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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-10-01, Page 25usine�r�a�e back in revived and readyto launch another hockey season Jr. C team is re Friday night home games and 3 Sunday evening games. The Sailors are expecting Larry Madge, John Graham and John Thompson to return to the lineup and Trevor Erb, who played for the Stratford Cullitons last year, will be playing Junior C hockey in Goderich. One problem still plaguing the Goderich executive is the area from which it is allow- ed to draw players. Team officials will be approaching the OHA to review the matter. Last year the team finished fifth in the six - team league, but showed some promise dur- ing the year and in its three -game playoff series loss to Port Elgin Bears. The saga of the Goderich Junior C Sailors and the six -team OHA Junior C League took another interesting twist this week with both Goderich and Wingham resurfacing with teams for the 1986-87 season. Last week it was reporteki the Goderich Sailors folded Wednesday, Sept. 171after the executive reasoned it couldn't ice a com- petitive team with the players involved. With mostly midget players in camp and many former seam players attending school out of town. the executive elected to fold up the operation. Wingham, tacmg a battle with its recreation committee, was also on the verge of demise, leaving three teams, Port Elgin, Hanover and Walkerton, to battle in the league. This past week, however, Gary Allen has successfully revived the team and, as acting president, will present a new executive and coaching staff following meetings this week. Allen told the Signal -Star Monday, the Sailors are "definitely a go this year". After the former organization folded, Allen and others started rebuilding a new team structure and executive. He says the prospects for the coming season now look The prospect for the league dinirned as good. , t........-7 Co ria "We've got most of the players back from. last year and we've got a few new players from the Kincardine area. We have about 20 guys coming out," he explained. "The team and organization folded. We just revived it. Many new people came out for the executive which made me feel good." The Wingham Ironmen have resolved the conflict with the town and the team will feature five teams. The Kincardine Kinucks, plagued with financial problems, folded. The OHA has had to set the schedule four times, but once it is firmed up, league play will begin October 10. Goderich will have 11 • Vikin defeat Norwell BY TD The GDCI junior Vikings won their se- cond game in as many starts in the Huron - Perth Conference football schedule here Thursday, defeating the Norwell Redmen,, 26-8. The Vikings' two victories put them in a tie for first place with Exeter and Clinton. who also have 2-0 records. Norwell, Listowel and Stratford Northwestern are all winless after two games. The Vikings host Clinton here Thursday in a game involving two of the undefeated teams. The Vikings got two first half touchdowns from Pheng Troeung who rushed for a total of 108 yards in the half but missed the rest of the game due to an injury'• Troeung ran 16 yards on a sweep for his first touchdown after Rob Dempsey block- ed a punt to give the Vikings good field position. Troeung's other major came on a 56 yard run in the second quarter. Jason Million also scored for the Vik- ings, diving two yards for a touchdown in the first quarter. Sean Wilson carried the ball two yards to pay -dirt for the other Goderich touchdown., Rob Dempsey played a big part in set- ting up Million's major too, recovering a fumble and returning it 50 yards to set up that scoring drive. Jeff Boyce kicked con- verts for two of the Viking touchdowns. Norwell scored a touchdown and a two point conversion in the fourth quarter. The Viking defence allowed 17 first downs by the Redmen, compared to their own total of 12 first downs, but much of the Norwell yardage came in the second half against Viking rookies. Greg Alcock had a fumble recovery and an interception for the Vikings and Sean Wilson and Brian Corriveau also had interceptions. The Vikings had trouble stopping sweeps and reverses by the Redmen, but are gradually learning what defensive coach Bill Garrow describes as the toughest lesson in football, namely trusting your team-mates and doing your own job first. Garrow rated Tim Moss as the most im- proved player of the week for his strong game at defensive end. Viking offensive coordinator Bruce Baker was not so enthusiastic about that part of his team's game. He felt the offen- sive line did not block well and the backs did not follow the few good blocks they did get. Baker will be drilling his offence hard this week to prepare for the Clinton game, Vikings win again The Jr. Vikings ham- mered Norwell 26 - 8 for its second straight win. of the season here Thursday.. (photos by Dave Sykes) Vikings rebound from early scare to win 36 - 6 BY TD The GDCI senior Vikings got an early scare in their first home game of the Huron -Perth Conference football schedule here Thursday. The Norwell Redmen's Rob Wallace ran the opening kickoff back 90 yards for a touchdown,giving his team a 6-0 lead, but that was all the scoring the Redmen could manage, and the Vikings went on to a 36-6 victory, their second in as many league starts. The Redmen did make a game of it, and were trailing only 7-6 at halftime, but the Vikings scored four touchdowns in the -se- cond half to win convincingly. Wayne Nivins, Darren Connelly, Kevin Talbot and Ian MacKinnon scored touchdowns to finish off offensive drives for the Vikings and Darryl Black scored' Want group to take over Pro -Am cycling SPORTS SHORTS , The recreation department is looking for another community group to take over the