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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-02-09, Page 6PAGE 6--CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1978 Cyclones nip `Stangs twice By Bryan Marriage After gaining a tie in Port Elgin last week with the Bears 4-4, the Listowel Cyclones came to town last Wednesday and Friday evening and walked away with the lions share as they beat the Mustangs 4-3 and 5-3 respectively. In last Wednesday night's game, in which the Stangs played one of the poorest games of their season, the Cyclones opened up a four goal lead over the first two periods on goals by Pete Quennel, Paul Berfelz and a pair by Russ Smith. The Mustangs redeemed themselves in the final five minutes of the game on a pair of powerplay goals by Tim McLean and a single by Steve Cook. The Stangs pulled goaltender Dean Ryan in favor of an extra attacker, but were thwarted repeatedly by Cyclone goaltender Jeff Nickel. The Cyclones outshot the Mustangs by a 44-27 margin and constantly beat them to the puck all night long. Friday night's game was a different story, although. the results were the same and Listowel came away with the points. the Mustangs played a little better and could easily have won the game except for a few cheap goals by the Cyclones. Listowel opened the scoring in the first period and again in the second before Tim McLean notched Clinton's first marker. Listowel went ahead again by two goals when they scored in the last 15 seconds of the second period. After the third period started Listowel scored a short handed goal to give them a lead by three that they never relinquished. Shortly thereafter Jamie Richards pulled Clinton to within two goals and midway through the period on a powerplay, Dave "Rocket" Stephenson narrowed the gap by one. During the last minute of play with Clinton netminder out, in favor of an extra at- tacker, the Cyclones wrapped the game up on an insurance goal by Craig Norman into an empty net. The victory over the Stangs on Friday night coupled with a victory over Kincardine last Sunday night moves the Listowel Cyclones solidly into second place, only two points behind the Mustangs. The Mustangs schedule remains hectic as they travel to -flpinover tonight (Feb. 9) and ,then entertain third place Walkerton on Friday and travel to Listowel for a first place showdown on Sunday night. After this past weekend, the Mustangs will have six games left while the Cyclones will have only five games left and every game becomes very crucial as the team that finishes first will carry the home ice advantage into the playoffs. Now is the time to support the Mustangs and cheer them on to victory. In case you have not received your ticket for the 350 Club to help support the team, they are still available from the players or the executive and you can pur- chase them at the next home game on Friday night. "Support the Stangs and Support a Winner." Down at the local lanes Clinton -Blyth Ladies The team standings are all tied up in this league with the Fantastic "5" and Joan's Pin Poppers both in first place with 32 points. Similarily the Wandering Five and the Earthquakers are tied in second with 31 points, while the Foxy Bunch and Cooper's •Angels are in third with 26 points apiece. The Merry Mixers and Davey's Dumplings are in the same situation with both teams having 25 points each. In the individual scoring, Rena Kolkman took the ladies' high single with 273. Dorothy Boughen •had the high triple of 713 and Mary Davey had the high average of 213. Ladies' Tuesday Afternoon Boyes Girls have a big lead in first place with 108 points, leaving Hurman's Harem behind with 951/2 points. The team standingsthen close in with Rosie's Rebels in third with 93, Nan.-y's Chics with 92 points, the June Bugs next with 91 and the Campbell Supers in 1.,,t pia- with ,901/2 points. Joyce Van R,.'• en had the high single of the day with 251. June De Ruyter had the high triple with 707 and shared the high average of 198 with Mona YB(, T yen Debbie's Buddies have come up ' from their third place position to take over first with 70 points. The Chicken Coops have dropped back to tie with the Bowling Bums with 66 points each. The Bobcats are still behind in last place with only 50 points. Jackie Zwaan had the ladies' high single of 255 ,and the high average of 180. Kelly Colquhoun took the high triple of 588. For the men, George Collins had the high single of 246 and the high triple of 628. Jamie Cooper had the high average of 213. Molson's Crown Leonard's Dumbells are still in first place with 70 points. Bruce's Buddies and the Corner Pin Six are tied in the next spot with 69 points each. The scoring quickly drops, leaving the Do Goods in fourth spot with 59 points. However, the Mac Tacks are following close behind with 58 and the James Gang are last with 53 points. Gwen Johnston had the ladies' high single of 293 and the high triple of 691. Marie Collins had the high average