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Spotlight
By Ross Haugh
The Ontario Hockey Association Junior D semi-
final series between the Exeter Hawks and Grand
Valley Harvesters has been reduced to a best -of -three
set as the two teams have split the first four games.
After losing the first game in Grand Valley in over-
time, the Hawks went into a scoring spree in the next
two games and blew the Harvesters out by scores of 9-3
and 11-5.
The fourth game back in Exeter Sunday night was
a different story as the Hawks came out flat and stayed
that way most of the game and as coach Bob Row told
us Monday morning the fans were flat, too.
He was right. The crowd was quiet Sunday and the
popular chant of Go Hawks Go was heard very little.
Rowe said in Grand Valley Friday night, the small
but enthusiastic group of Exeter fans were instrumen-
tal in getting his team going: He is hoping that the same
brand of cheerleading can be rekindled Friday night
when the sixth game goes at the South Huron Rec
Centre.
Hopefully the same atmosphere will prevail in
Grand Valley tonight, Wednesday and the stage can be
set for the wrapup of the series here Friday night.
Okay here we go with our part of the cheerleading.
GO HAWKS GO.
Mohawks need support, too
The Exeter Mohawks are in the South Huron in-
termediate D hockey finals and they could also use
some support in their battle with the Hensall Sherwoods.
After losing their first game by a high score to Hen-
sall, the Mohawks bounced back with two victories in
overtime and now lead the Sherwoods two games to one.
The fourth and fifth games in this series will be
played at the South Huron Rec Centre Thursday and
Sunday nights of this week.
More baseball
A week ago we suggested the Toronto Blue Jays and
Detroit Tigers were the only teams in the American
league's eastern division with a scarcity of left handed
pitchers and that some trades may be in the works.
Well, the Tigers did some dealing over the weekend
and some of the moves will not prove too popular with
the staunch Detroit fans.
We have listened to Sports Rap on WJR quite often
recently and the biggest 'complaints were that Sparky
Anderson was not giving Rick Leach, Jock Wockenfuss
and Glenn Wilson much opportunity to prove
themselves.
They are the three that were let go. Wockenfuss who
can catch and play first, third and in the outfield went
to the Phillies along with Wilson who was tried at third
and in the outfield.
Leach, the Tigers number one draft choice several
years ago from the University of Michigan where he
was also a football star was given his unconditional
release.
Both the Tigers and Blue Jays have improved their
exhibition standings considerably in the last week. The
Jays were very impressive over the weekend with a pair
of wins over the Baltimore Orioles and the defending
champions used most of their regulars in both games:
The Jays got a good number of hits off two of the
Orioles good pitchers in Mike Flanagan and Storm
Davis while Dave Stieb getting his first start on the
mound for Toronto after an ankle injury allowed only
one run in three innings.
George Bell has been the top Toronto hitter in
spring training with an average of over .500 and five
home runs. -
The Tigers wasted little time in getting their new
pitcher into action as Willie Hernandez retired three St.
Louis Cardinals in order in the only inning he threw,
Sunday.
Hernandez at the age of 29 led the Philadelphia
bullpen brigade in 1983 with 74 appearances. He won
nine games while losing four. He came up with eight
saves and an ERA of 3.28 and should be the short
reliever the Tigers badly need.
Return of tennis
A couple of tennis enthusiasts in the town of Exeter
are trying their best to rekindle interest in the game
of tennis.
Damien Solomon and Ron Cottrell have planned a
meeting for the South Huron Rec Centre at 7;30 p.m.
on April 10.
The two men stress this is not an organizational
meeting, but, an informal get-together to outline some
ideas they have to get interest back in the sport and
make use of the excellent courts which were establish-
ed by the Exeter Lions a few years ago.
A future meeting could organize a club and name
an executive.
Interest in tennis has gone down hill in the last cou-
ple of years and the courts have deteriorated somewhat.
Rec director Lynne Farquhar says the Rec Centre
board wants the courts to continue, but, is willing to
have the operations handled by a club. She added,
"They can run things and monitor them better than we
can."
