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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1999-02-10, Page 18THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Bowling trio brings home gold, curling pair off to provincials. Page 19 Sherwoods oust Monkton in first round of Sr. A playoffs. Page 20 Page 18 orts Wednesday, February -1974 SPORTS TIPS? Contact Sports Editor Craig Bradford Tel: (519) 235-1336 ext. 113 Fax: (519) 235-0766 E-mail: sports@SouthHuron.com Exeter Times -Advocate Dejected bunch 4 ......_....;.%:.gar:; •;:: ... is >.c . ' Dejected bunch. Exeter RSD Midget Generals players Ryan Groot, left, Jared Bourne, goalie Ryan Sullivan and Scott Keys don't look too happy Fora -r. scored on them during last Wednesday's OMHA playdown game at Sout:i Huron Rec Centre. Exeter lost 3-2 but edged host Forest 5-4 in game two. Game three is at Forest tomorrow and game four is at Exeter Saturday at 6 p.m. For more details on last week's games, see Minor Hockey Scoreboard. High school sports back at in action EXETER — South Huron District High School's girls volleyball and boys basketball teams got back to action last week after a long lay- off dut the Christmas break and exams. The senior girls volley- ball team travelled to the Strathroy tournament on Saturday. The Panthers won games against Stratford Northwestern and North Lambton Secondary but lost games t� strong teams from St. Thomas Parkside and Strathroy. The junior girls trav- elled to the Goderich tournament on Saturday.: The Panthers played their best but lost to Goderich, Norwell and Grey Highlands. The juniors rebounded in their last game to knock of Owen Sound St. Mary's 15-2 and 15-3. The midget girls won seven out of 10 games to finish a close third at the Stratford Northwestern tournament on Saturday. All three volleyball teams hosted Clinton St. Anne's Monday. Results were not available at press. The senior boys basket- ball team played in the Listowel tournament on Saturday. The Panthers lost to Orangeville 55-32 and to Madill 60-25 before beat- ing Listowel 65-55. Darryl Romphf scored 40 points on the day and Ryan Beattie added 38. All three boys basketball teams played in St. Anne's Monday with the seniors winning 50=41and the midgets winning 46- 37 to remain undefeated. Jr. D Hawks drop EXETER — If you're an Exeter Jr. D Hawks fan you've started to get that sinking feeling. Exeter droppe , three road games last week and in a tie for the last playoff spot 'n the Morenz Division. at press. Exeter lost 5-1 to Seaforth Feb. 2. After playing a scoreless first period, Seaforth grabbed two goals in the sec- ond before Exeter's Dave Farquhar put his team on the scoreboard by scoring with 14 seconds left in the period with assists going to Graig Corriveau and Bill Hodge. Seaforth then answered three unan- swered goals in the third including a shorthanded marker. Exeter lost to Port Stanley 7-6 on Friday but picked up a point since the Lakers scored the winner in overtime. Jarrett Jeffrey led the Exeter attack with two goals with singles going to Andy Stratton, Farquhar, Christian Stuckless and Berton Dykstra. Assists went to Geoff Mauer, Farquhar (2), Stratton (2) and Hodge. Port had a 2-1 lead after one period, the teams were tied 4-4 after the second and 6-6 when regulation time ended. The Lakers scored with 2:27 left in Off. Exeter got going a little too late versus Thamesford Sunday to fall 5-4 in a rescheduled game from the fall. . After playing a scoreless first period, Exeter grabbed the lead when Corriveau scored from Brian Richardson. with 1:15 gone in the second. ;Lambeth Friday and to Mitchell Saturday but surprised Belmont 9-5 Sunday to pull into a tie for fourth place in the Morenz Division with Exeter. Exeter has one game in hand over Parkhill with their last three games all at home. . Exeter hosted Mount Brydges yester- day after press and faces Lucan Friday and Lambeth Saturday, both games starting at 8:30 p.m.. Parkhill hosted Thamesford yesterday and travels to Lucan tonight. to fourth place tie Richardson .scored from Stratton and Farquhar with 4:37 left in the game. Thamesford scored the winning goal with 3:48 left. Hawks coach Scott Bogart felt his team's play on the weekend was a major improvement from last week's efforts that also resulted in three losses. "We have to continue to play like we did on the weekend," Bogart said when asked what the Hawks need to do to make it to the playoffs. "We made