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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-09-05, Page 8Polio 8 Timts•Advgcatt, Septtmber 5, 1984, Sports Spotlight By Rossugh "4"4411 fs Fall thoughts Here we go with the first column of the fall season and with most students back to school thoughts of many sports minded people are aimed at the quickly ap- proaching fall and winter season. While there will be still plenty of attention paid to the last month of the major league baseball season and the ensuing league playoffs and world series, local teams are getting ready for other sports. Almost every night fromnowon anyone driving or walking by the athletic field at South Huron District High School will find a bunch of young fellows going through a variety of exercises. Both junior and senior football teams at South Huron are already in their second week of practices leading to the start of the regular Huron -Perth schedule. The most shocking news and a rude awakening for any wltb don't realize summer has come and gone is the schedule of the Exeter and area junior Hawks and the Exeter Minor Hockey Association. This coming Saturday those youngsters in Exeter and area participating in the local minor hockey pro- gram this whiter will get their first 1984-85 experience on the ice. It begins at 9 a.m. President Al Quinn and the rest of his hard work- ing executive have scheduled 60 hours of ice time at the Stephen township arena at Huron Park for the month of September until ice time is available at the South Huron Rec Centre following the annual Exeter Fall Fair. For Exeter Hawks prospects their first chance to take the blades out of moth balls is Wednesday, September 12 at the Stephen township arena. Manager Tony Jones and coach Doug Latta have the welcome mat out to any newcomers wishing to try out for this year's edition of the Hawks. A number of positions on the team are wide open with at least five of last year's regulars ineligible because of age and a numberofothers unable to play because of a variety of reasons. The South Huron intermediate hockey league will be back in action with a new format in place. The popular loop which has been in operation for about a dozen years is switching to a no -body contact style of play. One of the league executive members Frank Funston tells us he expects at least eight teams will sign up and a 21 game schedule is anticipated with playoffs for all teams in A and B divisions. The next meeting at which time entry fees will be accepted will be held Tuesday, September 11 at Frayne Chev Olds at the end of town. Anyone wishing further information should contact Frank Funston at the Stephen township arena at 228-6425 or Ron Rader at 235-0660. The Exeter figure skating club is all set for another season. Club president Peter Aunger reports that registration will be held September 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. and September 15 from 9 to 12 noon. In addition to regular skating club activities, power skating lessons are also being offered designed to teach new skills and reinforce proper skating skills related to hockey and ringette. The instructors for power skating lessons will he Marg Carey, Brenda Pincombe and Cam Stewardson. Registration will be at the same hours as figure skating. Any local girls wishing to participate in ringette should contact Carol Stuart at 235-0573 or Linda Far- quhar at 235-2481. A foxy golf course If anyone finds themselves in Ironwood. Michigan and a change to play the Eagle Bluff golf course, just remember you may be outfoxed. Officials at the course have found a lair of four young foxes making their home near the golf greens and in a number of instances have been moving balls away from the hole. There have been only a few instances where the foxes have moved balls a little closer to the cup. In these cases there have been no complaints. If you are going to be outfoxed no better way than by a fox or vixen. Maybe should use some reverses The recent performances of a couple of members of the Toronto Blue Jays pitching staff may have manager Bobby ('ox making a few changes. Dennis Lamp who was expected to solve most of the Toronto bullpen woes has failed miserably, but in a re- cent starting assignment turned in five fine innings. On the other hand, Aim Gott who was counted on as a starter has been successful in short relief. So it looks as if ('ox could do worse than snitch the roles of Lamp and Gott around Gum Palace still a problem Officials of the Commissioner's office and the two major baseball leagues have yet to find a solution to the problem at Wrigley Field in Chicago if the Cubs win the National league's eastern division Without a lighting system, the ('ups would be forc- ed to play their home games in the afternoon or install a portable lighting system to allow night games. We would suggest a change in scheduling especial- ly for the World Series and have the fall classic start in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, have day off for travellirg play the next three games in the American league city, take another day off for travell- ing and then play the sixth and seventh games if they are necessary hack in Chicago on the next weekend. This would be one way of getting away from afternoon games during the week which