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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-02-18, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, February 18, 1998 This Week in Sports... • Young shooters are anything but foul - page 15 • Scores of scores in Minor Hockey Scoreboard- page 16 Hawks and Irish confident going into playoffs By Craig Bradford T -A Reporter EXETER — The Exeter Jr. D Hawks hockey club clubbed the Lucan Irish 7-2 at South Huron Rec Centre on Friday in what could be -their last battle this seasoi But the match could he a preview of the M, 'ren „ion playcff final if Ex. i Lucan win their division semi-final series versus Mitchell and Seaforth 're- spectively. The Irish got off to a quick start, Mike Robb breaking the scoreboard at 3:2$ of the first period off a pass from Gary Hudson with Chad Greenlee giving Lucan a two -goal lead 28 seconds later with assists going to Chad Lambourn and Daryl Boshart. But that would be it for the Irish when it comes to scoring. Exeter put up seven unanswered goals, four of them on the powerplay. Greg Goodwin got Exeter going by scoring at 8:40 of the first with as- sists going to Sean McCann and Jeff Glavin. Jason Dunlap evened the score at 17:13 while Exeter was on the powerplay, Jeff .Campbell drawing the sole assist. The Hawks went ahead for the first time at 1:18 of the second pe- riod while on the powerplay. Ryan Chamney scored with assists earned by Erik Abayof and McCann. The turning point of the game came when the Hawks scored two -shorthanded goals less than -a min- ute apart during the same penalty early in the second period. Abayof scored the first short - hander from Campbell at _ 17:26 with Campbell scoring his first of a pair of unassisted goals at 18:16. Exeter's last two goals came on the , powerplay in the third, the first from Greg Goodwin at 13:21 (assists to Campbell and Dun- lap) and Campbell at 18:25. The penalty -filled game was al- most•an anti -climax for both clubs since their season end ranks and playoff match -ups were already clinched, Hawks coach/G.M. Dave Revington said. - "It was pretty stupid with both sides trying to injure players when we are both going into the playoffs," Revington said of how the game got chippy in the third. Lucan racked up 27 penalty min- Gotcha. Exeter Hawks goalie Matt Fawcett, left, watches Lucan Irish forward Ben Dobbie go air -borne to hit Hawk defenceman Mike Bowerman during their game at South Huron Rec Cen- tre on Friday. Exeter won 7-2. utes including two fighting majors and game misconducts in the third alone while Exeter was penalized a similar number of minutes. Hawks co -coach Jason Bukala was not impressed. with his team's play. "The effort was horrible, our worst of the season," he said sim- ply. "Exeter did everything twice as good as we did." - Since they had first • place clinched, Lucan dressed only about half of their regular line-up so the coach- ing staff could see how some younger players could work out next season.. But Bukala said that is no excuse for how the rest of the regulars played. Exeter finished the regular season in second place at 23-16-1-1 (wins, losses, ties, overtime losses) and 48 points. Thcy now face third place Mitchell in the first round -of the playoffs. Mitchell finished the sea- son at 21-17-2 with 44 points but had Exeter's -number during the regular season, winning the season series 3-2. That kind of recordversus a playoff opponent could have some "We are a much improved team compared to the one six weeks ago." coaches a little nervous. Not Rev- ington. "We're relatively healthy," he said about going into the playoffs. "We won five in a row to finish (before Saturday's 5-4 loss in Lambeth). We arc a much im- proved team compared to the one six weeks ago." The Exeter -Mitchell schedule (all games at Exeter's Rec Centre start at 8:30 p.m: and at Mitchell at 8 p.m. unless noted otherwise): at Ex- eter Feb. 20; at Mitchell Feb. 21; at Exeter Feb. 27; at Mitchell Feb. 28; at Exeter March 3 (if necessary); at Mitchell March 6, 8:30 p.m.