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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-11-23, Page 18Page 18 Times -Advocate, November 23,1994 1111111131=111111— L �1 By Fred Groves Closing the file on the Panthers In the bottom left hand drawer of my desk is where I keep my current files. You know, clip- pings, etc. of things that are go- ing on in sports. Before I close this year's South Huron girls field hockey file, I thought it would be ap- propriate to jot down a few things that are contained in this file. Let's see, 1994 South Huron District High School Panthers girls field hockey team, nothing really surprising. They won again, and have a good chance of winning it all in 1995. Panthers three -peat reads the headline in the Times -Advocate on November 9. The photo has the best team in the province screaming in victory in King- ston. And just how does Jim Work- man do it year after year? Part of coaching you must realize is re- cruiting. Finding a half a dozen grade nine students each year who don't mind sitting on the ground for t months watching those with more experience get their time. - I have to salute those grade nine girls because they are pa- tient. Danielle Miners, Cara Gardner, Preslee Maver, Kim Farquhar,...they all had to sit on the blanket. My file from 1994 contains a lot of clippings not only from the T -A but other papers as well including the Kingston Whig - Standard where the girls made headlines. For some reason I like to keep statistics on the teams I cover. The most astonishing bit of triv- ia is that in the three years that they have won three straight OF - SAA titles, the Panthers have a, are you ready for this, a 91-3-11 record. Without a doubt, without checking through the archives of the T -A, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say in the entire history of sports in Exeter, that is the best record over a three- year period. Next fall, when Lori Richard- son and the others are getting a little more playing time and someone else is taking her fa- miliar spot on the blanket, those grade niners will be thinking about the tradition that lives on. From the sidelines: In the lo- cal junior 'B' hockey league, they are having coaches make comments about the referees right after the game on an eval- uation form. I don't know how this will work. Referees are hard to come by, Mike Arts was recently in,my office to say hello and he is no longer wearing the zebra shirt. It's too bad because he was a good one. By the way, Mike says brother Les is doing fine playing hockey over in Europe. Anyway, analysing referees immediately after the game is not good because coaches, es- pecially those who aro on the losing side of the score, will tend to put too much emotion into it... 0( This Week in Sport` ' • Pitching clinic coming - page 19 • Irish nip Hawks - page 21 Exeter strikes double gold Exeter Optimists defended their belle title at this year's tournament. Here are, fropt, Jana Webster. Middle, left; Doug Miners, assistant coach; Heather Rideout, manager; Holly Zwaan, Teresa Stire, Katie Armstrong, Chris Morgan, Amy Edwards, Ken Farquhar, coach. Back, left; Heather Davies, Kim Farquhar, Danielle Miners, Katrina Brandt. Belles defend their title There were 21 teams in this year's fifth annual event Danielle Miners scored four goals including one very quick in overtime HENSALL - It was gold - solid gold for the Exet- er and Area Ringette Association this past weekend. Hosting their own annual tournament which was held at both the Exeter and Hensall arenas, Exeter won both the junior and belle divisions. The belles edged Ajax in a very exciting see -saw 6-5 overtime goal which saw the hosts defend their tournament title on what seemed to be a botched up play. Following a 5-5 regulation time draw, Exeter won the flip and it took Danielle Miners just six seconds to score. The play had several spectators wondering just what coach Ken Farquhar was doing. "What we do is place Heather (Davies) inside. She lets the pass go through.her legs and then it's a breakaway," said Farquhar. The ring was sent through by Kim Farquhar and instead of Davies picking it up, as no doubt ex- pected by everyone, Miners got to the side of the net and scored the winner on a pretty tough angle. "It's a play we practice and we use it when there is five or 10 seconds left in the game. It's worked be- fore for us but never in a tournament," said Far- quhar. Exeter opened the scoring just three -and -a -half minutes into the game as captain Amy Edwards connected on a powerplay but Ajax's Michelle Cooper tied it up. It was nearly 2-1 for Ajax but Exeter goalie Jana Webster stopped Carolyn Frizzle. On the play, Webster got a lot of help from Farquhar who man- aged to steer Frizzle away from the net. There were a lot of penalties throughout