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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-11-04, Page 18PAGE 6--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1976 seniors perform two _WY `.1r The senior Vikings ended their schedule with a thrilling , 17.16 victory over Stratford Central, winning in the same come -from -behind fashion as the previous week. The Vikings -fell behind 16-10 mid way through the fourth ' quarter but.an aggressive defense caused and recovered a fumble deep in Stratford territory. With less than two minutes remaining the Vikings scored and added the convert for the victory. ' A last minute single point on a wide field goal attempt by Steve. Chase gave the GDCI Vikings a 16,- 15 victory over the Stratford Nor-, thwatern Huskies here in Huron Perth • Conference senior football play last Thursday. The. win.,kept the Vikings in a first .place tie with the Exeter South Huron Panthers and the. Norwell Redmen of Palmerston. •All three teams hag records of four wins and one loss, heading into this •final 'weekof the regular schedule. The playoffs begin next Tuesday with sudden death semi-final games pitting the first place, finisher against the fourthplaceteam and the. last minute heroics second place tean against the team finishing third in the regular season. Coach Ray Donnelly was somewhat less than im- pressed by. his team's per- formance, pointing out that ,the ten turnovers and seven penalty infractions coan- mittedby the Vikings totalled . seventeen errors. "No team with that many errors can consider itself anything but wr GDCI Senior Viking defensive back Mark Frayne (20). puts went wide on the last play of the game to edge the Huskies the arm on this Stratford Northwestern Huskie as Perry , 16-15 and hang on first place in Huron -Perth football Teichert (71) moves in to give him some help. The Vikings action. (staff -photo) used a single, point picked up on a field_ goal attempt that BY T.D. o.rd.-.shotout.s. Northwestern, semi-final OnTuesday afternoon the which will _ also be played ik ings swamped played Saturday, November Junior V .' ues ay a rn Tuesday. The finals will be Stratford Central 42-0 for i3 on the home 'field of the. their second straight shutout. The win boostedthe juniors' team which finished highest in the ..regular season "stan- season record to five Wins and dings. two losses. The Vikings went into the The GDCI junior Vikings'. game with Stratford ' Nor- • took over third , place.,aon thwestern :tj.ed-with the Huron -Perth Conference Huskies, each team having ' football standings here last won three and lost two. -` Thursday with a' 27.0 victory • Although the victory clinched._ over tiie Stratford Nor --„third place for the Vikings it thwestern Huskies. was acos. tly one in, terms of t ories Vikings wilt meet the second Dennis Donnelly and Randy place Norwell Redmen in Palmerston next Tuesday in Vikings, , one of the sudden -death semi- suspected" final games. The winner of and Little the' Goderich-Norwell semi- ankle. .- final will play the winner of The loss h t • As third place finishers,the nI Running backs._ Little -were both lost to the Donnelly with intexnal injuries with a broken of these two was li htened by the the. Listowel versus Stratford • return to action of tailback Steve Arbpur who piled up a total of 130 yards r"ushing, mostly in the second half, after he took over from the injured Little. ' Donnelly's loss also gave another Viking an 'op- portunityto shine. Scott Raithby replaced the ver- satile Donnelly at his defensive linebacker spot and played an outstanding game, making many good . tackles and capping off . his per- formance with a recovery of a blocked punt which he ran 50 yards for a touchdown. Raith- by was also credited with a safety touch in •the, first quarter, following 'another blocked punt. The Viking defence as a unit played well,- recovering several Stratford *fumbles • lucky to have won," coni= merited the V}king's coach. Indeed, the fact that the Vikings were fortunate to come out with a victory was nowhere more obvious that in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. The Huskies,. with the score •tied at 15,1ad the ball in Viking territory on a third down situation in which a punt couldhave• given :them a' one point margin and: possible victory. Instead, a bad snap led to the° Vikings recovering the ball and gave them the opportunity for the last minute . play which won them the game. Vince Bulbrook kicked two first quarter field goals for • Clinton the Huskies from distances of 20 and 45 yards, Stratford upped their lead to eight points when • Mike Johnson tackled Viking punter Tim McLean in his own end zone for a two-point safety touch.,: • The Vikings got on the scoreboard shortly before the -'end of the half when Lee Arbour. broke away for a . 