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Times -Advocate, February 26, 1997 Page 15
Medal winners Midget hockey round -up
The Exeter Figure Skating Club competed at the -Pat Abe-
- la Memorial competition in Windsor on the weekend. Back
- row, 10. Jason Roy -gold, .Nnstylee V-arley-gold. Front, Mi-
chelle Roy -silver 'and bronze, and Laura Noakes. Missing
is Brenna Anstett-silver and Melissa Timmertnans-fourth '
place. The Exeter Figure Skating Club will hold: their annu-
• of Carnival skating event this. Sunday at the :South. Huron
Recreation Centre at:1 pin. •
Irish down by two
in playoff series
1.1 I('AN - Inturies have. taken ai heavy toll on the Lucan Irish as
ihey,Iosi;their first mt.) games in their playoff series against: .Sea -
forth.
Lucan lust 6-2 on•Sunday ire Seailorth and 4-3 at horns on Wcdnc'-
(lay
'Clic Lina on \ ctlnc•da+• +as a heavy blow for the team as Lucan
ga.c up a three goal lead in Ilii Third:r►criod to•allow Mitchell to tic
-rhe score and Win in ii%-ertinle ' •
-II's hard to describe -).);hat happened. we•couldn't stop the hiced-
ing.".sand co coach Jason Bukala about Seafnrth's three unanswered •
goals. . . • .
The dis-heartening hiss may have alfecied then in game Iwo as
Lucan came out Ilat and -fell behind.quickly,
"It was Bard for us 1('fight hack Irvin a Itis: like that.... he said.
The Inch entered the.playolls inissing three vital players including •
(.. o of their lupi three: goal scorers Steve Hudson. alike Rohh and
all-star defenceinam Mike Jaremclienko. - .
"It hurts•us mentally to have key guys out of the line-up'this time
til the. year." said Bukala.
. Despite herng`duw.n two games, Bukala said he's confident they
still ha.e a chance to rebound in the seven game series. .
'•Wc re not discouraged. We're going to fight our way out of this."
The. Irish. will meet Seafoith at home on Wednesday. night- for
game three.
Petite 'C' advance
to Huron -Perth final
-MONCTON - The Exeter and
Distrixt.Optimist•Petite 'C'-ringcttc
team clinched a spot in the. Flunln-
Perth finals. Sunday. -with an excit-
ing 7-6 win.oser Milchcll.
Exeter started the ;scoring early.
with Brittany Rev ingto n putting the.
ring in the net off it free pass only -
20 seconds into the game: Three
minutes Tater. Jaclyn Marshall :on-
nected on a nice relay pass from
Laura Parsons and Sherri Skinner.
Mitchell got on the •scoreboard
minutes later. witl► 1%'0 quick mark-
ers to bring the, teams even. Each
teammanaged to more before the
first period buns, Jcnn Timmer -
mans accounted Ior an unassisted
effort and 13. Re'. moon capped the
scoring on a pass . from ('liristina
Cook. - . -
Second half st oring started a
minute and a hall in with 13 'Rev-
ington•and •('oik %cuing tip Tint
nmerman% lot a picture perfect hack -
hand shot -
•lhc k -.1s' big break cause at the
11: mark when another passing
play connected and Miranda (irenr-
EXETER - The Exeter RSD Mid-
get Generals defeated.Lambeth 7-1
on Friday . eliminating them from
playoff contention after sweeping
the series in three games.
Exeter opened the scoring late in
the first period, when Luke situs
scored on a passing play from Greg
Geoffery and Tyler Bourne and
never looked hack. Sims. Geoffery
and Bourne. scored two goals each
and. including assists. the trio com-
hined for 11 points during the
night. - .
Geoff Mayer. also scored. for the
Generals. and Dave Farquhar, Matt
Sraho, Cam Dougall and Brian Par-
sons added assists[
Co -coach Dave. Dalrymple said
Lambeth put out a god effort until
they fell behind midway through
the game.•
"Once we gilt the lead they gave
up and started taking. stupid pen-
alties." said Dalrymple.
Exeter will. meet Forest in the
quarter finals- Wednesday .night at
the South Huron Recreation Centre
for game one. The Generals. de-
feated Forest twice in preliminary
round robin playoff action nut -
scoring them 9-2 and the coaching
staff say the team -is. ready for the
next round.
Lucan
- 'A 2-2 tie isas close -as the Lucan
Midget hockey team has come to
losing in the playoffs so far this
season. • - -
After sweeping West Lorne in the
first round. Lucan is now leading
rlderton 'five points to one and is
threatening to :eliminate them from
-OMHA playoff •contention.
