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Wednesday, Decemb r 30, 1998
Exeter 'rimes -Advocate •
Agony of defeat. Exeter Jr. D Hawks goaltender
Andy Glavin shows his frustration after Wellesley's
Shane Hallman scores the final goal in the Applejacks
3-O•game seven win in the all -Ontario final series.
(April 22/98)
Top coach. South Huron District High School
teacher Joe Fulop is this year's winner of the 3MITA
coach of the year award. Fulop is a long-time Exeter
area hardball coach and SHDHS cross-country coach.
(Oct 7/98)
Panther junior curler Dennis Noakes focuses before
throwing a rock at the Gore Mutual High School
zone playdown at Exeter Curling Club. (Feb. 4/98)
Thataway. Exeter Centennials senior men's soccer
player Luke Sims crosses the ball in the exact direc-
tion coach John Rasenberg wants it to go during a
gameat Nabisco (Canners) field. Rasenberg was hon-
oured with the Western Ontario Soccer Association's
Sportsman of the Year award this past fall. (July 15/98)
Glorious '98 sportmg moments remembered
By Craig Bradford
11Mi:S-ADVOCATE SPM+F
What a year.
The thrill of victory and
the agony of defeat were
celebrated as brightly as
ever in the Times -
Advocate during the past
year. A heart -stopping
playoff run by the Exeter
Jr. D Hawks hockey team,
several all -Ontario team
titles and some incredible
individual performances
highlighted the sporting
year and made it a plea-
sure to cover sports for
the T -A s hff. •
Here's our highlight reel
of the past year:
JANUARY
•The Exeter Jr. U'
Ilawks send forwards Jeff
Campbell and Chris
McDonald to the league
all-star game while the
Lucan Irish send defence -
man Jeremy Lambourn,
forward Mark Phillips and
goaltender Mike Boyce.
•The Irish overtake the
Hawks for first place in
the Morenz Division.
•The Exeter Juvenile
Chiefs hockey team are
moved by the league up to
'B' from 'CC' for the play-
offs.
FEBRUARY
•The Lucan Novice
Lasers win the Mite -
Novice 'C' International
Silver.Stick Championship
at St. Clair Shore, Mich.,
by winning the final 3-2
over the Florida Golden
Wolves.
•Lindsay Parsons bound
for Milan, Italy, as part of
London's Synchronicity
precision skating team for
the Spring Cup interna-
tional competition.,
•Irish and Hawks finish
the regular season in first
and second place respec-
tively in the Morenz
Division.
, •Lucan's Katherine
•Devlaeminck, 30, named
London City Soccer Club's
MVP and most dedicated
player.
•South Huron District
Fligh School midget girls
win Huron -Perth volley-
ball championship by
beating Stratford
Northwestern in the final.
MARCH
.Zurich Town &
Country Bowling Lanes
bowlers Cory Ducharme;
'Brian Ford, Kevin
Ducharme, Brent
Ducharme, Chris Regier
and alternate Kris
Ducharme qualify for the
YBC Southern Ontario
Championships in
Cambridge.
•Ilawks forward Jeff
Campbell named Morenz
Division rookie of the
year; Irish goaltender
Mike Boyce and defence -
man Jeremy Lambourn
named to th'e all-star
team.
'Exeter Juvenile Chiefs
ousted from the Ontario
Minor Hockey Association
playdowns in first round
by losing three games to
two to New 'Hamburg.
Exeter was the defending
champions. The Chiefs
later down Aylmer for the
Southern Counties League
title.
•Irish thrown out of
playoffs by Seaforth in
first round in six games;
Hawks finish Mitchell in
double overtime in game
six.
•Exeter Adult
Classiques precision skat-
ing team wins gold at Sun
Country competition in
Chatham. The Classiques
later win the Western
Ontario Section title; so do
the Exeter Juvenile Mini -
Classics.
