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Vikings cap season_,
ith OFSAA victory
Th, GDCI Senior Girls' Basketball team
capped a fantastic season, by winning the
championship of 'the OFSAA sanctioned
Golden Horse Shoe Tournament, in St.
Catherines last Thursday, Friday Ind
Saturday.
Stapleton six points, Anne Allan twa;and
Jenn Peters with one point.
In the third round game, a quirk in the
tournament draw gave the Vikings a
chance to avenge their only loss, as they
faced Belleville Centennial again. This
time the Goderich girls beat Belleville 44-
The tournament is an unofficial all -
42 in overtime 0, advance to the semi
Ontario tourn •, o s ent for schools ' in "small fin s.
towns (under 11,000) or small schools la both
(under 699) in large cities. This is to be a They did it with great team play,
of -
new category in girls' basketball next fensively and defensively. Belleville had
year, "A") as it now is in boys' basketball- an exceptional scorer whom the Vikings
The Vikings defeated East Elgin, of had to stop.
Aylmer, 45-32 in the final on Saturday Kim Fritzley took the defensive assign -
night. After jumping into an 18-5 first ment and shutdown the Belleville scorer
quarter lead, the Goderich girls were tied as the kingsime. used d ay thi-and-one, s ms the for thee
20-20 at the half.
But the Vikings, led,, by great team that many teams use against Goderich to
defence and hot foul shooting in the second stop Fritzley.
half, took control of the game from the The Viking Scorers . were led by
taller East Elgin. The Vikings shot 15 for Fritzley as well with 20 points as she made
21 from the foul line in the half. some almost unbelieveable shots.
Kim Fritzley, who was`'"easily the Christine Stapleton added 11 points and
outstanding player in the tournament led Anne Allan seven, as they rebounded well.
her team with exceptional shooting (113 Mary Alexander with five and Cathie
pts. in tournament) and great floor leader- Gallow with one rounded out the Goderich
ship as she scored 21 points including 9 for scIn tl a
12 from the foul line. semi final on Saturday morning, it
Cathie Gallow who played point guard „did not look good for the Vikings, as they
also showed hot foul shooting as she shot fell behind Owen Sound West Hill 13-0
eight for eight from the line and scored 12 before they scored, and trailed 19-8 at the
points. Christine Stapleton supplied solid end of the first quarter.
defence, and` ebounding as she scored The Goderich girls then mounted a com-
eight points. Mute Allan and Mary Beth eback. After the early panic, the Vikings
Alexander each scored a basket but more showed their true form sparke the
important they both played great defence. determined play of Kim Fritzley and,lee .-
The Vikings opened the tournament w' h rifer Peters, who came off the -ench to
a heart breaking 51-50 loss to Believe play great defence.
Centennial. The Vikings fell behind 12- in The Vikings won 49-40 as Fritzley made
the first quarter, but came back to take the shots from all over the floor. She scored 22
lead late in the game, only to lose it on a points and rarely missed an open oppor-
last second shot. They played well and tunny.
were determined to play better. Anne Allan scored nine points and also
Viking scorers were led by Kim Fritzley rebounded well under the defensive
with 23, Christine Stapleton with 10, Anne boards. Christine Stapleton scored nine
Allan with nine, and Mary Beth Alexander points with seven coming in the la
and Cathie Gallow added four each. quarter. Cathie Gallow played a "co
In their second round game the Goderich headed" game at point guard as she adde
girls whipped North Bay Widdifield 57-36, five points. Mary Beth Alexander and Jenn
paced by Kim Fritzley's 27 points. Peters each added a basket.
The Vikings took a 13-6 first quarter lead
and held it throughout the game, to lead 21 -The Vikings earned .. the respect of
16 at the half and 33-25 at three quarters. everyone at the tournament, as they show -
Cathie Gallow scored 13 points, Mary ed excellent team play, poise, basketball
Beth Alexander eight points, Christine skills and above all class.
