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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1994-10-26, Page 19LSI'C )1 TS Times -Advocate, October 26, 1994 Page 19 Panthers to host WOSSA field hockey this weekend By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - The first step has been climbed but there arc a few more left to go and each one is bigger. Thursday, the South Huron Dis- trict High School Panthers girls' field hockey team heat visiting Stratford Central Rams 7-0 in the Huron -Perth Conference semi- finals. Tuesday they were scheduled to hhst Mitchell in the Cunlcreii e championship. The Panthers, who heat Mitchell 5-(1 and 2-0 this sea son, are looking for their lath straight H -P title and their thud straight provincial crown. "We figured Ict's do one stage it a time," said coach Jim Workman of a meeting he had recently with his tears(. "Huron -Perth first, hien WOSSA, you have to stay lit- cuscd." High school sports Three runners advance WINGHAM - South Huron Dis- trict High School will send three runners to the WOSSA cross- country championships in Wing - ham on Thursday. Representing the Panthers will hr Christian Stuckless- and Dave Ro- billiard in the midget boys' division as well as Kevin Beierling in the junior boys' At the recent Huron -Perth meet, also at \Vingham's F.E. N'1aclill, Stuckless was third and was in a battle for the lead throughout- the five -kilometre race. This is the hest finish ever for a South Huron mid- get runner. Robilliard's 10th place elfort came despite being sick. Teammate Joey Forrester was 23rd overall. "There's going to be about 50 more runners there (at WOSSA). They're high caliber; 1 read their times in the paper," said Robilliard. For Beierling it was his best fin- ish of the year as he was sixth and will head to WOSSA. He said go- ing hack to the sante course for an- other race, will be a big plus over the other runners. "It's a big advantage, we know whcrc the halfway point is and Lucan Irish need a win Continued from page 19 play: "Wiwi: a crazy bounce," said Bo- gart of the puck which went off the boards and was gobbled up by Dance. "Our defence was caught flat-footed and their guy was going the right way.." To win, you havestokeep the puck out of the net, and that's what the Irish's biggest problem to date. > cunindcr Rob I lotson has only been in one -and -a -half of the seven frames leaving the young and in- experienced Glavin -to carry thc load. "Wc arc struggling but we nccd help from the goalie to kick out that big save. Wc arc playing catchup all the time," said Bogart. Lucan had a few positive mo- ments Wednesday other than the ef- forts put out by Matthews and Green Ice. Hudson's first goal was a beauty as he got right beside Belmont goalie lan Burt and jammed it in high at a very tough angle. Cricl's goal cants from being at the right place at thc right time. Brad Henderson let go with a shot which reached Burt through a sea of legs. The puck spurted over to C ricl who got his stick on it, and put it just under the crossbar. On the night, Burt who is small but quick, ntadc 39 saves while' at the other end of the rink Glavin turned away 32. Frustration set in for both teams near the fading seconds of the game as Matthews wanted to get at Mike Uyucrhndc and did get his helmet off but in defence tlyucrlinde hung on to his stick and it looked as though he poked Matthews up high with it. when 10 pick it lip," said Beierling. Also at the Huron -Perth meet, Mandy V1'crrett and Melissa Snell were 224th and 27111 respectively in the midget girls' division while Pat tv Wee(_ was 25111 In the itiii t girls'. The junior boys team did �er� well. putting. six runner, ui lli�_ top 25. Besides Beierling, Mike Her- rigan was 15th, I:ri. Ilundcy 17th, Jason Haskell Itith. Jeff DeBluk 20th and Phil Ingrain 22nd. In the senior , hovs division. Shawn Mimi was 15th and Josh Bailey was 24th. The Panthers were very focused 011 Thursday against the Rants, dis- pla) mg that killer instinct around. the net which saw then( jump into a > 11 lead at the half. Scoring fur the winners were Cara Gardner with three, while Da- nielle Miners, Lisa Hodge, Kim Farquhar and Shawna Rowe all had one each. South Huron will be the site of the Western Ontario Secondary SchooI Association's six -team final tournament on Friday and Sat- urday. Hopefully there will be as big a crowd out as there was a year ago for OFSAA held in Exeter. V14'hilc the teams were un- determined as of press time, South Huron and Mitchell will represent David Robilliard, left; and Kevin Beierling head to Wingham for the WOSSA cross-country meet. Huron -Perth at WOSSA. while no doubt North Middlesex and Med- way will come from Middlesex County. It is not yet known who the two teams will be from Oxford - Elgin. "h will be a fight, both Parkhill (North Middlesex) and Medway would love to beat us." said Work- man who has guided thc Panthers to seven straight WOSSA titles and 12 in the past 13 years. Thursday, the Rams spent most of the game watching the Panthers backs after they scored. "Our strength is offence, we're scoring a lot of goals," said Work- man. The Panthers compiled a perfect 12-0 record in H -P action this fall and outscored their opponents 54-0. They have a good chance of win- ning WOSSA and then preparing for the provincial finals in Kingston November 3-5. In the past, the winncr of OFSAA the previous year, plus the host team, got a bye to add to the 14 as- sociations to make up the 16 -team event. This year however, while La- Salle, the Panthers toughest com- petition to date, get a direct entry because thcy arc hosting it, South Huron, the defending champs, have to earn it. "We thought originally it was two (who get direct entry) because we won, but the regions of Durham - York have split," said Workman. "It's something decided at OFSAA, it's not unique to field hockey." Senior hoppers beaten: It took six games to do it, but the South Huron senior girls basketball team have finally lost a 1-luron Confer- ence game. Last Wednesday they travelled to Clinton whcrc they lost a one -point 39-38 decision to the Central Hu- ron Redmen. However, the junior Panthers won 29-27 and South Hu- ron's midget continue to overwhelm their opponents as they won 54-21. Basketball action doesn't con- tinue until October 31 when thc Panthers host Godcrich Vikings. VOTE DREW ROBERTSON for COUNCILLOR Stephen Twp, "Authorized by CFO for the Drew Robertson campa,f;n.. 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