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Times Advocate, 1994-04-06, Page 13sP Extate Realty Inc. Won't you be a good neighbour and call Mr. Rogers for all your real estate transactions? JIM ROGERS Sales Rep. res 235-1732 bus 235-1621 April 6, 1994 Ontario Finalists The Lincolns' first year of play in the Shamrock League resulted in the team making it all the way to the finals. Here, Nathan Hem, left; Luke Sims, Bryon Ellerington, Adam Hern and Eric Clay receive the plaque from OMHA rep. Dick Bennett. The Bantam Lincolns ended the season Saturday in Exeter one victory short of becoming Ontario Minor Hockey Assocaition champions. From the !eft are, kneeling: John Miners, Joe Bierling, Luke Sims, Adam Hern, Bryon Elierington, Eric Clay and Na- than Hern. Standing: Bil! Weiss, Bob Clay, coach, Nathan Ross, Trevor Obre, Ryan Fulton, Jeff Mason, Jamie Monck, Larry Cole, Jeff Inch, Ryan Freiter, Rob Turner, Lucas Forrest, Shaun Simpson, Brock Weiss and Morley Obre. Beaten in seventh game Lincolns are 1993-94 bantam finalists EXETER - Second is probably a word, at least for the time being anyway, which should be taken out of the English language. Saturday afternoon at the South Huron Recreation Centre, the Exet- er Lincolns finished second to the Campbellford Colts in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association 'B' addi- tional entry finals. They finished second and the team was Exeter's second best ban- tam team but in this particular case, perhaps second isn't the proper word. This hockey team really gave it their all en route to the provincial final as they eliminated Ilderton in the quarter -finals and then beat Glencoe in the semis to get a shot at the Colts. Exeter and Campbellford took it right to the wire as the Lincolns won a slim 4-3 decision in Camp- bellford on Friday afternoon and the next day back in Exeter, came up short 2-0 in the seventh and de- ciding game. "Unfortunately we came up flat. I think the sixth game was pretty emotional," said Lincolns coach Bob Clay about Friday's game. In Friday's game in Campbell - ford, the hosts scored a shorthanded tally to go ahead 3-2 and the clock was winding down until, with 46 seconds left to play, the Lincolns got the winner to bring the seventh game home. "I say they were disappointed, they thought they could win it all," said Clay. Despite the efforts of goalie Na- than Hern who was a standout throughout the playoffs, the Lin- colns couldn't get him a goal on Saturday. This is the first year the Sham- rock League has gone to -an addi- tional entry or Tier 2 league and for the most part. it was very well re- cei ved. It gave a lot of players a chance to travel, compete at a higher level, and in the case of the Exeter Lin- colns, the opportunity to reach the provincial finals. "1t obviously paid off for the kids on my team," said Clay of the choice to go into the Tier 2 system. Exeter Minor Hockey Associa- tion's Dennis Kints said the Tier 2 system will probably stay in place for the 1994-95 season. "I suspect we'll do it again. I heard Lucan didn't go into it but lat- er, they wished they had," said Kints. Despite Injury Kaak brings --home boxing sllver International competition By Fred Groves T -A staff SHIPKA - Sometimes you just have to go on even though the pain is almost too much to bare. In Venice, Italy recently, Ship- ka native Joe Kaak boxed with a severely sprained right wrist hut he still managed to win a bronze medal. Although it was his first inter- national boxing medal, Kaak was somewhat disappointed he did not win. "When i saw the competition, I said to myself i'ni going home with gold." But it seems as though a little politics reared its ugly head as of the I I Italian boxers, 10 of them won gold medals and the other took the silver. Kaak was lucky that he only had two fights as he got a bye in the first round before taking on a Russian and winning 8-2 in "The pain shot up my arm and 1 fplt a crunch." J — points. in that fight he sprained his right wrist which is his pow- er hand. "I kept it wrapped up and i didn't move it at all. Against the Italian I wasn't throwing 100 per cent." The win against the Russian put Kaak into the semi-finals where he lost 10-2 to the Italian. His coach basically told him that despite the injury he had to give it his all if he wanted to win. Kaak landed one hard right blow and quickly realized he was in trouble. "The pain shot up my arm and I felt a crunch. I didn't break it, it was swollen. it's severely sprained. I had to change my style, I had to stick and move and go for points," he said. in international boxing, there is a gold medal fight in which the loser becomes the silver medalist. The semi-finals are the bronze medal fights which means two medals are awarded. "They should let the two bronze medalists square off. Whoever wins medals. they should fight in another tourna- ment." Last year Kaak was a member of a Canadian team which host- ed the Italian boxers.- On April 17, he will head back to Italy in a return visit. "They're returning the favour. Hopefully I'm fighting the same light heavy weight and my wrist is better." Hopefully Kaak will get the chance to do a little more tour- ing of the country because on this past visit his focus was on boxing. "i didn't get to do a whole lot of sight-seeing because I went to the semi-finals. i was there to box, it's my first international medal." For superior carpet cleaning power, logk to us. We have the supplies you need, as well. Demolition's a whole lot easier with a powerful breaker hammer. POWER RAKE/DETHATCHER ?", Remove dead grass buildup so water and fertilizer can penetrate/ to grass roots. 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