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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-09-28, Page 12PAGE 12 --THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1978 o Senior Vikings rip Stratford 53-0 • BY TD The GDCI Senior Vikings opened defence of their Huron -Perth Conference .football championship with an impressive 53-0 victory over Stratford Central Ramblers here last Thursday. Veteran Dave MacKenzie showed his versatility, scoring two touchdowns from his offensive end position, another while playing defence and one as a member of the Vikings' kickoff return team: All four of the talented MacKenzie's majors were long -gainers. In the first quarter he went 47 yards on a pass and run play from quarterback Jon Barz. That was just a warm-up tor an 80 -yard pass and run combo in the, second quarter. This time Dennis Donnelly was on the throwing end of the play. MacKenzie returned the opening kickoff of the second half 95 yards for his third touchdown and in- tercepted an errant Stratford pass and rambled 50 yards for his final major in the fourth quarter. . Hard running Randy Little, who rushed for a Vital of 197 yards, also Mike Wedlock of the GDCI Junior Vikings eludes the diving grasp of a Stratford defender in a league game played Thursday. Wedlock had to be removed from the game with bruised ribs but his effort lifted the juniors to a 32-6 victory in their first league game of the season. They play their second game in Palmerston Thursday. (Photo by Dave Sykes) Steelers win regional game The Huron County Pee, Wee soccer team "The Huron Steelers" may be on their way to Toledo, Ohio as a result of win- ning the zone final of the Ohio cup last Saturday. This year, teams from Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan and Southern Ontario were divided into six zones, but only four teams out of the six zone winners will advance to the semi-finals and final ' games to be played in Toledo on Thanksgiving weekend. The four teams will be picked on their goal averages so the "Steelers" may not make it. Although undefeated, they have 13 goals for and two against giving them a goal spread of 11. In the zone final played in Goderich last Satur- day, the "Steelers" downed their old rivals Petrolia 4-1. As in all of the other games, the "Steelers had complete control and Clinton's Billy Tugwell opened the scoring at the 15 minute mark. Five minutes later Dave Murray of St. Columban got the first of his two goals and by beating the Petrolia keeper again with a fine 18 -yard drive just before half time, he made the score 3-0. In the early minutes of the second half, Petrolia was awarded a penalty shot and made no mistake, making the score 3-1. Colin Alexander of Goderich rt The Goderich Lakeport Steelers soccer team Steelers are undefeated in pray this year and may defeated a team from Petrolia 4-1 in Goderich , advance to the Ohio Cup finals but the finalists have ' Saturday in the regionai Ohio Cup Mai. The not been determined. (photo by Dave Sykes) 01 rI\ I 11 ti \ I " ( II caught the Petrolia goalie out of position on a 35 - yard free kick making the score 4-1. Members of the team from Clinton are Brad Forbes, Stephen Jacock, Dave Lobb and Bill Tugwell. had three Viking touch- downs, one on a three yard dive in the opening quarter, another on a similar run of four yards and the third on a 45 -yard gallop. The latter two touchdowns, both came in the fourth quarter. Eric Mitchell kicked two field goals from distances of 25 and 15 yards and hoofed three converts for a, total of nine points. The Vikings picked up two more points on a two-point conversion pass from Barz to Donnelly_ The Vikings' offence performed well, showing good execution and crisp blocking. Defensively, the Vikings played --well as a unit, except for the pass rush which coach Ray Donnelly judged as somewhat less than impressive. Perry Teichert had an outstanding gme on defence from his inside linebacking position. The Vikings next game is being played today, Thursday, in Palmerston against Norwell District Secondary School. The Vikings team captain this season is Jim VanOsch, with co - captains Dave MacKenzie, Perry Teichert, Mark Frayne and Jon Barz. In other Huron -Perth Conference senior games last Thursday, Norwell edged . Madill. 9-6 and Listowel, shutout Strat- ford Northwestern 16-0. GDCI Viking defensive lineman Ben Wor'sell chased a scrambling Stratford quarterback out of the pocket in the first league game of the season last week. The Vikings got seven touchdowns from Dave MacKenzie and Randy, Little en route to a 53-0 win. Thursday they play in Palmerston. (Photo by Dave Sykes) • Vikes dump Stratford BY TD The GDCI Junior Vikings defeated Stratford Central 32-6, in the opening game of their Huron -Perth Conference football schedule here last Thursday. Steve Frayne scored two touchdowns for .the Vikings. One came on an end -around play ..in the first quarter, the other on a 25 -yard pass and run play from quarterback Steve Gallow in the fourth quarter. Brian "Buckwheat" Shewfelt scored one Viking touchdown on a three -yard tailback