FOR THE BEST IN * Parts * Service * Accessories * Rentals IT'S LL u (ULL SPORTS/RECREATION WAITED V A R NA 262-5609 of 206. Joe Atkinson had the men's high single with 337. Ken Johnston had the high triple of 779 and Art Burt had the high average of 241. ' Londesboro Ladies The Ding Dongs are in first place with 75 points, leaving the Dreamers behind with 65 points. The Dumbells are next with 59 points and the Doolittles are last with 53. Dorothy Carter had the. high single of 238 and the high average of 197. Joyce Ken- nedy and Marjorie McNall were tied with the high triple of 604 each. YBC Majors The Five Stars are still holding onto first place with 68 points, Kathy's Clowns are second 'with 61 points. .The Zappers are in third place with 51 points and the Pickles are last with 43. • Louise Gibbings was the top lady bowler of the day. She had the high single of 301, the high triple of 834 and the high average of 203. Steve Switzer had the high single of 246 and the high average of 666 for the men. Steve Gibbings took the high ,,..average of 224. Clinton Mixed The Sweets are still in first place with 77 points and the Super Strikers have moved up to second place with 73 points to tie with the Snow Drops. The Butterflies are now in fourth place with 70 points and the Victors have 65 points. The Bowler Bugs and the Luckie Eights are tied with 59 pdints each and the Dummies are in last place with 57 points. Pat Thomas had the ladies' high single of 286 and the high triple of 767. Valerie Marriage: had the high average of 222. Rob Van Damme had the men's high single of 301, while Don Switzer had the high triple of 766. Van Damme came back to take the high average of 210. Clinton Men's The Crown No. 2 team is in first place with 82 points and Merners No. 1 are behind in second with 73 points. The Bluebirds No. 1 team has 61 points and the Bluebirds No. 2 team is tied with Merners No. 2 with 59 points. The Crown No. 1 team is last with 44 points. ' Gary Armstrong had the high single of 313, the high triple of 793 and the high average of 224. Tuckersmith Angus' Anglers are still in first place with 78 points and Tony's Sharks are second with 65, whileJohn's Jellyfish are in last dace with 58. Mike's Mackerels are behind with 49 points, Wes' Suckers have 38 and Bob's Bluegills are last with 27 points. Madelaine Rathwell had the ladies' high single of 214 and Cathy Mustard had the high triple of 573. Tony Vandendool had the men's high single of 232 and the men's high triple went to Bert Garrett who had 641. One of the most exciting games of the annual Clinton Bantam hockey tournament took place when Hespeler defeated Shoreline 4-3 in overtime. Hespeler was down 3-0 with five minutes remaining, but scored three unanswered goals to force the 'overtime. (News - Record photo) Snowmobile rally attracts over 100 entries Some 188 entries and over 100 snowmobiles gathered at Ray Potter's at RR3 Clinton on Saturday, February 5 to take part in the Clinton and District Snowmobile Poker Rally. The competitors, some coming from as far away as Wingham and near Chatham rode a course some 35 miles long.. Along th,e route, snowmobilers stopped at five check points and picked up a card at each. At the end of the route the snowmobiler with the best hand of cards, as in poker, was the winner of that rally. Ross Errington was the bigger winner on Saturday and he was given a desk set, donated by the Clinton Snowmohil" C'lt,h Kathryn Horton was the second prize winner. She received a helmet, donated by Hully Gully. The third prize went to Pat Armstrong who received a sweater, donated by Ramblings by Lois Gibbings ,Dapper Dillon, owned by Doreen Rowcliffe of Hensall and Barry Elliott of Kit- chener, had his first win of the year in 2:06.1 at Green- wood on February 1. The speedy seven year old gelding was a winner of over $100,000 last year and took a new lifetime record of 2:00.2. Terry Kerr is his trainer and driver. At London on Friday night, Ron Williamson was third with Dianne Camp for owner Ted Lamont of Waterloo. Ragtime Kid, owned by Charles and Clara Brindley of Goderich finished second with Jack Meriam on the bike. Dennis Jewitt had a fourth with Irisha Hanover for owner Lorne Tyndall of Clinton in t'he second race. Randy McLean drove Olympic Sport, which he co- owns with Len Goldforb of Montreal, to a fifth in the' third race. Flame Messenger, owned by Evelyn Rapson of Holmesville, was third in the trot for his trainer -driver Bill Rapson. At Greenwood on February 3, Quick Almahurst, owned by Bill Fleming of Clinton was second for driver Tom SUPPORT MINOR HOCKEY! This Saturday, Feb. 11 MINOR HOCKEY DAY Games throughout the day... 1:00 p.m. -10:30- Novicei - Atoms - Pee Wee - Bantam - Midgets - Regular ice Time SPECIAL AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN FOR EACH GAME Don't send your boy to the arena... take Him! McGee's Electric. Other prize winners in- cluded: Brian Gerig, a case of oil; Greg