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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-02-06, Page 15• 777 Y�- L k• John Thompson (5) of, the GDCI Senior Vikings 'makes a drive for the basket during a semi-final game. at the basketball tournament held here, on Saturday. Goderich won this game, beating Georgetown 53-38 and went on to beat London Central to become the BY T1) The GDCI Vikings won the champion- ship of their own Seniorbasketball tourna- ment, here Saturday. The Vikings went undefeated in three games to capture the championship p . trophy for the first time since its inception. In their opening round game, the Vikings seemed to be still recovering from their victory Friday night, over league rival x- eter South Huron, but still played Well enough to defeat the Medway Cowboys, 40- 35. The Vikings had no scorers in double €figures—but-get eight -points -from -Paul- , . Brenner, ight, ppoints-from--Paul- first Goderich team to win the tournament since its inception. Todd Graham (12) and several Georgetown players follow up on the play. (photo by Patrick Raftis ) tourney dere Brenner, seven apiece from Todd Graham and John Thompson, and six from Dave Smith. In the semi-finals, the host Vikings defeated Georgetown 53-38, led by a fine 19 -point performance by Dave Smith. John • Thompson added eight and Darryl Black, Todd Graham and Chris Starkey each chipped in with six points: e Vikings defeated London Central in the championship game, 58-47. John. Thompson was the Vikings leader, with a strong 19=point effort. Dave Almasi and Dave Smith hooped 11 and 16 points respectively andDarryj._Black -played his usual steady game, getting seven for the winners. ' The issue was never really in doubt in the championship game. The Vikings led by 21 at one point, but Central came.back to narrow the margin to seven. Howeyer, that was as close as these came, as the Vik- ings went on to win by 11 points. The Georgetown Titans won the consola- tion championship, by defeating London, Oakridge 65-56. Other teams taking part in the teurna- ment were the Sarnia St. Clair Colts,'the Stratford Northwestern Huskies and East Elgin. Novices wind up season with losses Novice A's hosted Lucan on February 3. The game was very closely played with all the scoring coming in the third period. Goderich's Jeff Klages revved up the local fans, when he scored a picture -perfect goal, unassisted, early in the third period. -However, this time, one goal for the locals wasnot enough. L>,ican's two quick goals, thirty seconds apart late in the third period, proved to be the winners. Goderich Novices played excellently in this game and were boosted by superb goaltending, shared by Chris Lyndon and Dirk Wolterbeek. ' On February 3, the Novices hosted Strathroy. Strathroy won the game 6 -1. Goderich's lone marker was scored, unassisted, by Mike McBride, on a breakaway while his team was playing short-handed. The Novice A's have completed their regular season games. They finished the 'nelson wttdi sevetw-wins, ntnelosses and four - ties. NOVICE Bs WIN 4-3 Goderieh- N-eviee-Bs-travelled to-Hensalla on February 2 and defeated Hensall 4-3. Goderich had to come from behind to tie the game on a goal by Brandon Corriveau. Stere -Clarence scored- unassisted -with- nine seconds to go in the third period to win the game. The other goal scorers were John Cameron MacDonald, and Shane Webster, with assists going to Darnell Connelly, Steve Linklater, and MacDonald. Goderich played well with some strong defensive and offensive plays. Eric Chisholm and Greg McLarty made some key plays on defense for the local team. " The Novice 'Bs' next home game is February 9,at 3 p.m., when they will take on Blyth. Thank you to Kehl Automotive, for supplying the boys' names for their sweaters. A Goderich Novice player batties two Lucan Irish Novices for the puck in front of the Lucan goal, during a Shamrock League game, played here Saturday. Goderich Lost the game 2.1. ( photo by Patrick Raftis) , Vikingswin relay at indoor track meet et The GDCI Viking Indoor Track Team competed with over 800 athletes from 150 secondary schools at the OFSSA (All - Ontario) Indoor Games, held at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens last Friday. The Games' twenty-four events were dominated by schools from eastern Ontario and Toronto, with only three schools west of Toronto winning gold medals. For the second year in a row, the Viking Girls 4 X 1 lap (165 yd:) relay team won the gold medal in a time of 1:20.8 seconds. This year they won the event in the Open Classification,whereas the relay team last year was the Junior gold medalist. this year's team is made up of two Midgets, a Junior and a Senior. Returning to win their second OFSSA Gold Medal, a Goderich first, 'were veteran sprinters Kim Fritzley and Joanne Campbell. Beth showed their Ontario class form and speed. Campbell established the lead on the high -banked track and Fritzley finished strong, pulling away from a determined ,effort by the second place team, to win by over three -tenths of a second. Midgets Debi O'Brien and Erin Robinson ran very well to win their first OFSSA Gold Medals. Their determined efforts held the