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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1993-06-16, Page 14EIN...STIEN'S THEORY IS RELATIVELY DUMB! The high -sticking in the NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE is unbelievable. I remember going through a series and maybe one or two guys would be cut. Nowadays, one a period is being cut. Just take a look at the faces when one of the players come on TV for an interview. Everybody has a nick. It's all because of GIL "the thrill" STIEN's rules that the instiga- tor rule which states that if you start a fight, your out. So here, how's the scenario goes; if you stick me and 1 can't drop my gloves and set- tle with you for fear of getting thrown out of the game, I am going to wait, set in the weeds and the first opportunity I get, I'm going to stick you back. As BRYAN MURRAY, coach of the DETROIT RED WINGS said "because of the instigator rules, we have little guys with visors waving sticks in people's faces. they're very brave because they know that nobody will drop the gloves for fear of getting kicked out of the game because of the instigator rules." The problem is that the guys making the rules about hockey haven't played the game and just don't understand; it's sad. THE UN..."GREAT".. FUL GRETZKY The guy who started the problem to get fighting out of hockey is/ was one of our own. WAYNE GRETZKY said he wanted fighting out of the game because it gave a bad image to his HOLLYWOOD friends. Here's a guy who played ten years for the EDMONTON OILERS, set a million records with DAVE SEMENKO riding shotgun for him. If you touched GRETZKY, it was your life. Remember when everybody used to say "come on, there's a rule in the NHL, not to hit GRETZKY, right? The funny story is that WAYNE would come to the bench and holler SAMMY!, SAMMY! if someone was bothering him. So GRETZKY sets a zillion records being protected by fighting and how he want's to get guys like DAVE SEMENKO out of the ,game to please his HOLLYWOOD friends. To please WAYNE'S friends, we get guys being carved by sticks and it's not right. I gotta tell ya, if ARSENIO and JAY don't like hockey with fights, I real- ly don't give a damn and neither do you! DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT FOR DON CHERRY? Mail it or fax it. Your feedback will go directly.to Don, who's interested in knowing what's on your mind. SEND TO: DON CHERRY LETTERS Box 86, Wallaceburg, Ontario NSA 4L5 or FAX 1T to Don at 1-519-627-0640 Page 14 Times -Advocate, June 16,1993 Field hockey SPORTS South Huron players try for Ontario team EXETER - The weekends for Ex- Forrest have been very busy, and a Members of South Huron District eter's Brenyn Baynham and Lisa little on the expensive side. High School's girls' field hockey Panthers set to host OFSAA By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - It may seem a tong ways a way as far as the calendar is concerned, but November 4 is fast ap- proaching for the local organizers of the Ontario Fed- eration of Schools Athletic Association girls field hockey championship tournament. Coming, to Exeter's South Huron District High School is perhaps the largest athletic event this town has ever seen. As many as 400 athletes plus coaches representing 16 teams from across the province, and spectators will converge on Exeter for the 1993 high school title. Jim Workman, coach of the South Huron Panthers has formed several committees and the work is well underway. The estimated budget for the three-day event is about S 10,000. "We have to raise the money ourselves. We're in the middle of trying to figure it out," said Workman of the cost. But the effort it will take to organize the funds, will become forgotten once the action begins. Following a banquet on the Thursday night which will be held at the South Huron Recreation Centre, the teams will begin play on four different fields. Two games will be held at the Canner's Field and one each at both the rec centre field and the high school field. There has already been a lot of prepara- tion put into the fields including re -sodding in some places. Workman says the support from the community al- ready has been very good. "1 get a lot of questions. The businesses are behind us. I'm getting good feelings about it." South Huron, although a relative small school com- pared to those in the big cities of Ottawa and Toronto, have built up one of the best girls field hockey pro- grams in Ontario under the guidance of Workman. Defending champions: Winning the OFSAA crown twice in the past five years, including 1992, the Pan- thers have won an amazing 10 straight Huron -Perth Conference titles. Five players, Kendra Arthur, Carol Willis, Julie Rus- sell, Marcia Ellison and Leanne Dietrich are all South Huron