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GDCI Vikings quarterback John Thompson (10) makes a run for it
with the ball, and is pursued by some would-be tacklers from the
Stratford Central Rams. Fellow Viking Lee 'Frisby (31) moves up in
the background in an attempt to intercept the Rams players. The
Vikings won the Huron -Perth Senior football game, played here,
Thursday, by a score of 45-0, for their fourth straight league vic-
tory. ( photo by Patrick Raftis )
Senior Vikings r Stratford
another dimension to the Viking attack.
Referee Howie Johannes and his crew,
who work out of Kitchener, were also im-
pressed by the Vikings, labelling them the
best all-round team they have seen this
season. "Discipline is the key to success in
this game," said the veteran official, "and
the Vikings certainly have that."
In spite of this high praise, Viking
coaches Ray .Donnelly and Chris Connor
are not about to relax. Said coach Donnel-
ly, "We will continue to work hard toward
our goal: to become better with each game
we play."
BY TD
The GDCf Senior Vikings hammered the
Stratford Central Rams 45 - 0, in Huron
Perth, senior football action here
Thursday. The Vikings are undefeated
after four league games and so far, have
not been seriously tested.
Against Stratford, the Vikings displayed
tremendous balance and strength in all
departments. They got touchdowns from
six different players, .had- two people
throwing the ball, two people kicking it for
points and scored in all four quarters. The
stingy Viking defence gave up only 20
yards to a team, which has one backfielder
who was averaging 225 yards per game.
The Vikings showed such depth that it was
hard to pick out individual stars in the
solid team effort.
Shawn Rahbek got things going with a
32 -yard off tackle romp in the first quarter,
for a touchdown that was converted by Joe
Melady, on his first of five successful
boots. Ed Craig scored another touchdown
later in the quarter on a five -yard run.
The Vikings took to the air for
touchdown number three, with John
Thompson hitting Dave Ahnasi on a 35
yard aerial strike in the second quarter.
They also got a two point convert on a pass
from Grant Garrow to Shawn Doherty. Lee
Frisby went over from the one yard line
for the other Viking third quarter major,
giving Goderich a 22- 0 lead at the half.
Big Darryl Black, gathered in a seven -
yard pass, from John Thompson in the The Vikings have two reglar schedule
third quarter and John McGraw scored on games remaining. Thursday, they travel
a short yardage situation in the final to Palmerston, to play the Norwell
quarter to complete the Viking onslaught. Redmen. On Thursday, October 25, the
John Thompson kicked singles on kickoff Vikings finish off the schedule at home,
in the second and fourth quarters, to add against Clinton's Central Huron Redmen.
Goderich Lions Pee Wees open
season with two wins over Lucan
T -e Goderich Lions Pee Wees started the
1984-85 hockey season on a winning note,
with back-to-back wins over Lucan. Scores
in the two games were 7-2 and 5-2.
In the game last Saturday, the line of
Andre Cauchi, Jeff Hodges and Chris O'Neil
tallied seven scoring points, with Cauchi
getting two goals and two assists; Hodges, a
goal and an assist and O'Neil, a goal.
Other single goal scorers were Doug
Rivers, Paul Hamilton and Tim Harrison.
Assists went to Shawn Talbot, with two;
Jason Pearson, Sean O'Brian, Jean Paul
Cauchi and Hamilton.
Goderich goaltenders Pat Donnelly and
Bob Lumley were both impressive in their
season debut. The entire Lion team skated
well both offensively and defensively, for a
well-earned win.
At Lucan, Sunday, the Lions tallied three
straight times, then decided to sit back and
stop skating. It nearly cost them the game,
as Lucan made it 3-2, by the end of the
second period. The Lions scored two late
third period goals to insure the win.
Andre Cauchi had a goal and an assist, to
lead the offence, with single goals scored by
Jeff Hodges, Chris O'Neil, Tim Harrison and
Sean O'Brien. Assists went to Jason Pearson
and Lonnie Rumig.
Members of this year's Lions are:
goaltenders Pat Donnelly and Bob Lumley,
defencemen Lonnie Rumig, Jason Pearson,
Kevin Moss, Aaron Duckworth, Jeremy
Grasby and Jean Paul Cauci, forwards
Andre Cauchi, Chris O'Neil, Jeff Hodges,
Tim Harrison, Brian Lane, Shawn Talbot,
Sean O'Brien, Doug Rivers, Paul Hamilton;
coaches are Dennis Williamson, Doug
Harrison and Vic Whetstone.
The schedule continues with the Pee Wees
playing in Exeter Wednesday, then in
Parkhill on Friday and again on Saturday,
at home against St. Marys.
