their Junior D counter -parts this sea- son (likely due to the singed _ feeling they get every time they play ExetFr) so they have turned the tourney into a combined Jun- ior 0.- Junior D event. Lucan, Tavistock and Exeter will make up the .D part of the tourney while C teams from Grand Valley, Port Elgin and Caledon provide the balance. The six teams will split up into their individual divisions and play a round robin series to decide a C ,and D winner. The first place finishers in each divi- sion will meet in a grand cham- pionship while the second place finishers will play a consolation -final. The consolation final will be- gin Sunday at 5 p.m. with the grand championship final to fol- low at 7:30 p.m. All games will be played at the South Huron Rcc Centre. Hardy. Cup notes The four Ontario finalists have been established in the bid for the Hardy Cup this season. Ex- eter Mohawks have, of course, clinched the Central Senior B di- vision. In the North, the North- ern Senior B representative will be Shelbourne Muskies while the Southern Senior A league will be represented by Tillson- burg Maroons. The Seaway Senior B league will have Mooretown Comets as its representative, A detailed schedule is expected to be released next week. • Holiday Hoopla I have a pair of nephews on the west coast who have what could .be described as a warped sense of humour. For Christmas this/year they sent me a little` brass basketball hoop complete with back -board and net, which is meant to attach to a waste- paper basket. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure how to take it. They have been known to laugh at me because I continue to believe in the Toronto Maple Leafs the way Linus believes in , the Great Pumpkin. One year for Christmas, they sent me and my parents matching paper bags with blue maple leafs on them. They had eye holes cut out so that we could wear them on our heads. Funny. The basketball gear suspi- ciously calls to mind the heart- rending suspension of Borje Salming and a couple of cronies who let a little hoop -shooting get out of hand in a hotel room earlier this year. But there may be another ele- ment to this. After I put the hoop up over my waste -paper basket, I balled up a couple of pieces of paper on my desk and shot a few. That's when it hit me -- might they be trying to re -direct some of the stuff that comes out of my typewriter? Exeter, Hensall shuffleboard Ray Cottle captured top position in six games of Exeter shuffleboard action Wednesday, scoring 493 to edge out Albert Hummel who turned in a 452. Howard Johns placed third with 401. In five games, Louis Weigand scored 386 to hold onto first place. Weigand was followed by Verda Lightfoot with 375. In third spot was Lloyd Lovell with 280. In four games Wednesday, Mcine Eizenga placed first with 360. Pearl McKnight followed with 327 and the third position was filled by La- verne Stone. Thursday, Olive Essery scored 538 in six games to lead the pack. She was followed by Ross Richard- son with 531 and Lloyd Lovell with 513. Harold Davis took first place in five games with 439 to beat out. Walter Davis who turned -tin a 403. Ray Cottle scored 287 to clinch third position. Hensalt shuttleboard action. She was followed by Emma Campbell with 302 and Margaret Mol with 275. In the men's division, high score went to John Pepper with 310. Bruce Watson and Percy Campbell tied for second spot with 303 each. Bombers lose Exeter Optimist Bombers were de- feated 3-1 by Strathroy B's Decem- ber 19 afte snatching a 1-0 lead in the first period: Geoffrey Maver scored Exeter's only goal after he picked.up a pass from Mark Parsons at 9:29 of the first. Neither teams was able to score in the second and Bombers clung to their single goal lead until the third period when goals by Ken Joris (2) and Scott Beyoan gave Strathroy the win. Hensall shuffleboard Bombers stand with a record of Eileen Dawson captured ladies seven wins, four losses and one tic high score Tuesday (Dec. 22) in in the Lambton-Middlesex league. iN.