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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-03-04, Page 20I"' PAGE GA —GODERICH SIGNAL. STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1987 SECTION Bob Barwick (23) of the GDCI Senior Vikings basketball team heads for the basket in playoff action against Stratford Northwestern Huskies here Thursday. Teammate Todd 'Graham (12),looks for a pass under the basket and Juergen Shulz (20) trails the play. All • three were instrumental in the team's two -game sweep in the best -of -three championship series. Goderich won the first game in Stratford and. clinched the Huron -Perth title with a dramatic 42-41 come -from -behind win,Thursday. (photo by Dave Sykes) gs.arec Baird Robinson played a great game and led all scorers with 14 points. Co},e®from.® �ir e n wig seals The Goderich Senior Vikings basketball team captured its second straight Hurpn- Perth league championship here Thursday defeating the Stratford Northwestern Huskies intwo straight games in the,best- . of -three championship series. The Vikings began their title defence in Stratford last Tuesday where they, handily defeated the Huskies 65-51 in the opening, game of the series. On Thursday it took some spiri,ted play and beneh strength for the Vikings to pull out an exciting 42-41 vic- tory after trailing by as many as 13 points in the third-quarter. • In the first game, the Vikings started strong and never. looked back on ..the strength of a 22 -point performance by Todd 'Graham. Guard Bob Barwick chip- ped in .with 12 points and Mike Bush, who came off the bench to play a strong garrie in place of the injured Darryl Black, scored 10 points 'Baird Robinson. had eight points and • Black, who did a good job controlling the boards, had seven points. Juergen Schulz, with four points; rounded out the Viking scoring. Burge and Vaters were the Huskies' top scorers with 16 and 14 points respectively. The second game of the championship series here Thursday was a.complete tur- naround. The Vikings seemed to start well but their play deteriorated and at the con- clusion of the first half,,the Vikings trailed 25-19.• Playing without Black, who was injured latero game,one,.the Vikings had to rely on strong games from Bush and Robinson,and both came .through with inspired performances. With seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and down by .11 points, the Vikings began' an exciting' comeback. Sparked by Graham's tenacious play, the Vikings regained their composure. • Using a half -court press, they rattled the' inexperienced Huskies and the momentum • of thegame shifted. Inan .exciting finish, the Vikings stole the game 42-41 with the inspiration of their fans. Robinson, who undoubtedly played his best game as'viking, led all scorers with.14 points, and many of those Were staged under the basket in heavy traffic. B,arwick chipped in with 12 points but eight of them came in the‘fourth quarter as he found the touch arid bit the jumper from long range. Schulz, who also played an inspired game and was solely res'ponsible for the. Vikings' early success in the game, hooped eight points in the final game. Graham: who fouled out in the fourth quarter was held to four points by a Husky . defence; that payed special attention to.,. v4N% �a y,St� y ,, The championship win delighted the large partisan crowd. Coach Phil Bugler had to settle down his charges during the waning moments of the game. S eh . hi s Goderich guards. Barwick• and Graham. Stratford placed two men on the guards and had the remaining three players play a triangle zone. ' Bush, who started the game in place of Flack, played well and scored two points, as did. the versatile Byron Bowman who comes off the bench in any situation. Th'e Vikings now play in WOSSA AA in Stratford on Friday and Saturday! Only one.. winner, from the regional tournament advances from the sudden death play.. Juergen Schulz played an inspired game and got things going early. The hall gets away from Todd Graham as he drives for the basket. Graham had 22 points in game one and was field to four in game two before fouling out. YCW set to go March 13 SPORTS SHORTS The 38th edition of the Goderich Lions Club's Young Canada Week Peewee Hockey Tournament, featuring 58 teams in five divisions, is set to go