Ron Cottrell says the recent Lions announcement
that they plan to install lights is a real bonus to any new
club which may be formed. He continued, "The lights
will certainly help allowing at least six months of play.
We should be able to run programs for youngsters and
be involved in club exchanges".
The hope is to form a club to meet everyone's needs
and allow persons of all ages to play tennis in an order-
ly and organized manner.
Soccer practice
The Exeter Centennials senior soccer club have
scheduled their first workout tonight Wednesday at the
Huron Park Rec Centre at 8 p.m.
Anyone wishing to try out will be more than
welcome. The team is especially in need of a goalie.
Sixth game in txeter, Friday
Hawks, Harvesters tied in OHA junior semi-final
It's down to a best -of -three
series as far as the Exeter
Hawks and Grand Valley
Harvesters are concerned in
the Ontario Hockey Associa-
tion Junior D semi-finals
series.
The Hawks evened the best -
of -seven series in Exeter
Wednesday night with a 9-3
decision and continued their
high scoring antics in Grand
Valley Friday night winning
11-5.
Back in Exeter Sunday
night it was a different story
with the Harvesters taking a
4-1 lead at the end of two
periods of play and holding
the some margin to win 7-4.
The fifth game goes in
Grand ' Valley tonight,
Wednesday with the sixth
game at the South Huron Rec
Centre Friday night. Both
games get underway at 8:30
p.m. If a seventh game is
necessary it goes in Grand
Valley Sunday night with a
starting time of 7:30 p.m.
Off to slow start
Sunday's game was off to a
slow start with very little ac-
tion in the first half of the first
period.
The best scoring chances in
the first 10 minutes belonged
to the Hawks. At six minutes
Kris Bedard and Pete Tuckey
sent a number of passes back
and forth from centre ice in
only ter be beaten by goalie
Brent Boswell.
A couple of minutes later
Boswell was sharp to stop a
bullet shot from the stick of
Bill Glover.
The first Grand Valley goal
was fired by Karl Van Soelen
on a pass from Jason Shaw
only eight seconds after Mike
Clark returned from serving
a cross checking penalty.
The second period was on-
ly 46 seconds old when the
Harvesters top scorer in the
series Paul Irvine scored
froth the side of the Hawks,
net after a coupe of tries dur-
ing a scramble. Murray
Hunter assisted.
Hawks goalie Dave Rook
robbed Paul Irvine near the
13 minute mark, but, two
minutes later the flashy right
winger put his team ahead 3-0
on a three-way effort with
Jason Shaw and Murray.
Hunter.
Irvine made it 4-0 and com-
pleted his hat trick perfor-
mance 19:24 on a pass from
Hunter. Only 11 seconds later
the Exeter fans found their
first chance to holler as cap-
tain Pete Tuckey took a pass
from Rick Lindenfield and
beat Boswell from close in.
With Grand Valley playing
a man short in the first
minute of the final session,
Irvine Wed for Ns fourth goal
but was denied co a good stop
by Rook.
The Harvesters broke away
again on a shorthanded situa-
tion and this time Danny
Deaken scored on an
unassisted effort just as team-
mate Dave Zago returned to
the ice.
The Hawks second goal of
the night came at 4:22 as Kris
Bedard carried the puck the
length of the ice and Brian
Horner fired his pass into the
net from the right side.
A minute later, the Hawks
reduced the deficit to two
goals as Pete Tuckey tapped
in a rebound on a blueline shot
by Kris Bedard. Brain Horner
also assisted.
Jason Shaw notched the
sixth Grand Valley goal on a
solo dash at 6:39.
Game scoring was com-
pleted around the midway
point of the third period. Pete
Tuckey notched his third goal
of the night for the Hawks at
10:01 on a three-way com-
bination with Kris Bedard
and Brian Horner and 17
seconds later Karl Van Soelen
closed off the Grand Valley
scoring on passes from Jason
Shaw and John Lightle.