our own beds. We have no one to blame for our predictament than ourselves." Bogart said the team's focus should be• winning the next game — not looking. forward to the extra season. "Once you get into the playoffs any- thing can happen," he said. "We have to get there first." The recent losing streak acid the team's inability to string together consistant good efforts hasn't been lost on the team. "There are, definitely lessons to be learned by me and the players," Bogart said. Bogart added some veter- ans have been putting out good performances recently, exactly what the coaching staff and teammates have been expecting. Captain Hodge, Ben • McCann, Farquhar and Geoff Mauer have been playing better to show the younger play- ers a good example. Exeter's record falls to 10-22-3-2 (wins, losses, ties, overtime losses) -and 25 points. Parkhill North Middlesex lost to "Once you get into the playoffs anything. can happen...we have to get there first." — EXETER HAWKS COACH SCOTT BOGART Thamesford scored with 5:51 elapsed and again with 1:53 Iefiin the period to take the lead: Corriveau tied the game with 2:06 gone in the third period from Richardson and Jeffrey gave the Hawks a short-lived lead by scoring 4:23 into the frame from Farquhar. Thamesford brought themselves even a scant 41 seconds laterand then took the lead with 9:17 gone in the period. Exeter tied things at 5-5: when Lucan Jr. D Irish cling to first, one point.awy from clinching clivision By Craig Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF LUCAN — A big 3-1 road win over the second place Mitchell Hawks Friday finds the Lucan Jr. D Irish still sitting atop the Morenz Division standings. Lucan jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first with goals by Adam Wagner (assisted by Neil Judson) and Kevin Dunbar (Justin Mulligan, Mark Phillips) at 6:45 and 5:10 respec- tively. Mitchell cut the lead to one goal at 4:35 of the first. Dunbar notched his team's. insurance goal at 18:49 of the second stan- za from Phillips and Mulligan and Lucan held on for the rest of the game for the win. The game was a lively one and got chippy in the third period with two sep- arate fights including a fracas with only 49 sec- onds left in the game sending three players on each team to the showers a tad early. Irish defenceman Mike Davis will be out four or five games after being called for checking from behind and instigator fighting. The Irish lost 3-1 at home to Mount Brydges' Feb. 3. Matt Dale scored Lucan's lone goal from Greg Henderson and Derek Graansma at 6:16 of the, first period. Mount Brydges scored one in the first and` two in the sec- ond to take the win. Irish co -coach Bill Bourne said the differ- ence between the two games came down to hav- ing a plan: Lucan went into the Mount Brydges game without a plan and players and the coaches were thinking ahead instead of concentrating at the job at hand. Bourne said he and co - coach 'Jason Bukala planned to shut down Mitchell's offence in Friday's game and gave every player a fob towards that end. Lucan's record stands at 26-12-0-1 (wins, losses, ties, overtime losses) and 53 points, three points ahead of Mitchell. Both teams have two games left: Lucan hosts Parkhill North Middlesex tonight at 8:15 p.m. and heads to Exeter Friday for an 8:30 p.m. tilt. Mitchell would ha've to win both of their remain- ing games (at home to . Thamesford Friday, at Mount Brydges Saturday) and have Lucan lose both of theirs to capture first place. Bourne said all his team needs is a single point in their last two games to clinch.frst place. Mitchell and Lucan would end up with the same number of points but Lucan would win the tie-breaker by winning the season series 4-1. if Lucan hangs on to first place, the team will face either Ea... •.r or Parkhill in the firstt uund of the playoffs. Both. Exeter and Parkhill are tied at 25 points each though Exeter has a game in hand. If .Mitchell does take both of its games and Lucan loses both of theirs, to steal first place, Lucan. would take on third place: Seaforth in the first round of the playoffs. Bourne said besides the Davis suspension, Chad Greenlee is the only other lineup scratch. Greenlee is still out with a pulled: chest muscle. Screened. Lucan Jr. D Irish forward Greg Henderson, left, does his pesky best in front of the Mount Brydges net during last week's game at Lucan Community Memorial Centre. Lucan lost 3-1 but beat host Mitchell 3=1 on Friday.