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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-01-18, Page 8-r . a, TImis-Advocate, January 18. 1964 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Preparations are being completed for the annual Exeter Sportsmen's Dinner which is scheduled for Tues- day, February 7 at the South Huron Rec Centre. It doesn't seem like 10 years since the first dinner was organized by the Exeter Lions and the late Don Taylor. This year's event is expected to be bigger and bet- ter than ever with no less than two headline speakers and a ringer thrown in to boot. Headlining the speakers will be Toronto Argonaut head coach Bob O'Bilovich and American league baseball umpire Marty Springstead. O'Bilovich has done a great job in molding the Argos into Canadian championship calibre and Springstead is probably best known for his frequent ejections of former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver. The Toronto Blue Jay representative is now ex- pected to be right handed pitcher Jim Gott. The female facet of sports will strongly represented by golfer Sandra Post, cross country runner Linda Findley and fastball star Susan Scherer . The ringer we spoke about is five time horseshoe pitching champion Elmer Hohl from Wellesley. Hohl in addition to his great prowess pitching shoes was once described by Paul Rimstead in a television commercial as the world's greatest athlete. Also attending will be Harry Eisen who recently retired as a racing writer with the London Free Press. Eisen will be bringing a harness racing driver with him. It could be Pat Crowe, a veteran campaigner who gained more recent fame by piloting Cam Fella to a record number of victories. As is the case each year, the highlight of the din- ner is the appearance of an area representative for crippled children. This year's Timmy is Troy Whyte of Huron Park. Troy is a student at Exeter Public School. Tickets for the dinner are available from any member of the Exeter Lions club. A good portion of the $35 adult admission ticket is tax deductible. Area stars play well The representatives from the Exeter Hawks and Lucan Irish performed well as the north downed the South 6-4. It was the fourth straight appearance for Bill Glover of the Hawks who was one of the alternative cap- tains of the north along with Paul Wraith from the Irish. Dave Rook of Exeter and Irish Bart Powell played well in goal. Rook allowed one goal in the first period and Powell blanked the South in the second. Powell came back early in the third period when Brad Milner of Thedford was hit in the throat by a shot and forced to leave. The north sagged a bit to start the final period and the south spored three times in less than five minutes to tie the score at 4-4. Pete Tuckey of the Hawks and Lucan's Paul Wraith each scored t(vo goals to lead the north. Tuckey's se- cond score was into an empty net with f3 seconds left. Kris Bedard was the other Hawk in the lineup and the Lucan contingent was completed by Jeff Skinner and John Medd. Best for third time Paul Pooley of the Ohio State Buckeyes has been named player of the week for the third time this season to become only the third in recent CCHA history to ac- complish such a feat. In scoring four goals and four assists in a recent sweep over Lake Superior, Paul became Ohio State's leading career points scorer with 236 and tied with linemate Dave Kobryn in career assists with 133. The latest news release from Columbus lists Paul Pooley as the overal U.S. collegiate scorer with 62 points. Twin brother Perry is fifth with 43 points. In 22 games the Pooleys have only been assessed 10 minutes 'in penalties each. The release concluded, "What more can be said about Paul Pooley this year. Most of it by his opponents can't be printed! " Ice Kings in action We have heard an old saying that "Old curlers never die, they just get swept away". ) A visit to the Exeter curling club any Friday after- noon will dispel that theory as a large group of Ice Kings may be seen in action. Organized by Art Cann, Bill MacLean and Marsh Dearing some of the more mature curlers are in action at the local club each Friday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. The three organizers