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junior 'D' playoffs
Injuries and a lack of experience
prevent lrish from beating Mitchell
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
MITCHELL - Craig Quipps goal
just 23 seconds into the third -peri-
od was all the host Hawks needed
here Friday night as they beat the
Lucas Irish 4-3 to win the Ontario
Hockey Association Junior Devel-
opmaot*avast division.
It will be the fust time in five
years the Irish do not make it to the
provincial finals.
Mitchell ted the series three -
games -to -none at one point but the
Irish znanaged,to battle back and
win the next two.games by a single
goal. For most of Friday's game it
appeared as though the Irish.would
win Game Six and force a seventh
and final game back in Lucan.
But injuries to key players" and
just a lack of Junior 'D' playoff ex-
perience stopped the Irish from go-
ing to the finals.
"I don't think they (a dozen rook-
ies) knew what it was about," said
Lucan's Greg DePrest.
He was the acting captain in
place of Andy Ross who suffered a
separated shoulder in the series
against Exeter. Ross, along with
Sean Kaczmarek and Jason McLe-
od who were also injured, took a lot
out of the Irish lineup.
"You can't blame the injuries but
it took a lot of punch out of our
lineup," said Lucan coach Ken
Needham.
Kaczmarek was teamed with De-
Prest and Steve Moore and he was
replaced on the wing by Jason Wil-
son. Although a speedy, agressive
forward, Wilson didn't have Kacz-
rnarek's size.
"He (Kaczmarek) clears the cor-
ner and I take the puck," said De-
Prest.
This was a rebuilding year for the
Irish and it was somewhat of a sur-
prise they finished first in the+ttten-
lar season standings and swept both
Belmont and Exeter.
"We had 13 new guys, we wer-
en't supposed to be this far," said
Needham.
For. all the Irish it was a disap-
pointment but probably more for
overagers Kevin Leitch and Brian
Schuyler. While the latter played a
"We had 13 new guys,
we weren't supposed to be this far. "
Lucas defenseman Ed VanKerkoerle tripped up Mitchell's Jeff Smith
game in Lucan. The Irish won 3-2. but lost the series to;the Hawks.
during Wednesday's
Panfers' corner
Badminton teams win HP
WINGHAM - South Huron Dis-
trict High School really cleaned up
at' the Huron -Perth senior badmin-
ton championships on Wednesday
as they brought home the overall
team title with 34 points, 11 ahead
of Stratford Central.
Candace Miller and Chrissy Mor-
gan combined to win the girls' dou-
bks event while Jason Coolman
and Ryan Stuart were first in boys'
doubles. Lynn Workman and her
partner Matt Gardner were second
in mixed doubles.
In singles competition, Lisa For-
est was second in the girls' divi-
sion.
Friday, again in Wingham, the
Panthers found, for the first time
ever, they had won both the junior
and senior conference titles as the
juniors had 26 points to second
place Listowel at 23.
Tow Chansamone won the junior
girls singles, while Andrea Wei-
gand and Meagan White teamed to
win the girls' doubles event. Ben
Guenther was fourth and Anita
Wein and Andrew Hern were also
fourth.
The badminton teams now head
to WOSSA where the seniors arc in
Sarnia today and the juniors are in
London at Saunders on Saturday.
Soccer: South Huron's soccer
season got underway last week
with a pair of exhibition games.
Last Tuesday, the juniors beat
Stratford Northwestern on goals by
Heather Davies and Sandra Van-
derlaan. The seniors also won a 3-1
Val Ryan, right; of the South Huron junior girls soccer team
controlled the ball against Stratford Northwest on Tuesday.
Looking on is Helen Tlieophilopoulos, left.
decision.
League play began on Thursday
and in Goderich, the juniors won 1-
0 on Davies' goal as Jana Webester
had the shutout. The seniors lost a
close 1-0 decision.
This Thursday will sec the sen-
surs head to Seaforth.
limited number of games because
of school, Leitch was with the team
all year, as he has been for six sea-
sons.
"I'm used to it now," said Leitch
of the past years when the Irish did
well but never won the title.
"Mitchell has a strong team, it was
a good series."
Trailed series: The Irish won
eight straight playoff games before
bowing three in a row to the Hawks
who put a string of 11 post -season
wins together and will now face the
defending Junior D' champions, the
Thamesford Trojans.
DePrest was shocked at how the
Hawks won three straight against
the Irish.
"We came out like it was going to
,be given to us, he said.
"Everybody realized it was going
to be so easy," said Leitch.
