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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-06-21, Page 6PAGE 6=--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1973 Minor Soccer News Minor baseball Five local teams undefeated The Huron Minor Soccer League has been underway for three weeks now. Out of eight teams representing Goderich, five remain undefeated. The Bantam team coached by Mervin Witter' and Tony Jeacock has a four game- win- ning streak going for them. After two exhibition games and two league games they have,four wins with fifty goals for and one against. On June 12th in exhibition soccer they defeated a weakened Blyth team -2-0. Grant Shelton led t q' way with yet another five /goals, repeating his performance in two other games. Other scorers against Blyth were Pat Conlon two, Tim McGee two, Jed DeJong, Mike Andrew . and Zeke Weerasooriya one each. On June 17th they traveled to Clinton and defeated their roughest opposition yet 7-1. Grant Shelton was 'again top marksman with three goals, Zeke Weerasooriya . two and Bill Nurse and Iain Lambert„ with one each. I e Pee Wee team coached by airy Buchanan and Alan Slater, has a record of three wins and no losses with 14 goals for and 6 against. They head their league„with 6 points winning their last ga�e-fit Clinton 6-4 on June 1dth. The Mosquito League is also .topped by a Goderich `Ateam. Goderich '_'.A" Mosquitos coached by Sid Allen has the best record of all the Goderich teams with 3 league wins and 0 losses, having 28 goats for and none against for a total of 6 points. Their last game was played at home June 16th in which they defeated Clinton "A", 7-0 With the --coaching of Tom -- Hoed, Goderich "A" Atoms share top spot with Clinton with 2 wins and 1 tie for a total of 5 points. Winning their last game in Exeter against Exeter "A" 2-1 They now have 6 goals for and 3 against. In the Squirts League, Goderich ' A' are also un- defeated with 3 wtns no losses, 1 with 1 1' "goals ` forand none against for a total of, 6 points. Squirts "A" are coached by Jim Slater. Their last game .was •played " on and off in rain against Seaforth "B" but did not stop them winning 4-0. The three remaining teams are holding their -own. In Mosquitos the "B" team have 1 win, 1 tie, 1 loss, 6 goals for and 6 against for a total of 3 points. Atoms "B" have 1 tie, 1 loss, 2 goals for and 4 against for 1 point. Squirts "B" also have a record of 1 tie, 1 loss, 1 goal for 7 against for 1 point-. "With Goderich teams on top in all leagues and the other three teams doing their best to keep Goderich on the map in Huron County Sports, I think some encouragement and more (SOMETHING TO BE PROUD • OF! Construction in Canada Is a fast moving Industry - get In- volved by enrolling yourself In the Civil or Construction Technology Program at Conestoga College! support is needed from the out worthy winners and retain people of Goderich to keep the "No. 1" spot in the League. youngsters playing well. With just a handful of men looking after the welfare of some 120- 130 soccer -minded boys of Goderich, any help would be appreciated,"' states Tony Jeacock, coach of the Bantam team. SQUIRT The Squirt "A•" Team had a 4 - 0 win over Seaforth and so remain in first place in the Huron League. Jeff Denomy continues to bag goals, scoring four against Seaforth, having scored three last week against the Goderich "B" Team. It looks as if this Team, coached by Jim Slater, is a force to br., reckoned with in the Huron League. •ATOM The Goderich "A" Team travelled to Exeter and had to battle from a onegoal deficit to have 'a good 2 - 1 win. Larry Kelly scored one goal coming from a scramble in front of the BANTAM The Bantam Team remains unbeaten following a good 7 - 1 win over Clinton in a game played'. at Clinton on Sunday. Clinton realty stayed with the Goderich boys for the first half which ended 1 - 1, but in the second half he form of the Goderich bo s was in evidence and they cane out worthy win- ners. This Team, coached by Tony Jeacock and Mery Whitter, is an exceptionally talented and powerful collection of soccer players and it is u.nlikelh that they will be beaten by any Team in Huron County. One looks forward to meeting some Teams from