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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-11-02, Page 10Pape 10 Times -Advocate, November 2, 1983 A :e Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh We witnessed our first live National Basketball Association game at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Friday night and it's an interesting brand of sport to say .the least. Although the Detroit Pistons went on to win 127-121 over the Boston Celtics, the last two minutes can be very exciting and also very lengthy. Unless one team has a large lead going into the final two minutes a lot of things can happen as the coaches call time outs and jockey for advantage. The Pistons under new coach Bill Daly are out to improve their 1962-83 season record of 37 victories. That means winning about half of their 82 games and make the playoffs. In a pre -season statement coach Daly said he wanted to keep scoring star Kelly Tripucka back on defence. Tripuka was always the first player downcourt on the fast break. Daly wants him to help more with defensive rebounding. Tripucka may be helping at his own end, but, he led his team in scoring Friday night with 26 points. Bill Laimbeer was the second scoring star for the Pistons with 24 points. Another exciting performer for Detroit guard Isaiah Thomas was held in check for the first half and then came flying out in the second half and sparked his club to victory and ended the game with a total of 16 points. For Boston the most outstanding player was Larry Bird in his fifth season with the team. He contributed 23 points to his team's cause. Kevin McHale was the top Boston point producer with 25. If any area cage fans are interested in following the Pistons on radio this year, all of their 82 games are be- ing carried on CKLW in Windsor with George Blaha and former Piston great Dave Bing handling the descrip- tion chores. Eskimos are falling The chances of the Edmonton Eskimos making the Canadian Football league playoffs this season are get- ting longer and longer. The Eskimos finishing the regular schedule with an even eight wins and eight defeats record can't do anything themselves about their playoff chances, but, have to hope the Saskatchewan Roughriders can pull an upset and beat the Calgary Stampeders. The chances of a Rider win over the Stampeders are very slim. Actually Calgary needs 'only a tie to qualify for the playoffs. If they do they meet the Win- nipeg Blue Bombers in the semi-final with that winner going on to take on the strong British Columbia Lions for the western championship. We still like the Winnipeg club to emerge as the *'stern Grey Cup representative. Tom Clements should be back for the playoffs and with the help of John Huff- nagel should provide the team with more than adequate quarterbacking. In the east an almost similar situation exists for the third and final playoff position. The only difference is the two teams in contention play each other in the schedule windup game. The Montreal Concorde on a recent roll take on the Hamilton Tiger Cats in Montreal Sunday. The Concorde need a win to qualify for a playoff matchup against the Ottawa Roughriders, a team they defeated Saturday to keep their hopes alive. On the other hand, the Hamilton Tiger Cats need only a tie to get into the playoffs, but, it will be tough to get even one point in Montreal where the fans have come alive for about the first time since the Concorde replaced the Alouettes as the professional football team in Canada's largest city. We heard a few comments from Concorde veteran Glenn Weir on the weekend and he said they would not only take care of Hamilton, but, defeat Ottawa again in the semi-finals and the Argos in the final. Weir was asked about retirement and he said he ex- pected to be back again next year. He added, "My con- tract is running out this year and I fully expect to negotiate again for at least one more season." Well done, Panthers More congratulations to athletes at South Huron District High School The field hockey team under the direction of Jim Workman and Tony Jones won the WOSSA girls title Saturday with a 2-1 final game victory over Central Elgin. The one Elgin ('entral goal was the first scored against Panther goalie Leanne Dillon in the entire season. The Panthers won their first two games in WOSSA 4-0 over Ingersoll and 2-0 against Strathroy. They now move to all -Ontario championships in Peterborough this weekend. In cross country action, South Huron won the senior girls team championship and Sheila Regier finished in fifth position. The local midget girls finished second as a team to Catholic ('entral of London. Both local teams will he participating Saturday at the all -Ontario championships to be run over the Lon- don ski club course. OIL UNDERCOATING $30 Satisfaction guaranteed Dashwood Auto Sales Open Mon. -Sat. 9:30 - 6:00 237-3250 1 n cross country II. senior girls win WOSSA title Saturdayand the mi South Buton's cross coup- The junior boys were a Raymond Lewis was 64th. midgets at established the *book as a Glenn Durie ran 41 