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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-11-03, Page 19imussouismosommine Godericht SIGN `A\L TAR .45 134 YEAR --44 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1982 SECOND SECTION A South Huron Panther running back goes head over heels af- action here Thursday. Chris Pitre (20) and Joe Melady (64) give ter being tripped up by a Goderich lineman in senior football chase. (Photo by Dave Sykes) Seniors win hard-fought 2-1 victory BY TD The GDCI senior Vikings won a hard- fough 2-1 victory over the Exeter South Huron Panthers ir. the Huron -Perth Conference football semi-finals here Thursday. The victory puts the Vikings in the Huron -Perth championship final .here • Saturday against the Stratford Nor- thwestern Huskies, who defeated the Norwell Redmen 24-6 in Thursday's other semi-final. Andrew Telford "single-footediy" ac- counted for the Viking scoring, kicking two fourth quarter singles, one of 35 yards, the other of 45 yards. Telford's punting was a big part of the Vikings' game. His booming punts, both with and against the wind, gave the Vikings good field position on several occasions. The Viking offence was spotty, opining • up with some big plays' but lacking the consistency •neededto keep long drives going: Penalties at inopportune times stalled other Goderich drives. The rash of penalties continued the trend of the Vikings' first meeting with the Panthers in last week's reglilar schedule game. Over the two games, the Vikings had 17 penalties to the, Panthers' four. The Vikings' defence was outstanding. They allowed no big gainers by the Pan- thers and ;were able to shut down the parts of the Panthers' attack which functioned last. week. The only Panther point .was a third quarter 25 yard single kicked by Christ Van Gerwen. The Panthers managed a total of only 77 yards of- fensively. The Viking defence got strong efforts from Dave McDonald and Dave Weaver at inside line backer and Greg Lapaine and Paul Kalbfleisch played well at the corners. Defensive tackle Ray Vanstone and defensive halfback Chris Pitre also had strong games. The Viking final here Saturday will be the second half of the double-header championship day. The Goderich- Stratford senior game will be preceded by the Huron -Perth junior championship game between Goderich and Listowel which beings at 12:30.p.m. The senior final will commence at approximately 2 p.ni. The match -up. between coach Ray Donnelly's Vikings and the Huskies should be a good " one. In the regular season meeting here two weeks ago between the two teams, Goderich emerged With a slim 8-7 win. Both teams finished the season' with identical 4-1 won -lost records, but the Vikings were first by virtue of their victory over the Huskies. The Huskies played without their leading running back Dave Gera in that game. Gera scored two touch- downs in Northwestern's victory over Norwell in the semi-finals. Juniors finish witil precord BY TDs: ".;.'n' . Ny ? The GDCI junior Vikings disposed of the Clinton CHSS Redmen in convincing style here in the Huron -Perth Conference football semi-finals Thursday, blanking the Redmen 24-0. The Vikings advance to the Huron -Perth finals here Saturday at 12:30 p.m. against the Listowel Lords. The Lords reached the finals by downing the Exeter SHSS Pan- thers 22-15. The Vikings finished first in the regular schedule with a perfect 7-0 record. They have won the championship the past two seasons and, with this season's record included, have gone three years without a loss. The Vikings held a 9-0 lead here Thur- sday by halftime. A first quarter touch- down by Kevin Feagan on an eight yard counter was converted by John Thompson. Ftick Haas kicked two si'igles, one 39 yards, the other 42, in the second quarter. The third quarter was scoreless, but the Vikings broke the game open with a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns. Feagan got his second of the day on a two -yard pitch. John Thompson threw to Trevor Erb for a two, point , convert. Thompson got the final' touchdown on a four yard blast and then kicked the convert himself to make the score 24-0. The Viking defence was once again able to shut down the Clinton defence and that gave -the ,Gndertc1i -offence the field .position to _put the' 'points on the scoreboard. The Vikings' two top running backs are both moving in on the 1,000 yard plateau for the season. Both