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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1998-10-07, Page 14THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Hawks now 0-5, losing streak continues continues.. Page 15 Sherwoods skate to I-1 start in inaugural season. Page 16 'age 14 t INil '--i\l)VO('AI ): 0 Wednesday, October 7, 1998 iOCCER Masters wrap first season Ik)ltT ELGIN — The sea- son came to a hopeful halt or the Exeter Masters soc- er club after travelling to he Port Elgin tournament in the weekend. Exeter -.went 0-2-2 (wins; osses, ties) in their four ibbreviatod games. Exeter fell . to the lvarancho -3-1 (Exeter's. foal Scored by Charlie, Vise),"tied Owen Sound 2- '. (Paul Vandewalle with •)oth) were blanked by 'ort Elgin. 3-0 and tied :iaciarro. 1-1 (Peter • lakvoort). The players. will vote for he team's MVP in a couple if weeks to say a final arewell to their first sea - on. • 'RO HOCKEY Thaw retires rrom NHL COLUMBIA, N.C. — Dave ;haw is going to take a veli deserved rest. The Exeter -native and tay at home defirucetnan etired from professional - tockey Sept. 25 after. 14. cars. in the NI IL and one,, ire last. in the 1111. with .as Vegas. • Shaw, 34, did sign a one • - ear $700,000 U.S. con- - ract 'with the San Jose ;harks•earlier this year but. nanagement wanted hint o•coach and play for a .:entucky farm team. Shaw , lecided to pass on the deal tnd negotiated a buy-out o retire. •Shaw's father, Bruce ;haw, said his son is set - ling in Columbia, North .aroliia, where he has iought a house for his amity that includes wife 'rish and . daughters amie, 8,'and Dani, 7. - Bruce said his son decid- d to retire "so _he could 'ad "a normal fainily life." While Shaw is looking at ..is future options, coach - ng hockey is not one of hem, Bruce said. Shaw started his pro ,ockey career with. the )uebec Nordiques and 'layed' in two games in 32/83 and three games"' ie next year. lie became a ill -time NI -(Ler in '84185 vith the Nordiques. He ten moved on to the New 'ork Rangers ('_87/88- 91/92), served -brief stints ith the I dmonti)n Oilers ,id Minnesota Northstars 91/92), before tenger lays with the Boston ruins ('92/93-'94/95) and ie"'Tahipa 'Bay Lightning. haw• requested to be sent own to the M. Las Vegas •ub from,Tampa Bay last 'ear because he was not cing up for many game.. South Huron District High School coach Joe Fulop is this years recipient of the 3M/Times-Advocate Coach of the Year award. SPORTS TIPS? Contact Sports Editor Craig Bradford Tel: (5 19) 235-1336 ext. 113 Fax: (519) 235-0766 E-mail: sports@SouthHuron.com Exeter Times -Advocate Fulop named 3M/TA coach of the year Exeter's Joe Fulop has won the prestigious award for his three decades of coaching both at South Huron District High School and in the community By Craig Bradford . TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF -EXETER -1t was a no-brainer. Joe Fulop is this year's recipient of the 3M/Exeter Times -Advocate Community Coach Recognition Program, coach of the year award. . .Fulop; a history/social sciences teacher at South Huron • District Iligh School, won the award for his three decades of volunteering -both at the school and in the community:. Fulop has coached baseball in the south Huron area for over 30 years, many of them with the Exeter Express senior men's hardball team. Ile has also serve.d as SI11)HS's cross country coach for 29 years and continues today. Other sports Fulop has coached include. both trick and field (22 years) and senior girls volleyball (eight years) at SI11)115. : Fulop's successes include about 30 Iluron-Perth cross country titles (individual and teams), 10 WOSSA titles and a third at OFSAA.. He has coached baseball teams to four Ontario championships the Dashwood juveniles in the late '70s and the Exeter juniors in '83 and the seniors in '86 and '88. . - • But coaching for Fulop isn't about winning. • See FULOP page 16 Lace up...it's minor hockey time icy Craig Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF The area's minor hockey associ- ations have dropped the puck for another season. here's how each association stacks up -for '9&/99.'.. Exeter- Minor Hockey Exeter Minor Hockey is offering programs for each level of boys hockey from pre -tyke to juvenile except for bantam. 