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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-06-11, Page 18Page' 18 Tinte>-Advocate, June 11, 1997 This Week in Sports... • Lucan player drafted by London Knights - page 19 • Lucan offers to host Senior Games - page 20 1 Student athletes celebrate memorable year South Huron District High School wraps up successful 1996-97 athletic season with awards presentations Award recipients. . Above, from left, Dave Robilliard (junior boy athlete of the year), _la; rnie Reaburn (junior girl athlete of the year), Chris Straw (Panther Award and'senior boy • athlete of the year), Cara 'Gardiner (Panther Award and senior,girl athlete of the year) and Bill Kline (Paw Award). Right, Ms. Rowe presents the Paw Award to Sunny Dinney. Centennials split games EXEr i;R - The Exeter Cerilenn'ials.split their last. two games in Western Ontario Soccer League play. - Last Wednesday the team hosted league -leading Scottish from London. • The match • was close throughout and. despite dominating the midfield and .gaining the most good scoring chances, the hosts came upon the had end of a 3-2 score.. . Jeff Lingard opened the scoring early in 1,1)4rst half when he took a nice feed from Ruud Veldhu- izen and. after hitting the keeper 'on his first shot.: picked up his own rebound shelved it just under the crossbar. • The visitors were quick -to respond., though. as they took advantage of a;lapse in the Centennials defending and sent their own defender in. and he struck the ball•neatly into the low.corner. Scottish then took the lead when they redirected a corner kick past the Exeter defense and keeper and into the net. • . The 'Centennials- tied it in •the late stages of the first half when Lingard• struck again. redirecting a cross from Ruban Chelladurai with his head. The second half was dominated. by the Centennials. but the Scottish keeper seemed prepared for every shot. With only a few minutes left -in the game. the vis- itors again, found the corner and held on to tate lead 'to -the end.• • On Sunday. the Centennials travelled to London- to ondonto take On Olympics. Just after they had lost a game they should have won against Scottish, they played poorly enough to lose, but hell on to heat their hosts 4-3. Jeff Lingard again had •the.first strike. heading home a corner kick front Scott Rasenhcrg: .it was Rasenherg's turn 15 minutes .later as he drove in Shaun Rotteau's cross to make the 'score 2-0... The second half opened with the Centennials in a self-destruct mode. After having clearly carried the play in the opening 45 minutes. they. were hack on their heels later on and allowed the Olympics -.to challenge the -defense over and over again. Joe - D'Ariano and Jcie Martens led the defense to turn away most of the hosts' efforts.. but after' a good strike and a penalty shot. the score was tied 2-2: The. Centennials regrouped and Dan Martens re- - gained the lead with a nicely -placed head ball in a goal mouth scramble. • • Lingard scored the winner when he converted Mark Brintnell's pass just inside the near post. The hosts.nianaged.a late goal from a corner kick. hut. the Centennials' .defense managed to -hang on for the three points. • The Centennials, next game will be at the Nabisco Fields on. Sunday at 6 p.m. when they host the Ger- ,. ratan Canadians from London. Grand Bend angler places third with 18.4 Ib. salmon After fishing in the Grand Bend Salmon and Trout derby for six years, Reed Burley finally hooked a winner By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter • GRAND BEND - A Grand. Bend angler hooked the third largest sal- mon during the Grand Bend Sal- mon and Trout Fishing Derby held recently. • Reed Burley placed third after weighing in an 18.403 pound sal- mon he caught on the final day of the derby . last Sunday. But that came as no surprise to Burley who was certain he had a contender as soon as he hooked it. "1 kncw we were going to he on the board as soon we got a glimpse of it 20 feet behind the boat." he said. "It put up a real good fight for, the first 15 minutes." Trolling on Lake Huron with his brother Shane, the 24 -year fishing veteran said landing the salmon was' a team effort with a textbook finish. He explained Sh?ne, who ..4 • was driving the .boat. kept the .line taught enough to let Burlej. ease the tension on his reel. - t "It took out 280 feet' of, line • he-• fore i could reel it hack .:n." said Burley. adding -he used a Silver Fox spoon. Appreciating the unpredictability of the fish in Lake Huron. Burley said it was a case of using the right lure at the right time. "We were using everything. but that just happened t� be the one they were hitting that morning." Measuring 23 inches in length. the impressive catch earned Burley the $750 cash value for the third largest fish in the salmon category. It was also the "catch of the day" giving him an additional $200 in prizes. • • This was the first.time Burley has won anything since he began par- ticipating in the annual derby six years ago and even though it's the By Kate Monk T -A Reporter EXETER - Athletics are an im- portant-part of high school life. Last Tuesday night, South Huron Dis- trict High School students gathered in their, gymnasium to celebrate.. their athletic endeavors of the 1996- 97 school year. - Toni DeJong, Athletic . Council Chairperson, .appropriately set the tone for the evening's awards Pres- entations in her opening remarks.. "We: are here to recognize teams -that made' the year sb memorable, " stated DeJong: - Ms. Rowe, Athletic Director, echoed DeJong's remarks. - ' "These are among the best days of your lives. Please makethe most of them," Rowe said. Throughout .the evening, coaches praised the students for their ded- ication, character, hard work and good attitude. They also expressed appreciation to the graduating stu- dents for their effort and work. The students thanked their coaches for the time they_spent with them. Principal Bill Gerth said he was proud - of :South Huron's_athletic program. • -"Our program is equal to and per- haps beyond any in south western Ontario." claimed Gerth. He also credited athletics 'with- making stu- - dents