Shawn Talbot of the Goderich Lions Pee Wee team looks for the arena Saturday night. The Goderich team won the gauze 7-2. It was
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Seniors keep winning
The G.D.C.I. Senior Girls' Basketball
team won the Consolation Championship
at the W. Orr Memorial Tournament in
'i'illsonburg on the weekend for the second
year in a row.
The Vikings opened the tournament with -
an overtime loss to Ingersoll Collegiate.
The Goderich girls trailed 25 - 20 at the
half but led 35 - 31 going into the final
quarter. After missing two inside chances
to clinch the victory in the last minute,
they were tied 45 - 45 at the end of regula-
tion time.
The Vikings made a great effort in the
overtime period, playing outstanding team
basketball but circumstances beyond their
control cost them the victory.
Viking scorers were Kim Fritzley with
21, Cathie Gallow with 10, Anne Allan - 7,
Jennifer Peters - 6, Allison Graham - 4, and
Mary Beth Alexander - 2.
The Vikings came back in the consola-
tion semi-final to ,overwhelm Hamilton
Cathedral 74 - 22.
They started slowly, leading 14 - 8 after
one quarter but outscored the Hamilton
team 16 - 2 in the second quarter to clinch
another team win.
The Goderich scorers were Kim Fritzley
• 27, Mary Beth Alexander - 12, Allison
Graham - 11, Jennifer Peters - 8, Sarah
Alexander - 4, Cathie Gallow - 4 and Anne
Allan, Joanne Campbell, Kathleen Donnel-
ly and Mary Margaret Murphy with two
each.
The Vikings met the host Tillsonburg
Gemini in the final.
After a tightly played first quarter that
ended with Goderich holding a 9 - 8 lead,
the Vikes exploded for 24 points to the
Gemini's four in the second quarter to
completely dominate the game.
In that quarter the team attacked the
"box and one" defence that the taller
Tillsonburg team used to hold Kim
Fritzley to onobasket in thefirst quarter.
Fritzley displayed hot shooting as she
scored 12 of her game high 20 points on
three for three from the floor and six for
six from the foul line.
At the same time, Anne Allan made four
key foul shots (four for four) and Mary
Beth Alexander made three 'gbraight out-
side shots to complete the Goderich rout
that period. ,
The Vikings then coasted to a 56 - 21 vic-
tory and the Consolation Championship
Viking scores were Fritzley - 20, Alex-
ander -12, Jennifer Peters - 8, Anne Allan -
6, Allison Graham - 5, Mary Margaret
Murphy - 2, Sarah Alexander - 2 and Cathie
Gallow -1.
Kim Fritzley who showed great floor
leadership, determined play and excellent
shooting throughout the tournament was
named to the All-Star team.
The Vikings were paid a very high com-
pliment for their excellent team play and
pretty passing plays on more than one oc-
casion as the "basketball -wise" Tillson-
burg fans, who enthusiastically supported
their team, applauded Goderich plays.
Midgets and Juniors win
The Junior Viking girls basketball team
is off to a good start. In league play, they
are tied for first place at 4-0, with the Strat-
ford schools.
Last Wednesday the girls travelled to
Winghain and, won 70-13. Katherine Mur-
phy was top scorer with 14 points, followed
by Jenny Allan, with 13 and Susan Murphy,
with 11. Robin Englestad and Carol
MacEwan had eight.
The Junior's only difficult game in
league play to date, was against Mitchell,
whom they defeated 40-27.
On the weekend, the team travelled to a
tournament in Tillsonburg. On Friday the
Vikings played Hamilton Cathedral and
lost a close game 39-26. The first half of the
game was played against a tenacious
press that called on the discipline of the
local girls. They handled it very well, but
could not take advantage of the easy lay-
ups awarded them and this was reflected
in the final score.
On Saturday, they faced a very good
Hamilton Bishop Ryan team and were out -
hustled and out -shot right from the beginn-
ing. The final score was 59-38.
Katherine Murphy played an excep-
tional game, both on offence and defence,
scoring 16 points. The Junior's other top
scorer for the weekend was Jenny Allen,
with 18 points Friday and 10 on Saturday.
The next Junior girls action is in
Goderich this Friday, against Exeter.
MIDGETS
The Huron -Perth Conference has started
a Midget division for girls basketball.
The GDCI Grade 9 team is made up of:
Pam Fritzley, Mary Joe Evans, Tammy
Talbot, Maureen Stapleton, Rhonda Teal,
Jennifer Huyck, Debbie Habel, Monique
Martin, Debbie O'Brien, Amber Lebeau
and Stephanie Durnin.
In league play the girls are 2-1. Playing
Mitchell last week, the girls won 37-15.
Rhonda Teal led the Vikings with 15 points,
Mary Joe Evans scored seven, Pam '1
Fritzley six, Tammy Talbot, Maureen
Stapleton and Debbie Habel scored four
points each. Next game for these girls is
Friday, against Exeter.