blast in the final quarter. The other Viking major came when Steve Walters recovered -a Stratford fumble in the end zone. In addition to his fumble recovery, Walters was credited with five quarterback sacks from his defensive end position. - Larry Boyce kicked three singles and three converts to add six points to the Vikings' total. The other Viking points came on a two-point conversion pass from Gallow to Larry Madge. Defensively, the Vikings were strong throughout the game. The offence had its moment. but appeared to falter, especially in the third quarter. Part of this was due to the absence of the Vikings' leading rusher, , Mike Wedlock who suffered bruised ribs in the second quarter. .Wedlock had picked up 80 yards prior to his departure. Shewfelt ran for 44 yards and Madge got 32 yards on four carries. Quarterback Gallow gained 25 yards running while Frayne had 33 yards riushing to go with his 35 yards gained passing. Stratford's touchdown came in the third quarter when Geoff Philips recovered a blocked punt in the Vikings' end zone. aper leafs win second slowpitch championship The next two games for coach Bill Garrow and coach Bruce Baker's Vikings are both on the road, today in Palmer- ston against Norwell and next Thursday in Wingham against F. E. Madill. Team captains of the junior Vikings this season are Larry Madge, Ed Van Osch, Robert McDonald and John Clement. In other junior games last Thursday, Norwell defeated Madill 21-12; Stratford Northwestern got by Listowel 32-24 and Exeter South Huron blasted Central Huron of Clinton 48-0. The Signal -Star Paper Leafs won their second consecutive mens slowpitch championship Monday, defeating 1863 in the final series. The Leafs, defending champions, disposed. of 1863 in three straight games in the best -of -five final, to claim the leaghe title. The Leafs won three games by scores of 7-5, 4- 3 and 14-9, in the final game. The union reached the final series with a sweep. of the best -of -three quarter -final series against Betherl and a tough 3-2 win in games over Stothers Bricklaying in the semi-final. The union held a 2-1 lead in games in the semi- final set but Stothers fought back with a come - from -behind victory to force the deciding game. The teams bandied the. lead around in the final game before 1863,won 10-7 with a three -run rally in the final inning. The Leafs fought back to tie their semi-final series with Park with a tough 4-3 ' decision and won the deciding game 8- 5. The difference between - the two teams in the final was marginal. The Leafs built up a three -run lead in the first game and held on for a 7-5 win. In the second game they built up a 4-0 lead after three innings of play and again had to rely on defence as •1863 fought back with three runs but were unable to push across the tying run. The final game gave every indication that it would be a slugfest as the • Midgetsto WOAA final The Goderich Midget Girls softball team ad- vanced to the WOAA finals against Kirkton with a sweep of their semi-final series against Harriston. The midgets, who recently won• the Provincial Women's Softball Association championship, defeated Harriston in two straight games in their best -of - three semi-final series. Goderich won the first game in Goderich 18'-3 and wrapped the series with a 15-5 victory in Harriston Tuesday. The Midgets took a 3-1 I lead after the first inning of play against Harriston on runs by Heidi -Elliott, Jenny More and Sandra Rowe, who belted a first inning triple. But Harriston added three runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 4-3 lead into the third inning. Unfor- tunately for Harriston, the third inning clinched the series for Goderich. The Midgets rallied for nine runs in the third inning while batting through the order and then coasted to the 15-5 win. Denise Mitcheltnore and Sandy Rowe led the Goderich offence with two hits apiece and they also scored two runs each. More chipped in with one hit and scored three runs. Elliott went the distance in the Goderich victory while Gilbert took the loss. The midgets will go after their second WOAA championship when they play Kirkton in Kirkton Monday, October 2. The second game of the series will be in Go►deriidh at Agriculture Park Tuesday, October 3 at 7 p.tn. Leafs led 12-7 after only two innings of play. But the defensive style surfaced and the teams traded two runs apiece with the Leafs winning 14- 9. This year the slowpitch league expanded to 10 teams from 7 ,the previous year. The teams played an 18 game schedule. Senior lineup NAME °ARBOUR, Steve ALEXANDER, Mark BARZ, Jon BEATTIE, Brad BEATTIE, Darryl BERRY, Kevin BERRY, Steve CREW, Stuart DOHERTY, Tom DONNELLY, Dennis DOUGHERTY, Paul FINLAYSON, Mark FRAYNE, Mark HODGES, Mike LEDDY, Rick LITTLE, Randy MacEWAN, Scott MaeKENZIE, Dave MELICK, Bruce MITCHELL, Eric MAILLET, Dan O'KEEFE, John REYNOLDS, Mike SAGER, Feil SINE, Ian TEIC•HERT, Perry TREBISH, Rob' VAN OSCH, Jim WOOD, Chris WOOD, Kevin WORSELL, Ben RAY DONNELLY-COACH SWEATER NO. 31 60 13 63 76 34 57 26 12 32 • 23 64 20 21 66 33 54 72 67 61 10 70 56 41 40 71 51 62 30 73 42