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Times -Advocate, May 24,1995
This Week in Sports...
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Junior boys take Huron Perth championship
Geoff Maver leads junior soccer team to victory with two goals
EXETER - Over 50 students of
SHDHS came out to cheer the jun-
ior
un\for boys soccer team on to their
fifth straight Huron Perth Confer-
ence Championship Friday after-
noon.
The 2-0 victory over St. Mi-
chael's from Stratford finished the
Panther's three game sweep in the
playoffs after ending their regular
season play with a perfect 6-0
record.
Both teams seemed evenly
matched in the fast and tight game
with both sides creating good scor-
ing opportunities at each end.
The first goal came late in the
half when the Panther's were given
a free kick from 25 yards out. The
ball was kept in play by Dave Far-
quhar who passed it to Geoff Mav-
er.
Maver's quick kick sent the ball
high bouncing off the inside goal
post and into the net in what was
probably the prettiest goal of the
year for the Panthers.
The Stratford team pressed hard
in the second half creating a few
tense moments but the Panthers de-
fense, backed by Mark Bell, held
on keeping SHDHS up by cne.
With two minutes left in the
game the St. Michael's goalkeeper
fanned on a kick meant to clear the
ball out of the zone. The misguided
hall went straight to Maver who
was at the right place at the right
time to chip the hall over the goal-
keeper into the net.
The tripped goal sealed Strat-
ford's doom and earned the Pan-
thers another Huron Perth Confer-
ence title.
The championship win didn't
seem to phase head coach, Billy
Shore.
"Aside from tournaments I don't
think we've lost a game in three
years," said Shore who has coached
the junior boys soccer team through
Live successful seasons.
Shore credits the Minor Soccer
Program in Exeter program for
churning out the highly talented
players that try -out for the team
every year.
"We've just been lucky they've
come to our school to play for us,"
he said.
Shore.
Among the different teams Shore
has coached to championship vic-
tories, shore said "the confidence to
win" and "sportsman-like conduct"
are the two main ingredients he
tries to foster among his players.
"We've always had that," said
Shore.
David Farquhar jostles for the ball with a St. Micheal's player during the Panther's 2-0
HP Championship victory.
The South Huron District High School junior soccer champions are shown above, in no partic-
ular order, Chris Dawe, Chris Reaburn, Cam Dougall, Matt Szabo, Trever Skinner, Ryan Freiter,
Scott Rasenberg, Dave Farquhar, Mark Bell, Luke Sims, Dave Robilliard, Greg Geoffrey, Jeff
MacLean, Ben McCann, Geoff Maver, Trevor Boersma and Scott Gilfillan.
Exeter angler nets third prize in Grand
Bend fish derby with 19.5 Ib. catch
GRAND BEND - An Exeter
Fisherman won third place in the
Grand Bend Salmon and Trout
Fishing Derby. Scott French
weighed in a 19.5 lb salmon he
caught during the derby which
ran from May 13 to 22.
The top salmon went to Steve
Shute of Cambridge with a 22. 62
Lb fish and Norm Stewart of For-
est came in second with a 21.52
Lb salmon.
The top three trout weighed in at
13.10, 9.90 and 9.98 Lbs
This year's derby was a sound
success compared to the last one. A
total of 290 fish were caught, an in-
crease of 63 fish over the 1994 Der-
by.
The weather also co-operated.
Last year the boats were grounded
for three days because of foul
weather but this year's derby en-
joyed sunshine and calm waters.
"There hasn't been a clay we
couldn't get out on the water. The
weather has been quite good,"
said Derby Chairman Bob Green.
The Grand Bend Derby will he
beAlosting its awards night on
JuiR 10 when the wining fisher-
man will gather to swap tish
tales.
Sports-
Litc
The Sport of twirls
Chris Skalkos T -A staff
When Brianne Webber picked up a baton for the very first time,
she couldn't put it down.
Four years later the 12 year old from Exeter has twirled her way
to a first place finish in a regional baton twirling competition.
Webber, a member of the Exeter Elite Baton Club, was the overall
winner in her division at the Springtime Twirling Festival in Wal-
kerton last Saturday. Webberplaced first in four of the five events
she participated in, outperforming a total of 209 baton twirlers com-
peting in the Walkerton Festival.
Most people associate baton twirling with
marching bands and parades; however, baton
twirling is an internationally recognized sport with
competitions being held all over the globe. Last
year "The Worlds", an international baton twirling
tournament, was hosted by Canada in New Market
Ontario. The competition featured professional
twirlers from as far away as Japan and Australia.
Although Webber has already won an "overall"
baton twirling title in Owen Sound last year, this
one caught her by surprise.
"I was so happy I was jumping up and down. I
didn't see it coming at all," she says about her Walkerton victory.
Webber. and fellow twirler Jocelyn Cressman both captured
"overall" twirling titles for their age divisions in the Owen Sound
competition and they are the only two people in Exeter who have
accomplished such a feat.
Weber is the first to win two in a row.
Baton twirling combines gymnastics, ballet and juggling, but ac-
cording to Weber, the most important skill needed to master the
sport is a high level of concentration.
"When l'tn competing I don't think about the judges anymore, 1
just think about my routine," she says. "You have to think very
fast."
It's also very physical requiring strong knees, agile limbs and a lot
of stamina. "By the time I'm done my routine I'm puffing," she says.
Webber has recently added a little heat to her baton twirling. She
along with two other twirlers from the club are practicing a fire baton
routine. This is when the tips of the baton are dipped in kerosene and
set ablaze.
She says it looks dangerous but it's actually very safe adding that the
the secret for twirling flaming batons is to "keep it moving and you
won't get burned."
Webber performed a fire baton routine on Mother's day outside the
Library on Main street to entertain the shunpikers travelling through
town.
"Once we lit the batons on fire a pile of people gath-
ered around to watch," says Webber who enjoys being
in the limelight. She will be using the fire batons again
during a twirling performance on June 30 for White
Squirrel Day.
In another two years Webber feels she will be ready
to twirl for the National Baton Twirling Association.
Competing at this level would enable her to enter inter-
national competitions such as the Olympics if baton
twirling becomes an Olympic Game.
Webber enjoys showing off the 46 trophys she has
won over the years but she's quick to credit her mother
Patty for her support and most importantly, for introducing her to the
sport of baton twirling.
Patty Webber used to twirl when she was younger and thought she
would share the experience with her daughter.
"I did it as a kid and I thought it would be fun for her," she says add-
ing that there are a lot more opportunities available in the sport now
since she was twirling.
Although batons are not allowed in the house, Brianne can't help
sneaking the occasional twirl indoors. An understanding mother, Patty
says they've been lucky so far. "We've only had one broken Tamp and a
chip out of the coffee table.
"I was so happy I
was jumping up
and down. I didn't
see it coming at
all."
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