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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-10-10, Page 22the ®derch waSIGNAL STAR FRECREATION 136 YEAR --41 GODERICH,'ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1984 50 CENTS PER COPY Senior Vikings keep record intact 13YTD The GDCI Senior Vikings kept their perfect record intact, with a pair of Huron - Perth Conference victories in football action last week. Monday in Listowel, the Vikings trampled the LDSS Lords 34-6. Thursday at home, the Vikings humbled the Stratford Northwestern Huskies 38-3. The Vikings will go for their fourth consecutive win here Thursday, when they host Stratford Central. A tough Listowel defence held the Vikings off the scoreboard in the first quarter Monday, but they were unable to stop the Vikings passing attack which struck for two touchdowns in the second quarter Quarterback John Thompson, who was eight for nine in completions, hit Grant Garrow on a 60 -yard pass -and -run play and then connected with Dave Aimasi for a six- yard strike. Tom Newbigging got one back for Listowel in the third quarter, but the fourth quarter was the Vikings' all the way. Shawn Rahbek, on a 20 -yard run, Lee Frisby's run from six yards and a Thompson 25 -yard toss to Dave Dave Aimasi, resulted in three Goderich touchdowns. Joe Melady was good on four of his five convert attempts. John McGraw had several long runs for the Vikings, partly due to the fine blocking of backfielders Rahbek and Frisby. The Viking defence had its usual strong game, being burned only on one long offensive play, the one that led to Listowel's only touchdown. Dave Weaver, Rick Haas and Ray Vanstone were pillars of strength for the Viking defence. Coaches Ray Donnelly and Chris Connor see their special teams as the one area needing improvement. The Vikings had no big gains on punt or kickoff returns. Against Stratford Northwestern, the Vikings had their best game of the season, an all-around performance by both offense and defense. The Huskies' led 3-0 after the first quarter, on a 35 -yard field goal by Ron Wagler. They effectively closed down the Vikings passing attack, but consequently left the door open for the Goderich ground game. Crisp blocking by the line and some hard running by backs, especially Ed Craig, gave the Vikings 245 yards on the ground, compared to just 20 by the Huskies. Craig scored two touchdowns on running plays, while Sohn McGraw and Shawn Rahbek got one touchdown each on short yardage plays and quarterback John Thompson went 20 yards on a sweep, for Two wins for GDCI girls squad Iast week, the GDCI Senior Vikings increased their Huron -Perth girls basketball league record to 3-0, with two impressive victories. On Monday, the Vikings travelled to Norwell ( Palmerston) and had little trouble with the Redmen on their small home floor. After a slow start, the GDCI girls lead 17-8 at quarter time. However, the Vikes blitzed the Norwell squad 36-2 in the second quarter, to lead 53- 10 at the half. The Goderich girls completed the rout with two more 24 -point quarters, to win 101-28. Despite the score, it was a fine game. Kim Fritzley led the Vikings with a career -high 43 points, as well as making many assist passes. Also scoring in double figures were: Cathie Gallow, with 17 points; Chris Stapleton, with 13 and Mary Beth Alexander,e with 10. Rounding out the Vikings scorers were Allison Graham, with nine; Sarah Alexander, with six; Joanne Campbell, with four and Anne Allan, with two. Denise Benson had 12 points for Norwell. The Vikings also played a strong game in their home opener against Mitchell. The GDCI girls, who were preparing for the prestigious University of Western Ontario Purple and White Classic the next day, dominated the Blue Devils. The Vikings again blitzed their opponents 33-3 in the first quarter, which saw Kim Fritzley score 18, of her game -high 35 points. Leading 55-3 at the half, the Vikings coasted to a 96-14 win, while maintaining the high level of basketball their coach demands. Vikings scoring in double figures along with Fritzley, were: Chris Stapleton, 15; Joanne Campbell, 10 and Mary Alexander, 10. Rounding out the scoring were: Allison Graham, 8; Jennifer Peters, 5, Cathie Gallow, 4; Mary Margaret Murphy, 4 and Anne Allan, Sarah Alexander, Kathleen Donnelly and Lisa Engelstad, with a basket each, as all Vikings scored. The Vikings are now 3-0 in league play. The next game is Wednesday (today) at F. E. Madill, Wingham. Pro "Let me out of here!" A Member of the Senior GDCI Vikings offence stuggles frantically to elude the grappling paws of two Stratford Northwestern Huskies' defenders, during Huron - Perth Conference football action, in Goderich on Thursday. The Vikings won controlled the play most of the game and came out on top by a 38-3 margin. Earlier in the week the Vikings defeated the Listowel Lords 34-6. (by Patrick Raftis) another. Joe Melady kicked three converts, a single and a 40 -yard field goal, to round out the Viking scoring. The offensive line, of centre Dave Smith, guards Dave Weaver and Rick Haas, tackles Ray Vanstone and Joe Melady and ends Dave Ahnasi and Darryl Black, was solid throughout the game. The defence held Stratford to 46 yards total offence, with stror1 performances by Matt Buchanan at middle guard, Dave Weaver at inside linebackr and John Lalonde at defensive end. ti Allison Graham (43), of the GDCI Vikings Senior girls basketball team, scored on this lay- up during a game with the Mitchell Blue Devils, played Thursday in Goderich. The Vikings often seemed to be the only tears on the court, as they won 96-14. (photo by Patrick Raftis) am for fitness leaders at Vanastra A