better - people :and helping them be more successful in life: Many tebrrts enjoyedwinning sea- sons, won Huron -Perth Champion- ships and participated at OFSAA. josh• Watson once. again showed his skills as the OFSAA Regional champion in the 1500 meter wheel chair event and placed fifth on the weekend at the OFSAA Champion- ships while posting . his hest per- sonal time of 7:07:049. in cross country, the midget girls and junior boys won the Huron - Perth .Championships. Erin Ro- billiard was the individual Huron - Perth Midget Champion. The field hockey team had an- other strong year dominating the lo- cal -front as Huron -Perth and WOS- SA Champions. Curling has grown in popularity at SHDHS. Practicing five days- a week, the hard work paid off for the boy's team who captured the Hu- ron -Perth Championships. - Jamie Reaburn and Jennifer Regi- er worked very well together with an- excellent recordin badminton claiming the Huron -Perth and WOSSA junior girls'-dbu1le's ti- tles: The senior boys' sgcee r team had a very succesjfML1 season on their' way to the Hu- ron -Perth. Cham- pionships and were rewarded perhaps with the silver bee�ond in medal . - at • the any WOssA competi- : south western tion. - Ontario." Special awards were presented to '1 sented to a male and female athlete who currently take a physical ed- • ucation course, play at least two major sports and demonstrate skill, leadership, academic achievement and are good, valuable team mem- bers were Sunny 'Dinney and Bill Kline. • The Panther Award is presented to a graduating student for out- standing achievement and contribu..l tion to athietics throughout high school. Chris Straw and Cara Gard- ner were this year's co -winners. Community volunteer coaches play an important _role in the athletic program. Ms. Rowe presented Panther at- tire to Becci Farquhar, Harry Jacobe and Sue Stewart as a token of, the. school's appreciation and said she hopes .to see the volunteers again next year. ' Students Dave Robilliard and - Darryl Romphf will represent SHDHS at the "Our program is equal to and individual students who had an ex-. Ontario - Education Leadership ceptional year. . - _ Camp: . Peggy Brownlee, Lisa Campbell: Guest -speaker Justine Blainey of . Bill Kline,- Stephanie Pearson and . the Mississauga Chiefs wolnien's Gavin Poole won the John Peters hockey team - told of her ex - Memorial Award for their dedica- periences in her battle to. win the tion and exemplary coptributions to right for girls to try out fctr male the- overall.basketball program. Pearson alswon the Mike Pren- dergast Memorial Award as the sen- why she wanted to play on toys. .ior basketball player who combined teams. She wanted to play with excellence in academics and has people her own age, have.a greater ketball. , choice of teams: more playing time . The Jeremy Truemner Memorial and a longer season. She said most Award is in, memory of: Jeremy importantly. she wanted .•' body Truemner, who; for two "seasons checking which has been removed .added skill. leadership, sports- from women's. hockey. manship and integrity before his After winning her case at the Su - death on June.10. 1995. Chad Gil- - preme Court of Canada and the Hu- fillan won the /award as a grade- man Rights Commission, she won ating senior boy soccer player who the right to try nut for a boys -hock- - best displays these qualities. ey team.. Because of her efforts, all Reaburn and Dave Robilliard girls are now allowed to try out for were the:junior athletes of the year boys teams. while Cara Gardner and - Chris "Every obstacle was like a check Straw were the senior athletes of in a hockey game. You get knocked the year. down and you get hack up," said The Paw Award recipients. pre- Blainey. sports teams. : Blainey stated several masons Exeter Express lose twice in tournament TILLSONBURG - The Exeter Express participated in the Tillsonburg toumament on Thursday and Friday losing two low scoring games, drop- ping the first one to Cam- bridge 4-2 and the next one to Tillsonburg 2-1. Paul Elston, Terry Genttner and Marty Memer shared du- ties on the mound and Bill Glover, Fred Gregus, Jason Schilbe, Scot Russell, John Fountain, Mark Regier and Mark Glavin contributed hits, but Exeter could only bring .home one run in the fifth and the other in the seventh. "We were getting the hits but they weren't coming at the right time," said co - coach Doug Fairbairn, add- ing they stranded 10 runners on base. Co -coach Joe Fulop agreed saying that was a game Exeter deserved to win and probably would have, if all of the players showed up. "We were under -manned 03 only .two-thirds of the squad was able to attend, but the ones that showed did their best," said Fulop. The Tillsonburg game was a pitcher's dual as John Foun- tain squared off against the host team hurler pitching five and a half innings giving up only two runs off four hits. However, two infielderrors allowed Tillsonburg to score two runs in the bottom of the sixth after Exeter led most of the game by one run. Glavin, Russell, Masse and Glover each hit a single. The Express hosted Strathroy on Tuesday night, however, results were not available by press time. Exeter will play Lakeside on'Friday and travel to London on Sunday. largest Ii'J he'h, ever hooked. he said.lte w,t'cliace it mounted. •- 'j ."I'm going to • smoke it."-said- and t."•saidand cooked fish :ill my life and I'M going to eat this one." - The first place winner was Jack 'Hamilton frotn Port Franks with 'S 21.89 . pound sahnton and second went to •Fred Maxfield weighing one in at 21.03 pounds. In the trout category. Linda Wil- son. from Petralia took ,first place with a 9171 pound fish. David Hicks from Corunna was a close. second w i III a 9) .46 trout and Frank Dcher from Strathroy placed third with a 8.84 pounder. Tim Steel; derby chairperson, said 650 anglers registered in the annual. derby, which ran from May . 23 to June 1. and a total -of 801 fish were caught. Proud angler: Reed Burieyshows off the 18.4 Ib. salmon he hooked on the last day of the Grand Bend Salmon and Trout Fishing Derby. The monster catch earned Burley third place in the salmon category winning a $750 cash value prize. '