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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-10-12, Page 17Goderich IGNA� EATIDN 135 YEAR -41 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1983 SECOND SEC'T'ION Hotel Bedford takes championship in five A close 2-1 game ends the finals in Goderich Industrial Fastball Hotel Bedford captured the championship of the Goderich Industrial Fastball League by defeating Lakeport Advertising 2-1 in the fifth and deciding game. Bedford opened up the scoring in the, bot- tom of the first when Glen Falkiner's single scored Rob Plunkett from second base. Bed- ford upped their lead to 2-0 in the fourtlj.inn- ing as Dave MacDonald singled home Brian Sowerby. Lakeport could only get one of those runs back however. It came in the sixth inning when Greg Hansen singled and scored later in the inning on a throwing er- ror: Winning pitcher, Rob Plunkett, gave up one run, four hits and struck out six. Losing pitcher, Simon Langlois, gave up two runs, four hits and struck out nine batters. Winning pitcher Rob Plunkett concentrates on getting the batter out during the cham- pionship finals of the Goderich Industrial Fastball League. Plunkett's team, Hotel Bedford, won the series, three games to two. The deciding game ended in a 2-1 score. ( photo by Dave Sykes) The final game of the fastball season was played Wednesday, With Hotel Bedford emerging as champions, defeating Lakeport Advettising by one run. (photo by Anne Narejko) Junior Vikings plagued with injuries, lose game BYTD Last season, the GDCI junior Vikings lost only one football game all season. Unfor- tunately, it was the league final, and cost them the Huron -Perth Conference cham- pionship. This season the Vikings have that monkey off their back, the way coach Bruce Baker sees it. The Vikings lost a squeaker, 2- 1, to the Exeter South Huron Panthers last Thursday, but as Baker says, "We would rather lose a game in October than in November. We have now lost our one game for the year." Time will tell how prophetic Baker's statement turns out to be, but one thing is certain, the Panthers did not beat the Vikings at their best. The Vikings' injury list looked like a busy day at MASH 4077 with nine Viking regulars in various states of disrepair. Quarterback Steve Bugler has a large cast on his throwing arm, chief run- ning threat Rob Gibbons is on crutches, defensive starters Todd Gilchrist and John Empson have rib injuries, guard Scott Stokes suffered a mild concussion, tailback Sha -‘tin larder has a swollen elbow and defensive players Chris Sideris, Greg Chase and Ian MacKinnon all have arm injuries. By the end of the game coaches Baker and Bill Garrow were about to put shoulder pads on the cheerleaders to fill some of the holes in the Viking lineup. 'l'he Viking offence showed the effect of the injury toll, and was ineffective due to last-minute adjustments. The Viking defence contained Exeter's running attack, with the Panthers' only points coming on a pair of fourth quarter singles. The Vikings got their point on a second quarter single kicked by Dave Ahnasi. Another sure single was negated when Almasi's kick hit the goal posts and was blown dead by the officials. The Vikings had another golden op- portunity with a second down and goal to go situation from the one yard line in the third quarter but the Viking quarterback, Bugler, had the centering pass bounce off his cast and Exeter recovered. The Viking also had some chances for interceptions but failed to hang on to the ball. Considering the bad breaks and the in- juries, the Viking coaching staff was not dejected by their narrow loss. They hope to get some of the walking wounded into action for Thursday's game in Stratford against the Northwestern Huskies. Skate-a-thon fund raising to be held October 15 The board of the Goderich Figure Skating Club met on October with 13 members present. It was reported that.there is still room available for private lessons, power and figure skating. The skate-a-thon fund raising event is to take place on October 15. Proceeds are to go to the Goderich Figure Skating Club, Goderich Minor Hockey and the Goderich Ringette Organization. Forms available at the arena and recreation office. Due to the skate-a-thon, our regular sessions will be cancelled this day. The following dates were set for upcoming figure skating events. Club competition, junior level