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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-01-07, Page 12Page 12-CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1987 Sports Controversy Sri, what does everyone think of the big controversy going on over the battle"that took place in Piestany, Czechoslovakia between Canada's and Russia's national junior hockey teams? One ward I have heard being used that definitely does not belong in this context, is"' .disgrace. Along this line, the director of operations for the national junior team, Dennis McDonald, issued a statement discussing the lack of discipline on the part of the players and coaching staff. Unfortunately, I cannot agree with these statements. For one reason, the referee of the game, Hans Roerining of Norway pointed out that Russia's Evgeny Davydov was the first to leave the bench, and thus Canada was not to blame for the bench cleariiig. For another, the Canadians showed great restraint throughout the game as they took ,the dirty` stick play the Soviets were dishing out without giving it back themselves. What were these young men supposed to do when their opponents started clearing the bench, leave their players out their to "get slaughtered? There are probably not too many people in the world that could sit back and watch their friends (or team- mates) get beaten up without stepping in to -help out. I can't blame them. It's,reaily too bad the Soviets didn't have anything riding on the game. I'd bet that if they did, 'they would never have come off the" bench first. I seem to recall one of Russia's teams leaving the ice and refusing to play anymore when they met up with the Philidelphia Flyers because they were too rough. Perhaps these young Russian gentlemen realized there weren't going to be any par- ties waiting for them when they returned home because of their dismal play in the tournament, and decided to drag someone down with them. The team was out of medal contention for the second time in the 11 -year history of the championships. It's, just too bad it was the Canadians they dragged down. As they were only three goals away from capturing the gold medal,, they will never knew "whether it was rightfully theirs or wit. On top of this, anything our team may have accomplished in Czechoslovakia has been wiped out. All of their wins and losses were removed from the standings and it is like they never arrived at all. One thing I couldn't understand was why the teams were even banished from the post -tournament banquet and closing ceremonies. I guess when dealing in world circles, fighting is even a worse offence than it is in the National Hockey League. %. Around town, I . have heard. people discussing the game and exactly why they think the Russians would start a battle. An interesting one I overheard was that it was all a political thing. Apparently, the Russians were to do anything to stop our team from taking home the gold. Perhaps this is pushing it a bit far. I like the opinion that the Soviets knew they were facing disgrace at home, so they dragged Canada down with them while venting some of their aggression. Maybe watching the NHL for years has softened North Americans' reactions to battle on the ice. We always expect a game to begin again once the ice is cleared after a bench clearing brawl. Although this opinion 'obviously doesn't hold much weight in the worldly associa- tion, I still say the Canadians didn't do anything wrong. Again, if my friends were being beaten or outnumbered in a fight, I would surely step in. I also wouldn't expect to be charg- ed with anything after the battle. It's known as self-defence. Atoms capture Silver Stick Tournament On January 2, the Clinton Atoms defeated Mount Forest 4-1 in their first game at the First Annual Silver Stick Atom Tournament held at Wingham. There was no scoring in the first period as both teams were content on just checking each other at each move. With only 21 seconds left in the second period Mount Forest finally broke the ice to lead 1-0 after two periods. In the third period Clinton finally got their act together as Chris Kennedy evened up the score at 1-1 when Mark Livermore clearly won the draw to the right of the Mount Forest