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Times-Advocate, 1983-12-07, Page 151984 HONDA Canadian Premiere & Sneak. Preview This Friday, Saturday & Sunday December 9, 10, 11 We've taken the wraps off the most exciting new bikes ever of- fered by Honda. Come see the bikes you'll only see in spring somewhere else....The '84 line of- fers the new, redesigned Aspen- cade, the new V -30's -- the MAGNA and INTERCEPTOR and more...This is the area's first and only '84 showing -- don't miss it. FI'II tti' J.m P. r X1,1- •ilii', . i IOU Don't miss this exc usive showing The First Anywhere Groot Your lad CASH Discounts ow Romaiwing '83* Page 14 4 4 f ;a. Times -Advocate, Decembert7, 1983 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh While this is being written we are (enjoying) the first blast of winter and a press release from the Toronto Blue Jays comes across the desk. Thanks to Howie Starkman of the Blue Jays public relations department we get regular communiques throughout the year and the winter months are no exception. The latest tells us the Jays will open their 1984 season at home at CNE Stadium on Tuesday, April 17 against the world champion Baltimore Orioles. This date will be the latest the Blue Jays have opened at -home in their eight year history. The 1984 schedule marks the first time since 1980 in which the Blue Jays will not be the swing team and thus will finish the schedule playing east division teams in September. The Toronto club has 81 home games on 80 dates with one doubleheader scheduled for May 27 against the Cleveland Indians. Ticket prices for 1984 have been moderately in- creased with all locations going up by $1 over the 1983 levels. The most expensive seats will be the field level chairs at $9.50 and general admission prices will be $3. The new ticket price structure still keeps the Blue Jays amongst the lowest in major league baseball. While very few trade rumours have been bandied about lately, it looks as if the Jays will be trying to get a left handed pitcher. This week they sold the contract of southpaw Dave Giesel to their Syracuse farm team leaving reasonably untried Stan Clarke and minor league John Cerutti as the only lefties on the roster. After his finest season in the majors with a batting average of .315, Lloyd Moseby of the Jays was named to the 1983 American league all-star team by the Spor- ting News and United Press International. Alfredo Griffin of Toronto was one of only two American league players to play in all of his club's 162 games this past season. The other was Baltimore's Cal Ripken Jr. The Jays were the only American league team not to have a game started by a lefthanded pitcher in 1983 and they spent only three days in last place in the eastern division. The Toronto club had the highest attendance in- crease in the'major leagues in 1983 drawing 654,437 more than the year previous. The annual Pearson Cup game between the Blue Jays and the Montreal Expos will be played Thursday, May 24 at 7:05 p.m. at Exhibition Stadium. Perry gets award Shortly before press time a week ago we received the press release from the Ohio State Buckeyes that Perry Pooley had been honored as player of tie week and we could not include much information in that column. Coach Jerry Welsh's comments were, "He's a com- petitor. That's the first thing you've got to notice about him. He is always doing his best under the conditions presented to him. He would not walk down the street without making sure he's doing his best." Known as the team's top penalty killer in his first two seasons with Ohio State, the development of two strong lines has allowed Perry to put his mind on the net. His 29 goals last year were third best on the team and this year's 14 to date ties him with brother Paul for team lead. A finesse -player, Perry only has one two minute minor penalty assessed against him in 13 games. A cog on the team's power play and penalty killing units, the level headed performer consistengly draws praise from his coaches. Lots of hockey action This winter is no exception for the amount and variety of hockey action available each week in this area. In junior I) hockey ranks, the Exeter Hawks and I,uran Irish have again assembled excellent teams and the brand of hockey they dish up is of high calibre and exciting. The Hawks play at home at the South Iluron Rec Centre most Friday nights at 8:30 p.m. and the regular weekly home date for the Lucan Irish is Wed. at 8:15 The South Huron intermediate hockey league is again very competitive with five strong teams. The Ex- eter Mohawks are off to a good start with seven