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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-03-29, Page 18Page 18 Times -Advocate, March 29, 1995 This Week in Sports... • Hensall Novice win again - page 19 • Pee wees one win away - page 20 1 Two golds, two bronze medals for Exeter Exeter was the premier town at the ringette Western Regional tournament in Kitchener KITCHENER - Alicia Lawrence scored five goals on Sunday after- noon to lift the Exeter Tweens to a 6-5 win over Lambeth and clinch the gold medal at„ the Ontario Re- gional Ringette championships held in Kitchener. It was a very successful weekend for the Exeter and Area Ringette Association as the Thursday petites won the petite 'C' title, the novices won the bronze medal and the Tuesday petite team also brought home a bronze. The Tweens opened the tourna- ment with an 11-8 win over Kitch- ener. Pam Keys led the way with four goals while Sara Webber had three, Lawrence netted a pair and singled went to Sara Wuerth and Sara Hodge. Game Two put Exeter against Hanover and it was Exeter winning 6-3. Lawrence had three goals with one each from Webber, Wuerth and Keys. Kim Keller helped set up two goals. A 5-5 tie with Lambeth put Exet- er into the finals. Against Lambeth, Lawrence had four goals and Keys had the other. Keller helped set up three of the goals. In the final, besides Lawrence's five goals, Webber had the other while Keys had two assists and Ju- lie Godbolt, Wuerth and Webber all All games were close Shown with the OMHA runners-up plaque are Exeter's Bob Hamilton, !eft; Ryan Ralph, Peter Fragiskatos and Wayne Cole. A pair of one goal victories beat Exeter's Huron Tractor in the finals EXETER - Other than the second game, the On- tario Minor Hockey Association peewee 'CC' addi- tional entry series between Exeter Huron Tractor and Prince Edward County was very close. Sunday night at the South Huron Recreation Cen- tre the hosts lost the fourth game 2-1. Three of the four games played saw Prince Edward County win by just one goal. "It was really frustrating. We had all kinds of chances," said Exeter coach Mike Hogan. "They (Huron Tractor) were hoping to win one at home." In the final which saw OMHA representative Dick Bennett present the runners-up plaque to Exet- er, the hosts came out hitting hard as both Ryan Ralph and Steve Rasenberg were physical. With just 2:42 left in the second period Matt Courneyea scored for the visitors as he put a re- bound past Jeff Gooch. The Exeter goalie played very well on the weekend and the first goal came af- ter he had made the initial save. Two minutes into the third frame Wes Mulder re- directed a shot but four minutes later the hosts got on the board when defenseman Dave Veal let a blast go from the top of the circle. Saturday in Exeter, Rasenberg had two goals in a slim 6-5 loss. Also scoring were Fragiskatos, Brandon Martin and Dan Snell. Rob DeV- ries had three assists while Fragiskatos helped set up a goal. Also assisting were Bob Hamilton, Rasenberg, Wayne Cole and Martin. The rec centre was full of spectators both Saturday and Sunday for both the Huron Tractor and Legion peewees games against Prince Edward County. "I don't think the guys knew they were in the final until they saw the arena full," said Hogan. Prince Edward County takes in a bigger area than Exeter. "It's not sour grapes but next year they'll be clas- sified 'B'," said Hogan. Huron Tractor made the run to the finals after beating New Hamburg in the semi-finals and Dur- ham in the quarter -finals. "It was really frustrating. We had all kinds of chances." had assists. Petites top Forest: After nine minutes of end-to-end action, Exet- er's Ashley Gooch scored to open the scoring in Exeter Thursday pe- tites 4-1 win over Forest to win their gold medal. The game remained tied into the second half but Exeter broke it open as Robyn Etherington scored twice and Krista Dayman also con- nected. Stacey Snow played well in net during the tournament. Exeter's biggest game of the pre- liminary round was against London in which they had to win by four goals. A determined team, they won 7-2 to advance into the semi- finals of the gold medal game. Against London, Gooch had four goals, Etherington scored twice and Dayman also connected. The semi-final game saw Exeter nip Waterloo 6-5 thanks to Leann Erb's backhander with two minutes left to play. Etherington scored four times and the other goal came from Gooch. In the opener Snow, with strong help from her defence, blanked Elo- ra 10-0. Gooch scored three times with two each from Dayman and Etherington. Erb, Nicole Zwann and Cherly Montgomery also scored. Exeter lost 5-3 to Meaford as Dayman, Etherington and Erb scored. Hodge hot in net: Goalie Krista Hodge played very well throughout the tournament for the Tuesday pe- tites as she helped them in an 8-4 win over Guelph in the bronze medal game. Kerri Fulton had three goals and Kelli Fulton and Kelly Miners add- ed two each with the other to Brit- tany Caldwell. Anne Marie Hod- gen, Miners and Samantha Hunt had assists. Exeter beat Guelph 14-4 as Kerri Fulton had five goals while Heather Morgan netted two. Also scoring were Hunt, Kerri Fulton, Hodgen, Terri Regier, Terri Ferris and Cald- well. Hunt set up three goals. Kerri Fulton scored twice and Morgan once in a 5-3 loss to Owen Sound. Kerri Fulton and Morgan scored in a 12-2 loss to London. In exhibition action last week, the Tuesday petites beat the Thursday petites 5-3. Big weekend for Ritchie: De- nise Ritchie had seven goad; and eight assists over four games to help the novices win the bronze medal. Exeter beat Meaford 9-1 in the hronze game after beating Seaford. 