are not welcomed by the television networks. Certainly if the Cull and Detroit Tigers meet in the World Series, days off for travelling would not be necessary, but, it would he one way of heating the cur- rent dilemma. V Competition close as minor soccer championships near Exeter squirts have finish- ed their regular soccer season and are now getting ready for their playoffs • Saturday, September 8 in Nairn. The three Exeter teams in the squirt division had a very good showing with a combin- ed first place, a seventh and WMN JUVENILE TITLE — The PMW juvenile girls fastball championship was won by Exeter. They were undefeated in playoffs eliminating Crediton and Lieury in straight games. Back, left, coach Bill Simmons, Dana Bozzato, Irene Dietrich, Alice Dietrich, Brenda Bell and Brenda McDonald. Front, Kendra Arthur, Lee O'Rourke, Sharon Skin- ner, Sue Boyle and Rose Morrissey. Missing were Diane Willis, Lisa Rundle, Karen Hodge, Sue Birmingham and Catherine Patterson. .T -A photo Royals gain even split in first fastball. playoff The Exeter Royals opened a best of five Southwestern Fastball Association quarter final series against Nairn this past week by splitting two games. Thursday in Exeter, an R.B.I. single by Paul McKnight in the bottom of the 10th inning scored catcher Randy Kraut from second base to provide the winning margin in a 2-1• victory. Kraut had led off the inning with an opposite field double. Nairn opened the scoring in the second inning on an R.B.I. single by pitcher Randy Malcom. The Royals tied the score in the third inning. Jeff Linden - field led off the inning with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Will Lamb. Brian Hodgins pitched a strong game as he allowed on- ly three hits while striking out seven and walking one. Tuesday of this week the Royals squandered several early opportunities and went on to absorb a 7-1 defeat. Once again Nairn opened the scoring as pitcher Ernie Schlegel delivered an R.B.I. triple in the bottom of the first inning. The Royals tied the score in the second inning as Paul McKnight led off with a single and later scored on an R.B.I. single by Mike Desjardine. However, Nairn broke the game open in the bottom of the fifth as they scored five runs on three hits and two walks. Winning pitcher Ernie Schlegel had a strong game for Nairn as he allowed only four hits. Dan Heywood took the loss. The third game of the series will be played Thursday night in Exeter with a 9 p.m. star- ting time. JETS WIN 'A' TITLE — The Junction Jets won the A championship of Monday's ban- tam girls softball tournament at Kirkton. Back, left, coach Elaine Gould, Kim Crawford, Christine Gould, Shelley Skinner, Mary Ann DeKoker, Tanya Deibridge, Catherine Davison and coach Bob Drouillard. Front, Ronalynn Bell, Liz Cottrell, Jodi McBride, Tracey Remkes, Patti Bierling and Sandra DeBoer. T -A photo Greys reach final round The Exeter Greys ladies fastball team advanced to the final series in the South -Perth Fastball League in defeating Usborne three games traight. Although the girls swept the series. all three games were exciting and tested the abili- ty of all players. Scores of the games were 7-5, 8-7, and 5-4 in two extra innings. Winning pitchers were Lia Snell with two games and Sandra Burns with one game. The Greys now await the winner of the Blanchard -St Marys series for the chain pionship in a 3 -of 5 series All loyal fans witl agree the girls are playing excellent fast hall and it is a real treat to see Exeter again have such a good ladies fastball team No final dates are available for the upcoming series as yet For more information. call 235-1843 and 235-254-1 LAWN BOWLING The Exeter lawn bowling club entertained their counterparts from the Mit- chell club Tuesday night and proved to be excellent hosts Betty Dow of Mitchell %vas the jitney winner with an ag- gregate score of 29 Finishing in a tie for second place were Walter Westbrook of Mitchell and i,iz Lamport of the host club with scores of 27 Mary Higgins of Mitchell was fourth and Stan Roth and Stuart Miner of Exeter com pleted the prize list Thursday night. Ernie toss was the local winner with an aggregate of Di to go with a pair of wins Emma Campbell was second at 23 and was followed by Ross Richardson. Percy Campbell and Loretta Seigner. Saturday night, Bill Roger- son and Loretta Seigner were deadlocked for top spot with identical scores of 30. Next came Charlie Smith and Roy Blanchard eighth place finish. In atom division play Ex- eter I consolidated their se- cond place finish over the season by virtue of a 4-2 win over Grand Bend Monday night. The Exeter team did not start too well and within 10 minutes the Grand Bend team had taken a 2-0 lead after displaying excellent positional soccer. Exeter managed to score one goal on a breakaway by Jason Heywood but Grand Bend still had the majority of the play. It was not until the last 15 minutes of the game that Ex- eter decided to play the way they are capable of playing and they totally reversed the game picture. Chance after chance was created with excellent passes and the Exeter team manag- ed to convert three of those chances and keep Grand Bend off the score sheet. Also scoring for Exeter I, Ryan Lindenfield, Mark Lynn and Jason Heywood with his se- cond of the game. In other atom action