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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-02-03, Page 18Page 2A Times -Advocate, February 3, 1988 Sports Spotlight II. %I:u k Bisset Last weekend Superbowl, this weekend Ringette Another Superbowl, another - blockbuster Pepsi commercial. I couldn't help wondering what was what while I hid my head under a pillow in the second quarter of the big game Sunday. There was Doug Williams, writing his name in bold print, letter by letter, in all the NFL post season record books. Play- ing with a hyper -extended knee, throwing for yard after yard, all the time nibbling away at a few "racial barriers. And there was Michael J. Fox selling Dict Pepsi in a commer- cial which must have had a pro- duction budget close to that of the game itself. Cars, financial plans, Diet Coke, Dict Pepsi, Pontiacs and more Pontiacs. It occurred to me that Williams and the -boys are the biggest "wrapper" in the his- tory of television. For many, the commercials were more interesting than the game anyway. After John Elway stepped onto the field, dropped into a shotgun formation and fired at Ricky Nat- ticl, it was all over. That's what 1 said ever so smugly. That's what the announcers said too. No team has ever- recovered from a 7-0 deficit in Superbowl history. That was the first record Wash- ington broke Sunday. And after they broke it, the announcers forgot that Wonder Elway was even on the field. Of course, Elway didn't do much after the first quarter to let the announcers know he was alive. He made interesting faces as pass after pass went awry, but that was, about it. Poor John. He had no idea that the chips were stacked against him from the very beginning. He didn't know that, somewhere, thousands of miles away,-some- little way,-somelittle guy had predicted a Denver wip by two touchdowns and a field goal. He didn't know that I had put the curse on them. Area extravaganza This weekend Exeter and Hen- sall are going to be hosting a• kind of sporting extravaganza of their own. The best part about it is that you can watch three full days of some of the top Ringette action in Qntario and not be sub- jected to a single Diet Pepsi commercial. The Western Regional Provin- cial B Ringette Preliminaries will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the South Huron Rec Centre and the Hensall Arena. Teams from Stratford, Guelph, London, Kitchener, Waterloo and Woolwich will be -sending B teams in Petite, Twecn, Junior, Bell and Deb divisions to battle it out on our ice. 'The champions from each divi- sion will advance to the Provin- cial Championships in Sudbury, April 1. Exeter and Hensall became home for this years tournament after the Stratford Ringette asso- ciation discovered that they couldn't get enough ice time in the Stratford arca. While there are no area teams participating in the tourney, lo- cal player Julia Merrier is a member of the Stratford Juniors. Juniors arc coming into the fi- nals, inals, fresh from a silver medal performance at a recent St. Cath- arines tournament. Play begins Friday night in Hcnsall at 7:30 and runs until 11:30 p.m. Games will resume Saturday morning on both ice surfaces at 8 a.m. and continue until 9 p.m. - Sunday, the finals will be held throughout the day in Hensall. Crunchers tie Forest, ilderto.n An outstanding defensive effort from Garrett Colter, Rob Wagner and Andrew. Hcrn allowed Exeter Atom Crunchers to work to a 2-2 tic against Forest Saturday. After a scoreless first period, the two teams matched goals in the sec- ond, Mike Burton scored for Crunchers after he connected with Willy Partridge. Tied 1-1 at the end of the second, Forest took a 2-1 lead in the third, but Geoff Hann- connected . with Matt Sims and Chris Jongkind to score the tying goal. mse ves in a similar match Sunday when they came up against Ilderton A's and fought to a 1-1 tic. Broncos bumped by Kincardine in championship final Exeter Broncos, defending cham- pions at the Lucan Leprachaun Atom tournament held on the week- end, were squeezed out of a repeat performance when they lost a 1-0 decision to Kincardine Sunday even- ing. The two teams fought through' a scoreless first period and far into the second before Zack Smith of Kin- cardine scored what was to be the winning goal. Exeter continued to hound their opponents into the third, missing several scoring chances by shooting just wide of the net. , Sean McCann signed Exeter's ticket into the C division semi - Again, neither tcam was able to score in the first period. Ilderton took a 1-0 lead in the second when Jeff Rau put the puck in the net on a pass from Jeff Schlegel. It looked as though