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Kevin Telford (33) and Steve Bugler (32) of the GDCI Junior Vik-
ings set up guard, as a Sarnia St. Clair Colts player prepares to take
a shot, during an exhibition game, played Friday night, in
Goderich. The Vikes lost the game 48-24 and finished the exhibition
season with a record of 1-2. The Vikes opened their Huron -Perth
Conference schedule Tuesday in Wingham. (photo by Patrick R.af-
tis )
Juni®r boys
lose two out of three
The Vikings were
BY TD
The GDCI junior Vikings lost two.of three
exhibition boys' basketball games last
week.
Wednesday, in Owen Sound, the Vikings
lost 62-55 to OSCVI, but came back to defeat
Owen Sound West Hill, 71-40. Playing at
home Friday, the Vikes saw the Sarnia St.
Clair Colts double the score on them, 48-24.
Ramsay MacNay led OSCVI with 21
points. The Owen Sound team controlled the
rebounding at both ends of the court,
outscoring the Vikings 19-8 in the first
quarter and leading 35-25 at the half.
Steven Bugler led the Vikings with 20
points, including six of seven free throw at-
tempts. Kevin Telford, with 12, and Gerry
Kingsley, with 11, were other Vikings in dou-
ble figures. Scott Garrow, with six points,m
Andrew MacAda, with four, and Byron
Bowman and Shawn Larder, with one point
each, rounded out the Goderich offence.
The game with West Hill was close for the
first half. The teams were tied at 13 after the
first quarter and the Vikings led 31-27 at
half-time. The Vikings broke the game open
in the third quarter, outscoring Westhill 28-
2.
Steve Bugler again led the•Vikings,'scor-
ing 19 points, with a perfect eight -for -eight
fro. • the charity stripe. Kevin Telford sunk
17 po • - bile Scott Garrow and Gerry
Kingsle 4 • d 14 apiece. Scott Baer had five.
Byron Bowman, Mark Cauchi, Shawn
Larder and Carson Teal all chipped in with
two points each.
plagued by turnovers in
their game with Sarnia St. Clair, commit-
ting 20 give-aways in the first half alone.
The blue and white shooters also had some
cold spells, but the Vikes got good reboun-
ding from Kingsley and Bugler.
Paul Frayne was the Colts top scorer,
with 10 points.
Steve Bugler had 13 for Goderich. Kevin
Telford, Mai k Cauchi and Gerry Kingsley
had three apiece and Scott Garrow had two.
The Vikings begin their Huron -Perth Con-
ference schedule this week with away
games in Wingham T esday and Mitchell
Thuraiy. Viking coayle5;Mu0ock iS
hoping his team can 'gbt off to a winning
start in league play despite their somewhat
unimpressive exhibition record.
Senior boys ready to begin schedule
BY TD
The GDCI Senior Vikings head into the
opening week of ' the Huron -Perth Con-
ference boys' basketball schedule with a
record of two wins and one loss in exhibition
play.
The Vikings their schedule on the
road. Tuesday they played in Wingham and
tomorrow (Thursday) they go to Mitchell.
Coach Lynn Meyers' Vikings had exhibi-
tion wins over Owen Sound Collegiate and
Sarnia St. Clair Colts, but lost to Owen
Sound West Hill. _
West Hill, the Perennial champions `of
their league, beat the Vikings 66-53. It was
the Vikings first start of the year. Todd
Graham, Dave Smith, John Thompson and
Darryl 'stack had strong games for
Goderich. Smith and Black had 12 points
apiece, Dave Almasi added six, Paul
Thompson, Tim Bakker and Shawn
Reahbek had four apiece. Todd Graham,
with three Juergun Schulz, with tiro and Bob
Barwick, with one point, rounded out the
Viking attack. ,
West Hill won the game by beating the
Vikings on the boards.
The Vikings had little trouble with the
smaller OSCVI team, winning 51-45. The
game provided a chance for coach Meyers
to use all his players.
