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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-10-26, Page 11Kawmadhie Weerasooriya of the St. Mary's intermediate girls' soccer team kicks the ball to get the playoff game between her team and the Kingsbridge girls' team going last Thursday. St. Mary's won 1-0 and will now advance to the district tournament for Huron -Perth Separate - Schools on Saturday. The Si.' Malry's in- termediate boys' team won over Kingsbridge 11- 0 the same day and will also compete for district ehonors. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Conlo..paces junior vctQries BYTD The GDCI junior girls upped their season's record to five wins and one loss with a pair of victories in Huron -Perth Conference basketball play last week. Here Tuesday., coach John Geiger's team doubled the score on St. Marys, 40-20... Thursday the Vikings travelled to Palmerston where they routed Norwell 48-23. Mary Conlon, with 14 points, and Sonja Lapaine, with 10, led the Goderich offence against St. Marys. Theresa Osborn contributed five points to the cause while Tracy Jewell and Karen Drennan had four each. Robin MacDonald, with two points, and Janice McClinchey with one, rounded out the Viking St. Marys players Brenda Haycock, Sue Schaefer and Kathy Hossack each had four points. St. Marys pulled within eight points of the Vikings (24-16) at half time but a strong second half saw the Vikings coasting to victory by game's end. The Vikings got scoring production from ten different players, in- dicating the strength of their bench, in the game with Norwell. Marg Conlon again led, this time with 11 points. Theresa Osborn had eight, Tracy Jewell seven, and Sharon Burbine six points for Goderich. Sonja Lapaine, Robin MacDonald and Karen Drennan each had four points for the win- ners. Mona Gleason with two, and Barb Conlon and Theresa Kovacs with one point each also hit the score sheet for GDCL Jenny Noble and Linda Reading were Norwell's b_t tWithsix.pointseach, The junior Vikings played Mitchell here Tuesday. Today, (Thursday) they play in Wingham. Next home game for ---the Vikings is next Tuesday when Listowel plays here. Saturday, the GDCI squad will be competing in the Third. Annual Mack and White Tournament in Stratford. Senior girls add two to win streak ,19 BYTD The GDCI senior girls added two more victories to their undefeated string in Huron -Perth Con- ference basketball last week, defeating St: Marys and Norwell. Tuesday, playing at home the GDCI girls tripled the score on St. Marys, 63-21. 'Thursday, in Palmerston.; coach Donna Doidge's squad won in another romp, 69-23 over Norwell. The Vikings record now stands at 6-0, with three games remaining in the schedule. Tuesday Goderich played here against Mitchell. Today (Thursday) they travel to Wingham for what could be a tough game with Madill. Listowel, who are, currently sharing first place with the Vikings, play here next Tuesday, October 31. The Vikings' press again proved successful in the game with St. Marys. Heidi Elliott and Audrey Vandenheuvel s,hared.... ,.the_- scoring leadership with 12 points. Karen Melady threw in 10. Anne Marie ,,Murphy hit for eight points and Lucie Turcotte had six. Audrey Vandenheuvel had a career -high 21 points in the Norwell game to lead a fine of- fensive effort by the Vikings. Joni Thompson had 10 points for the winners. Lucie Turcotte hooped seven, while Anne Marie Murphy and Heidi Elliott got six apiece. Denise Mitchelmore had five points. - earns qualify BYTD The GDCI boys volleyball teams com- pleted Huron -Perth Conference regular season play last Wed- nesday in a tournament in Stratford. Coach Bill Worsell's seniors won all four of their games to stretch their season - ending win streak to eleven games. They defeated Seaforth 15 - 6 and 15 - 12 and got by St. Marys 17 - 15 and 15 - 13. The Vikings finished the season in third place in the eleven team league, behind Listowel and Stratford Nor- thwestern. The top six teams in the league qualify for the Huron -Perth Cham- pionship Tournament which is being played today (Thursday) in Listowel. Members of the senior Vikings include Blaise Doherty, Jim Crawford, Bill Barwick, Andy Moore, Trevor Barth, Claus Etzler, Joe Moore, Brian Sowerby and John Brown. The junior Vikings went into last week's tournament with a'record of 10 wins and six losses, tied -for -third spot in the Conference standings. Coach Ron Lane's squad ran into some stiff competition. losing to Seaforth 16 - 14 and 15 -13, and splitting games with St. Marys, winning 15 - 8 and losing 15 -10. These results dropped the Vikings to fifth place in the final league standings, with an 11 - 9 record. As one of the top six teams, tla. junior Vikings will also be competing in today's championship tour- nament in Listowel. • RTS PA GODEI ICI SIGtY4L-TAR, TkfIVRspAy, tigTqfiAR2197?.r.,-,RAS#11 Tracy Jewell goes high over a Mitchell defender for a layup in Tuesday's Huron -Perth junior basketball action in Goderich. Jewell was very effective setting 'up scoring plays and moving the ball down the floor for. Goderich helping GDCI grab a 39-12 win over Mitchell. (photo by Jeff Seddon) Sailors against Fergus Goderich Sailors open with their first schedule game Friday night Oct. 27 iat 8:30 p.m. against Fergus in the Goderich arena. For the . past two weeks Goderich, .have, been working hard td Viking power untested after four lopsided wins produce a good brand of hockey for the fans to enjoy. There will be a lot of new faces in the line up this season with a much improved, hockey club under the' coaching of Bill Gallow. BYTD How good are the GDCI senior Vikings? That's a question which may, never be answered in this season's Huron Perth Conference football play. After their fourth