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Times -Advocate, March 18, 1998
This Week in Sports..:
• Hensall to get Sr. A hockey club? - page 15
• Adding to the Lucan area harness racing legend list - page 16
Jr. D Hawks pull ahead of Cents
The Exeter Jr. D Hawks found their confidence after dropping their
first division final game to Seaforth to win two straight last week
By Craig Bradford
T -A Reporter
EXETER — It scernS the Exctcr
Jr. D Hawks have to lose a game.
ortwo before they'lind the Midas
touch during the playoffs this sea-
son.
In fact. the Hawks seem to get
better as a .erre. winds .down.
They are now up 2-1 over Sca-
forth- in their Morenz Division fi-
nal series. "
Exeter blasted the Cents 7-3 at
home: on Sunday . Scan McCann
and Jason Dunlap • led the Exeter
attack with • two goals. each while
Jeff Glavin and,JeffFinkbeincr
showed their generous sides by
picking up three assists each. Oth-
er Exeter goals were scored by
Jeff • Finkhcincr, captain Bill
Hodgc ithe -eventual. w inner at
14:57- of -the second period)•and
Jcff Campbell. Other assists went
to Chris McDonald. Campbell. -
Hodge. Scan McCann. Dave Far-
quhar and Dan Taylor.
The Hawks scored the first zeal
of the game at 14:41 of the first..
• Scaforth tied things up on a pow-
-
crplay marker at 5:49 of the_ f irst
but Exeter squeezed in the go -
:ahead goal ,with only two seconds
Icft in the stanza. -Scaforth, tied it
up again after onlyplaying 39 sec-
onds of the second period but Ex- .
eter went ahead again only _tl.sec
oncds . Iatcr. Exctcr then scored Hold on. Exeter. Jr. D Hawk Sean -McCann,. left, tries to cor
•three more unanswered goals -bc- ral Seaforth's"Shawn Walsh during their Morenz Division fi •
.fore the Cents scored on the pew- nal playoffgame-game at South Huron Rec Centre on Sun
et -play with 3:44 left in the third. day. Exeter won 7-3. - (photo/Brenda purke)
Cambell put the ganie on ice by - .
scoring his goal with 2:56 left in the game.. • Down 3-1 at the beginning of the third peri►x1. Ex -
The. Hawks and Cents played a barn-hur'ner at eter rallied to tic it up i-3 with two quick goals; a
Seaforth on Friday. a 4-3 overtime win for Exeter. • powerplay marker by :McCann on assists by Far -
Sean McCann scored the sudden -death winner quhar and• Ben McCann_ at 19:10_ and an even- ,.
while shorthanded with 2:38 left to go in the extra i ,strength tally by Brian Richardson on assists by -
period. Scaforth got on.thc hoard first- scoring only - Campbell and - Ben McCann at 18:12. Scaforth
25 seconds into the contest. Exctcr evened things al s, red the winning goal at 5:12.• - .
1-1 on a goal b,- Tim Graham- assisted by Jeff Gla- - In an -incident of adding insult to injury. Rcv�ing-
vin at 1.7:57. The.Hawks went ahead at 16:18 of the tem said he was surprised at what; he. learned from
first on a goal by Erik Abayof assisted by Dunlap. game two's official scoreshcet —. it has Scaforth
Scaforth tied it up at 17:57 of the second with a -- w inning by a 5-3 score. Seaforth did shoot the puck
powerplay goat but Exeter took .a one goal.lead into". into Exeter's empty net with no time left on_the
the third when Scan"McCann scored from Finkhein- Clock (0:00 on the scoreshect) which the referee and
er at 11.:54 ofthe second. : - • — scorekeeper apparently 'included. Revington said he
Despite a number of chances. Exeter couldn't find didn't think the goal counted and took his players
the twine in the third hut. let- in another. !tial while off the. ice before a face -oft could be done.
shorthanded with 6:05 left. • . League convenor/statistician Wayne
Of.note:•more penalties were called cc They're not a - Smith said. the rulebook .states a goal
during the overtime period than in the team you want is only official.after a face-off is done
rest of the game: a: 1 1 to f0 tally re- at centre ice. even if no trine remains
spectivcly.
Hawke coach/G.M. -Dave Reving, ..
.ton is happy with his squad's per-
funnance in games two and three.
