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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1994-11-2, Page 20Page 20 Times -Advocate, ,November 2, 1994 SPQRTS He may be only eight -years -old but Harley Davis has already establ- lished himself in motocross racing. Above he gets a helping hand from his dad and mechanic Mike. At left, Harley jumps a hill at his practice , track. W Eightyear-oId is a champion By Fred Groves T -A staff CENTRALiA - Watching eight-year-old Harley Davis, you'd think he has no fear. Scarcy thing is, he does and he seems to respect it. On a home-made dirt bike race track, just a few feet away from his father Mike's motorcycle repair shop, Harley practices at what he seems to be a natural at - jumping over hills on his motorcycle. He recently won the Continental Motorsport Club's peewee class point series as he beat other riders who were as old as 12 years -old. "He ended up thc season with three first places, six seconds and one fourth," explained Mike. "It (the fourth) would have been a first but.he took a dive." Harley races a 60 cc bike and sometimes he is in a race with the bigger 80 cc bikes. Once in a while the bigger ones overtake him on the track. "I fell down when the 80's were coming up behind me," explained Harley. His final race was at Gopher Dunes in Courtland, near Tiltsonburg but he and his dad have packed up the van, loaded the trailer and been all over Southwestern Ontario. Harley just turned eight in August and has four more years in the peewee division and Mike hopes to have his son on the bigger 80 cc bike in a couple of years. "They are pretty fast and they're big and more powerful," said Har- ley of the 80 cc bikes. In Grade 3 at Usbome Public School, he has a couple of friends who are quite interested in dirt bike racing. This past weekend was Harley's final race of the season as he was off to Barrie for a benefit race. Another youngster broke his back and Harley and other racers are getting together to help raise some money for their colleague. Started young: And how slid Harley gct involved in racing at such a very young age? "Chris Lee (a friend) talked us into racing. I had a PW 80 a couple of years ago and i took it over there and I was doing jumps," said Harley of when he was riding at four years -old. To watch him jump the small hills near his dads shop you know he has got a future. Although he is only eight, he is very outspoken about his passion and knbws already what his strengths and weak- nesses are. I'm pretty.good at thc starting gate. It's just the comers (I have problems with). If it's slippery 1 put on the back break and forget to use the front." While watching Marley go over a couple of the jumps, his dad simply watches with admiration and says, "he loves to jump." Usually it is the father getting the son interested in a sport but in this particular case, it's reversed as young Harley has brought dad to the track and has got him interested in not only fixing the hikes but racing. "He's even got me talked into the crazy stuff like the 128 (type of bike). The old ones can't do the same things," said Mike. The old ones may not be able to jump like the bikes young Harley will be on some day but dad gets a great deal of pleasure working on his 250 cc orange Harley Davidson dirt bike. Harley Davidson only made dirt bikes for four years, from 1974 to 1978 so Mike has got a real collectors item in his shop. Just as nice as the bike are the 23 trophies which lino the walls, those are from eight-year-old Harley. 4 Campbell nets winner to beat Goderich EXETER - Determination is a key ingredient when you want to come -from -behind to win. Monday afternoon the South Hu- ron District High School seaior girls' basketball team did just that as they squeaked out a 25-23 win over visiting Goderich Vikings. With. two games remaining in their Huron Conference schedule, the Panthers look very confident going into the playoffs. Against the Vikings, South Hu- ron trailed 23-20 with three min - f iigh school sport s utes left to play but the de- termination factor kicked in and Tara Pepper scored, was fouled and made the free throw to tie the game. With just 28 ticks left on the clock, Lisa Campbell launched a long one to win the game. The Pan- thers got a bit of a break as the ball was knocked out of bounds, the re- ferees didn't see it so they awarded Hear wakeup call Continued from page 18 Farquhar and Gardner had three goals each with two from Miners and the other by Lori Richardson. Against Central Elgin in the semis, Miners had four with one each from Farquhar, Gardner and Shaw- na Rowe. Despite being the premier team in the province, Miners said it is sell good to be a little nervous. "I think it's good tobe nervous. If we gct too confident we'll go down hill," she said. Last Tuesday, South Huron won its 13th straight Huron-Pefth•Con- ference title as they beat visiting Mitchell 2-0 on a pair of goals by Miners. This game had a very shakey opening five minutes for the hosts as Mitchell was awarded a penalty flick but South Huron goalie Jana Webster managed to get her stick up and stopped the ball from going into the top corner. "ft was a hard stroke and a good save," said Workman. The Panthers lost five starters from last year's championship team, four of them played de- fensive roles but Workman is very pleased with those who have stepped in. "Pres Maver is doing a wonderful job. she never quits and Carisa Willis has excelled." 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Volleyball teams in second: The boys volleyball teams are in second place in the Huron Conference as the seniors are behind Goderich while the juniors are second to F.E. Madill. The following are the standings as of October 25. Senior - Gode- rich, South Huron, F.E. Madill, Central Huron, Seaforth. Junior - F.E. Madill, South Huron, Gode- rich, Central Huron, Seaforth: Lucky 13, for the Panthers came last Tuesday as captains Brenyn Baynham, left; Cara Gardner and Danielle Miners show off South Huron's 13th straight Huron -Perth Conference girls' field hockey title. 44 Today at GM Goodwrench the price on the ground is the price on the hoist. Period. DORI IN LISS THAN t9 MINIMS OR _ TNI MIXT OMIT FRIII iNCIU ES • Replze fikeE lobe chassis and replace nil with up to litres d GM Gm wiench premium mil • (heck and fill the idltnsing duds. br lee. power shoring, windshield wiper. differential. trutsfer box and tranrnmcwnn • Complete inspection. ties. air fittn coolauit. hoes. 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