•Huron hurricanes
swimmer Melanie Culbert
wins OISAA gold in 200m
individual medley.
•SIIDHS girls curling
rink wins WOSSA 'AA'
title at 'Tilisonburg beat-
ing Glencoe in the final.
Team members are skip
Jenn Mercer, vice Laura
Miller, second Melanie
Urquhart, lead Brianne
Webber and spare.
Marilou Ilern.
'•Ilensall Dynamite
Novice girls hockey team
wins Lambton Girls
Hockey League regular
season and playoff titles
in their first year; Ilensall
FCC junior girls win
Burlington Barracuda
tournament also in their
first year..
•RR3 Granton's Don
Beatson wins the Western
Fair Raceway ,horseman
of the year award;
Lucan's Jack Hardy
accepts horse of the year
on behalf of his five-year-
old Biddulph's Bad Boy.
•Hawks slip by Seaforth
2-1 in thrilling game
seven win at packed
South Huron Rec Centre.
•Exeter's Joe Fulop
flicks to Ontario crokinole
title, his fourth crown
, since '92.
•Ailsa Craig's Lindsay
Thompson, 17, goes on
the trip of a lifetime and
rides in the South African
Invitational Show
Jumping, competition rep-
resenting the Canadian
Pony Club.
APRIL
•Exeter petite ringette
team wins Huron -Perth
13B' title by beating.
Mitchell 5-4 in overtime
in the final.
•Ilawks sink Port
Stanley Lakers 4-1 in
game seven, head to all -
Ontario final series versus
Wellesley.
•Exeter Nabisco Atoms
Ali team ' sweep
Ennismore for all -Ontario
title. .
•Lucan Novice Lasers
beat Cayuga for OMHA
Panther senior boys rugby player Jeremy
VanEsbroeck goes up for the line -in during a home
game versus Saunders. (April 29/98)
championship.
•Zurich. Town &
Country bowler Jen
Glazier bowls 399 game,
given special recognition
plaque from Ontario Five -
Pin Bowlers' Association.
•Lucan `DD' Irish
Bantams beat Mariposa
for OMI1A title.
-•Henall Arena hosts
English women's hockey
team during part of their
stay in southern Ontario_
' •Ilawks fall to Wellesley
in game seven after win-
ning three straight to tie
the series. ,
•Ilawks entire coaching
staff calls it quits after
several successful, sea-
sons. ,
MAY
•Our Lady of. Mount
Carmel School senior girls
win Huron -Perth basket-
ball title.
•Hensall's Cara Gardner
lands a spot at . the
Canadian Hockey '
Association national
women's team evaluation
camp in Toronto after a
successful first season on,
the blueline with the Ivey
League Brown University
(Rhode Island) Bears.
•SIIDHS senior boys
sweep Huron and Iluron-
Perth soccer titles; junior
girls take the Iluron-
Perth championship.
•SIIDHS's Ben Forrest
notches third in high
jump at WOSSA track and
field meet at London St.
Thomas Aquinas.
JUNE .
•SEIDHS senior boys
lose WOSSA soccer final
in penalty kicks to
Strathroy; juniors don't
make it out of WOSSA
pool play.
•SIIDHS honours its top
jocks: junior girl Erin.
Robilliard, senior girl Lori
Richardson, junior .boy
Tom Phouttharath and
senior boy Christian
Stuckless.
•Scott Bogart named
Hawks head coach; he
later names assistants
Dave' Dalrymple and
Steve, ,Matthews; Bill
Brock is named G.M.
JULY
•Crediton's Bill McNutt
wins London Crumlin Gun
Cltib skeet shooting
championship.
•Ailsa Craig's Tom
Appleton travels to the
U.K. as a quarterback on
the Team Canada
Football Euro Tour.
•Exeter's Matt Dietrich
wins the Les Thomas
Memorial TNT Junior
Tyson Golf Tour title.
See '98 SPORTS page 13
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