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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-04-26, Page 19Five Panthers advance to WOSSA championship By Michelle Ellison • WWGHAM - Five members of South Huron District High School's Senior Badminton team advanced to the Western Ontario (W.O.S.S.A.) tournament after par- ticipating in the Huron -Perth Championships in Wingham on Thursday. Kim Crawford and Chris Camp- bell became the Huron -Perth Mixed .Doubles Champions over Listowel. In the first round of play, the Panthers defeated St. Marys. Their next win was over Listowel "B" and the pair then defeated Madill in the semi-final match. The locals defeat- ed Listowel "A" to become the champions and advance to W.O.S.S.A. this Saturday in Sar- nia. In Girls' Doubles, Christine Rose Molting Hawks do well in Florida DAYTONA BEACH - The Exeter Molting Hawks travelled to Dayto- na Beach last week to participate in •the Canadian Oldtimers Hockey As- sociation World Cup. They opened up the tourney on Sunday with, a 4-3 win over the Winnipeg Olden Boys. Bob "Lips"Jones got Exeter's first goal from Bob McDonald and Peter McFalls. Winnipeg tied it and went ahead 2-1 before Ernie Ahrens notched two power play goals with assists going to Scott Burton with two and Jim Pfaff and Jack Chipchase gct- ling single assists. Peter McFalls then notched the winner with Bob McDonald setting it up. Glen Stire was strong. in goal. Game two saw Exeter beat Ot- tawa 6-1 with Peter McFalls scor- ing twc?goals and Scott Burton, Er • - nie Yirens, Brian Hodgins and Bob McDonald adding singles. Bob Jones, Ernie Ahrens, Jack Chip - chase and Bob McDonald each had two assists, while Brian Hodgins and Scott Burton added single as- sists. Game three saw them lost to New Brunswick 4-0. . It was their third game in 21 hours and they had little energy left. The New Brunswick goalie played superb to shut down the Molting Hawks. • This was the end of the round robin and the Molting Hawks ended up in a tic for fourth place with Daytona Sharks who edged them •m out on goal differential. They then played' in the consola- tion final against Winnipeg who they had beaten earlier 4-3. Although they played a strong game, they were beaten 4-2. Scott Burton scored both goals for the Molting Hawks while Brian Hodgins picked up a pair of assists. New Brunswick went on to win the division. • The•Ocean Center was a beautiful facility except that ice conditions were poor and the building was ex- tremely hot for playing hockey.. Having only 11 skaters made it tough to have any energy. The opening welcoming party and the closing banquet Were excellent. The Molting Hawks enjoyed their stay at Daytona Beach. Theonly casualty was Bob Jones who had a lacerated lip from getting hit with a puck. The only other problerrs were a few headaches. 1000 expected for first ever Grand Bend - Salmon Derby GRAND BEND.- One thousand salmon fishermen ar' expected to visit Grand Bend during May 10 to 14 Salmon Derby, hosted by Grand Bend and Arca Chamber of Com- merce. +._�s "shoulder season' business, the C of C co_mmittce arc hopeful that there win be a noticeable. increase in visitors during the Wednesday to Sunday event. Daily _priz,,cswill be _ offered at old -of prtzcs for largest fish, $1,000., $600 second, and S300. third, will be presented at an Awards Recep- tion June 3. Entry tickets, 510 sin- gle, and S25 family, will include a draw, (to be made on June 3 as well), on a 8 HP motor, complete and ready to go. Sponsors for this year are CKTY%Fox FM Sarnia, and Exeter •Glass and Mirror. The 1989 orga- nizers are hoping to attract a Title Sponsor for 1990 by offering a well nin Derby this year. Plans for 1990 have not been an- nounced yet but C of C President, Dave Sheppard says "the success of this years smaller trial run, could mean the beginning of a major an- nual 4-5 day event for fishermen and their families." Entry forms and information are available at the Information booth in Grand Bend, 238-2001, or at a number of outlets around the arca, wherever a poster is displayed. and Michelle Caers defeated Strat- ford Central "B", and Mitchell "B" to advance to the semi-final round of play. Here, the Panthers contin- ued to play well to take another win over Stratford Northwestern to ad- vance to the final match against Listowel "A". Despite a loss against the Blue Devils, the locals will still be attending W.O.S.S.A. on Saturday. Heather Rideout and Laurie For- rester also competed in Girl's Dou- bles for South Huron. In the first round, the pair defeated Mitchell "A". Unfortunately, they came up against the eventual champs, Lis- towel "A", and were knocked out into the other bracket where they were defeated by Listowel "B". In Girl's Singles, Barb Nedza placed third for the Panthers and will also attend W.O.S.S.A. Fol- lowing a victory over Goderich "B", Nedza fell to Central Huron in the second round. In the other bracket, Nedza defeated Mitchell but lost to Listowel "A". This placed her third which qualified her for W.O.S.S.A. due to an injury to the silver medal- ' ist. Brent O'Brien and Chad Miller played Boy's Doubles for the Pan- thers. After receiving a bye in the first round of the tournament, the pair was defeated by Central Huron in the second round. In the other bracket, the boys took a victory over Mitchell "B" but were put out by St. Marys in the next round. Steve Selves and Ron Mosurin- john also competed in Boy's Dou- bles. In the first round of play, the pair met Stratford Central "A". Central took the win putting Selves and Mosurinjohn into the other bracket. Here, the boys took a victory over Goderich "B" but lost to St. Marys "A" in the next round. Devon Shamblaw competed in Boy's Singles for South Huron. Shamblaw received a bye in the first round of the tournament but was de- feated by Stratford Central "A" in the following round. In the other bracket, Shamblaw also ran into trouble, losing to Stratford Central "B" The team had an excellent day and they are looking forward to some good results on Saturday. The Junior Panthers attend the Huron -Perth Championships tomor- row in Wingham. Times -Advocate, April 26, 1989 Page 19 Playoff champs --The Stickers won the playoff championship in the Wednesday YBC at the Lucan Lanes this season and were giv- en a trophy at a banquet there last Wednesday. Left to right, Eri- ca Wilcox, Christine Wilson, Wesley Rollings. ELECTED ARMSTRONG FLOORING in to receive your. 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