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Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Exeter Times -Advocate
Panther senior boys rugby player Les Vincent, top
right, loses the battle for possession after a line-out
against a Petrolia player during the first rugby game of
the season at South Huron District High School last
week.At bottom right is Dan Berriman.The Panthers
were blanked.
Spring field sports return to South Huron High
EXETER — Spring is in
the air and that means
rugby and soccer on the
pitch at South Huron
District High School.
The Panther senior boys
rugby team were shutout
by Petrolia in their first
game of the season last
week.
Coach Terry O'Rourke
said the seniors put in a
good effort considering
many are new players.
The juniors lost 7-5 to
Petrolia.
The game was knotted in
a scoreless tie when South
Huron's James Atkins
scored a try on a nice run
with only a couple minutes
left in the game.
The Panthers missed the
convert.
Petrolia tied the game by
scoring a try in the refer-
ee's discretionary extra
time and then converted
for the win.
"It was a ragged but
intensely played game and
a very good effort consid-
ering the inexperience of
the team.
The girls started their
season at home Monday
with a 45-5 win over St.
Marys.
Irish down 2-1 in all -Ontario final
series versus the defending champs
By Craig Bradford
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
LUCAN — The Lucan
Jr. D Irish coaching staff
have some simple advice
for their players — stay
out of the box!
That's the short mes-
sage Lucan co -coach
Jason Bukala had for his
players after losing their
last two games in their
all -Ontario charnpi-
onship final series to the
defending champs, the
Wellesley Applejacks.
Wellesley leads the
best of seven series 2-1.
The Irish lost game
three 3-2 in Lucan on
Sunday and game two6-
1 in Wellesley on Friday.
Lucan started the
series with a 5-2 win at
home on April 7.
Bukala is disappointed
in the play of his older
players.
"Our veteran players
have to step up their
games and play like the
veterans they are," he
said.
Wellesley has scored
only one even strength
goal in the three games,
a stat that underlines
Lucan's need to play
more disciplined..
"If we aren't more dis-
ciplined we will lose the
series," Bukala said. "It's
as simple as that."
Lucan's Marc Williams
replaced Mike Boyce in
goal midway through
game two and started
game three.
"The highlight of the
past two games has been
Marc Williams," Bukala
said.
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Upended. Lucan Jr. D Irish forward Justin Mulligan, right, gets a leg in the way of
Wellesley player Mike Seip during game one of the all -Ontario final series at Lucan
Arena last week. Lucan won 5-2 but have dropped the last two games to
Wellesley and trail 2-1 in the series.
Jodi Truemner scored
three tries for the
Panthers while Missy
Hayter added two and
Brittney Caldwell, Tracy
Wilson, Hillary Hardeman
and Kim Keller all added
single tries.
All three Panther rugby
teams host Wingham F.E.
Madill tomorrow
(Thursday), the girls start-
ing at 1 p.m., the junior
boys at 2 p.m. and the
seniors at 3 p.m.
The boys soccer season
started Monday with South
Huron travelling to Central
Huron.
The senior Panthers won
3-1. Chad Monteith,
Brandon Martin and Dan
Snell scored for South
Huron.
The junior Panthers won
7-0. Jason Smith scored
three goals while Andrew
Prout and Darren Marziali
scored two each. Tom
Phouttharath earned the
shutout.
Both Panther boys soc-
cer teams host Madill
today (Wednesday) at
Canners Field, the seniors
at 2 p.m. and the juniors
at 3:30 p.m.
A junior boys tourna-
ment is tentatively sched-
uled for April 26 and a
senior boys tourney Is ten-
tatively set for April 28.
The tourneys are one way
for Huron teams to fit in
more games this season.
The Huron soccer season
was shortened this year
due to principals' concerns
over missed school time by
players, though South
Huron senior boys coach
George McEwan said that
may change.
The Panther girls soccer
season begins at Madill
April 20.
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Roughing it. Panther junior boys player James
Atkins breaks a Petrolia tackle during their game at
Exeter last week. South Huron lost 7-5.
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