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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-10-26, Page 54ch AL -STAR R.0 PATI 135 3 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2691983 SECOND SfON Vikings down Madill with a 42-9 score in Basketball action BY T.D. The GDCI junior Vikings continue to im- prove as shown by their 42-9 victory in Huron Perth girls basketball play here Thursday over F.E. Madill of Wingham. Strong defensive play highlighted the Vik- ings victory. Tammy Gibbons stole the ball four times in the first quarter and Sarah Alexander and Jennifer Peters forced several other turnovers. Despite their strong defensive play, the Vikings did not take advantage of the control they had over the game with as much scoring as their coach Lynn Meyers would like to have seen. Rookies Katharine Murphy, Jenny Allan and Mary Catherine Stapleton all had good games. giving 11/lever' the nrnmiof another strong team next season. Tammy Gibbons led the Viking offence with 12 points. Katharine Murphy had 10. Jennifer Peters, with five points, Jenny Allan with four, and Shelley Teal, Sarah Alexander, Erin Robinson, Lisa Kisch and Joanne Campbell with two points each rounded out the Viking attack. The Vikings played in the Medway Tour- nament Saturday and have two away games this week. Tuesday they played in Listowel and tomorrow ( Thursday) they play in St. Marys. Following those games the Vikings, who are 6-1, will have only one more league game remaining. The junior Viking basketball team defeated F.E. Madill last Thursday 42-9 at • GDCI. Sarah Alexander tries to sink a basket while Jennifer Peters gets ready for the rebound in case she misses. AIexanr'er (to the left) blocks one of her op jroneta,s. (photos by Anne Narejko) Goderich Bantams lose season openers to Exeter and Parkhill BY C. B. Last Wednesday evening the Goderich Elevator Bantams travelled to Exeter to play their second scheduled game of this season. Exeter defeated the locals 5 -1. The first period was fairly evenly mat- ched with Exeter scoring the only goal. Bill Trebish opened the scoring for Goderich shortly after the beginning of the second period, with assists going to Darren Stanbury and Darrell Durnin. Before the period ended Exeter scored two more unanswered goals. In the third period Exeter added another two goals. Although the Goderich team was close on numerous occasions, they just couldn't offset the superb net minding of the Exeter goalie. Frustration was evident, especially in the third period, as the Goderich boys drew the majority of the penalties, eight in total for the game as opposed to five by Exeter. On Saturday the boys entertained their counterparts from Lucan. It was a fast skating, close checking contest that saw Goderich emerge victorious on a score of 5 - 0. Jay Williamson went all the way in net earning the shutout. Tom Bean opened the scoring for Goderich assisted by Scott Garrow in the first period. The second period was scoreless. Goderich added four more goals in the last period, two by each of Shawn Larder and Scott Garrow with assists going to Chris White, Mark Burbine and Gary Erb. On Sunday the team travelled to Parkhill where they were defeated 5 - 4. Parkhill scored the only gaol in the first period. In the second period Darrell Durnin tied it up at the 8:40 mark assisted by Hod Nurse and Bill Trebish. Parkhill made it 2 -1 before the period ended. In the third period Parkhill quickly scored again to lead 3 - 1. Shawn Larder scored at the 9:48 mark assisted by Dave Duncan and Rod Nurse. Parkhill notched another to again lead by two. Goderich retaliated with three quick goals to tie it at 4 - 4. Byron Bowman scored one, assisted by Scott Garrow and Tom Bean and Scott Gamow scored assisted by Bowman and Bean. Before the period ended Parkhill scored their fifth and winning goal with slightly more than one minute remaining. Goderich drew a total of 30 penalty minutes in the game while Parkhill chalked up 20. Allison Graham takes another shot at Madill's basket during Thursday's game. GDCI won the game with a 69-25 score, increasing their winning record to 7-0. ( photo by Anne Narejko) Senior Vikings over power Madill with a 69-25 score BY T.D. The GDCI senior girls won number seven here Thursday. The Vikings recorded their seventh consecutive Huron Perth Con- ference basketball victory, defeating F.E. Madill of Wingham 69-25. The powerhouse Vikings, who have an overall record of 21-5 as well as their 7-0 league record, had little trouble defeating a game but outgunned the Wingham team. The Vikings led 17-7 after one quarter and 34-17 at the half. Kim Fritzley, Mary O'Neill and Allison Graham all hit in double figures with 20, 17 and 10 points respectively. Christine Stapleton hooped nine, Mary Beth Alex- ander had eight -points, Mary Murphy and Cathy Gallow had two apiece and Anne Allan had one point for the Vikings. June Stamper led Wingham with eight points. Coach Phil Bugler's Vikings continue their march toward an undefeated league season with games this week, Tuesday in Listowel and Thursday in St. Marys. 