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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2005-10-19, Page 18THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Sherwoods. Page 19 Panther golf. Page 19 18 By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF Wednesday, October 19, 2005 SPORTS TIPS? Contact Exeter Times Advocate Tel: Pat Bolen (519) 235-1336 x 1 13 Fax: (519) 235-0766 E-mail: sports@southhuron.com Exeter Times -Advocate week as Hawks lose three of four games EXETER — The Exeter Hawks had a tough week losing three of four games including a 6-2 loss at home Friday night against the Lambeth Lancers and being edged by Thamesford 3-2 Sunday night in Exeter. The Hawks picked up their lone win of the week Saturday night in Parkhill witha5-3 winaftera tough loss in West Lorne Oct. 12. Leading 5-2 going into the third the Hawks saw the Lakers score five straight goals for a 7-2 win. But despite the results Exeter coach and general manager Dale Howard said the team turned a corner with its win Saturday night. "We battled hard and everybody finally bought into what I've been trying to tell them since day one...we're turning that corner. You're going to see this hockey team win- ning some games now." Wednesday night three goals in the first period from Darcy McCutcheon, Paul Denomme and Craig Masse built a 3-0 lead that the Hawks extended to 5- 1 in the second on goals from Jeff Ackersville and Mike MacLean. But the Hawks ran into penalty trouble in the third taking seven straight penalties as the Lakers took advantage with three powerplay goals plus two others to take a 7-5 win. The Hawks were outshot by a 42-33 margin, includ- ing 20-5 in the third. Friday night in Exeter facing Lambeth, the Lancers built a 3-1 lead by the end of the first and cruised to a 6-2 victory. Ryan Abrams and Denomme notched goals in the first and second period and goalie Jordan Thomson made his first start as a Hawk. Despite giving up three goals in the first and three in the second, Howard said he didn't blame his goalie for the loss. "He played extremely well and I was proud of hire." Howard said Thomson will be back in net to face Belmont tonight (Wednesday). Despite outshooting the visitors 30-23, plus hitting three goalposts, the Hawks went 0-2 on the powerplay and gave up a pair of powerplay goals on five Lambeth chances. Saturday night in North Middlesex the Hawks jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on goals from Justin Young and Joe Nesbitt but again couldn't hold a lead. The Stars climbed back into the game with a pair of goals midway through the period. But the Hawks took the lead again in the last minute with a marker from Dan Moir. The Stars again tied it early in the third but Ryan Knee put the Hawks ahead to stay late in the game and Scott Davies added an empty net mark- er for the 5-3 win. The Hawks were outshot by a 40-32 margin with each team getting one goal with the man advan- tage. Playing their third game in three nights Sunday night against the Trojans, the Hawks saw the visitors build a 3-0 lead with one goal in the first and two in the second. But the Hawks didn't quit as Knee got them on the board early in the third before Greg Thompson made it close with three minutes remaining with a power- play marker. But it was all Exeter could get as Thamesford hung on for the 3-2 win. The Hawks have another busy week after their game versus Belmont with West Lorne in town Friday at 8:30 p.m. and the Hawks visiting Mt. Brydges Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Howard said the team is hoping to have Jason Stuckless back in the line- up from an injury within a week. Oct. 21 will be Hensall Public School night at the South Huron Rec centre and Oct. 28 will be Zurich Public School night. Greg Thompson celebrates after scoring for the Exeter Hawks Sunday night in Exeter against the Thamesford Trojans.The Trojans defeated the Hawks 3-2. (photo/Pat Bolen) Panthers win two in field hockey South Huron Panther Sandra Gregus aims a shot against Listowel Oct. 12 in Exeter The Panthers are in action today in the Huron -Perth finals at South Huron District High School. (photos/Pat Bolen) EXETER — At South Huron District High School Oct. 12, the South Huron Panthers field hockey team hosted Stratford Northwestern and their lack of competitive games for over two weeks showed as they struggled against Northwestern. Things looked promising when Staci Miller opened the scoring just eight minutes into the game. However, things stalled and Northwestern equalized before the half. Twelve minutes into the second half, Kelly Cronyn scored the win- ner to make the final score 2-1 for the home team. In the second game, the girls came alive as they had to score to get to the top of the league. After eight minutes, Cronyn scored on a nice pass by Amy Weido. Seven minutes later, Miller notched her second of the day as she tipped in a Cronyn shot. At the half, the score was 2-0. Hard work paid off for Cronyn as she scored her second of the game fifteen minutes into the second half. Miller added another to make it four and rookie Tiffany Hern scored her first of the season to bring the final total to 5-0. Michelle Boere recorded the shutout. Today (Wednesday) in Exeter, the Huron -Perth finals will be played. In the first semifinal, South Huron will host St. Annes at 10 a.m. At 11:30 a.m.Goderich will play St. Marys. The winners of the semis will play each other at 2 p.m in the champi- onship game. The top two teams will play in WOSSAA in Goderich the following SH Junior Girls basketball in Madill EXETER — The South Huron Junior Girls played in the Madill tournament on the weekend. Friday night they defeated Chesley 35-16 with an excellent all around effort. Julia Roberts led with 10 points followed by Kacie Erb, Mairead O'Rourke and Brittany Britton with six points each. Elana McTavish added four as well. On Saturday, the Panthers lost 39-32 to Madill. Roberts had six, O'Rourke had five and Britton, Kelsey Hern and Rosie Van Elswyk each added four. In the third place game the team was down by as many as 10 points but they came back against Goderich and tied the score on a half -court three point shot by Erb to send the game into overtime. Unfortunately they lost 37-32 but it was an excel- lent effort by all the players. Erb led the way with eight points, Roberts added seven and O'Rourke had six. All in all the team played extremely hard and is showing nice improvement said coach Terry O'Rourke. Tired of Being Bored Att Winter Long? THE EXETER CURLING CLUB IS RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS COME OUT TO THE OPliR 1401111' SUN., OCT 23 2-4 P.M. Call Dave Dixon 227-0564