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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-01-19, Page 17'hz 135 YEAR -3 1004. GODEItICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, 19,1983: SECOND SECTION Senior Vikings hammer Exeter Panthers 94-35 Conference game provides little challenge for squad BY TD The GDCI Vikings hammered the Ex- eter South Huron Panthers here Friday, 94 - 35, in Huron -Perth Conference senior boys' basketball. The game, the first since the Christmas break for the Vikings, pro- vided little challenge for coach Myles Mur - dock's squad. The Vikings led 25 -10 after one quarter, 49 -15 at half-time and 65 - 22 after three quarters of play.. All team members scored as Murdock substituted liberally from his bench. Don McCallum was the top Viking scorer with 24 points. Chris Starkey had a good game, hitting for 15. Chris Pitre added 11 while Scott Bell and Kevin Smith each hooped 10 points for Goderich. Daryl Madge checked in with six points. Geof Chase, Paul Bren- ner and Dave More had four points apiece and Andrew Telford got two. The win gives the Vikings a 2 -1 record in league play going into this Friday night's game in Stratford with the tough Nor- thwestern Huskies. • A member of the South Huron Panthers flies through the air in a vain attempt to stop a Goderich forward in senior basketball action here Friday. Goderich defeated Exeter 94-35 and will play in Stratford this Friday against Northwestern. (photo by Dave Sykes) Midget boysbasketball team overpowers Exeter BY TD The GDCI Midget Boys' Basketball Team overpowered Exeter hh re, 81 - 41, Friday. The victory, the third consecutive in Huron -Perth play, came as a result of a strong team effort. Todd Graham, the offensive leader of the Vikings, hooped 21 points. John Empon had 17 and Bab Barwick, who played a strong game; had 12. Steve Bugler added 10 points, Baird Robinson had eight and Juergen Scholtz got six. Joe Fitzpatrick, Kevin Telford and Chris Srinth-each chip- ped in with two points. Mike O'Reilly led the St. Marys' effort with 16 -points. The Vikings travel to Stratford Friday for their biggest test so far when they tangle with the Northwestern Huskies. Midgetboys' basketball tourney here this weekend BY TD The Annual Bluewater Classic Midget Boys' Basketball Tournament will be held at GDCI this Saturday: The host GDCI Vikings tip off at 9 a.m. against London South to open the tourney which is divided into a two division round- robin format with the top two teams in each division playing off for thechampion- ship. Other teams involved are Parkhill, Sarnia St. Pats, London Medway and Stratford Northwestern. Action continues throughout the day with the game to decide third place at 7 p.m. and the championship final at 8:30 p.m. .Bantam houseleague teams win two of three. games Goderich -.bantam houseleague teams won two of three games in exhibition play this week. In a game against Kincardine last week, ScotiaBank score two goals in the opening period and added single goals in the final two periods as they defeated the Kin- cardine Lions 4-0. Ron Todgham led the ScotiaBank attack with two goals, both of which came in the first period. David Duncan scored the third Goderich goal in the second period and Ron Chapman scored the final goal in the third period. In a game in Goderich Saturday, Lucknow scored two goals in the final period to defeat Goderich 4-2. Lucknow led 2-0 after the first period but Goderich got back in the game as Norm McLennan scored the only goal of the second period. Lucknow put the game away outscoring Goderich 2-1 in the final 410. A1100,,ilik • • • period. Tim Wilson scored the Goderich goal in the third period. In a game played here Sunday, Goderich got a four -goal ,performance from Shawn Larder as they nipped Strathroy 5-4. Larder scored three straight goals as Goderich led 3-0 in the first minute of the final period. Strathroy roared back with three goals of their own in less than a minute to tie the game but Larder again put Goderich ahead with his fourth goal midway through the final period. Norm McLennan scored the fifth Goderich goal and Strathroy scored in the final minute to produce the 5-4 final. In exhibition play, Scotia Bank defeated Garb and Gear 4-3 as Ron Chapman scored three goals. Mark Cauchi scored the other goal. Todd Nurse, Shawn Larder and John Crawford scored one goal each for Garb and Gear. Chris Pitre (3) of the GDCI senior Vikings basketball team passes the ball off to a team mate in league play against Exeter Friday. Goderich won the game handily and tackle league -leading Stratford Northwestern Friday. (photo by Dave Sykes), Junior Vikings have three wins in three stare