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Times-Advocate, 1988-04-06, Page 14Page 2A Times -Advocate, April 6, 1988 n Requiem th \like Soldan ['had some feeling that things would be tight at our- Rec League meeting and hcforc 1 -even arrived at the Rec Centre 1 wal thinking about alternatives. - Six hear. a, o, as [resident of the I :xc ter Vit; n's Rec League we had 15 ta.t1,a11 teams and what a tremendous 1. -ague it was. Any .Nine uu watched was goo,!, exfastball. We used to teal had grown too large and I recall hoping a few teams would drop out. Some of.thc ex- ecutive telt that 12 teams was ideal. I• never thought then that we would face extinction within a -few short years. 1 feel for tie Lague and 1 feel for the Blue Crew as well. Over the ,years, guys have conte and gone hut 1 managed to stay and play with guys" like Don Wallace, Lewis Mitchell of:d 11oyd hpshall. Don and 1 played in the first game of the -Exct. r Rec league in 1972 and have • l n 'there through the thick and titin for 16 years. That first game was played in 1Icnsall a • the old ball diamond. Bob Layc pitched •and Dennis Bier - ling caught. The Blue crew known -as (lord's at the time won the League" Championship with I}oc Campbell as our man- ager-pl;lyer. in 1984 the Crew repeated again - as League Champs and enjoyed many tour- nament wins in Zurich, Seaford'. -and laical": The l3lue Crew became better known for their tournaments held-eVeryJuly at the South Hu- ron Re\ ('entre, !Over the years we had a lot of fun meeting new triends in a tournament situa- tion. In 1987.Pete's Tavern from • Toronto returned from a 1986 runner-irp position to win the • Blue Crew Tournament. . As was our style, nuist• of the tournaillint players ended up in nr'y garage and carried on into I; small hours of the morning. O.ur tournaments were always successful and the four Toronto teams that participated in 1987 all had expressed interest in re- turning this year. Our decision will be a team de- cision about tournaments. We as a team may stay together and play exhibition games and con- tinue to host our tournament or we may join a slo-pitch league. That remains to be seen. In the 16 years .we have seen many highlights. The Exeter Good Times Chiefs put on two of the best baseball bashes ever seen in Exeter. Jim Veri promot- ed these events in a classic man- ner. The old Crescent Rolls team turned over a Florida trip worth S5000 that they had won, to the renovation of diamonds. Several teams contributed money to the projects and to the lighting fund. The Men's Rec League contributed to the porta- • ble fences as well. The league was more than a tenant of the ball park, they con- tributed a.grcat deal and their community spirit was part of their drive for recreation and rec- reation facilities. it seems a shame that that spirit died at the Rec Centre the other night. A lot of things have died at the Rcc Centre. - I hope the South Huron Recre- ation Board can examine even for a brief moment what pro- grammes ;ave become extinct and perhaps try to rationalize why. Why did a recreation league fold anyway? Why does the Ex= eter Men's -Recreational Hockey League play two-thirds of its games and all of its playoffs at Huron Park? Do the merchants in our town care that once 15 teams bought uniforms and equipment and now none do. I think it's a shame. As it Gene- • sis "to every thing there is a sea- .. son" and perhaps fastball has had its season, although there are still guys around who want to play. I've sprained ankles and broken fingers enough, but Lou Gehrig broke all of his fin- gers.] wouldn't mind a few more seasons, if Lou could take it so can I. in the meantime, this is April and hockey starts in six months. • Exeter Shuffleboard - Harold Rowe led the pack in . mixed shuffleboard Wednesday w hen he scored 272 in three games to beat Olive Essery with 251 and Charles llencly with 249. in four games, Harold Davis. stored 389 to claim high score. -]_'earl McKnight took second spot ith 364 while•\Vilma Davis scored • 311 fir third. I IOW and Johns scored a whopping 518 to take first position in five ,:anre, Wednesday. Joe Gosar turned in a 464 to place second while Mar- jorie Hodgert notched 457 for third spot. Laverne Stone followed with 398. Thursday, Lloyd Lovell turned in a 404 in five games of shuffleboard, edging Olga Davis into second with 403. Verda Lightfoot placed third with 358. In six games, Pearl McKnight led with 404. She was followed by ilarokl; Beaver with 346 and Ray Cottle with 341. Coeck, Crawford win tourney The Senior lladnrinton Team was in a tournament at. London Mont - calm Monday. South