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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-10-03, Page 19G"o'cierich QSIGNAL-ST 136 YEAR --40 R CREATIO GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3,1984 $0 CENTS PER COPY A member of the GDCI junior Vikings basketball team corrals a re- bound in tournament action against E. L. Crossley of Foothill here Saturday. The Vikings lost the opener to Fonthfll, 54-28, but re- bounded with a 49-18 victory over Grey Highlands of Flesherton and a 34-22 win over Norwich in the consolation final. Sarnia St. Pats won the tournament for the second straight year, defeating Foothill 43-32 in the final game. (photo by Dave Sykes) GDCI Junior Girls Vikings win consolation at own tournament BY TD The GDCI Junior Vikings won the consola- tion championship of their own basketball tournament, here Saturday. Coach Lynn Meyers' team defeated Nor- wich 34-22 in the consolation final. The Vikings were relegated to the consola- tion round when they lost their opening round game to E. L. Crossley, from Fonthill, 54-28. The Goderich girls then qualified for the final by defeating Grey -Highlands, of Flesherton, 49-18. Sarnia St. Pat's won the tournament for the second year in a row, defeating E. L. Crossley 43-42. The victory was the 99th con- secutive win for the St. Pat's team, a string which covers four years of play. The Irish reached the final by defeating Norwich 46- 16, in the opening round and Stratford, Cen- tral 63-21, in the semi-finals. E. L. Crossley defeated Strathroy 54-24, in other semi-final. Mary Katherine Stapleton was chosen as the Vikings most valuable player in the tour- nament. She had 14 points in the consolation final, 13 in the semi-final and 14 against Fon- thill in her team's first round game. Other MVP selections were Barbara DeBay, of Norwich; Cathy Griffin, of Grey - Highlands; Bev Riehl, of Stratford Central; Holly Martelle, of North Middlesex; Laureen Crich, of E. L. Crossley and Claudine Sandrin, of St. Pat's. The Vikings continue play in the Huron - Perth Conference this week, with their first home game Thursday, against Mitchell. Teams jockey for early -season position in Goderich area bowling leagues Bowling action continued this past week, with the teams in the local leagues jockey- ing for top early -season positions in the stan- dings. MONDAY NIGHT MENS' Art Burt and Bob Atkinson rolled an im- pressive 851 and 789 respectively, to help their Murphy's Landing team to a substantial lead in the standings, in Monday night's action. This week they rolled over John's Jokers with a 26-4 advantage. John Miller was the only bright light for the Jokers, as he turned in a nice 760 triple. Eleven points were all Little Bowl could manage against a hot Selinger Wood team, but it was enough to help them climb out of the basement in the league. Don Carrick was high man for Selinger, with a 636. Al Sanders was top bowler for Little •Bowl, wtih a 715 triple. Ron Klages had a good night as he rolled a 696 to lead the A Tema to an 18.5 to 11.5 win over French Cleaners. Kevin Rumig found the spot as he turned in a 342 single and 804 triple, to lead the French team. The Poverty Pak are reallly improving this year, as they took 23 points from the Tail Ends. George Warner was high man for the Pak, with a 670 for the night. Dennis Schmidt kept on rolling for the Tail Ends, as he scored a 673. TUESDAY QED LEAGUE The Unknowns, led by Ted Rowe's 285 single and 690 triple, defeated Bell's Angels 7-0. High bowler for the Angel's was Gene Powell, with a 531 triple. Marg Moore and Bruce Carrick rolled 681 and 660 triples respectively, but it wasn't enough as the Tricky Six, led by Dennis Schmidt and Dick McLean's 663 and 648 triples came through with a 7-0 victory. The ?, led by Don Henry's 680 triple, defeated the GMC's 5-2. Jack Gilbert rolled a 599 triple for the GMC's. Harvey Culbert was the big Picker as the Pin Pickers beat the Tailenders 5-2. Harvey rolled a 713 triple. High for the Tailenders was Jim Martin's 673 triple. The Bold Eagles managed a 5-2 win over the Frame Ups. Myles Murdock was the high Eagle, with a 504 triple. Chris Conroe had a 635 tri- ple for the Frame Ups. Larry Million's 675 triple helped Dir- ty Half -Dozen blank the Unpredi les. Marie Park was the high Unpredi ble with a 470 triple. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON LADIES The Bluebelles, with Irene Todd's 216 and • their opposition was Kevin Meriam, with 553. The Leftovers also took seven points from the Hotel Bedford. Gord Fisher rolled a 254 single and a 603 triple to help the A and P team win one game over the Lane Busters. However, a strong team effort with John Kroon's 523, Tami Kroon's 516, Linda Kramp's 506 and Judy Cairncross's 506, gave them five points. Lola Kelly led the Country Kids with a 565 triple to take five points from the Ghost Busters. Bev Britton was top bowler for the Ghost Busters, with 481. THURSDAY NIGHT LADIES The What Nots took all seven points with Leone Thom bowling a triple of 558, against the new team in the league, Team Canada. Chris Moore, of Team Canada, had a triple of 523. The Yo Yo'S took five points, with Barb Adair rolling a 518 triple against Spare Parts with two points. Perky Allen had a high triple of 463. Deanne Scott, of the Wallbangers, had a triple of 513 and took seven points from the Nighthawks, with Denise Aubut bowling a 438 triple. Trouble Makers took five points with Sheila Brwonlee having a triple of 530, against the Alley Cats, with two points. Pat Brown bowled a good triple of 722 for the Alley Cats. from the Tulips. Sharron Henry, with a 184, managed to help her team take two points. The Forget-Me-Nots also share the lead at 15, with five points this week. Olive Gilbert had a 252, 225 and a 669 triple. The Mary Golds got two points. helped by a 216 from Bernie Henry and 200 from Yvonne Dougherty. The Carnations, with a 203 from Cathy Huisser, got only two points from the Roses, who have now moved up in the standings. Vi de Haas had a 229, 238 and a 661 triple. The Buttercups and Daffy Dillies each swept their opposition this week, with seven points. Marry Jeffery for the Dillies had a 225. Karen Pounder's 288 and 712 were to no avail for the Sweet Peas. Ev Maclnnis of the Tiger Lillies had a good day with 577, but again was beat by the Buttercups, with Some good scores, including a 211 from Grace Jugford and 230 from Gwyn McRae. The SnapDragons took seven from Doreen's Daisies and now have nine points. Sheila Brownlee had a 513, for her team. WEDNESDAY NIGHT MIXED Mary Helen Blue, of the R -Gang, had the ladies high single, with 283, while team mate Diane Mitchelmore rolled a 676 for the high triple to take seven points from the Pin Busters. Kevin Rumig led the Falcons to a seven point win over the Go Getters, with the men's high triple of 753. High bowler for Clinton Mustangs lose two win one in exhibition action The Clinton Junior C Mustangs played three exhibition games this past week, drop- ping two and winning one. Norwich dominated the Mustangs during a Wednesday game. The Norwich team shut out the Clinton team, 9-0. During the. Saturday exhibition game the Mustangs counted their first win with a 7-6 victory over Kincardine. According to manager Wayne Wiggins, the line standing out during the Kincardine game was that of John Thompson, Sean Ladd and Bobby Van ngen. when we than lost. on Saturday when we won, said Mr. Wiggins of the Sunday game against Wingham. "Penalties probably cost us the game. We were winning 6-4, then we took some penalties." He noted the line of Brad Armstrong, Doug Zimmer and Pete Willens was the best during the September 30 match. The Mustangs' regular season begins with an away game October 5. The first home game will be October 7 at 7 p.m. At that time the team will have been trimmed down to about 19 players from about 27, said Mr. „ Vikings senior girls team downs Bears in basketball The GDCI Vikings opened their Huron - Perth Senior girls basketball schedule with a winning effort against the Seaforth Golden Bears. The Seaforth squad, accor- din4 to pre -season ratings, was to be the Vikings' main competition this season. The Vikes downed the Bears 51-27, on the strength of a fourth-quarter scoring surge when the Goderich girls outscored the Seaforth team 22-5. The game was closer than the score in- dicates. The Vikings led 16-14 after the first quarter and 27-20 at the half. In the early part of the game the Vikings missed countless easy scoring oppor- tunities, as they adjusted to the small Seaforth ,gym. However, when the game was on the line, the Vikings came drought with a fine team•effort, for a strong finish. The Vikings had a balanced scoring at- tack, with Kim Fritzley scoring 17 points, Allison Graham and Christine Stapleton scoring 1g each and Anne Allan and Cathie Gallow rounding out the Goderich scoring with eight and two points respectively. The girls are in action again on Monday against Norwell and at home Thursday against Mitchel). Next weekend they play in the University of Western Ontario's Pur- ple and White Classic. Coachmg gram offered • J) The program will consist of seven two- hour classes, held each Wednesday at 7 p.m., starting October 10, at the Ronald Feagan Memorial Grandstand. Level one of the theory program will cover such topics as: the role of the coach, pschology of coaching, skill analysis, sport safety, training methods, seasonal plann- ing and care of sports injuries. The classes are open to