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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-10-23, Page 27(SUPER DEALS ON DEMOS!) .:p At`oir e tears re „ r tui, The, coach wou ,lam, to sto brit she • thought and trud don,'e girl kn4. few notgoing to p'latein the event, but she v d c,iomplish hat she wanted by just tit^ tier fa se the' that `g the race, r, ,r 1 lea%ed: a very Valuable lesson in com- petitiv'er•Spirit from that girl. But on this r particular Thursday, that was not all I was goum.to learn. • I went to the finish One to watch the end of the race. The crowd began to cheer louder and louder as the runners neared the finish. As each racer came across the line . it was apparent that they bad given all they had to make it to the end. Several of the runners.collapsed as they crossed the line. Once runner, in particular, had to be carried because all of her energy had been used up during the race. Many of the runners found it hard to breathe when they crossed the line and they had to be steadied and walked to the rest area by teammates. During the race, I witnessed the pain and strain that some of the runners were putting themselves through. I wondered why anyone would want to do it. •, "At times you are in so much pain while you are running that you feel like quitting before you finish, but you know you can't. I really didn't think I would make it. I knew • Gant zor team cot member o ,`,PStitT, because a of m 0440 but it was hp' best 1 could se 001, do well," Paul Hyles, a be'GDCI cross country team, t., finish first Is appertain.f people are counting on you,, and you want.to' give mg school a, good - name. It';isAl. •in Your i�ad'h4)* bad yotu want to w,tu'andhow hard,you want io-illi yourself. After a race,, I have boiling lett and I ani often delirious," said Jenny Cun- ningharm; another member of the GDCI cross country team. "In other sports, the action is stop and go. But there are no breaks in cross coun- try running. You have to go all out for 15 minutes or however long it takes you to finish a race. It's worth it if you place well, Even if you don't and you know you did your best, it's worth it," she continued. I also learned on Thursday that all sports don't have to be three periods or two halves long to be competitive. Football players are not the only athletes who possess guts, bravery and the will to win. Anybody who had the misfortune of at- tending the hockey game between the Goderich Sailors and the Port Elgin Bears Friday night in Goderich, has my sym- pathy. The game was nothing less than a boxing match on ice. The Iroquois hair styles of a number of Port Ergin players did little for their hockey ability. The entire Port. Elgin team, including the goaltender, played like a bunch of goons. At the beginning of the game, the team hockey action from page 1 in the second to tie the score before Bill Jacques put the Bears back in front. Madge then tied it again on a power play effort, lugging the puck out of the corner and cutting across the front of the Port Elgin net. Garrow and John Thompson assisted. Each team scored once more in the period, Doug Barlett getting Port Elgin's fifth goal, and Sideris combined with Madge and Thompson for Goderich. Port Elgin got two quick ones behind Randy Gaynor early in the third period. Greg Waugh and Jeff Tanner were the marksmen. Goderich got one back when Sideris scored from Thompson, but despite some good chances late in the game, the Sailors could not get the equalizer. In Wingham Sunday, the Sailors scored first, but the Ironmen, who were winless going into the game, scored four straight on Todd Hinton who got off to a shaky start in the Goderich goal. John Thompson scored on a pass from Tim Chisholm for Goderich before Ed Sweeney, Jason Goodall, Paul Edwards and Blake Flett beat Hinton. Bret Martin gave Wingham a 5-1 lead five minutes into the second on a power play situation, but the Sailors stormed back with three goals. Ray Vanstone, assisted by Todd Graham, then Graham from Darren Doak and Todd Jeffrey and started en VOtl 1g layers and two goalies. When the et buzzerL sounded, only five playeers:anli the two goalies r°e ined. ' The Port Elgin team'has'hed no less:than "tire sus sons handed ',down ,to, its Olaye to their last; Ogee contests, " an of o tips l ceom mented, re erees let; the players 't' do e , in except play. hoelkey. Thep to the thi dperiod tiler be nttoss g Sailors out .; o , ry and,..even out th much strength. 'In.the early moments of the third period,. a rhubarb' erupted and two Goderich ained in the zone instead of Sailors re heading to the bench.. The next thing they • knew, they were thrown out of, the game for renjayling at the scene of the fight. The !players were not involved in any way but "rules are rules" according to the of- ficials. If that was supposed to be the case, then maybe the , officials who supervised the game should buy a copy of the OHA rule book and study it. If they cannot afford one, they can phone me' here at the office and borrow mine. To be fair, the Sailors weren't complete- ly innocent in all of this. Stupidity cost them the contest. A few of them acted as if their soothers had been taken away and they retaliated by slashing or punching their opponents right in front of the referee. In the third period, Goderich players were penalized for seven of the last 'ten minutes. With three minutes left in the game, the Sailors did everything but tie the score. It was very exciting and it was the first time in the game that a fight did not interrupt the play. The Sailors went on to lose to the Port Elgin Bears I perhaps better called Barbarians) 6-5. finally Thompson from Kevin Telford were the Goderich scoring plays. Jason Goodalls goal gave Wingham a 6-4 lead before the end of the period. In the third period, Vanstone got his se- cond of the night from Graham and Daryl Madge before Martin and Dave Mon- tgomery scored to give Wingham a three goal lead. Brad Armstrong finished off a play with Kevin Lee and Chris Sideris with seven minutes left in the game to pull the Sailors within two and then with 41 seconds left on the clock, Todd Graham scored, assisted by Madge and Todd Jeffrey. Coach Dan Duncan pulled Hinton, but Jason Goodall scored into the empty net to ice the Ironmen's first win of the season. Junior girls defeat Listowel Lords 49-20 Erin Robinson The Junior Girls Basketball Team trounc- ed the Listowel Lords 49-20 last Wednesday and followed up on Friday with a second vic- tory, this time against the Stratford Central Rams 46-41. In the Listowel game defence once again played a key role, limiting. Listowel to only 3 field goals in the first half. The scoring was evenly spread out with Tammy Talbot getting 10 points, Rhonda Teal had nine points, Maureen Stapleton had eight points, while Jenny Allen had seven. Erin Robinson and Mary .Jo Evans had six points each. Stephanie Black had two and Krista Collinson had one. Against Stratford .Jenny Allen had 20 points, Erin Robinson had nine, Pam Fritzley had five, Maureen Stapleton had four, and Tammy Talbpt, Rhonda Teat,att1�d, Mary Jo Eivans • netted two 'each. The' Vik- ings were off to a slow start, falling behind 10-4, but by half held a comfortable lead and never looked back. This double victory leaves the girls with six wins and one loss. The Midget Girls Vikings lost a close one PORTRAITS IN PENCIL PORTRAITS IN PENCIL, OILS, WATERCOLOURS GORDON DUE RN FOR INFORMATION CALL 519-524-6874 to Listowel 40-39. Leading scorer for the Vik- ings was Shelley Adams with 18 points followed by Julie Melick with nine, Beth MacDonald with six, Teresa Meriam had four and Heather Bogie had two. 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