goalie. When the puck came back to Kennedy his blast deflected off a defenceman into the net behind a startled goalie. At 4:29 Mark Livermore's breakaway goal gave Clinton the lead for good as he deked the goalie after taking a pass from Chris Kennedy at centre ice. Scott Wright, who played an excellent came on defence also earned an assist on the goal. Danny Wildfong increased the Clinton lead to 3-1 at 9:13 on a powerplay. ,Mark Livermore and Scott Shaddick, who played a beautiful two way game, earned assists on the marker. Thirty-four seconds later Chris Kennedy's second goal of the game put the game out of reach. Danny Wildfong drew the only assist on the play. Clinton's Chris Kennedy was voted the Most Valuable Player for this game. • Clinton 5 Wingham 3 • In Clinton's second game the Atoms broke a 3-3 second period tie with two unanswered goals in the third period to go on to defeat the host Wingham team by a 5-3 score. Craig McAsh opened up the scoring in the first period but Wingham tied the score before the period ended. In the second frame Chris Kennedy gave Clinton a 2-1 edge at 1:01 with Mark Liver- more earning the assist. Kennedy increased Clinton's lead to 3-1 two minutes later on a beautiful three way passing play from Dan ny Wildfong and Mark Livermore. But Wingham battled back with two quick markers before the second period ended. In the third goals by hard-working defenceman Bryan Watson and Nathan Burns wrapped up the victory for Clinton. Clinton 8 Listowel 2 In the third game of the tournament Clin- ton faced Listowel. Clinton opened up the contest very quickly scoring three goals before the game was even five minutes old. The quick goals really took the starch out of the Listowel team and it gave Clinton the Clinton Recreation WINTER PROGRAMS 1987 BODY STRETCH Tues. & Thurs. St. Joseph's Seperate School 7-8:30 p.m. Jon. 13 -March 19. '30. /person LJ LEARN TO SKATE Tuesdays Clinton Arena 10-11 a.m.. Jan. 13 -March 17. '20./person YOUTH GYMNASTICS Main Gym Jan. Beginners 7-8 Advanced 8-9 Mondays CHSS 12 -March 16; '22./person; '25./person. spark they needed to go on and win by a con- vincing 8-2 score. The game featured some excellent pass- ing and good forechecking by the Clinton boys. Hat trick goals by Danny Wildfong and Nathan Burns spearheaded the strong offense of the Atoms. Mark Livermore and Craig McAsh added single markers. The defence core of Scott Shaddick, Shane MacDonald, Scott Wright, Bryan Watson, Tyler McGregor, and Jeff Desch played ex- ceptionally well in this fast moving contest. On winning the game, each Clinton player was presented with a silver stick pin and the team received a large Silver Stick Cham- pionship Banner which will be put up in the arena. Clinton 6 Ayr 1 In the championship game Clinton defeated Ayr 6-1 to capture the Silver Stick Regional I Northern Atom Tournament. INTRODUCTORY COURSE (8 Weeks) HOURS: Monday a Wednesday 7:00 p.m. -8:30 p.m. CLASSES: Available for women and children (age 10 up) COST: $30.00 for 8 weeks REGISTRATION Monday January 12. 1987 6 45 p m Fr r Information Call (482-3634) N�11�TF KARATE SCHOOL EXCELLENT FITNESS & DEFENCE TRAINING FOR MEN. WOMEN & CHILDREN "DON'T PUT IF OFF AGAIN DO IT NOWIHI" END OF SEASON PRICES on POLARIS Snowmobiles At the Peak of the Season There's still lots of time to ride your new Polaris Snowmobile, but Hul ly GVIIy is giving you prices`Rhot'svill make you think it's the first day of spring a POLARIS SPRING 340 $3499 with electric start • ONLY 100's of fn -store accessory & clothing specious In Varna 262-3318 _JUST OFF HWY '4 BETWEEN HENSAlt AND 'BRUCEFIELD 11 These five ladies were cleaning off their skates after practising for the inter -club com- - petition to be held on January 17. This practice took place on January 2 at the Clinton Arena and included, (left), Kara Hiltz, Lori Powell, Jacquie Draper, Stacy Hicks and Shannon McClenaghan. (Anne Narejko photo) Busy season for figure skaters So far this winter season has proven to be a busy one for the Clinton Figure Skating Club. . On October 26, Stacey Reid, Debbie Draper, Lori Powell, Sheila Cook and Stacy Hicks attended a coaches clinic in Goderich. The next event. for some of these ladies was a training seminar in