Kevin Feagan (937 yards) and John Thompson (930 yards) will have a chance to go over 1,000 yards when the Vikes play the championship final here Saturday. Coaches Bill Garrow and Bruce Baker are expecting a tough game from Listowel. The Lords' offence centres around running back Tom Newbigging. He has scored over half of his team's total points this season, so stopping him will be one of the keys to Saturday's game. Led by the blocking of Jeff LeBeau (12) Junior daylight in junior semi-final action against (lin- -Viking running back Darren Doak heads for ton here Thursday. (Photo by Dave Sykes) Seni.r girls have winning record following victories BY ID The GDCI senior girls' basketball team has a winning record foL'owing a pair of victories last week in Huron -Perth Con- ference play. Monday the Vikings defeated Listowel 57-35 and Wednesday they thumped St. Marys 67-22. Both games were played on the GDCI court. The Vikings' record now is five wins and four losses. They played their final league game Monday in Clinton and will play in the Huron -Perth quarter finals today (Wednesday). The Vikings got double-figure outputs from Mary O'Neill and Barb Conlon against Listowel. O'Neill had 16 points and Conlon got 12. Mona Gleason added nine, Mary Beth Alexander hooped eight and Karyn Drennan and Teresa Donnelly had four points each. Anne Allan and Allison Graham added two points apiece. O'Neill, Drennan and Alexander con- trolled the board for the Vikings and Graham led her team in the assist column. Nancy Johnston was Listowel's top crnrer with 15 points. Allison Graham, Mona Gleason and Barb Conlon had 14, 13 and 12 points respectively in the Vikings second win of this week. Mary O'Neill added nine, Mary Beth Alexander had eight, Karyn Drennan and Teresa Donnelly got four apiece, Denise Connelly added two and Anne Allan had one point. Cathy Oke, the only Viking not to score, led the team in assists with five passes that resulted in baskets. Sue Smith topped a meagre St. Mary's offensive output with six points. Friday here in exhibition play, the Vikings defeated. London Medway 45-41. Barb Conlon had a big game with 21 points for the Vikes. Mary O'Neill had 10 points• and led the team in rebounding. Allison Graham had six points and topped the Vikings in assists. Karyn Drennan, Teresa Donnelly, Cathy Oke and Denise Connelly each had two points. The Vikings saw a nine point lead drop to just two points with less than a minute to play. Denise Connelly assured the Viking win with a basket on a pass from Anne Allan with less than 20 seconds left. Junior girls win one of three games in tourney BY ID The GDCI junior girls' basketball team won only one of three games in the championship round of the Sarnia St: Pats' tournament last weekend but coach Phil Bugler felt his team had an excellent tournament and had a learning experience that will help them in their upcoming Huron -Perth and WOSSA playoffs. St. Pats won their own tournament and in the process ran their two year winning streak to 52 games. The Irish downed Sarnia SCITS 26-21 in the final. St. Pats defeated Goderich 62-39 on the strength of a 13 point, effort by tournament MVP Lynda Spero. St. Pats' other victory was a 45-32 win over London Westminster. The Vikings' victory in the tourney was a 69-65 decision over Kingsville. Christine Stapleton had her best game ever, getting 27 points for Goderich. Kim Fritzley had 16 points and led the team in assists. Tammy Gibbons had some timely points for the Vikings and wound up with .a total of 11. Cathie Gallow and Melaine Jeffrey had six each and Mary Murphy added three. • The Vikings dropped a close 38-36 game to SCITS. The Vikings carried the play in the early going but missed some scoring opportunities and SCITS came back to nip the Vikings in overtime after a 36-36 regulation time deadlock.. • Kim Fritzley had 23 points for Goderich. Chris Stapleton had five, Tammy Gibbons. four and Cathie Gallow and Mary Murphy had two points each. The Vikes matched St. Pats' second quarter output but had fallen behind in the first quarter and trailed 34-22 at halftime. Goderich sagged again in the third quarter but actually outscored the Irish 13-12 in the final quarter. • • - Kim Fritzley had 16 points and Tammy Gibbons added 10. Christine Stapleton with nine and Melaine Jeffrey and Cathie .Gallow with two each rounded out the Viking attack. •Kim Fritzley was voted to the