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Panthers meet Goderich
south Huron seniors lose first game of season, juniors win thriller in 0/T
Up and In it goes for Dwayne McNab of the SHDHS senior
boys basketball team. The seniors lost their first regular
season game to Goderich by four points on Monday. The
juniors defeated Goderich by one point in overtime.
Sports-
Lite
GODERICH - The South Huron
District High School senior and
junior boys basketball teams trav-
elled to Goderich to play cross -
county rivals on Monday. .
Both South Huron teams went
into the match expecting a tough
and close game against Goderich.
The last time these two schools
met, the seniors took an easy 47-34
victory and the juniors lost by only
two points.
However, history was not too re-
peat itself on Monday as the seniors
dropped a close 42-46 game to
Goderich while the juniors won
their contest 46-45.
Seniors lose by four
The seniors entered the game
with an undefeated regular season
record knowing Goderich would try
to dethrone them as well gain re-
venge for the humiliating defeat
they suffered at the hands of the
senior Panthers in December while
hosting them on their home court.
Marty Debruyn put on a great re-
bounding game while Bryan
McAllister netted 15 points fol-
lowed by Dwayne McNab with
nine. But it wasn't enough for the
Panthers who had to concede the
victory to Goderich with only a
four point difference showing on
the scoreboard.
It's difficult to tell who the better
team was as both were shooting
poorly and the result of the game
may have been different if the of-
ficials would have let the players
decide the outcome of the contest.
The game never got a chance to
develop its own rhythm as the of-'
ficials kept whistling the play dead
calling too many fouls. As a result
30 of South Huron's points came
from the foul line in the "over -
officiated" game preventing either
team from mounting an offensive
streak.
Now brandishing a 6-1 regular
season record the senior Panthers
will play their last league game
against F.E.' Madill at South Huron
on Monday. The game against Ma-
dill will be important since they
will face either them or Goderich in
the first round of the playoffs, and
a first place finish would guarantee
them home court advantage.
Prior to the Goderich game, the
seniors crushed Seaforth with a 76-
41 landslide defeat at South Huron
last Wednesday. Debruyn led in
the point race with 18. Joe Maskell
was close behind with 11, McNab
with 10, Bryan McAllister with 9,
Steve Coleman with 8 and Jason
Maskell recorded 6 points.
The seniors also participated in
the Parkhill Optimists Senior Bas-
ketball tournament over .the week-
end taking two out of three games.
After losing 55-62 to Lambton
Kent in overtime on Friday, the
Panthers defeated Sharbot Lake 55-
42 on Saturday and clinched the
consolation final 55-45 against
Woodstock College Ave.
Juniors win In overtime
The juniors on the other hand had
one of their best performances of
the year Monday edging Goderich
by one point in overtime landing
on the right side of a 46-45 score-
board.
A strong defensive game and
consistent passing made the differ-
ence this time around for the jun-
iors who were led by Darryl
Romphf and Dave Farquhar with
13 points each. Trevor Boersma
also had a strong game with seven
points and Luke Sims went up for
his fair share of rebounds.
The juniors bring their league
record to4-1 and will next play F.E
Madill on Monday. Prior to the
overtime thriller in Goderich, the
juniors lost an exhibition game to
Mitchell at home last Wednesday.
The Panthers took control of the
game early, but a poor third quar-
ter evaporated their half-time lead
leaving them on the short end of a
47-62 contest. Sims had a huge
game with 16 points and 12 re-
bounds. Romphf added 15 more
and Farquhar was a dominant play -
maker adding 13 points of his own.
Derek Etherington moved the
ball well for the Panthers and
Christian Stuckless was strong off
the bench.
Midgets remain undefeated
The midget boys basketball team
did not play Monday. Their last
game was a 57-37 win over Sea -
forth last Wednesday at South Hu-
ron. Top scorer for the midgets
with 10 points was Ryan Beattie.
Kian MacDougall, Mathew Knox
and Marshall Middleton added
eight points each.
The midgets are currently un-
defeated with a 7-0 record and they
are threatening to finish the regular
season that way with games left to
play against Goderich, St Armes
and F.B. Madill.