graduates who have gone on to play field hock- ey at university. Two years ago at the Ontario Games in Kitchener, five members of the South Huron team played for the west regional squad. Workman noted that although South Huron is host- ing the championships, that does not give the Panthers an automatic birth into the tournament. However, since the Western Ontario Secondary School Association is the hosting association, it is al- lowed two representatives instead of the usual one. While there is a lot to concentrate on as far as orga- nizing the provincial tournament is concerned, there is still a lot of emphasis towards the Panthers' them- selves. "Normally I run a tournament at the beginning of the year. I'm going to forgo it for a year," said Workman. He hopes that in 1994, the popular tournament which draws several teams which make it to OFSA4, will continue. team whit`h won the provincial title last fall, Baynham and Forrest are very close to making the Ontario under -18 team. This past weekend they were in Toronto for a tournament and the weekend before it was all the way to Ottawa. With squad fees of $300 plus having to shell out money for uni- forums if they make the team, it's an expensive and time consuming venture but one which could pay off with big rewards. Back in March, the two were among dozens of Ontario players who were trying out for the team. At the Toronto tournament they were two of the 22 trying to make the final cut of the 18 -player roster. And how did they get this far? "You just sat in a circle (at one of the tryouts) and they called your name and then you got a letter," said Forrest of how they made it this far. South Huron has had several girls graduate to play field hockey in university and at the Ontario GamesFinICitchener two years ago, five Panthers were on the west re- gional team. Brenyn Baynham Lisa Forrest • 04)ylude Peartytd Volleyball Set Rentals (includes net, ball, posts and spikes) $1000 dy, $1500 weekend is77(--wDg /_?21/8 X10 282 Main St., Exeter 235-1314 Softball roundup Standings Mite Boys Team GP W L T Pts. 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Gregoire played first base as Exeter beat Hensall in the Usborne League game. 1 Exeter Lawn Bowling June 8 Howard Johns Allen Johns Stan Roth Vi Hendy Ray Hodgson Myrt Gusso Marshal Dearing June 10 June Hodgson Isabel Rogerson Ray Smith June 11 June Hodgson Olga Chipchase Hugh McKay Isabel Rogerson June 12 Marshal Dearing Nelson Squire Marion Dearing r' - Loma Spencer 2W32 2W24 2W24 2W23 2W21 2W20 2W 17 2W29 2W27 2W20 2W27 1W18 1W18 1W18 2W32 2W30 2W23 2W23 But the under -18 provincial team is leading up to a very big event. "There is a national tournament in Calgary in July," said Baynham. While she will return to the Pan- thers in the fall to help them win their second straight OFSAA title, Forrest is looking to head on to col- lege. There are several differences Baynham and Forrest have been faced with while trying out for the under -18 team. "The difficult pan is playing with people you've never played with before," said Forrest. "It's totally different coaching techniques. We have plays we have to leant," said Baynham. While they are used to playing on natural grass, all of their practices at the University of Toronto and most of their games will be played on artificial turf. But they don't seem to mind and in fact they seem to enjoy the faster game which the turf creates. Tri'NDALL'S KARATE SCHOOL Excellent Fitness & Defence Training for Men, Women and Children. SUMMER SPECIAL 2 Months Lessons $2900' Classes held every Tuesday and Thursday night at the South Huron Rec. Centre in Exeter. YOUTH - Ages 6 and Up 6:30-7:30 p.m. ADULT - 7:00-8:30 p.m. REGISTRATION Tues., June 29 6:00-6:30 p.m. CLASSES START Tues.,•June 29 6:30 p.m. All Black Belt instructors registered with Butokukai of Canada. Give yourself or your child a gift that will last a lifetime. For Information Call Exeter Rec. Centre 235-2833 Mark Coulthard DONT WORRY, IT IS NOT TOO LATE! So, your lawn was a real mess with Dandelions this spring? You didn't get around to controlling them and the yellow blossoms are now white seed heads. Don't worry. it is not too late to get those Dandelions controlled. Weed control products act as plant growth hormones which can still be taken into plant ;issues. These specific plant hormones cause the plant to "grow itself to death" and use up food sources. Weed control will still be effective. Don't worry, it's not too late. Next Week: What are Cinch bugs. esY,a.d man EXETER 235-3535 WE CARE FOR YOUR LAWN Proprietors EXETER Christine & Mark Couithard 235-3535 Baseball Skills Competition For boys and girls aged 7 -12 Date of competition Is June 30 Si��I 9409 Sign up tocfayl Sponsored by Exeter Hondo, 660 Main St. 2351081