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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1996-02-21, Page 14'Zurich bowlers finis sond in Brampton Ron Dann ZURICH - Zurich Town and `Country's Kids and Golden Agers 'team put on a strong finish in the "third game to take second position in the Dairy Queen Provincial championship male division Sun- day at Brampton. Y.B.C. bowlers eight-year-old Corey Ducharme and Shawn O'Brien, 10, bowled 97 and 31 pins over their respective 77 and 114 averages while Golden Agers Jim Bedard and Ron Dann scored i 32 pins with Page 14 Times -Advocate, February 21, 19% t This Week in Sports... • Hawks and Irish tie - page 15 • Exeter hosts Senior Games - page 15 1 Panthers experience mixed success South Huron senior boys basketball eliminated by F.E. Madill Dave Farquhar was unstoppable when he decided to break for the net during a South Huron junior basketball game Friday, scoring a total of 14 points. EXETER - The South Huron Dis- trict High School senior basketball team were eliminated from playoff contention Friday losing 48-39 in a semi-final game against F.E. Ma- dill. The seniors played well with Marty Debruyn leading the way in scoring with 18 points followed by Jason Maskell who contributed nine points. Finishing the season with a suc- cessful 6-2 record, the Panthers were in a three-way tie for first place along with Goderich and Ma- dill, however, a fatal coin toss put them in third place heading into the playoffs. The nine point loss to Madill fol- lowed a 56-41 loss to them during their last regular season game. Junior basketball The junior team was more suc- cessful against Madill defeating them 55-41 in front of a well at- tended home crowd. The Panthers started strong, end- ing the first quarter with a 13-4 lead. Madill tumed up the heat in the second frame putting on a strong shooting game, but south Huron held on to keep a 29-18 lead going into the second half. Their lead was never threatened as the Panthers relied on a strong defensive game keeping the fouls down. Darryl Romphf netted 20 points jumping for South Huron and Dave Farquhar put on a lay-up clinic go- ing up in the air for a total of 14 points. The team will try to improve their rebounding and man-to-man coverage • in ' pt+eparatiun Wednesday's final against ©ode4}' rich. The juniors tied Goderich in league play with a 5-1 record. Midget Basketball After concluding their regular season with a perfect 9-0 record last week, the Midget basketball team will see action again on Thursday when they travel to Goderich for a post season touma- ment. Girls volleyball The South Huron girls volleyball teams concluded their regular league schedule with home games on Tuesday. The senior girls played their best game of the season defeating Goderich and Clinton two games to one. The junior girls enjoyed a victory defeating Central Huron 15-5 in the fust game yefore losi3g. the next two 15-7 and 15-6.-T114 also gave up three games to Goderich losing 15-13, 15-10 and 15-8. The midget girls also lost to Goderich but managed to split their matches with Clinton. By the third set they managed to pull to- gether and win two out of three games against St. Anne's. South Huron hockey The South Huron Hockey team travelled to St. Mary's Thursday where they played a hard fought game before losing 6-4. The Panthers got behind early al- lowing St. Marys a three goal lead in the first period but South Huron turned it on in the second notching two goals from Janet Jeffrey and Blair Moir. Jeffrey scored again in the third as did Brad Brown but it was too little too late for the Panthers who couldn't stop St. Marys from scor- ing four more times. Coach Pete Heeney said the Pan- thers played better against the larg- er and fast skating St Marys team near the "W i , shaky start. We couldfl' nto the game before it was over," said Heeney. The loss rounds out their regular season record to a respectable 4-4. "Overall I'm happy with that," said Heeney adding all four lines have been contributing. They will meet Goderich in a best two out of three playoff round which started on Monday. The re- sults for Monday's game was not known during press time. Midgets eliminate Forest in twoam g es Exeter advances to the quarter finals after going undefeated in the playoffs EXETER - After sweeping their Geoff Maver and Jeff Sararas ing some of its best hockey right playoffs, and it is probably their preliminary playoff round with added singles in the second game now. most important game to date. eight straight wins the Exeter Mid- and Ellerington scored the Mid- "We're undefeated but I know we Farquhar's overtime goal lifted get Generals eliminated Forest in get's first goal Wednesday with an can play better. I don't think we've the team to a 3-2 win, but it also two games winning 6-4 Sunday assist from Poole. peaked yet," he said. "When we lifted their spirits