Goderich lead. Both were making their OFSSA debut. The Senior Boys 4 X 1 lap Relay team of Shawn Rehbek, Peter Nivins, Paul Nivins, and Kevin Beattie ran a good race in a time of 1:14.6 seconds, but did not place in the top six. Shane Worsell competed in the Open Boys 3000 meter event posting a personal best time for the distance. The .,Viking Indoor Track. and Field Team is in action again a week from Friday at the Central Tech Invitational at the Metro Track and Field Center at York University. an. ,.ai, Winn. The Goderich `Elevator Bant par- tieipated,io the Meaford Bantam Hockey' The teants went into overtime and the Touurinauaent on the weekend orglanuary 20, Goderich team c4oile utit on top, with a lid wt1011he,�,sily medal in tie great wrist -shot goal by Greg Alcock, -chi .uw b divas a, ' %himle `ivin ,-a ted Da�nny:.� all;:ala . Bantams rile Sarnia Township iaa`th, first Reaklge. game Satnrday and came away with a con- File championahip game was played wincing ' of 8-1. against Sullivan Township, with Goderich The G 7 s erich team opened the scoring cowing out second best bya score of 3-1. at7:47, with Greg Alcock netting the goal This hard-fought game was all tied up assisted by Scott Garrow and Jeff Boyce. going into the third period. The Goderich The Sarnia team came right back twogoal was; `scored by Dan McDougall, minutes later and evened the score. assisted by Scott Garrow and Bob Allan. point forward it was Goderich The Sullivan team scored two goals late From this poi all the way. The scoring barrage started in the period to.give them the win. With with Mike Beange scoring from Greg any breaks, the game could have gone Alcock. Then Alcock from Beange and Dan. either way. ny McDougal, Beange scored alae -fourth Coach David Wilkinson said the Meaford goal assisted by Greg Alcock. The fifth was scored by Bill Whetstone, from Greg Crawford. The sixth was scored by Jeff Boyce unassisted. The seventh, Scott Gar - row, unassisted and the eighth was scored by Greg Alcock, rounding out a three -goal performance. Thp next, game was played against the hometown Meaford Bantams. The Meaford Bantams opened the scoring of the first period at the 10 minute mark. They took a two -goal lead with. 29 seconds left in the first period. The second period was scoreless. The Goderich team got on the score board with six minutes left in the third period, when Bobby Allan scored from Scott Garrow and Billy Whetstone. The tying goal was scored by Scott Garrow on a great effort, with assists going to Darren Stanbury and Bob Allan, with two minutes remaining in the third period. tournament featured the best goaltending Goderich has had in.a three game series. Tom Durnin played two games and Greg Townshend played the other. Domain was exceptionally sharp in the championship game against Sullivan. The' coach said, "The key. to our success was the line of Bill Whetstone, Jeff Boyce, and Greg Crawford, Who checked so well in all three games." The team averaged just three penalties per game, which showed discipline helps L7 4...nonn ntrarall The Goderich Elevator Bantams opened their OMHA playoffs against Strathroy with a 5-3 come -from -behind win. Coach David Wilkinson said the key to this game was hard work and determina- tion by all the players along With outstanding goaltending - by Greg Townshend, who made the key saves at the right time: Injury to referee mars Juvenile hockey game The Goderich Signal -Star Juveniles. doubled Exeter 8-4, in a Shamrock League hockey game, that was marred by the in- jury of a referee during a first -period scuf- The referee was injured when he at- tempted to break up an altercation between several players and was knocked to the ice by an Exeter player. The extent of the injury is not known, but the referee did not finish the game. The of- fending player was ejected from the game. The Shamrock League is looking into the incident. d Goderich played a' strong game in the penalty -laden first period, coming up with four goals and they stayed in control throughout. Rob Dupee and Darren Doak each scored two goals and assisted once for Goderich. Chris Sideris, Ray Vanstone and Brent Williamson scored a goal and two ssists each. John Graham had a goal and Aik:n assist. Tim Chisholm earned two assists and Doug Smith drew one assist. Atoms win consolation Goderich Atoms won. the `B' .djvason con-. solation trophy at the Lucan Atom Tourna- ment, February 1, 2, and 3. After losing their opening game 2-1 to Petrolia, Goderich blanked Kincardine 4-0 and hammered Petrolia 4-1 in the consola- tion final. Jason Jeffrey, who scored three goals in the -tournament was chosen most valuable player for Goderich. Goaltenders Jason Duckworth and Chuck •MacLennan played ve well for the team. In the opening game, Petrolia went up by one, with a first -period goal. Goderich came back with the only second -period marker, scored by Jason Jeffrey, from Andrew McLarty and Shawn Carver, but Petrolia scorecl,in,the third period to secure the win. Game"two saw Goderich score twice in each of the last two periods, after a scoreless first frame, to beat Kincardine 4-0. Jeffrey scored twice in this game and added an assist. Carver scored a goal and an