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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-09-30, Page 12Page 12—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1987 �"9.vi'r.,,k Locally good Things have certainly been picking up on the sports scene over the last week. Aside from the obvious, like those Blue Jays, a few interesting things are happening locally. About those Jays, I don't think I can really add anything to all that has been said on television and the radio, and in every newspaper you pick up. Therefore, I'll just leave it at: GO JAYS, you just have to hold out a bit longer. Mustangs On the local scene there have been some interesting developments in a few sports. First we have the Clinton Junior "D" Mustangs. . The Mustangs, who open their season this Friday against Seaforth at home, have got themselves a new coach. Before discussing this coach though, I should mention that this first home game for the 'Stangs will begin at 8:30 p.m. And now, taking over for ex -coach Dan Colquhoun will be Fran McKey. Mr. McKey is originally from the St. Catharines area, and now lives in Vanastra. He has had experience as both a player and a coach in the past as he played his major hockey for a Junior "A" team in St. Catharines. Mr. McKey has also coached numerous minor teams in Alberta. I hope to have more on Clinton's new coach in the future, but for now, let's take a quick look at the 1987-'88 version of the Mustangs, and for that matter, the league they'll be playing in. Actually, we'll take a real quick look at the league, and just mention that two new teams have joined for this season, one from ' Lambeth and the other from Wellesley. So far the Mustangs have about 20 players on their team, but according to manager Bryan Marriage, they are a young squad. "We do have nine returning players, but the only returning defenceman, Ron McKay, suffered a broken ankle last Thursday playing volleyball," Mr. Mar- riage explained. Because most of the returning players are forwards, Mr. Marriage explained the tryouts were only so-so. Although he noted that the .team will be weak on defence because they have no veterans for these positions, he added he expects the team to be strong both in goal and in the forward positions. So, again, if you'd like to check out a possibly new look Mustangs at the start of their 42 game schedule, they will be open- ing up in Clinton on October 2 at 8:30 p.m. On Sunday they will travel to Thedford for their first away game. CHSS football I got a call this week from a few player representatives from the Central Huron Secondary School ( CHSS) junior football Redmen. No, no, they're not going to strike, but they would appreciate some fan support at .their home opener this week. Many will remember that last year CHSS fielded a team for the first time in a number of years, and considering the disadvantage of not having experienced players, they did very well. In fact, they made it to the semi-finals, which they lost by only six points to Goderich. This year could bring even better news for the local squad. Although they lost their first game of the season to Exeter by a 14-8 score, the team isn't taking this as a bad sign. You see, Exeter was rated as the number one junior football team for the area this year. In fact, the week before their game against Clinton Exeter defeated the London city champs, London Laurier. One more point in Exeter's favor: they were playing with a 40 man roster, compared to Clinton's 23 man team. Now, taking all of that into considera- tion, you can't really say that Clinton did a bad job. They were tried with Exeter until the final quarter, when their opponents got the go-ahead touchdown. By the way, Keith Ducharme scored the CHSS touchdown on a pass from quarter- back Daryl Hemingway. But, I should..get back to my original pur- pose for writing this portion of the column. The team reps would like to issue a welcome to everyone to come out an see their big home opener on Thursday, Oc- tober 1, when they take on the team from 1,istowel. School will be out early so everyone can see the game, and I hope the students don't blow their chances of early dismissal at a later date by just taking the opportunity to go home early (like I believe they did last year). Now, I could lecture on how when I played (all of five or six years ago) busloads of students used to travel to see our