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Let the celebration begin. Lucan Irish forward.
Justin Mulligan celebrates afterscoring his team's
third goal during a 5-2 win at Wellesley.The win cap-
tured the OHA Jr. D championship forthe Irish.
,photo/Craig Bradford, originally appeeredApril 21, 1999)
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TIMES -ADVOCATE SPORTS ®rnoR
Sports fans in the T -A
coverage area had a lot
to cheer about in 1999.
Lucan was the place to
be for sporting high-
lights this past year.
The Lucan Jr. D Irish
hockey team captured
the all -Ontario title._
Four other Lucan hock-
ey teams won provincial
titles. Lucan area high
school athletes excelled
at track and field.
The Exeter area also
had its fair share of
sports gold nuggets. Ex -
Exeter Jr. D Hawks for-
ward Jeff Campbell
broke out to become a
Jr. 8 star with:. the
Strathroy Rockets. A
women's lawnbowling
team featuring three
Exeter club members
won a national champi-
onship. And female
sports stole the spotlight
from the maleson more
than one occasion to
finally get their due.
Here's the highlight
reel from, the pastes
JAN
•Exeter Jr. D Hawks
defence e Klan
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and elLivith the
Stray Jr -. .3 /rackets..
*Luca" hosts Jr. Dr all-
star saw. The Y e c k
Caleserience (including
players from the Hawks
and Lucan Irish) beats
the McConnell
-Conference- 5114..
•Exeter and Area
Synchronized Skating
holds their annual
Showcase.
Tough battle South Huron District High School field o p e- Lesanne
Erb, right, fights for the ball versus a Mitchell player during* home game.The
Panthers won 2.0. South Huron went on to win the Huron -Perth championship.
(photo/Croig Ind, originally appeared Oct 6, 1999)
•The Grand Bend
Motorplex lands a
national IHRA drag rac-
ing event.
FEBRUARY
•The Irish's 12 game
winning streak ended
with a 3-1 loss in
Belmont.
•Zurich Town &
Country Bowling Lanes'
Melissa Jeffrey, Anita
K1-aassen and Ange
Cregan win the Ontario
girls combo title in
Brantford.
•Granton's Ayden
011ivier wins a. silver
medal at the provincial
pentathlon at Toronto's
York University.
•The Exeter Curling
Club duet of Brianne
Webber and' Melanie
Urquhart compete in
the all -Ontario Teranet
bantam girls champi-
onship,
•Exeter Hawk forward'.
Jarrett Jeffrey wins the
Jr. D rookie of the year
award while Lucan Irish.
forward Justin Mulligan:
:
is crowned scoring
champion.
•Jeff Campbell is
named Western Jr. B
rookie of the- year.
Heal ,fs Jeit:ra
liayinan.garticipates in
Maple Lead Gardens
aiog an 1
Cie epeiting care-
monhak
*Pefidge,L Panthers win
Huron. hfgh school bas-
ketbal championship.
*South .: Huron Rec
Centre and Exeter
Synchronized Skating
host 12th annual Bernie
D e ve au Memorial Adult
Precision Competition.
• Hensall Sr. A
Sherwoods ousted in
four straight games by
Goderich to end their
first season back in
action.
MARCH
•Zurich bowler Jacqui
Rader wins Zone T ban-
tam regional Second
Step in the Four Steps
To Stardom competi-
tion.
•Lucan Irish eliminate
Exeter Hawks in five
games to advance to the
second round of the Jr.
D playoffs.
*Exeter Figure Skating
Club's Skylar VanOsch
and Laurie Noakes and
Zurich Figure Skating
Club's Heidi Klopp qual-
ify for Ontario Interclub
Championships.
•Panther high school
wrestlers finish success-
ful first year back after
20 year hiatus.
•Lucan Irish sweep
Mitchell in four straight
gimes to advance to the
third round of the Jr. D
playoffs.
*Lawrence Cole and
Chris Wilhelm remem-
bered at first ever LCW
Come down here. Exeter U-15 Dolphins girls soc-
cer player Heather Morgan, left, watches the ball sail
over her head during an exhibition game versus.
Woodstock at Nabisco Field. Exeter lost but had fun
anyway. (photolCmig Bradford, originally .appearedAug.
11, 1999)
Memorial Cup game
between the Exeter
Hawks and Hensall
Sherwoods.
•Lucan's Amy Hardy
and her mare Sydney
Sue win the Western
Fair Raceway '98 Iron
Horse Pacing horse of
the year award. Hardy
accepts on behalf of
herself and her late
aunt Ruth Herbert. Patti
McGillivray wins the
WFR '98 New Faces
Award.
*The Exeter
Synchronized Skating
Adult Classiques win
gold at '99 Western
Ontario Section
Invitational
Competition; the Pre -
Juvenile Mini -Classics
win silver.
•The 'Exeter Petite '13'
ringette team wins
Huron -Perth champi-
onship.
*Four Lucan Minor
Hockey teams win all -
Ontario titles: bantams,
atoms. atom A/E and
novices.
.The Hensall Peewee
Hogs win Southern
WOAA title.
APRIL
•The Stephen
Township Atom Sniper
Sonics hockey team
wins the am -Ontario
title.
•The Lucan Irish sink
the Port Stanley Lakers
in six games to advance
to the Jr. D final series.
•The Exeter A/E
midgets win the
Shamrock League title.
•Hensall's Jeff
Campbell and Mark Bell
win numerous awards
at Strathroy Jr. 13
Rockets banquet.
•The LUcan Irish win
the all -Ontario Jr. D
championship after six
game battle versus
defending champions
the Wellesley
Applejacks.
•Lucan Minor Hockey
celebrates its 50th
anniversary.
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