tour- nament All-Star team. Junior girls undefeated BY TD The Goderich Vikings • junior girls' basketball .team continued to .roll along toward an undefeated season in the Huron - Perth Conference with a pair of victories last week. Monday the GDCI girls overwhelmed Listowel 48-17. Wednesday it was a 54-20 win over second place St. Marys. The victories left the Vikings with nine con- secutive wins heading into their last league game Monday in Clinton. League quarter -finals begin Thursday but the Vikings, who have clinched. first place, have a bye in that round. Coach Phil Bugler's squad will swing into action in the , semi-finals beginning November 10 or 12. Hockey news Kim Fritzley had 25 points against Listowel. Tammy Gibbons added 11 and Chris Stapleton, had seven points. Sep- temberi)eathe; Cathie Gallow and Mary Margaret Murphy each had two points. Linda Sanderson, with six points, was Listowel's leader. St. Marys came into their game here with seven wins in eight games, having lost to only Stratford Central, but they were no match for the Vikings. Kim Fritzley again led the Vikes with 24 points. Chris Stapleton hooped 10. Tammy Gibbons and Mary Murphy each had. seven, Cathie Gallow added six and , Melaine Jeffrey had five points. Carole Keeler threw in eight points for the losers. Juvenilis collect three points in twoleaguegarnes. The Goderich Signal -Star juveniles collected three points in two Shamrock League games on the weekend. On Saturday the Stars won their first game of the season in Port Stanley and Sunday they slavaged a tie on a last , minute goal against Thamesford. In the game in Port Stanley Saturday, Goderich jumped into a 2-0 first -period lead and added single goals in the second and third period to record a 4-2 win; their first of the Season. Jeff Sargent and Del Bedard scored first period goals for Goderich. The Stars jumped into a three -goal lead in the second period on a goal by Keith • Hallam before Port Stanley replied with its first goal of the game. Each team scored once in the final period to produce the 4-2 final with. John Peters scoring the Goderich goal. Dennis Kerr and Pat Bissett shared the netminding duties for Goderich and both turned in fine performances in the Stars' first win of the season. The scene was reversed Sunday as the. Stars had to come -from -behind in dramatic style to salvage a 2-2 tie with Thamesford. The teams • played through a scoreless first period before Keith Hallam scored the first goal of the game in the second period to give Goderich a 1-0 lead. Thamesford tied the game in the second period and a third period goal by Clayton Essis put the visitors ahead 2-1. Goderich trailed by one until the final minute of play. With just 22 seconds remaining in the final period, the Goderich goaltender was removed in favor of a sixth attacker and the strategy paid off as Phil Wood scored with four seconds remaining to produce the 2-2 tie. The win and tie leaves.Goderich with one win, one loss and two ties in four games. On Sunday, November 7 the Signal -Stars " play in Parkhill and their next home game is Sunday, November 14 against Dor- chester. Novices defeat Lucan 5-2 The Garb and Gear Novice team -defeated-the Iyucan Novices 5-2 in Lucan on-• Saturday, October 3,0. Lucan opened up the scoring in the first period but Goderich went ahead .in the. second period with two goals, the first one scored by Sam Hosack assisted by Jason Cook and the second one scored by Cook assisted by Don Rivers. • In the 'third period, the Goderich boys strengthened their lead with three more goals to Lucan's one. These were scored by Cook _ assisted by....Hosack .a.nd__..ivers. Jason Jeffrey assisted by Hosack and Jared Whalen; and Cook unassisted for a hat -trick. Atoms defeated 7-4 The Goderich Machinist Atoms were defeated by the Strathroy Atoms 7-4 in Strathroy on Saturday. Even though the Goderich team out- played the Strathroy team, they were stopped from scoring time and time again by the superb goaltending of the Strathroy net minder. Tim Harrison got all four goals for Goderich and was assisted on all four by Brian Lane. Coach Steve Buchanan said he was impressed by Harrison's desire to win. He also said Longie Rumig performed admirably throughout the game in his new position of left wing. The local Atoms will play this Friday night in Parkhill and again on Saturday in St. Marys. Their record now stands at two wins and one loss,