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Sports
Spotlight
By Ross Haugh
What's ahead
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Here we go with the first column of the year 1984
and the first question is, What will be the big sports hap-
penings in the coming year?
1.1
One of the easiest answers is probabitjethat Wayne
Gretzky will break the National Hockey League scar—
ing record again. The great No. 99 of the Edmonton
Oilers is off and flying with a scoring clip that is very
close to three points a game. At that rate the 240 point
plateau is certainly within his grasp and smashing -of
his own 212 points mark almost for sure.
When we first talked about 240 points at the begin-
ning of the season, the end of the schedule in the spring
looked far away. But, now it is a lot closer with Gret-
,zky having played in 39 games at the time of writing
and he has a point total of 113.
His most rampant scoring spurt came on November
19 in Edmonton as he scored three times and added five
assists as the Oilers beat the Devils 13-4. Add to that
a goal and five assists against the Quebec Nordique on
December 17 and four goals and three assists against
the Jets in Winnipeg on November 6. In addition Gret
zky has had five points in six other games.
Another great scorer
While Wayne Gretzky is at 39 straight games'with
at least one scoring point, another phenomenal record
is being set by Paul Pooley with the Ohio State
Buckeyes.
Paul has notched at least one point in each of his
team's first 20 games this year and add to that the last
17 games of the 1982-83 season and he is very close to
Greky.
With 17 goals so far this season, Paul now has 99
in his three year career with the Buckeyes and should
set a team all-time record currently established by Ray
Meyers from 1971 to 1974.
Twin brother Perry is also enjoying an excellent
year with the Buckeyes. He has been named team
player of the week on two occasions, the same number
as Paul.
Besides leading the team in w,inning scores, Perry
is tops on the team and the league with 20 goals, with
10 of these coming on power plays. He is second in the
league and c erall scoring with 40 points. Paul is the
leadet with 54 points. •
Lots of action coming up
While the first few months of a neAcear is usually
fairly slow as far as t}ie business and economic world
is concerned that is not the situation in sports.
This coming weekend the Exeter Hawks will be
hosting seven of the top Junior D teams in western On-
tario with their seventh annual tournament at the South
Huron Rec Centre.
Several of the games should give area fans a
preview of the not too far away provincial playoffs as
four of the eight teams to see action on the weekend are
leading their respective divisions and most should be
contenders for the Ontario championship.
Last year's tournament winners and leaders this
season in their own league the Grand Valley Harvesters
will play in the first game at 12 noon Saturday against
the Thamesford Trojans.
The second game at 2:30 p.m. puts the host Exeter
Hawks, leaders in their division against the Ayr Centen-
nials, tops in the southern junior D league. At 5 p.m.
the other division leader from Howick takes on Seaforth
and the final Saturday contest at 7:30 p.m. has the
always strong St. George Lions against the Lucan Irish.
It's down to semi-final action at noon and 2:30 p.m.
on Sunday with the championship game set for 8 p.m.
This year's event should be one of the best ever held
here with the competition promising to be very keen.
So come out and watch some of the best Junior D teams
in the province of Ontario. It will be the only time they
will be in one arena at the same time this year.
A11 star game next
The following Saturday, January 14, the Lucan
Community Centre will be the scene of the annual
Western Junior'D all star game with the best of the
north taking on the all stars from the south.
This game too will provide plenty of good hockey
entertainment.
Dinner plans progressing
Exeter Lions Sportsmen's Dinner chairman Don
Mousseau and his committee are working hard on ar-
rangementSfor the 1984 event which will be held at the
South Iluron Rec Centre on Tuesday, February 7.
Mousseau expects to have the full list of speakers
coleted in the next week or so'and is confident the
hiua jjty of those in attendance at the head table will
be continued. •
The Toronto Blue Jays.will be represented by either
Lloyd Moseby or Willie Upshaw. Both were very in-
Strumentalin the good placing of the Toronto team in
the 19833American league east.