interested, per- sons 16 -years -old and over. To register, contact the Recreation office. One of the most integral, yet often overlooked figures in any sport, is the coach. This behind -the -scenes figure is a fixture at any game, offering his guidance and expertise to -the players. Because of the importance of the coach's role, the Goderich Recreation Department and the Ministry of Tourism and Recrea- tion is offering a coaching theory program, aimed at teaching coaching prinicples to coaches of different sports, ages and backgrounds. Senior Vikings score impressive victory BY TD The GDCI senior Vikings scored an im- pressive 21-1 victory over the Exeter Pan- thers in Huron -Perth Conference football action last Wednesday in Exeter. The Vikings got off to a slow start and trailed 1-0 after the first quarter on a single conceded by Goderich following a punt deep into the Viking end zone. By the second quarter, the Vikings had solved the unusual defence used by the Pan- thers and began to move the ball effectively. John McGraw scored the Vikings first touchdown on a one yard run and then Dave Almasi took a 15 yard pass thrown on the money by quarterback John Thompson. The other Goderich touchdown came in the third quarter when Ed Craig went over from the one yard line. Joe Melady suc- cessfully booted all three convert attempts. John Thompson had a good game, com- pleting four of six passes. He got good pro- tection from his offensive line. The Viking defence was solid against both the run and the pass, limiting the Panthers to a total of 75 yards, 36 on the ground and 39 in the air. The front four of Dave Smith, Ray Vanstone, Matt Buchanan and Joe Melady was impressive in its debut. The Vikings played in Listowel Monday and make their first home start of the season here tomorrow (Thursday) when they entertain the Stratford Northwestern Huskies. Last week Listowel defeated the Huskies 17-4, while in another game, Clin- ton's Central Huron Redmen defeated the Stratford Central Rams 37-6. Junior Vikings lose league opener 14-13 to Panthers BY TD The GDCI junior Vikings would not mind seeing history repeat itself. Last year in the Huron -Perth Conference regular season football match -up with their old rivals, the South Huron Panthers, the Vikings lost by one point, but they went on to defeat the Panthers in the league finals and became Huron -Perth champions. Last Wednesday in Exeter, the Vikings lost their league opening game 14-13 to the Panthers. We'll have to • wait until November to see if the other half of last 'season's result is due for an instant replay. The Panthers have a veteran club and went into the game favoured to win, but the Vikings, with 24 rookies in their line-up, came close to upsetting Exeter. The Vikings scored first when Kevin Telford returned an Exeter first quarter punt 65 yards for a touchdown. Shawn Larder kicked the convert to put Goderich on top 7-0. The Panthers came back with a long drive which was capped off for a touchdown on a seven yard run by Scott Heywood. The convert attempt was wide. The Vikings boosted their lead to 13-6 by half-time when Bill Trebish scored on a four yard blast play in the second quarter. The touchdown was set up,by a 35 yard pass and run play from Steve Bugler to Colin Shand and a 17 yard run by Kevin Telford. The Panthers narrowed the gap to 13-12 when Tim Moore scored on a reverse in the third quarter. The Panthers got their margin of victory with three minutes remaining in the game when Roger Ward sacked Viking quarter- back Steve Bugler in the end zone for a two point safety -touch. • The Vikings did not help their own cause by taking seven costly penalties, including one which wiped out a 75 yard interception return for a touchdown just before the first half ended. Goderich had the ball for only 18 offensive plays in the game and Viking coaches Bill Garrow and Bruce Baker feel their defence must get the ball more often to give the of- fence a chance to score points. However, despite the loss, the Viking coaches were pleased with their team's performance. Monday, the Vikings played in Listowel. Tomorrow (Thursday) they host the Strat- ford Northwestern Huskie§ at 1:30 p.m. at Viking field. He shoos! He scores! The ice is in and Goderich Minor Hockey Association temps got practices underway on Saturday. The teams will continue to practice through this week and most coaches expect to have their all-star teams picked by next weekend, for the upcoming season. In the top 'photo, a couple of Novice prospects square off in a one-on-one duel. In the top photo a determined forward bangs the puck through the skates of a young goaltender, who turns in the lower photo, to sadly watch the puck hit the twine. (photos by Patrick Reids) e_w"1.1.:1t_ .. :. 4