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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-04-02, Page 14: ri a 1i . • Time': -Ad. ocatt'. April !; 1 y9 - This Week in Sports. • • Mens Indoor Soccerl,eagrie holds playoff tournament - page 15 • Stephen Township Novice 'vin WOAA championship - page 16 i Exeter A.E. Midget Lions win All -Ontario Ontario's Beat. 'The ,Exeter'.4 E'. Lions Midget 'hockey team took the honorary -ride on the town fire trtucJ( after returning from Prince' Edward1County'as .411-Ontario.Champions on Satur- day nigh7: The Lioris won the first two games in Exeter before clinching tile'final-series on the. road'5-4.' .,. ' . r Colts &Masters playoff at Exeter Curling Club I X:.TER - The wihole event went oft w "..oil, a hutilt.buLnnhndl ex: ' - pecten! .., Iii'. 'rile Exeter. ( urlin (-lub Itosted thus- gar's C(ilts and 'N-Iasters f'ro\ racial C'hanlpnoship from. Wednesday •-.to-Saturdax 'hut , because ttl a tic. two Master( Ie(►nls had to plalxofton Sundax ill 'rning •1 .wins tronl the 011a1w.1 alnil 'Chinguacousx curling Clubs went - head-to-head to decide .a winner will) Ottawa coming out (o Itlp, `A learn intim Harrtsitin won the (Coen: (itx Ision. Sixtx-tour:curler. represent111g 1( -clubs Iron across the -province - Came tit Exeter for the proxinetal , • pkIvdown.. , A committee of Ili people ha%e been ori'.minng this event for mm�lhi. atter the Exeter• (-tiding club won its hid to host the. games alter applying lix'iI in 1(Mi. . J1n1 DeBlock 11rganinng Conl- mince chairperson .soda number of 'people'worked hard to prepare for the hlghh touted ex era. which was ' heralded as being the hogged curl- ing--conipetitlon ever hosted i� Ex= • tiler • Frtim time -keepers to the kitchen crew. DcBlock.said there w.us never a shortage of -club .ihenlhers who were willing to v oluntecr apd. the end result was a top-quality event this ix as evident at the opening ccremonles on Vsednesdax night as Ili teams marched oat in step with . ('ail Stills. decked out in .t Scottish . kilt .ind playing the hag pipes. lead- ing the procession nI curlers ars they formed a .etni-circle on the lour ce pads'. The gallery was full of on- lookers as M.C.. Jinm Chapman. ? 1axi,r ken t-biogenh ,ui . Ontario+ Curluig - Ass cianon pr( tdent Glenn Corn'eu. Lxeter C'urling Club pre (ucnt Catllx 1. ade and event sponsor. Linda �\•Ilaling -owner of Tml Horton's til !-.serer. delivered :peddles before the team members . were utlfodu.ed. . t•oflowini• tr.r(htlun. a toast was - .ni Ede to the piper and .Lee, Webber. the oldest .ictlye nlenlher Of the Es- ctcr Curling C'luh. had the honor of • throwing the first mei- to officially -open. the games.-V'Intage players .Ross -Hodgen and'Eilmer Powe as- sisied h� swiicping the rock while the curlers (rued up tin either side .;leered thein nn. Matte spe.tatimrs (locked to the c�urling� .lub to see. some high_ cal- ihre `curling and most were Int= pressed by tilt• skills displayed on Ihc ire. but -it was the curlers who Ic(i wrlh tic biggest Impression at - ter receiving blur dax s of Exeter hospitahl5.- "The ciitupetitron w.ts , out-. standinw.. 'scud John Baxes from Ihc, • I3ax ieW Curling • Club. -'We riissed one slltit and we lost Ihc game That, how .onlpetitl�e it was "1 think this scats uesent1 was exceptional. 11 was vv ell organiied and' the people 4,f Exeter are very friendly." said Austin I'.Ilnier from the Thornhill•'Curline ('lub. "I've been to live praovincials and Ilii is Ilse hest one I've competed m." The ('tilts .(nd Masters tended the curling season whh a hang :ind nlnst,igrce 11 was the highlight of a xcry succcatul year. The building. owned h) shareholders. got a face - Toast. Right, Piper Carl Mills accepts a toast on his be- half from Jim DeBlock, Organizing committee chairperson and Cathy Cade, president of the Exeter Curling Club carry out the traditional toast to the piper during the opening ceremony of the Colts and Masters Provincial Champion- ships on Wednesday night. r lift in•th •past scar and (gas ren- ovated under the dtreettnn-nf •Jim Kerslake. -A lirst'=tim a tumor pro gram was impleniented for young' sters and hccane very •ptipulat. There was a bonsplel alniost esery: :weekend. tete challenge league con- tinucd to drasi •1 large nunlher of cutlets and is t • rare eighl-enders +were recorded this season hs club • nmembers. r I \f hliR - "Never sax dlc:" _this. popular phrase i. a mono used h+ most sports trams When Ihc ,ling. arc dow•n':intl n(~' other team knows That hater than the Exeter (.ions• lvlidget -A.Ei, te:un as 'they came , Bonn. behind in :aft Iluee . cane: to sweep Pnnee Edward (•o unty in the A11 -(Ontario Chane rktuships.