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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-01-31, Page 18.41 Page 213 - The Winghane Advanee T pnc8„.Iamiary 31, 1989 ¢ll SPORI.S ,+I..¢ W. •1.4 • yftrr r,•,,f.�/f% ::..,� r.£, ; r' / :.s ?��:.y ;.rE rr}^' ri ¢t,�}r Vivi; !:Y./.y.ai. rr•••s': ,•..• /n1.W' .r .✓,: 4vr.r y.,:'f : .fry: .r' r.'• i.:S;.;••,.+•,�., ."r.°r: � }: sue•%�lv'rl.x� .}x•CHY.•.:'•itE .br.'•'.��.'tt�::.%`+:ate h Vr{y.'y'+r+�'. f.•v'v r,•.av�}.?i hrs",.v.Gi%nfn { �•1: f^i Yr ''�/ i' r r .. F JY Ironman get back in shape with two big weekend wins The Wingham Ironmen chalked up two very impressive wins over the weekend. The team' travelled. to Mount Forest last Saturday night and came home with a well-deserved 5-i victory and then back home on Sunday handed the Walkerton Black Hawks a sound 15-2 thrashing. In Sunday's encounter, the Iron - men opened the scoring at 17:29 of the first period with Richard Bowman potting the first marker, assisted by goalie Murray Foxton, Paul Brophy put the home team up by two when he connected on the power play with Brett Martin and Brad Priestap assisting. Darrell Durnin was the next to light up the lights on a short-handed effort with Joe Walker assisting. Brad Murray rounded .out the scoring for Wingham in the first period with Priestap assisting. Walkerton managed to get one by Foxton with 4:41 remaining to send them into the second period down 4- Less than one minute into the middle frame, it was Brophy whc tipped in Bevin Flett's shot from the. point with Walker assisting. Durnin's drop pass for Murray was the setting for Wingham's next tally with a give -and -go pass set-up with Brophy and Goodall on the power play. Durnin and Goodall set up Sandy McDonald, whose shot from the point had the net bulging for the next power -play goal fired it home. Walkerton managed one more marker in the second to end the period with Wingham up 9-2. Flett's shot from the point was too much for Hawk goalie Graham Gress to handle, with McDonald and Scott Hackett assisting. Flett and Murray sent in Priestap all alone, who made no mistake in firing one up in the corner. Goodall finished off a Priestap interseption to put the home team out of reach. Jamie Robinson dented the twine for Wingham's next. marker on the power play with Hackett and Brophy assisting. Murray completed his hat trick with 1:16 remaining in the game, assisted by Murray Houghton and Jeff Walden. Hackett completed the scoring for Wingham with only 20 seconds remaining to ice the win, assisted by Brophy. Brophy was the game's first star with two goals and five assists, Last Saturday night's game with the Patriots in Mount Forest remained scoreless until midway through the second period when McDonald put the Ironmen in the lead with Mark McBride assisting. Less than two minutes later on the power play, Walden's shot from the point had Patriot goalie Bra( Reeves beaten with Murray assisting Murray put the r onmen up by three when he stole the puck from a Patriot . defenseman going in all With only 40 seconds remaining in alone and deked the goalie right out the period, Brophy won the draw of his pads on a short-handed effort, back to defenseman Bowman, who unassisted. SPECIALS Effective January 30 to February 12, 1989 Nasal Mist 15 mL, or Reg. Tablets 24's, or Non -Drowsy 16's Dfistan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . • . Bayer 100's + 15% Bonus Aspirin Tablets ....... • . 150 tablets Tums Low Sodium Antacid . 2.59 Efferdent 48's Denture Cleansing Tablets .2.99 Good News or Daisy pkg. of 8 Disposable Shavers .... • Phisoderrn or Phisocare 150 mi, 2.69 ..3.99 Skin Cleansers .••••••.••• . • Postright pkg. of 25 Business Envelopes ....... Sudden Beauty 500 mL HairSpray .............. . 1.49 3.39 1.29 2.69 TRIANGLE OISCOIJNT PA TENT I IEDIC1NES COSMETICS 7OBA CCO Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Weekdays „Sundays Noon to Six McDonald and Martin dug the puck out of the corner and fed it to. Brophy, who made no mistake in firing it in. Doug Shaw of the Patriots spoiled the shut -out hopes for Ironnlen net - minder Greg McClement when his Screened shot got past him. Brophy and Goodall set up Houghton for Wingham's final tally of the game to give the Ironmen a 5-1 victory. IRON MARKERS—Coaches Neil Rieman and Bill Kerr eo dn't have asked for more red-hot goal tending, defense solid on the blueline and an awesome offense, Wingham netted 11 power -play goals and two short-handed goals in its two weekend games. They continued to frustrate their opposition into goon tactics. Walkerton finished the game with only six skaters and three players and their coach suspended. -The Ironmen outshot the Black Hawks 61-27, showing the opposition ao mercy® as they completely dominated the game, Forwai$s Brophy and Murray had big weekends in the scoring race with nine- and six points' respectively. The Ironmen defense was also at its best with Goodall having a five -point weekend and Flett, four. McDonald was put on defense in Dan Gilchrist's absence and came up with a big five -point weekend. All in all, it was a solid team effort in both match -ups, with every Ironman giving it his all. if the team -continues to play this Way, it won't be stopped in its bid to capture first`. place overall this weekend, The Ironmen are on the road this weekend for their two final league games, skating into Walker- ton Friday night for an 8:30 start