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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-09-17, Page 16Page 16 • Times -Advocate, September 17,1997 This Week in Sports... • Heywood hopes to join hockey's pro ranks - page 17 • Centennials drive forwards playoffs - page 18 Panthers revving up for fall high school sports.. The cross county, girls basketball, boys volleyball and field hockey teams all saw the first action of the season last week By Craig Bradford • what we have yet," Fulop said of. TA- Reporter his '97-98 crop. In the first field. hockey action of the year; the host. Panthers showed EXETER — The • first sports of their teeth in their annual Red- and the '97-98.school year are gearing Black tourney by defending their -Up, for regular action at South Hu- championship versus a. 20 -team von District High School (SHDHS), - .field.. The Panthers won the final :.Cross country kicked off with a over Hamilton's Hill .Park Sec-: meet at Springhank Park last week- ondary .School in a thriller — pen - Coach 1oe Fulop said. his team • alty strokes -:were used- after the. started the season. off well with teams played to a 171 tie with no - only one week of practice in. -scoring during the 10 -minute extra period.. Shawna • Rowe • scored SHDHS's Ione regulation time -goal against • a strong, experienced Hill Park team featuring eight pro- vincial players. Rowe and Jaclyn Baynham scored 'on .Panther pen-. alty shots while Panther goalie Kel-. .1i Fulton closed the. door after let- ting in Park Hill's ' first penalty stroke. Results: The junior. boys 'finished: in fifth., with DaveRohilliard plac- ing 15th. Dan Snell 20th 'and John • Gregus and Nic. Bayley ending up in the top half of.thefield; Chris tian Stuckless. placed I7:th despite being under the weather in senior, boys while midget Henry Pfaff end - .ed up about halfway in the field fol- lowed closely hy Mark Hodgins. • 'Fallon Giles.' was 22nd 'in midget SHDHS• beat Waterloo's St. girls with :Melanie Culbert was Johns Kilmaynock 1-0 in the.semi- 241h; Erin Robilliard ran to 1 lth in final on a Dallas Giles goal with junior girls while -.Krista _Brooks Fulton picking up the shutout, the. . was in the top quanerof the field. highlight a key penalty shot save: 'Matt Verho g .was tops on heating The Panthers made it to playoff . •ketball action got off his projected time FWop said.: - action - hy . winning their .pool. - to a slow. start with Fulimp said his team has a number Scores: 670. versus St Anne's- the RSD. Authentics • • Of meets planned for the next few (goals by Lon Richardson -2, Shau- . Senior Girls Basketball Tourna- -weeks including: University of • na Koehler. Gile:;: Kim Keller. ment at SHDH$ on Friday.andSat Leanne Erb, .Fulton with 'shutout). urday SHDHS lost all three of 1-0 versus Kitchener's St; -Marys their games: 39-22 to Mitchell -40p (Giles. Fulton shutout),.I-0 versus scorers; Meagan- Ratz and Arlene Grand River Collegiate (Rowe, Ful- • inhakhana with six points each). coli 'shutout). 4-0 versus Strathroy . 33-20- to Listowel- (Jaime Reaburn (Giles- Baynham: Rowe, Richard- and Julia Geiger, six. points each) son. -.shutout for Krista Dayman)... and 33-29 •.(in, overtime, Reaburn. On Sundaythe team played 'in the • with 14 points)'to Central Huron. Workman, a 22 -year veteran. said and graduated juniors Kenai' his team •has a good shot ,o1 de- O'Rourke and. Jaime Reaburn to fending their '96-97: Huron -Perth add fresh legs on offence. - and WOSSA. championships (the O'Rourke said his goal is... to Panthers were knocked out during- make the playoffs again, and it's up OFSAA pool play). to his players to decide anything af- "They're: young but energetic," ter that. Workman said. "They might sur- . "We have the potential for third :prise people." even 'second place depending on • Key returning- -players,. include how things turn out," he said. striker:Rowe-and sweeper Preslee •: The girls start their season.today Mauer; good rookie talent includes at home versus Madill, a 3:30 p.m. Fulton and•right-wing Erb. start for the seniors and 2 p.m..for- Workman said ,he -plans to_ con- the juniors and midgets. The mid- tinue using the 4-2-3-1. offensive- get championship will be -Nov. 6 at style system this year. Goderich, with • Huron semi-finals - The Huron -Perth regular season on Nov. 7, finals on Nov- 12 and; start's Sept. 16. 