The Harvesters took 11 of
the 21 penalties called by
SHOT GOES WIDE — A shot by Pete Tuckey of Exeter at the top left of the picture
goes wide of the Grand Valley net in Wednesday's game in Exeter. Other Hawks
in t = • acture are Brian Horner 1 s and J : f R • w = 14 . T -A • hoto
A SUCCESSFUL SHOT — Ed Willis of the Exeter Hawks scores the eighth goal for
his team in Wednesday's 9-3 win over the Grand Valley Harvesters. In front of the
net are Brian Horner and Pete Tuckey. T -A photo
Mohawks lead Hensall
The Exeter Mohawks lead
the Hensall Sherwoods two
games to one in the best -of -
seven final series to decide
the South Huron Intermediate
D championship.
After a disastrous opening
game won 12-5 by the Sher -
woods, the Mohawks came
back with two exciting vic-
tories. Both were by one.goal
and in overtime.
Tuesday, the Mohawks won
by a score of 6-5 in a sudden -
death second overtimeperiod
and Thursday they won 7-6 in
one overtime session. Both
games were played in
Hensall.
The fourth and fifth game of
the series will be played at the
South Huron Rec Centre
Thursday and Sunday nights.
Game time both nights‘s 8:30
p.m. If a sixth game is
necessary it will be in Hen-
sall, Tuesday, April 3 and if a
seventh is needed it will be in
Exeter on Thursday, April 5.
In Tuesday's second game,
Mark Cronyn notched the
winning goal for the Mohawks
on a pass from Brian Mercer
at 7:44 of sudden -death over-
time after each team had
scored once in a first 20
minute overtime peiriod.
Jamie Caldwell of the Sher -
woods scored the only goal of
the first period on a three-way
passing combination with
Dave Kinsman and Brian
Baker.
The Hensall club jumped
into a 3-0 lead early in the se-
cond frame as Ken Varley
fired two successful shots.
The first was an unassisted
effort and the second was
registered on pusses from
Terry Caldweil and Dave
Kinsman.
The Mohawks got onto the
scoreboard for the first time
at 14:21 as Mark Cronyn
banged in a pass from Matt
Muller.
At 15 minutes, Dave Atthill
scored on assists from Rick
Funston and Tom Ryan and
with 33 seconds left, Brian
Mercer found the Hensall net
with Jack Chipchase and
Matt Muller assisting to tie
the score.
In the third period, Dave
Jackson put the Mohawks in
front for the first time with
assists going to Brian Mercer
and Mark Cronyn. Only 59
seconds later, the Sherwoods
tied the score on Ken Varley's
third successful shot of the
night. Getting assists were
Terry Caldwell and Jamie
Caldwell.
The first overtime was 11
minutes old when Rick
Funston tallied for the
Mohawks. Jeff Fuller drew
the assist. With less than four
minutes to go Dave Kinsman
of Hensall hit the Exeter net
on passes from Ken Varley
and Bryan Baker and the two
teams were headed for
sudden -death.
Thursday's game in Hen-
sall was also very exciting
with the Mohawks forcing
overtime on a goal by Brian
Taylor with only 13 seconds
left in regulation time. Dave
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referee Marcel Vandermark.
Shots on goal were 42-40 for
Exeter.
The ability of the Hawks to
take advantage of five power
play opportunities while
thwarting all Grand Valley
extra man advantage situa-
tions was responsible for Fri-
day's 11-5 victory.
Each team took 15
penalties, all minors handed
out by referee Ab Henshaw of
Cambridge. Henshaw crack-
ed down quickly and each
took eight calls in the first 20
minutes of play.
For 39 seconds in the first
period and for 45 seconds
again in the middle frame,
the Hawks survived being two
men short.
The game was only 43
seconds old when John Ligh-
tle of the Harvesters was sent
off for roughing. The Hawks
responded quickly and Bill
Glover converted a pass from
Brian Horner at 1:08.