(if nec- ' essary); at Exeter, 8 p.m. (if nee- essary). Lucan finished the season in first- place irstplace at 25-13-2-2 and 54 points. They now face fourth place Sea- . forth in their division semi-final. Bukala said the loss to Exeter - was just an aberration. "Our team went 7-3 in the last 10 games," he said. "And we reached our goal of 25 wins. We're really focused going into the playoffs. The key will definitely he dis- cipline." Bukala said he is • looking for - leadership from Mark Philips, Jer- emy .Lambourn and veterans George Stephens (the captain), Da- ryl Boshart and Mike Jarcmchenko. The Lucan-Seaforth schedule (all games at Lucan start at 8:15 p.m. and at Seaforth at 8:30 p.m. unless noted otherwise): at Lucan Feb. 18; at Seaforth Feb. 22; at Lucan Feb. 25; at Seaforth Feb. 27; at Lucan March 4 (if necessary); at Seaforth March 6 (if necessary); at Lucan March 7, 8:30 p.m. (if necessary). . Exeter at Lambeth Exeter lost 5-4 to host Lambeth on Sunday. Goodwin, Abayof, McCann and Campbell scored for Exeter with assists going to Cham- ney, Jeff Glover, Jeff Glavin (2), McCann (2), Abayof and Tim Gra- ham. • Belmont at Lucan Lucan pulled out a 5-4 overtime win at home versus Belmont last - week. Stephens scored the winner from Philips at- 3:01 of the extra frame. Other Lucan goals were • scored by Bob Grant (2), Boshart and Greg Henderson with assists by Neal Costello (2), Henderson, Pat Conlin, , Scott Wheatley, Roy Da- vis and Philips. Bukala said his two goalies, Mark Williams and Mike Boyce, split duties , to gear up for the playoffs. Midget boys b-baII final tourney at SHDHS tomorrow EXETER — The South Huron District High School midget boys basketball team finished the regular season on a sour note with a 65-44 home loss to Seaforth on Monday. Tom Phouttharath led the Panther attack with seven points with Kyle Farwell, Gresham Bayley and Gary Sauder each adding six. The midgets finish the season in second place and host the midget fi- nal tournament tomorrow starting at 9 a.m. The senior boys fared better against Seaforth, beating them 65- 46 to secure the fourth playoff spot. Jeremy VanEsbroeck scored ' 24 points for the Panthers with Darryl Romphf and Christian Stuckless with 12 points each. The seniors will likely take on Goderich in the semi-final on Fri- day, though the final match -ups were not known at press. The finals on Feb. 24 at Wingham Madill. The juniors beat Seaforth 54-51, thcir first and only win of thc sea- son. Adam Prout led the Panthers with 17 points and Brandon Martin added 14. The juniors finished last in thc league and don't qualify for thc playoffs. The midgets put it together to win the Seaforth tournament on the weekend with three wins: 59-55 over Kincardine, 64-60 over Sea - forth and 64-38 over Central Hu- ron. Coach Terry O'Rourke said all players contributed to the scoring and all put in a good effort. The seniors fell to hosts Madill 50-38 last week. O'Rourke said his scam played well but were cold when it came to shooting. He added Stuckless (six points) and Dave Farquhar (nine points) had good games. The juniors fell behind early to the strong Madill squad and lost by 30 points. Playoff bound. Left photo: South Huron midget boys bas- ketball forward Gresham Bayley goes up for the basket during Monday's game versus Seaforth. The Panthers lost 65-44. At bottom: SHDHS midget coach Terry O'Rourke rallies his troops at halftime. Call Sports Reporter Craig Bradford with your sports tips (519) 235-1331 • Fax (519) 235-0766 Exeter girl curlers advance to provincial championships Jenn Mercer's rink becomes the first Exeter Curling Club rep in a provincial championship WELLAND — Both the Exeter Curling Club and South Huron District High School have something to smile about. Skip Jenn Mercer's rink won the Gore Mutual regional school girl championships in Welland on the weekend with wins over teams from St. Catharines, Stratford and Niagara Falls. Other team mem- bers include vice Laura Miller, second Melanie Urquhart and lead Brianne Webber. The win qualifies the rink to become the club and high school's first representatives to go to a provincial championship. The all- Ontarios are in Gananoque starting Feb. 26. Hern's rink was down by three in the final before coming hack to tie. They stole a rock for the win in the final over Niagara Falls when their skip missed a