Huron's girls doubles Ieanr of Erika Cocck and Kim ('raw ford won the tournament over seven Lindon schools. Christine Rose placed fourth in singles. Wednesday. both the Junior -and Senior- teams played in the first round of the Ontario School team -championships in Stratford. Alto- gether, 256 players were entered in Mohawks, Lanark well matched Continued from page l A team they knew virtually nothing about. "It was a game that you feel each other out in, Guenther said Friday night. "It came out the way their column of players would dictate." Despite the -loss, Guenther ex- pressed faith in his team. "Anything can happen in a three game series," Guenther said. "If they're classified as an AA team, we're not a B team, we're an A team." Pikul had the left post of his net to thank for keeping the score with- in reason in the first period Friday night. Lanark rattled two shots off the post, but still managed to build a 4-2 lead. Mohawks drew first blood when Wilkcr scored from Randerson just 4:17 into the first but Lanark soon answered when Brayton capitalized on a power play at 6:17. Brayton went on to score twice more and was later selected as one of the Molson three stars. A goal by Cater at 10:48 gave Flyers the lead. Kris Bedard kept it even with a goal from Jim Roberts and Kalb- fleisch but goals by Pat Delourghy and Brayton gave Lanark the advan- tage going into the second. Brayton became a thorn in Pikul's side just 32 seconds into the middle frame when he scored from Steve McKenny to give Flyers a 5-2 lead. Roberts matched that goal six minutes later after he picked up a pass from Bill Glover. Flyers got goals from Delourghy, Lepensee and Chris McDonald in the third period, putting the game out of reach for Exeter. Al Gates scored from Jeff Shipley and Jeff Warren at 16:28 to give Mohawks their fourth goal. Game two - Mohawks changed the tone of the series in game two when they played three inspired periods and came up with a 4-2 win over the surprised Flyers. Brian Hart, coach of the Lanark squad, said after the loss that his team had simply had an off night. "We got a little sloppy and we didn't play our game. Our game is forechecking -- they (Mohawks) just dumped it (the puck) in all night," Hart said. Neither team was able to score in the first period, but Mohawks dom- -inatcd the play, keeping Lanark hemmed into their own end. When the event. South Huron Seniors defcatcd Tillsonburg and Stratford North- western before losing to Listowel. Erika Cocck and Kim Crawford again won all thcir.matches. The Juniors defcatcd Glencoe but lost the next round. Chris Campbell and Parichard Thepnogirith were South Huron's best Junior! players, winning all their matches, they did break out, Flyers were met by a cool, steady defensive squad anchored by Kraul. Mohawks took the lead early in the second. Kalbfleisch placed the puck neatly on Kevin Konings' stick and then Konings worked his way into the Lanark zone. Konings dropped the puck in the slot and Glover swoopCd in and blasted it past Flyers goalie Jamie Falle. Lanark didn't take long to re- spond, however. McDonald pumped in his first of two goals at 4:10 to tie the game 1-1. Roberts restored Mohawks lead _ with a goal from Kalbfleisch and Glover at 9:03, but once again, McDonald was on the spot to tie things up. He scored less than one minute after Roberts while' Mo- hawks were killing off a penalty. Jeff Shipley gave Exeter the go- ahead goal at 14:41 after Konings fed him the puck, again on a beauti- ful passing play. Wilkcr finished thescoringbefore the period was out when he scored on a play typical of he and his line- mates Randerson and Paul Barton. Fighting through a scoreless third, Lanark pulled Valle in the last minute of the game, providing Mo- hawks with two excellent chances at an open net, but the sco* re- - mained the same. After the loss, Hart said his team would show -up ready for Sunday. "We'll play a much tougher game' tomorrow night," Hart said. "Be prepared for anything." That prediction came true Sunday night. Game Three Kraul with excellent offensive and defensive efforts lcd the Mo- hawks to Sunday's 7-2 win and a two games to one lead in the ser- ies. raul was kept busy throughout thZ game although all of the time was not spent on the ice.- Late in the second period he was clipped by a high stick which cut his mouth and knocked out three teeth. He returned to action early in the third period and continued his fine play to get recognition as the sec- ond star of the game. The Lanark club came out in high gear in the early minutes and good defensive moves by the locals kept them off the score sheet. Exeter goalie Pikul robbed Lepense from in close in the first minute and near three minutes Peter Chiarelli was denied by Pikul. Only moments later McKenney of the eastern team broke in alone OHA Junior D Championship schedule Exeter Hawks vs. Lambeth Lancers Ga.