- :Altcr'winning the first•two games. at home. t 3 in the series. opener :ind 3-> in•game.tw�� at home. the 1 ions inadethc tour and -a Half hour.. mad trip to Prince Edward County in Friday to win the third and final game 5.-d'. Thu game again .saw goalie Jeff Gooch .perliunn -well as- he has • in the past two games kiekitig out shin atter shot.- (Goalie Tony Eagleson also saw action in the previous (e- ncs' and performed xxell hctween the piped .. � - . Igor the first thole in a while the 1.lons came our of the gate'quicl:Iy _ coin. ,immolated Ihc •,p1ay- at even' strength and even :•while short- -Ii sided but the% couldn't get on the scorxboard.- Alier a scoreless first :period. Prince Edward C•1unt' - struc,k first x+ith tw(n-goals in the second to Iai;e :1 _-(1 lead. - , - - "We were beginning to- wonder about our luck..n tht. point we had oulshot and outplayed them hut. vc were -still (Iow n hx Iwo " said co, coach Rcui(h_ (nlfillun. - With just tinder, three minutes left 111 the frank: Kevin Dugan t dosed the gap -with help front. Jim' Seaton and Luike Forrest. All •through the playoffs 'Exeter has (ken strong in �hc.third period and this game was. no different as Mike V1'ilhelm.tied the-ganme :111 seconds into the last -period. Brock- Weiss and Forrest picke(I upas fists.. • - 1v. more goals- from Ben•.Cot- Irell and -Wilhelm saw . the (.ions takc'a twoo-goal lead with Hogan.' Seaton. \V' 'i s and Greg Young set- ting up the talite. • Prince • i:dward roped to narrow the two -goal margin and with,Wil- hclm in tl►c pcnaltx box they scored again tone the glume_ With less than Iwo minutes left to - play Wilhelm v -indicated himself as- -he made -a nifty play off of- the, draw to :core the g. tie ++inner. Strove delenstx e plax by Exeter pre.sen•cit the lead and didn't • give Prince Ed and the chance to -pull 'the goalte for the. extra at.tackcr: Gilfillan said -there ,were many . determining tactors in winning, the ' series.. . "First. and- tilrcmust was. the play of both oily goalies. Individual herds xvcr4 sacrificed for.te:am {flay and finally. our team `depth. - in-. eluding , our -affiliated_ bantam players. -added up to.thc champion- ship." tee said. - -rhe Exeter -Lions •stayed over niglu and: returned homct Saturday - where. the traditional ride on • thc- fire. truck was -wailing for them. The team celebrated during the tour. around Town and the procession of . cars following thein honked_ their horns adding to the jubilant at- mosphcre. - Still beaming from the ride cap - lain Mike Wilhelm was quirk to credit Ihc: victory to discipline and -ant , , -,�:: team eflOrt.' • . '-We -had to •stay' our of the box and we played like ly came together:' the tour on the fire .'way to he greeted to Etcctcr. " It was -time: If that doesn don't know what d `Co -coach Dark• winning a provin thrilling , experience Considering this was.his first vcar'coaching. hur. the way it unfolded has left him, a little more-.gre . Exeter rallied to overcome ' a deficit 'in all • three . games to" win ss ith .i come-from- hchind style that was usually en- gineered Iatc in the game. Two out of the three games were close one - goal wins for Exeter. "Their speed'and spirit was the hest. Norlatter Khat happened they never gave up.'' he said. - Gilfillan. said he .felt good for the players hecattse they have worked hard all season and•haven'I had the recognition they deserved: a team.. _wc real- ' he said adding' -truck. was a -nice upon their. return . a ride of 'a life_- - 't rump y4,ti up I • - 1 MacKay said tial title was a A lot of these kids have never experienced this heforc and i can -.say it h,1s