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South Hurn senior boys sweep Huron and HP soccer titles
Celebration. Left photo:South Huron senior
boys soccer players Geoff Maver, left, and
Chris Reeburn celebrate after Reabum
• scored a goal.in the team's Huron -Perth fi-
nal w Right photo: co -captain Dave Far -
40 the H -P trophy.
SHDHS jr. girls roar to HP title
STRATFORD — The South
Huron District High School girls
soccer - team finished an . un-
defeated. season by edging host
Stratford- St. Mike's 2-1 in the.
Huron -Perth final on Thursday.
After playing a scoreless first
half. South Huron put the Pres-
sure. on an the second and finally%
atter several .attempts.. Fallon
Giles connected to put the Pan-
thers up 1-0. •
• Giles also scored what turned
out -At -he the winner with eight
• minutes remaining in the game.
St: Mike's managed to score one
in the last minute of the game hut
South Huron hung on for the vic-
tory and the Huron -Perth title. •
Coach Becci Farquhar said
keeper Ann -Marts Parsons -put in
a stellar performance. (including
saving a penalty shot with other
good efforts by the defensive line
of Sarah- Workman. Erin •Ro-
billiard and Ange Cregan while
midfielder Heather Waters also
'played well.
"M. Itne of defenders -'were just Pawing It. South Huron junior girls soccer player Megan
like a wall." Farquhar said "No Darling battles a Madill opponent for the .ball during the Hu-
one could get by them." ron final at South Huron last week. The Panthers won 2-0
The win signals the joyous end and later in the week beat host Stratford St. Mike's 2-1 for
of the season for the junior girls. the Huron -Perth title. (photo/Craig Bradford)
The juniors notched the Huroi
championship earlier last week with a 2-0 home win keeper's toot as well. as several- shots knocked tiff
in the final over Wingham F.E. Madill. • posts and the crossbar kept it scoreless till the over-
' Leeanne Erb and Heather Waters scored the Pan- time period.
ther goals while Parsons supplied clutch goal- Giles. Waters and Jessica Davies supplied South
keeping again. -• Huron's goals in overtime to secure the wimwhiie
The juniors made it to the Huron final by blanking Parsons earned the shutout in net: •
Goderich 3-0 in the semi-final. The senior girls didn't fare as well at home during
The win wasn't as easy -as it sounds. though. The their semi-final match versus Goderich 2-1. •
Lori Richardson scored South Huron's lone goal
on a penalty kick. Senior coach Peter Heeney said
his girls outplayed Goderich and "had their chances
to win. The loss ends South Huron's season and
puts them in third place"in Huron.
"They did, themselves. proud." senior coach Petei
Heeney said.
Panthers and Goderich. played to a scoreless tic in
regulation despite constant pressure applied by
South. Huron.. •
':We totally dominated." Farquhar said. "We must
have -had 50 shots."
Included in the deluge of shots were numerous
scoring opportunities but the end of the opposing
Double trouble. The South Huron District High School junior girls soccer team won both
the Huron and Huron -Perth championships last week. Front left: Megan Darling, Leeanne
Erb, Fallon Giles, Kelli Fulton, Tammy McClure, Bobbie Sonthirath; middle left: Sarah
Workman, Sarah Wuerth, Ange Cregan, Chantal Russell, Niki Vermeulen, Shauna Koehler,
Ann -Marie Parsons, Michelle Hakvoort; back left: coach Becci Farquhar, Kelly Stephens,
Jessica Davies, Krista Tuininga, Erin Robilliard, Kelly Ruffen and Heather Waters.
(photo/George McEwon)
By Craig Bradford
T A Reporter
EXETER - South Huron • Dis-
trict High School _ soccer ' afi-
cionados arc savoring a delicious
Huron sweep in boys soccer with.
the seniors going a step further by
winning the Huron -Perth title on
Monday. •
The seniors won the Huron -Perth'
championship for the third year in a.
• row in front of more than 400 home
fans with a. 3-0 shutout over Strat-
ford Central.
The Panthers controlled . play
-right front the start and played a
smart game to keep the champion-
ship trophy in Exeter.
Dave Farquhar got South Huron
off to a quick start when he took •
advantage of a defensive miscue
and. with the keeper hearing down
on him. he poked it into the corner
of the net. ' - -
Farquhar then took a turn' play-
niaking when he crossed a hall per- .
fectly into Chris Reahurn's path
who drove it over the crossbar.
- Reahurn learned from his .first
cross'play and •better controlled. the
hall to score Exeter's second goal
midway through the firsthalf. -
The two goal lead held up into
• the half due to outstanding de-
fensive play hy. Trevor Boersina.
Mike 1 -Chilly' t Whilhelm.' Jayden
Russell and Joey Forrester Coach
George McEwan said the "wall
they set up was impenetrable. '
"The few had bounces that did
get through were qurckh turned
hack - Dave Robilliard, who had
an excellent game at sweeper."
McEwan said .•
Stratford pressed hard in the dos-
ing five minutes of the 'first half,
but excellent goalkecping by Tre-
vor Skinner took care of the few
shots allowed by the defence.
