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EXETER The' Exeter Hawks
'eliminated Thamesford Thursday
night •
leaving only one more team be-
tween them and the 'Junior De-
velopment crown.
The Wellesley Apple Jacks is the
only team left to conquer during
their quest for an AH -Ontario
championship, however, the Hawks
are up for a fightas Wellesley won
the first game in Exeter on Sunday.
Despite outshooting Wellesley
.40-20 -in the rare Sunday, matinee
game. Exeter lost the first game of
the final series 4-1.
Sean Brown scored Exeter's lone
goal in the first period assisted by
Dan Taylor and Shayne Robinson.
The Hawks have only _ played
Wellesley once before when they
heat then 6-1 early in the season.
They arc different than the three
teams Exeter eliminated to get to
the final round; not as physical as
North Middlesex and not as fast as
Scalorth, Wellesley seems to rely
on one strong line and a hot goalie
for their success.
"They play a patient game. They
like to sit hack and wait it out,"
said coach Dave Revington.
Indeed, the Apple Jacks didn't
take many chances during their
first g,lme against Exeter declining
to forecheck or press hard on the
offensive fly.
Their conservative style of play
allowed the Hawks to walk in and
take numerous shots on net, how-
ever, their goalie stopped all but
one.
"A lot of them were long shots
and he saw them all the way," said
Revingtbn adding that they were
not creating enoiiiTi Traffic in front'
Some of Exeter's key goals
against Thamesford were slap shots
coming from the point, but that's
not going to work in this series.
Small but fast; the all-star goalie
between the pipes for Wellesley
displayed his speed when he
robbed Craig Corriveau . of a goal
with a glove hand save after Cor-
riveau broke in alone in the third
period.
"We're just going to have to beat
this goalie," said assistant coach.
Jeff Dalrymple.
Hawks eliminate Thamesford
The Hawks earned a berth in the
championship series with Welles-
ley when they eliminated Tha-
mesford -four games to one last
week. •
After winning their first three
games, the Hawks were threat-
ening to sweep the series with .a
fourth straight win in Thamesford
last Tuesday.
Ryan Chamney scored first for
the Hawks after taking a pass from
Chris McDonald and Shayne Rob-
inson scored twice in the second
period, once on a powerplay and
once shorthanded. He was assisted
by Chris Kennedy and Mark Bell.
However, four quick goals helped
Thamesford win the game 5-3
bringing the series back to Exeter
on Thursday for a fifth game. •
Penalties were kept to a mini-
mum on both sides, but the Hawks
took advantage of them scoring on
three of their five powerplay op-
portunities. Mark Bell accounted
for two of theht. Both were low
and hard slap -shots coming from
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Chris Kennedy:
Nathan .Burns also scored on a
powerplay with a pass from Bell
and Joe MacDonald. Robinson and
Brown made up.Ezeter's two other
points on the :scoreboard with -as-
sists .going to Jeff -Glavin, Dan
Taylor, MacDonald and Robinson.
The 5-3 win sent :Thainesfoi.d 10
the showers for the last -tune . this
season.
With the provincial title. in .sight,
Wellesley is the last piece to The
OHA Junior :"D» "championship
puzzle. With the first game behind
them, Exeter will head into the sec-
ond game tonight. (Wednesday)
and try to even the score, but they
know it won't be easy,
Finishing first in their division
with over 25 wins, Wellesley. is a
team to -be reckoned with.
Then again, so are the Hawks.
"Player for player, I feel we're a
better hockey club," said Dat-
rymple who is confident Exeter
will come out on top. "We've
come too far to finish as runner
ups,,,
Revington agrees.
"We' -ye played three good teams
to get here. These guys didn't come
this far because they're lucky, we
have a good hockey team," he
said.
The Hawks are in Wellesley to-
night (Wednesday) for game two.
They will host the rest of their
home games in Lucan, starting on
Saturday night for game three,
keeping with their usual 8:30 p.m.
game times. Game four is sched-
uled for April 14 in Wellesley in a
3:00 afternoon game, and if nec-
essary, game five will be played in
Lucan, game six is back to Welles-
WOAA Atom Local Champions
The Stephen Township Atom ''Badboys" were 1995-96 WOAA Local Champions. Shown
back row left to right, Mark Lege Sr., assistant coach; Wes •deLange, Chris Arnold, Aaron
Geiger, Mark Desjardine, trainer; Mark Laye Jr., John Eagleson, James Reschke, John Mull-
er, coach. Front row I to r,, Brian Glavin, Justin Muller, David Desjardine, Jamle Bibby, Reid
O'Neal. Missing: Shane Gregoire.
Jeff Glavin, above, buries
the puck top shelf past a
bewildered Thamesford
goalie during a home
game at the South Huron
Recreation Centre. Glavin
scored the game winning
goal in game one and in
game three during the
Thamesford series accu-
mulating a total of five
points.
Mark Bell, right, shined
throughout the' Thames -
ford series scoring five
goals and three assists
for . Exeter. His blistering
slap -shots from thepoint
struck fear in the hearts
of goaltenders and has
become his trademark.
The Exeter Hawks are cur-
rently embroiled in the
Junior "D/ ."� championship
Local girl
competes in
Quarterama
HENSALL - A local girl com-
peted with the Twin Bells Ranch in
Quarterama '9b at the C.N.E...
