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Times Advocate, 1998-03-04, Page 14Page 14 Ti+►les-Advocate, March 4, 1998 Hawks even the score with Mitchell Two wins last week have the Exeter Jr. D Hawks tied 2-2 with Mitchell in their Morenz Division semi-final EXETER Jr.—D hockey tans in Exeter cab breathe -a sigh of relict after the Hawks took two games on the weekend to tic Mitchell 2-2 in their. Wren/. division semi-final • playoff series. Down two. games before Friday's nlal.•h at South huron Rcc Centre. ilk Hawks seem to havc found the. • winning- formula -that. eluded them in the first two games. But just like the first two losses, the wins were close 'affairs with Exeter s 3-2 win - on Friday going into -a second over- time period. Ryan Chamney scored the un- assisted winner at 11:56 of the sec - ond overtime. The teams played a scoreless first period with the Hawks opening the scoring at 18:223 -of the second when Christian Stuckless converted a-- pass from Dan Taylor. Mitchell tied things up with 3:13 lett in the period while Exeter's Tim_ Graham was sitting out for -a cross (;hocking penalty. Jeff Campbell. scored a shorthanded - goal on a pass from Grcg Goodwin. - 10 put Exeter -up 2-1 at .16:05 of the third. Mitchell scored another pow=' erplay marker near -the mid -point or the third tic things at two a piece. Exeter held on to the. tie -the rest of the -way atter- killing a two - :minute minor called on - Sean McCann with only .2:35 lett in the game. - The --overtime periods saw- some .chippy play -including what Roving- _ ton' feels. is a questionable ,major and -game misconduct to Dan.:Tay- lo:- lite crass checking with 1:20 left the first extra period. Exeter. suc- cessfully killed off the five minute major allowing them the -chance to pull out the Win. A treat for those tans with a taste for pugilism. Exeter's Brian Rich- ardson and Mitchell's Perry. Vesper wC;tt secs -to -toe at 13:23 of the sec- ond overtime. . The Hawks doribre r Mitchell • at their- own barn -4-2 on Saturday. ..Jeff Campbell wa game notching a- lien bell got' Exeter off the first period- by • • - with assists going and Tim Graham. - Hawks a 2-0 lead unassisted .marker even with Exeter s the -star of the hat;trick. Camp - to a great start in scoring at 17:47 to Jason Dunlap He -then gave the at 12:36 with an Mitchell pulled . by scoring the • Crunch. Exeter Jr. D Hawks player Jeff Campbell runs into Mitchell's Scott Frayne during their Morenz Division semi-final game at South Huron Rec-. Centre. on Friday.. Exeter .won 3-2 and also won. _4.-2 at Mitchell on Saturday. next two -goals. one • on -the pow: ..teams." he said. "Let's face it — erplay .at . 2;14 of the - first period w' won two games on the weekend and the second at 11:37 .of the -sec- h. :i total of three goals." ond. both goals scored •h.v Mark kovingion - credited the stellar. Mahon and -assisted by Martin Van- . play' .4Mitchell goaltender Troy~- DenHoven and Greg Wollkomp. Chcs,clf for keeping his team close Chamnev scored :what becamc despite the fact Exeter is notching the winning goal for the Hawks with 5:53 Iefi in the second on a pass by Goodwin. Campbell scaled the win with his last.goal of 13:41 Of the third. the assisl•going to Erik -Abayof. The Hawks couldn't rest on their heels after • scoring the insurance marker. though: they had -to kill an interference minor to Mike Bower- man with. only 4:16 lett in the game. - • • Despite the pendulum swing with the two straight wins, Exeter coach/ -more shots on net. Revington said -he's not telling- his ellinghis players to do anything out of the ordinary on the ice. -The differ- cncc between winning and losing against. Mitchell is simply "getting a few more breaks," he said. "We have a great degree of re- spect tie them," Revington said of their foes, "We have to play well at both ends of the rink." • The Hawks hosted Mitchell for game five yesterday after press. Game six is at Mitchell on Friday G.M. Dave Rcvington isn't taking at 8:30 p.m. and game seven (if anything litr granted. necessary) is at Exeter on Sunday "We're pretty evenly matched at 8 p.m. This Week in Sports... lw Campbell named Mbrenz rookie of year - page 15 • Juvenile Chiefs ousted from first round of OMI1,48 age 16 Call Sports Reporter Craig Bradford with your sports tips (519) 2354331 • Fax (519) 235-0766 Zurich bowlers going to provincial finais By Craig Bradford • T -A Reporter ZURICH — Bowling coach Ron Dann is beaming over his bantam boys team who arc the first ever Zurich Town and