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Robin MacDonald of the .GDCI junior gills
basketball team goes in for a layup in a game
against Lb'ndon at a tournament at -GDCI,
Saturday. The GDCI girls went undefeated and
won the tournament championship. (photo by
Dave Muffitt)
Bridge players raise
money for fund
Bill Bradley and A.
Weerasooriya combined
for a point total of 871/2 to
take first place in the
North-South section of
play at the October 2
meeting •of the goderich
Bridge Club. There were
eight tables in play.
Auleen Curry and Jean
Papernick were second
with 801/2 points and Jean
Cook and Verna Worthy
third with 741/2 points.
Theresa Donatis and
Arlene Gibbons topped
the East-West division
with 83 points. The teams
of Joanne Duckworth and
Lee Ryan and Eleanor
Erskine and mary
Donnelly tied for second
with 76 points.
Next Tuesday, October
9,the Goderich Bridge
Club will host a special
night to raise money for
the Woodstock area
Tornado Disaster Relief.
Fund. All entry fees paid
by, members will be
matched by the club
treasury and forwarded
to the fund.
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BYTD
BY TA
The GDCI junior
Vikings evened their
Huron -Perth Conference
record at 1-1 with a
lopsided 61.0 victory over
Stratford Central in bigh
school football action
Thursday in Stratford.
The Vikings got going
early, scoring .... .�.,.._
on their
first offensive drive of the
game, capped by a one -
yard dive for a touch-
down by Dave McDonald.
Strong defensive play
forced a fumble by the
Ramblers on- their first
play from scrimmage,
and McDonald pounced
on the loose ball. After a
22 -yard sweep and a two-
point conversion, both by
Mike Wedlock, the
Vikings led 14-0.
Unable to move the
hall, Stratford again gave
it up to the Vikings who
'completed another long
drive with a four -yard
dive for a touchdown by
Rick Stahl. Dave
McDonald kicked the
convert.
Following the next
kickoff, the Ramblers
tried their luck in the air
but again ran into
trouble.
Dave McDonald in-
tercepted a wayward
Stratford pass and ran 25
yards for another
Jr. Vikings win tournament
BYTD
Combining aggressive
offensive and defensive
play with .poise and team
play rare for so early in
the season, the GDCI
Vikings won their own
junior ,girls' basketball
tournament here
*Saturday.
The Vikings put
together wins over three
London schools en route
to the championship,
defeating Medway. 44-29
in first round play, get-
ting by Montcalm 50-30 in
the semi-finals and
defeating Saunders 39-32
in the championship
final.
Robin MacDonald, co -
captain of the Vikings,
was the top scorer of the
tournament, with 47
points in the three games,
with 12 against Medway,
414 against Montcalm and
21 in the final with
Saunders. Heather
Minielly, a transfer
student from London
Montcalm to GDCI was
also a standout for the
`Vikings with 35 points on
the day's play. Co -
captain Teresa Kovacs
and Mona Gleason also
played key roles for the
Jr. girls win two
BYTD
points and Teresa Kovacs
and Susan Thompson got
The GDCI junior girls one each.
Vikings are 2-0 in league
play following victories
over South Huron in
Exeter last Wednesday
and over Centra Huron
here Monday.
Showing good balance
and a good deal of
basketball skill, the
Vikings got by South
Huron 35-30, after leading
19-12 at half-time.
Robin MacDonald had
12 points to lead the
Vikings. Mona Gleason
an.d_He&th.er
Minielly hit for seven
points. Teresa Kovacs
and Janice McClinchey
rciiinded out the Viking
scoring with four points
each.
The Vikings defeated
Central Huron 31-17
Monday. Robin
MacDonald was top
scorer of the game with
15 points. Mona Gleason
had six and Heather
Minielly added five. Barb
Conlon and Mary O'Neill
each contributed two
GDCI golf
team third
The GDCI golf team
competed in the Huron -
Perth Championships
last Friday held "in
Seaforth. The team
consisted of Tony
Bedard, .Mike Paquette,
lcec e more an. o
MacDonald. The GDCI
foursome finished third in
the competition behind
Stratford Northwestern
and South Huron.
Mike Paquette was. the
outstanding golfer for
GDCI as he posted a fine
score of 74. The best score
of the day was 73. All four
golfers demonstrated the
Viking spirit of com-
petition as' well as the
sportsmanship expected
from athletes of this
school.
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Vikings. Coach John
Geiger was also able to go
to his well -stocked bench
for good efforts from
Janice McClinchey, Barb
Conlon, Teresa Donnelly
and Mary O'Neill:
Other Vikings getting
on the scoresheet were
Susan Thompson, Kim
Schutz, Theresa Osborn,
Andrea De'Winter and
Sue Muffitt.
Stratford Central won
the consolation cham-
pionship with a 40-35
victory over Medway.
Saunders reached the
championship final with a
56-22 win over Sarnia St.
Clair and a 43-32 victory
over London Lucas.
Mitchell was the other
competing school.
CHHL
HOCKEY MEETING
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Stratford decided to try
the aerial route again but
the result was the same.
This time Chris Pitre
intercepted the ball and
one play later the Vikes
had another touchdown
when they scored on a 17 -
yard pitch pass from
Mike Wedlock 'to Andy
Masse.
With the, start of the
second quarter and the
game obviously under
control, Viking coaches
Bill Garrow and Bruce
Baker took their starting
players off the field and
went the rest of the game
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with a basically, rookie
lineup.
Backup quarterback
Paul Day scored two
touchdowns, one in the
second quarter on an
eight -yard sweep, the
other on a 21 -yard ramble
in the final quarter. Rob
Little punched over
another Viking touch-
down on a six-yard blast
play in the second
quarter. The other Viking
touchdown came on a 26 -
yard pass from quar-
terback Dave MacDonald
to Rob Plunkett. Dave
McDonald kicked the
convert.
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Offensively the Vikings
gained over 400 yards in
the game while the
defensive unit held
Stratford to a total off 67
yards gained. In addition
to the two pass in-
terceptions, the Vikings
blocked two• punts and
recovered one fumble.
Dave McDonald and Scot ,
Kernighan were credited
with the blocked punts.
The Vikings make their
next start here today
(Thursday) against the
F.E. Madill Mustangs
who are reportedly much.
improvedfrom last
season.
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