straight lop -sided shutout victory over their op- position here, a 57-0 rout over Stratford Nor- thwestern last Thursday, the Vikings have out- scored their opponents 228 points to none. So far; the Vikings have not been seriously challenged. Today (Thursday) the Vikings take on the Listowel Lords who, if nothing else, are usually physically tough. Tuesday, the Vikes finish their regular schedule with the South Huron Panthers in Exeter. The Panthers are the most frequent opponents of the Vikings in Huron -Perth Conference finals and may provide their biggest challenge again this year, but comparative scores so far make the . Vikings look like odds-on favourites in both these games. Against Northwestern, the Vikings got a pair of touchdowns from both Dave MacKenzie and Dennis Donnelly. MacKenzie romped 70 yards on a first quarter punt return for his first touchdown and caught a 10 yard pass from Don- nelly in the second quarter for the other. Donnelly went 21 yards off -tackle early in the game and scored on a five yard sweep for the Vikings last touchdown. Ben Worsell scored his first touchdown of the year on a 35 yard fumble recovery in the second quarter. Other Viking touch- downs were scored by Mark Frayne on a 25 yard sweep, Chris Wood on a two yard dive and Randy Little on a 13 yard sweep. Eric Mitchell kicked seven converts and added one single on a second quarter kickoff but his kicking prowess was no more impressive than his fine play at offensive guard all afternoon. All of the offensive line did an opal 'diking running back Dennis Donnelly prelieres to take a hit •from. It Stratford Nor. thjoe iterw ' defensive lineman in Huron -Perth feetbuli action Thursday at Goderjeh. Donnelly. 004E14 01.4t Settle Of thefel yards the Viking running g game,adettinutlated and scored two touchdowns on the way to his clubs' 57-0 rout of Northwestern. The Viking defense Cane up with its fourth Straight shutout add have now outscored ojlponente 2280 in teirtiligetteasiort 1:04140hatialiflottiatie BUChatnan) outstanding job allowing the Vikings running backs to rush for a total of 461 yards. Blocking backs Chris, Wood and Dennis Donnelly also provided excellent support for hard -running Randy Little who had an in- dividual rushing mark of 226 yeards. N#4- . - Coaches Ray Donnelly and George Young were pleased with the entire defensive unit of the Vikings, Chris Wood,"` Rick Leddy and Perry Teichert were strong along the defensive line. However, Mark Frayne was the defensive star of the piece, intercepting five errant Huskie passes. Despite the obvious success of their Vikings so far, the coaches still find room for concern. Three turnovers, on two fumbles and an in- terception, and ten penalties, for a total of 160 yards against the Vikings (more yards than any of their opponents have gained on them in a game this year) were areas Donnelly and Young were not happy about. Vikings dump Stratford 32-0 BY TDC In a battle. of two previously unbeaten junior football teams in the Huron Penta Con- ference here last Thur: sday, the GDCI Vikings emerged victorious by a 23-0 score over the Stratford Northwestern Huskies. The Vikings helda slim 1-0 lead at halftime on a 35 yard single kicked by Larry Boyce, and it was not until late in the third quarter that tailback Mike Wedlock broke through for the game's first touchdown on an eight yard off -tackle run. Wedlock, on the Limp with an ankle injury, was playing in his first of- fensive series of downs in the game. Boyce, whose booming punts provided a substantial advantage over Stratford in each exchange of the ball, kicked the convert to give the Vikings art 8-0 lead after three quarters. The Vikings broke things open in the final quarter. Boyce kicked another single and then half -back Larry Madge bulled his way over from the 12 yard line for the second Viking touch- down. Brian . Shewjelt scored on a five yard off - tackle play moments later. Boyce converted both of the fourth quarter majors. The game was a defensive struggle for the ,most part, and both the Vikings : and' Huskie defences were tough: The Vikings offensive line had trouble containing the blitzing Stratford linebackers, and the Vikings' defence took away the Huskies pass attack, containing their downfield receivers all afternoon. Viking deep backs Chris .Pitre, Mike Frayne, Steve Frayne and Wedlock all played well. The defensive l.ineplay by the Vikings kept pressure on the Huskie backfield and led to several turnovers late in the game. Steve Rob McDonald did a solid job at defensive end and also filled in capably and Ed Van Osch in- for injured fullback Ken `tercepted passes and Rick Muck, assisted by Steve Walters, recovered a fumble. Larry Madge and Van Osch, called the best two linebackers in the league by coach Bill Garrow, showed good play - reading and tackling ability for the Vikings. Frayneo John Clement Reid in the Vikings' of- fensive backfield. Garrow also credited middle guard John Huff with playing his best game of the season. Running back Dino Tyrovolas played a strong game for the Huskies, accounting for most of the Stratford offensive punch. Today (Thursday) the Vikings play host to the Listowel Lords who have a three win -two loss record. The Vikings, who are 5-0, play their final game of the regular season next Tuesday in Exeter against the South Huron Panthers who were also unbeaten going into their game today with the Huskies. Viking defender John Clement races after the Stratford, Northwestern Huskie quarterback in Huron -Perth junior football action Thursday at Goderich. The stingy Viking defense shut down the Huskie offense to pace a 27-0 Viking win that kept their undefeated, untied • season intact. The Huskies were unbeaten heading into Thursday's game, (photo by Joanne Buchanan) 1