Lucan defeated rlderton '6-2 i►n
Thursday. tied them on Saturday
et -Tilled the pass from Marshall -and •
Jenn Alderdite into the net while
shorthanded. Jenna Revington add-
ed the game winning goal. on a .
powerplay fire minutes to go in the
game. with Skinner arid Kristin Re-
gier assisting.
Mitchell tested Exeter's goaltend-
.er Holly Hcrn -into the dy ing sec-
onds of the game. hut she and de-..
tori.• Jocelyn Stirs. Enid
Drummond, •lniainda. Overholt.
Theresa Gallagher and Sherri Skin-
ner continued nt play strong
throughout the game.
Coaching staff say the end-to-end
wine kept eserytiody on their toes.
I•hc Petite 'C now await the win-
ner of Stratford and Seaforth Se-
ries. Despite missing some key
players in the nett series due to the.
Mauch Break holiday. coach Mi-
chele Iludgert is confident they will
(sonic 4)111 on tl,1t -
. Exeter will play a hest two of
three with the winner for the Hu-
ron -Perth Pciiie '(" championship.
'pile next game will be Sunday in
Hcnsal1 ai S:(X) exhibition.
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and beat them 3-1 on Monday
night. Jeremy Cornish had four
points in game one. Ryan Carroll
had three, Andrew Stansel had two
as did Mat • Porter -while Ryan
Thomas, Pat Conlin and Jaime
VainKastern recorded one point
each. • - -
in the second game Mike Herbert
and Conlin scored -for Lucan with
Joe Morley and Thomas picking up
the assists and in game. three Cor-
nish led his team with two -goals
and an assist. VanKastern had one
goal and Stansel recorded an assist.
Co -coach Bruce •Cornish said this
series is a lot closer than the last,
but he expected that. •
."1 knew this wasn't going to he a
cakewalk)" said Cornish who pre-
dicted the series would go to"five
games. "But 1 sell think we are_bet-
ter than both those teams." -
. Cornish credits their .lead to an
overall team effort. •
"We'vc. had a- short bench with
key player out of the line up for
most of .the series but the other
hogs have stepped up their play.
said Cornish adding hitt defence --
man' re hot .when his forwards. are
lagging and. as an example. he
pointed nut the. second.game where
they killed.off a five on three pen-
alty •for most of the third period
without' giving up a goal.: . •
Lucan will meet ilderton at home
for game four.on Wednesday night
where they will try to drive the -fi-
• 'nal nail in lklcrton's coffin.
Stephen Township
After recce% ing a bye in the first.
round,.the Stephen Township' Mid:
oet hockey team dropped the first
t.+n games in their playoff series, to
Flow ick losing 4-2 on Thursday
Dashwood Minor Ball REGISTRATION
Sat. Mar. 8- 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Basement of Dashwood Community Centre
Lar scan Team Re¢rstratron Fee All registrations must be
90-92. T -Ball -.$15.00 - accompanied by a $50.00
89 - Jr. Rookie. $25.00. postdated cheque for fundraising.
88 . - Sr. Rookie '$25.00 Please. bring a photocopy of your.
86.87 Mosquito $30.00 birth certificate (new players only)
84-85 Pee Wee - $35.00 . ;PLEASE REGISTER ON THAT DAY
82-83 ' ' Bantam $40.00 AS THERE ARE LiMITED SPACES
80.81 Midget . $50.00 ON SAME TEAMS!
Coaches :
needed!
and K-1 on Sunday.
f►arryl Parsons scored Stephen's
two •goals•, in game one with. with
Shawn Stuckless, Shawn Sherwood
and Jason Niel picking up assisTs.
In game two. Jeremy Pickering
notched the .only goal with the- as-
sist going to Steve Averill and
Dave Govcrs.
Despite- the long layoff. coach
Bch Parsons said his team played
well hut Howick's .big physical
presence was too much for the
much smaller Stephen forwards to
handle: He said Stephen will try (0
get one hack on Tuesday night
when they meet •Howick at home -
for game three. hut he admits it
won't he easy.
"It's going .to he an uphill fight."
.aid Parsons.
Heywood .
named all-star
LONDON - Jason Heywood
of Exeter has made the sec-
ond OUAA all-star team after
16 league coaches cast their
ballots last week.
Playing as a forward for the
University of Western Ontario
Mustangs, Heywood has 15
gods and 26 assists this sea-
son.
The Mustangs finished third
overall and will meet Windsor
on Tuesday where a win
would give the team a berth
in the preliminary round robin
playoffs.
"-I McGillivray Minor Ball Re istrat• n
Sat. Mar. 8 10 a.m. to 2
Wed. Mar. 12 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 15 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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• 5. Pitch $20.00• Mites & Squirts $35:00 • Pee Wees and up$50
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