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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1993-05-05, Page 17Despite undefeated, SORIOTS donl advance Panthers' corner EXE'T'ER - The South Huron District High School hosted a sen- ior boys soccer tournament on the weekend and despite going unde- feated in their three preliminary games, the Panthers did not make it to the playoff round. Saturday morning, the .locals 'tried with a scoreless tie against 40/a's Medway Cowboys which wow Panthers' goalie Darren Kints =cleoid the shutout. South Huron and College Ave- nue of Woodstock battled to a 0-0 draw in the opening half before Darryl Chappel headed the ball into the net off of a comer kick. But College Avenue, scored late in the game on a free kick as a Pan- ther player had touched the ball which resulted in a 1-1 tie. Game Three put South Huron against London's Beal who came into the game with a pair of identi- cal3-0 victories over Medway and College Avenue. Dan Marten's gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead which was the first goal in three games scored on the London school. He put the ball high into the comer off of a cross from Craig Hern. Jeff Lingard, Mark Lynn and Ga- vin Snell all played well for the Panthers who continue their Huron Conference schedule when they host Wingham on Thursday. Split games: The senior girls soccer team beat Central Huron 1-0 last Tuesday on Lisa Roberton's goal but fell 3-0 to Goderich two days later. The track and field team is gear- ing up for a big meet es they head to Goderich next Tuesday and Wednesday for .the Huron -Perth meet. MTN! .. itilliM,Inav, vamp ri Jamie -.Dougall, left; of Huron High Panthers senior boys' soccer team, tried to get to the ball against Woodstock's College Avenue in a game which ended in a 11= tie. -The host Panthers:alied ;all three of their games at the toumament held in Exeter on Saturday. the South District School EXETER - The slo-pitch craze continues. Year after year it seems more people are picking up their gloves and heading to the local diamonds. One local resident feels the game shouldn't be limited to the younger players, Jim Hughes is enjoying his retirement by spending several months per year down in Florida where he plays slo-pitch at least twice a week. He played a little pickup ball, with about a dozen of his friends, some as old as 70. "Anything more than 12 (players) we could have a game. So you weren't playing on the same team, everyone had a number and we drew numbers, we varied it," said Hughes from his Exeter home. He would like to see a Slo-pitch for Seniors started in Exeter so they can get out during the day and enjoy a little recreation and a lot of fun. "I don't think we could have a league. At this stage it's more for recrea- tion than competition." Hughes feels it might be possible to get a group of seniors who are still working, to play during their lunch hour. In Florida, he played with a team made up of those 60 years -old and over who Hughes said were very good ball players. to seniors Anyone wishing to play Sla-Pitch for Seniors can call Hughes at 235- 2037. Speaking of slo-pitch, both the 12 -team South Huron Ladies Slo-Pitch League and the 12 -team Exeter men's Slo-Pitch League begin their regular season schedules this week. See below forthis week's schedules. Exeter Men's Slo-Pitch League Wed., May 5 - Ellison Travel vs. Innddians, 8 p.m.; Murphy's vs. Credi- ton, 8 p.m.; RSD,vs. Strike Force, 9:30 p.m.; Big V vs. Albatross, 9:30 p.m. Mon., May 10 - Inndians vs. RSD, 8 p.m.; Nighthawks vs. Big V, 8 p.m.; Mudhens vs. ETR Sluggers, 9:30 p.m.; Kirkton vs. Albatross, 9:30 pm. South Huron Ladies SIo-Pitch League Thurs. May 6 - Big 0 vs. Huron Park, 7 p.m.; Lincolneues vs. SH Hos- pital, 8:15 p.m.; Cheers vs. Chrissy's, 9:30 p.m, (All games in Exeter). Pu- rina vs. Sundowners, 7 p.m.; Inn Girls vs. F.L.T., 8:15 p.m.; Angels vs. Dollies, 9:30 p.m. (AH games in Kirkton). Join Us Under The Tent? • SIR Protect%n of athletes needs to be examined wo very strange occurrences hap- pened in sports last week. One received a great deal of media atten- tion and the other, very little. However, both bring up the quesdon of safety to players. It there enough? Are we properly prepared when a life threatening accident happens? Young tennis star Monica Seles was stabbed in the back by a fan who, from the beginning, was attempting to hurt her be- cause she was the biggest rival of the fan's favourite, Steffi Graf. Apparently, the fan, a 38 -year-old from east Germany, sim- ply could not come to grips with the fact Graf was playing second fiddle to Seles. As a result of the brutal attack, security was stepped up at the toumament and on Saturday, bodyguards were positioned right on the court. This made Graf a little uncomfortable so the bodyguards were placed in the first row. Why do people want to physically hurt world class athletes? When Seles was first attacked, reports said it was political- ly motivated - Seles was born in Yugoslovia but has lived in the United States for several years. It's difficult to understand how politics can play such a ma- jor role in sports. I'm sure the athletes themselves don't care what country an opponent comes from. Security in professional sports has to be increased to the point where the athletes will feel comfortable and go out and entertain us, that's what they do best. In hockey, the participants are somewhat protected from the crowd by way of a high glass around the ice. But the odd cra- zy still manages to get over and get close to the stars. Basketball has no barriers, and baseball seems to be getting easier to get down on the field. Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins has had people run out to him and shake his hand. He didn't know if they were going to kill him or kiss him. In Europe, soccer fields have now been built with brick walls and barbed wire fence separating tithe players and the spectators. It's a shame professional sports have come to that. The other incident of note this week involved Serbian bas- ketball player.Slobodan Jankovic who slammed his head into a concrete block after he did not like a call a referee made. Sony, the amount of remorse I feel for this man is minimal. He's going to be paralyzed but this is a case of an athlete get- ting too caught up in sports. I have to wonder if this was politically motivated. Jankovic is a Serbian and perhaps he was trying to draw some attention to the plight of his war -tore country. Sidelines by :xes This week's column would not -be complete without a men- - tion of Saturday night's hockey game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings. On paper the Wings were the better team, at least that's what the experts were saying. But in sports, heart will beat talent a lot more times than we think. ANNIMMOrYthat,LNYOHte Weri $ Qiark and Doug -Gilmour tad overtire Wings - simply putabey.wanted it more. I admit that mid -way through the regular season, I started believing in the Leafs. I actually told a few people, even be- fore the playoffs started, that Toronto was going to be there in sate final. Me, an anti -Leaf for years!!! Yes, my legs are scraped from jumping up onto the bandwa- gon, and when Toronto lost Game Six in Toronto, I had the urge to jump off. But in Game Seven, I had faith throughout and I told the guys I was watching the game with, that the Leafs would win. They didn't really believe me until the game was sent into overtime. Against St. Louis, 1 like the Leafs in. this series but once again it could be a long one. • FTC. `tI,00mi rY1 l n5pi rot' ion 5' utter potinta vat.e 40 of fireetritiy f loivem. �etturotity r.ty e * (cl eyed Sunday? 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