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Senior spikers are ready to defend their HP title
Both the boys' teams head to Stratford for Huron -Perth
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
EXETER - The defending cham-
pions are all set just to do that, de-
fend their title.
Thursday afternoon at the South
Huron District High School, the
senior boys volleyball team beat
visiting Clinton Central Huron Red -
men in two -of -three games in Hu-
ron Conference action.
On Thursday, thc Panthers, the
defending Huron -Perth champions
will head to Stratford Central for
the H -P title and it looks as though
they arc contenders to repeat.
"There will be a lot of good
teams there. Goderich will be a sur-
prise team and Stratford Central is
always good," said South Huron
coach Joe Jankowski.
The Panthers finished second in
the Huron Conference behind the
Goderich Vikings but the top four
of five teams in the loop make the
trip to Stratford.
High school sports
Thursday against the Redmen,
the Panthers lost the opener 16-14,
came back to take the second, 15-
11 and were somewhat more dom-
inating in the third with a 15-9 vic-
tory.
Two strengths the defending
champs possess- they hit the ball
hard, although not always accurate,
and they are very strong de-
censivcly at the net.
"We've got a couple of guys corn-
ing off injuries and their timing is
off," said Jankowski.
One of those is veteran hitter De-
nis McCann who twisted an ankle
early in the year and missed part of
the season. He is wearing a brace
and on Thursday the injury seemed
to be bothering him a little.
McCann who likes to he about
five feet back from the net when he
cocks his arm, was either getting
important points for the Panthers or
putting the ball out of play.
"Denis is a big hitter, hopefully
he will have his tuning right for
Huron -Perth," said Jankowski.
Quick lead: In the third and dc-
ciding,game against the Redmen on
Thursday, South Huron's Dennis
Welsh stumbled, got up and still
got the ball over the net to give the
hosts a very quick 3-0 lead.
A kill by Many DeBruyn went
out of bounds which turned posses-
sion over but South Huron quickly
got it back. With Welsh serving,
they went up 8-0 before thc Red -
men called a time out.
The Panthers let their guard down
a little bit, putting the killer instinct
up on the shelf but the Redmen
couldn't capitalize. When veteran
Blake Schade, whose strength lies
in setting more than hitting, let one
go, the Panthers were in control
again.
Central Huron chipped away and
cut the lead in half to 8-4. It be-
came a sec -saw game and it quickly
swung towards the Panthers when
Del3ruyn and McAllister got up for
a big block.
Head to St. Mikes: In junior ac-
tion on Thursday, South Huron
opened with a 15-6 win over the
Redmen but lost the second 15-9
and the deciding game 15-12.
While the seniors will be at Strat-
ford Central for Huron -Perth, the
juniors will also be in the city for
Huron -Perth as they finished sec-
ond behind Wingham's F.E. Ma-
dill...In other high school sports ac-
tion, the girls volleyball teams,
boys basketball and ice hockey will
all be getting ready for their up-
coming seasons.
Despite loss, hoopers look to playoffs
Midgets beat Seaforth, seniors, juniors come up short
"We just kind
of wore down
at the end."
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
EXETER - Sometimes the other
team can figure out what you are
going to do before you do it.
That was the case last Wednes-
day afternoon as the Seaforth Gold-
' en Bears came to town and handed
the hosting out ron District.
High Schodrssenr� girls basketball
team a 47-30 drubbing.
It was only the second Huron
Conference loss for the Panthers,
and the first time they've lost to the
Golden Bears.
South Hun n scored just seven
seconds into he game when Jen
Romphf starter things off and al-
though the Pan hers were trailing,
managed to batt'e back and go up
21-18 at the half.
The hosts looked as though they
were in control early in the second
half but Seaforth picked up the tem-
po and built a 10 -point cushion
with about three minutes left to
play.
"We just kind of wore down at
the end," said South Huron coach
Terry O'Rourke. "Once we started
pressing we made some wrong
choices on offence."
Despite the Toss, the Panthers are
enjoying a very successful season,
and after they travel to Madill on
Wednesday, they look forward to
the playoffs. The top four teams in
the five -team conference advance
to post -season play.
"I think we have as good a
chance as any. There's not too
much that separates Goderich, Sea -
forth and ourselves," said
O'Rourke.
Rornphf jump-started the Pan-
thers with a quick lead, and Chrissy
McInnes, who finished with 12
points helped the Panthers build a
10-7 lead aftcr the first quarter.
While McInnes had her sights ad-
justed and ' wat5 popping shots in
from all over the court, South Hu`•,
ron once again got an outstanding
effort from Tara Pepper who
played well at both ends of the
court.
"She's been really steady all
year," said O'Rourke of Pepper.
Not only did Pepper grab several
key rebounds, but she was there to
set picks, dish off some nice passes
and in general, provide the spark
which will hopefully take the Pan-
thers to the Huron Conference fi-
nals.
South Huron was without their
point guard Heather Davies who is
recuperating from surgery but is ex-
pected back next week to take on
Madill. '
In her place, Lisa Campbell
stepped in and did a good job to
keep the ball going against a prctty
quick Golden Bears squad.
How about those midgets: It ap-
pears as though the midget Pan -
Panthers win again
Brenyn Boynton?, left; of the OFSAA championship winning
Panthers field hockey team, gets a shot away agalhst Earl of
March In the final on Saturday in Kingston.
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Jen Romphf, (23), struggles to get to the ball in senior girls
basketball action last week. Looking on is Tara Pepper (30).
thers have got their sights focused
on the Huron Conference title.
Led by quick -passing Sue In-
lakahana and high scoring Missy
Hayter, this team could win it all.
Wednesday, against the Golden
Bears, the Panthers won 44-25 on
10 points from Hayter and eight
from Meghan Pearson.
Most interesting thing about this
game was that coach Janice Waik-
ecr was absent, so senior player Jen
Romphf, filled in. Romphf had to
leave for her own senior game, so
she recruited volleyball coach Scott
Halpenny to take over late in the
game.
Juniors come up short: Seaforth
built a 26-14 lead at the half and
easily won this one 49-29. '
While the Panthers had their mo-
ments in which they worked hard,
it seems as though they arc lacking
the knowledge of executing the ba-
sic fundamentals.
Sara Szabo had 10 points for the
hosts while Meagan Ratz added
nine.
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