straight victories at the time of writing with the Hensall Sher - woods right behind with only one loss. The other three teams in the league are the Centralia College Saints, Zurich Buckeyes and the Parkhill Pirates. The Mohawks and Sherwoods play most of their home games on Thursday nights while the Buckeye are at home most Sundays and the regular home night for the College Saints is Monday. For fans wishing to see younger hockey players in action, each Wednesday night is set aside at the South Huron Rec Centre for Shamrock league games and most Wednesday's four of the local teams can he seen exhibiting their enthusiasm on the ice. At the other end of the age ladder, the Exeter Molting Hawks are engaging in a very industrious 38 game schedule along with a couple of tournaments. In order to qualify as a member of the Molting Hawks or any other oldtimers hockey team, participants must be at least 35 years of age. "Customer Satisfaction" Above All Ron Rader Frayne Chev-Olds Ltd. 586 Main St., Exeter 235-0660 1-800-265-7026 Mitchell are A finalists Toronto area teams win Lucan Cup challenge International Stick of Toronto won the A champion- ship of the weekend's very successful Lucan Cup challenge for the second straight year and Black Creek of Markham won the B title. The defending champions won four straight games to take home the Lucan Cup, a $1,000 bill and each player on the team received a hand- crafted Lucan Cup diamond They downed the strong Mitchell Staffen Packers 5-1 in the championship contest. The Mitchell team took home $600 as runnersup and Black Creek won $500 and the village of Lucan trophy as B champions. On the way to the finals, In- ternational Stick downed Lucan 5-1, Hofey Construction of Windsor last year's A finalists 5-3 and Fraser, Michigan 5-3. In other games, Mitchell beat Bench Pub of Livonia, Michigan 4-2, Ajax 8-7 in over- time and Bann Construction of Brooklin 6-4. The Mitchell team started the Sunday schedule at 7 a.m. and played three ,aures dur- ing the final day while Inter- national Stick club played on- ly twice. The tournament all star team included goalie Eric Niskanen, Steve Sherman and John Cook of International Al Sinclair and Rob Stick, WIN LUCAN CUP AGAIN — International Stick of Toronto won the Lucan Cup Sun- day night for the second consecutive year. Above, Ron Peters presents the Lucan Cup to captain Al McRae with Tom Hardy of the local committee in the background. Van Overlen of Bann Con- struction and Mitchell's Don Burton. In the A final, Steve Sher- man led the International Stick win with a pair of goals. Scoring one each were John Fox, Dave English and cap- tain Al McRae. The lone Mitchell goal was fired by Dan Seguin. Steve Sherman scored twice and Mark Majors add- ed the single as International Stick blanked the Fraser Flags 3-0 in the semi-finals. The Mitchell Packers prov- ed they are a come -from - behind team as they scored five straight unanswered goals in the third period and one in overtime to edge Ajax 8-7 in the early Sunday morn- ing game and the right to ad- vance to the semi-finals. In the first two periods, Ted Brown and Rob Staffen notch- ed the first two Mitchell goals before they switched to. high gear in the final session. Getting one goal apiece for the Packers in the five goal comeback were Gord Brooks, John Wilson, Ted Brown, Don Vipond and Tom Miller. In the overtime session defenceman Don Burton scored the winner with only three seconds left on the clock. In the semi-final victory over Bann Construction, Jim Uniac was tops for Mitchell LUCAN CUP COMMITTEE — The fourth annual Lucan Cup Challenge held on the weakenwas again an un- qualified success. Committee members from the left are Tom Hardy, Brian Munro, John Hope, Ted Guthrie, Mike Anderson, Rick Gwolchmai, Bill .Darling. Peter Martens and Rick Abel. Atoms split The Exeter atoms gained an even split in two Shamrock minor hockey league games this week. Friday they edged Ilderton 2-1 and Sunday on home ice at the South Huron Rec Centre dropped a 9-6 decision to Goderich. In the 2-1 victory over Ilder- ton, David Schwindt scored on an unassisted effort and combined with Jamie Cornish to set up Jason Hern for the other Exeter marker. Chad Urbshott converted a pass from Jason Thauer for the only Ilderton goal. The first period of Sunday's game ag'inst Goderich was c: se with visitors holding a 4-3 lead. Goderich scored four unanswered goals in the se- cond period to break the game open. Jason Heywood, Mark Russell and David Schwindt were the Exeter goal getters in the opening session with Allan McFalls, Jason Hern and Schwindt picking