hcen_long`ovcrduc." Ryan Beattie Dave Robilllard . Gavin Poole Matt Sims All-star. hoopsters. Senior students Matt Sims, Gavin Poole and junior students,Datre Robilli- ard and Ryan Beattie represented South. Huron ,District High School at' -the Huron -Perth all- star basketball game held in Exeter last Tuesday. In 'the senior game team Huron• lost• to Perth 88-67. The junior game was •a closer. contest' with Perth beating Huron 65-54: Beattie was tied for second -in scoring with eight points and Robilliard contributed three points in the junior.garpe. Chiefs on warpath to All -Ontario final iiXi:TEiR - The Exeter Jtixenilc `Chiefs :ire only 11114 point away front winning an • All:Onta_rin Championship. . - Alter taking a tic and a win In tete 'first two games at home. the Chiefs hhist game three in f:lmvale S-2 ind brought Ilse sines hack to Iixeter for ganie lout on Saturday•night Exeter wool Ills' Close c11ntesl I l0 lead the six -point .encs ' : A victor the night helore•wnut(1 ha+e set the stage tot Excie1 Io vx nl n .111 in frons• ur a h4,nle crowd on Sat- urday. but a lack -of tea n cohesion proved to he their downfall. . "We didn't get the te:Inm court we're capable of.• sail assistant coach Don Richardson about the loss. "There was loo much *n- tit%idual 1stuff) going on.;' Ted Holt man scored 1:setet first goal nli ;111 assist from Jcreinx 'S14w:Irl In Ihc hrst.peri(dl .nil -Paul Knight notched the ne . goal 'idler being set up by Brent Urlin late m the third. but iI wasn't cnntigh to catch up to Minxale which was sit Ong on a four goal ledd Head- piaci) Henri ttel3ru��n, sand their poor .perf(innanec wa:.un-. charaetcrisuc• of'then1. hat the 14,55 max have been the Shot in the arnl Ihc team needed. - . "I think it sobered therm •up a hit...." sail deBruyn adding !hex •ve swept Harrow in the quarter -finals and Wainlleci tri Ihc semis.. The loss un Friday.was the first in their playoff run. "...hut I wasn-t wnr-• ricd: I knew the boys would bounce. hack.' • They Chiefs look Io Ihc ire, fort gome • four - and wasted -no - time showing Elnlx:ilc they were playing for keeps as, Ihcx canes out flying :and peppered Ihc. Elmvale goalie who turned away shot after shot. • Ryan Beckett finally solved Ihc ' puzzle when he picked up a Inose puck and huricd it top shelf to give his team the• lead with only 19 scc- Ted Hoffman 'playing- for Exeter Chiefs to bang one past the Elmvale goalie during game four of the All•Ontaria. series at the South Huron Recreation Centre on Saturday night. Exeter is poised to capture the provincial title and will try to clinch the series with a win. or a • tie in Elmvale on Saturday. , ands lel' in the first periodl. The scrod period looked much the same as Exeter continued to- swann: the Elmvale net creating countless scoring opportunitics. Jcr- .cnls- Stewart scored Exeter's sec- ond goal- mi(twa) through 1114 sec- ofitl' period, alter hong• set 'up in fent of the net by teammates. Ga- vin SneII and Marty deBruyn. The two -goal Icad. •hnweyer. was shoe -lived: as Elmvale scored sec- onds'later on the fly to pull thcm- sclves within one. ' - Exetcr'slowed down in the third to play a tight checking defensive the. tries . game and goalie Dennis Roth came up with some big saves to keep his • -(cam ahead until the final buzzer ',sounded. . "The boys were more relaxed playing in front,of the home crowd and they executed the pre -game plan." explained deBruyn udding their durnp and chase style was the key in both' wins over Elmvale. The win didn't Come easily fox the hruiscd and Nattered Chiefs who arc fighting injuries as hard as their opponents. Ryan soldan, Paul Knight and Bcn Armstrong arc . playin ith j d M•k g wi 111 ones an 1 e Bowerman is' our of action with a broken collarbone. • • "We're in tough for injuries. Fm taping up. four to five guys every game," said•trainer Mike Soldan. But no one on the team who can still skate is ready to call it quits and the players know victory is only one point away. The Chiefs will follow the war- path to Elmvale on Saturday where a win or a tie can seal their quest . fox a provincial title. If necessary game .six will be held in Exeter on _ Sunday.