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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-01-22, Page 21Recreation t : urneystarts Fridayteams16 tea� to Participate in three-day �rar��r�ent for prize money A total of 16 teams will battle for almost $2,000 in prize money at the 8th annual Goderich Recreation Hockey League Tournament here on the weekend. And, Murphy's Green Machine will be back to defend its A division championship as one of four Goderich entries in the three-day affair. Last year the seventh rendition of the no - contact tourney featured the first Gociericn tnnai as Green ivaacntne defeated the Bedford Flyers 6-1 in the tournament championship game. This year, the Goderich league will be represented by Murhpy's, Bedford Flyers, O'Brien's Porkers and Hodges' Mill. The action begins Friday at 6 p.m. as Hodges plays Blyth in the tournament's opening game. Bedford Flyers- will play Lucan at 7:15 p.m. Friday followed .by St. Clements against London at 8:30 p.m.; Kit - Sports .._ .,.,.,:...� �...,e., Sound at 9:45 and sion championship game will follow at cliener against ,Owen at 3.30 O'Briens will take on Leamington at 11 p.m. p.m. The tournament committee is holding a First-round action continues Saturday free dance Saturday night in the arena morning beginning with the Green auditorium from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Machine -London Nissan game at 8 a.m. In action last year, Sunset Golf, also Semi-final games, in both. the A and B representing the Goderich League, reach - divisions, will get underway Sunday at ed the B Division championship game only 10:15 a.m. n to lose to Kitchener 11-3. Ernie's The 13 Division championship game will Roadhouse also participated in the tourna- be played at 2 p.m. Sunday and the A Divi- ment. Skaters participate in It may not rival international competi- tion for precision, but effort and deter- mination was much in evidence when the Goderich Figure Skating Club held its an- nual Competition and Trophy Day at the Goderich Arena Saturday. In the Pre -School Beginners event, Greg Hill won the Goderich Figure Skating Trophy for his first -place finish. Alicia Johnston was second and Amanda Whalen, third. Weny Bogie won the Hruden Trophy in the Elementary Freestyle event and was followed by Roslynn Gottschalk and Monika Schuett. Sue Ingham won the Charlie Boddy Trophy in the Basic Freestyle event while Sonja Blacker was second and Haley Bloch, third. The Candlelight Trophy was presented to Andy Smith for her first -place finish in the Novice Free Dance event while Jaclyn Henry was second and Sally Ma bon, third. In the Junior Freestyle event, Angie Skelton won the Rean Trophy. Tara MacKinnon and Julie Cook finished second and third respectively. Connie Clifford ,and K. Graham teamed up to win the Jeffrey Trophy in the Novice Dance pairs competiitiionnaaha th h and B. T. Scott and Jaclyn Henry pt Stephenson. Julie Cook and S. Schultz won the Ormandy Trophy in the Junior Dance trophy day Pairs competition while Sally Mabon and K. Fry finished second and team of Angie Skelton°and Tara MacKinnon, third. The Junior Pairs Freestyle event and the William O'Neill Trophy was won by B. Schuett and L. Adamson. Graham and Clifford finished second and Skelton and MacKinnon, third. The Dechert Trophy for a first -place finish in the Intermediate Dance category was won by Tammy Marshall. Melissa Hruden finished second in the event and Sonya McCallum was third. Paula Glew won the Domtar Trophy in the Intermediate Freestyle event while McCallum finished second and Jillian O'Neill, third. Susan Cook was a double winner on the. day as she captured the Craven Trophy for her performance in the Senior Dance Com petition and she later took the Howes Memorial Trophy for her first -place finish in the Open Senior Freestyle event. Emma Hollingworth finished second in the senior dance event and Jennifer Huyck third. Hollingworth combined with Mc- Callum to win the Zoe Raithby Trophy in the Senior Freestyle Pairs event while Glew and O'Neill finished second. Hollingworth rounded out her perfor- mance by winning the Champion Trophy in the Senior Freestyle kevent. Melissa Hruden finished second. Atom Bs win twp games on the weekend SPORTS SHORTS The Goderich Atom Bs won two games over the weekend defeating Lucknow 8-2 Friday and Wingham 2-1 here Sunday. In the game against Lucknow, Goderich led 4-2 after two periods but blew the game open with four