assist, while Jason Cook netted a single goal. Jamie Stanley and Sam Hosack each drew an assist. In the final game with Aylmer, Goderich went up 3-0 after two periods and the teams traded single goals in the third, as Goderich hung on for the win. Jared Whalen scored twice in the game, Cook had a goal and an assist and Paul Wheeler scored once. Jeff Beange had two assists, while Chad Papple and Todd Papple asisted on one goal each. In regular Shamrock League play, the Atoms tied Strathroy 3-3, in a game played 9�. J,anuary_31, h Goderich. • After a tireless first period, Stratliroy scored first, but Goderich tied it up before the second period ened on a' goal by Jeff Beange, from Jason Hayter and Jason Cook. Goderich took the lead early in the third, on an unassisted goal by. Shawn Carver. Strathroy tied the score at two -aside, then Andrew McLarty scored; from Carver, to put Goderich back in the lead, .before Strathroy scored the game's final goal. In Exhibition play on January 28, .Goderich beat Clinton 4-2. Jason Jeffrey had two goals and Sam Hosack and Paul Wheeler had one each. Andrew McLarty ad- ded two assists. • ATOM HOUSELEAGUE Goderich topped Exeter 3-2, _hi Atom Houseleague . action January 18, in Goderich. James McDade each scored a goal for Goderich. Scott Creamer, Andrew Scott and David Boyce each drew an assist. Goderich beat Clinton 2-0, in Clinton January 26. Ryan Farrish and Scott Mathieson each scored goals, Drew MacAuley earned an assist. Jamie Redmond, in the Goderich net, earned the shutout. On January 28, White beat Blue 3-1 in Atom Houseleague action here. Trevor Bazinett scored two and assisted once for White. Steve Hogan had the other White goal. Andrew Scott netted the lone Blue marker. Good deedsare good fun Everyone loves a good time - and for many people, having fun means getting together with others to participate in a favorite activity. For that reason, there are all kinds of groups and organizations which bring Torgether people Who share CV cuututuiY -in- terest, be it sports, arts, community work, or just good old-fashioned socializing. For many groups, the good times are made even more rewarding; by-chaluielling-the energy devoted to their activity into rais- ing funds for charity, or community work. Winters in this region being what they are, you, might 1iit think mue of this fund= raising hustle -bustle would go in during more temperate months. However, by scanning the editorial pages and Coming events advertisments this publication, one can see this is not so. Just two weekends ago, a local snowmobile rally raised over $5,000 for cancer research and various projects sponsored by the Benrniller Foresters. The . event, which also involved the Colborne Township Snowmobile Club, was a tremen- dous success, with 55 power -sled en- thusiasts taking part in the 50 -kilometre run. One gung-ho sledder, Bob Morash, raised $808 in pledges on his,own and many others accomplished similar commen- dable feats. If the enthusiasm of local donors does not wane, a further sizable sum will be -raised for worthy causes by other current fund-a-thons. This past weekend, the Dungannon Kinette Club sponsored a bowl-a-thon, with proceeds going to cystic fibreaisresearch. Local bowling buffs took adfantage of the chance to work on their. game, while help ing the victims of a dehabilitating disease, raising over $1,300, in the process. Any howlers who missed the chance to participate in the Kinette event, will get another. opportunity to bowl for better- ment, throughout this week and into the weekend, in the Big Brothers Bowl for Millions, roll-a=rama. Bowling, is among the highest participa- a- PATRICK RAFTIS 11111111111111111111111111111111•11111111111111111111111111111111-- tion sports in this area, so the people who first derived the idea of using the game to raise cash, hit on what should be a veritable gold mine. For participants, it is an ideal situation. Theyget all the fun they usually would. from their game, plus the added satisfac- tion of helping others. An extra bonus at these type of events is that non- participants can play an equally important part in the fun and fund-raising, by con- tributing through their pledges. Space does not permit the listing of aI1 the fund-raising efforts of groups in this area, but they deserve collective con- gratulation for their unselfish efforts. When praising fund drives of this nature, it is important to remember that financial contributions are not the only way to sup- - port service clubs, community groups and charitable organizations: Many of these organizations' most important supporters give their own time. Some organizations, the -Big Brothers for example, are more dependant on dona- ..tions of time, than donations of money. More Big Brothers are always needed, just as more workers are needed for any'group. You can never get too much of a good thing. The important thing is to participate, in any way you can, when the chance comes to get involved with a worthwhile cause. Then, when it's all over, the dust has settl- ed and the good that has come from the project becomes evident - you can be pro- ud of the part you played and enjoy the feeling of being on a winning team. .0