"Wetry-to play a good defensive style of game."
he said. •
Scaforth has some talented offensive players, and
Rcvington'said the key to Exctcr winning,thc series
is to contain those players: - . . .
"They're not -a team you want to get in a high
scoring game against," he said.
to get in a high
"It should read 4-3." Smith said of
scoring game the official score.. •
Against." Rey ington said his ° squad didn't
•
hay c - the intensity they had during
game one hke they did up against the wall versus
-Mitchell in the. Iirst.round.
"If was a •hit of an emotional
last series." he said: "We- had all kinds of chances
but we just couldn't finish."
Game four was played yesterday. in Scaforth after
press. Game five IS at Exeter's South Huron Rec
Centre tonight: game six (if necessary) is Friday at
Scaforth, gaine.scsen (il necessary) is hack in Fixet-
er,on Sunday. All game umes arc 8:30 p,rn.
If Exeter finishes oft Scaforth. they'll face the
winner ol the McConnell Division final which has
the Port Stanley Laker. facing elf scrsu,s the Tha-
nresli,rd Trojans. The l-akers. the top finisher in.Jr.
1) this season. were leading Thanicsford 2-1 in
games when the T -A went to press.
. Hawk veterans like Soan McCann. Farquhar and
"ge,altcnder :Andy. Glavin :hays • stepped :up- their -
gan►es. Re'rngton:said.'and Dunlap's first two goals
of this playoff's on Sunday is a welcome sign hist of-
fcnsu a touch is hack. ' • - -
The Hawks lost game one 4-3'a1 home last week.
- Alter .going •down 2-0. I inkberner got the Hawks
Back in it on a goal assisted `by McCann and Far
quhar at 5:27 of thc'second period.
let down alter the
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with your sports tips
(519) 235-1331 • Fax (519) 235-0766
Exeter Minor Baseball needs- you
A lack of volunteers plagues the association which
needs coaches and assistants for almost every team
By Craig Bradford
TA Reporter
EXETER — Exeter Minor Base--;
hall has- the talented players. Now
all •they- need is just about every--
thing
very=thing else.
Association president Dave Reid
needs volunteers to coach and gran-
• age trams, help fundraise, • co-
ordinate registration. umpire (in=
eluding an umpire-in-chien•..and
the list goes on. Reid said hc. wants
to start the rebuilding process by.
creating an executive committee
that meets every Month.
He said the Exeter.Minor Ball or-
- "has • been make -shift
• every year" over the past. few years.
Past president Gary Parsons
stepped down last. season- alter he
was banned from eoaching by the
Ontario Baseball Association for
using an overage player in a West-
ern Ontario Baseball Association
playoff game. Despite the dishonor
of being banned. Parsons was the
heart and soul of Exeter Minor
Baseball and did the lion's share of
organizational work because of the
association's- constant lack of: vol-
untecr.help.
Both Reid and _"WOBA vice--
president/Exeter WOBA liaison Al-
bert VanDyken said they •don't
have the extra time to do all that
Parsons did because of their careers
(Reid is an Exeter lawyer and Van-
Dyken a senior salesperson .with
Nabisco). VanDyken was Parsons
right-hand assistant in recent years.
Reid said parents and other po-
tential volunteers "got used lo" Par-
sons and a few others doing most
of -the work behind the'scenes. That
time has come to an end. .
Compounding minor ball's_ woes
-throughdut the region is the pop-
ularity of another spring/summer
sport — soccer.r. Exctcr Minor Soc-
cer has grown by leaps and bounds
while .baseball has shrunk accord-
ingly. Reid 'and VanDyken said .it
'isn't their wish to compete head-to-
head with soccer but to make the
community more aware - of what
. baseball has to offer youngsters and
their parents.
. "It's simply a great _sport;' Reid
said. "There's- more skill dcvelop-
mcnt than any other sport."
• 'Reid added that while youngsters
.eventually give up other team
sports like hockey and soccer when
thcy.becomc adults because of the
strain:it puts on their bodies. pcoplc
can enjoy playing baseball
in one of its many forms
(slo-pitch for example) well
into middle age.
