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This Week in Sports...
• Roosters capture mens division title - page 17
• Inline hockey league results - page 18
Senior boys soccer team
wins HP
Championship
The Panthers qualify for W.O.S.S.A. hosted in St. Thomas
after winning their second consecutive Huron -Perth title.
LiSTOWEL - For the second
consecutive year the South Huron
District High School senior boys
soccer team wan the Huron -Perth
Championship after defeating Lis-
towel on Monday.
The Panthers won •
the evenly matched
game,in a shootout af-
ter an overtime frame
couldn't break a• 1-1
deadlock. •
Dave Farquhar
scored South Huron's
goal in regulation
play.
A strong wind blowing down the
length of, the field played a prom-
inent role in .the game and both'
teams took advantage of it scoring -
'their .goals. when it aided them.
Tight defence and strong goal -
keeping on both sides prevented the
winning goal from settling the
game sending it into a shootout. All
five South Huron shooter found
their mark and a Listowel player
missed giving the visiting Panthers
the decision.
"I hate to see it come to that. No-
body wins in. a shootout,' said
coach George McEwan who vivid-
ly remembers the last time he lost a
11-P final in a shootout situation.
"BUt it was a tight game and both
teams showed why they've made it
as far as they have."
South -Huron earned a berth in the
H -P finals on Friday after defeating
F.E. Madill 4-0 in the Hu:
ion semi-finals and Sea -
forth 3-0 in the finals on•
Friday on goals by Far-
quhar, Chad Gilfillan,
Like Sims • and Trevor
Boersma. 'Exeter goal-
keeper Trevor Skinner
earned both shutouts. .
The team's second H -P
title launches qualifies them for.
WOSSA which will be hosted by
St. Thomas on Thursday and McE-
wan feels the Panthers will be con-
tenders. Last year the senior boys
team went all the way to the semi-
finals playing _ against AAA
schools, however, this year the for-
mat has changed and South Huron
is pitted against smaller A and AA
schools.
"I. don't think it's out of
reach...we could win WOSSA," he
said.
in. junior boys soccer action, the
Panthers bowed out of the H -P
playoffs atter losing a close semi -
"1 hate to
see it come
to that.
Nobody
wins in a
shootout."
final game to Central Huron in an
overtime shootout. Central Huron
lost 3-0 to F.E. Madill in the finals.
In .senior girls soccer action, the
Panthers lost their Huron final 3-1
to Central Huron on Wednesday.
Cara Gardner scored cored for the
Panthers on a direct free kick. The
loss comes as a surprise to the sen-
ior, girls team which dominated
league play throughout the season .
with an extended winning streak.
They defeated Seaforth easily in
the semi-finals 10 earn a berth in
the championship game.
SHDHS Awards Banquet
South Huron District High
School will hold its annual Awards
Banquet on June 3 to mark the end
of the 1995-96 season. Last year.85 '
awards were handed out to students
that excelled in their .chosen 'sport.
The top junior/senior athletes will
be recognized and the prestigious
Paw and Panther awards will be
presented as well. •
Guest .speaker is Justine Blainey.
Last year the banquet was well at-
tended and their were a few "tok-
en" awards presented to coaches as
some of the students highlighted
the year.
Juniors' undefeated streak ends
EXETER - The Exeter Co-op
Junior baseball team split a pair of
games last week beating St. Marys
11-1 on,Thursday before dropping
a one -run decision} .to Byron on ,Sat-
i,
urday
Dwight Gingerich pitched a
strong seven innings . against St.
Marys recording five strikeouts,'
.walking five batters while allowing
only four hits. Scot Kemp pitched
the last two innings allowing two
hits and striking out two:
Exeter defense was strong, com-
mitting only two errors in this nine
inning contest.
Exeter Co-op Junior bats contin-
ued strong with Scot Kemp hitting
four singles, Jason Maskell with
three singles, Bill Hodge, a double
and a single and Dale Hepf with
two singles.
Darryl Hartman, Blake Schade,
Dwayne McNab and Dwight
Gingerich all 'hit well, placing sin-
gles.
Exeter 7 vs, Byron 8
The Exeter Co-op Juniors went
into this game with a perfect 3-0
record and the players knew they
had their work cut out for them, as
Byron . also- had a . perfect 3-0
record.
Byron scored two in the first, one
in the third, two in the sixth, one in
the seventh, and two in the bottdm
of the ninth. Exeter scored one in
the third inning, three in the fifth,
two in the sixth and one in the
eight.
