HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-11-24, Page 22THIS WEEK W SPORTS
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Huron -Perth's best. Above photo:The South Huron District High School junior girls basketball team proved
they were the class of the region last week by winning both the Huron championship and the Huron -Perth ,
title.The team moves on to the WOSSA championship tournament at Medway this weekend. Front left: Jillian
Jones, Mary Gregus, Danielle Knip, Courtney Smith, Kristy Bray; back left:Amanda Wuerth,Allison Hayward,
Alicia Bugyra, MaaikeVanjecek, Lacy Peichert and coach Nicole Kovats.Absent are Nikki Cyr and Kelsi
VanKruistum. Right photo:Wuerth goes up for a lay-up in the H -P final. Bottom photo: Jones tries to find a way
out of a sticky situation. (photos/Craig Bradford)
Panthers crowned
Huron and IE -P champs
EXETER
The Panthers scored when final. Both teams played a
Panthers pounced on the they had to and held on defensive -minded second
competition to earn both for a 42-34 win. quarter and the score at
the"Huron and Huron- Coach Nicole Kovats half-time was 25-11.
Perth junior girls basket- said her team did an St. Anne's poured on the
ball championships at excellent job of containing pressure in the third
home last week. Stratford Central's best quarter but didn't make
South Huron District player and played "rock much head way. The
High School's large gym solid" defence for the Panthers had a •33-21
was filled with cheering entire game. She added lead at the buzzer.
students, parents and good decisions on offence St. Anne's continued to
staff during the two created many "spectacu- creep up on the Panthers
games. lar" scoring chances. in the final quarter but
On Friday during the Nikki Cyr was unstop- South Huron managed to
Huron -Perth final, the pable on the defensive hang on for a 39-32 win.
Panthers erased an 8-4 boards and never let the Kovats said outstanding
deficit against Stratford Rams get a second shot. defensive efforts were put
Central after the first She led the Panther scor- in by Wuerth and Jones
quarter to take a 15-14 ing with 20 points while as well as Allison
lead in the second quarter Jillian Jones scored 11, Hayward, Alicia Bugyra
they would never relin- Amanda Wuerth nine and and Cyr.
quish• Danielle Knip two. Jones led the Panthers
South Huron went on a Kovats said the Huron- with .15 points while
tear in the third quarter Perth win is the.first of its Wuerth scored 10 and
and found themselves up kind for Panther girls bas- Cyr eight.
28-16 at the buzzer. ketball in 16 years. • South Huron will now
Stratford Central battled On . Wednesday the test themselves at the
back in the fourth quarter Panthers beat up Clinton WOSSA championship
to make things close a • St. Anne's 20-8 in the first tournament at Medway
number of times but the quarter of the Huron this Friday and Saturday.
Chiefs blank rowdy Six Nations 50
OHSWEKEN -- The
Exeter Juvenile Chiefs
took advantage of an
undisciplined Six Nations
squad and walked away
with a 5-0 road win on
Saturday.
Andrew Maver got the•
Chiefs on the board •by
scoring on a penalty shot
at 13:35 of the first period
after a scoreless first peri-
od. The penalty shot was
awarded after a Six
Nations player used his
hands to cover the puck
near his own net.
Scott Keys made it 2-0
less than a minute later
from Matt Regler.
Less than four minutes
later it was Chad
Monteith's turn to score
with assists by Greg.
Hendricks and Keys.
Maver notched his sec-
ond of the night with 1:35
left in the period from
captain Ryan Carroll.
Keys scored his second .
goal �f the night with 1:49
left in the game -from
Hendricks and Monteith
to finish the Six Nations
off.
Chiefs starting goal -
tender Brad MacDonald
left the game near the
end of the first period
atter a Six Nations player
tripped him while the
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