shot in the last end. Coach Les Hills said he and co -coach Bill Urquhart are "extreme- ly proud" of Mercer's team and of South Huron's second team skipped by Beth Ann Hcrn. Hern's team competed in the 'B' side of the regional tournament after losing their first match to Sarnia. Hern's rink then beat Brantford, Stratford and Burlington before los- ing the 'B' final to Niagara Falls. Other members of Hern's rink are vice Marilou Hern, second Jcnni DeBlock,, lead Adrienne Urquhart and spare Carrie Illman. Chiefs face New Hamburg in OMHiA quarter -finals EXETER — The Exeter Juvenile Chiefs finally have an opponent to focus on for their Ontario Minor Hockey Association quarter -final. New Hamburg outlasted Aylmer in their best -of -five series for a three games to two win. • The Chiefs host game one on Fri- day, an 8:30 p.m. start at South Hu- ron Rec Centre. Game two is at New Hamburg on Feb. 22, a 9 p.m. start. "It's going to be a tough series," Chiefs G.M. John Rasenberg said. "We'll have to try and remember the games we played against Aylmer and New Hamburg this season." Rasenberg said it's up to his vet- erans who won the all -Ontario title last season to lead the way. New Hamburg is in first place in the Southern Counties Minor Hock- ey Association League with Exeter and Aylmer battling for second. "It's g be a s The Chiefs won a buzzer -beater over hosts Acton on Saturday 5-4. The Chiefs were up 4-1 at the end of the second but found themselves tied at 4-4 with only 54 seconds left after Acton scored the tying goal. Exeter rescued the win when Paul Knight scored with only 35 seconds left with assists going to Marty de- Bruyn and Dan Storey. Other Exeter goals were scored by Tyler Bownell, Matt Froud (2) and deBruyn with as- sists by Chris Reaburn and Greg Hendrick. Rasenberg said he was disappointedin his team's effort that was supposed to he a primer for the New Hamburg series. He added the Chiefs seemed to do better while shorthanded — thrce of Exeter's goals were un- assisted and scored on breakaways while a Chief was in the penalty - box. . oing t0 tough eries." Lucan native named London Soccer MVP LONDON — Katherine Devlaeminck has made her hometown of Lucan proud by being named London City Soccer Club's MVP and most dedicated player of the year tor the '97 -season. Deviaeminck, 30, is a midfielder and captain on both London City Pumas' London and Area Wom- en's Soccer League (LAWSL) and Western Ontario Inside Soccer League (WOISL) teams. She was earlier named the WOISL league MVP and Is only the second player to win the club MVP in its 25 year history. She has gamered the top club award twice In only three years with them. Devlaeminck was named the top player for the club among both the women's and men's ranks. "It's quite an honor," a humble Devlaeminck said. "I was quite surprised." She Is the oldest player on her two teams that are, mostly made rip of 19 to 25 -year-olds. Club G.M./head coach Harry Gauss sold the awards are based upon feedback from players with the final nod by the executive staff. "She Is a coach's delight," Gauss said. "You'd want all your players to be like Katherine. She plays fill the end." Devlaeminck, now of London and a teacher at, London's St. Thomas Aquinas high school, still works at the family vegetable farm off Hwy. 4 between Lu - can and Exeter during the summer and at harvest time. She hopes to continue playing for London City "as long as my knees let me" and currently coaches her school's senior girls soccer team. Her goal Is to someday coach an eUte level girls soccer travelling team. Ilderton's Amme Harding, 20, was named London City's rookie of the year. Harding, a second year University of Western Ontario student, was the team and LAWSL scoring leader with 34 goals, a LAWSL single season record. Harding Is a striker. The Londe City women's team swept both the '97 WOISL del LAWSL league and cup championships. They also won the WOISL play-off championship More Is no LAWSL playoff) and fielded both , scoring champions, Harding in LAWSL and T' Vasco in WOISL. London City also had the LAWSL's topkeeper with Heather Stibbard• The London City ' were undefeated in '97 with a connbined 37-0-1 (wins, losses, ties) record.