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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-03-11, Page 201 58 teams will play over 80 'l'he 38th rendition of the Goderich Lions Club's annual Young Canada Week Peewee Hockey Tournament begins its nine -day run this Friday at the Goderich Memorial Arena. Hundreds of peewee age hockey players from across the province will be w town to participate in the oldest tournament of its kind in the world. The 38th version of YC'W gets off the ground Friday, March 13 with preliminary round games and it will feature• exciting hockey daily, except for S.unday, March 15, until its conclusion Saturday, March 21. The tournament begins Friday at 5:30 p.rn. with Ripley playing Hensall in D Divi- sion action and a game between Ilderton and EEhna Logan will follow at 6:40. • • In keeping with tradition, the tourna- nicnt's opening ceremonies will he held g mes before the Goderich-Moent Forest game at 7:50 p.m. The final game of the evening will pit Acton against Listowel. Each day, action will begin at 8:10 a.m. and carry on trough approximately 10:30 p.m. A total of 58 teams in five separate divisions will play over 80 games during the tournament. Last year, .. tournament organizers presented a roruid-robir format of play for teains in the AA and A Divisions and the same structure will apply this year. '1'he AA Division features Sarnia, Brant- ford, London Sabres, Guelph, Bolton and Waterloo in round rob' play. The teams begin play Thursday M rch 19 at 3:10 p.m. and four games will . be played: Action resumes at 8:10 Frida morning and the championship game wi I be played at 7:50 Friday evening. orts ring nine® day tournament In the round robin format, the teams al a awarded two points for a win and one for a tie. After three games, the two teams with the highest points will play for the division, championship. The A Division teams include Simcoe, Woodstock, Sarnia Minor, London North, Windsor Minor, and Stratford Minor. Trie teams begin preliminary round robin play at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, March 17. Play in the division will continue Wednesday, March 18 with the championship game scheduled for 7:50 p.rn that evening. The B Division begins with two games on opening night and then play is scattered throughout the week with games on Satur- day, March 14 and Monday, March. 16. The division semi-final games will be played, Thursday, March 19 and, the final games will be played Saturday, March 21. there are 14 entries in the L Division and play is scattered throughout the week. The division sethi-final games will go Satur- day, March 21 in the morning and the finals will be held later in the afternoon wrapping up the tournament. The I) Division, which will feature 16 teams, will also have a second Goderich ', entry, the Goderich B team, Goderich plays its first game Thursday, March 18 at 8:10 a.m. The semi-final games will be held Friday, March 20 and the consolation final,is set for 6:40 p.m. the same day and the final will be played at 9 p.m. March 20. Again this year, children under 13 years of age will be admitted t&the.garnes free of ' charge while adult weekly passes to the tournament are available for $5. The pass also entitles the bearer to a chance on a draw for a new VCR. Daily tournament passes are available'at the door for $2. Sr® Vikings lose in W`i SSA semi final 52-50 SECTION B SPORTS SHORTS Goderich Vikings reached the WOSSA semifinal, but lost a heartbreaker 52-501,to the Aylmer East Elgin Eagles. In their quaterfinal match against the Petrolia Lancers, Darryl Black's baseline bucket with 2:29 left gave the Vikes a one point lead. They won 48-44 to advance to the semifinals. Goderich exploited the Lancers triangle - and -two defence by driving the ball up the middle, drawing key fouls. Todd Graham lead Goderich with 16 points in the semis and Bob Barwick chip- ped in 14. Black in the quarterfinals pulled down an important offensive rebound. with 1:09, was fouled and canned both free throws to put Goderich up 46-42. Black and Barwick both had 12 points in the game and Graham ham- mered home 13 of his own to lead the team. PAGE 6A—GOIIERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1987 O'Brien's Porkers goaltender Roy Wallace kicks out a shot from close by Dan O ie..the.G.oderietelVien's.Recreation l eague_c.hampiensh.ipgane against the Par Rangers Saturday night. Steve Siertsema (19) cruises in for the rebound. Thee terbeinT who finished second in the league standings to the Porkers, won the game 3-1 to win the Rouse league ehamponship, This year the teaWs in the eight -team league played in a three-day ngers, ".round robin tournament to decide the winner. (photo by Dave Sykes)' 'ark House w ns tournament Rangers edge Porkers 3-1 in ournament final Ranger coach Dick Shoemaker 'keeps. an eye on the action: The ' Park House Rangers d feated O`Brien'S .Porkers 3-1 in the tout ament final Saturday night to win the Goderich Men's Recreation League Champio ship. The league championship win wa a first for the Rangers and it came as the league executive tried a round-robin tour ament format this year rather than the •onven- tional playoff series format. The tournament championship ga e pit- ted the league's top two teams agai st one another. as O'Brien's finished firs in the eight-team'league while the Range s settl- ed for second place. • The championship game, while it was physically demanding on the pia ers Of both teams who faced their third ame of the day, was an exciting one. with end-to- end action and some. solid goalten ing. The Rangers jumped into a 2-01 ad