goals in the final period. D. Boyce led the Goderich offence with'five D.goals while EdwardsB o�mb Lambed alsoohad Ithreoals e assists and Edwards two. The game against Wingham here Sun- day was of the defepsive variety as the, teams were tied 1-1 after one period, they played through a scoreless second period and then Goderich won the game ona<thir'd period goal by Shawn Carver on an unassisted effort. Drew Macaulay put Goderich ahead with a first period goal. • Novice B team edges Bayfield The Goderich Figure Skating Club held its annual competition and trophy day at the arena Saturday. Susan Cook comes out of a spin gracefully (top left) while junior skaters compete in the pairs competition: - (photos by Sharon Dietz) The Goderich Tier II Noviceorange team scored -two goals in the final period to defeat Bayfield 4-2 in Huron -Perth action. The teams were tied 1-1 after one period with Mark Johnston scoring the Goderich goal from Bryan Currie. Goderich took the lead in the second with Darnell Connelly scoring the only goal of the period. Goderich outscored Bayfield 2-1 in the final period to win the game 4-2. Ben Arm- strong and Johnston with his second goal of.. the game, put the game away for Goderich. Atoms win, two games The Goderich Atom As defeated Lucan 3- 0 in Shamrock League play last week and in exhibition play this week they scored three third period goals to defeat the Peewee Bs 5-3. In the game against Lucan, Goderich scored once in the first period and added two more goals in, the . second period to record the 3-0 win. Jared Whalen, Andrew McLarty and Jason Jeffrey scored the goals for Goderich while Jason Duckworth picked up the shutout in net. Bill Ingham, Chris Dickson, Mark Philips, Jason Cook and McLarty picked up assists. In the exhibition game Saturday, the Atoms built . up a 3-0 lead and then outlasted the Peewee Bs 5-3. Sam Hosack, Jeff Beange, Jamie Stanley, Jason Hayter and Jason Volland scored for the Atoms. Jerry Harlin scored two goals for the peewees while Allan Brindley scored one goal. Wins propel Porkers to top spot • O'Brien's Porkers fine tuned its offence ,-. - for the upcoming recreation hockey tour- , nament by winnind'two games and tying a third in Goderich Recreation Hockey League action this week. The five points propelled the pesky Porkers into first' place in the standings, . one point ahead of Murphy's. Green Machine, which won one game and lost one this week. O'Brien's 29 points on 13 wins and three ties, is two points better than the Bedford Flyers in third place, The Flyers lost a game to Ernie's Raiders this week. O'Briens opened the week's action with 6-6 tie against Hodges but rallied for an 8-7 victory over Murhpy's and then drubbed the Clere-Vu Rockets 11-1. In a game Jan. 12, Hodges scored mid- w6jy through the final period to earn a tie with O'Briens. Wayne Draper led the Porker offence With two goals while team- mate . Paul Kelly, the league's leading scorer, scored on an unassisted effort and Setup four other goals for a five-pointper- foi,nance. .In a battle for first place Jan 13, the Porkers scored three straight goals in the final . period and, withstood a late Green Machine rally to defeat Murphy's 6-7. The Machinery led 3-1 after one period but O'Brien's rallied to tie the game 5-5 after two periods. They outscored Murphy's 3-2 in the final period to clinch the win. Dan Duncan led the way with three goals while Kelly chipped in with two goals. Rob Standen, Bakker and Roulston scored one goal each. Dennis Dowhaniuk had two goals for Murhpy's: The Porkersacapped the tweek with an 11- 1 trouncing of the Clere-Vu Rockets in Clin- ton Thursday two periods of play. Bakker scored two goalsand assisted on three others while Tom O'BrienO scored once and set up three. The Bedford Flyers.,blew an opportunity 'to grab a, share of the league lead losing a 9-5 decision to, Ernie'S Raiders Sunday. The teams Were tied 2-2 after two periods but the Raiders exploded for seven third period goals. The short-handed Raiders got a five -goal performance from H. Peet while Phil Petrie added three goals in the rout. Mark Frayne had two goals for the Flyers in a losing effort. In other action, Murhpy's jumped into second place bombing the Raiders 12-4 Wednesday. Green Machine spread the scoring around in the goal bonanza as Dave Graff led the way with three goals and one a?;'sist. Team-mates Rodger Lewis, Bruce Schoft and John McDonald scored two goals -apiece. Ted