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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-09-23, Page 14AC 1970' The GDCI Senior VikLng defensive squad looked impressive in their first home game of the season holding • Sarnia Northern • to 10 points in an exhibition game played in Goderich Thursday won by. Goderich 15-10. Northern is 'considered tobe the power of their league this year: The Viking win kept their exhibition record perfect since they Season opens today grabbed. Sarnia Central earlier in the week;. Here Keith McLellan (50) slains a Sarnia running back into the,' ground while teammates Mark Frayne (20) and Jed DeJong (53) move in to help out. The Vikings open their season this Thursday against Clinton. (staff photo) iking's sweep exhibition The GDCI Senior and junirir Vikings football teams open • their 1976 Huron -Perth Conference schedule 'here today (Thursday) in a T`_doubleheader . against the Central Huron Redmen from Clinton, beginning at 2:00 p.m'. . Both Viking teams go into the league opener with un- defeated records in exhibition play. .The senior Vikings defeated .the Sarnia Central Centaurs 22-0 last Tuesday in Sarnia and then followed, up with ° a 15-10 victory over Sarnia Northern here Friday. The GDCI juniors won 21-0 • over the Centaurs and 20-14 over Northern. The, senior Vikings did aft their scoring in thefirst half • against "Sarnia Central. Iain Lambert's first. quarter 25 yard field goal gave them an early-•- lead-- to ' which.. the Vikings added three touch - .downs and a -convertin the second-quarter.... Bill Walters On a six yard' quarterback -sneak, Jed DeJong' on a '35 yard punt return and Mark Frayne's • four yard reverse accounted for the major scores. Lam- bert -kicked the.only convert. • The Vikings defence was impressive, especially the play " of linebacker Grant Shelton; Jed De Jong,- Keith. McLellan, Bili Gayley and Pete Vogt. Offensively, the Vikings, with many new faces in the lineup had difficulty" "..moving the ball on the ground, mostly becaute of a lack of effective blocking. This aspect of the game showed marked im- provement in Friday's game. here against Northern, the • school . favoured to top the Sarnia Conference this year The .Vikings also unleashed a potent passing attack in, this - game, giving a hint of what coach Ray Donnelly and his assistant Georgeifoung mean when they say that the Vikings have a new rook this - year which': they think; will ,provide a great deal of ex- . •c'i"temen't• for the Vikings' fans. Tl e• ' fans, in- cidentally,. Were present in large numbers :on 'Friday,: to cheer the Vikings on against 'the always tough Sarnia school: The Vikings' sup- porters ,included not only a good representation of the student body but many towns people, who are always welcome . on the ' GDC'I CAMPUS. _in the second quarter, one on a three yard dive by Tom. O'Keefe,the other on. a 31 yard' pass and run play from Bill Walters 'to Lee "Wong" Arbour gave the Vikings their margin of victory. •Iain, Lambert 'kicked both, con verts, and added a single in the fourth quarter.. The. Sarnia scoring•came on a 20 yard field goal inthe second quarter and a fourth quarter touchdown on a one yard dive play. The pinpoint passing'of Bill Watters to several able receivers, and the running of fleet -footed Lee Arbour highlighted' the.: Viking of- fence while 1John ;Jenkins; Iain Larribert and Mark Frayne stood out on defence. The , junior Vikings generally controlled their game offensively with Sarnia.' Central, .keeping .the .._ball in.. the Sarnia end most of the game; but it was only.in the fourth quarter . that they capitalized on theirop- ortunities to score. :Rookie' Steve Arbour weft' p 60 •yards on a running•play for the, first . Viking .score. Eric Mitchell 'converted. Mitchell added a single point on a kickoff, kicked from ' the 50 ' yard line because of a Sarnia penalty. • Randy Little set up the next Viking touchdownwith a 7.0 yard run,- and then took the ball over, himself three plays latex for the. Viking's, second touchdown, Mitchell ,con- verted. ' The final Viking . scoring play come with less than three minutes, to play on a pass from Mike Hovey to Torn Doherty, covering 15 yards downfield march huilt on strong running arid . good blocking.. The Viking enjoyed a- 13-7 lead at .half-time by virtue of a. last minute ;pass and rub -play from quarterback Mike Hovey to• Steve Arbour that resulted in,a touchdown.. Eric Mitchell kicked: the :convert.: Sarnia took a. 14-13 lead in the fourth, quarter -with their second converted touchdown: Steve Arbour's 20 yard run for his second' major con- verted' by Mitchell, -gave the Vikings the victory late in the final quarter'. The junior Vikings' defence' The `strong .running. of Pa Played- well, blocking one • Helesic, who picked up,, 5 punt and recovering several' yards.in the fourth quarter, Centaur fumbles. and a total of. 72 yards in -the Both new head coach .Bill . game, was instrumental in. Garrow and his assistant putting the Vikings in -scoring Bruce Baker - expressed .:.position.'Randy Little was the satisfaction' with their teams team's leading -rusher with 77 performance and wereyards.•,while„D'ennis "Bones” especially. pleased with thle Donnelly picked up. 48 yards way their many newcomers' fit into the play and did their . jolts on thespecialty teams. Against Northern, the junior Vikings were forced to come from behind • a I4-13. fourth quarter deficit to win. • Randy Little's off -tackle run gave the Vikings an early lead, but Northern .Caine back with a converted touchdown near the end- of the first • quarter to - cap a long ad Steve 'Arbou•r• gained 25 yards rushing plus 50 yards off passu.n_d_run plays„ ._ ...... . The defensive line of .the junior- Vikings was forced to make adjustments all of-.. ternoon to_ try to contain the. strong Northern running. attack. The turn -around came in 'the= fourth quarter when they were .able to stop _... lyloGee Ppntiacs used two brought Pruder in with a Ron Sowerby . homeruns to , single before Gord's ended edge Gord's .Sports in' the the drive. Meriarn boosted fourth game of their best of the McGee lead to four in the five "V •' division playoff fourth °' inning• when he series and win'a berth in the singled, moved to second on championship round against John Phillip's sacrifice, and French Cleaners in Goderich scored on a double by Don. ,Industrial Softball . playoffs. Johnstone.. The win ended the series after Gord's got back in the game. McGee had won the -first two with a three run'builrttre games and Gord's the -third. bottom of the fourth. Jon Ginn series In the'the Spthird started it. off with a single and game of the: moved to third on a double by orts 'pushed Brian Ruinig.. Dennis seven runs'ever in the first Williamson doubled to score two nnings wile Stan both runners -then camein: toherty.beld'McGee to. five himself on a double; by hits and no tuns: Phil, Petrie Warran Watt. .•started--o€f--the-burst with a---Dnug--pitzrg•led the fifth -off--__: - leadoff single in the first. 'with .a•walk and Ron Sowerby John Ginn bunted safely-• to scored the winner with a ham' move•Petrie to second and a run. Sowerby ° added, In - one out walk to Stan Dolert$' surance -runs . in the seventh loaded -the bases. Warren with another drive out of ;the Watt srriashed ' a standup double to drive three runs ' over then scored himself on a triple by Jim Ginn. Bob Riehl srnggl"ed Tthi Ginn in Veto McSee ended the inning. inal birth park. Paul Kelly scored again when he caught a triple and used a.Gord's error to coma, .over. Another error allowed Rick Sowerby to score the final run:. Gord's looked. like they might rally in the bottom of the seventh when Stan' • In the second the . Gord's bats went back to work collecting two more runs. Phil Petrie beat out a two Pontiac errors to end up on second after Jon Ginn bunted. Stan Doherty singled Petrie in and an error to Warren Watt allowed Ginn to score. McGee's doubled up Brian Rumig and .Warren Watt to_. end the scoring for the entire game. . Rick Sowerby collected two doubles for the evening but • both times Stan .Doherty came up with big strikeouts to get out of trouuble. Doherty got - the win' while Ken Der gave up 10 hits in the loss. McGee held off a late inning charge by Gord's in the fourth game of the series and 'won both with a 9-5 victory. In what )iroved to be a slugfest McGee's got out of the game with a four run, edge after going ; into: the bottom of the seventh leading 9-3.. Paul. Kelly scored the first run of the game after he dreW a walk. " Rick Sowerby smashed a double to move Kelly •to third . and- Russ Pruder caught a` two bagger; to score both.: Ken Meriam' Sarnia's running game and shutoff their passing attack, MATERNITY WEAR The Separate Shoppe MAIN CORNER, CLINTON ('NEXT TO CAMPBELL'S MEN'S WEAR) 482-7778 OPEN 1-6 OPEN 1-6 • .r� 0404,4400 • Doherty led off with a double. 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