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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2004-12-08, Page 22THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Irish shut out North Middlesex. Page 23 Bowling scoreboard. Page 24 22 TIMES ADVOCATE Ort Wednesday, December 8, 2004 Seniors boys host tourney EXETER — The senior boys opened their season Nov. 30 with a well earned 57-29 victory over Madill. The team played well defensively and fairly well offensively considering it was the first game with some new players. Pete Clifford led the way with 27 points followed by Tyler Robinson with 14 and Spencer Baehnisch with six. Eric Corman also played well, scoring five points. All in all a solid effort from coach Terry O'Rourke. The seniors hosted the South Huron invitational Dec. 3-4 and opened the tournament with a good effort but lost a close 40- 36 decision to Woodstock St. Marys. Clifford had 12 points followed by Reid Halpenny with five and Robinson and Baehnisch each had four. Eric Cosman, Chris Hern and Delaney Siren also played well. In their second game the Panthers lost a tough 49- 47 decision to Central Huron. Sean Murray and Robison each had 15 points followed by Halpenny with 12. Cosman also played well. In their third game the team put forth an excel - Spencer Baehnisch puts a shot up for the Panther senior boys Dec. 3 againstWoodstock St. Marys in the first game of the South Huron Invitational tourna- ment held on the weekend. (photo/PatBolen) lent effort, particularly in the second half and they pulled away for a well deserved 58-29 victory over St. Marys DCVI. Matt Iredale led the way with 15 points followed by Sean Murray and Halpenny with 13 each. Cosman added seven points and Siren, Jeff Thammavongsa and Chris Hern also played well. All in all a good effort by everyone on the weekend from coach O'Rourke. Mt. Brydges Bulldogs drop Hawks 7-3 By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER — The Exeter Hawks dropped their lone game of the week Saturday night with a 7-3 loss in Mt Brydges. The Hawks spotted the Bulldogs an early 2-0 lead in the first period before clawing their way back in it with three second peri- od goals. But the Bulldogs fired three in the last minutes of the third period to pull away and take the 7-3 win. Exeter coach Derek Macnair said his team did- n't show up for the game. "We weren't in the game in the first minute and we go into the third period down 4-3 and we're still not in it and we're playing at about 55 or 60 per cent capacity ... Once they get their mindset that they have to play for 60 min- utes there isn't a team in the league that can touch them." Despite the loss, Exeter sits one point back of Lucan with a 13-6-1-1 record for 28 points for second in the division and two back of Thamesford for first in the conference. Scott Davies got the Hawks to within one goal early in the second but the Bulldogs regained their two -goal margin just three minutes later. A pair of Exeter goals just 30 seconds apart from Dan Moir and Tony Regier put the Hawks back in a 3-3 tie. Scott Davies Mt. Brydges again took the lead before the period was over with a shorthand- ed marker and fired three unan- swered in the third. The Hawks were unable to score with either of their two chances on the power play, while the Bulldogs were 2-9 with the man advantage, along with a shorthanded goal. Exeter outshot Mt. Brydges 37-36 while get- ting assists in the loss was Chad Deman with two and singles from Daryl Bourne, Tony Regier and Paul Denomme. Macnair said there was only so much the coaches could do. "You're not the ones playing the game ... if they give a 100 per cent effort every night they'll win 85 to 95 per cent of their hockey games. "You get six or seven guys that give you every- thing they've got every night, and then you get guys that just go through the motions. And it's going to stop." The Hawks will try to get back in the win col- umn Friday night when North Middlesex visits for an 8:30 p.m. game before Exeter travels to West Lorne Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The Hawks will be back on the ice Monday night for a return visit to Mt. Brydges at 7:30 p.m. Notes...Jason Stuckless is tied for fifth in goal scoring with 14 behind Scott Neilson with 21...Joe Nesbitt is first in defence scoring with 20 points, is tied for fifth in assists with 15, is second in power play assists with nine and third in power play points with 10...Nathan Regier is fourth in rookie scoring with 20 points...Justin Hayter is fifth in g.a.a with an 2.87 average... Friday night will be the Hawks annual Teddy Bear Toss for the Huron County Christmas Bureau at the South Huron