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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-11-27, Page 19• ;IllninAdVOCate, November 27,"1991 19 Brett Rldeout; left, tries to stop a St. Joe's player. Junior 'D' roundup Hawks win two By Ray Lewis EXETER - The Exeter Hawks seem to be back on track as they took two of three games in OHA Development (Junior D') action this week. The locals defeated the league leading Mitchell Hawks in Mitchell Tuesday, lost at home to Belmont Friday and then handed the Bulldogs an 11-1 drubbing Sat- urday in Mt. Brydges. The Hawks improved their record to 9-9 and are currently in fourth place in the west division, just three points back of third place Lambeth. Hawks 11, Mt. Brydges 1 Doug Clark paced a dominating Exeter attack with a hat trick and centre Mark Reid had a pair on Sat- urday as the Hawks pummelled the Mt. Brydges Bulldogs 11-1. The Hawks came out fast and fu- rious Saturday grabbing a 2-0 lead just over a minute into the first pe- riod. Derek Shackleton and Clark scored and that was all the Hawks would need with solid goaltending from Josh Symons. "We were very impressed with the effort we got tonight," said co - coach George Pratt. "And Symons really played a strong game." In his two starts since being called up the young Parkhill native has allowed only three goals. The locals provided all of the of- fense opening a four goal lead by the end of the first and adding three more in the second before Symons' bid for a shutout was broken by Jeff Knapp of the Bulldogs. Shaync Robinson, Ray Cousi- neau, Nick Wicckowski, Larry Lewis and Andrew Barton all chipped in with singles. Belmont 8, Exeter 4 A lacklustre performance over the first two periods on Friday saw the Hawks lose 8-4 at home to the Belmont Pests. "We worked so hard the previous three games, but didn't show up at all for that one," said Pratt. During the past two weeks the lo- cals were successful in knocking off the three teams who stand ahead of them in the standings, but again had trouble with Belmont. The Pests have only five wins this sea- son, but three of them have been victories over Exeter. Clint McCann started in net for the Hawks but was taken out mid- way through the second period in favour of Symons. Trailing 3-0, Al Blommaert scored a powerplay goal at 13:32 of the first to bring Exeter within two but that was as close as the locals would get. Belmont then built a 6- 1 lead by the end of the second be- fore Exeter finally got things going. Robinson added a single as did Paul Manders and Clark to again bring Exeter within two, but the Pests fended them off restoring their four goal lead. Exeter 5, Mitchell 1 The Hawks opened the week against their namesakes in Mitchell Tuesday with a convincing 5-1 win. "It was a really good win for us," said Pratt. "There was a solid ef- fort all the way around." Mitchell's Derek Cherry scored just two minutes into the opening frame, but then Exeter tightened up defensively. McCann became un- beatable, stopping 31 shots. Cousineau tied things up for Ex- eter in the second period on the powerplay, their fust of three goals with the manpower advantage. Robinson scored the winner just 400 seconds later, with Reid and Na- than Blight drawing assists. Blight then chipped with a single of his own, while Wieckowski and Manders followed with a power- play marker each. Exeter see action next in a home stand this weekend when they host Port Stanley Friday and Mitchell on Saturday. Lucan Irish split games MITCHELL - The Lucan Irish failed to score here Friday night as the west division leading Mitchell Hawks won 8-0 in OHA Develop- ment League play. It was the only time the Irish have not scored this year and it was just their second loss of the season. Friday night they travel to Seaforth to take on the Centennaires. Wednesday night however, the Irish had little trouble with the Lambeth Lancers, winning 7-2. Dan Brand returned to the Lucan lineup, scoring two goals and set- ting up another. He was with the Junior 'B' Wind- sor Bulldogs but, according to Lu - can coach Ken Needham, things didn't workout. "The story I got was he wasn't getting the ice time and he didn't want to sit on the bench." Needham said Brand will add a lot to the hockey club. "Ho's an excellent faceoff man, probably the best we have." Darren Neil and Jon McEachern each had a pair of goals in Lucan's tenth win of the season. Paul Woodburn also scored. imply C o t�- �Ia \4"' Men's Night Nov. 28 03Dee. 6 Come and shop for the women in your life 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. 