Times-Advocate, 1996-02-28, Page 14This Week in Sports...
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Panthers lose by five points
BUNNY
Exeter 6 vs. Mitchell 7
Exeter 1 vs. Seaforth $
Goals for both games: Alicia Drum-
mond. Meaghan Ellison (4), Lauren
Taylor, Kristin
Pel
Assists for both g saes Kdsry Ander
(2). Ellison, Taylor (2). Ferguson (2).
Ashley Bedard. Samantha Resler.
SMaggie liie nks, Laannuren )inks, Jasminne, Alana R
Van Haarlem
Gosltenden for both games: Kaitie
Jinks, Kristyn Kegler, Van Haarlem,
Kayla McClinchey, Hodgert. Maggie
links
February 21
Exeter White 4 n. Exeter Red 10
Goals for White: Katey Stewart, Julie
Farquhar (3)
Assists for White: Shannon Baer (2),
Michelle Desjardine (2), Jenne Phillips
(2)
Goa!tender for White: Enid Drum-
mond
Goals for Red: Brittney Schroeder (3),
Amber Preszcator (5). Aimee McCann,
Leat Mudge
Assns for Red: Schroeder (2), Jennifer
Timmermans (2), McCann, Mudge
Goa!tender for Red: Michelle Gasser
February 25
Seaforth 7 at Exeter White 9
Goals for White: Stewart, Farquhar
(7), Sarah Hessel
Assists for White: Stewart (3), Farqu-
har, Hesse' (3), Shannon Baer, Cassan-
dra Morrissey (4), SherriLyn Moir, Kel-
sey O'Rourke (2). Chelsey
Mommersteeg (2)
Goaltender for White: Drummond
Next game for White; March 10. Hen-
sall, 6:00 p.m., Exeter White vs. Sea -
forth
February 25
Exeter Red 3 vs. Exeter White 6 i
Goals for Red: McCann, Preszcator,
Timmermans
Goaltender for Red: Schroeder
February 25
Exeter Red 11 vs. Goderich 5
Goals for Red: Preszcator (7),
Schroeder (2), McCann. Mudge
Assists for Red: Rita Kemp, Timmer -
mans
Goaltender for Red: Danielle Ritchie
Next game for Red: March 2 at 12:45
in Forest: Huron -Perth championships
Exeter Optimist 'C' 3 vs. Seaforth 3
Goals: Amy Tayl' ,, • ryl Mon ,•.
Assists: cry.
a, Aide
Megan Skinner, l r e g; B
Revington
Goaltender. Miranda Grenkr
sit - ts oia goal: Exeter 34 vs. Seaforth
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Next game: Huron -Perth Final in For-
, est, March 2 at 11:40
February 21
Exeter White 4 vs. Exeter Red 5
Goals for White: Leeann Erb (3).
Melanie Grant
Goals for Red: Kent Fulton (4). Laura
Skinner
Assists for Red: Skinner, Teri Regier
Goaltender for Red: Kelli Fulton
February 20
Exeter Red 7 at St. Marys 2
Goals: Crystal Davis (2), Skinner (3),
Kerri Fulton, Nicole Zwaan
Assists: Zwaan (2), Kerri Fulton, Amy
Hodgert, Davis, Regier (2)
Goahender. Kelli Fulton
February 22
Seaforth 9 vs. Exeter (EE)12
Goals: Jill Sararas (5), Cindy Moore
(2), Shawna Baku (2), Darlene
O'Rourke, Deb Pfaff, Kim Finlayson
Assists: Sararas (3), Moore, Bucker (3),
Pfaff (3), Fantayson (2). Vicki Gower
(3), Ann Homey (2), Brenda McDonald
Goaltender, Lu Keelan
The South Huron junior boys basketball tean lose Huron -
Perth finals but advance to WOSSA in Stratford on Friday
EXETER - The South Huron Dis-
trict High School junior boys bas-
ketball team came within five
points of winning the Huron -Pert
championship on Friday.
The Panthers hosted St. Mike's
Warriors on their home court nar-
rowly losing 55-51 in an intense
and entertaining game.
South Huron entered the match as
underdogs against the heavily fa-
vored St. Mike's squad, however,
the game was anything but one sid-
ed.
After trailing the Warriors 37-32
at half-time, the Panthers took a
second breath and mounted an ex-
plosive comeback in the second
half coming within two points of
their opponents.