Bantams open season
The Goderich Elevators Bantams have
scored three successive hockey victories,
including one exhibition and two Shamrock
league games.
The Bantams scored a narrow 6-5 victory
over Manitoulin Dolomite, in an exhibition
game played October 7, in Goderich.
Leading the attack for Goderich was Dan
McDougall, with two goals and two assists.
Terry Pannabeker, George Sidoris, Bill
Whetstone and Byron Bowman, all scored
singles. Scott Garrow assisted on three
goals and Darren Stanbury, Jeff Boyce and
Whetstone each had one assist.
The Elevators scored two Shamrock
League victories over the Lucan Irish 6,
beating them Saturday October 13, in
Goderich, 7-2 and Sunday October 14, in
Lucan, 5-3.
Lucan took the early lead with a first -
period goal on Saturday, but Goderich
turned it on with five straight goals in the
second and added two in the third,
compared to a -single Lucan goal in the third.
Scott Garrow, with a hat -trick, plus two
assists, w s e scoring star for Goderich.
Dan ougall, Bill Whetstone, Chais
White and Terry Pannabeker each scored
one goal. Whetstone, McDougall, and
George Sidoris had an assist apiece.
Garrow, with a four -goal performance,
led the way again on Sunday, in Lucan.
McDougall scored the other Goderich goal.
Whetstone had two assists.
Sittler gets bum deal
Professional athletes tend to be
extremely well paid. Given their higher -
than -usual living standards, the public is
often less than sympathetic, when players
suffer what would seem to be an injustice
to someone in any other line of work.
Despite this, the Philadelphia Flyers'
treatment of veteran centre Darryl Sittler,
looks to me to be not only unjust, but
outright fraudulent.
The Flyers announced .Wednesday, that
the former Toronto Maple Leaf captain
has been traded to the Detroit Red Wings,
in exchange for youthful wingers Murray
Craven and Joe Patterson.,
Nothing wrong with that. Athletes know
they are subject to trades at any time, and
this is probably a good trade. Craven and
Patterson should fit in better with
Philadelphia's long-term plans than
Sittler, who at 34 has likely seen his best
seasons.
What is unfair, is the way the Flyers
mislead Sittler, giving him the impression
that he was a part of their plans for the
coming season. Sittler had even been told
he would be team captain for this season.
Based on this appearant security, Sittler
declined an opportunity to become a free
agent last June and signed a termination
contract with the Flyers. As a free agent,
Sittler could have commanded big bucks
and made his own choice of where he
would play hockey.
Now, if he decides not to retire, he will
have to uproot his family from the City of
Brotherly Love, where his wife and
children are reportedly quite happy and
move to Detroit, a city famous for it's high
crime rate.
Although Sittler was aware the two clubs
had been working on a deal for him for ,
some time, he must of been fairly
confident it would not go through, to sign
for another year.
Although high wages in a way
compensate for the disruption a trade
causes in a players life, they should not be
used as an excuse for team management
to mislead or otherwise abuse their
players.
The Flyers, by intimating Sittler would
be with them this season, duped him into
making what turned out to be a bad
decision, signing for another season. In
effect, Sittler was cheated out of the
chance to make a lucrative deal as 4 free
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PATRICK
RAFTIS
agent. And a lucrative deal it would not
doubt be, as Sittler's agent is none other
than shrewd negotiator Alan Eagleson.
In contrast to the Sittler situation, the
recent decision of another pro hockey
player, London native Dave Simpson, to
leave the New York Islander's farm
system and return to school, is an example
of one way players can fight back against
the slave -like b d many owners have with
their players.
Simpson is t anywhere in Sittler's
league, when it comes to on -ice
performance, or the ability to command a
big salary. But he was earning about
$30,000 a year, playing in the Islander's
farm system. -
Given the Islander's depth, the chances
of Simpson making the big time with them,
looked pretty bleak.
While sitting out of pro hockey this year,
attending the University of Western
Ontario, Simpson is not ruling out a return
to the pro ranks, he just plans to do it on his
own terms.
The former Ontario Hockey League
scoring champion's recently published
remarks indicate he's a young man with
both feet do the ground.
"If something develops ... I'm leaving
the door open. So right now I'm playing
hockey with a bunch of my friends and
going to school.
Next spring, I'm 23, have a BA and I'm a
free agent."
Only time will tell if Simpson will be able
to make a comeback with an NHL team a
bit less well -endowed than the Islanders.
At least he will have a chance to try,
because he had the forsight to hang onto a
chance at free agency.
If Darryl Sittler hadn't had so much
misguided faith in the intentions of, the
Philadelphia Flyers, perhaps he too would
Still have that chance.