the game and Exeter took advantage of some of those early in the third, although they fell behind 4-,i Miners tied the score with 8A5 left to play in regulation. With 4:43 left, Miners, who scored four of Exet- er's six goals, stepped into the left circle and drilled it. But Ajax's Cindy Schroeder tied it up which sent the game into the 20 -minute sudden -victory over- time period. Ajax had a chance to win it in regulation when Miners was sent off for body contact. Besides her four goals, Edwards and Farquhar scored for the winners while Cooper, Schroeder, Ann Judges, Lisa Surcon and Brenda McBride answered for Ajax. Earlier in the tournament, Exeter opened with an 8-6 win over Ajax as Miners had three with two from Farquhar and singles to Davies, Edwards and Katrina Brandt. Exeter stumbled a little in the second game as they were beaten 7-6 by Mitchell. In that one, Min- ers had three, Davies netted a pair and Christie Mor- gan had the other. They went to the final after beating Stratford 6-3 on three from Miners, two by Morgan and one goal from Davies. Ajax advanced to the final after battling Stratford to a 2-2 draw but then beating Mitchell 9-2. Kim Farquhar of the Exeter belles trys to keep control of the ring during Sunday aftemoon's game which saw Exeter beat Ajax 6-5 in overtime. Missy Hayter of the Exeter juniors kept her balance on this play in the final against London. Exeter won the title. Juniors go undefeated, win tournament HENSALL - Trailing by a goal in the second half, Exeter came back to beat London /1 7-5 to take the junior division of the Exeter and Area Ringette Association's annual tournament. Although some of their games were close, the Exeter juniors went undefeated in all four games. In the final, there were a lot of penalties for both teams but it was Tracy Wilson scoring first as Exet- er had a quick lead. Missy Hayter let go with a quick shot and it was 2-0. London's Kelly Austin con- nected for London with 1:17 left in the first half. While the first half was fairly de- fensive in nature, it was wide open in the second portion of play as Ex- eter scored five times and London had four tallies. Down by a goal, Shawna Rowe let go with a backhander to tie it up 4-4 and mid -way through the sec- ond period Exeter had a comfort- able 6-4 lead. Scoring for the winners were Rowe, Wilson and Sarah Hamilton Exeter Optimists won the Junior division of their own tournament on the weekend. Here are, back, left; Damen Boyle, assistant coach; Becky Wuerth, Missy Hayter, Miranda Hayter, Cath- leen Chappel, Kely Clrayn►an, Sarah Hamilton, Kely Regier, coaches Leroy Edwards and Sue Wilson. 3 all with two each while Hayter had the other goal. For London, Austin netted three with singles from Kris- tine Lange and Amanda Summer- ville. Exeter opened the three-day tour- nament with a slim 9-8 win over Mitchell which saw Wilson score three goals with two each from Hayter, Hamilton and Rowe. That was followed up with a 6-4 win over London 11 which saw Rowe fire the hat trick, Hayter score twice and Wilson netted the other goal. The third preliminary game saw Exeter easily get by London 12 10- 2 on three goals from Rowe, two goals and a pair of assists by Hayter, and one each from Wilson and Preslee Maver. Fifth annual: This was the fifth annual Exeter and' Area Ringette Association tournament and pres- ident Michelle Hodgert said it is the biggest one in the Huron -Perth league area. "There were some teams a little stronger than others but it was good ringette," said Hodgert. As with all tournaments, it takes another team of volunteers to keep things ,running smoothly, that is particularly hard when two arenas in two different communities are being used. • "It was a good tournament. There were a lot of good comments," said Hodgert. While Exeter won two of the four divisions, they were still com- petitive in all three of the others. In the tween division. Exeter opened with a 9-2 loss to Forest as Pam Keys and Alicia Lawrence scored for Exeter. It was a closer 7- 6 victory in favour of Walkerton which saw Keys give Exeter a big lift as she notched four in a row. Sarah Webber and Lawrence also scored in that one. Forest won the tween final, 5-1 over ooderich. The hosts had two teams in the petite division and the Exeter #1 team managed to reach the consola- tion final where they were beaten 7-2 by Seaforth. Krista Dayman had both Exeter goals. Dayman had the lone goal in a 5- 1 loss to Paris and Robyn Ethering- ton scored as Exeter blanked Mitchell 1-0 and lost 7-0 to Chat- ham. Exeter 12 were beaten 11-6 by Seaforth as Kerri Fulton had three goals for Exeter with two from Kel- ly Miners and ono by Heather Mor- gan, They lost 9-2 to Chatham while dropping a 3-0 decision to Mitchell. Chatham who went undefeated in the tournament beat Paris 7-0 in the final.