► -- gree.. EYE ON THE BALL - Rob Blloski watches from a crowd of Norwell players as the ball goes through the bhoop during a recent SHDHS senior basketball game. Legionnaires win "B" consolation final in Lambeth tourney After being edged out of the A di- vision of the Lambton Bantam tour- ney in a 5-4 overtime loss to Mount Brydges, Exeter Legion- naires bounced back, beating Drum - bo 11-3 and then clinching the B championship with a 5-1 win over Tavistock Wednesday. Harlen Tinney was named most ' valuable player of the B final. Tin- ney led the top three point gatherers with -six. He was followed by Ryan ° Good with five points. Tim Van Dam, Jason Hern, David Schwindt and Jamie Bedard each accumulated four points. In the B final, Tavistock took the lead with 3:34 remaining in the fust whenr Tim Van Dyke scored. A goal by Al Blommaert 1:34 lat- er tied the game. Blommaert was as- sisted by Tinney and Jeremy Ma- son. With 11 seconds showing on the clock in the first, David Schwindt put Exeter in the driver's -seat with a goal. Tinney drew the only assist. Legionnaires added two goals to their lead in the second. Mark Bur- ton connected with Jeremy Mason mid -way through the second to make it 3-1. Good scored from Van Dam and Steve Dubarry with 2:33 left to play in the period, giving Exeter some insurance. Tinney added the only goal of the third after he connected with Burton. Jason Clark turned in an outstand- ing performance in net for Legion- naires. Tough loss Legionnaires were forced out of the A division of the Lambeth tour- ney Monday after a tough battle with Mount Brydges. Exeter fell behind 1-0 in the first, but the second period took on a dif- ferent shape. Answering two additional goals by Mount Brydges, Exeter tied the game at three aside. Jason Hern started the Legionnaire onslaught with a goal after connect- ing with Schwindt. 1 1 THE THRILL OF VICTORY Anne Marie Cook expresses her pleasure after her team scores a point during the student -teacher volleyball game at Precious Blood Catholic school. Two minutes later, Bedard put the puck in the net from Dave Dalrym- ple. Schwindt followed with Exet- er's third goal with 7:10 remaining in the second. Hem and Tinney drew the assists on Schwindt's goal. Trailing 4-3 in the third, Tinney became the hero of the game, scor- ing the tying goal unassisted with just 1:51 left to play. That goal sent the two teams into overtime, but Mount Brydges emerged the vic- tor. Legionnaires got back on their feet with an 11-3 win over Drumbo, Princeton Monday afternoon. Exeter took a 2-1.tead in -the first period and,jtten blew the game open with seven unanswered markers in the second. B rton scored Exeter's opening goal rom Dubarry and Yan Dam. With :45 left in the period, Good coal toed with. Van Dam and Du- barry to give Legionnaires the ad- vantage. Bedard got a start on his hat trick early in the second when he scored unassisted after two minutes of play. Jeremy Mason followed Bedard's example with a goal two minutes later. Good drew the only assist. Sixteen seconds after Mason sunk the puck into the net, Bedard repeat- ed the performance. Todd McCann and Good assisted on the play. Goals followed from McCann, Hem, Blommaert and Dubarry who scored with 17 seconds of the sec- ond period le11. Drumbo-Princeton was unable to 'respond. In the third, Hern Scored from Tinny and Schwindt to give Exeter 10 goals. Bedard popped the puck in the net from Blommaert with six seconds to go in the game. Drumbo managed two goals in the third. Clarke was in net for the win. Van Dam accumulated four assists over the course of the game. Bullets-Hensall battle turns into scoring frenzy two teams continued to pummel each other's n-ets, Dennis Mount an- swered McBride's goal with his sec- ond of the game and then Beckett made up the difference- 15 seconds later with his third goal. Dalrymple 'and Stephens each scored .for Hensall to increase the widening gap. Beckett put another puck in .the net with 4:02 remaining in the sec- ond from Greg Agnew, but Hensall was not finished -with them. Dalrymple scored from Gardner and Dennis Mount with 3:15 left in .the middle stanza* Dalrymple and Gould sparked the scoring in thethird but Beckett and Parsons quickly. matched ' those markers with goals of their own with