The. Co-op Juniors were leading
7-6 with one out in the bottom of
the ninth. Relief pitcher Dwayne
McNah gave up two home runs to
the last two batters. •
McNab pitched in the seventh,
eighth -and ninth innings: He
pitched well, and after watching
two two balls blasts over the centre -
field fence he asked "Can I have
the start against Byron the next
game?"
Leftie Darryl Hartman pitched .a
strong six innings with some good
defense behind him. Short stop
Dwight Gingerich made -an impres-
sive hack hand ground ball and -
threw out the Byron runner at first
and centrefielder Bill Hodge caught
'a diving catch to take away an extra
base hit by Byron.
The Exeter Co-op Juniors,
played an excellent game from start
to finish, considering they were'
only able to dress nine players and
hada couple guys playing unfamil-
Ann Heeney controls a loose ball during a womens soccer
game on Sunday night. Exeter lost it's home opener to
the London Snipers 2-0.
. iar positions.
Three errors and two pitches that
didn't break cost them the game.
Exeter Co-op Junior offense. was
.led by James Rolph with -a double'
and three single's. Dwayne McNab
with a double and single, Jason
Maskell with two singles, and Bill
Hodge with two singles. Scot
Kemp, Paul Gregus and Jo Maskell
all contributed singles.
'A Sunday game in Arva was
rained out. The Co-op Juniors will
travel to Thorndale on June 1 with
a 3-1 record.
Shuffleboard
Exeter
May21
5 game winners
Ann Northey
Marj McCurdy
Wilma Davis
Harry Puttick
Bill Sullivan
4 game winners
Muriel Marshal
Lloyd Lovell
Tom Williams
Jim Davis
Hensall
May 20
Tom Williams
Ina WillianiS;
Doug Insley
Dave Woodward
Doris Hamilton
Gert Eagleson
Dorothy Corbett
Isobel Rogerson
402
360
288
286.
273
332
277
262
259
665
.558
535
507
502
485
424
406
Panther champs. Geoff Maver, left, and Bill Kline chase after the ball during the Huron finals
on Friday. The South Huron senior boys soccer team went undefeated in the Huron playoffs
shutting out F.E. Madill and Seaforth before -defeating Listowel in a shootout for the H -P title
on Monday.
Lucan players help AAA hockey
team to tournament finals
LUCAN - The Mid -Elgin Red-
wings Tyke select hockey team
competed in the Toronto 'AAA'
spring hockey tournament May 24
and 25 and were undefeated in
round-robin play.
They beat Vaughn 'AAA' Rang-
ers 2=Q Toronto Rangers Sciccts 8-
0, Toronto 'AAA' Village Mad
Dogs 3-2, and tied Toronto 'AAA'
Rangers 1 I.
They advanced to the final and
outplayed and outshot the Detroit
Little Ccasers 'AAA' team but
couldn't beat a hot goaltender in
losing 2-0.
. The team is made up of players
from Lucan, Dorchester, Mount
Brydgcs and Parkhill.
Goaliender David McDonald
earned two shutouts 'and posted a
goals against average of 1.00. Scor-
ers were Logan Couture with six
goals and one assist; Jonathon
Wall, three goals and three assists
Brian McLinchcy, two goals and
three assists; Danny Ryan, two
goals and two assists; Adam Nor-
man, one goal and two assists;
Baseball roundup rI
Usbonte Minor Ball
May 13
Mite Boys 6 vs. Hensall 8
.May 20
Mite Boys 17 vs. Crediton 11
Mite Girls 9 vs. Crediton 21
Bantam Girls 14 vs. Zurich 21
May 21
Squirt Girls 19 vs. Hensall 15
May 22
Mite Girls 12 vs. Fullanon I 1
Exeter Royals Midget
Boys Fastbali
May 20
Mitchell 2 at Exeter 12
Pitchers: Chad Dalrymple (7 k's), Doug
Rimmer (5 k's)
Top hitters: Craig Skinner (home run),
Geoff Maver
Next game: May 27. Tavistock at Exeter,
9 p.m.
Dashwood WOBA
May 22
Listowel 1 at Dashwood 6
Pitcher: Jesse Schroeder (7 k's in 3 in-
nings); Justin Hayter (5 k's in 3 innings):
Mark Laye Jr. (3 k's in 1 inning)
Top hitters: Dennis Bedard (double),
Jake Romphf (2 singles). Jesse Schroeder
(2 singles)
Next game: May 27 at 6:45. Clinton at
Dashwood
Exeter Rookie Ball
May 24 .
