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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-01-26, Page 23,c. eat...cm The0000 and District M+ a ' Ceminunity. Ventre will be h with *key acque this weekend as tate Goderid► Retreat 9401 hockey Leaf e prepents, its fifth annual hockey tui named Ms weekend. The filth rendition of the recreational' tournament begins Friday, January 23144 will feature threeedays of hockey as 1 • teams battle for $1,500 bn total prize menet'• a5„ y League tourney here t wken� This year's tota'nament will feature 11 out of4town teams,: ineluding defenr� 4 Division St, C,lementsi ranfive • teams froian the Goderleh lesgue> The tournament buena Friday evening with five games: Green Machine and Alla get things underway at 6 p m., and Wan and Exeter will play at 7.15 p.m. O'Briens, winners of the,B Division a•,Ionsldp its 1982, will play league rivals Gar and Gear at 8.30 p.m., while Port Elgin Will play • Goderic`h SIGNAL -STAR. .. Sarnia at 9,45 p.nn. and.tke Bedford Flyers will tangle with the defending champions, St. Clements at 11 p.m. First round action resumes Saturday, January 29 at 8•aan. with:Seaforth playing Lucknow. Stratltroy will play Clerevu Auto Wreckers at 9.15 a.m, and Owen Sour. plays Wyomiing in, the final round game at 14.3.0 a.nca, .• • Second.,'ound action of the double% knockout format continues throlughf}M Saturday while semi -Baal games to botk •. the A and. B Division. are scheduled fon Sunday beginning; at 9 a.m. The A,Division semi-finals are scheduled for 1030 a,en.,. and 1.30 p.m. while the D Division semi- llnajs. will $o at 9 am, and 1 ,noon, The B Division elawaPi04pp gan►e Will be played Sunday at 3.15 p.m; and the .A . Division chainpionship game will follow at 5,10 1)411. • Throughout the tournament, minor hadteyrnothers will be cooking breakfast and offering full course anneals during the • day **tonna auditorium. Act 'ion tickets to the tournamerit also entitles the bearer to admission to dapces on Friday, and Saturday evening in the auditorium.. There will also be draws '(or deer prizes on Saturday. • FREC EATI 135 YEAR -4 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26,1983 SECONDSECTION Midget boys reach finals in tourney BYTD The Goderich Vikings continued their impressive play in midget boys' basketball action on the weekend. Friday, the Vikings defeated the Stratford Northwestern Huskies 55-37 for their fourth consecutive league victory. Saturday, the Vikings reached the finals m their own tour- nament, the Bluewater Classic, before losing to Sarnia St. Pats. In Stratford, the Vikings completely outplayed Northwestern. Todd Graham led the Vikings with 22 points. Steve Bugler had 12 and John Empson added eight. Bugler had a strong game both ways for Goderich. The Vikings won two games to reach the finals in their tournament Saturday. In their opening game, the Vikings got by London South, 42-38. Daryl Black paced the Vikings with 15 points while Steve Bugler had nine. Todd Graham and John Empson had six apiece. Chris Smith, Bob Barwick and Baird Robinson each added two points. The Vikings went on to defeat Medway in their next game, 47-32. Steve Bugler and Todd Graham • had 11 points each for the winners. Daryl Black hooped 10. Baird Robinson added four while Joe Fitz- patrick, Jeff Bedard; Juergen Scholtz and John Empson had twopoints each. In the finals, the Vikings lost 58-31 to a powerful Sarnia St 'Pats squad. Todd Graham had 14 points for Goderich. John Empson had six, Steve Bugler and Daryl Black had four apiece, Baird Robinson had two points and Juergen Scholtz had one. Tony Perrera had 14 points for St. Pats. Medway won the consolation final with a 56-49 victory over Parkhill. Senior Vikings lose to league -leading Huskies BY''D The GDCI senior Vikings lost to the league -leading Stratford 'Northwestern Huskies Friday night in Huron -Perth Conference basketball is Stratford. bya. • score of.73.60. The loss leaves the Vikings with a record of two wins and two losses in league play going into Oday.'s game here against the • Norwell (Palnnerston) Redmen. The Vikings played very well in the first half against the Huskies and came out with' a 36-32 lead. After the first quarter, the Vikings had led by, 10 points; 23-13. A second half let -down proved 'the Vikings' undoing. When they fell behind 56-49 after three quarters, the Vikes panicked and reverted to individual play. Scott Bell, Kevin Smith and Chris Pitre each had 12 points for the Vikings. Pitre also had a strong defensive game. Kevin Adams and Don' McCallum hooped seven apiece while Dave More and Joe Morrissey had four each. Andrew Telford had two points for the Vikings. Mike Otto with 23 points ind Bill Ritsma with 17 paced the Huskies' attack. The Vikings were able to use their fast break effectively against the Huskies but lacked finish around the hoop, failing to convert two -on -ones. The Vikings also were hurt by, a. five for 19 effort from the foul line. Junior Vikings suffer first loss of Conference play BY TD The GDCI junior Vikings suffered their • first loss of the Huron -Perth -Conference: boys', basketball schedule Friday in Stratford when they were defeated 58-44 by the Stratford Northwestern Huskies. The Vikings started slowly, trailing 19-6 in the first quarter. The Huskies used an early -game press which disorganized the Vikings. The Goderich team played well in the final three quarters, but were unable to close the gap. Mark James led the Huskies with 17 points. Bevan Mason had 15 and Ron Waglar hit for 19 for the winners. Daryl Black was.theYik ngs.'