BY TD The..GDCI Junior Vikings have three wins in Three starts in Huron -Perth Con- ference Boys Basketball following'their 78 • - 22 victory over St. Marys here Friday. The Vikings exerted steady pressure on St. Marys throughout. Pete Conlon had a strong game both ways, scoring 14 points and leading , his team's defence. Dave AAlmasihad 12 points for the Vikings: Daryl Black hooped ten points in his first game as a junior and completely dominated the defensive boards. Andrew Carruthers also had 10 points. Kevin Feagan added eight, . Tim Bakker got six and ShaWn Rahbek, Mike Brenner and John Thompsime had four points each. Travis Bell and rant Townsend rounded out •the Viking attack with two points each. .The Vikings led 36 -13 at the half. The next start for • coach Lynn Meyers' Vikings is Friday in Stratford against Nor- thwestern. MAYINryv Two junior basketball players fight for posession of the ball in Huron -Perth league action between St. Marys and Goderich here Friday. Goderich won the game 78-22, its third straight victory of the season. (photo by Dave Sykes ) • Debbie H rton and C Moore place first in Skating Championshi Debbie Horton .and her partner Curtis Moore placed first in the Novice Dance category this past weekend at the Cana- dian Central Division Figure • Skating Championships held at Timmins. About 80 skaters from Manitoba and northern and south-western Ontario competed in .the event, in which the top four in each category advance to the Canadian Cham- pionships starting February 2 in Montreal, Debbie and Curtis advanced to the com- petition with their gold medal placing at the Western Ontario Sectionals held last month in Sarnia. • Debbie, 16, is the daughter of Everett and June Horton of Goderich Mather pari ner, Curtis, atso 16, is the son of Fra. anti Jacklin Moore of AiVinghana, They ' have skated: together for 4% years. This year, Debbie. and Curtis have lived and gone to school in"Toronto during the week so they may be coached. bit Roy Bradshaw at the Upper Canada Fikuiee Skating Club. Miss Horton returns to Goderich on the weekends where she helps coach skaters at the Goderich Figure Skating Club. The Figure Skating Club of Goderich is. holding a dance for Debbie this Saturday, January 22 at the arena. Juveniles rack up two wins The Goderich Signal -Star Juveniles racked up two more victories in Shamrock League action this week disposing of Strathroy 8-2 and defeating Lucan 4-1 in LuclIn Sunday. The victories improved the Stars' record to 11 wins against five losses and two ties in league play and they have compiled an impressive record in preparation for the playoffs. . Coach Doug Cruickshank said he wasn't sure what position the club was in following the two wins but added that the club was starting to roll with only three genies t tin the-achedteleee - . On Sunday, January 23 the Stars play in Dorchester and theirnext home game is Sunday,: February 6 against Belmont. Game time is 2.30 p.m. In the game against Strathroy the Stars built up p 4-0 first period lead, added two goals in the second period for a 6-0 lead' after two periods and traded two goals with the hpme team in the final period. Jeff Sargent led the Stars offence with four points on three goals and one assist. He scored once in the first period and com- plete the hat trick with two goals in the third period in a five second span. Phil Wood, John Peters, Paul McCar- tney, Jim Young and Mark Crawford scored one goal each for Goderich. Crawford also assisted on five other goals while linemate McCartney chipped in with three assists. Goaltender Dennis Kerr held Strathroy scoreless until the final two minutes`of the game as Strathroy scored twice in five seconds. In the game in Lucan Sunday the Stars outscored the home team in every category, pals and penalties. Despite Ieadingurihe, penalty category, the Stars matched Lucan's goatifrtbefirst period, took the lead on, Dave Gallow's goal in the second period and put the game away with two goals in the final period. Dave Gallow returned to action Sunday and led the team offensively with two goals. Phil Wood scored the first Goderich goal and McCartney scored the final goal of the game after converting a pass from Crawford. Midgets win two games BY TD " The Goderich Branch 109 Legion Midgets • won two games last week. Wednesday, in exhibition play, the Legion- naires defeated the Listowel Cyclones 5 - 3. Saturday, m a .regularly scheduled Shamrock League game, the Legion team hammered Exeter 10- 3. The Goderich 'team played well in both games and seems to be improving each time out as theyear up for the upcoming OMHA playoffs. gear will be the op- position in the first round of playoffs which begin