away games, but I don't want to nag. Just give it a shot. Go on out and suport your team (I would if 1 didn't have a newspaper seminar to attend ). You never know, you might even like football. Besides, without the NFL, this is one of the only games in town. Grade nine track ()n September 25 the Annual Gr. 9 Track and Field Meet was held at Central Huron Secondary School ( CHSS) in connection with Student Week for the Grade 9s. Each competitor competed in six events during the day. The top finishers were: Girls High .lump: - 1st, 1,isa Kennedy, 1.38 m; 2nd - Kerri Cox, 1.35 m; 3rd, Angela Mc- ('ool, 1.35 m. Long .Jump: 1st, Angela McCool, 4.00 m; 2nd, Nicole Garon, 3.76 m; 3rd Kerri Cox, 3.73 m. Shot Put: 1st, Nicole Garon. 7.12 m; 2nd, ('hrista Royal, 6.90 m: 3rd, Mary -Lee Knox. 6.80 m. 100 m: 1st. Debbie Draper, 14.85 sec.; 2nd, Meagan Flodgins, 15.0 sec.; 3rd, Monisay Visouvath, 15.01 sec. 800 m: 1st, Nicole Garon, 2:59 min.; 2nd, Bobbi -Jo Leppington, 3:03 min.; 3rd, Lisa Faber, 3:08 milt and field results Boys High Jump: 1st, Gerben Wilts, 1.58 rn; 2nd, Dan Verhoef, 1.58 m; 3rd, Philip_Hub- bard, 1.55 m. Long Jump: 1st, Philip Hubbard, 4.54 m; 2nd, Sean Flynn, 4.43 m; 3rd, Sam Wain. 4.30 m. Shot Put: 1st, Philip Hubbard, 10.30 m; 2nd, Dan Verhoef, 10.20 m; 3rd, Rick Howson, 9.90 m. 100 m; 1st, Scott Koetsier, 13.13 m; 2nd, Dan Riley 13.30 m; 3rd, Sean Flynn, 13.40 m. 800 m: 1st, Dan Riley, 2:33 min.; 2nd, Scott Vodden, 2:39 min.; 3rd, Mike Pawitch, 2:40 min. A special thanks to all the competitors for a fine effort and in particular the stu- dent officials and teachers who assisted in making the event a success again this year. The Best Polaris HuIIy Gully Test drive the Deals on Are At this Sunday new Indy 650 Three cylinders of liquid cooled brown that'll blow away anything on snow If we can't beat your best Polaris deal, we'll pay your gas home. See the Best snowmobile draggers go for the provincial title Watch hilarious snowmobile water skimming. . 1 Varma 262-3318 Y.F„geO�,4✓i,.�;',:.es',w ,, ,:.:;..::. ..,. __.:. ',::: c,_.s?: s:.*'.;;"�,::, '.5,v„�' yam''. y. Although John Bezaire might not have the most graceful high jump along with all of the other Grade 9s in the school, participated in the method in the world, it got him over the bar during the competition Annual Grade 9 Track and Field Meet. (David Emslie photo) at Central Huron Secondary School (CHSS) on September 25. John, CHSS volleyballers win Central Huron's Senior Volleyball team took part in the annual Madill Invitational Tournament on September 26. Undermanned due to the absence of several regular players because of work and captain Ron McKay due to a very unfor- tunate broken ankle suffered in practice, the Senior Redmen turned in an excellent effort all day. The Senior Redmen opened the tourna- ment with a very fine effort against the host Mustang team, winning the game 15-13. The Redmen continued their ' winning ways downing Mt. Forest 15-9 and Walkerton 15-5. O.S.C.V.I. of -Owen Sound fell to the Redinen by a 15-7 score. C.H.S.S. suffered their first loss against South Huron by a 15-13 score. The Redmen bounced back downing a very good Mitchell team by a 15-7 score. The Senior Redinen completed the round robin effort by downing ournament , the Seaforth team by a 15-0 score. The Redmen qualified in first place for the semi finals. Against Mt. Forest in the semi- final, the Redmen produced a steady effort and won both games by scores of 15-9 and 15-10. In the finals against the host Madill tears, the Senior Redmen won the first game by a very close score of 15-12 but dropped the se- cond game by the same 15-12 score. In the final game, the Senior Redmen played with a lot of poise and came away with a 15-8 vic- tory to take the tournament championship for the first time. Special mention must be made to the outstanding play of Geoff Lyon, .Jeff Roy and .teff Brown ably supported by Bob Grunewald, ('raig Lockhart, Dan McDougall and Dean Laurie. The Senior Boys volleyball team opened its official season in the Huron -Perth ('on - Lawn bowling season ends CLINTON_ The season has come to an end to rent out their Iacrhties during the fall and for another year for the members of the winter season for meetings, small parties, Lawn Bowling Club. anniversary celebrations and the like. More Fortunately, their tournaments were definite information will be available