assists going to Jamie RQJph and Jason Wein. Two more goals by Stephens and singles by Kevin Mount and Gard- ner scaled Exeter's fate, but with - one minute remaining, Agnew dumped in a shot from Beckett to score. The final score of the game was 15-8. Five goals by Exeter's Derek Beckett weren't enough to give Ex- eter Big V"Bullcts a win over Hen- sall -- they were matched by five from Hensall Peewees' David Ste- phens and then bettered with four goals by Greg Dalrymple, sending Bullets into a 15-8 nose-dive Mon- day (Dec. 21). The second period alone saw a combination of 12 goals. Hensall took 02-0 lead in the first period on goals. by St.phens with assists going to Derck Campbell, Brian Gardner and Mark Dietz but two unassisted goals by Beckett ear- ly in the second evened the score. Hensall quickly retaliated with three goals pumped in all within one minute. Kevin Mount started the action at 3:54 when he put the - puck in the net from the stick of Campbell. Dalrymple followed with a goal 14 seconds later from Dietz and then 21 seconds after that Den- nis Mount scored from Dietz. A goal by Jason McBride from Scott Parsons and Brad Thompson made the score 5-3 in favour of Hensall. Locked into a scoring frenzy, the Zurich bowlers do well in 0 V qualifying rounds The last round of the Bluewater Zone was bowled on December 13, 1987. Five games were rolled in Molesworth and Listowel. The top nine ladies are: Shirley Schmidt - Goderich (4497), Gayle Richardson - Mitchell (4484), June Fisher - Zurich (4482), Sandra Dickert - Zurich (4482), Karen Pounder - Clinton (4475), Doris Matheson - Molesworth (4065), Lynn Pratt - Mount Forest (4163), Nancy Conley - Molesworth (4144), Leslie Matheson - Moles- worth (4065). The top ten men were: Walter Roth - Mount Forest (5180) Murray Benneweis - Seaforth (4937), 011ie Edwards -Zurich (4826), Dale Tay- lor - Molesworth (4821), George Sweeney - Clinton (4719), Bob At- kinson - Clinton (4709), Art Burt - Godeiich (4646), Dennis Schmidt - Goderich (4622), Norm Wilding Mitchell (4612), Ernie Webb - Mount Forest (4598). The top six men will form the men's team and the top six ladies will form the ladies team. The bot- tom four men and three ladies will form the mixed team. The regional round will -take place on January 16 and 17, 1988 in Guelph. The top three ladies and men Shir- ley Schmidt (Godcrich), Gayle Richardson (Mitchell), June Fisher (Zurich), Walter Roth (Mount For- est), Murray Benneweis (Seaforth) and 011ie Edwards (Zurich) have earned the right to bowl in the All - Ontario Singles Championships which takes place on April 1 and 2 in Hamilton, Ontario. Good Luck to our Blucwatcr Sale Prices start January 4/88 to January 13/88 • teams in January. Sunday Melnick Res. - Martin Tycrs 537, Sam Mohammed 499, Stan Briggs 495, Tom Brodie 465. H.S.-Martin Tycrs 213. H.S.-Tom Brodie 206. Tuesday C.A.P. Group - David Fox 117, Jeff Dekort 117, Rick McCann 100, Gladys Ruston 95, Max Elliot 132. H. Coach -Donna Jones 194 Tuesday Nite Mens League - Viceroy Homes - Ron Dann 623-12 1/2, Rockets - Bill Coleman 661- 24, Family Affair - 011ie Edwards 6-16, Tcatottler's - Wayne Schilbe 619-23 1/2, New Comers - Doug Smith Sr. 622-6 1/2, Dashound's Too - Eugene Guenther 563-6, General Coach - Jim Zimmerman 598-17.1/2, Klondyke - Tom Smits 744-26. Draftsmen - Alex Osgood 528-4, Pin Rockers - Mark Schep- ers 615-14. Wednesday Nite Ladies League - Smorgasbords - Peg Hunter-Duvar 605-7, Golden Girls - Cheryl Latta - 560 -2, Gee Bees - Jean Dann 619-7, Different Strokes - Corrie. Relouw 574-0, Barjars - Marj Robcrts.616- 5, Try Hards - Pat Redman 576-0, Thursday Grand Cove Estates - Ron Seaman 446, Ralph Marshall 473, Kay Allen 485, Dan Dressel -770 (Good Bowling!), Sally Foster 569, Frank Allen 572, H.S. - Sally Foster 230, H.S. - Dan Dressel 265. • Thursday Golden Age Seniors - High doubles - Ed Strachan 269, Nora Heard 380, Gladys Talbot 250, Louise Ivanchenko 254, Barb Stra- chan 228, Lyda Gandier 225, H.S. 0 114 .1 I 1 UPTO • OFF ON SELECTED ITEMS . many more in-store specie's! Watch for listings in next weeks paper Exeter Di rig o. ,_o Exeter 235-2081 4 blocks west of the Fire Hall