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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-11-15, Page 15• 1 1 S.e111t In the classifieds Call 235-2331 r OMPARE TETE RAZE' 1/4'/6 Guaranteed Investment Certificates Main St., Exeter 235-1060 OU S TRUST •TANDARD Since 1873 Wednesday, November 15, 1989 Second Section • Sr. Panthers win fourth straight football crown By Michelle Ellison EXETER - On Saturday, South Huron District High School's Sen- ior football Panthers claimed the Huron -Perth championship on home turf for the fourth consecutive year by defeating the Goderich Vi- kings 20-2. Although South Huron made the game tougher on themselves by having five fumbles and two passes interrupted, they still managed to overcome their opponents and take the victory. "Defence kept us there," said coach Ron Bogart. "We came up with the big plays when they were needed," he added. • South• Huron's first good oppor- tunity came .early in the first quar- ter when they attempted to pass off a weep play but Rob Wonnacott's pass was under thrown and inter- cefted by the Viking. defence. Later i the quarter Goderich punted into t e Panther end zone, Wonnacott ttempted to return, came out but as forced back again and tackled to give up two-point safety , put- ting the Vikings on the score board. - • Following Chris Haugh's kick off from the SH 35 -yard line, Brent McDonald intercepted a Goderich pass and returned 20 yards, ending • the first quarter. Eventually short rushes by An- drew Thompson, Dan Weigand and Wonnacott moved the ball up the field. Jeff Denotter put the Pan- thers on the scoreboard on a 14 - yard touchdown run and Haugh converted. Den Otter fumbled on two of Goderich's punts and the Vikings were out to mid -field. A short kick on Goderich's next punt put SH in good field position and although Den Otter fumbled on the first play, McDonald made his second interception and returned 23 yards. Den Otter, Thompson and Won- nacott eventually fnoved the ball and on the last play before half time Harlen Tinney found O'Connor in the end zone for a 25 - yard touchdown and Haugh con- verted to give SH a 14-2 lead. Early in the third quarter, Den Otter made a 52 yard sweep and Weigand moved five more yards to the one yard line but Thompson fumbled and SH lost the ball. . The Panther offence took off in Juniors shut out in championship By Michelle -Ellison GODERICH - South Huron Dis- trict High School's junior football team went up against the Goderich Vikings on Saturday for the Huron - Perth Championship game but they returned home,with an 18-0 loss. "I was very pleased with the way. we played," said coach Dave Cox. 1 -le was, however, concerned with the high winds. "In order to win the game, we needed to pass the ball more. The wind made it difficult." The physically bigger Goderich team seemed to play a style of "power" football which was better. suited to the windy day. The Viking's first touchdown came in the second quarter on a short run. A reverse 12 -yard run in the third quarter brought the second touchdown and the game should have been left there with a 12-0 count but SH fumbled the ball deep in their end and the Vikings scored another touchdown to leave SH • shutout with an 18-0 defeat. The Panthers had some good op- portunities, one being on the 10 - yard line in the first halt" of the game but time ran out in the half. - Jason McNeil was SH's main ball carrier and played very well. John Paul Maurer played all over the field, including quarterback and per- formed very well also. _ The Panther defense put forth an excellent effort stopping their oppo- nents on a couple of rushes up the field. Dan Masse and Josh Masse came through on defence and played very well for the Panthers. Although the Panthers were de- feated by a much more physical team they played well and should be proud of their performance in league play which allowed them to be eli- gible contenders for the HP champi- onship. Defence helping Hawks win EXETER - At the start of the Western Junior D Hockey League season, Exeter Hawk coach Jack Nairn had a goal for his team, to keep the goals against at three or below for the entire season. In their last four games the Hawks have allowed only nine goals scored on them and have won all four times including a 3-2 come -from -behind win over the Wellesley Applejacks Friday night at the South Huron Rec Centre. On October 20, the Hawks lost 5-2 at home to the Mitchell Hawks and since then have turned in one of the stingiest defensive perfor- mances in the league to run their winning streak to four games. Since then they beat Mitchell in Mitchell 5-3, downed Tavistock 3- 1 and beat Seaforth 8-3 in Sea - forth, before winning Friday night to run their record to 7-3. The Hawks have also had some key injuries during that stretch as well. Derck Shackleton is expect- ed to be out of action for about an- other month after receiving a brok- en hand and finger after being slashed in the loss to Mitchell. Last Sunday, November 5, cap- tain Jim Dickins collapsed at the team bench after being hit and suf- fered a ruptured spleen. Dickins was taken to Scaforth Hospital and later transferred to