Canadian formula racing star Jacques Villeneuve
will be here. He is the Only Canadian to Win the Can -
Am championship, doing that in 1983 and has also been
in the forefront in snowmobile racing for the past 12
years.
• Representing horse racing will be Harry Eisen who
retired'recently after 40 years with the London Free
Press. Eisen recently was named the first winner -of the
Canadian Trotting Association media award. He will be.
bringing a harness racing trainer or driver with him.
Female sports will be represented by Linda Finley
winner of the 1983 World Masters cross country
championship.
Also attending will be Linda Shearer, a member of
the 1983 Canadian ladies softball championship team.
Tickets are $35 for adults and $20 for students and,
a portion is deductible for income tax purpose?. Get
your tickets from any Exeter Lion.
Preview of playoffs
Top Junior D
Judging from current per-
formances, it appears a good
bet that the 1984 Ontario
Junior "D" champions will
be performing at the South
Huron rec centre this
weekend in the annual Hawks
tournament.
This seventh annual tourna-
ment has attracted the
leader> l ah but one of the
junior "D" groupings in the
,province as well as some of
the teams battling for the top
spots.
For the first time in several
years, the -local Hawks will
have to be considered as one
of the favorites as they are
running away with the nor-
thern division of the Western
Junior "D" group. The tour-
nament should provide an op-
portunity for local fans to see
how the Hawks stack up
against some of the top teams
in other divisions.
The tournament gets under-
way on Saturday at noon.
when the Thamesford Tro-
jans square off against the
defending tournament cham-
pion Grand Valley
Harvesters. ,
The Harvesters bring an
impressive record to the
event as they have only been
beaten twice in league play to
date.
The Hawks make their
debut at 2:30 against a new
entry from Ayr. The -Centen-
nials play in the tough
southern league and have suf-
fered only three losses in their
league leading performance.
At 5:00,, the Seaforth
Centenaires tackle Howick
Optimists, the latter being the •
OHA runners-up last season.
Howick features a strong
skating attack that has put
that team on top in their divi-
sion and they make no qualms
about the fact they expect to
be around for the OHA cham-
pionship battle this year after
losing out to Tavistock Braves
last season.
The Centenaires are cur-
rently in second behind the
Hawks and have gained some
ground in the past couple of
weeks after a hit and miss
season in which they have
-failed to live up • to their
potential.
The final game goes at 7:30
when Lucan Irish face off
against St. George Lions.
Times -Advocate, January 4, 1984
clubs in weekend :tourney
Both are previous winners of
the tournament and have
• OHA championship banners
flying in their arenas.
Both the Lions and Irish
have proven they play some
of their best hockey as under-
dogiland that's the role they'll
be in for the tournament.
The winners of the first two
games meet in the semi-final
on Sunday at 12:00 noon and
the second semi-final goes at
2:30. The winneas advance to
the final at 8:00, and in addi-
tion to the winning cheque,
the champions could take
home the well-founded notion
that they are the best Junior
"D" team in Ontario.
Win tune-up
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In
Waxers declared
best sportsmen
The Exeter Waxers won the
runnerup trophy and were
named the most sport-
smanlike team in the recent
Parkhill Silver Stick novice
hockey tournament
The Waxers advanced to
the finals with victories over
Michell 2-1 and Kincardine
4-3 and overtime win over
Tavistock.
The game with Tavistock
was a scoreless tie at the end
of regulation time and the
Waxers were victorious at the
end of the third overtime
period based on total shots on
goal.
'Exeter faced Lambeth in
the final and suffered a
decisive loss, but, won the
runnerup-trophy of the B -C
division. This marked the far-
thest any Exeter novice team
had advanced -in a major tour-
nament in recent years.
The team's disappointment
of suffering the loss was soon
washed away when they were
awarded the most sport-
smanlike team trophy.
The two trophies are on •
display in the trophy case at
the South Huron Rec Centre.
