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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-11-14, Page 13• First title in five years Beat Wingham 28-12 SH Panthers win HP junior football championship The South Huron junior Panthers claimed their first Huron -Perth football title in five years, defeating the Madill Mystangs 28-12 to bring the league trophy home for the first time since 1979. Wingham was the site for • the championship match. The • Mustangs finished the regular season undefeated with only one tie, allowing them home field advantage for the playoffs. Having to play on the op- ponents turf seemed not to bother the local juniors who opened the scoring on their first possession. Taking the ballon their own 35 -yard line, the Panthers marched down field to set up Scott Heywood's first touchdown. Heywood took the ball in from four yards out to open the scoring and Jon O'Connor converted the Imes-Odvocate Set wins South Huron, North Middlesex 4 � November 14, 1984 & North I.imbton Since 1173 PagelA major. Madill came right back with a touchdown of their own the first time the ball was in their possession. The Mustang major came on a long run from speedy fullback Sandy McDonald. The locals stopped Madill on the two point conversion attempt to remain in the lead. Heywood scored his second touchdown of the afternoon on a three -yard run which cap- ped off another long drive. O'Connor was again suc- cessful on the conversion at- tempt to build on the South Huron lead. The Panthers got the ball back again later in the second quarter after fielding a Madill punt deep in their own end. The locals managed to move the ball out to the 25 -yard line with a first down and it ap- peared the Panthers would march the ball out of trouble. On the first down play, quarterback Jon O'Connor was hit in the backfield before being able to hand the ball off, causing the ball to squirt loose. Madill recovered the ball and set up a major score before half time. Once againt the Mustangs were unsuc- cessful on the conversion and the Panthers led 14-12 at half time. Scott Heywood's final touchdown of the day came on a short run from within the five yard line after a drive covering 75 yards. O'Connor made good on the convert and the Panthers began to control the game. Late in the fourth quarter with time running out the Mustangs found themselves in a punting position. The Panthers regained possession of the ball after stopping a Madill runner in an attempt to gain a first down by runn- ing out of punt formation. This set up Larry McCarter's game capping touchdown that drove the last peg into the Madill coffin. O'Connor completed a perfect kicking day converting the final major. The win gave coach Dave Cox his first championship since he took over the reins as head coach upon the retire- ment of Doug Ellison. "It was a coach's pleasure," Cox said, "It was the type of game where you can't pick gems stars. It was an excellent 12 -man effort both ways." The Panthers were confi- dent that if they played well for four quarters of football they would emerge as cham- pions. The team executed Cox's game plan superbly and were able to make ad- justments to take away Madill's strength. An all-round excellent ef- fort was the key in bringing a junior football championship to the local school for the first time in five seasons. OFF TO END -ZONE — Quarterback Jon O'Connor (14) hands off to running back Scott Heywood (33) as the latter heads to the end zone for his third trip in Saturday's football final in Wingham. Heywood's romps paced the team to a 2812 victory. TENSE TIME -- Members of the junior Panthers offensive unit look on as their defen- sive mates attempt to get the ball back for them in Saturday's conference final against Wingham. Shown intently watching the action are Marc Clausius, Jerry Lam- port, Jon 'O'Connor, Maarten Reymer, Mike Burdon, Richard Voogel and John Relouw. TO THE VICTORS - Two of the SHDHS junior Panthers captoins, Scott Heywood and Vern Iskauskas, beam • proudly after being awarded the Huron -Perth con- ference football trophy in Wingham, Soturday. Mohawks gain second victory The Exeter Mohawks scored their second straight victory in Western Ontario Athletic Association in- termediate play Sunday night as they downed the Mildmay Monarchs 8-4 The next action for the Mohawks is Friday night when they travel to Monkton In Sunday's win over :Mildmay, the Mohawks jumped into a quick :t -u first period lead. Pete Turkey fired two successful shots One came on a pass from Ed Willis and the second was a three-way combination with Rick Lindenfield and Marty Wraith Ken Varley notched the third Exeter goal with the assist going to Barry Baynham Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions Thurs., Nov.22 Call Ellison Travel 235-2000 or toll free 1-800-265-7022 In the second period the Mohawks fired four more goals to take a 7-1 lead. Triggering the Exeter se- cond period goals were Tom Ryan. Terry Caldwell. Pete Tuckey and Brian Mercer. Assisting were Mark Cronyn. Barry Baynham. Brian Baker and Dave Jackson. In the third period, the visiting Monarchs bounced back a bit with three goals. but couldn't come close to the Mohawks The Mildmay goal getters were Rich Grubb with his second of the night, Gerry Metcalf and Glenn Kuntz. The final goal for the Mohawks came from the stick of Ken Varley on a pass from captain Jamie Caldwell. OFFER HELP The Lake Huron Zone Recreation Association (LHZRA ► offers financial assistance annually, to a stu- dent from the Lake Huron Zone, presently being educated in recreation, recreation facilities, arena's or parks, by offering a bur- sary program. As Exeter is a full member of the LHZRA, any local students enrolled in one of the above mentioned programs, who have completed one full year and are enrolled in another, are eligible. Applications will be receiv- ed by the LHZRA executive until December 15. For infor- mation and application guidelines, please contact Lynne Farquhar, recreation director, South Huron Rec Centre, Exeter (235-2833). JUVENILES SPLIT First gable jitters against the Goderich Juveniles team cost Exeter a 9 to 2 loss. Ex- ete goals were scored by cap- tain Andy Lerikos and Brian Blackburn. Assisting were Brian Blackburn and Darren Vandergunst. In the second game against Belmont the juveniles turned the table to win 5-3 with a very strong defense and excellent goal keeping from Jeff Dupie and Brian Dixon. Scott Lovie led the team with a four point night. three goals and one assist. Other goals were scored by Andy Lerikos and Brent Atthill. Getting assists were •Atthill with two, Andy Lerikos, Ray- mond Chong and Doug Scott one each. In the third game against Dorchester. the juveniles pulled off a win in the dying minutes of the game 7-5. Leading the team to suc- cess were Scott Lovie with two goals and two assists. Brent Atthill with a goal and two assists. Other scorers were Brem Dawson. Allan Pym, Hubie Scott, Raymond Chong with assists from Darren Vandergunst, Raymond ('hong, Brent Dawson, Allan Pym, Hubie Scott and Don Fields. Wedneday, the juveniles travel to Lambeth for an 8 p.m. game. APPLIANCE REPAIR Large or small, we'll fix them all... Our repair exports will have your ap- pliance In Hp top shape fait. Call us today at PECK APPLIANCES "In the Heart of Downtown Varna" VARNA 482-7103 Tak Advantage of These Great Buys You could win one of several valuable prizes 4, 1'