and then into Hanover on Sunday afternoon. Winners of the Calgary Flames sticks were James Chesney and Adam Morrison. The 50-50 draw winner of $68 was Keith Elston, who kindly donated back part of his' winnings. Thanks, Keith. Keep watching this column for playoff action and the Irenmen's next home game. - Canadian Half -Pints play here duringFrostyfest '89 Billed as the world's funniest basketball team, the Canadian Half - Pints will perform their on -court magic and antics against a local team in Wingham on Saturday, Feb. 11. The event, one of the highlights of Frostyfest '89, is being sponsored by the Wingham Kinsmen Club and club spokesman Bob Hewines has told The Advance -Times that ad- vance ticket sales have been so brisk that plans are currently being made for a second game to be played that same day. Basketball enthusiasts who go to see the Half -Pints play in the:game' at F. E. Madill. Secondary School understandably might think the team does not measure up to the considered standard of a profession- al basketball team — the team's tallest player stands four feet, eight inches. The team of midget players lost only six of the 471 games it played during the first five years of travel- ling across Canada and the United States to entertain with its unique brand'of basketball. At press time, the identity of the Half -Pints' opposition was still not known. Belgrave Peewees take last two garnes of season The Belgrave PeeWee team won its last two regular -season game and lost one to Zurich. Last Monday night, Belgrave an Blyth ended the regular season in very well -played game, whic resulted in a 3-1 win for Belgrave. Mark Robinson's goal from Bra Robinson was -the only scoring of th first frame. In the second period, Brando Coultes tapped in a Brad Robinso shot to put Belgrave ahead 2-0 Robinson then scored on a nice sol effort that ended with a wrap-aroun rom behind the net. Conrad Bos scored for Blyth assisted by Mike Bromley, to complete the scoring for the second period and the game, The Belgrave team played well as unit with good skating, passing and defensive play. Belgrave also defeated Elrna- Logan 3-2 recently. Ilma-Logan cored the only goal of " the first period, but in the second frame Brad obinson drew the defence and goalie to him, then passed to Gussb, ho tapped it in. There was no further scoring until he third period, when Mark Robin= s d a a h d e n n 0 d f s R w t son scored from Brad Robinson and Gusso. Belgrave then pressed the attack with the Elma-Logan goalie making some good saves, but finally Brad Robinson scored an unassisted goal to take a 3-1 lead. "Elma-Logan scored to close the gap, but could not get the equalizer. Although they did not figure on the scoring, Tim, Brandon and Aaron Coultes, Kyle and Corey Moran, Doug Wilson, Mark Olson, Brent Robinson and Mike Golley all played good games for Belgrave. When the team met the strong and undefeated Zurich squad recently, it was a different story as the Belgrave lads lost 8-3. Zurich had built a 2-0 lead before Mark Robinson scored from Olson and Brad Robinson to end the first period. Zurich scored six more goals before Gusso scored from Robinson. Mark Robinson then scored from Brad Robinson to end the match -up. 0-0-0 Happiness is a wondrous commod- ity: the more you give, the chore you have. —Madame De Stael CHRIS MICHIE Big No. 22 is six feet, one inch tall and weighs.1 7..f1. pounds, The 18-year:old son of"' Lloyd' and Nancy Michie of RR 4, Brussels, Chris is a student at the F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wing - ham. In his first year on defence for the Ironmen, Chris played minor -hockey in 'Belgrave and Wingham. His sweater is spon- sored by Carter's Waste Disposal and Hanna's Men's Wear. Clinton woman Captuiies - i"bcal bowling tourney Karen Pounder of Clinton edged Dick McLean of Goderich by 10 pins to- capture the second -Annual In- vitational Bowling Tournament at the local lanes Sunday afternoon. Pounder and McLean qualified for the head-to-head roll -off' by defeating Doug Haskell of Goderich and Jim Steffler 'of Wingham in the semi-finals.- Qualifiers for the playoffs after a five -game qualifying round were: Gail Thompson, Brad Yundt, Dwayne Sherman, Bill Speilmacher, Hugo Rauser, Steve Scleuknicht, all of Hanover; Joe Berberick of Walkerton, Dick McLean, Gerry Ross, Steve Allen and Doug Haskell of Goderich; Karen Pounder, Bob Atkinson and Bill Strong of Clinton; and Carl Good and Jim Steffler of Wingham. ,,1. �C' �'+,1,';�? y`.s<.•'•.ti?.�ti ra:.'s}}:<i}'S'.''•i �`.'•2'}`+`�s� c`''�2;�. �..•k \`�;�� YBC BOWLING 'S.RSSs`S'sr�•�"y�'"''•�,•,>.�?;tt:��k:ti��2ron�•t,+, �ty,t .st-•:i�"`•••wti�, ety $b"k,.:,. }. t �tti}k 1 :•2•`gn •,,,;ti:ti �kti g t `ti, g..k;:,, .b'. :e.•..4.lie•:...:,...o?:.v.•.i',.,.:.o., :a,•; litaUu•`+a"tit..:;..},y JUNIORS The Devils lead the league with 71 points, followed by the Floyds, 60, the Gutter Balls, 56 and the Mega Powers, 37, JUNIOR BANTAMS The Peaches lead the league with 63 points, followed by the Plums, 58, the Grapes, 43, the Berries, 36, the Pears, 31 and the Apples; 24. Charlotte Matz rolled the high single of 227 for the girls and the high dduble of 356, while Murray Steffen had the boys° high single of 185 and the high double of 318. BANTAMS Jill Baynton rolled the high single of 125 for the girls and the high double of 246, while Scott McPherson had the iboys' high single of 111 and the high double of 205.