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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2004-05-05, Page 2222 Exeter Times -Advocate Panther boys soccer Corey Firth goes against Stratford Northwestern for the Panther junior boys April 21 in Exeter.The juniors dropped a pair of games, with a 0-2 loss to Madill and 0-1 versus Northwestern. (Below) Pete Phouttharath moves up field for the senior boys, who won both their games, 2-1 over Madill and shutting out Northwestern 2-0. Centennials cease play EXETER — The Exeter Centennials have ceased play locally. Centennials coach and general man- ager John Rasenberg said the rights to the club have been given over to Harry Gauss of London City. "There is no longer enough talent in Exeter to support a Premier team," said Rasenberg. "We brought the team from Second to First and from First to Premier and the percentage of Exeter players dropped somewhat with each step." "There comes a time when you have to make a hard decision, but also a real- istic one." "But we did have a team that was in Premier and we stayed in the middle of the pack last year and we beat the London Portuguese." Rasenberg added some of the players were moving to the Exeter Fury, which would strengthen the club and he wished the Fury good luck in the up coming season. SH Panther rugby teams CLINTON — South Huron rugby teams travelled to St. Armes April 27. The girls opened the day with an excellent effort. The teams were tied 5-5 at the end of teams were reduced to 10 a side. South Huron dominated the overtime and came away with a 19-5 victory. Scoring tries were Ashley Roger, Denise Ritchie and Julie Prout. Erica MacTavish kicked two conver- sions and Sabrina Brand and Amber Caldwell also played particularly well. The senior boys also played well but St. Annes capitalized on mistakes and defeated South Huron 19-5. Corey Lawton scored the one try for the Panthers. Well done to the seniors for an excellent effort. The juniors finished off the day with a 22-5 victory. Mitch Iredale scored two tries and Justin Knee and Brett Crerar each added one. Knee also kicked a conversion. All three teams showed some very good improvement, especially the forwards up front who worked very hard all day long. All in all it was an excellent afternoon of rugby. Wednesday,May 5, 2004 Gold medal for Bantams in Czech Republic PRAGUE — Huron Perth Major Bantam players Scott Muirhead and Mac Potter of Exeter, Kenny Allen of Hensall and Derek Sowerby and Blair Bennett of Lucan had a chance to see how hockey is played on the other side of the Atlantic ocean for the last two weeks. They were among the members of the team that left for the Czech Republic to participate in an international tournament April 12. Coached by Dennis Knox and manager Dave Tiffin of Wingham, the team along with staff and parents left Toronto for a hockey experi- ence of a life time. The team had been preparing for the trip for almost a year. The team arrived in Prague April 13 and loaded up two buses to head to Slany about a 25 minute bus ride from the airport before their first practice that afternoon. Wednesday morning they had another prac- tice before an exhibi- tion game that after- noon against a team from Valentuna HK Sweden. The Lakers had some adjusting to do with the bigger ice surface, no red line and the differ- ent refereeing style and were defeated 4-1 with 12 penalties compared to four for Sweden. Thursday morning the Lakers had a practice before another exhibi- tion game in the after- noon verses a local team from Slany. The team now had three practices and one game under its belt and had some idea on what would have to be done to win. After being out num- bered in the penalty department again they managed to pull off a 5-2 win. Friday was the start of the Spring Challenge Cup II tournament. The Lakers' first game of the tournament was against a team from Finland called Kiekko - Vantaa. The Major Bantams played well and pulled off a 15-0 win with Dan Armstrong getting the shutout. The penalties were 10 for Huron - Perth and five for Finland. That after- noon the next opponent was HC Kobra Praha from the Czech Republic which was a very physical game with lots of stick work and slew footing being done by the Europeans accord- ing to Knox. Knox said the Bantams lost their composure and did not play very disciplined. They lost to a strong select Austria team who had won the tour- nament the last two years, by the score of 6-4. Before the next game the Lakers participated in a skills competition where they won a cup for finishing first in overall team points. Sunday was the championship day. The Lakers finished second in the pool and would face the first place team from the other pool who were from the Czech Republic as well, called HC Bili Tygri Liberec. Knox said the referee- ing in the game was "unbelievable" and again Huron -Perth had to play short handed most of the game. But two Lakers' shorthanded goals seemed to turn the momentum of the game in favour of Huron - Perth and they defeat- ed HC Bili Tygri Liberec 2-1 to go onto the gold medal game. The team from Austria defeated Vaxjo Lakers from Sweden in their semi-final and Austria would be the opponents for the gold medal game. Huron -Perth took a 2- 0 lead before Austria cut the lead in half in the third before Huron Perthh added a final goal for the 3-1 lead and the win for the gold Coached by Dennis Knox and manager Dave Tiffin of Wingham, the team along with staff and parents left Toronto for a hockey experience of a life time. medal. The Vaxjo Lakers from Sweden lost to Czech Republic in the bronze medal game by the score of 8-4 which was played before the Huron -Perth game. The team from Sweden stayed to cheer Huron -Perth on to a gold medal victory. After receiving the gold medal and cup, the Huron -Perth play- ers exchanged sweaters with the Laker team from Sweden. Knox said he was extremely proud of the 17 men who had to adapt to a different cul- ture, no red line and a different style of refer- eeing. He said they will all have many fond memo- ries of this experience and appreciate the ref- ereeing they receive in Canada a lot more. Back L -R: Scott Muirhead, Derek Sowerby and Kenny Allen (Front); Mac Potter and Blair Bennett, wearing sweaters of Vaxjo Lakers from Sweden, were members of the Huron -Perth Major Bantam AAA team which won the gold medal in an international tournament in the Czech Republic April 13-22. (photo/submitted)