told us they felt only a few of the original members of the curling club when it was founded some 27 years ago were still active and the call was put out to get some of them back onto the hack. Judging not only by the enthusiasm but the calibre of curling Friday afternoon, most of the veterans have not lost any of their expertise. Bill MacLean reports he expects the four ice sheets will be filled with curlers this Friday afternoon. Anyone who has not been contacted and wishes to participate should contact Cann, MacLean or Dearing. The age of curlers participating Friday ranged from 62 years up to a pair of youthful curlers at the age of 78 in the persons of Clarence Down and Charlie Smith. The trio of organizers estimate there are about 40 former curlers in the area who have been out of action anywhere from three to 12 years and are still physical- ly fit to enjoy a couple of hours of throwing rocks. They emphasize that it is not neces§ary to sweep. All one needs to do is put a little more power behind each rock and it will get there. The Ice Kings get their name from two sourees. The first president of the Exeter club was Henderson King and a long time curler Barry Mathers has invented an ice planing machine which he calls the ce King. Mathers' creation is being used in curlin ,rinks throughout the world. Hawks The Exeter Hawks posted two more wins this we to of- ficially clinch first place in the northern division and overall in the Western Junior "D" loop, although in theory they had attained that goal several weeks ago. However, with• only nine gameskitt in the schedule, the Hawlarhave an 18 -point lead over the second place Lucan Irish and the latter have only six games remaining. The Hawks (21-2-2) can now watch the other four nothern division squads battle it out for the remaining three Lead by 18 points over Irish clinch junior 'D' division title with tw wins playoff spots and attempt to jockey for the position that will not pit them against the Hawks in the first playoff round.. Only four points separate the other squada in the divi- sion. Lucan have 26 points with six games to play, Tavistock are one back at 25 with eight games left. The Thedford Browns are in the cellar with= points and have seven games left. The Browns appear to have the least chance of making the playoff as they Lace the Hawks four times and will have to pull off some upsets to get into the top four. They play at the rec centre this Fri- day and then host the Hawks on Sunday. The locals also have two games lett with the Centenaires and one each with Tavistock and Lucan. Beat 'oath's best The Hawks had to rely on superb netminding by Peter Dearing to edge the Mt. Brydges Bulldogs 3-0 in a bat- tle between the two division leaders at the rec centre, Friday. In posting his first shutout cithe to the �t , Dearing was throughout theem game and particularly ie the third period when the Bulldogs mounted their best offensive threat of the game. In the final seconds, Dear- ing turned aside several point-blank shots and got some help from one goal post to preserve his whitewash. The Hawks, some still smarting from minor injuries in an earlier game in the week in Seaforth, did not display their usual form and were out -played in many portions of the : : e. The hurt their HAWKS IN ALL STAR TEST — Four members of the Exeter Hawks participated for the north in Saturday's Western Junior 'D' all star game. From the left are coach Bob Rowe, Kris Bedard, Pete Tuckey, Bill Glover, Dave Rook and manager Doc Campbell. T -A photo ALL STARS FROM LUCAN — Manager Bob Taylor, left, all stars Paul Wraith, John Medd, Jeff Skinner and Bart Lucan.