Exeter II and Exeter III played at the high school. Exeter II was looking for revenge for an early season loss to Exeter III. Some measure of revenge was attained as the two teams played to a 2-2 draw. Most of the game was played in mid- field with both teams defen- ding well and not too many good scoring chances were created. Exeter III ended the season with 12 points out of 12 games and Exeter II ended up with 10 points after 12 games. Scoring for Exeter II, Sean Martens and Derek Beckett, and for Exeter III Niaky Szabo and Paul Charrette. Mosquito division play is comifig to an end too, this week. Play with three Exeter teams In this division is so close that the top six teams will only be three points apart at season's end and a cham- pion has yet to be decided. Exeter I played two games this week. Monday night Grand Bend provided the op- position at the Canners field. Play in mosquito division bet- ween the top six teams has been so close that it is im- possible to tell ahead of time. Both teams played an ex- cellent game, attacking and defending with skill throughout the game and the final score of 3-3 was a true reflection of the play. Scoring for Exeter I were Scott Russell, Jamie Wulterkins and Sisavay Sengkhounmany. In their second game this week Exeter I and Exeter 11I played against each other with a loss eliminating either one of the teams for the cham- pionship. During a large part of the game, play was even with both teams creating good chances but goaltenders equal to their task.. In the latter part of the se- cond half the Exeter III team started to pull away and with some nice passing plays it was Todd McCann who put Exeter III on the scoreboard and then continued his ex- cellent play of this season scoring two more times for a 3-0 win and a good chance at the championship. In other mosquito play Ex- eter II kept their hopes of finishing in third place high Express derailed in OBA playoffs The Exeter Express playoff train came to a quick. stop in Walkerton on the weekend. Participating in the Ontario Baseball Association Senior D tournament, the Express were defeated 11-1 by Wyom- ing and 3-2 by Ivy. In the opening game, the only Exeter run crossed the plate in the first inning as Brian Mercer walked, stole second went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly to right field from the bat of Dave Parsons. The only Express hits dur- ing the six inning contest were singles delivered by Kevin Hern, Dave Bogart and Brian Mercer. Wyoming scored two runs in the third inning to go ahead toostay and added a pair of runs in the fourth, four in the fifth and three more in the sixth. in the second tournament loss, the Express scored a single run in the top of the seventh to take a 2-1 lead on- ly to have ivy bounce back with two scores in the bottom of the seventh to pull out the victory. The first Express run was scored in similar fashion to the first game. Brian Mercer singled, went to second on an error, stole third and crossed the plate as Dave Parsons hit a sacrifice fly to centre field. With one out in the seventh Dave Bogart doubled and came around to score on a single from the bat of Kevin Hern. Three Ivy hits produced the necessary two runs in the seventh. Jeff Fuller was the starting pitcher for Exeter. He gave up seven hits before being replaced by Brian Horner in the seventh. by defeating Nairn 5-2. Things did not go too well early with Nairn building up a 2-0 lead, but after closing the gap to 2-1 in the first half the Exeter II team put things together and scored four unanswered goals for the final score, Dave Boersma, three, Shawn McFalls, two. League play for the mos- quitoes will be finished on Wednesday night and the crowning of the new ctyam, pion will have to wait until then. Both pee wee teams did not see action this week. Next week will see the end of their , season with Exeter II ending . in first and Exeter i in second place. Thank You To all who sponsored the Exeter Juvenile Girls baseball team. I would also like to thank all girls who par- ticipated. Congratulations P.M.W. Juv. girls champs. Bill Simmons (Thanks Tom 1/1 fan) NOTICE Oil Spraying at the rear of Mathers Motors Sat., Sept..8 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Enjoy GOLFING with us Our course is in tournament condition. J 1Senior Citizen's Day , o m- thursdoY played by Every for only S7 , Com - Play off day IRONWOOD Golf Club Located a mile east of Exeter off Hwy. 83. A's WIN 'B' CROWN noment in Kirk ton was 42 le (//p. • lair lib\ The B championship of Monday's bantam girls softball tour - won by the Exeter A's. Back, left, coaches Cheryl Dowson and Dale Jones, Lynette Gryseels, Liz Hogan, Karen Rowe, Julie Blommaert, Jodi Chanyi, coach Jim Barnetson and Kellie Whiteford. Front, Vicki Scott, Potti O'Toole, Dianne Dearing, Kim Paquette, Lisa Birmingham and Julio Barnetson. Announcement Mothers Motors sincerely regrets the resignation of a valued employee Wilmer Kelly,retiring after over 30 years of service with this company. We wish to publicly thank Wilmer for his many contributions over the years, and extend our very hest wishes for continued good health and prosperity. The Management and staff of MATHERS MOTORS 136 MAIN ST. N., EXETER 235-1525 4 lir Ply t7.. 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