Ingham, Bill Peters and Larry Boyce scored one goal each. Peters also assisted on three goals. In the other league game, Dale Duncan scored five goals and sot up two others in leading Sunset Golf to a 10-4 win over the J.H)Jets. Kevin Meriam scored three goals and assisted on four while P. Doher- ty chipped in with four assists on the night. Paul Kelly enjoys a 29 point lead in the scoring race over Mark Frayrie of Bed- ford. Kelly has 43 goals and 36 assists in 24 games. Rob Standen was a one-man offence for the Porkers scoring six goals and assisting on two others for an eight -point perfor- mance. He scored the first four goals of the game as O'Briens built upa 7-0 lead after Lions defeat Exeter to win Legion zone tourney The Goderich Lions Pee Wee's defeated Exeter 43 in the charnpionship of the Legion C-1 tournament held in Ripley last weekend. The Liens took a 1-0 lead in the first period on a Tim Harrison goal, but E>teter tallied early in the second to tie the contest. Chris O'Neill put the Lions ahead 2-1 with Harrison and Brian Lane assisting. However, later in the period Exeter tied the game at 2 after ,two. Exeter took a 3-2 lead early in the third, but a good passing play by Lonnie Romig in his own end to Chris O'Neill to Tim Harrison to Brian Lane, who scored on a break away, 'tied the game with five minutes left. Andre Cauchi's strong individual ettort resulted in the winner with four minutes left. Lion goalie Pat Donnelly came up with,a big save in the final minute to preserve the win. Goderich defeated Kincardine in a shoot-out after the game had ended in a 5- 5 tie. Lion goalie Bob Lumley w`as brilliant in the shoot-out, stopping four of the five shots directed at hint, while Andre Cauchi, Harrison and O'Neill scored on three of five shots at the Kin- cardine l goalie. O'Neill led the offence in this game recording the hat trick while Paul Hamilton and Andre Cauchi had single goals each. Brian Lane had three assists, Tim Harrison two, and, single assists went to J.P. Cauchi, Mike Stegenstad and Aaron Duckworth. " By winning this division the Lions earned the right to play in the next Zone which will also be held in Ripley Feb. 1. Lions next outing will be in Lucan this Friday. Peee�vvBs tie Clintonee Sporting new sweaters from a new spon- sor (Signal -Star), the Goderich Peewee Bs came back'from a deficit to defeat Clinton and extend its unbeaten streak to seven games. Goderich spotted Clinton a two -goal lead but Kelly McDonald scored on an unassisted effort to narrow the deficit to 2- 1. The peewee Bs tied the score just 27. seconds into the final period as Jerry Har - tin scored. Goderich then scored two quick goals in a three-minute span but two late goals by Clinton tied the score 4-4. McDonald led the offence with two goals and an assist while Hartin and Jeremy Grasby had a goal and an assist apiece. Jason Lebeau and Doug MacDonald had one assist for Goderich: bantams play well in Silver Stick The Elevator Bantams represented Goderich well at the Watford Silver Stick Tournament last weekend defeating Leamington 9-8 in teh opening round and then losing a tough 2-0 decision to Sarnia Townshipin the second round: Both ams executed well in the second game producing an exciting match. Goaltending by Greg Townshend of Goderich and the Sarnia goalie was outstanding. The game was scoreless through two • peripds of play and Sarnia scored what proVed to be the winning goal early in the final period. With less than a minute left in' regulation time, Sarnia scored into an empty net to produce the 2-0 final. . While Goderich was eliminated, Scott Garrow won the Most Valuable Player award in the A and AA divisions of the tournament. In Shamrock League action, Goderich defeated Lucan 9-4 and lost to Mt. Brydges 9-3 Saturday. Garrow, with three goals and three assists, and Bill Trebish with two goals, led the Goderich offence against Lucan. Bill Whetstone, Jason Million, Greg DeWinter, and Barry Thompson scored the other Goderich goals. Thompson 'also added two assists. In the game against Mt. Brydges, the tams were tied 1-1 after -one period with Trebish scoring the Goderich goal, but Mt. Brydges scored four straight goals in the second period to hold a 5-2 lead heading in- to the final period. Trebish scored his se- cond unassisted goal for,Goderich. Mt. Biydges outscored Goderich 4-1 in the final period to producethe 9-3 score. John Maclnnis scored the third Goderich, goal from Greg Alcock. 4