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WAXERS WIN RUNNE P • HY — e xeter 'Taxers won t e r I nerup trophy
In the 8 -CC division of the holiday Silver Siltk novice hockey tournament m Parkhill.
Back, left, coaches Ron Breen, Paul Charrette andlJohn Campbell. Centre, Shawn
Webster, Steve Farquhar, Joel Smith, Brian Inch, Paul Charrette Jr. and Ryan Stuart.
Front, Jamie van Dam, Shawn McCann, Darren Kints, Trevor Ta for and Ian Jean.
tournament outing, the
Hawks rolled over
Thamesford by a 6-2 count at
the rec centre, Friday.
Despite the margin of victory,
the Hawks failed to come up
with the intensity they'll re-
quire in the tournament and
that could be a bad omen.
Mike Clark gave the locals
the lead after only 29 seconds
Mohawks
Hensall S
The Exeter l4ohawks
scored an 8-3 victory over the
'' Hensall Sherwoods Thursday
night at the South Huron Rec
Centre to stretch their first
place lead in the South Huron
intermediate hockey league
to nine points.
The Mohawks now have a
season record of 12 victories,
one loss and one tie while the
Sherwoods have seven wins,
three losses and a pair of ties.
The next action for the
Mohawks comes tonight,
Thursday at the South Huron
Rec Centre at 8:30 p.m. with
the Parkhill Pirates providing
the opposition.
Most of the scoring in
Thursday's game took place
in the first period as the
Mohawks took a 4-2 lead.
Each team scored single
goals in the middle frame and
the Exeter club wound the
game up with a trio of scores
Scores from
dart league
In the final action of the
year in the Exeter Legion
mixed dart league, the Itchy
Niters, Trailers and All in the
Family each scored four
points.
The scores were: Itchy
Niters 4 Odd Ones 1
Trailers 4 Smurfs i -
All in the Family 4 Snyde and Clyde 1
Turtles 3 Crusaders 2
Rowdy Ones 3 Outlaws 2
Merri Wraggs 3 Canscotts 2
Scotties 3 Shiphunters 2
Swat 3 Makeups 2
Friday's schedule is as
follows:
8 p.m.
Rowdy Ones vs Trailers
Crusaders vs Smurfs
Snyde and Clyde vs Shiphunters
Outlaws vs Makeups
9:30 p.m.
All in the Family vs Swat
Turtles vs Scotties
Odd Ones vs Canscotts
Itchy Niters vs Merri Wraggs
TROPHY FOR SHO -GUN — The Crediton Sho-Gun club won the B championship of the recent Stephen township
rec hockey tournament. Back, left, manager Eric Finkbeiner, Ron Pickering, Jim Siddall, Joe Regier, Steve
Schroeder, Bruce Hodge, Mike Mills, Larry Lichty, Dove Cruickshank and coach Joe Regier. Front, Bill Armstrong,
Rob Finkbeiner, Keith Davey, John Schwindt, Rob Funston, Tony Underhill and Bill Inch. T -A photo
Lucan, Crediton
win rec titles
Crediton Sho Gun and
Hagen Hackers of Lucan
were winners in the holiday
Stephen township rec hockey
tournament.
Hagen's Hackers won the A
championship with a final 5-2
victory over Seaforth and -the
Crediton club took the B title
by edging Zubyk's of London
3-2 in a shootout.
Marty Wraith was the top
scorer for Lucan in the cham-
pionship contest with a pair of
successful shots on passes
from Jim Hearn and Gord
Hardy.
The other three scores for
Hagen's Hackers came on
three-way parping combina-
tions. Jim Hearn registered
with passing halp from Dave
Revington and Bill Darling;
Dennis Carty `hit on passes
from Gord and Tom Hardy
and Bill Darling was suc-
cessful Oil a play started by
Bill Boshart and Mike Wraith.
The goal getters for
Seaforth were Bob Nash and
Jo'hn Nash.