Stratford on November 7. Attending the seminar were Sheik Cook, Debbie Draper, Jacquie Drape:, Lori Powell, Kyra Aylsworth and Stacy Hicks. Aside from clinics and seminars, there were also competitions to attend such as the Moore Bluewater Invitational Competition held on December 13. At the competition Jody Merner placed first for compulsory moves, and Jaequie Draper placed second. Jacquie Draper also placed first in inter- pretive skating and received a gold medal, as well as receiving a bronze for her third place finish in the free skate category. Test day for the skaters was held in Clin- ton on December 14. Passing for the Dutch Waltz were Cindy Gibbings, Nicole Harris and Amy Jenkins. Kristen Crawford and Becky LeBeau made it through for Canasta. In the Swing category Amy LeBeau and Heather Royal passed, while Sara LeBeau, Jennifer Harris, Rachel Jenkins and Stacey Fleet made it through for Ten Fox. Other passing skaters were Jennifer Har- ris for the Fiesta Tango, Krista McAsh for the Willow Waltz, Stacy Hicks for European and Jody Harton, Donald Broadfoot, Julie Rutledge and Kyra Aylsworth for the Foxtrot. Also completing their dance categories were Sherri Preszcator in American, Sari Powell in Rocker; Shelly Hayter in Paso, Jody Merner in Blues, and Jackie Draper in W estminister. In the free skate area Sheila Cook receiv- ed her Prelude, while in the figures categories Stacey Fleet and Sarah LeBeau received their Prelude and Stacy Hicks got here First. In other figure skating news, Linda Reid, the Ways and Means chairman reported a successful cheese campaign. Gimme A Break leads YBC In the championship game Mark Liver- more's tip in goal on a bl.ueline shot from Bryan Watson at 5:54 gave Clinton a 1-0 lead. That goal stood up until 3:45 of the second period when Nathan Burns increased Clin- ton's lead to 2-0 on a breakaway. Craig McAsh had set up Burns for the breakaway goal. Two minutes later, Chris Kennedy, with a perfect set up from Danny Wildfong increas- ed Clinton's lead to 3-0. Before the period ended Ayr got one back. In the third three unanswered goals con- solidated the Clinton victory. On the fourth Clinton goal, Craig McAsh buried the disk on an excellent three way passing play from linemates Lee Gibbings and Nathan Burns. Chris Kennedy scored an unassisted goal at 5:06 and Danny Wildfong closed out the scoring at 14:25 with Scott Shaddick draw- ing the assist. At the conclusion of the game captain Mark Livermore and his teammates were presented with a Silver Stick and Chris Ken- nedy received a trophy as the tournament's Most Valuable Player. With the victory. Clinton will represent this region at the next level of Silver Stick Competition to he held in Forest and Sarnia from Friday, January 23 to Sunday, January 25. They will be grouped with win- ners from the regions of Sudbury, Forest and Dayton. Ohio. On December 30 the Clinton Atoms humiliated Hensall by a score of 14-1. The high scoring line of Chris Kennedy, Danny Wildfong and Mark Livermore com- pletely dominated play throughout the con- test as they collected a total of 25 scoring points. Chris Kennedy had five goals and four assists while Danny Wildfong had four goals and five assists and Mark Livermore had one goal and six assists. Also getting goals for Clinton were Lee Gibbings and Craig McAsh with two goals each. McAsh also assisted on two goals while Gibbings, Nathan Burns and Shane MacDonald assisted on one goal each. With Kennedy's nine points he has now reached the 100 point plateau on 47 goals and 53 assists. With Wildfongs nine points, he now has I03 points on 45 goals and 58 assists. Wednesday Night YBC Gimme A Break 62 Screwballs 56 The Boss Bowlers 55 Pinheads 53 Revenge Of The Nerds 48 Party Animals 34 Bowling for the Senior ladies on December 29, Lynn Feeney had the high siegle with 233 and the high triple at 577 while Patti Maguire had the high average of 174. Steve Swan had the high single and the high triple for the men with scores of 211 and 555 respectively. Shawn Gautreau had the high average of 183. Colleen McAdam was the top bowler for the Juni�,or ladies with the high single at 213, the h011 triple with 493 and the high average of 158. For the men Jeff Schellenberger