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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-05-26, Page 22AMP THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Saddle Club whinnies its way back to Exeter. Page 23 Two charity golf tourneys and remember- ing Lawrence in Sports Divots. Page 24 Page 22 }1!;s -Am of ; i Wednesday, May 26, 1999 SvP0RlTS Tips? Contact Sports Editor Craig Bradford Tel: (519) 235-1336 ext. 113 Fax: (519) 235-0766 E-mail:,,sports@SouthHuron.com Exeter Times -Advocate Huron -Perth champs! `+ Y The South Huron District High School junior girls soccer team beat Stratford Central in a sudden -death shootout last week to win the Huron -Perth championship. Front left: Meghan Cooper, Kelli Fulton, Niki Vermeulen; middle left: Heidi Muller, Megan Darling, Lindsey McLeod, Bobbie Sonthirath, jenalyn Baker, nda Stephens, Heather Morgan, KaitlynVanOsch; back left: Kristy Pinder,Alicia Laye,Yvonne Rynen, Jessica Davies, Kelly Rutten Amanda Wuerth, Kelly Miners, Michelle Hakvoort, Leanne Erb and coach Becci Farquhar. • 011ivier tops local athletes at WOSSA By Craig Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF LONDON — Several Times -Advocate coverage area athletes put in top performances at the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association (WOSSA) track and field champi- onships at University of- Western Ontario's J.W. Little Stadium last week. Topping the listis Granton's Ayden 011ivier, 16, who brought home four gold medals and a Ayden 011ivier silver medal. ext --.::; 011ivier, an' Arva 011ivier said comparing -Medway- High School Gr. this season, her first 10 student, won golds in junior year, to last sea junior girls 100 m, 200 m, son. "I have more conf'i- long jump, 4X100 m relay dence in myself now." (a team member) anti, si7 011ivier has changed her ver in open girls 4X400 m sprinting form and now relay (team member). runs with a toe -first strike 011ivier's four firsts and instead of a heel strike a second place marks the that was aggravating a best performance at a chronic knee misalign- high level meet in her ment problem she has. career. - 011ivier also has asthma Last year 011ivier which she deals with on brought home a silver in hot days by taking a shot long jump and 4X100 m. from her inhaler before relay and a fourth place races. in the 200 m at OFSAA as 011ivier also credits her a midget. new coach, Vickie Croley, for her continuing suc- cess. Croley is a London Western Club coach and coaches the University of We§tern Ontario women's track and field team. She won first place in all three events at the OFSAA regional qualifiers last year and finished sec- ond in long jump, second in the 200 m and third in the 4X10&, m relay at WOSSA. Though considered a 011ivier also did well last medal hopeful at OFSAA, season at several meets... 011ivier isn't counting on a as a member of the big medal haul. London Western Track "Since I'm a junior this and Field Club. year, I can't expect too "I've improved a lot," much," she said. "Just getting to OFSAA is enough. Medalling would be perfect." Here are the WOSSA results (all athletes are Medway High School stu- dents and Luc an area res- idents unless noted other- wise): •Midget boys: Jonathan Brand (South Huron District High School) -fifth long jump. •Midget girls: Nicole Dann -first 400 m (1:01.7), first 300 m hurdles (49.0). •Junior boys: David Willems-fourth triple jump (12.40 m). •Junior girls: Ayden 011ivier-first 100 m (12.7), first 200 m (25.2), first long jump (5.21 m), first as member of 4X100 relay (51.4); Rebecca Blane-first discus (39.46 m), fifth shutput (9.65 m), fifth Javelin (29.82 m). •Senior girls: Paula McLaughlin -second 400 m (57.3), second 400 m hurdles (1:07.7), third 200 m (26.0). •Open boys: Jason Wheeler was a member of the 4X400 m relay, sec- ond (3:40.8). •Open girls: 011ivier, McLaughlin and Dann were members of the 4X400 m relay, second (4:12.7). These athletes also qualify for the Ontario West Regional champi- onships May 28-29 in Sarnia. Top finishers at the regionals move on to OFSAA June 3-5 in Toronto. Panthers win H -P jr. gfrls soccer title EXETER - The South scored three times to Huron District High- force a sudden -death School junior girls soccer shootout. Scoring for the team defended its Huron- Panthers were Jessica Perth crown by narrowly Davies, Fulton and defeating Stratford Vermeulen. Central in a sudden -death Stratford started the shootout at home May 20. sudden -death by shooting Kelly Rutten got the ' the ball over the net. Kelly Panthers off to a good Rutten made no mistake start by scoring on a for South Huron and direct free kick outside buried the winner behind the opponents box. the Stratford keeper. It didn't take long for The Panthers made it to Stratford to- tie the game the Huron -Perth final by and the first half ended in winning the Huron cham- a 1-1 tie. pionship on May 18 in The teams played a Clinton. South -Huron :Scoreless. seconcL half, blanked Wingham F.E. forcing two Ict minute Madill 3-0 in the semi- overLiine periods. final, goals by Vermeulen, Stratford went ahead 2-1 Amanda . Wuerth and in the first overtime. The Davies. Bobbie Sonthirath South Huron players were and Fulton shared t h e celebrating their relief shutout. near the end: of the sec- The Panthers then beat and overtime when Niki Clinton St. Anne's in the Vermeulen scared to tie final 4-1 with St. Anne's the game 2.2.. scoring first. Sontb The game then went Huron's goals came firm • into a shootout with each Leanne Erb with two and team getting five shots. singles by Vermeulen and Panther goalkeeper Kelli Davies. Fulton managed to save a Winning Huron Per th- is - shot while one Stratford as far as the junior .girls shooter missed over the can go — there Is no crossbar. Both teams WOSSA of OFSAA play. She shoots...South Huron District High School junior girls soccer player Niki Vermeulen, right, shoots and scores on the Stratford Central goalkeeper during the shootout of the Huron -Perth championship final at the South Huron Rec Centre field. The Panthers won the title in a sudden -death shootout. MacLean sips from Memorial Cup OTTAWA — Exeter's Jeff MacLean capped his OHL career with the holy grail of junior hockey, the Memorial Cup. MacLean, a defenceman with the OHL Ottawa 67s, sipped from the Memorial Cup Sunday after Ottawa edged the Calgary Hitmen 7-6 in overtime. "It's just starting to sink in," MacLean said from Ottawa when the T -A reached him Monday afternoon. 1 woke up this morning and realized I'm a Memorial Cup champi- on. It's the best feeling in Jeff MacLean my life." Besides winning the Memorial Cup, MacLean said the next biggest highlight from the,tourna- ment was beating Belleville 4-2 in the semi- final. The Bulls eliminated Ottawa from the OHL playoffs in the second round. "They've been a thorn in our side all year," MacLean said. MacLean's mom and dad, brother and sister, grandpa and grandma and several other rela- tives were in the crowd for the final. MacLean said it was extra special See 67s page 23 ltek