outside the area to really test this Team. Pee Wee. soccer team play well by Diaiae Crartforl Exeter goal. This Team, The Goderich pee -wee soccer coached by Tom Hoed, is well team continued both their up in League standing, their domination of their league and record to date being two wins their amazing unbeaten streak and one tie. by defeating the tough Clinton The Atom "B" Team team 6-4 in a recent encounter. travelled to Seaforth but the The game was played partly in game was postponed due to a heavy shower. rain. This' game will be re- The home town boys were led played on Thursday evening, by the outstanding performance the 21st,! at 7 p.m. at Seaforth. of Rick Stoddart who bulged All players are to assemble at the Clinton net three times the High School at 6 p.m. during the game. Single goals during the MOSQUITO • match went to Gordon Budny, The Goderich "A" Team Mark Bellinger and Steve were at home to Clinton "A" at Chase. The Clinton team deser Robertson School and Syd yes a lot of credit . as they Aliens' boys continued on their fought valiantly to the final winning way with a 7 - 0 win. whistle but to no avail. The This -Team is unbeaten- to -date -Goderich team -just seemed_ too in their three outings, running strong for them. up the ,impressive total of 29 The next game for the pee - goals for, with none against. wees will be played this Satur- At the Agricult iral Park the day June 23, in Seaforth. The Knights of Columbus Team game will begin at 10 a.m. battled to a 1 ,- 1 tie with a good Exeter•Team. This was a good "see -saw" struggle all the way with the Home Team rather unlucky not to_ win. Harold Sartori wasthe Goderich marksman with a well taken goal from the inside right position.Highlight of the game was the excellent goalkeeping of Gerard Stin- neson who saved' a penalty shot in the first half. PEE -WEE The Pee -Wee Team, coached by Barry Buchanan and Alan Slater, collected, two more points with a 6 = 4 win over Clinton at Clinton. Goderich was down one goal at half time but played really constructive football after half-time to turn Well, the sun is shining today at the Sunset. Is this an in- dication that the rest of the week will be set aside for your golfing pleasure? Let's hope so! Last weekend's "supposed to be, "Fall, rain and cold winds appeared, making golfing very unrelaxing. Thank goodness that weather disappeared just as fast as it appeared. Our third Hole -in -One was achieved last Monday Nite by Bruce Wheeler. . A surprised look on his face accompanied his five iron shot when his ball rolled into the hole on No. 2. This is the first time this "stunt" was ever accomplished . on this particular hole and by a member. Congratulations Bruce, I hope you can make use of your $25 credit. The men took over the large lounge last Tuesday night since they had such a large turn out. Keep the attendance up fellows - the more the merrier. The winners this week were Doug Spitzig, Bill Bradley, Denis Lassaline, Rick Sowerby, Paul Baechler, George Bolton, Len Willis, Bruce Lyndon, Don Scott, Bruce Wheeler, Bob Brindley, Hudson Warr and Leon Gaynor. Tom Redpath and John Sturdy were another lucky pair of winners. Would somebody ask the ' A Goderich team *won the Young, Ad''ult Intertown Bowling League trophy donated by Harry Little, proprietor of Little Bowl in Goderich. Members of the team are Ron Miller, Don Sieman, Al Sanders, Al Fischer, Lee Ryan, Janet Rumig and Kevin Rumig, The trophy was presented to the winners at the banquet in Seaforth June 2. Other teams taking part in the League this year were from Stratford, Wingham and Seaforth. Goderich Rotary juveniles won their third game Sunday by defeating Port Elgin by the score of 10-8. Casey Wildgen won his second game of the year. Casey struck out 10 batters and gave up only five hits. Doug Fisher and Ron Sowerby both hit doubles and Dave Patterson came up with 3the big hit, , a gland slam. Gary Yeoman played well, both on third base and at bat hitting two singles. The second game on Sunday 'night between the Rotaries and Thorndale was not played because the visitors failed to show up. Goderich should become the winner of this game, also. On Tuesday, June 19 Goderich played Exeter and Wednesday the