Armstrong, snowmobile boots; Arnold Crich, snowmobile mitts; Case Buffinga, snowmobile mitts; Bert Evans, snowmobile mitts; Randy Blake, half case of oil; Roy Pickard, half case of oil; Ron Baer, wine skin; Steve Taylor, tow cable; Bruce Rathwell, wrenches; Alice Andrews, wrenches. The prizes were donated by Lynn Hoy Enterprizes, Vincent's Farm Equipment, Scruton Fuels, Ham m's Polaris, . Flemming's Feed Mill, Gord's Sports, Seaforth Co-op and Ray Potter and Sons. Flashlight winners were: John Koetzier John Feagan, Joe Gibson, Barry Younge, Don Jewitt, Elizabeth Gibson, Brian Mount, Robert Semple, Joyce Cook, Ray Kennedy, Sheila Kennedy and John om the races Strauss. • Saturday afternoon at Western Fair Raceway in London, Jay Dee Lonesome was fifth for owner James D. Taylor of Hensall with driver Art Abbott up. Conray Kevin, a three-year-old gelding by Alley Fighter -Moore Rhyth- m, was driven by Randy McLean to his second win from three lifetime starts: He lowered his record to 2:10.4 from 2:12.4, He was third in his other start for owner David Wilkinson of Goderich. Finishing , fourth was Claybrook Romeo for Charles Brindley of Goderich with driver Jack Meriam. Trainer -driver Dennis Jewitt of Clinton had his third win with Jo Spinner 'from three starts this year in the sixth. She was timed in 2:12.4 and was racing in a $3,000 claimer. She already has made $1,100 this year for owner Franc Stroop of Fordwich. Last year she was winless from 26 starts and ended her year with earnings of only $1,436. Willas Ferrica, a four -year - Oki mare by Ferric Hanover- Willa, anover- Wi la Wonder, lowered her record to 2:08.1. when she won her first race in two years. She was driven by Ron Williamson for owners Ted. and Bruce Lamont of Seaforth.Soky's Honey, owned by Frank Little of Goderich, finished second with Gary Payne up in the same race. Eugene Mathers drove Imp Mathers to a fifth for the Broken M Stables of Goderich. El Bueno, owned by Richard Burgess and Joe Dick of Seaforth was second in a 2:07 mile at Windsor on Saturday night. Monday night at the London track, Cathy's Hat, owned by Brad Vanstone of Goderich was third with driver Don O'Dwyer in the first race. Dennis Jewitt was fifth with R H Ronald for Bill Fleming of Clinton in the second. Ron Williamson of Seaforth drove his Yankee Meadow N to a Turn to page 7 • Shop and Save at Campbell's We have regrouped and repriced the remainder of our Winter Merchandise SPECIAL RACKS OF... * SUITS * SPORTCOATS * CO-ORDINATES * SLACKS * SPORTSHIRTS * SWEATERS * SHIRTS * BLAZERS... All at 1/2 price or less ALTERATIONS AT COST ON SALE CLOTHING cpbguIj, /11cn's kVar Wise. Bob Smith, Joe Gibson, Jack Cooper, Frank Thom- pson, Mike Costello, Don McGuise, Richard Hooper, Ron Demers, Robert Semple, and Murray Taylor were the winners of lighters. Jack Tebbutt was the winner of a lightbulb case, while Ron Demers and Ron McBride each received a starting cord. The Clinton and District Snowmobile Club would like to thank all of the landowners for their co-operation in. making the Poker Rally and the Snowarama a success. A special thank you goes to the Lions Club for their assistance during Snowarama. Also thanks must go to all the others who helped in so many ways' by preparing the trails. Beautify your neighbourhood. Get out on the street. Take a walk. nannnaauinnJ, %talk ., M,,k-ronl.,,. Bantam tourney ends The arena floor fund will realize at least several thotisand dollars from the recreation committee's 10th annual bantam hockey tournament, which finally ended last Sunday after suffering a weather delay. In the "D" contest, Dor- chester took home the championship when they knocked off Lucan 4-1 in the final on Sunday, while Port Edward nipped Lambeth 1-0 in an exciting, close "C" championship game. A powerful Moore Town- ship team -rolled over Hanover to take home the "B" title. 13ut by far the most exciting game of the day was the ehnmpinnfihip "A" final that pitted Hespeler against Shoreline, with Hespeler 'winning 4-3. Actually, Hespeler was pretty well out of the game until they came alive with five minutes remaining in the final period. Down 3-0, Hespeler scored three unanswered goals, and tied up the game with just a minute left to play. In the overtime period, the Hespeler boys scored at the 1:25 mark to take home the championship. Tournament chairman Len Fawcett said ht was pleased with the calibre of play at this year's tournament, but he was a little disappointed at the lack of local fan support. R.K. PECK APPLIANCES "In The Heart of Down Town Varna" • Vacuum Cleaners - Sales and Service of most makes • CB Rodios and Accessories • Speed queen Appliancek • Moffat Appliances • Smoke Sensors • Insect Lights and Fly Killing Units • Handcrafted Gifts Varna, Ont. Phone 482-7103 BUS TRIP (Sponsored by Clinton Minor Hockey Association) to Kitchener Arena See O.H.A. Major Junior "A" Action KITCHENER RANGERS vs. SAULT STE. 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