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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-02-11, Page 25GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1987 - -PAGE; 7A r Vi first se se me The GDCI Senior Vikings had their basketball talents put to the test last week as they defeated Stratford Northwestern Wednesday before their unblemished Huron -Perth season record was soiled .by Stratford Central here Friday evening. In the game last Wednesday, the Vikings narrowly defeated Stratford Northwestern Huskies, 59-51. the Vikings' offence was led by captain Todd Graham who had 20 points in the game. Darryl Black, the other Vik- ing captain, was next with a 13 -point effort, Bob Barwick played a strong game scor- ing 12 important points while Mike Bush., who also played a good' game, had six points.- Rounding out the Viking scoring were Baird Robinson and Juergen Schulz with four points apiece. The Vikings' unblemished league record was soiled by a strong Stratford Central team as the visitors defeated Goderich 46-45. It was a game in which mental.er- rors cost the Vikings a victory. . Graharn led the Viking attack in a losing effort, scoring 20 points for the second con- secutive game. Barwick hooped 11 points in the game while team=mate Black chip- ped in with nine points. Schulz scored three while Byron Bowman added two points, playing in place of Robinson, who got into foul trouble early in the game. A..•..member of the GDCI Junior Vikings puts the hall up in Huron -!•'girth League action against Stratford Central here Friday evening. Stratford won the game handing the juniors' •their.third loss of the season. The playoffs begin Thursday. (photo by Lou -Ann 1 -lope) GDCI Senior Vikings Darryl Black, Todd Graham (12) and Byron Bowman (33) wait for a rebound in Huron -Perth League action against Stratford Central here Friday. Stratfordwon the game 46-45, handing the Vikings their first loss of the regular season. Playoffs begin this week.' (photo by Lou -Ann Hope) r - s lose t. es to Stratf(;rds et all teams by TD The GDCI junior Vikings lost both of their basketball games with schools from Stratford last week. Wednesday, in Stratford,. the Vikings dropped a ,close 62-58 decision to the Nor- thwestern , Huskies. Friday, playing at, home, the Vikings lost 44-37 to the Strat- ford Central Ramblers. These were the final" games in the regular schedule for the Vikings. The, losses leave them with a record of seven wins and three losses and third'place finish in the Huron -Perth Conference standings. The Vikings will play a sudden -death quarter -final playoff garriehere Thursday: The Vikings stuck with the :Huskies throughout their games Wednesday. Strat- ford led 18-13 after the first quarter and both teams scored 14 points in the second to leave the Huskies, ahead 32-27 at halftiine.. Stratford padded their lead by seven • points, outscoring the Vikes 20-13 in the third quarter. but a .strong surge by Goderich in the.. fourth quarter, when they out gunned the Huskies 19-9, brought them to within four points at the buzzer."° Sean Wilson led the Vikings with 19 • points. Craig Wark, with 14, and •Ken Webb, with 10,, were the, other Vikings in double figures. Kevin Black had seven Points, Bob Pellow' added four, Calvin ' Knight got three and Greg Alcock had two points for the Vikings. Ho Troeung, .with 17 'points, and Orville Marshall, with 14, led the' Huskies. The Vikings lost to Central in the last minute of the game here Friday. 'Leading 37-35 with just over a minute remaining., the Vikes were the victims of • some hot shooting by the Huskies,and lost by seven points., • Amer Chevodry led /he Rains with 18 points. Ken Webb had 14 points for Vikings: Sean Wilson hooped nine, Calvin Knight hit • for five. and Jim I,aithwaite and Craig Wark had a strong rebounding game ,for • the Vikings. Sailors begin round robin series here Friday The Goderich Sailors are hoping to make a- ,t�eau_aeasan' ....of their. OHA _Junior 'C' hockey playoffs. After winning only one game and tying four in their regular season schedule, the' Sailors begin playoff action here this Fri- , day at 8:30 'p.m: against the Port Elgin Bears. The Sailors, Bears and the Wingha•m Ironmen are playing a double round-robin home and home playoff series, the winner of which will advance to the league finals against either Hanover or Walkerton who are playing a best -of -nine semi-final series. The Sailors