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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-10-21, Page 78sports GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1987—PAGE 7A Cross country meet Students of five area elementary schools participated in a cross country meet last week at Wawanosh Conservation Area. In the top photo, the midget girls break from the starting line in their 2 km. race while two competitors jockey for position in a junior boys race. In the photo at right, Jason Volland crosses a bridge in the senior boys 3 knn. event. Students from Colborne, Robertson, Victoria, Brookside and Holmesville schools participated in the one -day event. ( photos by Ted Spooner Sailors still look for first Jr. C victory. by TD The Goderich Sailors are still looking for their first win in OHA Junior °C' hockey following a pair of losses last weekend. Friday night the Sailors played a lacklustre game in losing 6-2 to the Walkerton Blackhawks here. Saturday in Wingham, the Sailors played much better, but still lost, 6-4, to the Wingham Ironmen. The Sailors will face a tough task in look- ing for win number one here this Friday when defending league champions, the Hanover Barons, make their first ap- pearance of the season on Goderich ice. Although perhaps not as strong as last year, the Barons are off to another fast start and are undefeated in their first4our games. Last Friday's effort by the Sailors was disappointing after their strong showing in their home opener the week before when they lost 4-13 to Mount Forest. The Walker- ton team held the edge in play Ir. just about all aspects of the game here Friday and the Sailors never mounted much of a challenge to them. The Blackhawks led 2-1 after the first period, 5-2 after two and then scored the only goal of the third period to ice a 6-2 victory. Tom Bean, assisted by Mark Cauchi, and Darrell Durnin, assisted by Jim Beat- tie, were the Goderich scoring plays. Randy Fritz, Keith Jacobi, Charley Weber, Pat Donnelly and John Couch were the lamp -lighters for the Blackhawks. Saturday's game in Wingham was a typical Sailor-Ironmen encounter with lots of hard hitting and rough stuff. The biggest outbreak occurred when the Ironmen's Dan Gilchrist, who will never win a popularity contest with the Sailors, ran Sailors' goalie Shawn Phibbs midway through the second period, With Phibbs ly- ing motionless on the ice, Sailor defencemen Kevin Telford and Scott Stokes came to his aid, scrapping with Wingham's Joe Walker and Gilchrist. Alt four were given fighting majors and game misconduct penalties by referee Doug Wilkinson. Gilchrist received an additional five minute major for charging. The Ironmen received a total of 52 minutes in penalties and the Sailors took, 39 minutes. Paul Brophy scored twice for the Ironmen while Brad Priestap, Chris Goderich Sailors goaltender Shawn Phibbs blocks a shot from close range in Jr. C hockey action against the Walkerton Blackhawks here Friday. The Sailors played a listless game, losing 6-2. Theyalso lost to Wingham Saturday and will be look - Michie, Paul Tolto,p and Sandy McDonald scored one goal apiece. I Chris Sideris, on a power play, Darrell Durnin, Shawn Larder and Jim Beattie were the Goderich goal scorers. Wingham led 2-0 after the first period and 4-1 after two. ing for their first league win Friday in a league game here against the league -leading Hanover Barons. (photo by Dave Sykes) The Sailors began to come on strong in the second half of the game and outscored Wingham 3-2 in the third. period. The Sailors comeback effort sagged after an unfortunate incident in the third period when Sailor defenceman Steve Hut- chins suffered a serious neck injury when he slid into the boards with a Wingham player. There was no penalty on the play and it was simply an unfortunate accident. Hutchins was taken by ambulance to University Hospital in London where he, is being cared for 'by athletic injury specialist Dr. Peter Fowler. Newton's Apple Ted Spooner Free time but no pink slip For the first time since I started work- ing, a company is giving me holidays. I began my week of rest and relaxation on Friday and by the time you read this col- umn I will be quite insane. I have no idea what to do with free time. In the past, a break from work generally followed a "pink slip" in my final pay stub. Other companies had deemed me too im- portant a cog in their machinery to risk financial collapse by giving me holidays. It is with mixed emotions I contemplate my future with the Signal -Star. They either feel I am a valued employee who needs a break, before journalism burn -out sets in or, they could get along fine in my absence and I will not be missed. I have this feeling Pat Raftis will look up from his work my first Monday back and say, "Oh, hi Ted, were you away?" I try to make myself as useful to a com- pany as possible. I was in lower -middle management for an oil company for four years. I made myself so invaluable to them they never gave me holidays. Lower -middle management means: when decisions come down from above, they have picked up sufficient speed to cause bodily harm. WHAT I DID ON MY VACATION With no vacationing experience to draw from, I have had a difficult -time trying to decide what to do. • I mentioned to Editor Dave Sykes, I would be more than willing to cover the World Series for the Goderich Signal -Star. He said the Sports travel budget and 50 cents would buy a steaming cup of fresh coffee at Little Joes. I picked up a number of travel and vaca- tion brochures to see what exotic resort I would like to visit. Rome seemed nice, the cruise of the Greek Islands looked exciting and since I have never been to Disney World, a visit there was a possibility. My wife said to me, according to the budget she had worked out, I could not even afford a long distance phone call to those places. In fact, the only trip within my budget was a tour of Carlow aboard "Fly By Night Airlines" in conjunction with "Grab the Money and Run Tours." One thing is for certain, I will have found, someplace to go because my wife has left a list (two volumes worth) of things that need to be done around the house. SEND ME YOUR SPORTS Spoonerisms: I would like to take this op- portunity to make an impassioned plea to all sports groups in Goderich. A number of winter sports will soon be starting and I will make every effort to cover events. However, the easiest way to ensure your team, event or sport makes the Sports Pages of the Signal -Star is to call me. As long as I know when and where a game is taking place, I will be able to go and take pictures. A number of simple things can be done to help me cover your sport better. A season schedule, listing starting times and dates would be invaluable. A team list with names and numbers will help me identify players in pictures and any information you can supply concerning tournaments, special games or fund raising events will help. GAME SHEETS Probably the most difficult part of my job is trying to write an interesting and comprehensive story from a game sheet. It's hard to get a feel of the flow of the game. I would ask coaches to please put a small game summary ora list of players who played particularly well on the back of the sheet. I will be able to write a much better story. If you have any questions concerning how to get your sport into the Signal -Star, call me, Ted Spooner, at 524-2614, ex 17. League hopes to start basketball play Nov. 2 The Industrial Men's Basketball League is set to begin play November 2 at the GDCI gymnasium. Warren Watt, who is forming the league, is hoping to have six teams play three games each Monday night. Already there are three teams formed in Goderich and two in Clinton. Watt is hop- ing another will form in either Seaforth or Wingham to round out the league. There is no registration fee to join and teams pay for officiating– about $15 per referee, per game. Anyone who is 18 years o,old or over and has played basketball is welcome to join at anytime, said Watt. The league is also looking for referees. The three Goderieh teams formed from the Goderich Gee Gee basketball team that has played in the area for the last eight years. The team was tired of the travel and wanted to play locally, said Watt. The league is still looking for members and they are welcome to join at anytime. Gait es run from November the middle of March. Each team will consist of eight to 10 players..