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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-05-08, Page 18• Page 18 Times -Advocate, May 8, 1991 .SPI?RT Red and black tournament results Championship final Consolation final Central Elgin 3, Petrone 2 (shoot- Sarnia Northern 6, London Mont - out) calm 2 'A' Pool Exeter 1, South London 0 Sarnia Northern 1, Central Elgin 1 Central Elgin 3, Exeter 0 Sarnia Northern 1, LondonSouth 1 Semis Northern 2, Exeter 0 London South 1, Central Elgin 1 'B' Pool Mitchell 1, Medway 0 Petrolia 1, London Montcalm 0 Medway 2, London Montcalm 2 Petrolia 1, Mitchell 1 Petrolia 1, Medway 1 London Montcalm 1, Mitchell 0 - The South Huron District Secondary School Junior badminton, like their senior counterparts, won Huron -Perth championship team title this year. Here are, front, left; Chrissy Mop gan, Mindy Bell, Lynn Workman, Lisa Forrest, Candace Miller. Middle row, left; Fred Godbok, Wayne Robinson, Ryan Stuart, Murray McKay, Brenda Tannahill. Back, left; Cory Gingerich, Sivichay Sengkoun- many, Jamie Ramer. Lots of mold at Huron -Perth By April Lewis WINGHAM - Lisa Forrest of the South Huron District High School won the goldmedal here at the Huron -Perth junior badminton championships on Wednesday. Forrest however was not alone in bringing home gold. In doubles action, the duo of Candace Miller and Chrissy Mor - gain were first and in boys' doubles, Ryan Stuart and Sivichay Sengk- hounmany won the gold. Fred Godbolt was also successful with a bronze medal. On Saturday they competed at the WOSSA fi- nals in Wingham. Senior badminton: The senior badminton team travelled to Saun- ders Secondary School in London on April 27 for WOSSA. Several of the Panthers qualified for this but did not place high enough to advance to the provincial finals. Becky Morgan, gold medalist at the Huron -Perth championships, was fifth and all other South Huron players finished in the top eight. Busy senior girls soccer team beaten at tournaments By April Lewin NAIRN - The South Huron Dis- trict High School sealer girls soc- cer team has been very busy at- ' tending games and tournaments the last couple of weeks. Last Saturday, they travelled to Nairn for a tournament. Although they did not fair well, they faced a . lot of stiff competition and it was chalked up as a learning experi- ence. The first team the locator played was Strathroy and they gave upi the only goal resulting in a 1-0 loss. Against St. Thomas the Pan- thers fell 2-0 and then lost 3-0 to North Park Collegiate. On Tuesday, the Panthers trav- elled to St. Marys for a league match and lost 3-1. Exeter's lone gml was scored by Sharon De - B ruyn on a penalty shot. At home on Thursday, the Pan- thers bat a close 2-1 decision to Listowel. Stacy Rader scored for South Huron. This game was tied 1-1 at the end of regulatidn play but the visitors won in overtime. Another tournament, this time in West Lorne saw the Panthers corn - Senior Panthers ellminated early at own tournament EXETER - It's been a busy schedule for the South Huron Dis- trict High School Panthers senior boys soccer team as they not only continue to compete in the Huron - Perth league, but have played in tournaments the past two week- ends. On Saturday, the Panthers host- ed their own Red and Black Tour- nament, winning the first game 1- 0 against South London before dropping a 3-0 decision to the eventual tournament champions St. Thomas Central Elgin and 2-0 to Sarnia Northern. Central Elgin and Petrolia played to a scoreless game but Central Elgin won 3-2 in the shootout. The previous weekend in Inger- soll, the Panthers had a very suc- cessful outing advancing to the semi-finals where they were beat- en in a shootout. Opening with a 1-0 win against St. Thomas, South Huron then tied Tillsonburg and London Banning and won both in the shootout. The luck ran out in the semi-final con- test as they were beaten in a shoot- out against Woodstock College Av- enue. Panthers tournament: In Exeter on Saturday, the locals just missed advancingto the playoff round as they lost 2-0 to Sarnia Northern. The Sarnia squad went on to win the consolation final 6-3 against London Montcalm in the eight - team event. Following a scoreless first half against Sarnia, Exeter goalie Frank Ihrig and fullback Bill Jennison got tangled up and Sarnia scored on a short kick. • "We let too many balls fall in front of us," said Panthers' coach George McEwan. Midway through the second half, Sarnia was charged with a hand ball in the 18 -foot box giving the Panthers a penalty kick. Exeter's Sisavay Sengkhounmany couldn't connect as he hit the crossbar. "He's been hit and miss all year, he's our shooter," said McEwan of Setgkhounmany. "We try and get him the batt but he doesn't get a handle on it." Sarnia had a good chance to go ahead on their own penalty kick as Ihrig slopped Peter Nasiokos on the original shot and again on the re- bound. But Chris Yorke headed the ball into the net and it was 2-0. Sarnia goalie Steve Sutcliffe made a good save late in the game as he got a hand on a ball shot by Dave Boersma Team talk - Panthers' coach George McEwan talks strategy. Men's fastbaii action Royals off to a good start By Fred Groves Heywood's single. STRATFORD - Although the The Memorials, a midget -aged weather for their first two games team, displayed some good defense has been disappointing, the play of the Exeter Royals has not. Sunday night in a downpour, the Royals won their second rth Men's as they 'tdp 'kokt trio foJMemoci!s 2-0. On Thursday $xeter played host to Millbank in the regular season opener and won 5-1. "We want to get off to a good start, we've got a few new faces," said player -coach Graham Nes- bitt. " Tomorrow night in Exeter, (9 p.m.), the Royals will take on the very tough St. Marys Selects. In their only pre -season game, the Royals beat the Selects 2-0. Nesbitt admitted it would be nice to get a head start on the