Country Lanes team to make it to a provincial fi- nal The team, made up of 10 -year- olds Corey -Ducharme 'and Brian Ford, nine -.year-old Kevin Du- charms, eight -year-olds Brent Du- charme and,Chris Regier and four- year-old alternate Kris Ducharme will compete at the Youth Bowling Canada (YBC) Southern - Ontario Championships on March 22 at Cambridge's' Gault howling cen- tre. The team made it • to the pro- racial final by winning the Blue - water zone final at Clinton Crown Lanes on Fcb. 22. If the Zurich howlers roll the best games of their young lives at the provincials to take home that title, they'll represent southern Ontario at the Four Steps to Star- dom national championship in the Surrey,. Langley, Abbotsford and Maple Ridge. arca on May 2-4. The trip to the nationals would he an all -expense paid treat for the team including spif- fy new. Ontario howling jerseys and coats, Dann - said. - "With just six lanes here (at Zurich Town and Country compared with larger . in cities), I never anticipated getting there again." Dann said of his team making it to the provincial finals. Dann, a howling -coach for 29 years, has howled himself at the provincials and has coached teams that havc competed at that Level out of London lanes. Dann said there havc hecn a couple secrets to his team's suc- •. cess this season. The first is their - extra work on downing c.orner pins. The second is turning a pos- itive into a negative: Icss young howlers at Town and Country this season means he and his wife Jean. a 27 -year coaching Qetteran, can spend more one-on- one time with cach howler. • Here's how the bantams feel•ahout making it to the provincials and about howling in general: • Kevin Ducharme: "1 feel proud. if you try your hest you can ao it." - Local bowllng's best. The Zurich Town and Country bantam boys team are off to the provincial finals. Front left: Kris Ducharme, Brent 'Ducharme; middle left: Chris Regier, Ke- vin Ducharme, Corey. Ducharme, Brian Ford; in back is coach Ron Dann. B.C. Corey Ducharmc: "It's a fun sport". Why have they made it so far? "Mainly because of our coach. He's helped us a lot and we've practiced a lot." Brent Ducharmc: "Bowling is fun because I do really good." Chris Regier: "It's fun because our coach teaches us a lot and we practice." What's the most fun part of howling? "Bowling thc halls because you could get a strike or something." And lastly (and most eloquently), Brian Ford: "I . like bowling because it's a chal- lenge to roll thc ball and hit the target." The best pan? "When you get strikes you get extra points on your next two balls." How did they make it to the provincials? "We practiced and learned to hit certain targets." The hardest part so far? "When you get a head pin...then you have to hit pins on both sides." The team members' top scores so far this season: Corey Ducharme-601 triple, 227 single: Brent Du- .charme-361 triple. 160 single (his first year bowling - with one hand): Kevin Ducharmc-612 triple, 246 single: Chris. Regier-438 triple. 227' single; Brian Ford -500 triple. 261 singtc. Why have they made it so far? "Mainly because of our coach. He's helped us a lot..." MedicAlert S P f_ A K S 100 Y O iu 1-800-668-1507 www.medicalott.ca Jr. D Irish backs up against the wall vs. Seaforth Lucan is down 3-1 to the Centennials in their division semi-final and face elimination if they don't come up big tonight in front of the home crowd By Craig Bradford T -A Reporter LUCAN The Lucan Jr. D Irish will trade their hockey sticks for golf clubs if they can't come up with a win tonight.at home ver- sus surging Scaforth in their Mo- reno Division semi-final series. The Irish lost • at home last week 7-6 with a second left in the first overtime frame. Scaforth scored four straight powerplay goals in the first and second periods. including a nat- ural hat -trick by Mark VanDoor- en, while Lucan couldn't find the finishing touch on even one of their three man advantage op- portunities. Irish goals were scored by Mike Robb (2). Mark Phillips. Greg Henderson. Dan Hardick and Ben Dohhic with assists going' to Kevin Dunbar (2). Phillips. Robb, Chad Greenlee. Daryl Bo- shart, George Stephens (2) and Mike Jaremchenko. Irish co -coach Bill Bourne said their special team performances. or lack thereof. was the difference in the game. "Even strength we're not too bad." he said. "Our special teams havc been our downfall all year." The Irish lost another close one 4-3 iri Sca- forth on Friday. The Centennials took a 2-1 lead going into the second period