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This Week in Sports...
• Juveniles stuck in the penalty box - page 16
• Donations for warm room still needed - page 17
Hawks beat Irish in first encounter
The Lucan Irish put up a tough fight but the
Exeter Hawks take home the two points.
Chris Skalkos T -A staff
LUCAN - The Lucan Irish hock-
ey team met the Exeter Hawks for
the first time this season Wednes-
day night in what proved to be a
very close game: but when the fi-
nal buzzer sounded the two points
went to the Hawks.
The two teams seemed evenly
matched in the fast -paced game in
Lucan exchanging shots on net
throughout the three periods.
Joey McDonald scored the first
goal for the Hawks and then pulled
them up by two, scoring on a pow-
erplay early in the second. McDo-
nald was assisted on both goals by
Shayne Robinson and Nathan
Burns.
The Irish responded with a pow-
erplay goal of their own four min-
utes later when Christian Criel and
Mike Jaremchenko set up Steve
Hudson in front of the net.
Exeter scored again after captain
Jason McBride spotted Steve Far-
quhar in the slot and fed him with a
pass. Farquhar made no mistake
banging the puck in to make the
score 3-1 for Exeter.
• An unassisted goal by Jeremy Je-
mec two minutes into the third pe-
riod narrowed the scoring gap
bringing the Irish within a goal of
tieing the game.
Lucan threatened to even the
game with some good scoring op-
portunities late in the third but Ex-
eter goalie Darren Kints stood his
South Huron
senior boys
vollyeball see
tournament
action
STRATFORD - The South Hu-
ron senior boys volleyball team at-
tended a tournament in stratford
on Saturday defeating College Ave
15-2, 15-5 and split their game
with St. Thomas 15-9, 10-15.
The Panthers defeated St. Mikes
in the consolation round 15-4, 15-
10 but lost to Northwestern 12-15,
8-15, in the championship game.
On the Oct. 23 weekend the sen-
ior boys participated in an invita-
tional tournament in Mitchell. Af-
ter pool play, the Panthers ended
up first in their pool. They defeat-
ed Seaforth in the semi-final match
and then went on to defeat Mitch-
ell in the final match.
South Huron will play F.E. Ma-
dill and Central Huron at home
Thursday afternoon.
ground refusing to be scored upon.
The Hawks let the steam out of
the Irish when Sean McCann took a
pass from McBride and one -timed
it past Lucan goalie Knyvet Carson
from a bad angle.
The game officially ended with
Exeter winning 4-2 hut the contest
wasn't over for Chris Kennedy and
Steve Mathews who took the
gloves, and helmets off, for a slug-
fest in the corner.
Despite the win Hawk head
coach, Dave Revington said he
wasn't happy with his team's over-
all performance.
"I didn't think we skated well to-
night and we weren't finishing our
checks," said Revington. "i thought
they [Irish] played with a lot nior'
emotion than we did."
That was noticeable in the first
period when the Irish outshot the
Hawks 12-10 with some of the
shots hitting the post and crossing
the goal mouth.
"They came back from every goal
and were right in it to the end,"
said Revington crediting goalie
Darren Kints for keeping the
Hawks out of trouble with a solid
show between the posts.
Irish coach Scott Bogart said giv-
ing up the two points to the Hawks
didn't feel as bad as losing a $20
pre -game bet to Hawks assistant
coach Jeff Dalrymple.
"We outplayed them in the first
period and after that it stayed even.
Shuffleboard
Hensall
October 24
6 game winners
Isabel Rogerson
Evelyn McBeath
Doris Hamilton
Hazel McEwan
Dave Woodward
Emma Campbell
Alice Thiel
Edna Deitz
Exeter
October 25
5 game winners
Marj McCurdy
4 game winners
Tom Williams
011ie Essery
Bob Long
Ruby Beaver
Howard Johns
Ann Northey
October 26
4 game winners
Gordon Hoggarth
Allen Johns
Marj McCurdy
Blanche Johns
Marjory Hodgert
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The game could have gone either
way," said Bogart.
Most of Lucan's scoring efforts in
the first period were excellent scor-
ing opportunities but the puck nev-
er crossed the crease.
"We dominated the first ten min-
utes and then they (the Hawks]
skate down and score on one of
their first shots on net," said Bo-
gart. "Sometimes you don't deserve
to win but you do."
The game pitted two teams with
very different styles of play. The
Hawks adopt a fast wide-open
game exhibiting a lot of finesse
whereas the Irish are more of a
physical team content to bump and
grind away for three straight pe-
riods.
Exeter came in to the game un-
defeated in five games. They won
their next two games defeating Sea -
forth 6-5 Friday and Wellesley 6-3
on Sunday , retaining their un-
defeated title. Lucan drops their
win/loss/tie record to 5-4-1 and
have a few days to rest before their
next game against Seaforth No-
vember 3,
It's still too early in the season to
let this game act as a precedent for
these two teams. Exeter and Lucan
will play each other four more
times and Bogart said anything
could happen.
"I expect it will be a tight series
for the rest of the year," he said.
Junior "D" battle. The Lucan Irish played well Wednesday night matching the Hawks shot foi
shot but could not come up with the big goals. Christian Criel from the Lucan Irish intercepts a
pass Wednesday night during a second period powerplay.
Additional Hawks coverage on page 16. See "Hawks go undefeated."
Field hockey claim ninth WOSSA title
South Huron field hockey team head for OFSAA championship in Toronto
INGERSOLL - The South Huron
District field hockey team captured
their ninth consecutive WOSSA ti-
tle last weekend in Ingersoll
launching them into the Ontario
Championship.