'Exeter Minor Hockey president Dave Partridge sa?d the -lack of a bo¢s bantam team can be explained away most- ly with a high' girls to boys birth ratio that birth year. Exeter Minor l Jockey will ice two tyke teams, three novice, three atom, two peewee, two Midget and one juvenile team. Each level will have a rep or Shathrock League team. The second and third team per level will play in either Lambton-Middlesex or AE (alternative entry) leagues. So• far, about 270 skaters (same as last season) have registered for Exeter Minor hockey this season, but the number will rise 'to about 280 when all thejuveniles'_have• signed up. While the lack of a boys bantam team hurts the registration num- bers, girls hockey has exploded in Exeter. Last year only 'one girls intermediate team with 21 -skaters was iced: This year there are two intermediate teams (26 skaters) as well as one novice (14 skaters) and one junior (12 skaters) team. - Exeter Minor Hockey president Dave Partridge said the main goal this year is the same as every year. "Skill developtnent, player devel- opment"and,' of course, lots of fun for the kids," he said. His association is also working towards offering teams in each age division on the boys side and expanding the girls program. The Bill Batten Memorial Tournament for novice, atom and peewee age players will be held at South Huron Hec Centre next month with the AE tourney set -for over the Christmas holidays and. the tyke tourney in March. As for how competitive the teams look early on, Partridge likes what he sees. "I think all our age groups look. .good," he said. • ' Last 'season .the Exeter AE Nabisco Atoms notched the all - Ontario title. Exeter continues to be a 'CC' centre. Hensall Minor Hockey Hensall Minor Hockey offers tyke to bantam age boys hockey this season. So far, 135-140 skaters in total have registered up about 20 from last season. The boy to. girl . breakdown is about 95 to 40. The higher number this season comes from more bantams (now there will be a rep WOAA team) and a new Bluewater A/AA atom girls team. Hensall Minor hockey president Randy Parker added each established team also went' up a couple of players this season and there are about 15 pre -tykes. Hensel' and Zurich minor hock- ey associations tried to ice a com- bined midget boys team but plans fell through late last week. Hensall's novice rep team won the WOAA title last year, as far as they •could • have gone since OMUAs start..at atom. The novice girls also went as far.as.they could go by winning. the 1Lambton- Middlesex title while the •tiantains won the 'B' Lambton-Middlesex house league championship. Hensall remains an 'E' centre., Lucan Minor Hockey Like Exeter .Minor hockey, Lucan Minor Hockey's gids ranks have skyrocketed this season, from about 35 last season to ,54 this year. The total registration hovers in the 250.skater range (196. boys). • On the boys Pirie, the! ' will be three tyke lean; i. 1 ,u i +vice, three atom, two it ,r : and. one each in bantam ,uid midget. There will be four giris ,!ams: an under - 10; junior, midget. and the Bluewater A/AA intermediate team. ' ' Boys age divisions with multiple teams will ice them in a mixture of Shamrock, Lambton-Middlesex. and AE.I.eagues. ' Lucan Minor, Hockey president Glenn Silver said he isenthusiastic about the season. "Looking ,at what we've got, we have an experienced executive that wants to work together," Silver said, adding there are sever- al experienced coaches behind the' benches this season. "All teams will be in the top half of their divisions from what I've seen," Silver said. Lucan Minor .Hockey -will cele.- Witte ele-br'ate its 50th year in '99. Stay tuned for all the special events. - The association will host five tournaments this season: the atom tourney (Nov..20-22), junior girls (Dec, 28), atom AE '(Dec. 29), novice AL'.(Dec. 30) and tyke (Dec. 31). Last year Lucan Minor. Hockey teams.brought home two titles: the novice,zone championship•and the bantam Shamrock banner. Lucan Minor Hockey rep teams will again compete as a '1)I)' cen- tre. Stephen Minor Hockey • Registration is up this year from last for Stephen Minor Hockey • which offers teams in age levels from mite (tyke) to midget. On the" boys side, there will be one mite See LACE page I3.