-ne one: Friday, April 8 in Lucan at 8:30 p.m. Game two: Sunday, April 10 in Lambeth at 7:30 p.m. Game three: Fridhy, April 15 in Exeter at 8:30 p.m. Game four: Sunday, April 17 in Lambeth at 8:30 p.m. Game five: (if necessary) Wednesday, April 20 in Exeter at 8:30 p.m. Game six: (if necessary) Friday, April 22 in Lambeth or Saturday, April 23 Game seven: (if necessary) Sunday, April 24 in Exctcr at 7:30 p.m. Town and Country Wednesday Nile Ladies League - S -Linda Webber 655, GG -Gayle Dumigan 649, GB -Karen Humer 626, DS-Tami Jennison 505, Bi - Joyce Hillman 663, TH-Martha McCarthy -561. Thursday Grand Cove Estates - Tcd Day 580, Bert Steenhuis 596, Kay Allen 5.15, Dan Dressel 672 - ILS. 262, Teresa Day 510-H.S. 20.6. Thursday Golden Age Seniors - High doubles - Nora Heard 362, Ed Strackan 310, Ilene Westlake 318, ILS. Nora Heard 184, H.S. Ilene Westlake 172. Thursday Nitc Mixed League - C - Howie Green 610-0, SP -Sheila Brooks 528-2, AT -Frank Palen 709-7, OC-011ie Edwards 813-7, MCG -Scott Darling 515-5. Saturday Ladies Intcrtown Gode- rich Mary Moorc 665-6 1/2, Lucan I -N. Hardy 741-22, Lucan 2-D. Pierce 754-8, Zurich 1 -June Fisher 767-24, Zurich 2 -Joyce Hillman 664-6, Mitchell -Brenda K 646-23 . Saturday Men's Intcrtown - Zu- rich 31 pts. H.Single - Frank Palen 295. H. Five - Frank Palen. 1206. New Hamburg 17 pts. H.S. - Ken Thomas 260, H. Five - Dennis Hohl 1117. Tuesday Grand Cove Estates - Vicki Taylor 600, Bud Rhuebottom 543, Glory Bright 562, Mollie Worton 545, Vickie Taylor 235, June Rhuebottom 223. Tucsday Kite Mens League - VH Ron Crown 611, R Jim Bedard 741, 'FA 011ie Edwards 653, TT Carl Zimmer 677, NC Jim Smith 675, DT Jim Weigand 605, GC Ron Dickcrt 645. No FOR THE A CHAMPIONSHIP -- A Colonial tavern player tries League. Geiser Knoale won the final game, beating the Colonial Tavern I- to clear the puck during the A championship final of the Men's Rec Hockey 3. and Kraul came sliding across to ne- gate a good effort. The Mohawks were outshot 10 to eight in the first period, but made good use of their opportunities. Randerson gave. the Exeter fans their first chance to cheer as he reg- istered from Warren and Barton. Penalties played a part in the next two scores for the Mohawks. With Lanark a man short after goalie Falle received a tripping penalty Wilkcr notched his first of two goals with assists going to Warren and Randerson. John Kernick of the Mohawks was off for cross checking when Kraul's hard drive from the right point accounted for the third Exeter goal, a shorthanded effort. Glover assisted McDonald fired the first Lanark goal at 10.28 as he pounced on a re- bound from a shot from Cater. Chi- arelli also assisted. Another power play produced the fourth score for the Mohawks at 6.02 of the middle frame. Kalb- flcisch was the marksman on passes frpm Wilker and Randcrson with Barry Baynham of Exeter and Tim Oshier and Lepcnsec of Lanark rest- ing in the sin bin. Persistence paid off for the second and final score for Lanark.Chiarelli kept banging away after Pikul made three consecutive stops at10.53. Late in the second, shortly after Kraut's injury, Wilkcr cashed in his Exeter Men's Fastball League Anyone interested in fastball or slow pitch contact Dave Urli.n 235- 1508 by April 11. second goal of the night on passing help from Randerson and Kalb- flcisch at 18.45. In the third period, the Mohawks got goals from the sucks of Rob Mackie and Jim Roberts to com- plete the game scoring., , Referee Rick Singleton handed out a total or 28 penalties. Of these, 16 went to Lanark. Bob Brayton and McDonald of Lanark along with Dale Timmcrmans and Kalbfleisch of the Mohawks were assessed major and game miscon- duct penalties. Exeter Royals Fastball Practice Thursday, . April 7 & 14 at 7:30 p.m. at SI -IRC Weather permitting For further.info call Fred Cook, 235-0831 Dashwood Minor Athletic Association HARDBALL REGISTRATION on April 9, 1988 DASHWOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE 10-2 Squirts $20.00 Tykes 20.00'. PeeWee 20.00 Bantam 20.00 Midgets 25.00 Birth certificates necessary for registration ,COACHES NEEDED This ad sponsored by T. HARRY HOFFMAN & SONS FUNERAL HOME Crediton Baseball Association , Registration for for softball in Crediton Parks Board Room Thurs,., Apri 7 7 -.9 p.m. • Sat., Apri 9 10-12 N.' 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