will play in Wingham Sun- day and in Port Elgin Saturday Febr"uary -21 and then will' play at home versus Wingham on Sunday, February 22 to com- plete'"the first half of the round-robin series. It would be difficult to say that 'the Sailors are entering the playoffs on a strong note 'following their game last week. Wednesday, in Port Elgin, the Bears prevailed 771 over the Sailors and Friday, here, the • league champion ` Hanover Barons overpowered the Sailors 15-1. The Sailors played their last home game of the regular schedule here Tuesday against the Bears. This was a makeup of a game postponed from January 23. The Sailors have added a couple of new faces to their lineup with signings just prior to the February 10 deadline and are hoping that their will help Ahem in the playoffs. It has been 'a tough year for the Sailors. After almost folding at the first of the - season because of a lack of players, they have struggled through the year with little success pointwise, but the team's play has improved and they now have a full roster of players, many of whom are eligible to ' return next year. Team spirit is good and the effort is there, even though the talent is still somewhat lacking. This was evidenced here Friday when the Sailors wei . unable to stay with the. Barons who were obviously, much bigger. stronger and faster than the Sailors. The Barons outscored them 5-0 in the first period and 8-0 in the third. Only in the se- cond when the Sailors gave it a total effort were they able to stay close.. The Barons ,outscored them 2-1 that period. The Sailors' goal was scored by midget - aged defenceman Gary Erb who moved in from the point to Score on a nicereturn pass from Matthew Morris. Scott Batterman• and Rob Wallace had three goals a piece for the Barons. League scoring champion Dave Hopkins; and .Barry Riff had two goals each while' singles went to Terry Whiteside, Shawne McDonald Dan Shaw, Jeff Alexander and Greg Mighton. ..• The Sailors lost another of their veteran players in this, game. Goaltender Randy Gaynor had his jaw' dislocated in a good - Lions lose to Belle. River 8-5 The Goderich Lion Peewees swung into action twice last weekend tying Strathroy 4-4 in Strathroy before losing to Belle River 8-5 at home. _ In Strathroy, the Lions fell behind 2-0 in the first period then scored three straight goals in the second period to take a 3-2 lead after two periods. Strathroy scored two quick goals mid- way through the third period but the Lions hung tough and scored the equalizer with just three minutes remaining in regulation time. Jason .Jeffrey led the Lion offence Jbith two goals while Kelly MacDonald had a goal and an assist and Aaron Duckworth scored the final Goderich goal. Doug Rivers assisted on two bion goals and team-mates Andrew Mcl,arty and Sean Bloch picked up one assikt each. Against Belle River, in ra fast -paced af- fair, the !,ions had to play catch-up hockey mot of the night before falling to defeat. Vlith the score tied 2-2 after the first period, Belle River pulled into' the lead 5-3 after the second period and scored three more goals in the final period to clinch the win. " Duckworth led the Liong' offence with three goals while MacDonald had a goal and an asist and Jeff Beange, a goal. M.cLarty chipped in with two assists and .Jag'on Volland, Paul Wheeler, Bloch, Sean O'Brien rand Jason Cook had one assist apieee. - _.. The Lions' next outing will be this Sun- day when they travel to Amherstburg for a late afternadn contest. mouth collision. and ,may be lost to ,the team •for the balance of the season. Last week the Sailors logst--de€-eneema' a--Daryl----.- Madge with a shoulder separation. The Sailors have applied to the pHA for the right to obtain an emergency replacement for Gaynor. ThtSailors only goal in their loss in Port Elgin last Wednesday was scored by Chris Sideris, the teams leadirl'g scorer, on a pass from Darren Doak. Wayne Simmons had three Port Elgin goals. Dan Rowe, Ken Fedderna, Ian Brooks and Mike Duncan had one a piece for the Bears. The Goderich Jr. C Sailorsihockey team, 'thanks to the participation of community members, held a successful draw for a weekend for two in Toronto and tickets to a Toronto Maple Leaf hockey game. The winner of the draw was Henry De Groof of Walton. ' iiumnimmassamommamogsmosiollitlESE • Three members -of the f-Joderielr Lion Peewee -hockey team- battle for a loose puck in the slot in round-robin playoff