after completed without weather interruptions over the summer. The Clinton club has received many favorable comments from bowlers from other clubs about their new club house and facilities, of which they are very proud. To complete their season the club is hav- ing their annual pot luck supper and meeting on October 1 in the new club house. They hope all of the members and friends of the club will be .able to attend. As ,this is an important meeting, members ape asked especially to try and be present. They are also asked to bring a plate, a mug and some food. The meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. The Clinton Lawn Bowling ('lub is hoping their annual meeting For those wishing to make a contribution to the club's building fund, more donations are being accepted. The final tournament for the district was held in Seaforth on September 23, and it was the Lorne Dale Trophy Tournament. The winners of the tournament were Della Slavin and Walter Newcombe. 'Twenty-eight teams competed for the trophy. The winners for the weekly mini -lottery for the last three weeks were Stuart Wilson of Brucefrcld, Cathy Wood of Clinton and Clara ,Macaulay of Clinton. The draw will continue weekly until approximately the middle of October. Larks lead ladies' league Tuesday Afternoon Ladies Lexie's Larks 18 Helen's Old Crows 17 Evelyn's Eagles 16 Roy's Ravens 15 Grace's Geese 14 Nancy's Pink Flamingos 14 Mary's Magpies 13 Ruby's Robins 13 Helen Faber was the top bowler during the September 22 session of bowling as she had the high single with 243, the high triple at 654 and the high average of 210. The hid- den score prizes donated by Dixie Lee Chicken were won by Marg Anderson and Iva Reid. Those ladies who bowled games over 200 included: Mert Elliott, 200: Beulah Keys, 209, 219; Mary Chessell, 210: Nancy Atkin- sdtl, 21; Joyce Van Riesen, 211, 217; Grace Castle, 215; Tudy Wilson, 220, 2.34: Marj Carter, 227; Sheila Keys, 2332: Helen Faber, 227, 243. Londesboro and Area Ladies The Loonies The Blue .Jays The Dodos The Humming Birds The Orioles The Cuckoo Buds 4 On September 20 Helen Hutchings was the high single bowler for the ladies with a score of 292 and the runner-up was ,Janet Taylor with 281. Janet Taylor also had the high triple with 737 and the high average -of 211, while Helen Hutchings was the runner- up for these categories with a high triple of 674 and a high average of 210. The most im- proved howler for the day was .Janet Taylor with plus 30, and Dorothy Salverda and Nancy Fothergill followed in the runner-up positions with plus 16. Bowling games over 200 for the day were Dorothy Airdrie with 200, Linda Bedard with 207, Helen Hutchings with 237 and 292, .lane( Taylor with 281 and 259, Dorie Blake with 204, Colleen Maloney with 207. Turn to page 13 • 17 15 12 8 ference by travelling to Stratford Nor- thwestern on September 22. The Senior Redmen rnet the defending Huron -Perth champion Stratford Central Rains in their first match and found the Rains to be very tough agaiTthis year. 'I'he Redmen dropped both their games by iden- tical 15-7 scores. In their second nratc•h, the Senior Redmen downed the host Stratford Northwestern Huskies by 15-2, 15-4 scores. The Senior Redmen continued to play well in their last match of the day defeating St. Marys by 15-4, 15-7 scores. This y'ear's tears has high hopes of mak- ing the playoffs and is led by captain Ron McKay, now "rut with ;in injury, spikers Jeff Roy, Jeff Brown, Darin McKenzie, Steve Ryan, Bob (,runewald, Nith '1'o, Craig Lockhart and setters Geoff Lyon, Dan McDougall and Dean Laurie. Clinton Recreation BALL PROGRAMS For more information call the Recreation Office 482®3399 LEARN TO SKATE Tuesday Mornings 10©11 am Oct 6 - Dec. 8 Clinton Arena Fee: $20. POWER SKATING Thursdays 4 - 5 P.M. October 8th - December 10th Clinton Arena Fee: $20. Although there «as a light rain for parts of Central Huron Secondar School's Annual Grade 9 Track and Field meet on September 25, the new students teemed to enjoy their athletic outing. Here, one student tries her hand at the girl's shot put event. (David Emslie photo) Recreational Girls RINGETTE REGISTRATION Any Girls 8 - 17 Years ®Id If you want to play Ringette this Winter Please Register at the CLINTON ARENA Sat., October 3 10 ci•m. - 12 n., .,u n Anyone interested in coaching Ringette can also register Fee; will not be asked for at this tern°