'with SHDHS's first the Huron -Perth finals on.Nov.• 14. game at home versus°Listowel on The boys volleyball season Starts. Sept. 23, a 2 p.m. start. Huron- for. SHDHS on Sept. 25 -when. they -Perth 'semi-finals are • host a league • touma- - Oct. 20, finals on - "We have the. ment versus Goderich • Oct- 22, with WOS-• andSeaforth. a 2 p:m. • SA at SHDHS on potential for • start.. Senior coach Oct. .24-25 and -OF- third even Scott • Halpenny ..said SAA at Scarborough - second place there's no midget team on Oct: 30 -Nov. I . depending on this 'season- due to a Panther girls bas-' lack of coaches and how things practice. time, hut add - turn out." ed he's not upset ," there's no Gr. 9 -only team. -''1: haven't found .(midget) that beneficial-. tothe program." Hal- - penny said. -. • s • .Eight Gr. •9s will ,see action .with the junior team, he said. . Last season Halpenny's juniors lost 'their Huron -Penh semi-final io Listowel and finished second. in Huron league play with Madill tak-• - ing the county championship. The - Seniors fared near the same in '96. . losing, their Huron semi-final to Clinton. The seniors won their last Huron championship in :93, "We've got a good nucleus for starters but we don't have- much of a bench." Ha'penny said of the sen- iors • . Halpenny is aiming, to make -the -Huron final to' qualify for Huron Perth action; but said-Madill.will lie tough to beat.. - As for the juniors. Halpenny said they are inexperienced, "but 1 seta • lot- of talent (here. They could pull off a Huron win depending on their work'ethic." Western - Ontario's Gibbons- Park, • • tomorrow:. either Madill to Wing-- - ham, on Sept:.,24 it • .London's. ,• .Clarke Rd. on Sept..25: either Chic- opee' in 'n.Kitchener or, Byro••both :.on Oct. 9. The Huron -Perth cham- pionships are Oct: 16 with WOSSA on Oct..24-'and OFSAA on Nov. 2. Last.' season ', Waterloo amnia- - • Panther senior coach Terry SHAHS- wen two - = rThey're young— ment-rrttd made tf"to (3' ourke said though they -Jos( all tedm chatimpionships,- - at Huron -Perth, the junior boys - and midget girls. Fulop ,said injuries- at the surprise people." ing in the dying mo - •.'96 -97 . .WOSSA ments of. the game. meet kept SHDHS runners out of The - Panthers won three • shutout OFSAA competition. " - - - games in popl play: 3-0 over Han- • Fulop said key Panther returnees over's John 'Diefenbaker (hat -trick this - season include midget. `girls, by: Rowe,' Fulton • the -shutout): 3-0 champion Erin Robilliard, senior over Elmira (Keohler. JoDee Regi- • boy Stuckless and juniors Snell- and . er. Richardson, Fulton ihe•shutout). Dave. Robilliard- - 1-0 over Msgr. Doyle-(Rowe,.Day- "We • have a- fair change Over man the shutout). from last year so we don't know Panther field hockey coach Jim but energetic,!' the semi-final.'- los- - their games. the tournament was a Workman Said• • ing to Waterloo- ' gond start ' for the -inexperienced Oxford' 1-0. the op- 'team. "They might position's goal corn• Last season the seniors and jun- tors finished - fourth. in Huron. O'Risurke said. •Both teams have. many new faces so; the challenge will be getting the teams to gel quickly.' "We ;lost some key -people and a -couple didn't come out this year." O'Rourke said Of the senior team. He'll be looking .to returning players like' forward Julie Roose-' boom and guards Meagan Ratz and Kate Skinner to provide leadership A bit faster. South Huron District High School (SHDHS) field hockey player Laura Skinner gets to the ball before a s Kitchener St. Marys player during their game at SHDHS's Red and White tournament on Friday. The Panthers won 1- ' 0 and went on to defend