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Times Advocate, 1997-01-15, Page 141'a,\t• 14 Times -Advocate, January 15, 1997 -1' is 'die in Sports... • Ir. 'D' all--t*rs..chosen for Exeter and Lwo*n - pagre 15 • Chiefs lose 12-0 at Silver Stick - page 15 The. Greek connection, Costas Kollias, left, and John Fragiskatos enjoyed a game of Indoor soccer last Wednesday: This is the second year the. Exeter Minor Soccer Association has organized an indoor soc- cer league. Indoor soccer league kicks off second season HURON PARK - For the second consecutive year Exeter and arc:, soccer players: are getting their .kicks indoors this winter as the-.in- door'soccer league officially kicked off last week -at the -Centralia Acad- emy Recreation Centre in Huron Park: The league :is .affiliated with 'the Exeter Minot. Soccer Association and it is already shaping up to be a • carbon copy of its inaugural year. According to • organizer • Ross Long. there are 60 kids already reg- istered in the six tip 14 year-old age bracket. approximately the same . number as last year: and a new ad=., dition to -this year's league is a'ta dies 14 and up division.. - Both the youth and ladies play on Wednesday nights. • A mens' league, which plays on Monday nights. features six teams. • two from Exeter two from Stratford and one from St. Columban: The two Exeter teams consist of a mixture of summertime soccer players and newcomers to the sport. Their team names "Centennials" and "Fury" are used for simplicity and arc not meant to indicate they arc an extension of the Western On- tario Soccer League in which the two summer teams traditionally .- pia. in Also new to the Monday night mens' league this year is an- Under • 19 boys team.: Indoor -soccer' is based on outdoor. soccer with the same rules, how- ever. the indoor game is played,.on_ a hard gymnasium floor and the ball can tie played off_ .the walls eliminating an out of boundary zone. • The net -is much smaller and there are only six players a -side. a set up much like hockey with three forwards. two defensive players and a goalie. The "live walls" means there is less stoppage in play resulting in a fast and high scoring game. Sliding tackles are not• allowed. because of the hard floor shifting the focus of the game to hall control. The game is designed to keep the balls moving -and requires a lot of ` quick stop and passing plays. The end to end action usually re- sults in a high scoring game which appeals to spectators. . Player and volunteer coordinator George McEwan said the indoor league gives the outdoor players•an edge. 'when they return to their • teams in the summer. • . "There is a noticeable improve- mens in their level of play. Fitness is up and so is ball control." he said. .. . Long agrees but added most. of the youngsters are playing for fun. "Indoor soccer is a cost effective alternative to hockey. A lot. of kids enjoy playing .soccer through the winter." he said. Bantams eliminated from Silver Stick tournament The Exeter Legionnaires were one goal away from advancing to the finals EXETER - The Exeter Bantam Legionnaires'.quest "for a North American Batam_ "B" Champion- ship ended Sunday in Pon Huron, Michigan as they lost a, close 4-3 decision to "Penetanguishene. in the semi -final -game -of the International Silver Stick Tournament. The difference -in the game was Penetanguishene's ability to . cap- italize on their scoring chances. De- fensive miscues and giveaways in their own end by the Legionnaires resulted. in three Penetanguishenc goals while Exeter failed to capital- ize on several excellent scoring chances which' is uncharacteristic of the high scoring Legionnaire for- wards. • • Scoring for Exeter :were- -Jeff Campbell, Scott Keys and. Ryan Ralph: . Ralph's goal was a short-handed effort that briefly tied thc game _ with less than •four minutes to play. The winning. goal- was scored while Exeter was shorthanded with .2:48 left 'in the third period. With goaltender Ryan Sullivan on the. bench in favor of a sixth attacker.: the- Legionnaires• had two good scoring chances' but could not score to force the game into overtime: - "We outplayed them hut we couldn't put the puck in the net," said coach Terry Bourne. "We had a couple of Chances to tic the game • but it wasn't meant to -be." _ Exeter was required to play the semi-final without stalwart de- fenceman Klan MacDougall, who -was serving a one game suspension for picking up a game misconduct penalty in the quarterfinal game. The absence of Andrew Mayer due to sickness also- had an impact as the;Legionnaires were beginning to show the effects of playing their eighth game in the past 11 days. "Missing two key players really hurt us. We needed- to be at :full strength." said Bourne adding the players took the loss hard. • "It was a tough loss - because :they're -not used to _losing." said • Bourne. "We knew we • were the better team and at full strength we could have handled them. Emo- tionally it was a real hummer." - ' - In the opening game of the tour- nament. Exeter defeated the. "Indy - Racers" from Carmel Indiana by a 5-2 score. Jeff Campbell led the Le- gionnaires with two goals with sin- gles 'going .to Chad Monteith,'Scott Keys and Jared Bourne. John Pryde was solid in net for Exeter. - ` In the second game. Exeter clear- ly outclassed the Evansville Indiana. • "Thunder". defeating them by a 10-: 0 score. _Scoring two goals each for Exeter were Mike Seip and Scott keys. Single goals were added by- Rob yRob Devries. Ryan . Ralph,Tanner "Ingram," Steve Rasenberg, Jeff - Campbell and Chad Monteith With this victory. Exeter clinched top spot in their division and earned the right to play in the:quarterfinals. In the quarterfinal -game. Exeter downed Midland Michigan "Fire- . fighters" .3-0 in a tough. penalty" filled game. Scoring for the Le- gionnaires. were Mike Seip,Scott Keys and Chad Monteith. • Ryan. Sullivan was"outstanding in net for Exeter to earn the shutout against - the State of Michigan's. Bantam "A" champions. The Bantam "B" tournament was comprised of 12 teams with four teams from Ontario : laking-: pan. American teams :were form In- diana, New York :Minnesota and - Michigan:. Exeter. was the only "CC" classed team in the tourna-. 