Friday's game saw the hosts score
just 47 seconds into the game when
Quipp got his illst.:But Chris Chat-
er tied it.up for:the Irish audit was
2-1 after 20 minutes .as Mitchell
captain Trevor Harmer got his first
of two.
The Irish had a huge powerplay
at the beginning of the second peri-
od and with two-man advantage
DePrest fed Moore to tie it up. Lu -
can were sloppy in their own end
and Hasner scored shorthanded to
put the hosts in fmnt again.
Jason Reidhead reach for a long
pass from Schuyler and managed to
get the shot away and past Dennis
Scherbarth. With five =minutes left
to go in the second, Kory Dietz was
awarded the second penalty shot of
the series and Lucan's Eoin McIner-
ney came up with the save.
The only -goal .of -the third period,
what proved to be the winner was
Quipp's seeped.
Lucan sent the series back to
Mitchell for a sixth game following
a one -goal victory in Lucan on
Wednesday.
Steve Snider made it 1-0 for the
hosts and it was 2-0 after 49 min-
utes as Moore scored.
Very early in the third, DePrest
made it 3-0 but the Hawks chipped
away and a shorthanded goal by
Rob Jarmuth made it 3-1. Lucan
had the chance to score more goals
when Harmer was given a five-
minute penalty after he ran into Lu -
can goalie Brent Lewis.
Mitchell's Denny Horan scored
with seven seconds left in the
game.
Ringette players
enjoy Kitchener
When you get to
play in a national
tournament, its quite
an honor. But when
you play in one just an hour
away from your home, it's
even more exciting.
Friends and family come
and watch you compete and it
makes you feel good.
"I wish it was further away but it was nice having the cheer-
ing there,' said Danielle Miners.
Last week, Miners, Kim Farquhar and Cara Gardner repre-
senting the London Juniors were in Kitchener for the Canadi-
an Ringette Championships and no doubt the trio will have a
lot of memories to look back on.
"It was great, I met a lot of people from other teams," said
Farquhar.
All three gins have ,played in the Exeter and District Rin-
gette Association andthey hinted that winning the Ontario ti-
tle.a couple of weeks earlier, was more exciting than playing
against teams from across Canada.
"It was better competition in the Ontarios. Some provinces
brought their regional teams," said Gardner.
When the Ontarios were held in London, teams were repre-
senting their own city. If they won there, then they head to
Kitchener with that team. Gardner hinted that some teams like
Manitoba brought more of an elite team.
In just five days, the girls played a total of nine games.
That's a lot of skating but Gardner said it wasn't that tough.
"It wasn't that bad, we had a lot of brea'-s," she said.
The London Juniors played very well . the nationals and
tied for third place after the preliminary mu. However, a tie
breaking system by way of goals for and agr, st meant they
did not advance to the semi-finals.
"The eastem side wasn't that good. The westem teams were
better," said Miners.
Farquhar said the competition and the nationals, even
though they finishedsauvith a 6-3 record, was not as tough as
the provincials.
Ringette has grown not just in popular but recognition as
well. There were several scouts from Team Ontario who were
in Kitchener looking at the London players. A letter has been
sent out and players could be notified very soon whether or
not they are on that team.
sidelines
by
Fred
Groves
At the Exeter Mohawks banquet on Saturday night, both
coach Dave Revington and former executive member John
Pryde commented about the season and how it was the same
players showing up and the same ones displaying the commit-
ment.
What to do?
Those who show up certainly have the talent. That's evident
by their ability to go on the mad with just two lines and win
hockey games.
An observation I made is that several players keep coming
back year -after -year because perhaps they feel there is no one
to replace them...It's tough to retire...
Anyone obt there want to make i prediction who will win
the Stanley Cup? """'
You have to go with high flying Pittsburgh with Mario lead-
ing the way. He had two goals and a pair of assists in the first
playoff game.
If there is a long shot to win it all, it has to be the Leafs, yes
that's right. I hate to admit it but a couple of times this year I
jumped on the Leafs bandwagon. Doug Gilmour, Felix Potvin
and a cast of many. Why not the Leafs?
From the sidelines: I really enjoy the weekends in Exeter, I
can get away from the office and get out and see what is go-
ing on. On Saturday, I was at the Exeter Public School where
Sensei Brian Decker and Sensei Ron Tyndall were grading
several young karate students. Congratulations to those who
moved up from white belt to yellow belt and David Gascho
who received his orange belt. It's nice to see young people
working hard at something and it is also nice to see Tyndall
and Decker making it fun for them:
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