1 Goderich Elevator Bantams goalie Jay Williamson deflects the puck away from the net and \a Lnean player races Into the corner after it during Shamrock League action here between the two teams Saturday. Williamgon recorded a 5-0 shutout against Jaren. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) IRAS,.rr.. _..N.....,.,...\ S lors fold a al For the second Yea in a row the Goderich Sailors will not ha'e a teams due to lack of interest. According to Harry Kerr, who tried to organize the teats last year and this year, the team would have been in the Inter- mediate 13 division after playing Inter- mediate C the last season they had a team. e which wend two pop ago,, "It folded begat= of lack of interest," Kerr explained. "We tried last year and again this year but we didn't have enough come out." This v*111 be the last time that Kew will be trying to get a team together as all of the equipment is going to be sold. Viking defence hold Redmen to 64 yards BY T.D. The GDCI senior Vikings remain undefeated in Huron Perth Conference foot- ball play following their 42-0 whitewashing of the Central Huron Redmen last Thursday in Clinton. The Vikings scored 21 points a half enroute to their fifth consecutive vic- tory. The Viking offence gained over 400 yards in total, over 300 on the ground and another 120 yards via the air. The offensive line created holes big enough for the proverbial Mack truck to drive through and that, com- bined with some strong running and block- ing by backs and some accurate passing by John Thompson to sure -handled receivers jed by Andrew Telford, accounted for the potency of the Viking attack. The Viking defence held the Redmen to 64 yards total offence. Strong efforts along the line, and by the linebackers and backs all contributed to the success of the defence. Six different players scored Viking touchdowns. Ed Craig went over on a nine yard sweep in the first quarter. Kevjn'Deatt tie and Jeff Feagan scored second quarter majors on six and 12 yard runs. Andrew Telford was the receiver on a 75 yard pass and, run play from, John Thomp= son in the third quarter and Thoinspon scored another touchdown on a one yard dive before the quarter ended. The Vikings' other touchdown came on a 53 yard punt return by Ken Van Osch in the fourth quarter. This touchdown brought smiles to the faces of Viking coaches Ra Donnelly and1Chris Connor. "It was nice to see our punt return team beginning to show the results of the hours we have spent in practice," conunented Don- nelly. Joe Melady had another perfect day, kick- ing all six conversion attempts successfully. This Thursday the Norwell Redmen play here in a game that will determine first place. The Redmen are 4-1 and a win over the 5-0 Vikings would give Norwell first place in the standings. Rob Gibbons gains a total of 310 yards in 10 carries BY T.D. The GDCI junior Vikings solidified their hold on second place in the Huron Perth Conference football standings with a 33-7 victory over the Wingham Madill Mustangs Thursday in-Wingham. The victory gives the Vikings a 4-1, won -lost record heading into their final regular season game here Thursday against the Norwell Redmen. Rob Gibbons, back in the lineup for the first time in several weeks, scored three touehdowns on long runs of 48, 50 and 83 yards. Kevin Talbot scored another Viking touchdown on a 55 yard counter play and Dave Almasi scored on a 45 yard pitch -pass and run play from Gibbons. Gibbons also picked up a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter and Shawn Larder kicked a second quarter convert. Wingham's touchdown came on a 35 yard sweep by Sandy McDonald. McDonald also kicked the convert. The Viking offence totalled 570 yards. Gib- bons gained 310 yards on only 10 carries. The Viking defence stopped the Madill of- fence, causing numerous turnovers. Chris