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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-11-08, Page 12PAGE 12 —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1979 Vikings win third straight championship BY TD convert in what turned The GDCI senior out to be a 13 -point af- Vikings won their third ternoon for the Viking consecutive .Huron -Perth kicker. The total came on Conference football three field goals, a single championship here and three out of three Saturday by defeating the convert attempts. Exeter South -Huron The second quarter was Panthers 31-16. all Vikings in the scoring The Panthers came department as they into the game well struck for 14 points while prepared and for the the Viking defence most part were able to shutout the Panthers. shut down the Viking Another good punt offence, but one thing the return and a run from Panthers were unable to scrimmage both by cope with was the ex- Randy Little, set up Mitchell's 23 yard field cellent specialty team play by the Vikings. goal early in the quarter. The Vikings got key Two series later, Mitchell touchdowns at two points kicked a 35-yeard single. in the game, one on an 83 -Darryl Beattie then in - yard punt return by tercepted an errant Dennis Donnelly, the, Exeter pass at the other on a 77 -yard kickoff Panther 35 -yard line to return` by Randy Little. set up a toJchdown pass The proficiency of the from Brian Shewfelt to Vikings' special teams receiver John O'Keefe. doesn't happen by ac- cident, however. Coach The Viking defence Ray . Donnelly's began to dominate from philosophy is built around that point, led by Mike the idea that at least one- Frayne, who had a third of the game in- fumble recovery in the volves play by the first quarter, and Ed Van specialty teams, so one- Osch who recovered a third of his practice time blocked punt which rhe involves preparation for Vikings converted into a that phase of the game. It 12 -yard field goal by paid off on Saturday, as it Mitchell before the end of has on numerous oc: the half. casions throughout the The Viking defence season. continued their strong, The Panthers"got on the - play in the scoreless third scoreboard. on their first quarter. series after taking the The Panthers put opening kickoff. Long together a 75 -yard drive passes from quarterback in the fourth quarter for Dave` -"'Bogart to Brian their first touchdown Mercer„ and John Byrne highlighted by a fine put the Panthers deep ' catch by John Byrne and into Viking defence, finished off by, an eight - which was strong all day, yard quarterback keeper stalled the drive and play by Dave Bogart.. forced Exeter to settle for Hoffman kicked the three points on a field convert. goal kicked by •Doug In case the Panthers Hoffman, from 11 yards had any delusions about a out. comeback, Little ran the A few minutes later in ensuing kickoff back 77 - the first quarter, Dennis yards to_give the Vikes-a Donnelly turned the 28-10 lead. game around with his 83- Rob Trebish made yard ramble down the some good initial tackles sideline for the Vikings' to lead some more good first touchdown. Eric defence for the Vikings Mitchell kicked his first and John O'Keefe had a pass interception to snuff out another Exeter of- fensive drive, as the game wound down. On the last play of the game, with the outcome already decided, Brian Mercer got behind the Viking defensive b-ac-ks, gathered in a pass from Bogart and went 106 yards for the Panthers' second touchdown. The Vikings' cham- pionship victory followed an undefeated regular season but unlike last year's Viking team's easy victories (they scored 400 points and gave up none), this year's team had to extend themselves to remain undefeated. The Vikings had two close games, 16- 12 over Stratford Central and 13-9 • over Exeter during the regular season. This season was, therefore, much more of a challenge to coaches Donnelly and Chris Connor and the- Vikings. They had a double-edged problem of convincing the 'returnees that they Still had something to prove and convincing the new players they could live up to the precedent set by last year's team. The shortness of the season, restricted to four regular -season games, -compounded the problem. Donnelly credited his team captains, Randy Little, Dennis Donnelly ,\ Ben Worrell and Eric Mitchell with providing the leadership which brought the team together in practices during the past wek to prepare for the cham- pionship game. The Vikings wile lose ten players -through graduation this year, and Donnelly was quick to point out the contribution of each of theseplayers. Randy Little has been one of the most exciting running backs in Viking history whose natural speed and competitive nature combined to result in achievements which coach Donnelly feels may not be matched for many years in the, Huron -Perth d e f.e n sive inside Neil Sager performed Conference. linebacker where his as a good blocking of - Dennis Donnelly, "the steady 'play improved ffensive guard with good last of the Donnellys" to from game to game and technique, and was also be coached by brother was climaxed by a fine noted for his sense of Ray, was the team's game in the cham- humour which came out ,elected captain and he led pionship final. in practices. by example. A fine John O'Keefe, with fine Ian Sin& played a running back and ex- hands, was. the Vikings' backup role on' the Viking cellent blocking back, best receiver and did a defence, playing three Dennis also excelled as good job at a defensive positions, and showing an inside linebacker on .back position. how a championship this year's team where Mike Reynolds was team must have good his aggressive play made injured for much of the depth. him a standout defen- season, but returned in Randy Wheeler was a sively. time to give good support first year player who Ben Worsell's play was in the middle of the made excellent progress described by Donnelly as Viking defence with his in his middle guard and "amazing". T h e tough style of play. defensive tackle spots diminutive centre was M over the short season. rated as "definitely the - best offensive centre Ing set for men's have ever coached" by Donnelly. , Eric Mitchell's quick, aggressive style made him an excellent lineman both offensively and defensively for the Vikings. His added value as a fine place kicker and this year as a punter for the Vikings made him a key to the team's success. Mark Alexander played offensive tackle and Intermediate ball Intermediate fastball may he returning to Goderich. After several years absence initial attempts will be made to organize an Intermediate Mens fastball team to compete in the WOAA league. Doug Cruickshank said an organizational meeting will be held Tuesday, November 13 at 7.30 p.m. in the meeting room at the Ron Feagan Memorial Grandstand. Anyone interested in playing Intermediate fastball or being involved in any other capacity are asked to attend this meeting. Wide receiver John O'Keefe (70) of the GDCI Senior Vikings coralled this pass, after it was deflected by a Panther back and scooted into the ' end zone for the Viking's second touchdown in Jr. Vikes earn berth in final with .9-8 win The GDCI junior Vikings battled their way into the Huron -Perth championship with a 9-8 sudden -death win over Stratford Northwestern in Stratford, Tuesday. The Vikes will meet the South 'Huron Panthers in the conference final in Exeter Saturday at, 1.30 p.m. The win had to be considered an upset by the Vikings after losing handily to Stratford earlier in the season. Aaron Masse scored the lone Viking touchdown on a three -yard run and Dave MacDonald added the convert. Rob Plunkett completed the scoring with two singles. • Stratford was held to a single point in the first • -half and --scored their touchdown in the third quarter on a 60 yard pass and run play. A two-point conversion attempt failed. In the only meeting between the two finalsits this year, Exeter came from behind to edge Goderich 14-13 in the final minute of play. Owen Sound trips Gee Gees 76-62 The Goderich Gee Gees lost a tough game to Owen Sound last Friday night. Poorly defined boundaries • and a lower than average ceiling, cost Goderich several key turnovers and continually detracted from the game's momentum. Dave Ross . 'and Bill Gauley led Goderich with 16 points each, followed by Warren Watt with 14, Greg Beacom, Greg Smith' and Dennis Dowhaniuk had eight, seven and one point respectively. The final score was 76-62 for Owen Sound. ANNOUNCING Mr. Bill Phelan Mr. Bud Worthy of Worthy Esso is pleased to announ- co Mr. Bill Phelan has joined his staff. . Bill has 10 years experience in the automotive field and holds a class "A" mechanics license and an Inter- provincial Seal. Worthy Esse Service station does repairs to all makes and models. Come In today and meet Bill Phelan, our new man. 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