and never gave up the lead. Special teams played a big role in the game with Lucan scoring two on the powerplay and giving one up while shorthanded and another with the extra attacker. Greenlee scored Lucan's first (on the pow- erplay) and third goals with assists by Hardick A push hene...Lucan Irish defender Pat Conlin, left, tries to clear Seaforth's Greg Matthison from in front of Irish goaltender Mike Boyce during their game at Lucan Community Memori- al Centre last week. Seaforth scored on the play and went on to win in overtime 7-6. • and Henderson respectively. Phillips scored Lucan's middle goal on the powerplay with assists going to Dunbar and Rohh. Irish co -coach Jason Bukala said the team will work on defence and special teams before game five at Lucan Community Memorial Centre tonight at 8!15 p.m. "it's not that we're playing that poorly." Bukala said. "We.•can't score or come up with saves at key times. it's more like we've beaten ourselves instead of them beating us." In fact, Lucan has outshot Scaforth by 45 shots over their four games. The lack of results after solid efforts doesn't have Irish players hanging their heads. "Our guys aren't down whatsoever," Bu - kala said. Expect a boost to the Irish attack tonight with the addition of forward Jeremy Hudson to the line-up. Jeremy has been out for a month with a Charlie -horse and Bukala said he was expecting Jeremy to grin and bare the pain for what could be the team's last game of the sea- son. Jeremy plays on a potent line with his brother Gary and Dunbar which has not pro- duced much while Jeremy has been out of the line-up. If Lucan wins tonight, game six will be at Seaforth on Friday with game seven (if nec- essary) at Lucan on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Wingham Sportsmens Horseshoes A division single round to 40 Place Name and town Name and town 1 Jack Arnold. Mildmay 2 Roy Bean. Listowel Jim Nelson. Walkerton 4 Lia Snell. Exeter 5 Glen Lasenhy, Cambridge 6 Brian Leachman. Wingham • 7 Paul McKee.. Belgrave S Eric Hewitt. Armow 9 Lloyd Carter. Glammis 10 Don Frook, Elmwood. John, Murphy. Thedford 11 division single round to 30 Lorne Kuntz. Chepstow. Dan Stacey. Wingham Jack Snell. Exeter Paul Kennedy. Watford 3 Max Brouwer. Sarnia CharlieZettel. Elmira 4 Alex Pritchard. Elmira Geo Gibbons. Sauhle Beach 5 Jim Bolton. Walkerton - Fred Fitt. Listowel 6 Earl Woltninhnlme. Kincardine Jim Cronin. Walkerton 7 Hank Caner. Windmill Art Finney. Sauhle Beach S . Paul Wintenneyer. Elmira Eugene Kuntz. Hanover Gus Lauulip. Exeter Steve Kraemer. Watford I 0 Percy James. Pine Lake Don Parsons. Kippen W L Plus Dianne Lasenby. Cambndge 8 I 35 Wayne Miley. Elmira 8 1 12 Percy Staight. Owen Sound 6 .4 85 Geo Brouwer, Watford 5 5 142 Harvey Bolton. Walkerton 5 5 123 Keith Galbraith. Sauhle Beach 5 5 105 Denis Bilker. Elmira 3 6 196 Skip Rogers. V alkenon 2 7 193 Al McKenzie. Amherley 2 7 152 8 188 9 9 6 3 49 6 3 38 5 4 99 5 4 72 4 5 122 4 5 112 3 6 123 2 7 129 1 8 132 South Huron Indoor Scccer League Women's League • February 23 _Grand Bend S'va. Exeter (1) 2 Goal. for Grand Bend: Heather Stokkennans (2). Pam Ponts, Stephanie Kratz. Krisiy Zimmerman Goals for Exeter (1): Sarah Workman (2) Lucan 4 vs. Exeter (11) 8 (;tial. for Lucan: Kathleen Griffith, KeOJy Masten. Dianna Buckle.Debbie Greenlee (;tial, for Exeter (11): Jacqueline V inEshroeck (3). Cindy Moore (2). Ann Haney, Va nessa Laye. Dallas Giles Men's League - February 25 Taxandria 5 vs. Grand Bent 6 Goals for Taxandria: Ken DeKoning. John Veens, John Reid. Ben Elvidge, Rick Vecns Goals for (:rand Bend: Fidhal Askar (3). Cullen Kobe (2). Mark Thompson Stratford Scramblers 0 vs. Stratford Central Rams Goals for Stratford: Carlos Ramos (4), Matt Peck. Mark Straus, Stevan McCallum Pork 'n Beef 5 vs. St. Coiumban 2 Goals for fork 'n Beef: Patnck Barnett (2). Mike Kubicki, Jeff DenOtter, Matt Szabo Goats for Si. Columban: Mike Smale, Wayne Ryan Exeter Fury 5 vs. Exeter Centennials 4 Gusts for Fury: Tito Proctor (2). Luke Sims, Chris Gennner, Pete McAllister Goals fur Centennials: Darryl Thompson. Shaun Rotteau, Richard Verbeme Current standings - Women's Leagut W L T GF GA 4 2 2 35 29 4 2 2 28 23 3 3 2 33 31 I 5 2 22 33 Current standings • Men's League 7 (1 I 56 18 5 3 0 48 30 4 3 I 46 41 4 4 0 33 41 3 3 2 29 38 3 4 I 34 35 2 4 2 27 43 0 7 I 33 6) • Lucan Grand Bend Exeter (II) • Exeter (1) Pork 'n Beef Stratford Rains Exeter Fury Si. Columban Stratford Scramblers Exeter Centennials Grand Bend Taxandria Pts, 14 14 11 5 22 15 13 12 11 I0 8 1