91 Orchard St., Exeter, Ontario 235-4997 Panther corner Hoopers make it to consolation final By Fred Groves EXETER - In preparation for the upcoming Huron -Perth senior boys basketball season, the South Huron Panthers made it to the consolation final of their annual tip-off tourna- ment Saturday, coming up short 44- 21 against Woodstock's College Avenue Knights. South Huron opened the eight - team event with an 80-21 lost to St. Thomas St. Joe's who later lost the tournament championship 45-42 to Arva's Medway. But early Saturday morning, the Panthers gained a berth in the con- solation game with a 50-32 win over Clinton's Central Huron Red - men. The Panthers and Redmen are both in the H -P Tier 2 which has South Huron travelling to St. Marys on December 6 for its first game. Despite losing to the Knights, South Huron coach Terry O'Rourke was not disappointed since the weekend games were the first of the year. "It was the kind of game we need right now. For this time of the year it's okay," said O'Rourke. College Avenue held a 12-8 lead at the end of the fust quarter. In the first quarter, Panthers' Brett Ride- out had a steal and went all the way to the hoop for a layup. The Knights were caught travel- ling a couple of times in the second quarter but still maintained a 21-10 halftime lead. South Huron's Mark Lynn highlighted the third quarter when he got a rebound and hooked it in. Throughout the game, one of the Panthers' biggest problems was moving without the ball. "We did a better job of it as the game went on. The guys inside don't have a lot of experience," said O'Rourke. In the third quarter, the Knights committed a lot of fouls, sending the Panthers to the line ten times of which they hit only three. "There was a time when we were down by seven points and missed Hockey team undefeated EXETER- The South Huron boys' hockey team won its third straight game on Wednesday as they defeated the defending Huron -Perth champi- on Central Huron Redmen 6-3. A strong effort was put forth by all Panthers players which impressed coach Paul Cronin. "The boys went into this game realizing that they had something to prove from last season. They showed a lot of determination," said Cronin. A strong defensive game with timely goals helped the locals upset the very fast Clinton squad. Coach Pete Heeney added, "last week at practice the players worked hard on backchecking, picking up a man and following them to the net. That's one of the things we did well." South Huron started the scoring in the fust period with two goals before the Redmen could respond. This didn't affect the locals as they scored two more at the end of the first and led 4-2 at the end of the first period. The fast pace slowed down in the second period and with one minute left, the Redmen scored on a powerplay. South Huron added two more in the final period. Scoring for the Panthers were Fred Godbolt with two, Chad Ramer, Dave Schwindt, Nick Szabo and Sean McCann. South Huron will take its undefeated record to St. Marys on Friday. Senior A • Hockey 408Awts Exeter Mohawks VS Walpole Island Hawks Sunday, Dec. 1 at7:30p.m. South Huron Rec Centre Next Home Game: Tuesday December 3 at 8:30, vs Petrolia Victorians six [free throws] in a row," said O'Rourke. South Huron has a resurgence in its boys basketball program as O'Rourke has 15 players where last year there was only eight; three have returned this fall. "Last year we lost a lot and there wasn't that many moving up [from junior]." Point guard Ryan Hern and for- wards Pete McAllister and Brett Rideout are the only returnees. Against College Avenue, McAllis- ter netted seven points and Ridcout had six. Although Hem did not score in this one, he had nine against Central Huron. Panthers S0, Redmen 32 Saturday morning, the Panthers dominated early as Hern hit a short jumper and McAllister showed good hustle after he missed a fee throw, raced in to get his own re- bound which saw Mark Russell score. • South Huron had three steals and led 14-9 at the end of the first quar- ter. McAllister, who had 16 points, hit three -in -• a --row -in-the second quarter. Central Huron fell behind but regrouped and a jump shot from the top of the key by Jeff Balsdon made it 22-22 at the half. Corey Sargeant, who along with Russell did a good job in the mid- dle, gobbled up a rebound and made it 33-23 in the third to give the Panthers a comfortable lead. Henn had nine points and Rideout and Russell netted eight each. St. Joe's 80, Panthers 21 Speed was the difference in this one as South Huron trailed 51-12 at the half. McAllister led the Panthers with 10 points while Balsdon had five. Paw prints...Becky Harunan, Jenny Robertson, RJ Milne and Amy Campbell did all the score - keeping on the weekend...ORourke coaches both the senior and junior boys teams...Scott Russell a mem- ber of last year's senior team is an assistant coach...The Panthers will host a junior tournament this week- end. Fri. 8:30 p.m. Exeter Hawks VS Belmont Pests Oat.. 8:30 p.m. Exeter Hawks vs Mitchell Hawks At the South Huron Rec Centre (iIIE,t'I' (iIIIIISi'M.1S (ill"I' GOLF Buy your 1992 Ironwood Golf Membership now. Special rates In effect until Feb. 5/92 \ \k THESE PRICES ARE 1991 RATES Man. $503. Lady $385. Man & Wife $803. Weekday Man $385. Weekday Lady $321. Weekday Man & Wife $669. 9 Hole Passports 12-ninehole games $11770 REDUCED STUDENT RATE Weekday $214. Full play $257. 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