Sideris had a strong game at defensive and his counterpart on the other side, Kevin Haggitt, is showing great improvement each time out. Coaches Bruce Baker and Bill Garrow plant t� work on their specialty teams this week. Both coaches know how important these teams can be.,in the upcoming Huron - Perth Conference playoffs. Junior volleyball team wins two of s i arises BY T.D. The GDC( junior boys' volleyball team lost four of six games in Mitchell last Tues- day. The Vikings lost their opening game by a close 15-13 score to Mitchell but then took a 15-12 victory in their next game. A strong spiking attack by Stratford Northwestern resulted in a 15-8 victory for the Huskies. The Vikings played better in their second encounter but lost 15-12. Clinton ran over the Vikings 15-0 in their first game but coach Tom Kelly's squad rebounded for a 15.8 vic- tory over Central Huroathe rematch. The senior Vikings lost two games to league -leading Mitchell including a close 18- 16 game. Coach Bill Worsell's team defeated Stratford Northwestern twice but then lost to Clinton in two close games. Five cross-countryrunners qualify for WOSSA BY T.D. The GDCI cross-country team made a good showing at the Huron -Perth champion- ships held at St. Marys last Wednesday. Five individual .runners qualified for WOSSA. Chris Philips placed fourth in the midget girls' division and Heidi Hoernig, another midget girl, placed tenth. Mia Dalton was fifth in the senior girls' section and Scott Westecott placed eighth in the junior boys' category. John Van Den Broek topped the GDCI runners' efforts with a third place finish in the senior boys' division. The senior girls° and junior boys' teams also qualified for WOSSA by placing third. Coach of the GDCI cross-country team is John Smallwood. Pee Wees win two and lose one in first week of play The Goderich Lions Pee Wee's completed a gruelling first week of the league schedule with two wins and one loss. With four games under their belts now, the local's record stands at two wins, one loss, one tie for five points. Last Wednesday in Exeter, the Lions started slow and gained momentum as the game progressed, but it took five third period goals to sink the opposition 6 -0. Point getters were Andre Cauchi with four assists, Jeff Hodges two goals, George Sideris one goal, Shawn Talbot had one goal and one assist, Chris O'Neill netted one goal, one assist, Tim Harrison got one goal and one assist, and Brian Lane got one assist. Pat Donnelly and Shaun Currie shared the shutout. The Lions strength this year is the way they pass the puck and this strength was very much in evidence in Parkhill Friday as they dropped the hometowners 11 - 0. The locals used five goals in the second and third periods for the win. Point getters in this contest were Chris O'Neill with two goals, three assists; George Sideris three goals, one assist: Tim Harrison two goals, two assist, Brian Lane one goal, two assists; Greg Alcock one goal, two assists; Gregg DeWinter one goal; Jeff Boyce three assists; Shawn Talbot one goal; Lonnie Rumig two assists; Rob Dempsey two assists; Jeff Hodges one assist. Donnelly and Currie shared the shoutout. Slow first period starts finally caught up to the Lions at home Saturday as Lucan tallied three goals in 15 seconds with two minutes remaining in the period and then held on for a6-2win. The Lions had numerous chances to come back and take the lead but a strong goaltending performance spoiled the bid to defeat the PeeWees. Goderich got a goal from Jeff Hodges with Shawn Talbot,,and Andre Cauchi assisting. Tim Harrison tallied a third period goal with Jason Million and Chris O'Neill assisting. With the most demanding part of the schedule behind them, a properly rested Lions team will be able to give their best shot in each game for the rest of the season. Next game will be in Strathroy next Saturday before returning home the following Saturday with a contest against Ilderton. Goderich Garb and Gear defeated The Goderich Garb and Gear Novices were defeated their first two games out by Strathroy, losing the first game 12-1 and the second one 8-0. Goderich's only goal came from Bryan Hodge. The Goderich team could use the excuse as being in the rebuilding stages this year while Strathroy `lhas almost all of their players back from last year. The Garb and Gear coaches feel that the team is making steady progress and should be ready to give a good showing in their up coming game on Saturday. 04,