their title. ( Hawks tie two on weekend HENSALL — It was an even Stephen kind of weekend for the Ex- eter Jr. D Hawks hockey club who played to ties versus Brussels Jr" Cat Hensall Arena on Saturday and at Mitchell on Friday. . • Jeff Campbell scored the last goal while shorthanded versus Brus- - sets with Mike Skinner getting the'helper to notch Exeter the 575 tie: Jeff Finkbeiner scored two goals. the first assisted by Ben McCann and the second an Unassisted .breakaway goal while the Hawks played with the extra man. Dan Taylor added a powerplay goal, with assists by Jeff Glavin and Geoff Mauer and Sean McCann rounded out the scoring with an unassisted goal. While there isn't much difference playing a Jr. C team as opposed . to Jr. D� Exeter coach Dave Revington said,, Jr. C's 60 to 70 teams and Jr. D's 19 teams means the best, Jr. C teams are usually better than the best Jr. D teams. • "The main difference between 'Jr, D and Jr. C is geography." Rev- ington said. Exeter dueled Mitchell to a 3-3 tie -on Friday. "Mitchell always plays hard," Revington said. "It was a good test for the younger players playing older; bigger guys." Revington said he's used three different Zine-uQs over the Hawks' three exhibition games which provided him with a good look at the available talent: With no more exhibition games left. Exeter next plays their opener versus the Belmont Bombers at Hansa"' .on Sept. 26 at 8:30 p.m. • Call Sports Reporter Craig Bradford with your sports tips (519) 235-1331 • Fax (519) 235-0766 Comered.. South Huron District High School senior girls basketball. player N.N. Phouttharath, centre. gets boxed in by a Listowel. Lightning player during South Huron's senior girls tournament on Saturday with teammate.Marilou Herr trying to help at left. • The Panthers.- lost all three of their. games. Next Friday and. Saturday is the Panther' junior girls tournament. Irish edged by Lambeth, host 2-2 tie vs. Mitchell LONDON The Lucan Jr. D Irish hockey club blew a two goal lead to Lambeth in the'third period at Nichols Arena on Sunday to lose 5-4. . •Lucan goals came from Bill Byers with two and Brett Fairweather and Roy Davis with singles. Irish manager Ken Freeman said his team was up 4-2 in the second period but gave up three straight goals for the loss. - "We ran into some penalties and they got a couple of lucky, soft goals i thought;"'Freeman said. "(The loss was) a combination of things." The Irish tied the Mitchell Hawks 2-2 at home on Wednesday night. Mark Philips notched both goals for the Irish. The game was tied at two after the second period with both teams playing a tight final stan- za. Freeman said he likes what he sees from this season's crop of re- turning and new players." We're coming along quite well," he said, with more cuts expected before more exhibition action this week. The Irish host Parkhill tomorrow at 8:15 p.m. and visit Mitchell on Friday at 8:30 p.m. Their last exhibition game is Sept. 24 at home ver- sus Lambeth; an 8:15 p.m. start. The season kicks off on Oct. 1 when Lucan hosts Parkhill, another 8:15 p.m. start. Extra effort. Lucan Jr. D Irish player Adrian Fraser goes the extra mile getting to the puck during the 2-2 tie at home versus Mitchell last week. The Irish have three exhibition games left: they host Parkhill tomorrow at 8:15 p.m., travel to Mitchell on Friday and host Lambeth on Sept. 24 at 8:15 p.m. Lucan opens the season at home versus Parkhill on Oct. 1 at 8:15 p.m. Eyes on It. SHDHS senior • boysvolleyball player Paul Gr& - gus fields a serve during prac- tice on Monday. The Panthers host their first toumament of the season on Sept. 25. ' Wrong Hawks dates The Times Advocate published incorrect dates for two Exeter Jr. -.D Hawks exhibition games last week. The cortect dates -and times were Sept. 12, 8:30 p.m. at Mitchell and Sept. 13: 2 p.m, at Hensall Arena versus Brussels Jr. C. Kippen Gun Club •September 10 Harold Smith George Hamm Mark Tuckey Bill Stewart • Harold Cook Tim Hoff Jon Gaiser 24 23 21 71 20 20 18