Times Advocate, 1992-05-20, Page 13Huh srh I - k f' Ih
Johnson, McClure lead Panthers
By Strad Groves
T -A stiff
GODFRICH - Track -end field is
a matter of who can throw the far-
thert.: jump the highest or run the
fastest
-Sometimes, mmes, a'ttplit second for a
couple of centimetres is the only
distance taween fust and second.
Wednesday afternoon -at the Hu-
ron -Path -high school track and
field meet in Oodesich, a pair of
South Huron District High School
athletes narrowly missed winning
all three events they were entered
After winning the junior boys'
javelin on Tuesday, Randy Johnson
look fust place rosette shot pit len 300tinwraeIiw Ies.
'Wednesday mantes and during
the Moon hear was second in the
discus by a were eight centhdetres.
in the junior girls' division,'Mnl-
ly 'McClure Snished sewed in the
4400vnetresby I/100th of a second.
Earlier in the day she won the 200
metres and en 'Tuesday mak the
Ready:Isrmson concentrates before releasing the discus in the Huron -Perth junior boys'
sion on Wednesday. Johnson finished second in this event.
1.1nt `wring, *Wee .anent 40
MIRA in bath .the M0 earl -400
• liatlriareUeenser to ikrl fi-
malsdn'the 'past mid are hopastbl, to
resairtherprovinairanteet in et least
worm this year.
In between duces at the discus
ring; :Johnson said this is the first
rash* has drown the. shot put. -
"1mneed to set- some .points for
ihasasdii =mid teed could ;go for
the taserall junior title," laid .John -
men alio scold whit St. Mike's Rob
Wedenlienpl fbr the ovaall jun-
ior bays ride with 28 points each.
He was surprised to fmish first
in the shot put with a distance of
11.94/neves.
"I didn't train as much as I should
have. I had an elbow injury in the
fall. 1' over used it in the summer,
throwing the javelin and baseball,"
said Johnson.
He brought home a third place
bronze medal from OFSAA a year
ago when he tossed the javelin
56.74.u:ewes in the junior division.
1M [ 1u e and Johnson :are just
two ofthe many South Huron Pan-
thers -who travelled to St. Thomas
yestanday and today for .the West-
ern tintario meet. The top five fin-
ishers.in each event from Hmnn-
Perthadvanced to St. Thomas.
Crura Phillips did well in the mid-
get ,girls' division as she helped
bring home a first place perfor-
-mance in the midget girls 4x100 re-
lay.
"I was rosily surprised. The fust
time,we-practiced together was two
weeks ago," she.aaid.
Other • members of the speedy
4x100team which won on Tuesday
were .Karry ..Youmans, Danielle
Minerand HatthcrDavies. l°hillips
predicted agood effort at WOSSA.
"We71.do pretty god. We have
'•to - .
On Wethteaday, Phillips proved
"she ccadd excel not only on the
track but -in the field events where
she was fifth in the discus with a
toss of 21.88 meters.
Also in the midget girls' division,
Miner was fust in javelin at 27.50
metres.
The field events seemed to be
where South Huron did the best at
the Huron -Path meet as Pres Levi-
er was first in the midget boys' shot
put at 12.80 and Jeremy Horne was
forth in the high jump with a leap
of 1.62 meters.
Johnson dominated the junior
boys' events with 11.94 meters in
the shot put, 54.08 metres in the
javelin, both good enough for first
place:and 36.00 in the discus.
Continued on pone .14
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Picking a winner
Isn't so easy
My arms have turned
a lovely shade of
dark brown, symbol-
ic for just a few
hours of being out in the sun
watching baseball and fast -
ball. ; by
It's warm weather time and }: reel
for hockey to be in the head- • Groves
roves
lines, it's a wee bite ditllodlt
for this sports writer toidittatto.
The National Hockey Lapse is Still going strong, and will
sndnue into the month -Of Runde. I'm sorry but I can't handle
*itching hovkey when its pushing 80degrees outside.
My offcemate Ray Lewis °has dubbed our quarters, The
-Bullpen which means its baseball time.
tut up on the bulletin board are our hockey picks, the two
of us along with Editor Adrian-Harte.and-ourdarktaoom aedt-
Ncian Rob Nicol, tried to guess who would win the divisions.
Well, like everyone else, we didn't.do so hot.
Bob, is Montreal Canadians crazy, just like Zurich's Bud
Markham and Grand Bend's Mike Desjardine. He picked the
Canadiens all the way.
Sorry'`guys, iltriow youwe heard tit1s Tore:, -tint,-" t -hap-
pened to the C anadiens".
It's simple, they went all year with scoring a quick goal and
then setting up a snow fence at the blueline. Let Patrick Roy,
do :the work. That was a pretty good plan and it worked well
until theymet up with the Boston Bruins.
Getting back •to our picks, Ray hinted Chicago would be a
r survivor and he was right. There are no doubt a few more
Black Hawks fans after they visited the Stephen Townithip
Mena this past year.
When I was ar the arena watching the Black Hawks, goalie
Ed Belfour really caught my attention. I've never seen a big
league goalie up that close with slap shots coming at him
from 20 feet. He could lead Chicago to their first Stanley Cup
title in 31 years when Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull were two
Df the big names in hockey.
Chicago has not won the oldest trophy in North America
since the big expansion of 1967.
It is very comforting to see two of the original teams, Bos-
ton :and Chicago in the final four. The only original team
.which did not make a very good showing in the playoffs is
the Toronto Maple Leafs which -heated ,to the golf course
very early.
Back to the picks, Adrian and I picked the New York Rang-
ets to do well. We're both eliminated.
' The hockey pool I am in with the .Exeter Molting Hawks,
has not been kind to me. I went with the favorites for the most
part and they've let me down.
Looking at the other three teams besides Chicago, I have to
go with Boston. The Bruins haven't won it all since 1972.
They •also won it two years earlier with virtually the same
team.
Bobby Orr and Don Awrey anchored the defense with Ger-
ry Cheevers and Ed Johnston between -the pipes. The strong
scoring line of Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Wayne Cash-
,.64inenhelpcddhan:boat3io ,, ., ::
I •.would love for the Bruins to win it just for the altnpde rea-
son Ray Bourque has never won a Stanley Cup. When asked
what my favorite NHL team is, I usually say I don't have one.
But rather, I have favorite players, one of them is Bourque.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have come on strong in the post -
season and you can't count the defending champs out, espe-
cially if Mario Lemieux is healthy.
And what about the Edmonton Oilers? They continue to
make changes in their lineups but still manage to show up in
the semi-ftnais.
Gone are Wayne Gretzky, Paul Coffey, Mark Messier and
Grant Fuhr, but still the Oilers come up with the guys who
can get the job done.
Goaltending is the key to winning it all and I am real keen
on how -Belfour and the Oilers' Bill Ranfond are playing.
The 75th Anniversary of the National Hockey League will
always be remembered for the year teams wore their old uni-
forms and for the strike which pushed hockey into the base-
ball season.
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