. top scorer, hooping 16 points. David Ahnasi and Peter Conlon had six apiece while Shawn Rahbek and Andrew Carruthers got four points each. John Thompson, Kevin Feagan, Tim Bakker and Travis Bell each had two points. The loss leaves the Vikings with a record of three wins and one loss going into today's game here against Norwell. Legion Midgets bag eight out of 10 points in late bid BYTD The Goderich Legion Midgets went point collecting last week, bagging eight out of a possible 10 points, in a late -season bid to boost themselves toward the top of the Shamrock Hockey League standings. The Legionnaires won two four -point games played to make up for cancellations earlier in the season. - Monday, in Ilderton, Goderich defeated the Ilderton Lions 5-4. At home Saturday, the Legionnaires came up with a tremendous effort to edge the league - leading St. Marys Cement Midgets 7-6 after losing to St. Marys 9-2 Wednesday in St. Marys. The victories leave the Legion team with the equivalent of 11 wins, seven losses and two ties in league play, an impressive record considering their slow start early in the season. Defenceman Daryl Madge was the hero of the piece in Saturday's win over St. Marys, sc g three goals, including the winner wit eight seconds remaining in the ga St. Marys led 6-5 with just over one minute remaining but John Thompson's goal tied the score and set up Madge's last second winner. Brent Williamson, Doug Smith and Grant (Jarrow scored the other Goderich goals. Garrow also had three assists. Shawn Rahbek had two assists while Thompson, Smith, Darren Creamer, Pete Willems and Todd Jeffrey each had one., The game represented a complete turn- around from Wednesday's game -when St. Marys dominated in a 9-2 rout to win their sixteenth game against only one loss. Doug Smith and Rob Gibbons were the Goderieb marksmen while Todd • Jeffrey, Scott Stokes and Darren Creamer had assists. The other four -point win for Goderieh saw the Legionnaires hang on for a 5-4 win over Ilderton. Goderich led 3-1 after one period and held a 5-2 lead in the third period before Ilderton scored twice to make it close. Grant Garrow and Trevor Erb each had two goals to pace the Goderich attack. John Thompson had the other Goderich goal. Daryl Madge had three •assists while Shawn Rahbek and Doug Smith had one each. The Legionniares do not play at home this week because of the Industrial League Tournament, but they do have an exhibition game lined up in London Saturday night. II Daryl Black (44) of the GDCI Vikings midget boys' basketball team tries to grab theball before London South team members can get it. Black paced the Vikings with 15 points against London South during the first game of the Bluewater Classic tournament held here Saturday. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Baird Robinson (11) of the GDCI Vikings midget boys' basketball team staves off aft attack on the hall by a London South player during Bluewater Classic tournament action here Saturday. The Vikings reached the finals, in the tournament and were then defeated by Sarnia St. Pats. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) 4 The St. Marys goaltender tries to push Goderich Elevators Bantam captain Chris Sideris out of the way as Sideris waits in the crease for a pass during Shamrock League play here Saturday. Sitlerls got a hat -trick but the local Bantams lost the game 5-3. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Bantams losethree games BY CB Last week, the Goderich Elevator Ban- tams played three games; unfortunately, they lost them all; On Monday evening, they travelled to Il- derton and played a four point game. In the first period, they did exceptionally well. Goals were scored by Jim Beattie on a pass from Kevin Talbot, Bruce Parent assisted by Richard Boddy, Kevin Talbot assisted by Chris Sideris and Jason O'Neill, and again by Kevin Talbot assisted by Parent and O'Neill. Ilderton scored twice and received the only penalty of the period. In the second period, Chris Sideris scored "'an unassisted goal and the boys ended the period with a comfortable margin of three goals. • Ray Bedard -replaced' odd Wilson in the Goderich net at the begit)ning of the third period. llderton"Scored tiler third goal at the 14.23 mark. Stderis scored his second goal of the game, at the 11:43 mark on a pass fromRichard Boddy, (Jing Goderich a lead of 643. Melton dame lack with goals at"1118',11:'09, 0 01,,and.6: lo,clefeat.the.., locals 74. • On Wednesday night, the boys travelled to St. Marys and were defisaated 5-2. St. Marys scored the only goal ° of the first period and added two more each in the se- cond and, third periods, one while they were short handed. Darcy McGee scored both of Goderich's goals, one in the second period assisted by Kevin Talbot, and one in the third assisted by Jim Beattie. - In my opinion, the referees favoured St. Marys, however one can't dispute the fact that Goderich had ten penalties as opposed to St. Marys' five. The outcome was pro- portional to the input. On Saturday, Goderich hosted St. Marys at the local arena. Although they were defeated 5-3, the boys played one of their best games this season. St. Marys scored the only goal of the first period on a power play while Goderich was short handed. In the seond period, Goderich