Pu pke Rockets 25 vs. Green 16
Runt for Purple: Alcisha Heywood. Tim
Bilcke (4). Jayden Desjardine. A.J. Miller.
Kaitlyn Krahn, Kyle Bryson (3), Luke
Kennedy (2). Shawn Morgan (3), Justin
Anstett (3). Jake Homuth (.3). Mac Potter
(3)
Runs for Green: David Geoffrey (2), .
Matt Sangster (2). Greg Lovelace (3),
Ryan Sedlak (2), Marc Denomme. Mitch
Cverholt, Brett Overholt, Jarrett Johns,
Brent Johns (3)
FlyhaIi catches by: Kyle Bryson, Jayden
Dcsjardin
Greg Noyes,
Romphf and
an assist.
3 assists; and Cory They will compete in another .
Mike Ryan each had 'AAA' tournament in Toronto from
May 30 to June I .
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IHRA Drag
Racing Results
rand Bend Motorplex
17 - Final round results
Car R/I'
Super Pro
77 Chev Vega 0.548
70 Olds 442 r . 0.534
Pro
84 S-10 Chevy 0.556
79 Z28 0.606
Super Bike
89 Suzuki GSXR 0.600
73 Kawasaki KZ 0.380
Super Stock
-72 Nova SS 0.553
.- 69 Camaro 0.654
95 ArtSledicat ZRT 0.509
96 ZRT 800 . • 0.736
Stoc
94 intrepikd 0.579
96ZRTBike 800 , 0.770
83 Honda Intcrcc 0.605
80 Yamaha 400 0.714
18 -final round results
Super Pro
62 Ply Fury 0.643
74 Chev Nova 0.545
Pro
69 Barracuda 0.523
70 Chev Nova 0.506
Super Bike
88 GSXR Suzuki 0.550
92 GSXR Suzuki 0.624
Super Stock •
Camaro - 0.489 - 14.919
72 Nova SS 0.483 14.299
Sled .
95 Articat ZRT 0.528 11006
96 Form0.598 12.062
Stoculka Z
66 NovaBike 1.063 15.177
73 Corvette 0.604 14.924
80 Yamaha 400 0.807 17.23
83 Honda Intcrcc 0.920 11.413
Jr. Dragster
Kayla Robinson, Pt. Huron, Mi 94 Half Scale 0.813
Joshua Blain, Fort Gratiot, MI Jr. Dragster 0.921
May 24
Stock
Shirley Rader, Exeter 87 Mustang GT 0.760
Greg Healy. Sarnia 85 Chev S -l0 1.150
King of the Beach Qualifier
Shirley Rader, Exeter 95 Mustang GT 0.712 15.853
Shelley Mcinnis, Dashwood 69 Buick Skylark 0.488 18.241
Peter Vander Burgt, Exeter
Carl Sawicki, Kitchener
Pete Hrudka, Exeter
Mark Brand, Exeter
Steve Strcatch. Woodstock
Todd Price, Windsor
Steve Roy, Exeter
Dave Stuckey, Brights Grove
Chris Haugh, Exeter
Rob Watson, London
Terry Brighton. Wingham
Greg Moon. Sarnia
Ed Vandewial. Chatham
Tyler Froman. Downwfew
,,, ; ,May.
Louis Brehm. Woodstock
Mike Warner, Bayfeld
Fred Ellis. Stratford
Chuck Cook, Sarnia
Rob Preston, Paris
Doug Johnstone, London
Shaun Oliver, London
Steve Roy, Exeter
Chris Haugh, Exeter
Karen Greenwood, Alliston•.
Jim Rerkvans, Port Lambton
Mark Westlake, Grand Bend
Tyler Froman, Downsview
F of Vandcwial. Chatham
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10.083 1.77.54
22.072 115.91
10.706 120.49
13.021
8.91 121.44
10.535 128.11
14.273 92.84
14.023 49.07
10.922 104.6
11.796 111.06
17.672
17.225
11.624
16.797
74.08
77.23
110.41
74.62
11,143 118.56
11.529 115.34
11.19 107.69
1045 97.75
9.814_ 112.27
9.588 132.33
66.18
93.16
106.19
101.53
80.47
93.44
78.78
118.07
12.666 47.52
W.348 60.81
16.07 72
16.749 71.85
87.26
51.41