Dave Smith, with 16 points, and Todd
Graham, with 14, were Vikings in double
figures. Dave Almasi added seven, Tim
Bakker had five, Darryl Black got four,
Paul Thompson Three and John Thompson,
two points.
The Vikings annual tussle with Sarnia St.
Clair was close, exciting and very physical.
The Vikes had a size advantage up front
with their big men, Black, Almasi and Smith
and got good games from guards Thompso
and Graham.
The Vikings led 28-15 at the half, but
Clairot back into the game, to pull wi ' 'n
five points by the final buzzer, the Vikings
prevailing 52-47.
The Vikings had well-balanced scoring
from their starters. Dave Alniasi had 12
points, Dave Smith had 11, Darryl Black 10,
and Todd Graham and John Thompson, had
nine points apiece. ,
Goaltender
late in his bid
during secon
B
t Cro, of the Clinton Junior C Mustangs was too
prevent this Port Elgin Bears playerim Friday
k
period action, in a game played in y
Goderich Signal Star Juveniles split a
pair of games in Shamrock League hockey
action last week, edging Belmont 3-1,
December 5, in Belmont and losing 5-3 to
St. Marys, at home on December 9.
The game with St. Marys was a tight
one. The teams traded goals in the first
period, with Rob Dupee scoring for
Goderich, assisted by Chris Sideris.
St. Marys scup d Lee Frisby second in the on -
stanza to go up3-1, WI
from Todd Jeffrey to br-
netted with a pass
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Coaches complete clinic
ing Goderich within one before the period
ended.
Jeff LeBeau tied it up at 3-3, early in the
third, assisted by Sideris. St. Marys scored
two more goals and blanked the Stars the
rest of the way for the victory.
Belmont scored first in the other game,
but three unanswered Goderich goals by
Todd Jeffrey, Doug Smith and John
Graham put the game out of reach. Tim
Jaynes assisted on Smith's goal.
A total of 14 area coaches of various sports
have completed a Level I Theory course,
conducted over the past seven weeks, under
the auspices of the Goderich Recreation
Board.
The course, a part of the National
Coaching Certification Program, was con-
ducted by ,instructor Dick Madge, of
'Goderich. Topics included in the course are:
Qle of the coachoports psychology, how the
boll corks and grows, skill analysis, sport
safety, teaching skills and prase plann-
ing.
Coaches successfully completing the
course were: George Osmond, Douglas
Dean, Diana Glousher, Janet Rumig, John
Miller, Wayne Chuter, Glenn Thiei, Michael
Cox, Debbie Facchinato, Larry Million,
Charles Boddy, Susan van Herk, Daryl
Madge and Jason Miller.
junction with the Ontario Ministry of
Tourism and Recreation, plans to offer
another Level I Theory course, beginning
January 14.
Sympathy for Sutter
night. The Bears scored six third -period goals to win the game 10-5.
( photo by Patrick Raftis )
ars maul Mustangs 10-5
Despite trailing throughout the contest,
the Clinton Junior C Mustangs stayed hot on
the trail of the Port Elgin Bears, until a
third period scoring barrage put the game
out of reach. The Stangs came out on the
short end of a 10-5 score in the game played
in Goderich Friday night.
About 300 hockey fans watched the second
of two home games the Mustangs were forc-
ed to play here due to a minor hockey tour-
nament. The first game, played a week ago
Sunday, attracted about 41)0 people.
Port Elgin scored first, at 9:02 of the first
period, when Mustang goalie Pat Cronin
stopped the first shot, but a Bear's forward
was there to tap in the rebound.
Clinton came back at. 11:47, when Dean
Armstrong slammed home a pass from
Brad Armstrong. Jamie Mahler also
assisted.
Port Elgin regained the lead at 6:02 of the
second frame, When a Bear player skated
around the whole Clinton team and centred
a pass to a team mate who deked Cronin and
slid the puck in.
Clinton evened the score seconds later on
a goal by Brad Armstrong, assisted by Dean
Armstrong.