- and coach Dave Revington, Powell prior to Saturday's are shown with Luton Irish Junior D all star game in T -A photo North wig another lunior all star game The supremacy of the north in the annual Western Junior D all star game continued Saturday night at the Lucan Community Centre. The north coached by Ross Yantzi of Tavistock and Lucan Irish coach Dave Rev- ington edged the southern all stars 6-4 with two late third period goals after holding a good advantage for two periods. The best of the north from Exeter, Lucan, Tavistock, Seaforth and Thedfosd led 4-1 after 40 minutes of play over the stars from Belmont, Bothwell, Mt. Brydges, Port Stanley and Thamesford. The south was coached by Hugh Smibert of Mt. Brydges and Belmont's Jim Simpson. The north jumped into a quick 2-0 lead in the first five and a half minutes of the first period. Exeter Hawk Pete Tuckey scored his first of two goals as he hit on a three-way passing effort with team- mate Bill Glover and Jeff Pauli'of Seaforth. Only a minute later, Lucan Irish captain Paul Wraith put the north up 2-0 on passes from David Mcllwain of Seaforth and Kevin Albrecht of Tavistock. The north hit the scoreboard with four minutes left in the opening period on a successful shot by Jess Stock of Belmont on passes from Darryl Feasey of Bothwell ad Port Stanley's Mark Reid. The north held a territorial edge in the second period and scored the only two goals. Jeff Pauli of Seaforth who was named the most valuable for his team notched the first on passes from Exeter's Pete Tuckey and Paul Walker of Thedford at 6:34. Some 39 seconds later Paul Wraith of Lucan fired his se- cond successful shot of the game on a play started by Kevin Albrecht and' Dave Mcllwain. Down by three goals, the south club came out flying in the third period and came back to tie the score at 4-4 in the first five minutes of play. Bill Maton of Mt. Brydges started the trio of quick scores on passes from team- mate Rob Wuytenburg and Rob McPherson of Belmont at 1:13. Two minutes later Mark Reid of Port Stanley put the puck past Brad Milner of Thedford and the score was 4-2. At 4:46 Rob Wuytenburg who was named the most valuable' for the south con- verted a pass from Bill Maton and it was all even. AIMING AT THE HOUSE — Glenn Mickle is ready to deliver a rock during an Ice Kings curling session, Fri- day afternoon. T -A photo Shortly after the game became tied goalie Milner was struck in the throat with a shot and was forced to leave the game. He was replaced by Bart Powell of Lucan who played the second period. Dave Rook of Exeter was in goal for the, other period. Paw Walker of Thedford scored what proved to be the winning goal on an unassisted effort on a power play with only a minute and a half left in regulation time. With 13 seconds to go, Pete Tuckey of Exeter shot,his se- cond goal of the night into an empty net. - Priorto the game all par- ticipating in the all star game received a village of Lucan pin from reeve Norm Steeper and following the game the two most valuable players Jeff Pauli and Rob Wuyten- burg received travelling bags from Doug Vance of Molson's. own cause by sitting out nine minor penalties while the visitors picked up only four. Exeter wasted little time in getting on the sheet as they connected on a powerplay at the 1:49 mark of the first. It was a crisp three-way passing play from Brian Horner to Steve Batten and then to Pete Tuckey who was unguarded in front of the net and had no difficulty converting the pass for the initial score. Early in the second, Bill Glover stole a puck while kill- ing off a penalty and quickly rifled a drive into the net and Ed Willis sewed things up with an empty net goal just as the buzzer sounded to end the contest. Dearing finished the game with 33 saves, while Graham McLean had 27 at the other end of the rink. The contest was a possible playoff preview for the local fans who expect to see the Hawks and Bulldogs win the playoff rounds in their respec- tive divisions. Thump Centenaires On Tuesday, the Hawks made their second visit to Seaforth and returned with a 7-4 win in a hard-hitting game which pitted them against referee- Bill Walsh for the third time this season. Captain Pete Tuckey left the game early with a shoulder injury and the locals were incensed with Walsh when he let a two-handed Irish win to stay in second The Lucan Irish defeated the Tavistock Braves 5-3 Wednesday night in Lucan to take a one point lead in se- cond place ever the Braves. The Irish notched their first goal of the game at 8:38 of the first period as John Medd con- verted a pass from Bob Thirlwall as the Lucan club was playing one man short. In the second period, Lester Arts registered on an unassisted effort and then provided a. pass for John Medd for the third Lucan score on a power play attempt. In the third period, Jeff Skinner