Rotaries played Auburn. The Rotary juveniles play their next home game June 26 when the strong Clinton team comes to town... , , man who bought the new green bag to kindly return the sand? Ladies' Night prizes went to the putting pros and learners. The very relaxing weather and fast greens brought out the true self, in our lady golfers. Winners .were Joyce Bolton, Pit, Clifford, Betty Reid, Barb 'Melford, Elaine Phillips, Betty Fuller, Shirley Middel, Catriona Dyke, Teresa Hodges Marg Smith and Mary Lynn Telford. Guess what? Now you golfers can save points on Men's and Ladies Night. This means you can pick your regular prize each week or save your points and get one big prize at the end of the season. Sounds like a good deal. Rain, rain, rain,"that's all it could do last Sunday, right Juniors. But, a devoted g lfer won't let the, rain stop them, and it didn't stop the Juniors. A lesson was given to each group and it showed in their scores as you will see next week. Winners last week were Dave Bedour, Mike Milley, Dennis Reed, Iden Kolkman, Jim Fritzley and Gerry Gaynor. The Handicap Chairman for the Juniors this year is Darlene Crawford. On Monday Night the Kinette's held their Year End meeting at the Sunset. There was a good turn out, with ex- cellent weather and course con- ditions. They concluded with a two ball and a steak barbecue. Wi.ners of the two ball were Dot Scott, Barb Shewfelt, Jean Cruickshank and, Sylvia McGee. We hope you had a suc- cessful_-_ year- -and-- . if ---sof- -an- equally good year to come. HINT - If it has been raining and the fairways are fairly soggy, use a slightly wider stance to help maintain balance. The backswing should, also be shortened. The Walkerton Tykes capitalized on six walks, five hits and Goderich fielding errors' "fo defeat "'the Legion Tykes 10-2 in Walkerton last Saturday, June 16. This was the first loss of the season for Goderich. The Tykes have won two and tied one plus their loss last Saturday. One of their victories was over Walkerton in the opening game of the season. In Saturday's game, Walker- ton scored twice in the first in- ning on two walks and no hits. They added three more in the second on three walks and one Goderich error. One walk resulted in one run for Walker- ton in the' third. Walkerton's final four runs came in the. fourth on five hits, their only hits of the game. Pee .Wei tourney Wayne Mills, Paul Berberich, retired t Larry Dobson, Steve Elliott ton batters inaa roVep� and Allan Reid singled for This w w' Walkerton. as the first season in which � I " Goderich scored single runs scored ten ude in the first and third innings, hits. The runs and Goder:,.n could only manage against pre°10ua law four hits off of Walkerton pit- had 13 runsardine u�o cher Paul Berberjch. Bob Walkerton on 13 hits. MacDonald, Dan Maillet, Steve all-round Came up callow and Mike Hodge capitalized0°d ggme. singled off of Berberich. Ber miscues and on G0 d berich finished with a four hit at the st°pPed G,r plate. ter plus eleven strikeouts and Goderich two walks. Tuesda played Mike Hodge and Dan Maillet and th s Saturday] allowed five hits, struckout 4:00 p.m jn Ih eight and walked six. Maillet ,Kincardine.. G°derich hip Pro' to be m ler • WATER • FARROWING PENS • COW TIE & FREE 8T • • SOW TIE STALLS 9 FINISHING• ALL PENS • LIXIP PIG BOWLS NIPPLES OF FEEDERS Goderich Legion hosted the Zone CI Legion Pee Wee Baseball tourpament, Saturday June 16, with six teams from the Zone participating — Exeter, Clinton, Wingham, Kincardine, Seaforth and Goderich. The regular schedule resulted as follows: Kincardine 11, Clinton 3; Goderich 1p, Wingham 2; Exeter 8, Seaforth 2. In the semi final Kincardine won over Goderich 8-6. In the championship game Exeter met Kincardine P resulting in a score of 5 to 3 in favor of Exeter. The Zone CI Legion trophy was presented to the winning Exeter team by Zone Comman- der Harold Chambers. Kincardine as the runner up, received the John Huckins Memorial Trophy donated by -Reg--Httckins; -presented _by - Howard Carroll Zone Sports Officer. The trophy for the most Sportsmanlike team was presented to the Wingham team by H. Carroll on behalf of Goderich Legion Br. 109. 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