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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-10-28, Page 16PAGE 6, -QODER ICH•SIGNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1976. Junior girls: splitp of close league games BY T.D. The GDCI junior girls' basketball team' won one close game and lost another in Huron -Perth Conference action last week. Coach John Geiger's girls defeated Listowel here 29-25 Tuesday but lost, 28-25;. to Wingham; in Wingham on Thursday. -In both games, the GDCI team held half.4.40 leads and ,.then found ..•-themselves in troublelin the late going. Against Lista el, the GDCI girls led 16-7 at the half but saw Listowel tie the score in the third quarter, and trail by only two points, 27-25, with one minute remaining in the game: Vicki Powell's • two suc- cess(ul foul shots ensured the win for the Vikings. Pam Lambert' was the game's top scorer, hooping 10 point's for Goderich. Denise Mit: chelmore and Sandra Rowe each added six points for the winners and •"Karen Melady had five points. Shirley Strachan was Listowel's top . sborer, with nine points. Geiger's girls • held a 15-11. lead at the half way mark in Wingham, but were outscored in the second half and found themselves unable to breaka tight zone defence thrown up bj Wingham tn tha final. quarter. - The Vikings . werealso unable to control the of- fensive boards and as a result had `to rely on outsilde shooting for most of their` points. • Pam Lambert .was again the Vikings best, with eight points. Sandra Rowe had 'Six, Karen Melady five, Denis Mitchelmore..three and 'Heidi Elliott' two points, - while' Sharon Fisher sunk one free throw. Matilda Cruickshank led Wingham with 12 points. The GDCI juniors now have a recordof foul- wins and two losses. They play twice again this week, having met •'Mit- .chell , here Tuesday, and travelling to . Palmerston today (Th.ursday) to . play Norwell. Sheila O'Brien stretches high into the air after this rebound under the Mitchell net in a senior girls basketball game played at GDCI Tuesday. The GDCI Seniors edged Mitchell 23-19 for their third victory in as many starts as they wind down the schedule heading into the•playoffs. (.staff -photo ). Senior girls sweep • BY T.D. Coach. ; Donna Doidge'.s senior girls . basketball team, improved their record in 'Huron-Pe••rth conference standings considerably with a pair ofictories over Listowel and•Wingham last week.. Tuesday, the Vikings beat Listowel, 43-31, ` here and Thursday the. GDCI 'girls edged a strong ' Wingham team, 40-36, in W4ngham. Lucie Turcotte came up with an outstanding offensive effort against Listowel, scoring -20 points, and. shooting almost 75 per, cent from the floor. Audrey Vanden heuvel added, eight,points for Goderich and payed a strong rebounding • game: Karen Pond and Sheila. O'Brien each had four points for the win- ners. Judy Cruickshank had three points While Betty Sowerby .anti ,Marg Kovacs Three GDCI Juniors' move in on this rebound to. try to control the action in their basketball game Tuesday against Mitchell. The Juniors desperately needed a basket at this point in the game to overcome a one' point deficit and take the lead in the dying seconds. The girls had severaj chances to score but, couldn't put the ball in and lost a close game to Mitchell 0 19: (staff -photo) Amazing 0 Monday night bowling Amazing. Oil .Martwon a •b'attle for first -place in Men's Monday night bowling taking seven points off the Recalls leaving them tied with French Dry Cleaners for second•place. Al Sanders hit a 331 single to top his club in one game performances and Sonny. Moore.. rolled an 867 triple to help Amazing to the sweep. • Don McDougall replied with a 262 single and 562 triple but the Recalls failedto turn the ..effort into points.` Amazing have ''30 season points, the Recalls have 26. French Dry -Cleaners followed Don McWhinney s 266 single pnd 690 triple to a five point evening boosting their season total to 26 and a -second place tie. French went up against Augie's Dogies who managed two points behind Rick Humphry's 220 single and John Miller's 553 triple to push them into third spot with 25 points. ' Lynne Hodgins led the Tail contests had two apiece. Jean Morris, with 10 points, and Lori Nelson, with six, were •Listowel's top scorers. . In Wingham, the Goderich girls trailed, .21-18, ,at• half- time, .'butu�se�l the press ef- - fictively to take control of the game near the, end of the fourth quarter after the lead had changed hands several times. Betty Sowerby's. aggressive play led to 'many turnovers in the Vikings; Ends to a perfect night with a 281 single and a 670 triple. The TailEnds used the seven point' evening to take, over fourth place with 24. points. The Signal Stars followed. Tom Flynn's 301 single and 796'iple and grabbed five pins off the B.D.'s to move into a tie for fifth spot.. The Stars .are 'tied 'with Huromic Metals whb edged Roy's Boys behind.. Jerry Rivett's 289 single and 704 triple and grabbed •, four points to move into the fifth place tie. The B.D.'s slumped to sixth place with -16 points despite• Don Johnston's 261 singieand 671 triple. The B.D:'s managed two points off the Stars to stay within reach of the top four teams. Lee Ryanrolled a 280 single and Gene Ryan hit a,712 triple for the Hopefuls but their team still couldn't manage to win a game and were shutout for the evening. The Hopefuls favour and made her the team's top scorer, along with Audrey Vandnheuvel, with 10 points. • ' Lucie Turcotte added eight, Sheila • O'Brien seven, and Judy Cruickshank fiveto the Vikings total? • • Tuesday, the GDCI girls Played . Mitchell here and today (Thursday) they play in- • Palmerston against Norwell, a new entry in •the Huron -Perth Conference. have 13 points and are three points out of the cellar. . Roy's Boys are trailing the. league with 10 points and grabbed three•of those. points. Monday night. Manfred Papernitsch hit 'a 267 single. and turned it into a 640 team high triple to help his club to three points. s 1877 CULB ., ' BAKERY. 1916 E "THEOF HOME 'AS'T-Y:PASTRY"i s E 49 West St., Goderich, 524-,9.41 C ■ ■ • light & dark Christmas Cake now available ■ E • Cht[� ustmas pudding & candy available ante ov. 1.; ■ I a ■ l>!. E ■ ■ • E ▪ : • Christmas cookies & short breads ■ E• White & whole wheat, sliced. or • unsliced homemade bread. • • • Pumpkin pies every day. • ■ • Lemon pies Saturday only E , ! 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