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Times -Advocate, October 2,1996
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Exeter Hawks Wallop St.
George in season opener
Rookies shine for
Exeter as they
combine for 10
points in their first
regular league
game on Sunday.
HENSALL - After battling
Mitchell to a 2-2 tie in their final
exhibition game last Wednesday
the Exeter Hawks walloped St.
George 8-1 during their season
opener on Sunday.
Rookies Dave Farquhar and Greg
Goodwin scored a goal and two as-
sists each during the one sided con-
test that saw Exeter outshoot St.
George three to one.
Up by only two goals going into
the third period, the Hawks ex-
ploded with five goals led by Chris
Kennedy who scored two. Jason
Rutledge, Chad Gilfiilan, Ryan
Freiter and John Collins also scored
while Geoff Maver, Jeff Glavin,
Craig Corriveau, Ben McCann,
Ryan Chamney and John Rutten
picked up assists.
Assistant coach Jeff Dalrymple
said the win was due to an overall
team effort and credit goes beyond
those who notched points.
"We were happy with what we
saw," said Dalrymple adding goalie
Darren Kints also had a solid game
allowing only one goal.
With the final roster solidified
last week, this was the second time
the Hawks skated together as a
team. Their first match against
Mitchell ended in a tie with Sean
McCann scoring both goals for Ex-
eter. He was assisted by Kennedy
Corriveau and Jeff Glavin.
While Wr-inesday's game saw
returning veterans come to the fore -
Big hit. Ryan Freiter sends a St, George player to the ice during the Hawk's first regular sea-
son game in Hensall on Sunday.
front, it was the rookies that shined
during Sunday's game as the team
newcomers combined for 10 points
against St. George.
"Our new players played very
well especially in the offensive
zone," said head coach Dave Rev-
ington.
With a combination of seasoned
veterans and young talented rook-
ies, the Exeter Hawks look like
they have a winning as they head
into the 1996-97 season. Their next
regular season game will take place
on the road as the take on Port
Stanley on Saturday. They will play
their home opener at the South Hu-
ron Recreation Centre against Ayr
on October 11. This will be their
first game in Exeter and Hawk ex-
ecutives have a special event
planned as last year's team will be
awarded their championship rings
and a banner will be unveiled to
recognize the players that brought
the,O.H.A. provincial crown to Ex-
eter for the first time 20 years.
Exeter Nationals end Inaugural year
EXETER - Members of the Exet-
er Nationals Midget Girls Fastball
team gathered for a post -season
meeting over the weekend to dis-
cuss next season and reflect on
what has proved to be a re-
markable inaugural year.
Led by head coach Kenn Hines
and assistant coach Darryl Regier,
the Nationals finished their season
with 10 wins and eight losses;
however, their mediocre record
doesn't accurately reflect the suc-
cess this team has enjoyed during
their first year as an organized ball
club.
After forming a team that con-
sisted of over -aged bantam girls,
most of whom played for Usborne
last year, Hines wasn't sure what
to expect from his newly formed
team.
"I was scared at the start of the
year because didn't know what to
expect," said Hines.
"At first I thought we were out of
our league...I knew we would be
playing against some good ball
clubs."
However, the joke was on him as
the Exeter Nationals won their first
seven games adding three "mer-
cies" to their repertoire.
"It looked like we were going to
win everything...I would say we
were the team to beat," added
Hines.
But things did level out for Exet-
er as they entered a losing streak
that became difficult to snap.
"The intensity just dried up and it
was hard to get them motivated
again," he said.
Their season eventually turned
around and before it was over the
Exeter Nationals finished fifth in
Scott Reid controls a blimp during a South Huron senior
boys volleyball game on Thursday.
the Provincial Womens Softball
Association qualifying tournament
in August, were semi-finalists in
the Western Ontario Athletic As-
sociation and clinched the "B"
championship after beating Atwood
in the League Tournament hosted
by Exeter.
With all but two players returning
to the roster next season, Hines and
Regier are eager to pick up where
they left off, but they admit they
still need help in the pitching de-
partment and are they are still look-
ing for a couple of power hitters to
make up for the two over -aged
players they lost at the end of the
season.
But considering the unexpected
success they enjoyed at a time
when they were least expecting it,
Hines can't help but feel confident,
and somewhat cocky about next
year's squad.
"We were a first year team play-
ing more experienced third year
teams and if we can finish fifth in
the league then next year we'll do
better," he said. "I guarantee it."
Minor
hockey
scoreboard
Sten i 1 Mti r Hockey`
Bantam
September 29 - Exhibition game
Lucan 5 at Stephen 4
Goals: Matt Foran. Brad Glavin. Jeremy
VanBergan, Shawn Sherwood
Assists: Foran, Glavin. LeRoy Wcin, Dan
Mosurinjohn
Next game: October 3 vs. llderton
Volleyball, basketball and cross
country runners enjoy success
EXETER - The South Huron Dis-
trict High School boys volleyball
team started the season on a suc-
cessful note winning two out of
three matches against the Goderich
Vikings on Thursday. They also
won all three matches against Sea -
forth. The Panthers were led by the
excellent setting of Derek Ethering-
ton.