'Merit With -the other Ontario teams all 'being larger "B." class.centers. "All 15 Legionnaire players gave 100. per cent effort and were good sportsmen and all were excellent- representatives of the Town of .Ex- - eter in this prestigious international tournament." said Bourne,' . . With only three game's- left in league play, and holding. on to first ,place in the Shamrock North stand, .ing' with ..an impressive 16-2-2 re.-ord. rd. the Legionnaires are look- inc forward to the playoffs. South Huron basketball teams split games with Seaforth EXETER - The South Huron District High School senior and junior basketball teams hosted Seaforth on Monday with the juniors winning their game by one and the seniors losing by two points in over- time. After playing Seaforth to a 28-28 tic by the end of. four quarters the Panthers ran into foul trouble in : the extra frame allowing. Seaforth to take the lead. However, South Huron came back and took ,a one point lead with only- five seconds left on the clock. Returning to the court after calling a time-out Sea - forth charged back and made a desperation long shot -from way outside the three point line. The buzzer sounded while the hall was in the air. but the shot was good."giving Seaforth the sudden win with no time -remaining on the clock. Darryl Romphf led the Panthers with 13 points in the losing effort. • It was a disappointing loss for the seniors as Sea - forth was -playing witha short bench. Junior boys basketball The. junior team won their game against Seaforth 31-30, however. coach Brian O'Connell said it. was 'a disappointing performance considering they de- feated the same team 68-34 on their own court dur- ing a tournament two days before. - "We tried everything we could to give this game away," said O'Connell sarcastically. "It wasn't our' best effort." The juniors arc still lacking the patience they need to set up the guaranteed play. something that has plagued them from the start of the season: "We need to work on the quality of -our shooting. They 're still taking difficult shots." said O'Connell. , In tournament action -on Saturday. the juniors beat . -St. Anne's 62-42 and Central Huron 62-37. The jtin--. iors currently have three wins and two losses in reg-. ular league play. - - Midget boys basketball The midget -boys basketball team dropped their first game since the Christmas break losing by eight points to Central Huron last Wednesday. The juniors•also played. that, day heating Central Huron 47-37.. Chris Murch and -Matt Knox led the Panther's offence combining for 22 points. Girls volleyball The SHDHS girls volleyball program. is enjoying a successful season. The.seniors had a -good performance in a tourna-.. ment hosted by Stratford recently making it to the • semi-finals before being eliminated. by the • host' . team. Last Tuesday they defeated Goderich two - games to one before losing a close match to Sea - forth. �` The midget girls team also played that day beat- ing Goderich 15-9. 15-12 before dropping the third game 15-9..They went on to meet Seaforth splitting the first two games and winning the third 16-14 in extra sets. - Have a sports tip? Call the Times -Advocate 235-1331 Exeter skaters win medals at Great Lakes By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter LONDON - three members of the Exeter, Figure Skating Club brought ho a four medals from the 24th Annu I Great Lakes Winter Skating. Fes vaI held in London re- cently. Kristylee rley won a gold med- al in her prelitninary "A" free skate and a bronze in preliminary ele- ments. Laura Noakes won gold in her Canfigure "A" and Michelle toy won bronze in her _canfigurc and placed fourth in her pre - Preliminary. Over 900 applicants competed at the three-day event from Jan. 10-12 and this was the second ma , m - petition the Exeter club.t1 ass par- ticipated in so far this season. "The competition was tough," said coach Kathy Merner adding this was the first time Exec skat- ers participated in the Great Lakes event. "The kids trained hard for this over the Christmas, hclidays and I think they made a good im- pression:" • The Exeter figure skaters arc cur- rently preparing for the H.O.M.E. (Huron. Oxford. Middlesex, Elgin,) competition held in Lucan on Jan. 24 and lylerner said the Great Lakes competition was a good inilication of how club members will do. With H.O.M.E. only two weeks away there's not much time to pre- pare. however. Merner said thc skaters are ready physically and mentally. "They (the skaters) have been putting in a lot of early mornings and late nights." she said. "All of them have put forth a huge commit- ment in their training this year and so far the results show that." Exeter Figure Skating Club members competed at the Great Lakes competition hosted by London recently. From left, Kristylee Varley won a gold medal in her preliminary "A" free skate and a bronze in preliminary elements, Lau- ra Noakes won gold in her Canfigure "A" and Michelle Roy won bronze in her canfigure "8" and placed fourth in her pre -preliminary. Lucan Irish defeat Lambeth in overtime LUCAN - The Lucan Irish are undefeated M two games af- ter they stole a 5-4 overtime win against Lambeth last Wednesday. Chad Lam - bourn, Scott Thompson and Ryan Baynham scored for Lu - can and Mike Jaremchenko pumped M two including the overtime winner. After jumping to a quick two goal read, Lucan allowed the visitors to tie the score by the end at the first period. The Irish rebounded in the second scoring two more goals in what co -coach Ja- son Bukala called the best second period the team has played in two months. However, Lambeth added another goal late • in the frame on a powerplay and tied the score at low in the third with only eight minutes eft. "They hod us on our heels after that," said Bukala about his team's inconsistent play in the third period. "That's been our biggest problem all sea- son. We start off great then we fall asleep Tate in the game." Jaremchenko scored the winner when his slap -shot de- flected off a defenceman and into the Lambeth net. The Irish are in second lad place in their division, but Bu - kola said things are turning around for the team and he is optimistic about making the playoffs. However, with only 10 regular league games left he admits they can't afford to take many more losses. "We're in a spot right now. Our division is so tight we need every win," said Bukab who oestimates six wins j �Will so - a pl- `Iy' off spot. i 's to' sr to control our own des- • •