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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2006-02-08, Page 18THIS WEEK IN SPORTS All-star basketball Page 19 Knights of Columbus Page 19 por Wednesday, February 8, 2006 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 Two wins lead Hawks toward playoffs By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER — The Exeter Hawks remain in the hunt for first place in the Yeck conference with two games remaining in the regular season. The Hawks stayed close to Mitchell with a pair of wins on the weekend, starting with a 5-2 win over Lucan Friday night before rolling over North Middlesex Sunday afternoon, with a 7-2 win. "I'm extremely happy,...we've got four wins in the last four games." said Exeter coach and general manager Dale Howard although he added he wasn't happy with the effort of the team Friday night. "I was happy with the win, I wasn't happy with the game. We came out of the first period tied 1-1, I thought we should have been down about 5-0. We were flat." Lucan was coming off a hard fought 3-2 loss against North Middlesex Wednesday night in Lucan. Exeter remains behind first place Mitchell with a 23- 12-2-1 record for 49 points, three ahead of third place Thamesford while Wellesley is first overall with 62 points, one up on Delhi. Mitchell has four games remaining after having a game cancelled Feb. 5 which was to be made up Monday night Mitchell took on Thamesford Tuesday in another scheduled game and faces Exeter Friday night and Lucan Saturday. Friday night, the Hawks spotted the Irish to a 1-0 lead early in the first peri- od on a goal by Trevor Liddle. But with two sec- onds left in the peri- od, the Hawks tied it on a goal from Scott Davies. Lucan took the lead again in the second period with a goal from Pat Flood to take a 2-1 lead but the Hawks again replied with a power play marker off the stick of Jeff Smale. The Hawks took over in the third outscoring the Irish 3-1 with Greg Thompson and Darcy McCutcheon scoring for Exeter with Liddle replying for the Irish Davies scored into an empty net in the last minute to seal the win. Dan Moir and Jason Stuckless each had a pair of assists in the win for the Hawks with singles from Justin Young, Tim Bilcke, Drew Bayliff and Mike MacLean. Liddle had an assist to go with two goals for the Irish with Bob Martin also picking up an assist. Sunday afternoon the Hawks were paced by a hat trick from Davies and two goals from Stuckless with singles from Nesbitt and Elder. With the season down to its last week, playoffs matchups are still up in the air, although Howard said the Hawks are looking at finishing third or fourth. "Worst case sce- nario for us is fourth, we're guaranteed that right now." Lucan will face Mount Brydges tonight (Wednesday) in Lucan at 7:45 p.m. before wrapping up their regular season Saturday night in Mitchell at 8 p.m. The Irish have a 16- 16-4-2 record for 38 points, one ahead of West Lorne and are tied with Mt. Brydges. Exeter is in West Lorne tonight at 8:15 p.m. and will finish the regular season Friday night at 8:30 p.m. when Mitchell is in town. South Huron Atom house league Scott Pavkeje (left) throws a check against Forest Feb. 4 at the South Huron Rec Centre. (photo/Pat Bolen) Exeter Hawk Troy Elder collides with Lucan Irish player Jeff McLean Friday night at the South Huron Rec Centre. The Hawks defeated the Irish 5-2 before beating North Middlesex Sunday afternoon 7-2. (photo/Pat Bolen) Sherwoods and Wildcats face off HENSALL — The WOAA Senior playoffs will be in full stride this weekend with all teams in action. The Hensall Sherwoods will open their series against the Monkton Wildcats Friday night in Monkton at 8:30 p.m. before the series returns to Hensall Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. The series will resume Feb. 17 in Hensall at 9 p.m. before shifting to Monkton for game four at 8:30 p.m. Game five of the series will be in Hensall Feb. 19 at 8:30 p.m. Hensall general manager Todd McCann said he is expecting the same type of series as last year against the Wildcats. "Monkton is a very hardworking, physical team and they play us very tough, especially in their home rink They never give up," said McCann. The Lucan/Ilderton Jets will face Milverton Saturday night in Lucan for game one of their series at 8:30 p.m before travelling to Milverton Sunday for game two at 8 p.m. In other series, Elora will face Mildmay after the Monarchs eliminated Drayton two straight. Shelburne will take on Ripley, Lucknow faces Georgian Bay, Tavistock faces off against Goderich and Clinton locks up against Palmerston. Durham will wait to face the winner of the Listowel Wingham series which is tied at one game apiece. CARPET BOWLING Mon. Jan 30 Bill Sullivan Leona Elliott Jean Estey Ray Hodgson Mary DeBoer Margaret Deickert Don Maguire Marion Dearing Cathy Bell John Batten Fri. Feb. 3 Mike Underhill Lucy Sage Margaret Deickert Cathy Bell 2W -1T 2W -1T 3W-23 2W-21 1W1T-20 2W-19 2W-18 2W-17 1W1T-17 2W-16 3W-29 2W-23 2W-19 2W-18 HENSALL SHERWOODS SENIOR 'A' HOCKEY FIRST ROUND PLAYOFFS VS MONKTON GAME 2 SAT., FEB. 11 -7:30 P.M. GAME 3 FRI., FEB. 17 -8:30 P.M. _HENSALL ARENA