Times Advocate, 1989-11-08, Page 17Panthers win OFSAA gold
By Michelle Ellison
ST. CATHARINES - History
was made on the weekend when
South Huron District High School
girls' field hockey team became On-•
tario gold medalist in Si Catha-
rines at the Ontario championships
(OFSAA) Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday.
Not only did the Panthers become
the first, team outside of the Toron-
to area to clinch the medal, they be-
came South Huron's first team to
win an OFSAA championship.
With tremendous team spirit, the
girls arrived at Ridley College after
taking second place in their pool,
proceeded to take victories in the
quarter and semi-finals and finally
the championship.
In the team's first game in pool
play, last Thursday, the Panthers
dominated play but it wasn't until
the second half that Tina Campbell
found the net to give the girls their
first, of six victories.
SH's single loss the tournament,
against Grand River of Kitchener,
came in the second game of pool
play.
"his was a case of the one that
got away," said Panther coach Jim
Workman. Campbell scored early in
the game and SH led 1-0 at half
time. Unfortunately, an injury to
co -caption Marcie Ellison seemed
to spur the Grand River team on
and they tied the game at 1-1 short-
ly after Ellison left the field.
According to Workman, his team
showed true. grit and continued to
keep their spirits high.
They rebounded Friday with a 5-0
domination over La Salle, from
Kingston, in their final game of
pool play.
Co -captain Leanne Dietrich
opened scoring by consorting a pen-
alty stroke and scoring another
goal. Campbell netted one and Jean-
ette.Kaak and Sue Anne Soldan also
added one goal each.
The previous loss in pool play
seemed to give the Panthers one ad-
vantage as the second place finish
pitted them against the first ranked
team Agincourt giving them a
chance to knock them out of play
early, as the win determined who
advanced to further play.
"South Huron had dominated play
in the first (half) and continued to
so in the second (half)," commented
Workman.
Campbell's persistence paid off
again as she was the lone goal scor-
er of the game potting one late in
the second half to give the Pan-
thers the 1-0 quarter final win.
South Huron 1
- Lorne Park 0
• In the semi-finals, SH was chal-
lenged by Lorne Park of Missis-
sauga coached by the Canada's
Olympic goalkeeper Sharon Bayes.
Workman said his team played
like champions taking the 1-0 vic-
tory but the win took a bit of
time.
"With good defensive work and
lack of shots on goal, we thwarted
from a win in regulation time."
Two -seven -and -a -half minute
overrttitn�eperiods almost resulted in
scoreles`'; clash but sharpshooter
°Campbell managed some fancy
ball handling before gently dump-
ing the ball into the net to assure
a victory as well as a silver medal.
The team was inspired in their fi-
nal game against Eastwood of
Kitchener by many faithful fans
who travelled to St. Catharines on
Saturday.
The locals rose to the occasion
as they put forth a fantastic display
of skill, determination and team
work. Every loose ball was
pounced on and every opportunity
seized as they overpowered the op-
position by a 3-0 shutout in the
Ontario championship gold -medal
final.
Campbell set a record of scoring
at least one goal in each OFASS
games as the found the net twice
more early in the final game.
Becci Farquhar added another be-
fore half to almost assure the vic-
tory.
The Panthers continued to out-
play Eastwood in the second half
to claim the 3-0 victory.
Tonya Riehl played extremely
well in the net as she recorded five
• shutouts and only allowed two
goals in the six games.
Dietrich amazed everyone as she
maneuvered herself skillfully
around every defensive player she
met on her runs to the net.
The tournament was a glorious
finale for the high school careers of
Dietrich, Ellison, Kaak, Cindy
Moore and Sue Coates.
The team represented SH with
pride and spirit which they held on
to for the entire tournament
A thought passed on from the
tournament's guest speaker Sandra
Levy, a well known Canadian field
hockey player, best describes the
Panther victory. "Destiny is in the
palm of your hand, reach out,
grasp it and hold on tight."
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INGERSOLL - Anytime a hock-
ey club can fire more than 50 shots
at their opposing goalie they usual-
ly have a pretty good shot at win-
ning the. game.
Sunday night against the Inger-
soll B's, the Exeter Mohawks out -
shot the B's 62-21, but it took six
third -periods goals to finally take
control of the game, which they
eventually win 11-3 for their sixth
win without a loss so far this year.
Friday night the Mohawks had
one of their toughest game of the
season but got some good goal-
tending from Rick Pikul and re-
corded a 7-3 win in Dorchester
against the Dolphins.
Sunday night the Mohawks out -
shot the B's 16-7 in the first period,
but Ingersoll got some good goal-
tending from Jack Naguera, (who
was in the Mohawk's training
camp this year but was later re-
leased), but were tied 1-1 after the
first.
The B's actually took a 2-1 lead
on a goal mid -way through the sec-
ond but the Mohawks kept firing at
the B's netminder and later in the
period it finally started paying 'off,
when they scored with 8:09, 7:44,
6:32 and 2:29 Left in the second.
Mohawk veteran Barry Bayn-
ham, who scored only one goal all
of last year, scored twice in the sec-
ond to key the Mohawks' win.
Baynham, who is not noted for
his scoring prowess, said he
couldn't remember the last time he
scored twice in one game.
According to Baynham, the dif-
ference between this year's team
and last year's, which won the pro-
vincial Senior B championship, is
they have a better bench this time
around.
I think we have much better
depth on the team this year than
last. If one line is slumping another
is usually right there to pick up the
slack. The opposition can't key on
just one line as in the past, " said
Baynham.
He added this year's team is also
better conditioned, which he attrib-
utes to new coach Dave Revingtpn.
Baynham has seen Mohawk
teams get off to a fast start before,
but until he can see all the teams in
, the 'league he is reserving judge-
ment on how far this team might
go. _
"We have been playing well so
far this year, but until we get a look
at Aylmer and Dorchester, I can't
really say for sure how good this
team really is. I am sure we will be
there in the end though," he said.
Baynham and Dave Randerson
led the way with two goals each
Sunday night, while Gord Brooks,
Jeff Carr, Paul Barton, Greg Snyd-
er, Jeff Warren and Jeff Shipley tal-
lied once for the Mohawks, who hit
double figures for the fourth time
already this year.
Barton and Randerson had three
assists each, while Joe Scherer, Al
Gates and Wilker had a pair and
singles went to Dale Gibbon, Dale
Timmermans, Ron Elliot, Warren,
Carr and Randy Bailey.
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Sr. Panthers win
Medway tournament
by Michelle Ellison
ARVA - On the weekend South
Huron District High School's Sen-
ior boys' volleyball team claimed
their first tournament championship
in the four years that the team has
been together at Medway High
School.
In pool play, the Panthers came
up against Dorchester, London
Christian Secondary School and
London Central Secondary School.
Against Dorchester, the boys
dropped the first game 15-8 but
came back to take a 158 win. They
easily defeated London Christian 15-
9 and 15-7 and London Central -15-6
and 15-13.
Following pool play, the Pan-
thers were tied with Dorchester for
first place with a record of 5-1.
Points differential determined that
SH received fust place.
In the semi-final match, SH easi-
ly defeated conference rules Listowel
15-2 and 15-4 after dropping the
first game 15-11.
Dorchester defeated Oakridge in
semi-final play and therefore met
the Panthers once again for the final
round.
SH outplayed their opponents in
this meeting, coming away with
scores of 15-7 and 15-3 to become
the proud tournament champions.
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team dribbles down court after grabbing a rebound, while two Stratford Northwestern Huskies' players
try to get in her way, when those teams met at the South Huron gym Friday afternoon. The Huskies won
the contest, 29-25.
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