Most of St Mike's points came
from 'the outside and the South Hu-
ron defense worked feverishly to
muzzle their shooters allowing their
offense to work their magic inside
the key.
Dave Farquhar led the Panther's
with an incredible 25 points, most
of which came off lay-ups. He was
also the driving force behind their
defense stealing. the ball six times
in the game. ,
Luke Simms notched 12 points
for the Panthers followed by Trevor
Boersma with 10 points and Darryl
Romphf with two. 'Boersma also
had a strong jumping game with 12
rebounds.
Backed ups by a capacity crowd
cheering wildly in the gymnasium,
the Panthers played with emotion
and determination giving it 100 per
cent right until the dieing seconds
pf the game.
However, they fell short by four
points when the final buzzer sound-
ed.
Despite the loss, Farquhar said he
was extremely pleased with his
team's performance.
"We did better than .I expected.
They [St. Mike's) are a talented
team with a lot of offensive weap-
ons, but we played with con-
fidence," said Farquhar. "I don't
mind losing games like that."
Coach George McEwan agreed.
'They knew they were up against
a better team, but we played with
emotion and came within four
points...that was like a victory for
us," said McEwan. "It was the best
game we've played all year."
South Huron went into the game
hot off a one point victory over
Goderich on Wednesday.
After trailing 13-8 in the first
quarter, the Panthers rebounded
and took an 18-17 lead in the sec-
ond half.
Goderich regained the lead dur-
ing the third quarter but key three -
pointers from Farquhar and Dave
Robilliard helped keep South Hu-
ron on top of the see -saw battle.
A key steal by Farquhar led to a
Sims lay-up which turned things
around late in the game.
Goderich went up 43-42 with 15
seconds to go but Sims hustled the
ball down court and passed it off to
Boerstna who patiently laid it in
with only seconds remaining on
the clock.
There wasn't enough time for
Goderich to recover giving South
Huron the 44-43 decision.
The juniors will advance to the
WOSSA held in Stratford on Fri-
day.
Midgets end season withwin
The South Huron midget boys
;basketball team ended their year
) with two post -season victories
Thursday defeating F ,,1►Xadill
53-41 and Goderich�
Ryan Beattie engineered a come-
back in the setiond game netting 10
points in the fourth quarter to lift
his team over Goderich by one
point.
"When we were down by nine
points I was tempted to concede the
game but the guys fought back and
won," said coach Wally Webster
who surprised by the close victory.
The back to back wins ends an
extremely successful year for the
midgets who went undefeated in
regular season action.
Panthers curl last game
All four of South Huron's curling
.teams travelled to Vanastra re-
cently for the Huron -Perth play -
downs.
The senior teams were dis-
appointed, however, the junior
teams of Hern, Miller and Russell
played extremely well.
The senior girls team skipped by
Jenni Mercer curled extremely
well with Lori Richardson, Toni
Dejong and Sandra Vanderlaan. "
They learned a lot and they all
had some good tournaments, but
we didn't peak at the right time,"
.said Coach ,Janice Walker who is
,looking forward to next season.
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Katherine Devlaeminck
P for=London Cit,
LUCAN - Katherine Dev-
laeminck had an extraordinary sea-
son with her soccer club last year.
The 28 year-old native of Lucan
was recognized by the London and
Area Women's Soccer League re-
cently when she was declared the
most valuable player of the Lon-
don City Soccer Club.
Despite ending her season early
with a dislocated elbow, Dev-
taeminck still managed to break
the women's single season scoring
record with an amazing 32 goals.
She is the first midfielder in the
club's' 11 years to win the scoring
title and only the third feinale
player to win the MVP award in the
club's 23 year history.
"I didn't expect to win the award,
especially in my first year playing
for London. I was quite surprised,"
she said.,
Devlaeminck was 11 when shy
began playing minor soccer in Lu -
can and contin(led playing for the
Lucan under 16 girls team before
attending the University of Wind-
sor where she played varsity soc-
cer.
After graduating from teacher's
college, she took a teaching posi-
tion with St. Thomas Aquinas High
School and soccer still remains an
important part of her life.
Devlaeminck coaches the senior
girls soccer team which has en-
joyed a successful season last year
moving into first division from
third place.
"I find it harder to coach than it is
to play," said Devlaeminck who
likes to lead by example and finds
it difficult watching from the side-
lines.
Winning the MVP award came as
a surprise for Devlaeminck and she
admits wishing she could regain the
speed she had as a teenager. How-
ever, it was also a tremendous mo-
tivational boost and she said it has
encouraged her to continue playing
for London again next season.