had the high single of 239 and the high triple at 558 while Doug Maguire had the high average of 168. Tuesday Afternoon Ladies Faber's Gumdrops 96.5 Johnson's Jelly Beans 88 Tudy's Black Balls 86 Ede's Bulls Eyes 84 Helen's Rosebuds 83 Bev's Bonkers 83 Shirley's Candy Apples 80.5 Jamieson's Ju -lubes 79 During December 30 bowling Shirley Fowles had the high single with 262 while Helen Faber had the high triple at 673 and the high average of 203. The hidden score prizes donated by Dixie Lee Chicken were won by Lexie Murch and Mary Chessell. Those ladies that bowled games over 200 included: Pat Taylor, 203, 212; Bonnie Gibb- ings, 210; Tudy Wilson, 211; Jane Bradshaw, 211; Kathy Ladd, 212; Nora Heard, 220; Mary Chessell, 222; Beulah Keys, 227; Iva Reid, 234, 237; Shirley Fowles, 236, 262; Edythe Beacom, 251; Helen Faber, 212, 257. Pee Wee and Bantam YBC Kyrsties Silly Strikers 29 Cosby Kids 28 The "A" Team 25 Jennifers Strikers . ---- 21 Sheehans Pin Downers 20 Pin Busters' - 18 Knight Riders 18 Tag Teamers 9 Kyrstie Pounder had both the high single and the high double for the Bantam girls on December 20 with scores of 224 and 427 respectively. Jennifer Burt had the high average of 152. Trevor Schwark had the high single for th'4-boys`"N'ith 231 while Daniel MacDonald had the high double at 365 and Dale Marsh had the high average of 156. In the Pee Wee girls category Michele Schrop- shall had the high single with -133'and the high double at 249 while Michele Tyndall had the high average of 82. Jon Miller had the high single with 153 and the high double 4 RCti N KEYS Repr050r t1rl4' Trust Comporii0Across Ontario 262 6273. Varna Township o Goderich ROAD CLOSING The Township of Goderich intends to pass 6 By -Law authorizing it to close 'the southerly end of the street which separates lot 20 of Plan 556 and lot 19 of Plan 563. Any person objecting to this action is requested to notify The under- signed on or before January 10th, 1987. R.E. Thompson Clark Township of Goderich a, , • bowlers at 246 for the boys while Stephen King had the high average of 111. Pee Wee and Bantam YBC Cosby Kids Kyrsties Silly Strikers The "A" Team Jennifers Strikers Sheehans Pin Downers Knight Riders - Pin Busters Tag Teamers During the January 3 Pam King had' -the high 31 29 28 21 21 20 18 12 games of bowling single for the Ban- tam girls with 205 and the high double at 329. Jennifer Burt had the high average of 152. Dale Marsh was the top bowler for the boys with the high single at 209, the high double at 397 and the high average of 159. For the Pee Wee girls Stacey Murch had the high single with 116 and the high double at 208 while Michele Tyndall had the high average of 82. Ben Thompson had the high single and the high double for the boys with scores of 151 and 276 respectively. Stephen King had the high average of 111. Thursday Night Mixed Best In Town 63 Whiners 60 Cormiers Crushers 55 Beginners Luck 54 -Grammes and Grampas 47 Strikers 46 The Odd Couples 39 The Apple Gang 31 Suzie Dale was tops in two categories for the ladies on December 18 with the high single at 326 and the high triple of 778 while Nancy Atkinson had the high average of 212. In men's bowling Rob Makhan had the high single with 295 while Doug Buchanan had the high triple at 725 and the high average of 219. Tuckersmith Mixed Mike's Melons 75 Jack's Lemons 70 Ralph's Rutabagas Gerrits Carrots Henry's Honeydews Angus' Artichokes During January 5 bowling Rose Hummel had the high single for the ladies with 259 and Marion van Wyk had the high triple at 654. There was a tie for the high average as Jenny- ICaastra and Ann de Weerd both scored 184. Henry Hummel bowled the high single for the men with 325 as well as the high triple at 661. Jack Snieder had the high average of 213. Bowling games over 200 for the day were Herman Reinink with 244 and 218, Jack Snieder 247 and 209, Angus Hummel 216, Tony Fidom 209, Marion van Wyk 241, 210 and 203, Anna, de Weerd 241, Marrianne Reinhart 223, Freda Snieder 225 and 202, Tina van Dyk 218 and Stien de Weerd 208. 61 53 BEST INTEREST 1 0 ®�o Guarante6Yil Investment Certificates *Subject to change -liaise-KnealQ buster 233-2420 Clinton .482-9747 t^:urc`+ce 9robers Mt Grandsnd 2344484 Goderich 41472118