The South Huron midget girls
basketball team opened their season
with a thrilling one point win over
Goderich on Wednesday as the
Panthers defeated the Vikings 24-
23. All 14 girls contributed in the
game.
The senior girls also played but
lost 38-28 with Peggy Brownlee
and Julie Rooseboom netting seven
points each.
The South Huron cross country
runners continue to blow by the
competition as they posted out -
standing results at a meet hosted by
F.E. Madill on Wednesday.
Erin Robilliard cruised to an easy
first place finish in the midget girls
race. Brenda Elford and Kristen
Brooks both placed within the top
ten of the same race.
The junior boys wcnt head to
head with a tough Madill team los-
ing, this time, by a narrow three
point margin.
Christian Stuckless, Dan Snell,
Dave Robilliard and Matt Szabo
led the team and all finished in the
top 15.
Matt Verhoog, Brian Harrigan
and Mat Knox also ran well. The
junior girls race saw Mandy Rolph
and Michelle Finkbeiner place in
the top 12.
South Huron's junior boys team
is currently ranked in the top five in
WOSSA.
The hockey ritual begins
By Mike Hayes
This is no big deal to hockey parents who have
already been through it. Veterans of early -morning
practices and cold rinks, with coffee coursing
through their steeled veins, parents of children
already in the minor hockey system can laugh at
those rookies about to watch their kids strap on the blades and
hit the ice for the first time.
Rookies like me. It truly is a a rite of passage when
I am just four days away from taking my six-year-
old son Zachary (He'll be seven just eight days
from today) to the rink for his first year of hockey.
I've secretly yearned for this day since an
ultrasound at an Ottawa clinic in 1989 let me know that I was
going to be the father of a son, but boy, oh boy, I didn't know
I'd be so nervous.
1 've checked, packed, rechecked repacked, double
rechecked, double repacked and then triple redid
everything to do with his equipment and hockey bag
so many times that I and those inanimate pieces of
plastic and polyurethane have formed a strange
bond. And why am I so worried? That's the question that
cannot be answered entirely because the truth lies somewhere
between my desire for Zach to excel and my pride.
That vanity is wrong and I know it. The me word,
in this case the my word, is doing me in. My pride -
you know, that " see what my kid did" syndrome -
should play a big fat zero in this equation. And as
for my desire for Zach to excel, that too is selfish
because what counts is what he wants, what he
needs.
And what he needs right now is a dad
who will support him, his ups and
downs - I suspect there'll be lot of
those once he steps onto the ice
Saturday - and all,his successes and all
his failure. I've told Zach many times
that someone who tries hard never fails; they just
haven't succeeded yet. So his bag's packed, his
skates are sharpened, his stick is taped and
ready for action. So is he. His dad?
Biting his tongue in the stands (and
hoping for the best).
Mike Hayes is editor of the Record News Smiths Fall.
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Merner returns to
coach in Exeter
EXETER - The coaches and instructors of the Exeter Figure Skat-
ing Club met on Thursday to discuss the upcoming season and to
welcome back Kathy Merner as their head coach.
Merner returned to the club after taking 10 months to coach Fin-
land's novice, junior and senior precision skating teams. Although,
she enjoyed her tenure with the
Finish teams, coaching them
through a number of successful
international competitions, Mern-
er said she was glad to be back
and is very grateful for being al-
lowed to continue working with
the young skaters in the club.
"I feel I know so much more
than I did before I left and I can't
wait to start working with the
kids," said Merner who will also
be coaching Exeter's junior and
juvenile precision skating teams.
This year's president, Cathy
Hakvoort said she is looking for-
ward to having Merner back add-
ing she will have a lot of fresh
ideas to offer to the club.
Even though the number of
skaters registered in the club has remained the same, this year has
seen a record number of people eager to sit on the board of ex-
ecutives.
"We have 15 executives, the most we've ever had," said Hakvoort.
"This year we have a lot of parent participation and that's very im-
portant because we can't run the program without them."
New to the club this year is a canpowerskate program geared to-
wards helping skaters develop better balance, power, agility, speed
and endurance through conditioning and powerskating drills suitable
for ringette and hockey players (see Sept. 4 issue of T -A for more
information).
Hakvoort said they are also planning a Christmas show this year
which will take place sometime in December and will incorporate
live musicians; however, details are still being worked out.
The club will hold another Carnival this year, scheduled for
March, but a theme has yet to be finalized. Last season the Exeter
Figure Skating Club, along with Exeter's two precision skating
teams, hosted a very successful Carnival featuring 100 skaters from
all levels in a "Rock'n with the Beatles" theme.
"This year we hope to equal or top that," said Hakvoort.
Kathy Memer