action here against Belle River Saturday. Mark Phillips (15), Sean Bloch (17). and .Jason Jeffrey (4) came to the aid of their goaltender in the scrainble: in- playoff -action -nn- ilia= weefcend;• 6odcrielr tied- Strathroy 4-4 and dropped an 8-5 decision to Belle River. The Lions will play in Amherstburg this Sunday. (photo by Lou -Ann Hope) ' t C b rsw1ers dvance in cam etition SPORTS SHORTS During the month of ,January the house round of 'l'he Four Steps to Stardom has been taking place with the winner's to play in the Zone Round FE. 22 The YB(' winners include: 1(t an Million. bantam boys single and ('hristirta, Morley . bantam girls single. The bantam ti -are, are: Pat Glazier, Mike Moffatt, Jeff Rumig, Dennis 1.assaline and Jeff Squire and the second team consists of Karen Crawford, Dawn Baker, Crystal Mathers, Tara Mipion and Laurie Sygruve. Jeff Powell and Julie Fisher won the junior singles event and the teams are Mike McCabe, Chris Sutton. Derek Rurnig.. Todd Papple and Josh Reid and Angie Rivett, Sherry Suplat, Marie Burbtne. Tonya Glousher and 1.ee Anne Langford. Martin Papple was the senior single winner while Cathy Miller won the girl's event. Peewee Bs rip Zurich 5-0 in league play The Goderich Peewee Bs scored three goals in the second 'period to break a scoreless game and added two goals in -the final period as they went on. to defeat Zurich 5-0 in, Huron -Perth League . play Friday. The game was the first in almost three weeks for the peewees but. they still came up with a strong team effort. . M. Melick led the Goderich offence with two goals and one assist. ,Jason Lebeau. S. Carver and M. LeBrun scored one goal. each for Goderich. Carver also assisted on Melick's first goal. London run cds Pawoo research fund The TV London ,10 krn. road ray'eand one mile fun run andwalk will be held -Sunday. Feb. 22 beginning at 10 a.m. at Western Fair Raceway. ' Anyone wishing to participate .can register at the raceway from 8 to 9 a.m the day of. the race. The one -mile course con - lists of two laps of the half -mile• track at theraceway while the 10 km. course IS two loops of paved roads.starting urns finishing on the track. Trophies and .medals will be offered, iii six categories for 'both male and feasible. participanta and 'every finisher qualifies for a draw on a colour television. , TV -London donates 100 per cent of the entry fees along with all.pledges collected by •participants 'to Par'kwood,-Hospital „Research,: The fun run, is hosted by the London Pacers i.ong Distance Running Club and the director is Dennis Kalichuk (471-9127). ' Moms defeat Bayfield 6-1 in league The Goderich Atom Bs gut two -goal per- formances from Trevor Bazinet and- Jeff Klages as they defeated Bayfield 6-1 in ac- tion Friday. The teams were tied 1-1 after the first period with .Jeremy"•Powell scoring for Goderich with Bryan Lamb assisting. Goderich broke the game Mien with five straight goals in the second period. Klages and Bazinet, with two goals apiece, led the assault while James McDade added a single goal. Davi.dBf)gie, with two. Shane Pollock, Ryan Million and Powell assisted on the goals. In house league action Saturday. the Blue team defeated th'e White tcarn 7-3 to improve its record to- three wins against one loss and one tie. Scott Mathieson was a one-man offence scoring four goals in the game. Bazinet scored twice and assisted on all Mathieson's goals while Mci)ade scored one goal. Two teams tie for first place 1 Eleanor Erskine, and .John Donatis fihished first when the Goderich Duplicate Bridge Club met for a five -table Hoct•ell game Monday, Feb. 2. Erskine also directed. The teams of Betty and Ray Fisher and Marg Hall and John Wood tied for. second place and were followed by Ralph Kingswell and Bill Duncan. The teams of Anna Godley and Theresa Donatis and Verna Worthy and Marg. Hall tied for first place in the North-South Divi- sion at the Feb. 3 meeting of the Goderich Bridge'Club. The six -table Mitchell game was directed by Mary Donnelly and the average score was 40. Jane Cere and Ron Moore finished third with 41.5 points and .Jean Papernick and Louise Hetherington were fourth with 40 points. Marion lane and Barb Howe were first in the East-West sectinon with t6.5 points while P.K. Venkiteswaran and A. Weer aSuur iya ' were- s tours' .w tt1T 4 . points. Kay Duncan and Nuala Conlon 'were third with'42 points and !)on Godley and Archie Hamilton, fourth with 11.5 points.