Rec Centre. SPORTS TIPS? Contact Exeter Times Advocate Tel: Pat Bolen (519) 235-1336 x113 Fax: (519) 235-0766 E-mail: sports@southhuron.com Exeter Times -Advocate Reid sees end of the curse By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF BOSTON — Exeter's Dave Reid wit- nessed history recently when he was at the first two games of the World Series. Both games were won by the Boston Red Sox who would sweep the series to end the most famous curse in sports his- tory. A passionate baseball fan, Reid said although he never really liked the Red Sox, he had the chance to go to the series with tickets obtained through a friend of a friend who works at Gator Aide. He described the experience of the first two games of the series in Boston as the best baseball ever with Red Sox fans "very educated ... they understand the game." After having also been at the 2003 World Series in Florida, Reid said there was a difference walking around the city the afternoon before the game. He said the entire city was devoted to the team unlike in Florida. "In Florida, you wouldn't find a fan outside the park." The Red Sox had been in four World Series since 1918: in 1946, 1967, 1975 and 1986 and lost every series in game seven, leading to what Reid called a "feeling of doom among Boston fans." With only 37,000 seats in Fenway Park, tickets for the series were at a pre- mium, with the seat Reid was sitting in, in the second deck just past third base, going for $1,500 and scalpers getting $14,000 for premium seats. St. Louis was never able to get on track in game one, which the Red Sox won in an 11-9 slugfest, a game Reid described as poorly played by both teams. Reid said the game two performance of pitcher Curt Schilling, throwing with a patched together tendon in his right ankle to lead Boston to a 6-2 win and a 2-0 lead in the series, will go down as one of the best ever post season perfor- mances, but overall it wasn't a series of great plays. "Manny Ramirez won the MVP almost by default. St. Louis never hit although they had as good a lineup." One of the best things about the series according to Reid was how the fans acted. "They were passionate without being stupid." With Boston finally having ending their streak of futility, he added there is almost a sense of sadness for Red Sox fans and baseball fans in general. "A great story is done. There was almost a special status Sox fans had they don't have now. It was a badge of hon- our." Panthers win three of four Kristen Reschke holds off a check for the Panther girls Nov. 25 in a mini tournament at the South Huron Rec Centre.The Panthers took both games with a 9-0 win over Central Huron and 4- I over St. Annes. (photo/ScottNixon) By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER — The Panther girls hockey team swept a mini tournament on home ice Nov. 25 before splitting a pair of games in Listowel Nov. 29. Against St. Annes the Panthers took a 2-0 lead on goals from Katie Stewart and Michele Weber in the first behind before the visitors cut the lead in half midway through the second. But Stewart restored the lead just two minutes later and completed her hat trick in the third for a 4-1 Panther win. In the afternoon game against Central Huron it was all Panthers. After taking a 1-0 lead in the first on a goal from Shelby Musser, the Panthers took over in the second. Jessica Bickell fired a pair and Meaghan Overholt added another for a 4-0 lead. The Panthers blew it open in the third firing five more with two more goals from Musser and singles from Bickell, Kristen Reschke and Musser for a 9-0 win. Getting assists in the effort were Reschke with four, Musser with three, Overholt with two and sin- gles from Kristin Hefley, Stewart, McCann, Kelsey O'Rourke, Weber and Kristin Ferguson. The Panthers were in Listowel Nov. 29 for a pair of games coming away with a 5-0 win over Stratford Northwestern and dropping a 6-5 game to Listowel. The Panthers led 2-0 after the first on goals by Weber and Kelly Cronyn and added three more in the second from Cronyn, Kristyn Regier and Hefley. O'Rourke had a pair of assists in the win, with singles from Jenna Phillips, Leeanne Cronyn, Meaghan Ellison, Anne Gregus, Musser and Weber. Stewart opened the scor- ing against Listowel, but were down 2-1 by the end of the first. Weber tied it early in the second and South Huron added two more before the end of the period from Ferguson and Emily Sararas for a 4-4 tie going into the third. But the Panthers were outscored 2-1 in the third with Stewart getting the final Panther goal in a 6-5 loss. Kelly Cronyn and Sararas each had a pair of assists in the loss with sin- gles from O'Rourke, Stewart and Leeanne Cronyn.