and carried the two goal margin' into t e third period. The Porkers applied cons derable pressure in the third period and eir per- sistence and tenacity paid off in a goal by Paul Kelly who punched a shot pa .t Sandy Marshall after taking a nifty pa.s from Pete Bakker. The Porkers enjoyed several g.ed scor- ing opportunities in the final p,.'iod but either missed the net or had arshall make the save. At the other end of the rink, Roy Wallace 'made some outstanding saves to keep the Porkers in the game. ' With less than a minute remaining in th'e game, O'Brien's pulled Wallace in favor of an extra forward and the Rangers scored into the empty net to produce the 3-1 final score. Both Harold Peet and Steve Siertsema played outstanding games for the Rangers. ' In the round robin; the Park House tied Hodges 2-2 in its first game and then defeated Clere-Vu Rockets 3-1. The Rangers lost early :Saturday 8-2 to Green Machine in a game that had no bearing on the Rangers' entry to the semi-final. In the semi-final, the Rangers defeated Sunset 4-2 to earn a berth in the Teague' championship game. The Porkers, playing in a four -team divi- sion comprised of Sunset, Bedford and Lakeland, won its opening game 5-2 over Sunset Golf and then assured itself of a berth in the semi-final with a 7-5 win over Lakeland. O'Brien's lost its final round robin game 6-5 to Bedford. ,Bedford Hotel defeated Lakeland 7-5 then lost to Sunset 5-4. The only reason the Flyers missed the semi-final was by goal differential as Sunset hammered Lakeland 10-2 Saturday afternoon to claim second place in the four -team round robin. The Porkers earned a berth in the cham- pionship game with a 1-0 victory over Hodges in the semi-final game. Then with just over an hours rest the Porkers played the championship game. In other games the Rockets defeated riele Turn to page 'iA Ranger goalie Sandy Marshall celebrates the third Park House goal. Erskine rink wins Kincardine ladies bQnspiel On Monday March 2nd Eleanor Erskine skipped 'her rink to win the trophy at the Kincardine -Ladies Invitational Bonspiel. Vicki , Culbert, Emily Crew and Phyllis Fisher were her team members. On Wednesday, March 4th,' Fay Riney, Karen Kirk, Dixie Cameron and 'Joan Hib- bert won the first draw at the Cunningham Curling Club. On Saturday, March 7th Erskine skipped her rink to be the overalll winners at .the Vanastra. Ladies Invitational Bonspiel. Their 'spiel was sponsored by Anstett Jewellers and her rink 'of Lynn Edward. Emily Crew and Bernice ..Moore won wat- ches and pins as their prize. • An In -Club jitney' was held at the Maitland Country Club on Wednesday, March 4th. 10 teams competed for prizes. sponsored by Champion Road Machinery. Winners of. the first dr•aw'were.skip Vicki Culbert, Donna Finnegan, Marybelle Cranston and Phyllis Lawrence'. The second draw.wihners were- skip Lynn Edward, Emily Crew, Muriel Kellough and Jean Cruikshank. • • Other winning skips were Doreen (arrow, Phyllis Fisher, Cathy. Murdock and Rosemary Davison. Dramatic goal gives Clinton 1 t .._.,._.. Members of the Park House Rangers celebrate their championship win over O'Brien's Porkers Saturday.. in the photo at right, Porker defenceman Rick Palle and team-mate Dan Duncan reach for a loose puck in the slot in front of Roy Wallace. (photos by Dave Sykes) A dramatic third period goal, with fif- teen seconds remaining in the game, earn- ed Clinton Pee Wee Bs a 5-5 toad tie with Goderich in Huron -Perth Leagueaction. Goderich showed the importance of a late ° period goal. With just, over two minutes left in .the first period,' Mark Melick, assisted by Mike LeBrun scored to cut the Clinton lead to 2-1. Momentum from that goal, carried over to the second when, in the first minute, Jason LeBeau tied the score, assisted by Shawn Carver. Two goals, one with three seconds, left in the second And another midway through the third restored Clinton's two -goal advantage. Goderich stormed back with three goals to take the lead 5-4. LeBrun potted the first one, 'ssiated by Melick and Chris Burbine, an unassisted marker by Carirer tied. it and Melick added his second of the night from LeBrun. Penalties cost Pee Wee Lions `B' division Ten minutes in penalties in the . third period cost Goderich Lions Pee Wees a 34 decision to Thamesford in the "B" final last Wednesday, in Goderich^: Gode'ric1 lead 2-1 after two and dominated play in the first period and much of the se- cond. However, the seore could have been much higher, but excellent Thamesford goaltending kept the score close. Paul Hamilton and Kelly MacDonald scored for the Lions on good individual efforts. The wheels came off for Goderich as a third period, ten Minute parade of penalties allowed Thamesford to steal the game. • The Lions play next this Friday at 7:50 against Mt.Forest in the Young Canada Week Tounament, in Goderich. Tweens rip Exeter ®5 In ringette play The Goderich Tweens recorded an 8-5 ' victory over Exeter in ringette action Saturday but the win may have left them a few goals short of. advancing in the playoff round. Goderich lost the opening gameof the two -game series 7-2 to Seaforth last week. In the game in Hensall • Saturday, Goderich outscored Exeter 5-4 in the first period and clinched the win with three goals in the final period to produce the 8-5' final score. Alesha Glousher, Trisha Rumig and Jen- nifer Hamilton led the Goderich offence scoring two goals apiece. Angie Harrison' and Stacey Clarence scored one goal each. Leslie Brereton chipfied in with three assists and Rumig, Clarence, Rhonda Hor- ton,' Hamilton, Harrison and Becky Har- - Mon 151i&" fe assist each. _ . 0