The B final was close and
exciting from start to finish.
The two teams battled to a 2-2
tie through three periods and
10 minutes of sudden -death
overtime before John
Schwindt clinched the victory
for Crediton Sho Gun oti the
first try of a shootout while
goalie Bill Inch stopped the
Zubyk shooter at the other
end.
In regulation play, Ron
Pickering fired both goals for
Sho Gun with John Schwindt
helping oncCoth scores and
Joe Regier picking up one
assist.
Exeter Minor Hockey Association would like to
thank the following sponsors of our tyke and
novice tournament for their generous support.
Exeter District Co-op
Don Cowan Fuels
Dave Moore Fuels Ltd.
Three AAA See Restaurant
Zehrs
Mathers Motors
R.S.D. Sport Den Inc.
Frayne Chev-Olds
Stedmans
Dinney Furniture
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A 8 H Market
G & G Discount
Golderr City Restaurant
Exeter Inn
Jerry MacLean
Save -U -Gas
Jim Rolph Construction
Jack and Marg's
Service Station
South Huron Rec Centre
• Moffatt and Powell
Exeter Sun Service
Tuckey Beverages
Pfaff Electric
Jack's Plumbing
Sherwood (Exeter) Ltd.
The Legion
Big "0" Drain Tile
George Godbolt Insurance
Ellison Travel
Anstett's Jewellers
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of play when he was allowed three of the tallies to lead in
to skate out from the corner the assist parade. Recording
to tuck the disc into the cage.. one each were Tony Jones,
Brian Horner, Jeff Rowe,
George Tomes and Clark.
Dave Rook returned to the
nets after bring on the sick list -
)and held the Trojans at bay
until the final period when
they popped two quick ones.
Rook ended up with 27
saves, while Scott Corneusse
was peppered with 48 at the
win over other end of the rink
Exeter took 11 of the 18
minors called by referee Jim
erwoods Nanni.
That set his tempo of play for
the night and when he went on
to pace the scoring attack
with a hat trick performance.
Rich Lather, Steve Batten
and Steve Prout added single
markers.
Bill Glover helped set up
in the final 20 minutes of play.
The pule was only 10
seconds ad when Bryan
Baker scored the first goal for
the Sherwoods on an
unassisted effort.
The Mohawks tied the score
at 5:34 as Mark Cronyn finish-
ed off a three-way passing
combination with Matt Muller
and Barry Baynham.
The Sherwoods went ahead
for the last time at 5:50 on a
successful shot by Randy
Parker with Scott Jesney and
Rob Pryde drawing assists.
In the final 10 minutes of the
period Mark Cronyn hit on
passes from Dave Jackson
and Brian Mercer, Matt
Muller converted a pass from
Mercer and Barry Baynham
drew the assist on a goal from
the stick of Brent Atthill.
Trading goals in the second
period were Mark Cronyn
with his third goal of the night
for the Mohawks on a pass
fromMatt Muller and Jamie
Caldwell for the Sherwoods on
a play started by Terry
Caldwell and Brian Baker.
In the third period, Mark
Cronyn fired his fourth goal of
the game with Brian Mercer
and Matt Muller assisting,
Muller converted a pass from
Barry Baynham and Bill
Daters registered on a solo
dash.
Cronyn leads
Mark Cronyn of the Exeter
Mohawks is the scoring
leader in the South Huron in-
termediate hockey league
with 21 goals and 16 assists for
a total of 37 points.
Brian Mercer of the
Mohawks is in second spot
with 35 points on 10 goals and
25 assists while Brian Taylor
and Tom Ryan of the same
team are tied for third spot
with 26 points apiece and
Barry Baynham is right
behind with 25 points.
Tied in the next position are
Terry Caldwell and Rob
Pryde of Hensall, Parkhill's
Brian Martin and Dan
Lagerwerf and Rick Funston
of the Mohawks each -with 21
points.
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