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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2004-02-18, Page 14THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Panthers girls down 1-0. Page 15 Minor Hockey Scoreboard. Page I6 TIMES ADVOCATE SPORTS TIPS? Contact Exeter Times Advocate Tel: Pat Bolen (519) 235-1336 x113 Fax: (519) 235-0766 E-mail: sports@southhuron.com Wednesday, February 18, 2004 Sherwoods split first two games HENSALL — The Hensall Sherwoods started their best of seven WOAA quar- ter -final series with the Lucknow Lancers on the weekend with a split of the first two games. Friday in Lucknow the Sherwoods won 5-2. Saturday back in Hensall the Sherwoods lost 6-5 in overtime. On Friday, the first period was score- less. Chris Kennedy opened the scoring five minutes into the second, on a setup from Chris Downie. With 40 seconds left in the period Mike Johnson made it 2-0, on feeds from Chris McDonald and Jeremy Geoffrey. Lucknow got on the board four and a half minutes into the third to cut the lead in half. Three goals in a seven minute span gave the Sherwoods aHE ' J 5-1 lead. Jeff Glavin and Sean McCann scored unassisted, while Geoffrey scored from JR Davies and Steve Vandenberk. Lucknow rounded out the scoring on a two-man power play with just 42 seconds left. Hensall outshot Lucknow 33-28. Scott Wood won his third straight game of the post season for the Sherwoods. Hensall was zero for three on the power play, while Lucknow scored once in seven chances. Saturday night the Sherwoods twice watched two -goal leads evaporate before succumbing in overtime. The Lancers got on the board first scor- ing on the power play 2:39 into the game. Dave Farquhar knotted the game at one just 40 seconds later, with assists going to Jarrett Jeffrey and Jamie Cornish. With 8:23 left in the first Geoffrey scored from Nate Burns and Nick Regier. Seventeen seconds into the second the 'Woods went up 3-1 as Downie tipped a shot from Dan Taylor past the Lucknow goaltender. Kennedy also assisted. Lucknow scored the next two goals before the period ended to make it 3-3 after two. The Sherwoods took a 5-3 lead by the six minute mark of the third. Regier scored from Geoffrey and Derek Mckinlay. Downie scored the fifth goal from McCann and Mark Bell. With 6:27 left the Lancers got to within one. With just 39 seconds left in the third and the goalie on the bench Lucknow tied it up. The overtime lasted just 20 seconds as Mark Stanley of Lucknow scored his third goal of the night to send Lucknow home with the 6-5 victory. Lucknow was two for four on the power play, while the Sherwoods were zero for two. Hensall was outshot 30-27. Andy Glavin was in goal for Hensall. NOTES: Hensall coach Randy Parker said "This has the makings for a long series as we seen Saturday night Lucknow will not give up regardless of the score." "Both games were entertaining and I do not expect anything different this week- end." "Stanley has scored four of Lucknow's seven goals and may garner a little more attention in upcoming games." The rest of the series goes like this: Friday in Lucknow, Saturday in Hensall, Friday the 27th in Lucknow, Saturday the 28th in Hensall and Friday March 5th in Lucknow. All games are at 8:30 p.m. In other matchups Milverton and Elora are tied 1-1 in their series, while Palmerston vs Clinton and Shelburne vs Durham will open this weekend. 11 0,01)b Lucan Irish takes on Mitchell in first round By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF LUCAN — The Lucan Irish will open the playoffs tonight (Wednesday) against the Mitchell Hawks at 7:45 p.m. after finishing second in the division behind the Exeter Hawks despite a 5-3 win in Exeter Sunday night. Lucan finished with a 26-8-4-2 record for 58 points behind Hagersville which finished first overall with 64 points and Tavistock and Exeter each with 61. Mitchell beat out N. Middlesex for third in the division with two wins to finish the season, includ- ing a 4-3 win at home against Lucan Feb. 13. Wednesday night against N. Middlesex, two goals in each period was all the offence the Irish needed. Lucan goalie Joe Dobbie stopped all 31 shots he faced for his second shutout of the year. A pair of goals two min- utes apart in the first peri- od by Trevor Smith and Matt Read gave Lucan a 2- 0 lead and a shorthanded goal by Dan Kudirka just 20 seconds in the middle frame made it a 3-0 lead. Lucan increased its lead to four goals four minutes later on Jeff Silver's goal. Trying to get back in the game, the Stars had sever- al chances in the third period but couldn't beat Dobbie, including a short- handed breakaway chance Dobbie got a toe in front of to preserve the shutout. Smith made it 5-0 with his second of the game on an unassisted effort before Brady Campbell capital- ized on a power play for the 6-0 final. Kyle Roth and Dan Crowley each had a pair of assists, with singles from Ryan Brooks, Adam Thomson, Tom Burns, Tyler Silver, George Henry and Mike Burns. Game two of the series will go Feb. 20 at 8:30 p.m. with game three back in Lucan at 7:45 p.m. Exeter curling results ST. MARYS — The Mutual Gore Schoolboy and Schoolgirl competition was held in St. Marys Feb. 7-8. The boys won their first game and then lost two straight which put them out of the competition. The girls team however, won the whole competition taking the "A" side. The Gore Mutual Schoolgirl curling regional compe- tition was held in St. Marys Feb. 7 and 8 with eight teams competing. The South Huron District High School team of Sarah Miller, Lindsey Rundle, Erin Robinson and Stacey Pfaff were successful in winning the "A" side to advance to provincials. The provincial competition will be held at the Galt Country Club in Cambridge Feb. 21 to 23. The girls beat teams from Northern C.I. & V.S., East Elgin S.S. and Ancaster High School. Exeter Times -Advocate Above right: Hensall Sherwood Chris Downie drives past Lucknow Lancer Russ Sutton Saturday night in Hensall.The Sherwoods won game one of the best of seven series Friday night before the Lancers tied the series 1-1 with an overtime win in Hensall. (photo/Scott Nixon) retirementoF THRI VE? SURVIVE Save Today. THRIVE Tomorrow. Start planning for the day your retirement dreams become a reality with helpful investment advice from Heartland Community Credit Union. Our knowledgeable Investment Specialists have the expertise to advise on a broad array of available investment options including Term Deposits, Index and Equity -Linked Term Deposits and Mutual Funds*. Start now. Branch "after hours" appointments available to accept RRSP contributions. Extended branch hours to 8:00 P.M. on Monday, March Pt to ensure you THRIVE tomorrow. 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