to be held on January 7. The "Carnival" to be held on February 25. Twelve skaters from our club attended the Amateur Coaches Clinic in Mitchell on October 1. Emma Hollingworth, Roxanne Warr, Tammy Marshall, Debbie Horton and Devin Horton achieved the "Can Skate" level coaching test. Sonya McCallum, Debbie Horton and Devin Horton also achieved the "Can Figure Skate" level of coaching test. Quarterback Thompson passes for 100 yards BYTD The GDCI senior Vikings took care of an old nemisis here Thursday when they defeated the Exeter South Huron Panthers 24-0 in Huron Perth Conference football action. These two teams usually battle it out for the league title, but this year's edition of the Panthers did not look like contenders here Thursday. The stout Viking defence held the Pan- thers to under 100 yards total offence while the Vikings ran up a total of over 400 yards. Running backs Jeff Feagan, John McGraw and Ed Craig picked up over 300 yards on the ground and quarterback John Thompson hit his receivers for another 100 yard output. Much of the Vikings success offensively could be attributed to the strong play of their offensive line. The Vikings held a 10-0 halftime lead on the strength of a first quarter single of 30 yards kicked by Joe Melady and a nine yard touchdown run in the second quarter by Jeff Feagan, converted by Melady, plus a two point safety on a tackle by Melady following a blocked kick. John McGraw rambled 80 yards in the third quarter for another Viking major and Grant Garrow hauled in a 30 yard pass from John Thompson for the final Viking touch- down in the fourth quarter. Melady kicked both converts. The Vikings travel to Stratford tomorrow (Thursday) in an attempt to boost their record to 4-0 in a matchup with the Nor- thwestern Huskies. Vtt Skate-a-thon to be held on October 15 at the Goderich Arena. Proceeds will go towards the Goderich, Minor Hockey Association, The Goderich Ringette Organization and the Goderich Fgure Skating Club. Forms are available at the arena and the recreation office. +++ Red Storey, legendary hockey referee and Claude Quenneville, well-known sports an- nouncer of Societe Radio -Canada, will be in- viting the public to support Canadian hockey by participating in Esso Petroleum Canada's eight-week Hockey Stars TV Cash. Game. Last year Esso Petroleum announced a $900,000 donation, over a three-year period, to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Associa- tion (CAHA), which established the Esso Medals of Achievement program for minor hockey players across the country. Through its Hockey Stars TV Cash Game, an addi- tional $30,000 will be given to the associa- tion. The TV cash game cards feature photographs and statistics of 21 of Canada's finest professional hockey players. Con- sumers can get a cash game card each time they fill up at their local participating Esso station. They can also get 50 centaoff that fill -up by clapping a coupon that will appear in an advertisement, Oct. 5, ih most major dailies. For each coupon redeemed, Esso Petroleum will contribute five cents, up to a total of $30,000 to the CAHA. By scratching the star boxes that appear on the cards, participants can win up to $5000 in two ways: if their card reveals "instant win" and a prize amount, they are eligible to win a cash prize at the pump. If their card reveals names of popular hockey stars with amounts under each name, they are eligible to win if those names are an- nounced on the weekly television commer- cial draw featured on Hockey Night in Canada. In total $700,000 worth of cash prizes will be given away over the eight- week period. Recreation Department sponsors programs BY ANNE NAREJKO The Goderich Recreation Department has started a new cultural program for public school children that will take place at the schools during school hours. In previous years, the Recreation Department held four shows for the children, one in February, March, April and May. These were held on a Sunday, but according to Jane Netzke, Director of Recreation, they were not getting the at- tendance they thought the performances deserved. , This year the program will be in the three schools, St. Mary's Separate School, Roberston Memorial Public School, and Victoria Public School. Each school will take turns hosting a performance, with 100 children from each school, in a certain age bracket, attending. The first three performances