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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-11-10, Page 15the Gaderlclt SIGNAL— STAR ECE'A 134 YEAR -45 GODERICH; ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1982 SECOND SECTION Junior girls' basketball team takes first place with perfect season By T.D. The GDCI junior girls' basketball team capped a perfect season with a 68-19 vic- tory over Clinton Central Huron last Mon- day. The victory gave the Vikings, an undefeated regular season and first place in the Huron -Perth Conference with a record of 10 wins and no losses. Coach Phil Bugler's Vikings move into sudden semi-final playoffs here today (Wednesday) at 2 p.m. against Listowel. St. Marys and Seaforth meet in the other semi-final. Kim Fritzley paced the Vikings against Clinton with 27 points. Chris Stapleton add- ed 17, and Cathie Gallow had 16. Tammy Gibbons with five, Sarah Alexander, with two, and Shelley Teal with one point, rounded out the Goderich attack. Mary Gibson topped the Central Huron output with 16 points. Senior Vikings win eighth championship in ten By TD The GDCI senior Vikings made it eight Huron -Perth championships in ten years by defeating, the Stratford Northwestern Huskies here Saturday, 14-13. In the first quarter things did not look good for the Vikes. The Huskies jumped off to a 13-0 lead on the strength of two touchdowns by their chief offensive threat, Dave Gera. Gera was on the sidelines when the Vik- ings defeated the Huskies 8-7 during the regular schedule and it looked as though Gera was intent on single-handedly runn- ing the Vikings out of the park Saturday. Gera ran 12 yards to finish off the first Stratford drive which began with the recovery of a Viking fumble of a punt, on the Vikings' 35 yard line. Gera also kicked the convert. His next touchdown came on .a 45 yard pitch pass from quarterback Mike Evans, Viking defensive safety Jeff Feagan had Gera covered but the gale -force winds held the ball up allowing Gera to grab it. Rather than folding at that point, the Viking defence dug in and kept the Huskies off the scoreboard for the rest of the game. The Vikes began mounting their own of- fence in the second quarter. Quarterback Jim MacDonald went eight yards on a sweep around the right end for the first Biking touchdown, getting good blocking from Dave McDonald, Pete Stahl and Jeff Feagan. Joe Melady's convert attempt hit the crossbar and was no good. The half ended with the Huskies still on top 13-6. ' • There was no scoring in the third quarter, but the Viking attack became more effective with their bread and butter inside twining. They also showed great pa- tience when drives stalled. That patience was finally rewarded in the fourth quarter. Andrew Telford had kicked a 35.yard single early in the quarter to narrow the Stratford margin to 13-7 before the Vikes struck for the game-, winning touchdown. Dave McDonald, moved from his normal guard spot into a halfback• position made the key play, a 45 yard gallop tb the Nor- thwestern nine -yard. line. McDonald got. some good blocking from Carey Muck and Dave Weaver but' the run was also the result 01 tremendous aeternunation on ins part. His five years as a Viking all came together on that run. • Running back Jeff Feagan got the touchdown, carrying the' ball to the four yard line on first down and bulling his way over from there on the next play. Feagan had a strong game for the Vikings, but the Huskies were keying on him following his 200 yard plus effort against them in the regular season game. Viking coaches Ray Donnelly and Chris Connor had an- ticipated this and hence had made the ad- justments that brought McDonald into the backfield, shifting Carey Muck to guard and adding Joe Melady to the line. Feagan's touchdown put the Vikes on top 14-13 but Stratford mounted an offensive.' drive late in the quarter. The Goderich defence again came through. They had held Stratford to only six first downs until the last minute surge by the Huskies could only get as. far as the Viking 35 yard line. They attempted a kick from there with six seconds remaining, but the ball was caught short of the end zone and the game was over. Coach Ray Donnelly felt the real key to his team's victory was their strong defen- sive effort in the 'third quarter when the Huskies were shut down despite having the wind advantage. The Vikings had a total of nine graduating players . on their team. Quarterback Jim MacDonald, defensive halfback Kent Scholtz and' Chris Pitre, corner Paul