This season there will. he
teams in T -hall- and tyke
• (age 4-6). rookie: (age 7-8),
sr. rookie (age 9); mosquito (age
f0-1 I. ), peewee (age 12-13) and
midget (16-17). 'There won't he a
hantam team (age 14-15) due to a
Play ball. Exeter Minor Baseball president Dave Reid, left, re-
ceived a $3,500 cheque from Exeter Lions Club president
Paul Anstett last week. Reid thanked the club saying without
the donation, there would not be minor ball in Exeter this
summer. - (photo/Kate Monk)
juvenile -team (age. 18-19). with any
18-year-olds going to the Junior.
-Co-ops (age 19-21). Doug Fair-
bairn and Joe Fulop'will return as
co -coaches for the Senior Express
(age 21 and up). -
Reid is also 'concerned about .
whetherExeter•will be able to field
a peewee team this season. -
"We're op-
timistic." he said.
"But we need about
five more players. to
be comfortable"
"Besides the Ex-`
press, the association needs coach-
es and/or assistants for all- levels
listed above. - •
"We need a lot of people to get
started," VanDyken•said.
Despite the lack of volunteer
help, products of Exctcr Minor Bali
have excelled. VanDyken said the
Juniors won seven WOBA and one
OBA title from '82-90; the Seniors
have also won OBA titles over the
years with the Juveniles taking the
.last OBA title in '95.
"We have traditionally
' well," he said.
Those. thinking about vol-
unteering for travelling tcariis (sr.
rookie and older) can ex-
pect one about two hour-
long game a week and one
similar length practice and
sometimes three games
over Iwo weeks. VanDyk-
said he'll have to
for umps.
Reid said they have special needs.
for limner (or current) players with
pitching "experience w volunteer as
pitching coaches and for parents to
step. in and help fundraise. Reid
said the association's finances arc -
fine, but they arc about $800 in the
red and organizers
ccWe need a lot
have already dipped
into their own piggy
hanks to keep things
afloat.- - -•
Reid reminds_
community groups that Exeter Mi-
nor Baseball would love to see
some -donations directed towards •
them to keep registration.' costs -.
down. and pay for. field main •
-
tenanec.
While the tour -year-old Nabisco
Field is in good shape (there will he
a. grand -opening there - sometime
this season after finishing touches
arc completed), Willem Field needs
some work. Exeter's other two di-•
amonds behind the • South- Huron
Rec Centre arc in good shape.
Reid said there will he hour and a
hall -long peewee skills clinics/ -
practices at South Huron District
High School's big gym each
Wednesday at 7 p.m. starting on
March 25 till the season begins on
May. 11. •
Exctcr Minor Ball registration
will he held at the Rec Centre on
April 5 and 11 from 10 a.m.-noon
and April 8 from 7 p.m. -9 p.m.Cao per player ranges from $40 for
'F -haft up to $10(1 for midget. Reg-
istration costs have stayed the same
as last season except for midget and
peewee 'that were nugget! up $10
each.
For more information or if you'd .
like to volunteer, Call Reid at 235-
4154 or VanDyken at 235-1704.
turn to London
of people to get
started."
done
"It's
supply
a great
sport."
lack Of players. The lack of a ban-
tam team is signiti.cant hccause -
VanDyken managed last year's
bantams to the WOBA title. He'll
take essentially the same team up to
midget competition this season.
VanDyken doubts there will he a
South Huron girls curling win WOSSA, off tO OFSAA
appointed on not making it to OFSAA but the team had a good season."
The hoys (cant is made up ol Geurts, vice Geoff Stasik, second •Jayden
Ruvscll and lead Dennis Noakes.
TILLSONBURG — The South Huion girls curling team swept their
way to the WOSSA 'AK -championship last week in Tullxmhurg.
South Huron beat Glencoe in the final and Ingersoll -in thcir•Iirsl match
The other team at the WOSSA tournament was Hawing.
The WOSSA championship rink members are- skip -J nn Mercer. \
" Laura Miller. second Melanie.Urquhart. lead Br 'antic Webber and .pale
Marilcu Hern.
Coach Les Hills said Hern did more than serve as an extra body --- she
packed the South Huron Drstrrcr High School Panther mascot costume
along which she donned to show just how much spirit South Huron has.
"It has been a long trate coming." coach Les Hills said of hrs.girls' suc-
cess .this.season which included bringing home the (lore. Mutual In-
surance provincial schoolgirls title. "It:s happening all al once."
