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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1991-10-02, Page 17Has made 10 trips to finals South Huron coach Jim Workman continues to produce w1Milers By Ray Lewis EXETER - Standing in the park- ing lot of South Huron District High School a couple weeks ago, you beheld a grand spectacle. A sea of multi -coloured jerseys swarmed the surrounding four ath- letic fields as the Panthers hosted their ninth annual Red and Black girls field hockey tournament. Fif- teen teams took part; not bad for a sport which remains relatively un- known to many, despite the fact it is probably the school's most suc- cessful. While some coaches can only dream of building a team strong enough to appear at OFSAA, coach Jim Workman and his team have become a mainstay at the annual all -Ontario championships. In ad- dition, several of his players have • gone on to brilliant varsity and provincial careers. Known affectionately as 'Worky', the chief is entering his 18th year coaching the sport he instigated at South Huron upon his arrival. "The game has changed a lot over the years," said Workman. "But I still enjoy it." Since the creation of the OFSAA championships 12 years ago, Work- man has guided teams to the No- vember tourney on 10 occasions. Together with TA Stewart of Peter- borough, South Huron has made more appearances at the all -Ontario finals than any other school. Their finest hour came in 1990, when they defeated Eastwood of Kitchener 3-0, to bring the school its only OFSAA championship in any sport. It also marked the first time a team from outside of Toron- to had captured the field hockey crown. "We'd been close several times and had some great teams over the past," said Workman. "So it really felt good when it finally hap- pened." Unfortunately, along with such a victory comes some pretty high standards for the following season. The Panthers of 1991 still qualified for the championships held in To- ronto, but posted what to them was a moderate showing, as they failed to advance from their pool. "We went flat at the Huron -Perth semi-finals and never got out of it," said Workman. "Plus everyone was geared up to beat us and we didn't meet the challenge." But this year the team seems to be right back on track. They are currently undefeated in their Hu- ron -Perth conference with a perfect record of 5-0. Even more impres- sive is the fact that they have yet to surrender a goal, outscoring their opponents 18-0. The Panthers are just as success- ful in tournament play, and are busy preparing for this weekend's Toronto Schoolgirl's tournament which will provide the Ontario rankings. So far this season they have already won their own Red and Black tournament, finished sec- ond to the eventual tournament winners at the Kitchener's School- girl's Invitational, and lost in penal- ty strokes to Agincourt at the annu- al Scarborough Tournament. Agincourt are the reigning OFSAA champions and are favoured for a possible repeat. Needless to say, South Huron's coach is optimistic about their chances. "We need a whole team that wants to work," said Workman. "These guys might just have it" This year's team has remained solid, as all but two players have re- turned. Unfortunately, the Panthers will drop nine through graduation next time around, a tough gap to fill when you consider the numbers the school has to work with. The fact South Huron is the only non - Toronto school to win OFSAA, is a credit to Workman's strategy. Many schools in Toronto have the luxury of both junior and senior squads. In addition, some attract as many as 150 bodies to a training camp. In order to combat this disadvan- tage, Workman carries one of the province's two largest teams. While most take only 16, the Pan- thers' team consists of 20 members. Continued on page 20 Jenny Wareham, left; goes for a loose ball against Mitchell on Lynn Workman (2) gets a few pointers from her dad and Tuesday. coach Jim. C. Haskett and Son Furniture, • The Sleep Specialist'' (ween And long sores sold ,n sets only. pis Hours: Monday -Fridays -5 Saturday 4.4 Save on famous Soria Perfect Sleeper® models. All sizes, every comfort, every firmness sate - priced. Hurry, this bedding spectacular ends Satur- day, October 12. DISCOVER WHY PEOPLE SAY, w mg . fa1" THE SLEEP SPECIALIST elaideellp/-' S090yy FURNITURE The Sleep Specialist - 188 Main Sheet, Luton, Ontario NOM 2.10 (519) 227-4688 Stay/ng fit will mean no hot dogs jr umbo dog, right?" As much as my stomach and taste buds were saying yes Satur- day night, unfortunately I had to decline. It's the hockey season again which means I tum into a rink rat, just ask my wife. Oh yes, the smell of popcorn, hot chocolate and the killer, jumbo dogs. Lucan has the greatest mouth-watering, onion -stacked jum- bo dogs in the world. Well, around here anyway. They are sinful, that's very evident by my waste line. Before jumbo dogs, 30 inch waist, after jumbo dogs 34 inches. Not wanting to spend my entire pay cheque on a new ward- robe each week, I've decided to start exercising again. For those like me, who have recently sat down at an exercise bike, I suffer with you. On Friday I drove down to Lifters, the new exercise spot in town and signed up. I began to sweat simply at looking at all the up-to-date equipment. I sat down with an instructor and she started asking me all these questions. How often do you want to workout? What is your goal.? My goal I said, was to get rid of my jumbo -dog filled stom- ach. I was given a prescribed program to follow, and at first it didn't look to tough. After all I'm only 32. Up on the stairclimber I went. Up, down, I thought I could handle this apparatus since I chase my three cats up and down our stairs at home. After a five minute warmup on this, my legs were already feeling a little shakey. Not to worry, I thought, this has got to get easier. On the floor and stretch, I was told. This felt kind of good actually because the kinks were slowly easing out. Next was weight training and this I could handle fairly well because it wasn't the big old fashioned free weights and I could take my time. When I signed up I told my instructor Pam that I also want- ed to build up my stamina. Running from arena to arena takes energy you know. Not the stairclimber again I thought. No, it was an exercise bike. Cycling, I can do that. Just sit there and pedal. But mod- em technology has found it's way into everything you know. This bike came equipped with hills, gears and rpm's. It even had a constant reminder of how quickly a very good cyclist had done four miles. Would you believe 10 minutes? I huffed and puffed my way to two miles in 10 minutes and called it quits, my body just said that's enough. On Monday morning I got up at 6 a.m. and drove into Exet- er to Lifters. This time things were a lot different. I've never exercised while watching the sun come up, I rather enjoyed it. The stairclimber wasn't as tough aid I conquered the exer- Vlie`o`wtite'liictg tiny. legs tum to jello In ten short minutes, I went four miles in-19'minutes. For those out there who are saying four miles in 18 minutes is nothing, you're right. But when you're working off Jumbo Dogs, it's a good start. I'm exercising and cutting down on my jumbo dogs (not eliminating them all together), I wonder what's next? 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