up assists. In the third period, Jason Heywood registered two scores for the locals. One came on a solo dash and the other on a three-way passing combination with Jim Ahrens and Craig MacEachren. The other Exeter goal came from the stick of Mark Russell on a pass from Allan McFalls. Captain Sean O'Brien and Jeff Beange were best for Goderich with two goals apiece. Getting singles were Paul Hamilton, Aaron Duckworth, Chad Papple, Corey Adams and Rayne Fagan. Bantams lose both contests Exeter Legion bantams dropped both games in Sham!a(-k league play this week. Wednesday nigh) at home the locals dropped a hard fought 2-1 decision to St Marys. ()wen I,essard scored in the first period to stake the visitors to an early lead. Darryl McCann scored with assists going to Shawn Moore and Paul Melleck in the se- cond to tie the game but Tess than a minute later Graham Hutton scored to give St. Marys the win. In Strathroy Saturday, Ex- eter took a first period lead on an unassisted tally be Bryan Quinn but the hometown team scored three second period goals and added one in the third for a 4-3 win Scott Heywood and Fred Gregus provided solid goaltending as they shared the duties in both games. Exeter next sees action in a home and home series, play- ing in Parkhill, Tuesday and back home, Wednesday. MITCHELL HAWKS FINALISTS — The Mitchell Hawks were the A finalists in the weekend Lucan Cup hockey tournament. Above, Pete Martens presents the trophy to captain Don Vipond. T -A photo 1 rcn YOUR GOOD SEED CENTRE HIGHEST PRICES MID FOR YOUR... CORN & SOYBENS (give Golden I Iarvest a call now for a complete marketing outlook for your 1983 grain. We also buy: • Seed Oats • Weed Oats • Mixed Grain • Timothy Seed • Feed Barley • Seed Barley • Iced ('lover Seed • Trefoil Seed Don't be disappointed in the Spring of 1984. Order your seed grain now • Leger Seed Barney • Donald Oats ('all us at: • Woodstock Oats • Mixed Grain (new varieties) 2350770 0 (.OLDEN HARVEST FARM SEEDS Hox 431, Exeter, Ontario NOM ISO with a two goal effort. Scoring in single fashion were John Wilson, Rob Steffen, Mike Avery and Rod Atchison. Atchison, Brooks, Uniac and Wilson were the Mitchell goal getters in the opening tourney 4-2 win over Bench Pub. After lasing their fust game to Fraser, Black Creek roared back with three straight wins to take the B title with only 10 players in the lineup. Swat first The Swat team scored a five point sweep in Exeter Legion mixed dart action Fri- day night to move into a five point first place lead over the Itchy Niters. The Crusaders are third with 36 points followed by All in the Family at 34 and Snyde and Clyde with 33 points. Individual statistics reveal Anna Ror"aniuk leading the ladies with a high score of 132, Georgie Sims has the high takeout at 91 and Barb Hern has won 19 games. For the men, Eric Heywood, Don Heywood and Wayne Parkinson are tied for high score at 140 and Parkin- son leads takeouts with 87 and most games on at 21. For spare darters, Kate Bierling has recorded a high score of 126, Dorothy Reynolds has high takeout at 62 and Bob Simpson and Mike Gans are deadlocked for men's high score at 13' This week's scores were: Swat 5 Canscott 0 Crusaders 5 Outlaws 0 Merri Wraggs 5 Smurfs 0 Snyde and Clyde 4 Odd Ones 1 Turtles 3 Itchy Niters 2 Scotties 3 Makeups 2 Trailers 3 Shiphunters 2 All in the Family 3 Rowdy Ones 2 Friday's schedule is as follows: 8 p.m. Odd Ones vs Outlaws Trailers vs Scotties Makeups vs Shiphunters Snyde and Clyde vs Crusaders 9:30 p.m. Swat vs Merri Wraggs Rowdy Ones vs Itchy Niters Turtles vs All in the Family In the championship win eventual overall champions over Wheatly, the Black downed Lucan 5-1. The goal Creek scoring was well scorers were John Winder, spread with Dan Bell, Kevin John Fox, Mark Majors, Daly, Jeff Parker, Bob Burt, Steve Sherman and Graham Frank Auer and Peter Novis Foley. notching one each. Dan The lone Lucan goal came Vicary anis Jim Murphy from the stick of Gord Moon replied for Wheatley. on a pass from Mike Wraith. Steve Novis and Dave Tim Hurl and Jeff Packer Ensel each scored two goals each fired two successful to pace the 9-4 Black Creek shots to lead the Markham semi-final victory over club to a second round8-5win Gormley. Getting one goal over Goderich. Scoring for the apiece were Ron Davidson, Huron County team were Frank Auer, Peter Novis, Paul Schaefer, Ron Sowtlry, Tim Hurl and Jeff Pa. -ker. Will Denomme, Kevin Mer - In their opening game. the riam and Dale Duncan. 1 ASK FOR DETAILS Collect 3 coupons and get your watch for only x3.99. 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