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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-12-09, Page 28_ports GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1987—PAGE 7A Goderich Newton s Apple Petiteswin third at tourney Heather Moss scored 12 points and won MVP honors as her Goderich Petite ringette team won a double overtime game 7-6 over Seaforth to capture third place at the first annual Petite Ringette Tournament. Moss scored three goals and one assist against Seaforth, including the goal that tied the game with 56 seconds left. Aylson Baer, who had two goals and two assists, scored the winning goal at 2:37 of the third five-minute overtime period. Amy Baer of Goderich won outstanding defenseman in the tournament won by Guelph 14-1 over Exeter in the final. Lisa Durocher was named MVP of the final for Guelph and Carrie Siinpson won for Ex- eter. Durocher scored six goals and added an assist in the final. Both received ringette sticks donated by Garb and Gear. Guelph received the championship trophy donated by the Goderich Lioness Club and Exeter won the runner-up trophy from Goderich Optimist Club. Mayor Eileen Palmer closed the tournament and presented Guelph their trophy. Goderich may have been a little over- confident going into playoffs against Seaforth, because in the first game of the tourney they hammered the same Seaforth team 11-3. Moss scored five goals, Sherry Hogan scored two and both had two assists. Amy Baer and Lesley Ginn were outstanding on defense. In their second game Goderich lost to the eventual finalists Exeter 5-1. Moss scored the lone Goderich goal. - • In other games Exeter shut -out Blyth 19-0 in their opening game, Guelph beat Forest 14-2, Guelph hammered Blyth 11-0 and Seaforth beat Forest 10-0 to earn a. playoff spot. A Farm Team guard drives to the net in Men's Industrial basketball action. A complete schedule for the league is on page eight. (photo by Ted Spooner) Petite ringette ction The first annual Petite Ringette Tourna- ment was held in Goderich on Saturday, with Goderich winning a thrilling triple overtime game against Seaforth to cap- ture third place. In the photo above, the Seaforth goalie watches the ring cross the goal line and left a Goderich defender takes out a Seaforth forward. The team from Guelph went undefeated to win the tourney. (photos by Sam Kinsmen) Ted Spooner Skiing's silly I agree with comedian Gallager when he says skiing is a silly sport, "You go to the top of a slippery mountain and strap two slippery boards to your feet and go down. Try not going down, that would be a sport." Currently our government and various social groups are making an effort to help us live longer and healthier lives. They show us the evils of drinking and driving; they are threatening to price smoking out of the reach of all but the very rich; and, they are promoting safe sex. I used to drink and drive, until I realized I was endangering others. I used to engage in reckless sex (however, in my day it meant in a canoe going over a waterfall) until I was married and I used to ski, until I realized going down a mountain at break neck speeds will do just that – break your neck. Following a close encounter of the fourth kind (violent and sudden) with a tree, I came to the conclusion skiing was the se- cond most stupid thing I have ever done. The first was jumping out of an airplane at 3,000 feet. I rank skiing only slightly below skydiving in terms of complete disregard for personal safety. Canadians, over the years, have excell- ed at down hill racing. This is the art of go- ing down a hill as fast as possible. They often reach speeds of over 80 mph with on- ly a helmet and a thousand of an inch of spandex to cushion the impact. While watching the World Cup Downhill racing from France this weekend, I began to wonder why bother with the skiing (just jump off the mountain and the first one to the bottom wins) when what should appear on the screen ... ski jumping. Ski jumpers go down a ramp, picking up incredible speeds, and then fly through the air and land. Any reasonable person would take mat- ches away from a child, a good friend takes car keys away from a drunk, there are phone hot lines for suicide prevention, but there is nowhere someone can turn when he has the urge to throw himself off a snowy mountain. Over the years ski equipment manufac- turers have tried to make the sport safer. Space-age plastic boots prevent fractures and ski breaks stop run -away skis. However, group therapy is the only way to make skiing safe. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. The government should get behind a na- tional program of ski prevention. • En- counter groups should be set up so skiers can discuss the waves of self destruction that flow through them every time the snow falls in a fine powder. The Ad Coun- cil should sponsor public service commer- cials showing the evils of skiing. For ex- ample, the poster would show a skier in a body cast suspended by .wires over a hospital bed with the caption below reading – It's all down hill from here. For those of you who cross-country ski and think you are safe, remember it is like running in the bush, where you may become lost, with the added bonus of freez- ing to death. I make no apologies to skiers for this col- umn, you are in danger and need help. On the other hand, I realize if I wrote this piece for a Collingwood paper, my body would never be found. GODERICH INDUSTRIAL HOCKEY STANDINGS AS OF DECEMBER 7th * PARK HOUSE * ZILLIAX SUNSET/ MURPHY'S LAKELAND HOLMESVILLE W L T PTS GF GFA GA GAA 9 2 2 20 96 7.38 9 4 1 19 72 5.14 8 6 1 17 84 4.94 8 8 0 16 87 5.44 6 8 1 13 66 4.40 5 10 0 10 76 5.07 3 10 3 9 85 5.31 58 50 84 84 93 111 89 4.46 3.57 4.94 5.25 6.2Q 7.40 5.56 * Clinched entry into Annual Tournament. The top four teams after 18 games qualifyfor the Annual Goderich Industrial Hockey Tournament which will be held this year on January 15, 16, 17th. SCORING LEADERS G Paul Kelly Sunset 22 Brad Armstrong Lakeland 16 Jamie Caldwell Holmesville 17 Paul Schaefer Lakeland 14 Dean Armstrong Zilliax 9 Mark Frayne Bedford • 13 Pete Bakker Park House 10 Kevin Meriam Sunset 11 Steve Siertsema Park House 14 Doug Anstett Holmesville 12 Terry Shoemaker Park House 8 Wayne Smith . Zilliax 13 Phil Petrie . Park House 12 A TOTAL 21 43 22 38 16 33 13 27 16 25 12 25 13 23 11 22 8 22 9 21 13 21 8 21 8 20 when you dti it t Tykes tie against Hensall Rick McLean played a solid game in net for the Goderich Tykes as they earned a 1-1 tie at home against Hensall, Nov. 29. After a scoreless first period, Hensall took the lead early in the second. They managed to hold the lead, behind their strong goalkeeping until midway through the third period. Matt Durnin scored an unassisted marker to give the Tykes the tie. BLYTH 9, GODERICH 1 The Goderich Tykes did not fair so well on the"road as they dropped a 9-1 decision to Blyth on Dec. 5. Blyth scored five first -period goals to put the game out of reach early. Ben McLelland played well for Goderich, scoring their only goal, in the first period from Gabrielle Clarance. Lions Peewees win 74 Last Wednesday the Goderich Lions Pee Wee's travelled to Exeter and continued their good road play with a 7-1 victory. This contest had a slow first period with each team scoring once. However, it was the Lions who built up momentum as the game went on, taking a 4-1 lead after two periods and putting away the opposition in the third. Welcomed addition to the Lions Joe Kristensen led the offence with two goals and two assists, Jason Cook had a goal and two assists. Paul Wheeler a goal and assist, Andrew McLarty, Jason Jef- . frev, Todd Papple had single goals and Mark Phillips had an assist to account for the Lion point makers. Outside of the high scoring output, another highlite of the game came when playing short handed. Penalty killers Jason Hayter, Joe Kristensen, Mark Phillips and Sam Hosack not only killed off the penalty, but held the Exeter team in their own end for one minute and fifteen seconds. The Lions play an exhibition game at home this Friday against LMHA at 8 p.m. before heading to Thamesford Saturday and to Dorchester Thursday. Papernick, Heterington win Jean Papernick teamed with Louise uonnelly and Erskine were second with Hetherington to score 129 points and win 120.5, followed by Anna Godley and Verna the Quarterly Goderich Duplicate Bridge Worthy with 117 and Ralph Kingswell and Bill Duncan with 116 points. competition, ThparDec. 1 nttheLClub competition awards will be given at The paw played in the East-West cod the Christmas dinner party at the Bedford petition with Aelian Weerasooriya and Hotel Dec. 6. P.K. Venkiteswaran finishing second with Irene Ward and Marie Gelinas won the sons points, Tom followed and Sam Cuthbert- Con- five -table, Monday Howell game on Nov third with 115 by Nuala Con- 30. Nuala Conlon and Godley were second lon and Kay Duncan with 113.5 points. followed by Hetherington and Whateley, Auleen Curry and her partner Mary La- Esther Duncan and Betty Garland and paine won North-South play in the nine- Marj Macfie and Auleen Curry. table Mitchell game with 126 points. Mary Spoonerisms: I read in the Toronto Star that Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi donated $900,000 to a bankrupt West Ger- man hockey team. He would do better to form his own team in an Arab league. 1 believe Arab countries need the emotional release sports provides – they are too tense. Terrorizing airline passengers and accosting small desert animals are not productive hobbies for grown men. �1 Bantams win Goderich Elevator Bantams played host to Ilderton on Sat., Dec. 5, handing them a 7-2 defeat. They skated to their victory with a team effort with five different players scoring goals and just as impor- tant six different players getting assists on those goals. Goderich goal scorers included both Tim Harrison and Shawn Talbot with two goals each while singles went to Sean O'Brien, Chris O'Neill and defenceman Jean-Paul Cauchi. Players earning assists on these goals were Mike Lebrun, Kevin Moss, Jeff Hodges, Brian Lane, Arron Duckworth and Mike Stegenstad. Sunday evening the team travelled to Kincardine to play an exhibiton game. The game proved to be a lesson in good posi- tional disciplined techniques as the Goderich team were defeated 10-1. Next scheduled league action is Saturday at home. Novices earn road split The McDonald's Novice A team manag- ed a split, winning 4-1 over Dorchester and losing 3-1 to Exete. , 'n their two -game road trip on the weekend. Exeter scored two second -period goals, Dec. 6, before James Moody replied for Goderich on an unassisted effort. Exeter sealed the win with a third period score. GODERICH 4, DORCHESTER 1 First period goals by Mark Johnston from Sean McDade, Craig Corriveau– unassisted and Mike Petrie from Brad Jones gave Goderich a insurmountable 3-0 lead over Dorchester Dec.5. After Dorchester scored early in the third, McDade put the game out of reach with tfgoal from J.C. Kirk.