The Midgets, however, did lose
an exhibition game to Parkhill on
Jan. 19. Missing three of their top
players including six foot five inch
Marshall Middleton, the midgets
bowed to. Parkhill losing by 20
points.
According to midget coach Wally
Webster, the exhibition loss was a
good wake-up call to the team who
have been getting used to winning.
"I was kind of happy to see them
get beat. They were getting kind of
cocky; he said.
Ninja seminar
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Sense/ Court Elliott demonstrates a drill with a South Ht
ron Matial Arts student during the Ninja seminar held at
South Huron District High School on Saturday.
,and a playoff game Sunday night,
`The 6-3 win on Saturday night up
dated their record to 12-2-5 for the
season.'Sunday night they battled
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Molting Hawks retire Flynn's #2
Chris Skalkos T -A staff
EXETER - Al Flynn has received the greatest honor ever bestowed
on a veteran hockey player.
The Exeter Molting Hawks retired Flynn's jersey number (#2) last
week in a surprise party to commemorate his 16 years with the old-
timers club.
Flynn, who turns 70 next month, retired from hockey completely
three years ago after a fife -long commitment to playing the sport for
the sheer fun of it. And that's how Flynn remembers his years with the
Molting Hawks.
"We did it for fun and we thought we could use the exercise," said
Flynn who recalls the early years when they would throw their sticks
on the middle of the ice to determine teams.
He also recalls how they adopted the team name, a spin-off from Ex-
eter's Junior "D" hockey club, when nbost other teams were adopting
beer brand names.
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"We figured we wets Old s9d wt'd t:all'oureelves the Molting Hawks,"
...4he said.
As fat as for winning, things were tough back in 1978 when Flynn
first joined the old-timers league.
"We used to get our butts whipped every time but we got better as
time went on," he said.
The over 35 league has become more organized now and Flynn ad-
mits it has become more competitive especially, when teams stack
their bench *Nall Olinger pbyers•
As a defetlsman, Flynn would score the odd goal, but he mostly con-
centrated on steering his opponeats away from the net and that was be-
coming more difficult when some of the forwards he faced were 30
years younger than him.
"Some of us old die-hards are getting a little long in the tooth now,"
he added.
Some of Flynn's most
memorable moments
with the Molting Hawks
are the charters the club
took to play other teams,
some as far away as
Lake Placid New York
and as far south as Ken-
tucky.
Flys said no matter
who they played the
games were always
close. Neck to neck
match -ups which were
always fun to play.
"It always amazed me
how they paired teams
up. It seemed we were always evenly matched, there were no blow-
outs," he said. "In tournaments we would play teams we never heard of
before and we thought they would mop the floor with us but the score
was always close."
Flynn said he has played with some very experienced player* during
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his 16 years with the Molting Hawks, including some retired NHL'ers
and talented minor league players. However, most of his hockey back-
ground comes from slapping a rubber puck on the frozen Ausable Riv-
er in Crediton were he grew up.
"I've always thought I was fortunate to be able to play for the team
when every one of those guys had more experience than me," he said.
A hockey fan as long as he can remember, Flynn has been a witness
to the many changes that have come over the sport of hockey over the
years.
He remembers gathering around the radio on Saturday night listening
to Foster Hewitt broadcast a live Hockey Night in Canada game. He
remembers hockey's introduction to television in the 1950's and he
watched the original six NHL teams expand to the multi-million dollar
industry professional hockey has become today.
But he feels the most significant change to the sport is the increased
opportunities young talented players have available to them today try-
ing break into the professional ranks.
'Today hockey is a highly organized network and if a player Is really
good he's funnelled into the right places. but back then you had to be
lucky enough for somebody to notice you," he said adding college and
university scholarships are also good incentives for the young player.
Flynn isn't sure where he will hang the glass -framed number 2 given
to him and he is still left speechless by the gesture, however, he said
the biggest honor was sharing the ice with the group of men who
played for the Molting Hawks during his 16 years. '
"I have really appreciated them *flawing me to play," Wind.
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