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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-12-15, Page 22THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Jr. D Hawks and Irish win and tie last week's games. Page 23 Exeter Sr. Tyke Golden Hawks host American team. Page 24 Page 22 k totintrs' `14? Contact Sports Editor Craig Bradford Tel: (519) 235-1336 ext 113 Fax: (519) 235,0766 E-mail: sports@SouthHuron.com Wednesday, December 15, 1999 Exeter Times -Advocate Midget Panthers b-ballers victorious at Seaforth tournament South Huron District High School senior boys basketball player Ben Forrest, cen- tre, battles for possession of the ball against two Wingham F.E. Madill defenders during Monday's game in Exeter. South Huron lost 59-29. (photo/Craig Bradford) Panthers tie arch -rivals Listowel EXETER — Ouch. That's the sound one might have heard from the South Huron District High School bench at the end of Friday's high school boys hockey game at South Huron Rec Centre versus the Listowel Lightning. Leading 4-2 in the third period, the Panthers gave up two goals including the tying goal with 20 sec- onds left to settle for the tie. The tying goal was scored with Listowel's goalie on the bench in favour of the extra attack- er. Listowel was pressur- ing South Huron when the puck was cleared out of the Panther zone down the ice. One official first indicated the puck had been touched yet ulti- mately the call brought the faceoff back into the South Huron zone. Listowel won the draw and a couple of passes later the Lightning scored on a shot from the point. Panthers coach Mike Soldan said the tying goal is an example of how crit- ical little things can be in hockey. For example, faceoff expert Andrew Mayers did not suit up for the game due to a hand h jm'y "Losing that faceoff cost the Panthers a draw for first place," he said. South Huron is in sec- ond place, a point behind Listowel in the seven team division. The Panthers scored first at 10:06 of the first period when Mike Seip connected from Scott Keys. The Lightning drew even less than three min- utes later. Darryl Bourne gave the Panthers the lead with 4:40 left in the first period after completing a rush down the right side of the rink started by a feed from Scott Davies. Bourne found the twine with a slap shot from the top of the faceoff circle. Brandon Martin gave South Huron a 3-1 lead early in the second 'period after scoring on a shot similar to Bourne's that found the top corner. Listowel inched closer by scoring about five min- utes later while South Huron's Steve Rasenberg was in the penalty box. The Panthers held on and padded their lead when Seip scored his sec- ond goal of the game from Keys with forty-five seconds left in the period. The game marked the second tie for the teams out of three meetings this season. Listowel won the first game although it was tied late in the third. The other tie came at the Norwell tournament. Friday's game was a chippy affair with several penalties including a major for slashing against Listowel and a double minor versus South Huron for spearing. Soldan said his team is ahead of their agenda for their first season back to Huron -Perth play. The hope was to play "respectable" hockey and perhaps make the .500 mark. So far the Panthers have surpassed those expectations and are cer- tain of a playoff spot. "At this point in time the Panthers are contenders," Soldan said. On the injury front, Ryan Ralph is still recu- perating from an ankle Injury while Nick Haberer See PANTHERS page 23 SEAFORTH — The South Huron District High School midget boys bas- ketball team showed some Panther character at the Seaforth basketball tournament on the week- end. Facing an undefeated Mitchell team in the final and down by seven points at half-time, the Panthers composed themselves for a 60-57 come from behind victory. Everette Dionne had an outstanding game scoring 22 points while Chad Smith added 10 and Jake Romphf had eight. The Panthers made it to the final by defeating Stratford Central 55-50. Dionne led the scoring, this time with 14 points while Smith added 11 and Justin Hayter eight. South Huron devastated Dorchester 75-28 in their first game. Smith led the scoring with 17 points with Dionne adding 13 and each player notching some points to round out the scoring. Coach Nicole Kovats said excellent defensive efforts over the weekend were put in by Jesse McCann, Marty Glavin, J.R. Chansamone, Jeff Lynn and Cam Murray. The senior Panthers picked up the consolation championship at the Mitchell Huron -Perth pre - Christmas tournament over the weekend. South Huron beat the host team 44-34 in the consolation final behind a 15 -point effort from Ben Forrest who was later named to the tournament all-star team. The seniors lost their first game to Stratford Central 46-37 after hold- ing a one -point into the fourth quarter. Mike Blair had 10 points for the Panthers and Kyle Farwell had eight. The Panthers easily defeated Seaforth 65-45 in their second game. Forrest led the way with 14 points while Kieran O'Rourke had 10, Farwell nine and Tim Hundey eight. Both the seniors and juniors lost to Wingham F.E. Madill at home on Monday. The seniors lost 59-29 despite playing hard. O'Rourke said their inability to have a consis- tant offence once again hurt them. Farwell led the Panther attack with seven points while Forrest scored six and Henny Pfaff and Ryan Beattie had four each. The juniors played a superior Madill team that beat them 58-36. Pete Phouttharath led the way offensively with eight points followed by Kieran O'Rourke with six while - Mark Laye, Jordan Shantz and Jonathan Brand all had four. Two South Huron teams crushed Goderich on the road last week in their first regular season games. The midget Panthers came out strong in the first half scoring on almost everything they put up in a 69-20 win. Murray led Panther shooters with 15 points followed by Smith with 14, Dionne with eight and Tony Regier, Glavin and McCann each with six. The junior Panthers also had their way with Goderich in a 68-23 win. South Huron led 43-11 at halftime. Eight of 10 players scored for South Huron with O'Rourke and Shantz leading the way with 14 points each while Laye added 12, Ken Tilley eight, Jamie Sandwith seven and Brand six. The senior Panthers didn't do as well against Goderich and lost 62-42 after -a bad first quarter. Forrest led the Panther offence with 14 points fol- lowed by Hundey with eight and Henny Pfaff with six. Several South tluron girls basketball players participated in the Huron - Perth' all-star game festiv- ities held in Goderich ,last week. Nikki .Cyr, Jillian Jones, Jamie Reaburn and Marilou Hern played in the game while Danielle Knip, Jessica Davies and Dana Thiel participated in the skills and three-point contests. South Huron District High School boys hockey player Brayden Lord, right, uses some footwork to try to get the puck from the Listowel defender during Friday's game at South Huron Rec Centre.The game ended in a 4-4 tie. (photo/Craig Bradford)