.gatrunds in Toronto r+eeently: •
Erin Vanderham, 17, showing
her horse "Watch What Happens"
placed ninth out of 33 in the
Youth Showmanship 15 to 18 cate-
gory..
Vanderham; and her five year-
old geldingaisti competed in two
other elasseSiHHalterGeldings and
Novice Youth Showmanship dur-
ing the annual five day event
which sho eases the versatility of
some of the best Quarter Horses in
Canada.
Coached by trainer Don Patter-
son, President of the Ontario Quar-
ter Horse Association, Vandetham
said this is the first time she has
competed in the world class event
and plans to participate again next
year.
Zurich Thunder settle for silver
The Zurich Midgets lost their Alt -Ontario playoff series to Tamworth
ZURICH - Despite their best ef-
forts, the Zurich Thunder were un-
able to win a game in the All -
Ontario finals against Tamworth
losing three games straight.
The midgets lost the third game
6-4 in Tamworth Friday evening,
and unlike the first two low -
scoring games hi Zurich, this one
produced two goals in the first
minute.
Tamworth opened the scoring on
a shorthanded effort with only 32
seconds into the period. Zurich's
Andrew Bedard provided a spark
for his team when he netted a pow-
erplay goal 28 seconds later to tic
the score at one. Bryan Denomme
and Chad Desjardine recorded as-
sists.
Less than three minutes later, Zu-
rich took the lead on a goal from
Mark 'Durand with assists going 10
Kris McKinnon and Eric Le-
compte. The team was was
pumped and started to apply pres-
sure in the Tamworth zone when
Peter Caslick picked up a loose
puck and shot it in the top shelf to
put his team up 3-1 midway
through the first period. Dan Fink-
beiner and Andrew Bedard drew
assists.
l'amwonh played a tight game
and waited for their chances Mak-
itig it 3=2 at the ertd of the first.
In the second period, Chad Des-
jardine took a cross checking pen-
alty and Graham Keys took one for
roughing seconds later. Tamworth
wasted no time taking advantage of
the situation scoring two goals be-
fore the Thunder were hack at full
strength.
Another rash of penalties was 100
mach for the overburdened penalty
killers -as Tamworth went up 5-3
with their third powerplay goal of
the game.
Zurich, however, refused to roll
over as Lecompte scored a goal
from Alan Jeffrey and Durand to
pull the Thunder within one.
The third period turned out to be
a goaltender's dual as both goalies
kept their opponents off the score-
board. John Miners gave another
outstanding performance in be-
tween the pipes for Zurich but
Tamworth scored their fourth pow-
erplay goal and insurance marker
with just one minute Left in the
game.
Zurich pulled their goalie for a
sixth attacker and pressured Tam-
worth for the remaining minute left
in the game but couldn't score;
The final score was 6-4 in favor of
Tamworth.
Immediately following the game,
each Zurich player received a sil•
Ver provincial medal from OMHA
representatives and the team was
awarr_'ed the Art Pye Memorial
Midget "E" trophy.
Coach Don Beauchamp said he
was proud of the team's per-
formance adding that he received
many compliments from Tamworth
players, coaches and fans for hav-
ing a first class team.
Hecredits the Zurich fans for
supporting the Thunder throughout
the year as well as the playoffs.
"They were loud at all our games,
it wax wonderful to have such a
strong following all the way to
Tamworth," said Beauchamp.
Centennials aim
for first division
Exeter Minor Soccer executives
say a select competitive team will
keep talented players in Exeter
EXETER - In an attempt to keep talented soccer players in
Exeter, the Exeter Centennial Mens soccer club has appointed a
committee to help create a `first division" team.
The Centennials organization, which Ls affiliated with Exeter
Minor Soccer, is holding the first of a series of try -outs tonight,
(Wednesday) searching for a combination of youth and talent to
formulate a well-balanced team for the upcoming soccer season.
Currently, the Centennials play in the Second Division of the
Western Ontario Soccer League along with the Fury, another
Exeter mens soccer club created a few years ago.
Peter Hakvoort, president of Exeter Minor Soccer said they
are trying to create a forum for talented soccer players coming
up through the ranks of minor soccer.
"There may or may not be professional soccer. players coming
out of minor soccer, but we have some excellent talent hi: our
youth," said Hakvoort,
Registration in Exeter Minor Soceet as climbed over The
years and the organization has been striving to provide higher
level of coaching to improve the quality of soccer players among
the community's youth. However, as the young talent matures
many of them are attracted to London premier and first divi-
sion teams which play at a higher skill level.
"As the kids in minor soccer get older we find they become
highly competitive and want to play in a more competitl en-
vironment so we lase them to the London area organizat In s,"
said llakvoort adding a first division team in Exeter wilt keep
them' here.
However, a first division spot would have to be earned by win-
ning the second division championship. Last season the Cen-
tennials finishedlifth out of 11 teams,
in the past 2S years the Centennials, have not endorsed an or-
ganized approach to player selection. Hakvoort said the new
process will focus on creating a tearn that will get the Centenni-
als to the higher division after next season.
No special considerations will be given to players who have
previously played on any one of the mens teams and anyone is
welcome to try -out. Hakvoort feels a successful first division
soccer club in Exeter will attract pew players and prevent oth-
ers from leaving.
"We are ready to put together a select team that can compete
with any large urban organization and unless we go through
with this we're not going to keep young talented players in Ex-
eter," said Hakvoort.
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