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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-09-18, Page 130 • . 1 rrr 122ad YEAR 38 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18; 1969 • , . ens sc 0 0 • Goderich District Collegiate Institute senior and junior football teams played their first games of .the season last,Friday when they met Sarnia Central, last year's champs. Goderich lost both encounters, 14-0 for the juniors and 12-0 for Mie senior team. As far -as the seniors went, they were up against a squad of big boys. The GDCI team seemed nervous of hitting hard, they were bad in blocking, failed to watch the ends and when they didget a clianceto get over the line the receiver.— on two occasions — wasoaught too close to the line in the end zone and couldn't reach • the bali. as it went over his head. The closest Goderich came.to a touchdown was in the second quarter when they got to the one yard line on athird down and failed to get across. r • PHOTOS BY RON PRICE GDCI senlot football team met Sarnia Cential Friday and lost 12-0. The closest they zaMeto a touchdown was on this play when they made it to the one yard line on a• third down and failed to capitalize on the play as the heavy Sarnia defense pushed the forwards back with 35 seconds to go in the second quarter. The junior squad., which also. mot Sarnia Central, lost 14-0'earlier the sameday. .4 • 4. • e ,ritteekr, ...rf rrlikr4V fkarr' A • Goderich forwards Iiipke out by Sarnia Central Friday and yard run. The Sarnia. Central boys in their second and third of their end zone f011oiving a kick managed ,to retain the ball for a- 5 team was made„up of big, heavy - year on the team. Sarnia picked up a penalty on this play. A glance at the Sarnia plaYer, 35, 'atjeft. will give an indication of the size of some of the, boys on .the squad. • ft• , • le; e4 4 VtIts4ittatt'kik'Frli'74.'n4;.:"N"Vr;;;:14'"; Even though his team wIslwell ahead, Sarnia Coach Brian Voisey didn't let up on his boys and more than once was heard to give a tongue lashing to his team members over a wrong play. He emphasized his words with a good punch at thin air and a jerk of hi,s thumb to get the point home. Coach Wayne Horner of GDCI has a few words with Tom Crawford after a bad play by the GDCI team. Crawford was one of the -more aggressive players for the local tern and was in the thick of play 'when he was out on the field. Other GDCI players felt the coaches tongue after poor performances and seemed to get the message when they put up a, better showing when out the next time. 4 0 14 #. • GDCI team members looked anxious as the local team pressed -for yardage during the' GDCI-Sarnia Central game last Friday. The'Sarnia team won 12-0 with Goderich earning close to a touchdown on at least two occasions withotit being able 'to finish the play. Sarnia had a big team out with boys weighing 225 pounds standing 6.4 in their socks. Smallest man on the team was around 165. 5.10. r Students at GOCI turned out by the score to root for their team Friday and although the local teams lost to Sarnia in the Friday games. there will always be the next one. Qoderich had been working out for two weeks prior to the game although the final lines were not chosen until last week. The big Sarnia crew was the 1968 championship winner with many of the same players back for their second or third 1,f41."lii t% .1..4,A 4.. year with the team. Goderich lost many of its top guns this year as they left for., - university or finished school. The main fault with the Goderich Seniors Wasn't id much with their game as with their memories. They forgot where they were supposed tope, and when theli,were supposed to be there. . ..*