this year are "Lampoon puppet theatre" at St. Mary's School on Wednesday, October 19; the Toronto Percussion Ensemble at Robertson Memorial School on Thursday, November 25, and Rick Avery and Judy Greenhill at Victoria School on Wednesday, December 14. "Lampoon puppet theatre is for children from Kindergarten to grade three and in- corporates folk tales from around the world. The Toronto Percussion Ensemble ex- plores percussion music from around the world, from the most simplistic forms of primitive drumming to the more complex styles such as classical music. Rick Avery and Judy Greenhill perform in "Here we come a -wassailing" bringing the spirit of Christmas to the audience. This program traces the Christmas story from St. Nicholas Day to Old Christmas and traditions and customs are described for the children. The programs are paid for by the Recreation Department, with the help of Wintario tickets that the children bring in. The average cost for one program is $400, but for this year, the children will be ad- mitted free. New executive elected for next season's bowling The Goderich Lawn Bowling club closed the season with a pot luck supper and the election of officers for the coming year, at the Meneset Recreation Hall. It was well at- tended by 37 members and everyone had a most enjoyable time. The new officers are as follows: Past President May Richard- son; President Florence McFarlane; Vice - President Norma Hazlett; Secretary Beulah Long; Treasurer Bea Aberhart; Tournament Secretary Irene White; Press Reporter Willa Williams; Kitchen convenor Mable Young; Lunch convenors to look after tournaments, Peg Lumsden and Vera Margerem; Games Committee for the men's tournaments is to be Mel McFarlane and Lee Ryan. On the board of trustees the following agreed to act: Edith Argyle, Ted White, Art Young, Frank Boura and Len Lumsden. After numerous reports a lively discus- sion was held and the meeting closed with plans for next year's bowling. A giant yard sale was set for May 26, 1984 and everyone was called upon to save for this event. Four tables of progressive euchre were played in the games room with Patti Chappell and Harry Williams being the winners, each receiving a basket of apples. Dancing was enjoyed in the main room with Ozzie Falkiner at the piano. It was a perfect evening to end an enjoyable season of lawn bowling. Vikings boost record to three wins - one loss BY TD The GDCI junior girls' basketball team boosted their Huron -Perth Conference record to 3-1 with a pair of victories last week. The Vikings defeated Exeter 49-12 Tuesday in Exeter and then humbled an inept Seaforth team here Thursday, 82-7. The Vikings starting five pressed the young South Huron team and held a 33-4 lead after the first half. Sarah Alexander and Jennifer Peters completely dominated the boards at both ends of the court. First year player, Katharine Murphy had 13 points for the Vikings. Peters had eight and Alexander got six points. Tammy Gibbons added four while Jenny Allan and Joanne Campbell had three each. Checking in with two points each were Shelley Teal, Carol MacEwan, Mary Stapleton, Susan Murphy, Vicky Van- derburgh and Pam Wilkinson. It was more of the same as the Vikings used their press to completely dominate the inexperienced Seaforth squad. They led 62-4 after two quarters. Jennifer Peters had 19 points, Mary Catherine Stapleton had 14 and Katharine Murphy had 10 for the Vikings. Jenny Allan had eight points, Sarah Alexander hooped seven, Vicky Vanderburgh got six and Pam Wilkinson and Lisa Kisch had four points apiece. Tammy Gibbons, Shelley Teal, Carol MacEwan, Joanne Campbell and Erin Robinson had two points each. Mary Kelly was Seaforth's best with five points. Viking coach Lynn Meyers was pleased with the tremendous improvement shown by his team so far this season, although he felt games like last week's lead to bad habits and sloppy play. The Viking's will not have it as easy this Thursday when they entertain Stratford Central, reported to be the strongest team in the conference. Quarterback John Thompson releases the ball as his blockers take care of the opposing tears, Exeter. Thompson passed for 100 yards in last Thursday's game, defeating Exeter 24-0. (photo by Anne Narejko) A junior Viking takes a shot from just inside the foal line and watches as it enters the basket. The Vikings defeated Seaforth 82-7. (photo by Anne Narejko)