oth- er teams and wouldn't mind at all if they won the first half dozen games. • "If we go up 5-0 or 6-0 (record), then people are going to be gun- ning for us. That's when we'll find out what we're made of." Against Stratford, the Royals scored both their runs in the first inning of the rain -shortened five inning game. Leadoff batter Kevin Lightfoot reached base on an error and scored when Steve Neil doubled but Neil was tossed out as he tried to stretch his double into a triple. With two out, catcher Brian Noyes singled, moved over when Mike Neil got on base due to an error and Noyes scored on Dan in the second as rightfielder Greg DeBelleva made a running catch on Derwyn Hodgins' fly ball and Stratford third baseman Mike Dunn backhanded a Billy Tremeer line shot. The Royals were just as tough defensively as Noyes gunned down a pair of attempted base stealers. Hodgins went all five innings on the mound and struck out 11. Exeter has got a lot of players on its roster which gives them a .lot of 'We know if the offense isn't there at the start we can put it in," said Nesbitt who has 18 players. "The guys that are swinging the bat, playing defense and show up every night are the guys who are going to be playing." Royals 5, Millbank 1 Gary Cooke struck out 17 batters and Lightfoot had two hits as the Royals won their regular season opener 5-1 against visiting Mill- bank Thursday night. ' The game was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning when Exeter's Steve Neil clubbed a solo homer over the left field fence. De- spite the rainy, cold weather, the Royals kept their offense rolling. Aft illbank hurler Warren Erb be- gan'. t9 tee as Lightf`pntt singled ed moved to Second 'co a,pass and scored all the wayfrom , second on a Mike Neil sacrifice fly to right field. In the seventh, the Royals Rod Johnston beat out a bunt single and scored when leadoff batter Darren Neil launched one to deep centre - field which bounced off of Terry Gerber's glove. Neil made it to third and crossed thepout. Millbank got onewhen Dan Heywoodebbaced top of the eighth when Gerber led off with a triple and scored when Tre- meer pried to throw it home but in- jured his arm and had to be taken out of the game. In the bottom of the same inning, Lightfoot doubled and scored when Mike Neil lined one down the first base line. Dennis Carty replaced Cooke on the mound in the last in- ning wiking out Warren Erb and getting two ers to ground out. Basepaths...Despite having an eye injury, and wearing a patch, Mike Des ardine still showed up Sunday with his uniform on, that's commitment...An interesting sight Sunday to see all three Neil broth- ers, Steve, Darren and Mike play- ing the outfield together. The youngest one, Darren playing cat- tre of course. ppeeto with only 10 players all day. They opened with a 2-0 loss to Strathroy and in a tough game against Ingersoll lost 3.2 on goals by DeBruyn and Krista Van : gen. Julia Merner got the lone goal in • the final game, a 1-0 win over Lon- don Beal. juniors travelled to St. Marys ' last Tuesday Ju where they opened their season with a 2-0 toss. Thursday at home against Lis- towel they won 1-0 on a goal by Cheryl Ballantyne. Baseball roundup Co-op Juniors open with big win EXETER - It was all over in the fust inning on Monday night as the defending league champion Exeter Co -Op Juniors won their Western Junior Baseball League opener 14-0 Monday night against St. Marys. Exeter sent 13 batters to the plate in the opening inning and scored eight runs. St. Marys start- ing pitcher Matt King had his trou- bles as he gave up singles Dave and Schwindt, Terry Ben Riley and walked Mark Rus- sell, Scot Russell and and Shawn McPalts. In the second, Scot Russell lead off with a walk and scored on Ri- ley's two -run homer. Russell start- ed on the mound and worked three innings before giving way to Fred Gregus. duo combined to toes a three -hitter over the five inning contest. Russell struck out six while Gregus fanned four. It was a tough loss for St. Marys who won their opener 3-2 in ten in- nings against Listowel on Sunday. In that one, St. Marys pitcher Chris Blackman had 17 strikeouts. Exeter sees action tonight when they host Sanford at 6:30 p.m. Goderich 10, Lucas 8 Four runs in the top of the ninth inning was� the difference as visit- ing Goderich beat Lucan 10-8 on Sunday afternoon. Trailing 8-6, Goderich's Andrew McLarty led off with a single and advanced on an error which put saw Brad DeWys get to first. They both scored when Bob Lumley stepped to the plate and cracked a triple. Lumley scored what proved to be the winning run on a Chad Papple fly to right field. Lumley was the big hitter on the day as he had a first inning double which also scored two runs. Chad Papple belted a solo homer in the sixth inning to go with his single earlier in the game and Mike Hunter doubled in the sixth. Lucan's biggest offensive inning came in the eighth on a single, bock -to -back walks and then Sandy Hyde cleared the bases with a dou- ble. Express top Sox 7-6 TILLSONBURG - Paul Gilmour hit a double and pitched two and two- thirds innings as the Exeter Express beat Tillsonburg Red Sox 7-6 in exhi- bition senior baseball action here Sunday afternoon. ti The Express, who continued their pro -season schedule with a game against visiting Seaforth fast night, united 1-0 after two innings on Sun- day but it was 5-1 for Exeter at then end of four. Paul Elston started on the mound for Exeter, striking out two and allow- ing just three hits and one run in the three innings he wortod. Gilmour ' came on in the fourth and fanned two, walked four, gave up two runs and a pair of hits. Reliever Doug Schade gave up three runs off of a pair of singlcs and two walks in the bottom of the seventh. Exeter travels to Seaforth on Thursday for a 6:15 game and open their regular Great Lakes Senior Baseball League schedule on May 22 when they travel to Strathroy.