in a way only a and 3-2 Wednesday. Head coach Dave Dalrymple, take on soteppf the tougher teams narrow and hard fought victory Dave Farquhar led the Midgets to said he was glad to get the Forest they're going p•have to turn it up a can. the double victory scoring a pair of series over with. Forest's chippy notch." "They had to come together as a goals in each game assisted by style of play tested his team's dis- The win advances Exeter to the team to pull that one off. It was a Chad Gilfillan, Ryan Beckett, Ge- cipline but they kept a level head quarter finals where they will good character building experience off Maver and Ryan Soldan. and didn't let penalties become a await the winner of the Lambeth and it gave the guys a feel for what Bill Kline, also recorded two factor. vs. Dorchester series. it takes to win in the playoffs," said goals Sunday with feeds from Ryan "1 was happy with the way the Their first game against Forest Dalrymple. Beckett, Bryon Ellerington, Gavin guys handled themselves," said was probably the closest the Mid - Poole and Farquhar. Dalrymple adding the team is play- gets have come to losing in the juniors advance to finals Shawna Rowe takes a bump during a ball game on Tuesday. The Panthers game of the season defeating Goderich senior girls volley - played their best and Clinton. their 134 and 209 averages as rich slipped into second place five pins, plus 228-223, in the nal game. The division title claimed by Owen Sound w plus 307. Special Old provinc The Zurich Five Pin Bo Association Special Old Hi Low Doubles team of Vesta Mi er and Jackie Ferris from t Monday ladies league will co pete for the Special Old Onta title Saturday at Hamilton. T Nir Confirm Kennedy, Junior "D" penalty collector taff R - Elbowing, hooking, cChris harB g�roughi g, fighting are only a few of the many penalties a hockey player can be called for, and Chris Kennedy of the Exeter Junior "D" Hawks has served time for all of them at one point or another. At the end of the regular season on Saturday, Kennedy has clocked a total of 157 penalty minutes, the highest on his team and the most re- corded for any player in the Yeck Conference of the Junior "D" League. But don't be quick to label him as a ruffian or a goon. This 21 year- old hockey player can also score goals. With 17 goals and 20 assists in 30 games, Kennedy is one of the top five point getters for the Hawks who have had the honor of completing their regular season in first place with a 30-4-4 record. "I'm a rough hockey player so I prefer to hit people but if I get the chance to score I usually do," said Kennedy, who credits his physical style of play and his aggressive nature for the 37 points he has ac- cumulated through the season. A native of Clinton, Kennedy played Junior "C" hockey for Wing - ham where he was also leading the team in penalty minutes before signing with Exeter. Among the many two minute minor, five minute major or 10 minute misconduct penalties he collects, fighting seems to be his favorite and he estimates he's dropped the gloves more than a dozen times over the season. "Some people have to be tuned in once in a while," said Kennedy explaining his philosophy on fighting. "It gets the team going and I get pumped up." Discipline is not one of his strong points and this 193 lb. hockey player is quick to say he would go toe -to -to with anyone in the league. It's not that Kennedy can't back down from a chal- lenge. He has been keeping his cool for the last few games remaining in the Hawk's schedule, and he has been surprising a lot of people by keeping his dukes down. "I haven't been in a fight for a while. I've been try- ing to stick with hockey," he said. "But I'd better do something about that this weekend." Kennedy admits his teammates get upset with him sometimes when he takes a stupid penalty but for the most part, they accept him for what he is. An aggressive with a scoring touch. This may prove to be an asset to the Hawks Friday as they prepare to face the North Middlesex Stars in the first round of the playoffs. North Middlesex has constantly been a thorn in their side handing the Hawks their first Toss of the season and tieing them on two other occasions. In previous encounters the Hawks have been out - muscled by the large and physical team from Parkhill and unleashing Kennedy may be the "fight fire with fire" strategy they need to defeat them in the playoffs. Kennedy has one more year with the Hawks and he doesn't plan on trying to change his reputation or his his style. According to Kennedy, most of the calls he gets are "cheesy" and he insists the referee's right arm is more prone to point straight up when he's on the ice because he's well known among referee cir- cles, "It's just the way I play, no matter what I do I al- ways get a penalty," said Kennedy. '7 don't think the refs like me but I don't know why, I'm really a nice guy," • s tfi