5-4, battling London to a 4-4 tie Ind dropping the first game 5-4 tc Kitchener. Karly Pinder had five goals and !fight assists over the weekend while Julie Farquhar scored four times and set up four more. Aimee McCann had a good tournament both offensively and de- fensivelywith two goals and six as- sists. Amy Taylor played well with a goal and seven assists while Chan- telle Elder, Miranda Grenier and Amber Preszcator also scored. Ex- eter received strong goaltending from Grenier and Jenna Revington. Local teams do well at precision sectionals LUCAN - Saturday morning the Ridgetown Le- gion Reflections received a lareg applause because they were able to skate without the assistance of their music. It happens and most precision teams are prepared for it. At the Western Ontario Sectionals Invitational Precision Skating competition held in Lucan the Re- flections recovered and finished their skate. Right after they Left the ice, the Lucan Ice Gems were on the ice and although they didn't have any technical difficulties to hamper their performance, they are always prepared. "Well practice it. We'll go part way through a number and then stop the music," -said Lucan coach Shari Caruthers. The Ice Gems took first place in the gold medal roundof the Juvenile 'B' division on Saturday. The event featured 40 teams and local teams did very well. Beside Lucan, the Exeter Classics were second in the junior division while Ilderton Precisionnaires were first in novice 'A' and the Ilderton Mini -Jets Continued on page 19 Lucan Ice Gems perform their opening routine during the Westem Ontario Sectionals held in Lucan on Saturday. Exeter - its been a slice, thanks for the memories 4 1 1 Sidelines Fred Groves. • Some things are harder to write than others - this is one of them. As of March 31, I am no longer the sports reporter of the Exeter Times -Advocate. While many locals have already heard, I just figured that after nearly five years of covering sports and news in and around Exeter, a farewell column was necessary. Like I say, some things are harder to write than others. June 6, 1990 was my first day at the T -A and since then I have noth- ing but great memories which I will keep forever. Where to begin? I guess I have tb look at the two major centres of sporting activity in Exeter, the South Huron Recreation Centre and the South Huron Dis- trict High School. At the rec centre, which in my opinion, is one of the nicest facilties in this part of the province, Lynne Farquhar, Cam Stewardson and the rest of the staff take 4 lot of criticism but face ft folks, it's a top notch recreation and sporting centre. I got involved with several activities over the years (don't forget the sneaker police) and enjoyed dropping in unannounced and having a coffee. Thanks. South Huron District High School - although I come from Essex, home of the Red Raiders, I am now a Panther. That doesn't come from coaching a year with the midget basketball team, it comes from fol- lowing, covering, watching, supporting and learning. When I first came to Exeter, football was big and it was always a highlight of every week for me to go to the games just like Friday night's in the winter with the Exeter Hawks became a favourite part of the week. I remember going to a football game and the next day, all the sta- tistics from running and punting to who scored the touchdowns was sent to me - along with a special gift which I still have. Coach Ron Bogart sent me a Panthers ball cap with a note - "If you are going to follow us, you have to become one of us," nice gesture and I thank him very much for it. The Bogart family is the number one sporting family in Exeter and I am very proud to have met them. When you mention the Panthers you have to always think of Jim Workman and the girls field hockey team - three time defending cham- pions. Jim is a great guy, that's why'he has a successful program. Also at SHDHS, George McEwan, athletic director Pat Rowe, Dave Cox and basketball guru Terry O'Rourke; all of these folks go above and beyond. There are others I have come in constant contact with that I would like to say thanks to while space permits. If I've forgotten your name, please don't be offended. Fred Cook, Jim Allison, Derwyn Hodgins - Exeter fastball; Gary Hartman, Brad Gregus, Katherine Ens, Albert VanDyken - Exeter mi- nor baseball; Joe Fulop and Doug Fairbairn - Exeter Express; Peter and Gloria McFalls - lawn bowling; Dick Lord - Exeter Centennials and everything he does with Stephen Minor Hockey; Doug Pearson - minor softball; Bart DeVries - minor soccer; Zurich Minor Hockey and the fans for all their support; everyone contacted with the Lucan Irish, the Exeter Hawks and the Exeter Mohawks. Just a note on the latter, these three organizations are winning clubs and I just wished I could have seen the Irish or the Hawks win a pro- vincial title. Oh well, there will always be the memories of the Stephen Sharks, the Exeter Generals and the Zurich Storm. A special thanks to the coaches who always dropped their sco- resheets in on time, you made my job a lot easier and you were the rea- son the kids got their names in the paper. To the kids at the rinks, on the ball fields - thanks for making me part of your lives Speaking of kids - that's who I am going to miss the most. Exeter and surrounding area have sent some very talented people on to higher level of sports. Steve DuBarry, Perry and Paul Pooley, Dave Shaw, Derek and Dan Masse, Randy Johnson, Jason Heywood, Cara Gardner, Joel Campbell, are just a few to mention. To those that I have had the honour to coach in baseball, basketball and hockey - I had fun and I'll remember a lot of times in cold arenas close and far away from home. Keep in touch. Fred