Ilderton would leave the arena with a win as the game wound down in the third peri- od, but as the final seconds tickcd off the clock, Scott Inson scored from Colter to tie the game. Crunchers goalie Michael Schwindt turned in a fine perfor- mance while thc Exeter defence pla cd a stron _amt for _i •nd time in two days. Partridge, Jongkind, Sims, Jason Keller and Hann kept the Ilderton goalie busy throughout the game. Muir builds six point night for Irish Figuring on all six goals in Lu - can's 6=1win over Brussels Bulls Saturday•night, Brad Muir lcd the Irish with two goals and four as- sists. The two teams fought through a scoreless first period Saturday in Lucan, but Irish took control early in the second. Scott Denomy started the scoring after he picked up a pass from tan Craig and Muir and put the puck in the net at 6:23. Craig was next in line. He scored during a power play at 17:17, from Glen Marshall and Muir. With 1:17 rcmaining in the sec- ond, Muir sunk his first puck of the night. Dcnomy drew the lone as- sist. Lucan crawled all over Brussels in the first minute of the third, scoring twice and obliterating any chances finals Friday night when he turned in a four point game with two goals and two assists. Exeter dumped Woodstock 9-0. Darren Kints was between the pipes for the shut out. Broncos captain Ian Jean put on a good show: as well, scoring once and picking up two assists. Ted I joffman potted two goals in the effort while Chris McDonald, "eve Sure, Trevor Taylor and Mar- ty DeBruyn each -scored singles. Conditions got tougher in Bron- cos' second game of the tourney when they met Port Stanley. and narrowly escaped with a 3-2 win in overtime to qualify for the champi- onship game. Again McCann was a big produc- er for Exeter with three goals. McCann gave Broncos a 1-0 lead in the . first, but Port Stanley emerged from the second period leading 2-1. McCann scored the only goat of the third to send the two teams into overtime and then just 1:0.2 into the extra period, he connected with Tay- - tor to score the winning goal. . Back to Playdowns Broncos now resume round robin playdown action in Lambeth Wed- nesday (7 p.m.), Ridgctown Friday (6:30 p.m.) and Forest: Sunday (4:30 p.m.). ATOM RUSH -- A Lucan Atom makes -an impressive drive toward the Ilderton goal, shooting as he closes in, but Ilderton's net minder is sharp. Teams from all over Southern Ontario participated in the Lucan Leprachaur tourna- ment on the weekend. RSD Panthers - win, lose RSD Panthers and Exeter Opti- mist Bombers turned up the heat in Novice House League January 19 when Panthers defeated Bombers 1- 0 in a game which was scoreless until the third period. Despite the fact that neither team was able to score, the first two per- iods of hockey were fast and furi- ous, featuring end-to-end play. With only 22 seconds remaining in the game, Ryan Fritter picked up a pass from Brian Hayman and shot it past Bombcrs goalie Joey Beirling to win the game. That goal gave Panthers their second win of the season. Luke Sims claimed the shutout for RSD. Both he and Beirling were outstanding in net for their re- spective teams. Panthers found themselves in a •similar situation January 23 when . they played Lucan A's through al- most three periods of scoreiess hockey. This time, however, RSD were on the low side of the score. Just 49 seconds were showing on the clock when- Lucan's Corey Smith picked up a clearing pass, skated in and shot. Todd Golding, standing at the side of the net unno- of a Bulls comeback. Muir waited just 33 seconds be- fore he took advantage of a power play to score. This time Paul Barnes assisted on the play. Barnes waitcd a Mere 23 seconds before following suit, scoring Lu - can's fifth goal of the night. Muir drew an assist along with Joe Fe- brcy. Brussels notched their only goal of the game at 16:18 when Mike Chapman scored while Bulls had a man advantage. At 17:40, Febrey scored a short- handed goal from Muir and Barnes, ending a banner night for the Irish. With six games rcmaining in the Western Junior D regular schedule, Lucan Irish arc nine points behind Belmont Pests in the South. A 7-2 loss to Thcdford Sunday afternoon hampered their drive to catch Pests. Quality Certified Cars and Trucks! �N�e're, Q. Deal �Nhe We Need Trades '86 Olds Delta '88 4 -door, air, cruise $14,995. '87 Camaro V-6, 5 speed, cassette, 30,000 km. $11,500 '79 Chev 1 ton 4 x 4 new 350, 4 speed. duals $7,995. '80 Volare Wagon 318, automatic, air, Western car. $3,795 '87 C-10 Chev 1/2 Ton Scottsdale, low miles $12,799. '85 Olds Regency "Br. 4 -door, loaded, like new $15,995. Mon. 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