After Port Elgin blasted home a slap shot
from the faceoff and added another goal, the
period ended with the visitors up 4-2 -
Three Clinton goals kept the game close in
the third, but Port Elgin netted six, in-
cluding one with only one second left on the
clock, and many of the fans'on the way to the
parking lot.
Scoring for Clinton in the third were:
Kevin Lee, from Grant Garrow and David
Wright, Randy Marriag from KevinLee
and Tom Smith and Brad mstrong. from
Dean Armstrong.
One has to feel sorry for the relatives of
Bruce Sutter, especially around
Christmas. After all, they are 'soon to be
faced with the age-old problem of what to
buy the man who has everything and then
some.
The free-ag • t relief pitcher has just
signed a deal with Atlanta Braves, who
for some reason bel} ve Sutter's ability to
throw a horse -hide sp e is worth in ex-
cess of $30 million. Gra ,ted poor Brucie
won't be faced with dis•'sing of such a
large sum all at once. Va •us reports in-
dicate the deal gives Sutter $ i -'llion per
year, over six years and rumors persist
the package includes enough fringe
benifits to be worth about $40 million in t
total.
While I don't profess expertise on the
finances of running a major league
baseball franchise - I can't see how Sutter
can possibly be worth that much to a team
especially when put contrasted with how
your average nine -to -fiver earns his daily
bread.
A forty -hour work week is the most com-
mon timetable in the real world. I for one,
would hesifate to suggest to my employer
that I should receive in the neighborhood
of $1 million for putting in those hours, all
week, each year. Peanuts _now for say forty
Sutter as a relief pitcher, will workfor might think about it."
only a fraction the time it takes to play a
two -hour-long ball game, a couple of times "Look Bruce - not that I don't think that
a week. Recently published calculations you're worth it, but their are countries
estimate that his job will require him to ac-. where (he entire national budget is less
tually throw baseballs for about 30 hou$s, than thaally Ted, you've hit the nail right
in an entire season.
Another mystery in my opinion, is-` h ' on the head. You see I've been ohi>
anyone - ould sign a baseball player to a about buying a small country - Y
u know
30 -year c•ntract. e 'll obviously not someplace tropical to retire on. Say, have
play that 1 • • • , hey must have in mind, you ever been to Manila?"
some other capacity in which Sutter carr Whatever the reason, the figure they set -
serve the Braves. What could it be? tied on is said to asatm caunt see t ut $31 -
Aside from coaching, which not many million. Frankly 11
ex -pitchers get into, public relations is the sional athletes
t a deservepectoe the well-paid,
most common pasturing ground for retired they provideuv_
ballplayers. The troubleith that is, to be mere mortals a break from day-to-day
an effective PR repr ntative, a player's ing. But reason has to prevail.
name and face hav - liar to Basball, with its player otriented free
legions of fans. Who, in 30 years, will agent system, is the professional sport
remember the name, face or anything, most generous to its athletes at present.
about Brace Slitter, aside from his banker, . Sornehow, I feel if the current crop the
of
who no doubt will worship the ground on players continue to
take advantage
vantage of tout
which Sutter walks? sit P lion, o ca train,
Since television dc411ars, not gate to ull the wheels off of the gr vy
receipts, support major league sports, leaving the next generation of ball players
Braves oarner, televison mogul Ted Turner grabbing for scraps.
BY
PATRICK
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must expect Sutter will make his team
more of a draw for subscribers to his Pay -
TV sports network.
It may not be my place to second-guess a
•
guy with Turner's bucks on matters of
finance -abut frankly Ted, I gotta tell you, I
think you're overdoing it on this one.
Trying to - imagine the kind of
negotiating, that went on between Sutter
and his agent and the Bravem weird ae-
ment, conjurs up some pretty
con-
versation.
"Sorry Ted. I just don't think I can
manage on twenty million. No, not even
twenty-five. After all, your asking me to
play a game I've loved since boyhood and
exposing me to the risk of contracting
thousands of adoring fans. You can't ask a
guy to go through that kind of torture for
f rt million I
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