early in February. Against Listowel Trevor Erb led the way with two goals and an assist. Todd Jef- frey, Shawn Rahbek and Darren Creamer notched the other Goderich- goals. Other assists went•to Scott Stokes, Jeff McEwin, Daryl Madge, John Thompson and Rob Gibbons. Goderich led 2 - 0 after the first period and 4 - 2 after two. Each team scored once in the final period. The game with Exeter was sweet revenge for the Legionna es. Last week the Exeter team had edge Goderich 7 - 5 in Exeter but_this time co ch Larry Jef- frey's squad left little doubt about which was the better team. John Thompson scored after only six seconds of play and from there on it was only a question of how many as the Legion- naires built up a four goal lead before Ex- eter came back with two goals. Goderich • outscored Exeter 3 -1 in the second period and seared three unanswered goals in the final frame. The Legionnaires dJ o'pl'ayed a very disciplined style of hockey, picking up only four minor penalties compared to Exeter's 12. Darren Creamer played his best game of the year, getting three of the Goderich goals. Jeff McEwin added a pair while singles went to Daryl Madge, Todd Jef- frey, Doug Smith and_Grant ef=fret',-DougSmith.and_Grant Garrow,. Leading in the assist column was Trevor Erb with five. John Thompson and Grant Garrow had two assists while Daryl Madge, Doug Smith,Ken Huff, Pete Willems and Brent Williamson had, one each. The Legionnaires have a busy week in process. Monday they played in Ilderton, Wednesday they journey to St. Marys and Saturday they play at home at 8 p.m. Penalties mar game BY 63 The Goderich Elevators Bantam hosted Exeter Saturday in a faat-skating, hard- hitting game marred with penalties. Ex- eter scored their first goal;at the 13:57 mark while Goderich sOas short handed. Ray Bedard made numerous saves but allowed two more goals before the first period ended. Todd Wilson replaced Bedard in the Goderich net at the beginningof the second: period. Goderich 'kept the pressure on lad were frustrated on numerous occasions by the Exeter goalie. Even though both teams had men advantages on different occa- sions neither scored a goal. In the third period Goderich played most of the period short handed, drawing six penalties to Exeter's one. Although they tried hard and did some aggressive for - checking they could not buy a goal while Exeter was able to notch another and win 4-0. I' Games are slated for Monday evening in Ilderton, Wednesday night in St. Marys, here Saturday against Parkhill, and possibly a catch ' up game on Sunday against•eithee St. Marys or Strathroy. We will report on those games,next week and would appreciate any support in atten- dance at . our local game(s) on ,the weekend. Pee Wees hustle to 9-2 win. The. Goderich Lions PeeWees displayed great hustle, spirit and team play last Saturday as they defeated Exeter 9-2. For two periods the pace of the game was fast and furious with end to end action in which the Lions led 3-1. In the third period the locals maintained the intensity of their game while Exeter wilted, and as a result the Lions tallied six times to make a rout of the game. The Lions goal -getters were Scott Gar - row with three, Bill Trebisri with two, and single goals for Larry Leppington, Bill Whetstone and Jim Kelly. Assists went to Garrow with three, Whetstone also with three. Greg Alcock had two and single assists went to Lepp- ington, Darren Stanbury and Chris White. The Lions played in Ilderton last night, and have Parkhill here Saturday and St. Marys on Sunday to round out a good week of hockey. Atoms win 6-3 over Lucan The Goderich Machinist Atoms displayed a total team effort for a come frotn-behind victory over Lucan 6-3 on Saturday in Lucan during Shamrock League play. Brian Lane opened up the scoring for Goderich in the first period assisted by Richard Bowman and Andre Cauchi. However, Lucan came back ,. with three straight goats and Goderich was trailing 3- 1 heading into the third period. Undaunted, the local boys fought back with five unanswered goals. Two of these were scored by Brian Lane which gave him a hatrtrick for the game. The others were scored by Andre Cauchi, Richard Bowman and Chris O'Neill. Shawn Talbot and Cauchi each got two assists and Lane got one. On Sunday, the Goderich Atoms -. travelled to Belmont for an exhibition game. However, the Goderich team did not play up to their usual standards and lost 9- 2. Goderich's two goals were scored by , Chris O'Neill assisted by Aaron Duck- worth and Tim Harrison unassisted. This Saturday, the local Atoms will travel to Strathroy for a game there. They still maintain their first place position in their division of the Shamrock League.