"After I left university I never
thought 1 would win an awatd in
soccer," she said.
Dave Farquhar led the Junior boys basketball team with
25 points during their Huron -Perth championship game on
Friday. .
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to Western Ontario Finals
KITCHENER - The Exeter Op-
timist Petite "C" Ringette team
edged out the Seaforth "C" team
to advance to the Western Onta-
rio Ringette Finals in Kitchener
on March 22-24.
Exeter played an outstanding
game in Seaforth Saturday tieing
them 3-3. The tie gave Exeter 10
points in round robin play with
Seaforth finishing with 8points.
Miranda Grenier faced 30 shots
in net for Exeter backed up by the
strong defensive lines of Shan-
non Postill, Mary Gregus, Erin
Campbell and Kristin Regier.
Goal scorers for Exeter were
Cheryl Montgomery, Amy Tay-
lor and Jenna Revington. Assists
came from Jenn Alderdice, Meg-
an Skinner, Jamie Darling, Brit-
tany Revington and Cheryl
Montgomery.
The Petites are among nine Ex-
eter teams going to the Western
Ontario Finals in March, howev-
er, they are the only team com-
peting for the regional champion-
ship representing H -P.
A total of 158 teams will com-
pete in the event.
This weekend, Hensall and For-
est will host the H -P finals.
in Novice "C" action, first
place St Marys will play second
place Exeter Red and the first
place Exeter Petite "C" team will
meet second ranked Seaforth on
Saturday in Forest.
On Sunday, Hensall will host
the Tween "C" match at 2
p.m.with first place Seaforth tak-
ing on second place Exeter and
the first place Exeter Belle "0"
team will play the second ranked
team yet to be announced at 5:45
p.m.
Sports-
Lite
Jacobi, for the love of curling
Chris Skalkos T -A staff
EXETER - The only thing Harry Jacobi Loves more than curling is
sharing his passion for the sport with others.
After coaching junior high school students on a daily basis, Jacobi de-
cided to opc.a the sport to the community by offering free lessons at the
Exeter Curling Club on Tuesday evenings.
Only into his third lesson, the number of people attending his intra
duction class has doubled as more and more people are discovering the
sport Jacobi calls "chess on ice."
With confidence, enthusiasm and a honest sense of humor, Jacobi
guides his group of adults through the basics while interjecting an oc-
casional story throughout the one and a half hour lesson.
But then, teaching comes naturally to this retired high school teacher
Who has coached curling since 1966.
'Teaching people how to curl is my way of contributing to the com-
munity and I love doing it," said Jacobi who volunteers his time.
Curling is currently enjoying a period of popularity since the intro-
duction of the "free guard rule" which has made it a beater spectator
sport. As mote television sports networks broadcast cotnpetltive curl-
ing, Jacobi feels viewers would like to give it a try but are intimidated
by what looks like a complex game:
His free lesson on Tuesdays are designed to give people the basics
and the confidence to try curling in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere."
Curling itself isn't too difficult, but learning the strategy is harder,"
said Julie Brintnell who was trying the sport for the first time last Tues-
day with her husband Jim. "It's really nice to start out with a class
where everyone is new at it," she said adding it was easier to par-
ticipate knowing everyone else was also a beginner.
The Brintnells said they wanted to take up curling as an activity they
both could get involved witb.
"I like to see couples come out and enjoy themselves. It's an ideal so-
cial activity for them and it's inexpensive" said Jacobi adding the curl-
ing club offers a number of bonspiels regardless of a curler's skill lev-
el.
"You don't have to be an experienced curler to join the club," he
said.
Peter and Gloria McFalls from Exeter have been attending Jacobi's
introductory class since he started three weeks ago.
"We've been bowling for years and we thought we would like to try
something new," said Peter who became 'interested in curling after
watching it on television. .
The McFalls are experienced lay'n bowlers, a game with some sim-
ilarities to curling, and .they say getting a feel for the weight of the
cocks, is the most challenging aspect of the sport; but they say they
have improved with the help of Jacobi and plan to join the Curling
Club next season.
As fol Jacobi, teaching and curling will always be in his blood, and
his Tuesday aigbt lassoes provide the opportunity to combine the two.
Rut mune importantly it also provides him with the opportunity to
share his love of the sport with others and he says he will continue to
leach as long as there ate people willing to learn.
"1 really enjoy watching people improve and discovering how much
fhn surfing can be," he said.
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