Friday, March 13 through Saturday, March 21. This year, the 58 teams in divisions from D through to AA will compete for 'trophies and crests over eight -days during Spring break. Play begins Friday, March 13 at 5:30 p.m. with Ripley playing Hensall and the opening ceremonies will precede the Goderich-Forestgarne at 7:50. The Lions will again offer a $5 tourna- nent 'pass good for the week's action a'nd the ticket is, also good for a chance on a VCR plus au early draw for $100. Daily ad- mission will be $2.50. In anyone is interested in billeting visiting players they are asked to contact Bill Alcock at 524-9033 or Ken Alcock at 524-9572. Joe Melday ranked Noe 1 When Joe ,Melady was attending UDCI and competing 'on the school's track and • field team, he was an imposing figure in the discuss and shot put. And rings haven't really changed for the s 1 -year-old' McMaster niversity a 'ent. Two.weeks a go, Melady, ran d No. 1 in the Ontario Universities Athletic Associa- tion and No. 3 in the Canadian Interuniver- sities Athletic Union, won the shot put . event at the 'Hamilton Spectator `'Indoor Games with a toss of 15.29 metres. The toss, a personal best, went right out of the shot put area and out onto the track, eclipsing Melday's' personal best throw of : 14.62 metres. His nearest competition registered a toss of 13.45 metres.. • Admitting he had been working, on his form prior to the gamest, Melady had throws of 15.29'm and 15.26'm in winning . the •competition. The McMaster school record iriiThe event is 15.54 in, The Goderich native also played football at McMaster until a., head injury made: track and field an easy choice. Joe will compete in the CIAU finals in Saskatchewan in March. Atoms win, lose in t,a :,urn.ey .On Sunday March 1 ' the Goderich Machinists Atoms travelled to Lambeth to compete in the Shamrock Playoff Tourna- ment -in the B Division. I- , Th.ey dominated Mt: Bridges in their first game, defeating them a-0. David Boyce scored .twice with singles going to Bill Ingham, Bryan Hodges, Chris' Dickson, Andrew Scott, Jason Hayter and Drew Macaulay. • • In their second game against Parkhill, Goderich opened the scoring early, in the first period on a nifty goal by Chris ' Dickson. ;However, the second period was all Parkhill's as they • scored . four unanswered goals. David Boyce added one for Goderich in the third but•to no avail as the Machinists lost 5-2 and eliminating them from further play. Blues lead playoffs series The Goderich Atom Blue team piled up a 7-1 after two periods and hung on for an 8-6 win over Belgrave in exhibition play Saturday , Jason Meriam, Jeff Klages and .James McDade scored two goals apiece, to lead Goderich to the victory. Trevor Bazinet and Ryan Million scored one goal each for Goderich. In league action on the weekend, the Blue team defeated the White FlyersP2-1 and 8-2 to build a four -game lead in the playoff • series. In the first game, the White Flyers took a 1-0 Lead in the first period as I,. William- son scored from .Jason l,ajeunesse. The Blue's tied the game 15 seconds later on Bazinet's goal and Shane Pollock scored the winner in the second period with Klages and Mark Riehl assisting. In the game Sunday, Meriam scored four goals and team-mate McDade added, two goals arid an assist to lead the Blues to a convincing 8-2 win. Bazinet and 'Gaut- treau scored one goal' each as the Bites let. 4-0 after one period and 6-2 after two periods. Lajeunesse and .l. Lassaline scored the goals for the White Flyers. Erskine wins two games at bridge club Anna Godley and Eleanor Erskine com- bined for 31.5 points to take first place in a four -table Howell game at the Feb. 23 meeting of the Goderich Bridge Club. Marg Hall and Rev. John Wood finished second with 26 points and were followed by Jean Papernick and Louise Hetherington, 24.5 points and Ralph Kingswell and Bill Duncan, 23.5 points. - At President's Cup Night Feb. 24 Er- skine combined with Cathy McDonald to take first place at the six -table Howell game. Erskine also directed. Dawna Sproule and Brian Reeve finish- ed second with 62 points, six and a half points behind the leaders. Jean Papernick and Louise Hether- ington had 60 points, Ralph. Kingswell and Bill Duncan, 58.5 and the teams of Marg Hall and Veirfla Worthy 'and Marion Lane and tarb Howe tied with 57 points.