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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-01-25, Page 11GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1979PAGE11 ts Tillsonburg wins first Bluewater tourney pa e The first annual Bluewater Midget Basketball Tournament was held Saturday at the high school with a total of GDCI hosted the first Bluewater Midget In-vitational basketball tournament , at the school, Saturday. The Tillsonburg Griffons won the title in round robin play defeating Goderich in the final game. St. Jeromes of Kitchener finished second and Goderich was third. Here a St. Jeromes player attempts a jump shot in a game against Ingersoll. (photo by Dave Sykes) Midgets romp to 71-29 win BY T D The GDCI midget Vikings rolled to their sixth consecutive victory - in Huron -Perth Con- ference basketball play with a 71-29 win over Exeter in Exeter last Thursday. Chris Pitre., with 12 points, Ben Melick, with 11, and Kevin Adams, with 10, ,were Vikings in double figures. Dave MacDonald added eight points, Colin , Alexander had seven, and Rob Plunkett,f and John Leddy got six points apiece. Other Viking. scorers were Joe Morrissey with , four, Scott Bell with three and Phil Grace and Jim MacDonald with two points each.' Brian Horner, with 10 points, and Dave Shaw, with six, were Exeter's top scorers. The Vikings led 38-14 at halftime. Offensively the Vikings moved the ball well, but they hit only seven for twenty-one from the foul line. Defensively, coach Myles Murdock felt his squad had some mental lapses that resulted in them giving up too many easy points. He attributed this to poor positioning on defence by his team. , Murdock also felt his players were not as aggressive in the key area .as he would like defensively, but all in all he was pleased°with his team's performance. - five teams participating. A slate of 10 games were scheduled with each team playing a round robin of four games. The overall winner of the tournament was Tillsonburg Glendale Griffins who went un- defeated. Second, place was accorded to St. Jerome's of Kitchener on the basis of a 3-1 won loss record. Goderich placed third with a 2-2 record, followed. by Stratford Northwestern 1-3, and Ingersoll at 0-5. Despite the won -loss records, the top four teams displayed an excellent calibre of basketball. In the Vikings' first game, St. Jerome's Lions of Kitchener took ad- vantage of the "sleeping" Vikings and had little problem in winning 36-22. High scorers for St. Jerome's were George Gros„s with ,nine points, John Kennedy with eight, and Greg Marsh with seven. For Goderich, the high scorers were Chris Pitre with six and Rob Plunkett and Ben Melick with four each. Joe Morrissey scored three, Colin Alexander two, Dave MacDonald two and Kevin Adams one were the other Goderich point - getters. _ Goderich routed Ingersoll 62-12 in its second game paced by an outstanding performance from Phil Grace. He was high scorer with 13 points and made a number of exceptional passes to set. up his teammates for easy baskets. Also scoring were Rob. Plunkett with 11; John Leddy; Chris Pitre and Joe. Morrissey with seven apiece; Dave MacDonald five, Ben Melick four, Jr. Vikes roll tOwin BY T D The GDCI junior Vikings demolished the South Huron Panthers in Huron -Perth Conference basketball action, 77-24 in Exeter last Thursday. The victory was the sixth straight for the Vikings in league play where they have yet to lose. They are 12-2 overall on the season. Jim Costello and Ted Doherty had 20 points each to pace the Viking attack. Mike Wedlock, with 14, and Phil Aubin with 10 points, were the other Goderich players in double figures. Steve Gallow had eight and George Kerr and John Alexander each had six for the winners, Rob McDonald .. had five. points. Andy Masse, Steve Walters and Mike Murphy each had two points. Dave "Dinger” Bell had eight points for Exeter. Viking coach Lynn Meyers took some measure of delight in his team's easy win since nIs junior teams had lost to South Huron for the past two years. His starting five of Costello, Doherty, Wedlock, Aubin and Gallow controlled the play so well that Exeter seldom got the ball. The Vikings full court press provd effective in for- cing the Panthers -to give it up quickly when they did get it. The Vikings next league action is next Thursday in Mitchell. Sr.. Vikes rout Exeter BYTD The GDCI senior Vikings ran over the Exeter South Huron Panthers in Huron -Perth Conference basketball action bya score of 86-46 in Exeter last Thursday. The win boosted the " • Vikings league record to The sixth annual five wins and one loss. Goderich Viking In- vitational senior boys basketball tournament is slated for Saturday, February 3. Tournament co- ordinator- Phil' Bugler has lined up .some of the top senior teams in the area and the tournament is sure to produce some crowd -pleasing basketball. Teams entered in the all -day event include the London Central • Golden Ghosts, the Stratford Northwestern Huskies, Sarnia• Collegiate Blue Bombers, London Banting Broncos, the Kitchener St. Jeroine's Lions, Woodstock Huron Park Huskies, the Georgetown Rebels and the host GDCI Vikings. Action begins at 9 a.m. when the 'Vikings play Gebrgetow.n and con- tinues throughout the day with the consolation final at 7:15 p.m. and . the championship game at 8:45 p.m. The Seaforth Golden Bears will provide the opposition for the Vikings here today (Thursday) in their next conference start. Top .teams in tourney Bill Barwick had a big day for the Vikings, hitting for 28 points. Dave MacKenzie added 20 and Perry Teichert- had -13.- Dennis Donnelly hooped. nine and Jon Barz ,got eight for the winners. Andy Moore with four,. andTom Doherty and Dan "Lloyd" Freeman with two points each rounded out the Viking attack. John Byrne, with 18 points, was Exeter's best. • The outcome of the game was never in doubt, with the Vikings jumping off to a 28-12 first quarter lead. They outscored the Panthers 25-5 in the third quarter. Viking coach Phil Bugler was not too happy about his team's defensive play in the second and third quarters but felt -the Vikings rebounding is improving steadily. CL EARA ALL /9T8 STOCK FI1NTASTIC SA V//1/GS MUFFITT APPLIANCES & TELEVISION 3O8 HURON ROAD 524-4301 GODERICH SANYO, RCA, HOOVER, EUREKA 'KILVINATOR, ADMIRAL, WHITE, WESTINGHOUSE GOODS Jim MacDonald and Scott Bell three and Karl Kroh - mer two. The high scorer for Ingersoll was Jamie McKay with six points. In their third garne of the day, Goderich outlasted Stratford Northwestern 33-29 in what was the most ex- citing game of the tournament. While Goderich was in the lead throughout the game, the point spread was never greater than eight points. Both teams played strong defensively, but the turning point came early in the second quarter when Mike Otto, Strat- ford's top player, picked uli his fourth foul. Top scorers for Goderich were John Leddy and Chris Pitre with eight each. Joe Morrissey had six, Ben -Melick five, Kevin Adams four and Rob Plunkett two. Mike Otto and John Coish each had 10 points to lead the Huskies. The final game of the tournament pitted Tillsonburg against the Vikings. The winner of this game was assured of either a share of first place or sole possession of it. Unfortunately, Goderich was unable to contain the powerful Glendale Griffins and ended up on the losing end of a 41-31 score. The high scorers for Glendale were Pat Wylie with 12 and Bob Paris with 10. The bright spot for Goderich was the play of Kevin Adams, both of- fensively and defen- sively. He scored 15 points on offense, and stole the ball, rebounded and blocked shots on defense. It was by far his best game of the year. 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