The reigning OFSAA champions
defeated London's Regina Mundi 2-
0 in Saturday's final after defeating
Strathroy 5-0 in the semi-final.
In the final game against Regina
Mundi the Panthers jumped out to a
quick start with a goal from tour-
nament leading scorer Danielle
Miners. She scored again minutes
later on a penalty stroke.
The Panthers created many scor-
ing opportunities in the second half
but could not add to the total.
in the semi-final game, the Pan-
thers easily defeated Strathroy 5-0.
Shawna Rowe scored the only goal
in a slow first half but the Panthers
picked up the tempo in the second
half and dominated the rest of the
game scoring four more goals. Two
from Miners and two from Cara
Gardner.
in pool play South Huron em-
barrassed Ingersoll, the host team,
beating them, 9-0. Miners scored
four goals, Rowe added three and
Lori Richardson teamed up with
Kim MacLean adding a goal each.
South Huron posted an incredible
36-1-1 win/loss/tie record this sea-
son in their quest for the WOSSA
title, crushing any team that stood
in their way. However, they will
meet their biggest challenge this
week in Sunnybrook Park in To-
ronto when they defend their pro-
vincial championship at OFSAA.
Coach Jim Workman said South
Huron wilt enter OFSAA ranked as
the number one team to beat in-
tensifying the pressure as all teams
will certainly focus on trying to
shut them down.
"There will be a lot of good
teams there and they will all want
to have a swing at us," said Work-
man.
The Panthers will start off play-
ing Stouffville at 9 a.m. Nov. 2 fol-
lowed by a game against Assump-
tion from Burlington at 1 p.m. and
then University of Toronto Schools
at 10:30 Friday morning.
The two top teams from each of
the four pools will advance to the
quarter finals Friday afternoon. The
semi finals are set for 9 a.m. Sat-
urday with the bronze medal game
starting at noon and the gold medal
game at 12:30 p.m.
Workman said the girls are pre-
pared and he is confident they will
fight hard to bring the OFSAA tro-
phy back to South Huron for a
fourth consecutive time.
The South Huron field hockey team clinched WOSSA last
weekend and will travel to Toronto this week for the Ontario
championship. Above, Jo Dee Rowe, makes a play.
Sports-
Lite
Girls hockey Wuerth playing for
Chris Skalkos T -A staff
EXETER - As an active young girl. Amanda
Wuerth has tried a variety of sports, but for this I I
year-old, all roads lead back to hockey.
Amanda plays hockey for the London Atom "A"
Devilcttes girls hockey team. Last year the Devil-
ettes placed second 'overall in Ontario missing the
provincial championship by one goal, and this year,
Amanda has been named captain of the team.
Becoming a hockey player has been a natural ev-
olution for Amanda.
After playing ringette for two seasons, Amanda
had just signed on for another; but that same year
she decided to try out hockey when the Exeter Mi-
nor Hockey Association held an open hockey school
in 1992.
Amanda had only intended to play for the ex-
perience but found she adapted well to the game.
Some of the minor hockey coaches also noticed and
invited Amanda to tryout for the Exeter Waxers
Novice team.
She made the final cuts on the rep team and de-
cided to play both hockey and ringette that year.
Amanda realized she couldn't commit herself equal-
ly to both sports and decided to pursue hockey the
following year.
"1 knew right away i wanted to play hockey. I thought I would like it
better and now that I'm playing for the Devilettes i definitely know I
like hockey better," she said.
Making the transition from ringette to hockey
seemed to be easy for Amanda who enjoyed the
physical aspect of the game.
"1 have to be more aggressive but I find I play bet-
ter against the boys," she said.
Amanda didn't mind being the only girl on an all -
boys team, however, certain situations made it dif-
ficult for her to really feel like she was a part of the
team. Amanda missed the dressing room jubilation
after winning a game since she had to change in
separate rooms. She also couldn't participate in team
parties and sleep -overs.
As she got older switching to a girls team was a
logical thing to do.
"i find that 1 can play better on a girls team and I
feel like I"m part of the group," she said.
According to Amanda, there isn't a big difference
between how the two genders play hockey.
"With the girls there is still pushing and shoving
but it's not as rough as playing with the boys," she
added.
This is only her second season playing in the girls
league but Amanda has already earned the captaincy
of the Devilettes. She said she was surprised at the
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coach's decision to make her team captain but the responsibility of wear-
ing the "C" on her jersey won't affect her game.
"We lave a lot of good players on our tea.n so I didn't know who the
coach would pick. I feel good about it but if 1 wasn't captain it wouldn't
make a difference."
As captain, Amanda has set some high standards for her team.
"1 want to win an all -Ontario championship. 1 think we can do it. 1
have confidence in them," she said.
Amanda has enjoyed other sports such as track and field, cross-
country running and baseball. In 1994 she won the MVP award playing
minor soccer in the girls 11 and under division and just last spring she
had a successful introduction to basketball winning the Huron Mid-
dlesex Knights of Columbus free throw competition.
She said all of these activities have helped improve her hockey skills
in some way. The track and field training increases the strength in her
legs, the footwork she learned in soccer can also apply to puck control
and the cross-country running has boosted her endurance.
"The long distance running is a challenge but it helps my ability to
stay on the ice longer," she explained.
The skills picked up from the different sports Amanda has played,
along with the experience she gained playing with the boys team, come
together for her In the girls hockey league giving her a competitive edge
and the confidence to enjoy it.
"i like other sports but hockey is my favorite. There's nothing i don't
like about it," she said.
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