counted what proved to be the winning goal on a pass from goalie Bart Powell and Jamie Shipley notched an insurance marker on a three- way passing combination with Paul Wraith and John Medd. Scoring in single fashion for Tavistock were captain Terry Ross, Brian Gladding and Jim Wilhelm. The Irish are back in action tonight, Wednesday on home ice as they take on the Port Stanley Lions. Game time is 8:15 D.m. Golf Prices Effective until Jan. 20, 1984 Men / '195 Family (children up to ladies '108 & including 18) '335 Junior '97 Man & Husband & Wife '297 RONWO PHONE 235-0707 THE PRICES HAVE, NEVER BEEN BETTERAT Elder Enterprises W� won't be undersold Bombardier Kerosene Heaters in Stock 20% Off Children and Adult Clothing In stock (ELDER ENTERPRISES' SALES & SERVICE DIAL 262-6142 HENSALL - ONT.. 1 MILE WEST AN MILD: SOUTH OF IIENSAI.I., ��fri-doo� • ; * chop against Bill Glover's arm go unpenalized. Unlike a previous game of- ficiated by Walsh, the locals managed not to lose their heads entirely as they over- came a 2-1 first period deficit to score three unanswered goals in the second to take a lead they never relinquished. Ed Willis scored twice for the Hawks with singles going to Mark Kirk, Mike Clark, Scott Brintnell, Jeff Rowe and Bill Glover. Willis added a pair of assists and one each was recorded by Glover, Rkh Lather, Kris Bedard and Brian Horner. Pete Dearing worked bet- ween the pipes and recorded 15 saves, while Mike Mac- Donald had to stop 41 shots for the Centenaires who were out- played throughout most of the tilt. Each team took six penalties and each connected on one powerplay attempt. Swat holds lead in Legion darts The Swat team with a total of 60 points leads the Exeter Legion mixed dart league. The Itchy Niters are second with 52 points and All in the Atoms win over Goderich The Exeter atoms scored a 4-2 victory over Goderich in their only action in the Shamrock minor hockey league this week. After spotting Goderich a 2-1 first period lead, the locals tied the score m the middle frame and scored two unanswered goals in the final 15 minutes of play. David Schwindt converted a pass from Mark Russell for the only Exeter goals of the opening session while Sean O'Brien and Paul Hamilton registered for Goderich. Jason Heywood tied the score at 6:29 of the second period on a three-way passing combination with Jason Hern and Craig MacEachern. What proved to be the win- ning score came from the stick of David Schwindt at 5:50 of the third period as he converted a pass from Allan McFalls. Only 44 seconds later Jason Heywood fired the insurance goalon passes from Craig MacEachern and Jason Hern. Family and Crusaders are deadlocked for third spot with 49 points each. The Turtles are next with 48 points and the Makeups sixth with 46 points. Individual statistics show Betty Bowerman as the ladies high score leader with 136. Georgie Sims high in takeout with 91 and Barb Hearn with most games won with 23. 1n the men's division, Phil Ledger has a high score of 150 and Wayne Parkinson has a high takeout of 87 and most games at 27. For spare darters. Kate Bierling has ladies high score of 126 and Dorothy Reynolds leads in takeouts with 62. Bob Simpson and Mike Gans share the men's high score at 133 T.his week's scores were: All in the Family 4 Scotties 1. Turtles 4 Canscotts 1. Swat 4 Crusaders 1, Outlaws 4 Trailers 1, Makeups 3 Snyde and Clyde 2. Rowdy Ones 3 Merri Wraggs 2. Shiphunters ltchy Niters 2. Friday's schedule is as tallows: x p.m. Crusaders vs Scotties All in the Family vs Shiphunters Odd Ones vs Trailers Outlaws vs Merri Wraggs - 9:30 p.nr. Itchy Niters vs Makeups Rowdy Ones vs Canscotts Snyde and Clyde vs Swat Turtles vs Smurfs 3hanh 0u Thanks to all Exeter and area Jr. 0 Hawks supporters, to all those who sponsored. our ad, or who helped in any way at the tournament. Players & Executive i HuIIy GuIIy sport: The Huron Cup Sun., Jan. 22 Snowmobile Drag Racing All classes. Crate stock to open modifieds Also ATV Drags Registration at 9 a.m., racing starts at 10:30 a.m. Hot action all day long Mark your calendar for Huron Cup Snow Cross coming January 29th Sponsored by Yamaha Motor Canada •lik* 1.21.1a0 iMrafta a QS Sports and Recreation, Limited Varna, Ontario, Phone 262-3318