Hills said. Mercer's rink showed.their calni'Ihuugh they. faced a lot oI
. pressure during the tournament. • , •
"It is always tough but •they. have a job to do and. they just go out -there
and do it." he said. - • - • • - . -
Hills thanked the parents who have 'trawl led with their girls to support
them. something some other rinks didn't base at the tourney:
The WOSSA win qualifies the South Huron girls to vie for the OFSAA
title versus 19 other teams in Midland on March 24-28.
The South Huron boys rink skipped by Gerry Geurts. made it to the
WOSSA final versus Tillsonburg Glendale but lost 7-0. Geurts said the
contest was closer than the score indicates since some had luck on one
shot in the sixth end kepi South Huron from scoring five.
The South Huron boys also lost their second place game to Medway.
who they beat in their first match to make it to the final.
"We wanted the gold medal -in • our hearts," Geurts said. "We're dos -
Playoff hockey
at it's best
f r,(1'
Exeter Junior D Hawks vs. eaforth
Wed., Mar. 18 8:30 p.m. (If necessary)
South Huron Rec Centre, Exeter
Fri., Mar. 20 8:30 p.m.
Exeter Junior D Hawks vs Seaforth
In Seaforth & 1f necessary
Sun., Mar. 22 8:30 p.m.
In Exeter If necessary
en said. House league
coaches/assistants ;an expect only
one game played in'':xeter a week.
VanDyken said there are uniting!
and coaching -clinics available in
April. The association pays for
u►nping clinics and also pays. a third
of the 545 coaches level 1 clinic
with the coach and the league split-
ting the rest. •
If no one front Exeter steps for-
ward .to heroine umps. VanDyken
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Stephen Township Minor Hockey Cash Calendar Winners
NOVEMBER; Michael Pavkeje, Madeleine Edwards, John & Cecile
Muller, David Smith, Joyce Fulton, Matt Lovie, Theresa Somerville,
Dean Barclay, Brian Sowerby, Ernie Hohner, Ila Bowerman, Mike
-Moffatt, Mike Ward, Dianne. Rock, Nancy Deitz, Sandy Burns, Bonnie
Christie, Pete Cornelissen, Justin Pickering, Doug. Geoffrey, Grace
Steeper, Loretta Doherty, Bert and Linda Toonen, Donna Levier, Kevin
Windsor, Doug Insley, Charlie Beausoleil, Kathy -Ann DaSilva, Katrina
Michielsen, Stan Lovie.
DECEMBER; Diane O'Shea, Marg Foster, Cathy Arnold, Jean Mason,
David Chappel, Greg Ramsay, Donna Yarrow, Brenda Ryan, Adrian
Cornelissen, Mike Koricina, Mrs. A. Duenk, Linda Nedza, Tony
Timmermans, Philip Hall, Linda Wuerth, Charlie Beausoleil, Brenda
Dineen ,Leanne & Kelly Cronyn, Laura and Pat Noakes, Leon Coolman,
Ann Marie Somerville, Marie Fydenchuk, Matt Koricina, Julie Foran,
Steve Sararas, Gail Smith,. Jennifer Steele, Chris Eagleson, Sheri
Murray; Kate Steeper, Jessie Dineen.
JANUARY: Cale, Eric & Mallory Duenk, Kathy Brooks, Les Drury, Mary
Warner, Con Foran, Ben Kunz, Patti Stanley, Pete Ruttan, Dave Rock,
Rick Barnes & Sandra Dickens, Marie Jaques, Marilyn Moore & Karen
Van Altena, Gary Revington, Penny Crawford, Bob Clay, Gail Murray,
Frank Funston, Jim Young, Brad Johns, Shirley Thompson, David
McCague, June fisher, Bill Henderson, Paul Hodgins, Eli Caves, Mary
Hall, Rob Ducharme, Joris and Connie Masschelein, Mike & Lynn Veri,
Mar Shultz, Harry Westerveld.
F ARY: Pete and Terri Parsons, Dillon Courtis, Kevin Pfaff, Tessa
MlChielsen, George Blochinsky, .Lucan Red Hockey Team, Hary
Kennedy, .Patrick Masse, Kathy Carradine, Mike Hartman, Gary
Revington, Barry Mills, Jim & Darlene Parkinson, Marie Gelinas, Cathy
Cronyn, Gary Brejak, Bill Johns, Millie Weber, Thomas Courtis, Bill
Johns, Heather Rempel, Jill Dineen, Gary Glavin, Frank Martens, Brett
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