Stratford Gener- al, where he had his spleen re- moved later that day. Dickins is,ex- pected to be released from hospital, but will likely miss the remainder of the season.. Goaltendcr Todd Campbell missed Friday night's game with a bruised left hand and Clint McCann played in. Campbell's absence. Campbell is expected back in the lineup soon. The Hawks fell behind early against Wellesley when the Apple- jacks scored on McCann, at 15:01 of the first, when Nick Banbury slipped one behind him. Novice Bombers still unbeaten MT. BRYDGES '- The Exeter Novice Bombers kept their unbeat- en string in tact Saturday in Mt. Brydges where they recorded to 2- 2 tic to improve their Lambton- Middlesex Hockey League record to 3-0-3. Jason Grenier got Exeter on the board with an unassisted tally early - in the first but the home team man- aged to get one before the period was over. Exeter:too, a-2-1 lead on Wayne Cole's goal from Andicw Fritter in the second. Mt. Brydges pulled off the tying goal late in the third frame. Ryan Sullivan played well in goal to keep Exeter in the game. It stayed that way until the 6:22 mark of the second period, when Wellesley scored a power -play tal- ly, with Brian Gerber doing the damage. But the Hawks power -play, which made• the difference in the game, went to work before the sec- ond was ovc . At 14:46 of the sec- ond, Jean-Paul Cousineau scored from Jamie Tomes and Bryan Quinn. The Hawks were outshot 8- 2 in the second period but one of those shots found the mark. The Hawk power -play struck again at 4:02 of the third when Doug Clark scored to tie the game from Jeff Chipchase and Cousi- neau. - David Dalrymple's power -play marker from Harlon Tinney and Chipchase at 11:40 proved to be the winner. The Applejacks pulled the goalie in the last minute to try and tie the game but to no avail. Referee Marshall Copp called several penalties in the game. The Hawks were called for 54 minutes in penalties and 64 minutes went to Wellesley. the difference was Copp's call on Wellesley's Todd Coles who on one play got two minutes for hook- ing, two minutes for roughing a five minute major for fighting and two more minutes for being the in- stigator, when he tried to take on Joel Weston, but Weston would have no part of that and dropped down and only received.a two min- ute minor in the altercation. The Hawks scored the winning goal while Coles was serving his major infraction. Double spiked - Chris Chapman, left, and Tom Ralph, of the South Huron Distridt High School Senior Boys Volleyball team both try to spike the ball back at a player from the Listowel Lords during the Huron -Perth Championship Thursday at Stratford Central School. the final quarter as they rushed for 137 yards compared to the Vikings mere three yards. Wonnacott went over from the eight -yard line to give the Panthers the 20-2 win. After Haugh's kick off Goderich fumbled, Graham Arthur recovered and Wonnacott gained 15 yard but fumbled. An interception by Justin O'Rourke started SH moving the ball well again but the game ended with SH celebrating the 20-2 vic- tory. , The Panther defence was definite- ly in the game causing a fumble and making three interceptions. Doug Clark led the Panthers -with 17 key tackles. Glen McBeath made 15, Mark Burton 14, Norm Atkins 13 and Steve Heywood and Laurie Chalmers made 11. Unfortunately this would be the last HP football game played as the conference could fold, but at least the Panthers can be proud to know they made history for SH by taking the title for the final four years. Taken down - Rob Wonnacott, (32), of the South Huron District High School Senior Boys Football team -gets tackled by Wayne Pellow, of the Goderich Vikings, after making a long run during the Huron -Perth championship game Saturday at South Huron, which the Panthers won. - Volleyball Panthers hosting WOSSA. By Michelle Ellison STRATFORD Last Thursday, South Huron District High School's Junior and Senior boys' volleyball team played in the Huron -Perth fi- nal tournament at Stratford schools. The senior boys placed second be- hind defending provincial champs Stratford Central while the junior boys failed to defend their 1988 ti- tle, placing third. In round-robin play, the senior Panthers defeated Stratford North- western, Stratford St. Michaels and Listowel and took a toss to Strat- ford Central, placing them second. In semi-final play, the locals easi- ly took wins of 15-12 and 15-10 to advance to the finals against the strong Stratford Central team. Despite the loss to Central, SH has now been seeded number one to represent H -P at W.O.S.S.A. "AA" at SH on Saturday. A loss to Scaforth and one to Stratford Central in round-robin play put SH's junior Panthers in second place going into the semifi- nals of their final H -P tournament: After being last year's H -P champs the Panthers were disap- pointed when a determined Strat- ford St. Michael's team put on the pressure in the semi-final round putting them out of the tournament. ,�... —777:-777-17714A45, Celebrations tions cof door per, oto: refreshments, on Nov;;IBtli S Check Meet the staff • Mee Vi k View the out the faci • • 1990 . models ,. io Ali 2. Main Street