53 yard touchdown run on an off - tackle play. Steve .Chaseks convert put the Vikings within one .point 'Of • the Huskies who led 8. - 7 at the half. - Coach Dave Wright's Huskies -increased their lead with. a third quarter touch- down by Bob Paola, which was converted by Bulbrook. The Vikings tied the score on a touchdown by Tom O'Keefe on a. two year sweep and a two point conversion pass from Bill Walters to Bill Gauley in the fourth quarter. Chase's wide field goal at- tempt then allowed the Vikings to sneak out the win. Lee Arbour- was easily the outstanding : offensive threat for the Vikings, picking .up 143 yards .rushing, out of a total of 172 yards gained by the Vikings., Jed de Jong was the leader defensively for the Vikings. extend record to 6-1 The Clinton Junior "C" el/I i'stangs beat Port Elgin 12-4 last Friday night in Clinton to run their record u'p to six wins against one loss this year. _ The Mustangs were. down 1- - 0 early in the first period before Tim McLean popped in his- first of the night at 1:09 and never .looked., back, carrying a 3-1 lead into the dressing room after the first frame ontwo other 'goals by Dave Stepanson and John Hanly. ' In the second period, the Mustangsdumped in six more goals against only one Port Elgin reply,and led 9-2 before the buzzer- , rang. Second period goals were notched by' Randy Millar, John Hanly, Jamie Tompson, Peter Thompson; Tim McLean, and Steve Gook. Clinton scored three more and limiting the Huskies to 89 yards total offence. By - comparison, the Vikings total offence was 393 yards. The Vikings . scored two other touchdowns, on_e on •a 20 yard pass and rtiriplay from quarterback Mike. Hovey to Dehnis Donnelly in the second quarter and the other on ,a third quarter ' 15 yard pass thrown' by , Hovey , to Tom Doherty: . ' ' ' Eric Mitchell kicked a 30 yard -field goal, despite ; a strong crosswind, in the second quarter, • and two singles on punts of 30 and 45 yards, plus one convert, for a totalof six points. Two other Viking points came on a conversion play pass ;from Mike Hovey to Roger Lewis following . Doherty's third Steve Arbour bursts•through a hole in the Stratford Central' :o Huskies Tuesday. Arbour and his teammates now head into defensive line in part of a drive that scored one of six touch- the playoffs going after a Huron -Perth junior football downs •for the GDCI Junior Vikings in their win over the championship. (staff -photo) 4 times , in the third frame, while Port Elgin replied with only two more to make the final score 12-4. Third period °'Clinton efforts came off `thee sticks of Dave Watt, Randy Millar, arid Ken Robinson. Steve Cook also picked up three assists,_as–d-id Dave Watt, while doubles, went to Robert Heard, Ken Robinson, Jamie Thompson and Peter Thompson: • Getting single assist were • goalie Mark . Nelson., Dave • Stephanson, Paul Robinson, Randy Millar, Bill Roy, and, Mark King. Listowel Sunday night. The `Stangs nexf home game isn'tuntil next Friday November 12th when they host the Cyclones for an 8:30 p.m. face-off. Mark Nelson faced 37 shots in the Clinton net, while Clinton took 57 shots on the Port Elgin goalkeeper. The °Mustangs are away this weekend, when they run up against the 'undefeated, Listowel Cyclones at 8 p.m. in ;. quarter touchdown.. Coaches Bill Garrow and Bruce Baker expressed pride'• in the manner in which the Vikings overcame • the manpower shortages caused by injuries to such key players as . Donnelly and Little, and have been busy in practices making ad- justments that they hope will. carry them through the up- coming. playoffs. -: OIdtimers elect new executive ' The Goderich Oldtimers Hockey Association held their first meeting and elected an executive and discussed' an exhibition schedule. , 1. The meeting was attended by 14 playersand the new -executive' includes chairman Ted Williams and executive: members Doug Cruickshank, Gord Walters, Harold Leddy, Gary Taylor, Ed Rowe and Mike 'Russelo. The members agreed to pay the $150 affiliation fee with the Canadian'Oldtimers Association and discussed the possibility of.participating in a tournagrrent' in St. Thomas December 4 featuring eight teams. The, members also discussed the .-possibility of scheduling .otl br exhibition - games. in the area and .will also check into the temporary use of the intermediate uniforms. NOMINATION OF TOWNSHIP OF HAY Notice is hereby given to gnicipal electors of. the Township of Hay, that 'nominations will be received by the undersigned, for the following positions on the Hay.,Township Council. . Reeve Deputy -Reeve Council (3•to be elected) Term —1°977 & 1978 The nomination . period will commence on November 10th, 1976 and will conclude on Novem- ber 15th; 1976 at 5:00 p.m. • NOTE: The required nomination form must be used and may be obtained at the, Hay Township Office. Wayne C. 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