Kalbfleisch, Chris Knox; of- fensive centre and ' defensive end Greg Marshall, offensive tackle and defensive end Carey Muck, offensive end and corner Greg Lapaine and the league's• finest in- side linebacker and lineman Dave McDonald will all be missed by the Vikings next year.. Team captain Dave McDonald perhaps put it all in perspective when speaking on behalf of his team Monday morning in front of a recognition assembly • at GDCI. He referred to the fact that many of his teammates •had played probably their last game of football and yet more important than winning the championship was the fact that from the game and their coaches they had learned to never quit and to pur- sue their goals until they achieved them. That is what high school sports is all about. Dave. McDonald played a key role in the Viking offence Saturday After giving up 13 points in the first quarter the Viking defence and set up the winning touchdown by Jeff Feagan. (Photo by Dave shut down Stratford's offence. (Photo by Dave Sykes) Sykes) • First loss in three years costs.the championship BY TD • The GDCI junior Vikings had not lost a game in three years but the string came to an end here Saturday and it cost the Vikes the Huron -Perth football championship. The Listowel Lords defeated the Vikings 31-24 in an action -packed final before a large crowd at the CDC! campus. The Vikings were heavy favourites to win the championship: They had finished first with a perfect 7-0 record in the regular schedule which included a 34-8 vic- tory over Listowel. Saturday's game was a different story. Despite missing some opportunities that could have won the game for them, the ikings still were holding a 24-22 lead with • the minute flag un. Listowel. got the ball on their own 50 yard line and tried a 'Pass .. that was almost intercepted. . The Lord's second down play was a pitch -pass that again went into the hands of a Viking defender but as he fell, the ball popped up into the arms of the Listowel .receiver and the Lords were still alive, with a first down on the Goderich 30 yard Zine. Two costly 10 yard penalties gave Listowel a °chance from inside the' Viking 10 'and the Lords' Tom Newbigging went over with the winning touchdown with just. 11 seconds left in the game: It was a game the Vikings could have won, but they kept handing the lords op- portunities .and the Lords were good enough to mekv Cie most of them. • The Lord;, w i N on offence most of the first quarter, eating up the clock with a ground game built around Newbigging, a tremendously strong running back with the ability to break tackles. almost at will. The Lords got the game's first touchdown on ac well -executed sweep by Ron Bouwknegt. The second quarter, however, belonged to the Vikings, Kevin Feaganscored on a seven yard counter, set up by a 22 yard reverse by Kevin Beattie. The Viking defence then stopped the Lords and four plays later the Vikes had their •second touchdown when Beattie went over on a 12 yard reverse: The defence came up big again and Listowel was forced to punt from deep in their own end. Matt' Buchanan blocked the punt and a Listowel player fell on the ball in his own end zone, giving Goderieh a two-point safety. Another Viking touchdown on a 42 yard end -around run by Shawn Rahbek was call- ed back on a penalty. The half ended with the Vikings up 14-6. The Vikings seemed to be containing the Lords attack in the third quarter as well. but a 75 yard pitch -pass play caught the Vikes napping and resulted in a touchdown by Henry DeVries. A successful two-point conversion tied the score. John Thompson put the Vikings back on top, finishing off a Viking drive with a nine yard sweep for a touchdown. Thompson's convert gave the Vikings a 21-14 lead. Tom Newbigging's second touchdown resulted • from a Viking penalty which gave the Lords a second chance after it appeared that the Vikes had stopped L.istowel's third down gamble deep in Viking territory. A two-point conversion. attempt failed. leav- ing the Viking in a 21-20 lead going into the final quarter. • A long drive by the Vikings stalled on the Listowel 25 and Goderich had to be con- tented with a single kicked by Rick Haas. The rest of .the quarter saw the teams ex- change safety touches. jockeying for field position; but then lightning struck in •the final minute with the ' Lords' *inning touchdown. John Thompson (11) provided a strong running game for the Vikings Saturday and Shawn Rahbek added a long gainer in the championship final against Listowel Lords. (Photo by Dave Sykes)