followed try runners Made history and respectable tenth at WOSSA. The OFSSA race. should 2:15 p.m. The course is the prove interesting. The senior same as for WOSSA, at the strong cross-country force as by Jeff Wareham at 42 and girls run at 1:00 p.m. this London ski club. they qualified two teams the all -Ontario meet. Exeter senior girls were the WOSSA champions and the midgets girls were a surprise second to qualify for OFSSA. Friday's WOSSA meet at the London ski club, which is also the OFSSA site, was run in beautiful but windy weather. However, the course was often treacherous because of earlier rain. For the second straight year South Huron's senior girls won WOSSA. These same girls were WOSSA champs as midgets in 1979. South Huron had 48 points well below second place St. Marys with 58 points. Sheila Regier's amazing fifth place finish in 19:52 led the team. The strong junior - age runner has a habit of star- ting out far back then passing her way up to the top runners. Catherine Patterson had a good eighth place race after which she hurried off to com- pete for the WOSSA champion field hockey team. Mary Lou Rundle ran a gut- sy 17th place finish overcom- ing tonsillitis and a tumble at the start. In order to beat a St. Marys runner, Mary Lou sprinted most of the way up the big ski hill. Irene Dietrich was next in at 18, suffering from cramps. A South Huron trio ran together as Sue Sullivan, Esther Van Oss and Susan Birmingham came in 29, 30 and 31 respectively. Tracey Dt:chai me ran well at 41 and Angela Fleming finished 56. Sandra Hullebusch was unable to run because of an injured foot. The seniors should be able to improve on last year's fifth in all -Ontario if they run at it capac y. The midget girls exceeded expectations as they qualified behind a strong Catholic Cen- tral team by 11 points. Jeanette Van Esbroeck came into her own with a pro- mising sixth place finish in a time of 12:50. She was nar- rowly edged at the finish line. Despite going over on her ankle on the steep hills Lindy Dillon was a close eighth at 12:52. A . great run earned Kathleen Little twentieth spot and Barb Lawson ran in at twenty-fifth. Paulette Rauthbauer was 54. The midgets will gain valuable experience at the OFSSA meet that will help them in their remaining years as runners. Qualifying for OFSSA is a great accomplish- ment which says a lot about the runners and their coach. Coach Joe Fulop was unable to wipe the smile from his face after the WOSSA meet. It was the first time in South Huron history that two teams have qualified for OFSSA cross country. , The midget boys, too, made history by turning in the best performance of South Huron midgets. The promising team was sixth at the WOSSA meet. They were also only two points behind the Huron - Perth champs from St. Marys. Mark Johnston had a superb race but was edged at the finish into eighteenth spot in 18:00. Les Bott and Craig Winbow were 29 and 30 respectively. Steve Harburn was 47 and Mike Rankin 82. With their cross country season completed these boys have great futures to, with hard training, come back for an even better finish next year. Pee wees lose three The Exeter pee wees were on the short end of the scores in their first three games of the season in the Shamrock minor hockey league. Under the direction of coach Jack Chipchase, the locals lost 6-0 to Goderich, 4-3 to Ilderton and were edged 2-1 by Strathroy. In the loss to Strathroy, the only Exeter goal was scored by captain Larry Lewis on a three-tvay combination with Rob McLelland and Tom Rolph. Against Ilderton, Tom Rolph was best for Exeter with a goal and an assist. He hit the Ilderton net on a play started by David O'Connor and Haden Tinney and pick- ed up an assist on a successful shot by Rob McLelland. The fourth Exeter goal came from the stick of Henri DeBruyn on an unassisted effort. Scoring one goal piece for Ilderton were Larry Bassac- co, Jack Legg, tan Graham and Kevin Leitch. Psi H -P AND WOSSA CHAMPS — The SHDHS senior girls cross country team hos won the Huron -Perth and WOSSA championships and will be in the all -Ontario competi- tion, Saturday. Back, left, Irene Dietrich, Sandra Hullebusch, Mary Lou Rundle, Susan Sullivan and Tracy Ducharme. Front, Susan Birmingham, Angela Fleming, Esther Van Oss, Catherine Patterson and Sheila Regier. Swat tops in dart loop The Swat team has taken over first place in the Exeter Legion mixed dart league with 24 points, two more than the second place Itchy Niters. All in the Family holds down third spot with 21 points while the Crusaders, Snyde and Clyde and Trailers are deadlocked with 20 points apiece. In individual perfor-. mances, Wayne Parkinson leads the men with 13 games won while Barb Hearn and Amanda Hamilton share the ladies best with 11 each. For high score Anna Romaniuk tops the ladies with 132 and Eric Heywood anti Don Heywood are best for the men with 140 apiece. For spare darters, Kate Bierling has the ladies high score at 126 and Bob Simpson and Mike Gans share the men's to score with identical 133's. 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