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Times Advocate, 1998-10-14, Page 15• Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Exeter Times -Advocate Sports School sports are back! Pacing themselves. South Huron District High School cross country team members Dave Robilliard, left, and Henny Pfaff wind their way around the school's track last week in preparation for the super short season. Above: South Huron District High School field hockey hopefuls Kim Keller, left, and Anna' Pryde battle for the ball during practice/tryouts last week. SHDHS will host two full day tourna- ments this season, one today and one Oct. 2 I.At right Krista Tuininga exe- cutes a lay-up during a South Huron District High School senior girls basketball practice last week.The Huron girls basketball season opens Oct. 21 with SHDHS travelling to Wingham F.E. Madill.The first•Panther girls basketball home games are scheduled for Oct. 26 versus Seaforth (only the.midgets and senior's will take the court since Seaforth doesn't have a junior 'team. Hs:. Times -Advocate sports edito Bradford takes a look at what season South'Huron District High fall sports. athletes and their fa expect after the over Month long protest. — South Huron . Distri School's fields and courts are all action after being benched a mont •Coaches sat out all athletes 'bench' during ,their job action ing the province's changes to edu under Bill 160 including teachin out offour periods each day. The ers were iustruct.ed.by the O Secondary School 'Teachers' Fede 4o not ..volunteer their time after . to sports or Other extracurricular ties. Bal the teacher/couches are ba su are the fall sports of girls bask cross Country, field -hockey, .01 boys. volleyball. • The month-long delay to the sea have shortened them to about hal each sport. Here's what else ,you expect: courtesy. SHIMS coaches; Girls basketball Senior girls basketball' coach league convener Terry O'l(ourke the shortened season, coupled with inekperienced team, will make the season,a challenging one. "We're still in` a rebuilding mod 'O'Rourke said. ' Some potential team members ch not to tryout this. season because it be loss •than half •as long as norm O'Rourke said. :'We're going -to be pretty-inexpeenced but the girls have a good a tude," he said.. SIIDIIS's seniors, juniors and midg will play each Iluron team only on • (normal seasons have .then) playing ea team twice) before the Huron sem finals on Nov. 13 and the final on No 1ii, The Huron -Perth finals will be ;Nov., 20, the senior at Iluron, the juni at Perth. • Here's the SI IDFJS girls' basketball re Oar. season schedule: Oct: 21 at Madi Oct. 26,hosting Seaforth; Oct. 28 hostin Goderich; Nov. 4 at St. Annes; Nov. 1 hosting Clinton Central Huron. SIIDIIS will host a junior -senior Corr► bined tournament on Oct. 30-31 and th juniors will go to. the Oct. 24 Listowe tourn4ment. • Cross country .Coach Joe Fulop said )here will be jus one meet,,tomorrow's hosted- by Aylmer hast Elgin'at Springwater Conservation Area between Aylmer and St. Thomas, before the Huron -Perth championships at Benmill.er on Oct. 19 and WOSSA •at . Springwater on Oct. 22. - " ' ,Fulop said there are usually six meets before the championships for the run- 'ners to hone .their performances.. Will SHUNS runners be prepared? "No," Fulop said. 1"But they'll d5 the best they can." The team has -16 members this season,. but the roster isn't set in stone. • 15 r Craig "We have some come and go," Fulop kind of said. "We're not being very stringent in School light of the situation." ns can teacher Field hockey •SHUIIS will• host two all -day field h-�ck- ct High ey tournaments, today -and Oct. 21•: ve with SIIDHS coach/league convener Jim h. Workman said the competition will be - on the comprised of Goderich, St. Annus,.,,. protest- Mitchell, St. "Marys and..Stratford'• cation •. Northwestern. g four The shortened season will pose a prob- teach. .' lom • for just about every school,` ntario Workman said. ration "It's "going to be difficult to develop • • tichool. skills," he said. "Locally we're all in the tctivi- . same boat except for St. Armes (a Catholic school whose teachers settled k and with• their school board early on). utball. They've bean practicing for a month. %Ve • I' and have lots of speed but we're just lacking basic- skills. They're going to be in a sons game before they know what hits them." f for Workman has 20 players- this year,• can nine new to the team, out of 38 that - originally signed up. Another problem Workman is e) peri: eating is the allure of the exploding girls and hockey scene.,,There are severs: new • said girls hockey teams in the area and his.. Workman is finding several players have '98- • to leave the field hockey practices early • • for hockey practice. e." Despite the many challenges, -Workman .is confident • SIIDI IS .will be ose competitive. 110 expects. strong romped - will lion. to- come from Goderich in Huron - .41, Perth and from Medway at WOSSA. .The. field hockey schedule was not ri- available at press. tti SHAHS is the defending Huron -Perth" champion, and lost the. WOSSA final -to ets • Medway 1-0 last season. . - re ch Golf. The revived golf program , at SEMIS v. will feature one event, the Huron -.Perth on _championships at Ironwood Golf Club on or • Friday starting at 9 a.m: The WOSSA 'golf finals have already been held. g - Il; -• Boys volleyball' g • Senior boys volleyball coach Scott - 1. Halpenny is excited about the' entire program. - "We've got a ton of kids coming out" e he said.. I '• Haipenny .has give of- last year's' - starters back on the team. Second .year players seem to be the norm for the juniors as well„ with eight or nine - t- returning. Interest among midget age players in volleyball is high with. 30 play- ers trying out; • "Some of those midgets look good, • Halpenny said. He credits SIIDIIS's feed- er elementary schools fine bringing them .along. . Junior coach Phil Conley said although his team has to improve their passing • and communication to,make some noise, he's confident they .can finish' in the top • four in Huron. Tho(5gh the schedule was not available, by press, the season is set to begin next , week • • 11,'1.1,. Digging it. South Huron District High School junior boys volleyball player Brandon Depapp goes down for the.b41l during a practice at the school last week.The boys volleyball season will'begin next week.