Pro -Am Cycling Race as next year's project. The race was started six years ago under the understanding that the recrea- tion department would run it for a couple of years until a cycling flub could form in town, recreation director Jane Netzke told the recreation board at its Sept. 25 meeting. "A volunteer from the London Cycling Club, Jorn Pederson has been setting up the race on race day for the past six years Sand. he's getting tired of corning up. It's a 41tity-,nn4el k=ixi.g," the said. She said the event might end if a group cannot be found to take it over. A cycling club has not formed in Goderich and few Goderich people take part in the race. This year, about 250 participants joined the race from all over Southwestern On- tario including Toronto, London and Wind- sor. The town puts up $1,000 in prize money for the race. ICE RENTAL BILLS A motion was made at the recreation board that groups using ice at the arena pay their ice rental bills within 30 days or face interest charges. The notice of in- terest charges will go on the rental bills. Arts Festival needs a new co-ordinator another touchdown on a 40 yard pass in- terception. Shawn Larder kicked four con- verts and two singles. Nivins was the workhorseof the Viking ground offence, recording his- third n con- secutive one hundred yard - p game. The Vikings also had some passing suc- cess, with quarterback Bob Barwick hit- ting Kevin Talbot with several key passes. The Viking Defence was quite successful in shutting down the Redmen's big running backs, holding them to just 33 yards rushing. When the Redmen decided ttro passing, they picked on the wrong man Darryl Black, who picked off their first pass and ran it in for six pionts. This Friday, the Vikings will travel to St. Thomas for a 7 pm exhibition game versus Arthur Vodden Secondary School. Michele Hansen, coordinator of the Festival of Arts and Crafts, resigned after holding the position for three years. "She thinks it's time for some new blood to be involved," said Netzke. The 1986 festival had 125 exhibitors, 11 from Goderich, all of whom were pleased with the crowds and their returns for the weekend. The tea garden, run by Goderich Minor Hockey, realized a profit and the photo contest had 30 entrants. The Royal Botanical Garden, a new feature for this year, was successful with its hands-on display of animal and plant life and its speaker Jack Lord, who lec- tured to a crowd at the MacKay Centre. EXPENSES QUESTIONED Coun. Jim Searls questioned why ap- proximately $500 had been spent at the Festival of. Art and. Crafts on lunch for the exhibitors. Netzke explained that the lunch, which had been a feature of the show for many years, was a small fee to pay to attract ex- hibitors during the same weekend as the Home County Folk Festival in London. "It's what makes our event so special," she said. Midget girls rack up four wins Starters are Cathy Jo Moore, Kelli by TO , Anne Marie Bedard, Leslie Meyers The GDCI Midget girls have shown an Wade ., irrlpressive combination of speed and and Sherri econdHord, height teeth, which is nearly as ls,.¢ ,�yS�',''.fi,•. .f 6 >. i ^ // F r"6' �,i /,, , r� i „s' ' s1,'fb%''F '� in winning all six games they have The. V'R�'�,q played so far this season. strong C insists of Paula Vanderburgh, Michelle Glenn, Jennifer Durnin, Tanya The Vikings are 4-0 in Huron -Perth Con- Mabon, Jennifer Flynn, Julie Pentland, £erenece games and have won exhibitions Christine Straughan and Stacey over Strathroy and Pope John Paul II of Youngblut. Londcn. Only in the game 'with Strathroy Lyn Meyers is coaching the midget girls, s%'y;° d °'c'`'am`' ` �i ✓ '` '" Wayne Niv19quarterback, } a handing ioffromVViking quarterb.;.ackr , t3b Oarwie•.t was tyhe score ore v en close assisted by H eidl Elliott. ;��>,!%/', / r�/ �r'%/ l ./r::rr.rg •r:..rl . y.r;1r:/•-!rl1r:r:fr:'•:•S::•. i� .1:r+f1%•.:}.•..�. •: r:� ,:.. Me"yO � ' •�liY'f:f%l.�:+%.. ,/./ /l,/!.,nf///o-r(r1� ».x:r»a.:dy.x:.mix..•rv:.;:•; ,.::rr.:.:+t.:..G:,::•::f/.1::..+:✓,: . ry YCW dates set for March The date of Young Canada Week is Mar. 13 to 21, a week later than the date in the Leisure Activities Guide put out by the recreation department. "I had phone calls from three parents because they thought the school's dates for March Break were wrong and the dates for Young Canada Week were right," said chairman Jim McDaid. POOL ATTENDANCE Members of the recreation committee were concerned about a recommendation from the pool's annual year-end report that a minimum of 10 children be required to open the swimming pool to save money in guards' wages. "If four or five kids are there, they've paid and they have a right to swim," said Deputy -Reeve John Doherty. The report was referred to the pool sub- committee. Well over 950 children and adults par- ticipated in various programs offered at the pool this year. Close to 125 patrons used the pool on favourable days, a significant increase from the past three years. CKNX VAN PARKING The recreation board, after receiving. direction from council, decided that a CKNX van which will be used to publicize the Home and Garden Show can park up against the north side of the fence • in the parking lot at the arena but not in the emergency route on the south side of the fence. Council decided it would not amend the parking by-law for the last weekend of April for the Goderich Figure Skating Club. "If we do it for one, we'll have to do it for everyone," said Doherty. Find out if umps can play No doubt many umpires have been ridiculed and accused of not knowing the first thing about the games they officiate. Well, the Goderieh Umpires Association will get a chance to prove their skills as they play the, Goderich Junior Fastball Tearn in an exhibition game at Agriculture Park this Sunday at 1 p.m.