South Huron again took control
of the second tall with midfieldcrs
Ryan Beattie and Pctc Fragiskatos
denying Central a chance to gel or-
ganiied. Stratford did make a .few
charges down the left side, hut ex-
cellent hustle try.hack peddling
Chad Monteith ment no room For
good shots. -
- • Though Central continued to
press as the game wore 'on. South
Huron scaled the victory when •
Beattie -made a nice run down to
the . goal line and fed Fragiskatos
with a nice hall which he buried off.
the inside of the Post for the third
Panther goal.
McEwan said his boys arc play-
ing their hest soccer of the season
as they enter WOSSA 'A/AA'
competition they host tomorrow
and .Friday ;Game times for the sen-
iors arc at t .30.p.m. and 4:3(1 p.m.
on Thursday.
The seniors made it to the H -P fi-
nal by crushing Wingham F.E. Ma-
dill 5-1 in the Huron final at Can-
ners Field on Friday . Farquhar Icad
the Panther attack M scoring the
first goal and -the third goal after
Geoff Mavcr's shot rebounded off
the goalie then the post. -
Rcattic scored Exeter's second
goal straight in on a corner kick.
Mayer scored South Huron's fourth
goal after 'taking a passing. spin-
ning around to kick the hall in off
the inside of the post.
Ryan Ralph scored South Hu-
ron's last official. goal nn a header
after Trevor Bocrsma header. went
Top tosser
Getting behind tt. Exeter Peewee Bubbles pitcher Matt Ire -
dale shows his form during his team's gave versus Mitchell
at Nabisco Field last week. The boys and girls of summer
are back on area diamonds with the start of the hardball,
fastball and slo-pitch seasons.
off the keeper.
The seniors won. the Huron semi-
final earlier that day over Goderich
(-0. Farquhar again led -the Panther
attack with two goals. with Rocr-
stria. Beattie. Ralph and Monteith
adding single markers.' The -shutout
was earned by Skinner.
The seniors lost their last regular
season game 4-3 to heist Madill on -
Wednesday. Panther goals were
scored by Maver. Chris Reahurn
and Farquhar...: .
The .. Panther junior hoes were
edged 2-0 by host St. Mans in the
Huron -Perth. final on Monday. The
teams withstood wet. slippery and
cool conditions and played to 'a
scoreless tic at the end of the first .
half. -St. Mans scored on a good
scoring opportunity with six min-
utes left and burred South Huron in
the late going. on a fluky goal.
Andrew Prom got some gciod of-•
fensiVc chances for the Panthers -
but no one could finish for South
Huron.
Panther junior coach Rill Shore
said the game could have gone ei
thcr way -hut St. Mans deserved to
win. He .added he's plcaced With
his team's effort.
The juniors still quality for WOS•
SA action they host tomorrow .and
Frsda% Game times tomorrow for
the juniors arc af 9 a.m. and noon.
The juniors won -the. Huron Cham
pionship. at ('anners Field on Friday
to qualit •fol Huron -Perth. action
with a 2- I vi.•ion in the final over
Central Huron .Jaren Bourne and
Tom Phouttharath potted South Hu-
ron's goats - .
The tumors made it to the final.
by. deteatrnc Madill 3 -2 -in the
semi-final earlier that daAndrew
Prout was the offensive star for the
Panthers h� scoring a natural hat -
trick on good crosses Bourne.
"li was a tough match hut the
bovs kepi to the gam(' plan to keep
the hall to the; sides, Panther junior -
criach.Bill Shore said. - -
• The juniors also' finished their
regular season versus host Madill
on Wednesday. a 0-0 tic. Aran
Beattie, earned the. shutout fictiveen
Bic pipes -for the Panthers with ex-
cellent 'defensive help from Brad
Cox. Jason. Monteith and John Gre-
t us. The- Panthers came close 10
scoring on good chances by Graig
Overholt and Lance Pfaff.
Junior Huron champs. South
-Huron junior -boys soccer
player Tom Phouttharath, left.
fights a Wingham F.F. Madil!
opponent - for the , ball during
their Huron semi-final match
at Canners Feld on Friday.
The juniors won 3-2 and went
on to defeat Clinton Central
Huron in the final 2-1. The jun-
iors lost the Huron -Perth final
to host St. Marys 2-0 on Mon-
day_
Girls rugby team
wins first match
EXETER — The South Huron
District High School girls rugby .
team won their first game of the
season 1(65 over St. Marys at home
last week. -
: Jodi Truentner and Missy Hayter
scored tries for the Panthers.
The senior boys rugby team de-
- fcated St. Marys 14-10 at home last
week. Jason. Brown and Jason Neil
scored tries while Neil kicked. two
converts.
The St. Marys games mark the
end Of the exhibition season for
Panther. rugby. Huron -Perth for all
rugby levels is today at Stratford
Northwestern. The senior boys will
also compete in WOSSA action
during the same totlrnamem.
Masters 0-2
but improving
BEACHVILLE — The Exeter
Musters men's soccer team may be
0-2 after a 3-0 loss to Ingersoll. but
player/coach Brad Lightfoot sees
light at the end of the first season
tunnel
Lightfoot said his team went
down 2-0 early in the game but
played better as the game wore on
with Ingersoll's last goal coming
late in the game.
"We are starting to gel as a
team." he said.
The Exeter Masters -next host the
German Canadians in Middlesex
Masters Soccer League action in
I.ucan on Friday. a 7 p.m. start. The
team also travels to Tillsonburg al-
lot press on 'Tuesday. -