Fitness Ontario Leadership Program entitled "Dance", sponsored by Vanastra creation Centre, is scheduled for No xnber 3. Program highlights include: the concepts and technignes of dance; the use of elements of space, time and relationship in developing patterns, routines and combina- tions for fitness classes; and the leadership 'spark' involved in transmitting the excite- ment and joy of moving in a creative and ri ytlumcdance-like manner. The workshop will be nerd saturoay, November 3, at Vanastra Recreation Cen- tre. The fee of $30 includes all materials and lunch. Registration information is available from. Diane Durnin, 482-3544_ GDCI senior girls win When the GDCI Vikings Senior girls basketball team were invited to the University of Western Ontario's Purple and White basketball tournament, they knew they would be facing high-calibre competition. All they wanted was to play well as a team and handle the pressure of a major tournament. They did all that and more, as they defeated the Hamilton St. Jean de Brebeuf Braves 42-35, at Western's Alumni Hall, in the tournament final. The Vikings are the only team, other than Hamilton's Bishop Ryan, to win the championship in its eight- year history. The Vikings took the lead on Captain Kim Fritzley's opening basket and maintained it in a closely -played first half, which ended 24-20 for Goderich. Fritzley's 12 first-half points produced a box and one defence to stop the Viking scoring ace. The Viking team play took over, as Christine Stapleton took over for four straight inside baskets, set up by excellent passes from Fritzley. With 1:33 left int he game, the Brebeuf team tied the score at 35. The Vikings cooly spread out their offence on the longer UWO floor and allowed Allison Graham, whose ball handling controlled the late play, to drive the basket for the score. A change in the Goderich defence lead to a poor Hamilton shot. On the next play, Fritzley was fouled. She swished both of these pressure shots to secure GDCI's greates exhibition win ever. Scoring in the final were: Fritzley, 17; Stapleton 12; Allison Graham, 10 and Anne Allan, two. • In the opening round, the Vikings beat the number one London team, Lucas, 40-40. The GDCI girls showed they had what It takes, after losing an early lead. They trailed London 31-23 at the half. A change in team defence bewilderd the Lucas team, as the Vikings outscored them 23-9 in the second half.. The Goderich scorers were: Kim Fritzley, with 19, Chris Stapleton, 11, Anne Allan, 9, Allison Graham, 5 and Cathie Gallow, 2. In the championship semi-final, the Vikings downed Chatham McGregor Panthers 39-37. The McGregor team had just been rated number eight in Ontario, the previous weekend. The score was tied at the half 23-23, after Goderich held a narrow 8-6 lead after one quarter. Trailing 35-31 going into the last quarter, the Vikes came up with a tremendous team effort and outscored their opponent 8-2, showing a remarkable coolness. The Viking scoring was shared by: Kim Fritzley, 10; Chris Stapleton, 10; Allison Graham, eight; Anne Allan, six; Cathie Gallow, three and Mary Alexander, two. Kim Fritzley was named to the tournament all-star team, for her fine all- around play and leadership. She scored 46 points in the tourney. Chris Stapleton played with the aggressiveness that the team needs to be successful and Allison Graham kept the other teams at bay, with her cool ball handling in pressure situations. All of the Vikings received gold medallions and Captains Kim Fritzley and Mary Margaret Murphy accepted the championship plaque for Goderich District Collegiate Institute. Vikings blank Stratford The GDCI Junior Vikings recorded two victories in Huron -Perth Conference football action last week, defeating Listowel 12-2 Monday in Listowel and shutting out the Stratford Northwestern Huskies 39-0 here Thursday. The victories leave the Vikings with a record of two wins and one loss going into Thursday's game here, with the Stratford Central Rams. The Vikings' victory over Listowel came on the strength of a fourth-quarter touchdown by Bill Trebish, which erased a 7- 6 lead held ' by the Lords. Goderich had jumped on top early, with a touchdown by Mark Burbine, following a drive beginning on their own 45 -yard line, on the first series of downs in the opening quarter. The Vikings held the lead until Listowel scored a converted touchdown in the third quarter. Trebish, making his first start at tailback, rushed for 152 yards on 19 carries. The Vikings' sweep plays went for big yardage, picking up 75 yards in seven attempts. The Vikings special teams were effective. Scott Garrow picked up 70 yards on four punt returns, one of them a 35 -yard gain, which put the ball on Listowel's 40 -yard line, to begin the winning touchdown drive, in the fourr!t!� quarter. Defensively, the Vikings held Listowel to just 121 yards and nine first downs. Mark Burbine had' a pass interception and Ian MacKinnon had a quarterback sack in the fourth quarter, which stalled a promising Listowel offensive march. The Vikings had little trouble rolling over Stratford Northwesten, Thursday. The opening kickoff was returned 80 yards by Colind Shand, for a touchdwon. Mark Burbine went 52 yards for another first quarter touchdown, which was converted by Shawn Larder. Goderich scored two more touchdowns in the second quarter. BillTrebish went over on an eight -yard blast and Steve Bugler scored on a quarterback sneak. Ian MacKinnon, playing his first full game at fullback, scored on a two -yard dive play in the third quarter and Wayne Nivins went 11 yards on an end -around play in the fourth quarter, for the Vikings final touchdown. Larder kicked two