received their first goal from Chris Sideris assisted by Brian Chambers, St. Marys notched goal number two before the period ended. Near the beginning of the third period, Chris Sideris scored his second goal, assisted by Jason O'Neill to tie the score. However, it was short lived as St. Marys made it 3-2 about a minute later.. At the 9:38 mark, Chris Sideris got his "hat tck ;gas` he sttekhudled;:through the St. art's teal- aitil`h"ear'UUi'c"`goal to fie score again. St. Marys scored their fourth goal at the 5:17 mark and their fifth at the 0:17 mark into an empty net as the Goderich coaches had pulled their goalie Todd Wilson in a last ditch attempt to salvage a tie. Industrial Leag ie Curling earns think metric BY GEORGE SUTTON In light of recent media reports, the Goderich .Industrial Curling League dedicated their tenth night of. curling to metric conversion: Each team agreed to think metric dur- ing their fierce competition and this writer observed the following changes in people and recorded some of their thoughts con- cerning this Canadian issue. Cam Bogie, the imperturable leader of the first place Foresters, wanted to know if the number one would be affected by metric. Bogie's latest victim, skip Don Dickie changed,the::topicasking,if-Having two left, feet was grounds for a rematch Come-on Don, m the words of the Metric Commission speaking to anti -metric gas station owners, you just have to "get with it", your two left "centimetres" not withstanding! - Super Shell rep Ed Brissette was in a philosophical mood after the GDCI Vikings upset his team 7 to 3. The youthful Vikings' talent and confidence caused Ed to wonder, "If I move at 50 mph and they go at 80 kph, will I ever catch up?" The red hot Vikings were kind enought to explain metric to their old-time opponents and by the/ end of the lesson, they all agreed that metric was as simple as a triple raise dou- ble take-out freeze to the button shot. Local 1863 and the Goderich Legion bat- tled one another in a crucial contest that ended in a run -away victory for, ,the union reps. The Legion team appeared to tire in the later stages of the competition and se- cond Tom Profit explained the reason why, "After all these years of using 40 pound rocks, the thought of using rocks weighing 18,000 gramn was just too exhausting." Vice John Anderson agreed and he wondered if metric would cause a rise in the number of hernias suffered by curlers, The impressive 90-60-90 figure of Laurie Paquette provided the rallying point for a devastating_ show of power by the Huron Health Unit. Refusing to bend an inch (oops a centimetre), the healthy foursome dominated the Champion Office "Silver Brooms" thoughout the match. Playing with reckless abandon, John Orr (130-85- 150), Jack MacKinnon (120-80.140) and Shirley Fisher (statistics unavailable) never looked sharper while Silver Broom leader Paul Mulligan wondered if there was a special prize given if the points scored against you matched your position in the standings. Have you noticed that metric seems to create hot heads? This was most apparent during the GDCI Teacher No. 1 vs Victoria & Grey match. Cool-headed and reserved teacher skip, Doug Bundy believes peo- ple's boiling points are reached much quicker under metric since itonly has to. reach 100 degrees C. "People were much calmer when they had to reach 212 degrees F before boiling over." The hot -hand belonged to V & G in the early ends with Katy Denomy being par- ticularly sharp but a few double take-outs by Bill `Conservation Not Conversion" Worsen cooled Ms Denomy and her cohorts down to a minus reading. ..,. File. third end of the GDCI Teacher No. 2 team's game age ` ti=le "Elmeiitaiy Teachers was the highlight of an otherwise dull evening for the Elementary educators as they scored seventy-five percent of their total points. Donalda MacDonald and Doug Yeo were strong for the Victoria employees but the GDCI duo of Warr and • Garrow matched their efforts. A disap- pointed Ron Ritchie took the loss with grace because he knew it is customary for the winner to buy the loser 270 millilitres of beer after the garne or even a mixture of 25 mis' of whisky surrounded by 140 ml of Coke. The Lady Foresters were gracious and kind and ruthless as they tripled the score of their opponents on this evening of metric madness. Curling, as everyone knows, is a game of centimetres and many an Evaporator shot missed its intended target by just that much. Vicki Culbert and Eleanor Fisher led the way for the victors but seemed to run out of gas in the closing minutes. As Ms Culbert put it, "I used to get 50 miles to the gallon now it just seems like 17 kilometres to-the`htre." • The Maitland Golfers and A.M. & G. Hospital employees took part in a classic horse race. The golfers left the gate in a flash, winning the first three ends but the Hospital staff showed great stamina as they caught the fast fillies in the final furlong. Metric. supporter •Marty Bond wondered out loud about the silliness of the Imperial "fur long". "After all," Marty contemplated, "how long is a fur or should I say how furry is a long?" Perhaps it was only justice that after that question Marty s team lost the contest in an extra end. Despite all the confusion metric ap- pears to be causing Goderich curlers take heart. It could be worse. You could be this writer's colleague Myles Murdock who recently received a letter from the Metric Commission which began "Dear Kilometre..."