The Harvesters tied the
score at 9:24 with their only
goal of the first period as cap-
tain Murray Hunter hit on a
pass from Jamie Taylor.
Two more power play goals
completed first period scoring
for the Hawks. Ed Willis not-
ched his first of three goals on
a play started by Kris Bedard
and Rick Lindenfield and Bill
Glover took care of two-thirds
of his hat trick on passes from
Mike Clark and Bedard.
In the second period, the
Hawks scored the only three
goals to take a comfortable
6-1 lead to the dressing room
for the second time.
Ed Willis scored his second
from Rich Lather, Tony Jones
flipped in a pass from Bill
Glover and captain Pete
Tuckey counted on passes
from Kris Bedard and Brian
Horner.
Trips to the penalty box
were fewer in the second with.
the Hawks being called four
times and the Harvesters
twice.
Dave Rook in the Exeter
goal turned in an excellent ef-
fort in the second period tur-
ning away all 16 shots fired
his way by the Harvesters.
Two quick early third
period goals put the Hawks in
front 8-1. Ed Willis completed
his hat trick at 39 seconds as
he was set up by Scott Brint-
nell and Rich Lather.
Only 29 seconds later Tom
Artindale notched the second
Grand Valley goal of the night
on passes from Don Deaken
and Murray Hunter.
In the next six minutes the
Hawks scored three times to
increase their lead to 11-2.
Two came on power plays.
Rich Lather with some great
stickhandling and deking
scored from Ed Willis and
Rick Lindenfield and Bill
Glover finished off his hat
trick on passes from Mike
Clark and Steve Prout.
The even strength goal
came from the stick of Clark
with assists going to Kris
Bedard and Glover.
Strong second period
The Hawks used five
unanswered goals in the se-
cond period to roar to
Wednesday's 9-3 victory and
tie the series at a . game
apiece.
The Harvesters looked as if
they were going to carry on
from their overtime scoring
abilities as Paul Irvine stole
the puck inside the Hawks
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zone at 1:06 and put his team
ahead.
Actually, that was the only
Grand Valley score until near
the midway mark of the third
period.
The Hawks tied the score at
13:53 of the opening session as
Rick Lindenfield hit Ed Willis
with a good up -ice pass and he
relayed the puck to captain
Pete Tuckey for a successful
shot on a power play.
Both teams missed great
scoring chances in the first 20
minutes. Hawks goalie Dave
Rook robbed Don Deaken
from 10 feet out and with 10
seconds left, Ed Willis swung
from behind the Grand Valley
net and narrowly missed a
goal.
A power play opportunity
produced the second Exeter
goal at 4:41 of the second
frame as Mike Clark jamm-
ed the puck in from the side.
Tony Jones and Steve Prout
assisted.
Clark scored again three
minutes later as his shot from
outside the blueline bounced
off goalie Brent Boswell's
stick and into the net. Pete
Tuckey drew an assist.
Rich Lather put the Hawks
up 4-1 at 10:14 with a blazing
shot as Steve Prout and Rick
Lindenfield assisted.
A minute later Bill Glover
took a deliberate pass from
Mike Clark and blasted a high
shot into the net.
With the Harvesters play-
ing a man short, Pete Tuckey
won the draw and passed to
Brian Horner who waltzed
right in to score only three
seconds after the penalty was
called.
Greg Flear scored the se-
cond Grand- Valley goal at
nine minutes of the third
period on a scramble around
the Exeter goal with Murray
Hunter and Jamie Taylor
assisting.
The next two Exeter goals
came within 43 seconds of
each other. Bill Glover con-
verted a pass from Mike
Clark on a power play and
while his team was short-
handed Ed Willis stole the
puck inside the Harvesters
zone and quickly scored.
Murray Hunter counted the
final Grand Valley goal on a
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power play at 14:18 and Tony
Jones banged in a Bill Glover
rebound for the final Hawks
marker with 11 seconds left.
Referee Mike Dukes of
Woodstock handed out 25
penalties with the Hawks tak-
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