more converts successfully. Stratford was unable to stop the Vikings inside running game. Bill Trebish went 184 yards on 15 carries and also had one pass reception for 50 yards. Mark Burbine had 88 yards rushing, on just five carries. The Vikings were never forced to punt and controlled the ball through most of the game. The defence, when they did get on the field, held Stratford to 27 yards and three first downs. Gerry Kingsley played well at his line backer position. The Vikings injury linst continued to grow, with leg injuries to Colind Shand and Richard Boddy opening up two more holes for Coaches Garrow, Baker and Ziebarth to fill. Hello Goderich. I'm the new link between the sporting community in this area and the Goderich Signal Star. Actually I'm not all that new anymore. I've been around for about six weeks. What is new, is this column, which will become a regular feature, gracing (or disgracing) the sports page each week. In the future this column will deal with sports -related issues, sometimes of a local nature and sometimes on a wider scale. This week, I thought I would tell you a bit about what I do as sports editor and how you can help me do it. Like all weekly newspapers, the Signal - Star depends heavily on the co-operation of the community, in arranging coverage local news. Probably nowhere is this co- operation more important, than in the sports department. Actually, I hesitate to use the term sports editor, when describing my job. The word editor conjures up images of an authortative figure, who has only to snap his fingers to cause a staff of reporters to scurry off in search of the big story. Unfortunatly, as the sole member of the sports department, the only thing I get when I snap my fingers is a loud noise and some strange looks from my co-workers. Given this shortage of manpower, it is necessary that the majority of regular game reports be written by the people in- volved. At the least, they must get the basic information to me, so I can put together the report myself. During my brief time here, I have been pleased to see that local sports en- thusiasts, for the most part, are quite effi- cient in bringing in reports on their par- ticular activities. Some people however, seem to be unsure of deadline times, which must be met in order to get copy into the paper on time. My schedule, in any given week goes something like this. On Monday morning, if all goes well, I arrive at the office to find that many of the reports from the previous week's activities have arrived, so I can begin editing, typing or converting them from game sheets into stories. More often than not, most of the stuff does not start floating in until about noon. This is not really so bad, as it gives me ti.rne to spend in the darkroom, on the phone, or drinking one of about a dozen cups of coffee I go through in a day. While minor delays and setbacks don't usually bother me, I get really frantic if all the copy I'm expecting (plus a few sur- prises) doesn't arrive by 5 p.m., Monday. After that time, copy should all be in the hands of our typesetters, who work long in- to the night preparing material for the next day. -� Which brings us to Tuesday. Tuesdays are bedlam around here. The composing room floor on Tuesday is sometimes refer- red to as "The Zoo". Picture the staff from six papers, reporters, advertising staff, typsetters, computer operators and numerous others, gathered under one roof, BY PATRICK RAFTIS each one sure that his or her task is the number one priority. The Recreation sec- tion of The Signal is laid out first and theoretically, is done about noon. The afternoon is spent working on the front sec- tion, which is not finished until well into the evening. Except • in extreme circumstances, reporters tend to avoid outside assignments on Tuesday. Sometimes I think it would be nice to avoid Tuesday altogether, but they tell me this cannot be done. By contrast, Wednesday, is a day at the beach. If there are no photo or feature story assignments, it is a good day to look over the papers and set up appointments for the rest of the week. Thursday and Friday are usually spent in search of feature material or covering sporting events. Here again, Is where you can help. If yob know of an individual or an organization involved is something unusual or noteworthy, give me a call, stop by or drop me a line. Chances are, we can put together a story. The same goes for upcoming events, don't wait till the last minute to call. The sooner you let us know, the easier it is to arrange coverage for your event. In cer- tain cases an advance story may be war- ranted, so try get in touch with us a couple of weeks in advance. If you want regular season coverage for your league, be it minor sports, adult recreational dr whatever, please supply us with a schedule in addition to weekly reports. It's impossible for a reporter to at- tend all your games, but if we know when they are, someone can drop by with a camera for occasional action photos. At playoff time, it is especially important to keep in constant contact, as games times vary and schedule changes are common. Consistency is important, so remember tb be a good sport and bring your reports in every week, not just when your team wins. As the various sports season s come and go, I am looking forward to getting to know as many of our Signal readers and con- tributors as possible. So if you see me hanging around the arena, bail diamond, football field or just plain hanging aroeind, be sure to say hello. It's easy to spot me. I'll be the one with 20 pounds of camera equipment slung around my neck, carrying a crumpled notepad covered with illegible scrawl marks. See you around.