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The Times Advocate, 2006-03-15, Page 17THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Sherwoods Page 17 BCH donation Page I8 por Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Midgets in OMHA final EXETER — The South Huron Midgets had a successful week as they won the Shamrock league 'A' finals on Tuesday before advancing to the OMI -IA finals by beating Wellesley 5-2 Friday night in Exeter. South Huron will face Campbellford in the final starting March 18 in Exeter at 3 p.m. Game two will be March 19 in Campbellford, also at 3 p.m. The Midgets entered the 16 team Shamrock league playoff after fin- ishing in third place with a 16-5-2 record. South Huron defeated Lambeth, Ilderton and Lucan before defeat- ing Dorchester in the finals 2-1. South Huron started OMHA play - downs against Mt. Brydges and defeated them three straight. In the quarter -finals they went against Harrow, defeating them on the road three times to win the series 3-1. The semi-finals were against Twin Centres which only lost one league this season. South Huron opened with an 8-7 overtime loss in Wellesley but came home and won 2-0 March 4. South Huron went back to Wellesley March 9 and defeated them 8-5 before finishing them off Friday. Assistant coach Bob Reschke said strong goaltending and defence as well as a powerful offence have been the key to the success of the team. South Huron has over 200 goals this year with a goals against under 70. Reschke added the team also has a great coach in Lee Gibbings. 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 South Huron Midget Brent Johns leads an attack Friday night againstWellesley at the South Huron Centre. South Huron defeated Wellesley 5-2 to advance to the OMHA final. (photo/Scott Nixon) Rec MidgetAE in finals EXETER — The South Huron Midget AE Sabres advanced to the OMHA finals after eliminating Twin Centers three games to none last week. They start the All - Ontario final series on the road against Highland Storm with game one in Haliburton March 18 and game two in Minden March 19. Game three will be back home March 25 and games four and five if necessary will also be at home March 26 and April 1. The Exeter Figure Skating Club had about 30 skaters at the March 3-4 Future Stars Unlimited skating competition at the Goderich Maitland Rec Centre. More than 500 skaters from across western Ontario competed, with coach Kathy McLlwain calling it a successful, well run event. Most of the skaters were competing for the first time. Pictured in front from left are Shay -Lyn Durand (I st,WO Canskate), Lauren Moore (6th,WO Canskate), Mackenzie Ansems (I st,WO Canskate),Abbey Caldwell (3rd,WO Canskate), Hunter Hayter-Millian (3rd,WO Canskate), Kirsten Brintnell (2nd,WO Canskate), Samantha Andrews (Sth,WO Canskate), Nicole Russell (I st,WO Canskate), Hayley Hoffman (6th,WO Canskate) and Carter McLlwain (5th, Canskate Men); in back from left are Kirsty Howe (I st,WO Canskate), Kristina Dietrich (2nd,WO Pre -Preliminary B), Dayna Stanley (8th, Pre -Preliminary A), Rachel Watson (6th,WO Pre -Preliminary B), Rachel Hall (Sth,WO Pre -Preliminary A), Laken McArter (2nd,WO Pre -Preliminary A), Emily Conlin (WO Canskate) and Kathleen Gregus (I st,WO Pre-Preliminary).Absent are: Brooklyn Rau (Sth,WO Canskate),Caroline Eineke (4th,WO PreliminaryA),Kyla Hunt -Beach (I st,WO Preliminary B), Katrina Jeromkin (5th, STARSkate Preliminary), Kaleigh Smith (6th, STARSkate Preliminary),Will Kwajafa (2nd, STARSkate Pre -Preliminary Men) and Sarah Kwajafa (I st, STARSkate Pre -Preliminary). Coaches were McLlwain and Patty Dougherty. (photo/Scott Nixon) The South Huron Novice Rep team which won the "A" championship game in the Listowell tournament on the weekend. Back L -R: trainer Bryan Baker, assistant coach Ed Willis, trainer Gary Hartman and coach Brian Mercer. Middle: Zach Brintnell, Morgan McCann, Justin McCarter, Cullen Mercer, Matt Smillie and Brandan Willis. Front:Adam Tait, Chad Dawson, Jon Baker, Jordan Slaght, Brett Bryson, Kyle Jones and Ben Ryan. Front:Tyler Hartman. (photo/submitted) Irish advance with 4-1 win By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF LUCAN — The Lucan Irish have advanced to the Yeck conference final with their second straight playoff sweep, as the Irish eliminated the North Middlesex Stars Sunday night with a 4-1 win in Lucan. Lucan now advances to face Thamesford which eliminated Mt. Brydges, also in four games. On the McConnell conference side, Tavistock held a 3-1 lead over Wellesley with game five Tuesday night while Delhi leads Hagersville 3-0 with game four tonight (Wednesday). "We're playing our best hockey right now and seem to be getting better with every game," said Lucan coach Jason Heywood. The Irish needed a come -from -behind win in overtime March 7 in game one of the series after being down 3-1 after the first period with Aaron Whitcomb getting the lone goal of the period for Lucan. But a second period goal from Jeff Silver got the Irish back within one goal before Silver added his sec- ond of the game in the third to send it to over- time where Whitcomb ended it at 4:38 to give the Irish a 1-0 lead in the series. Wednesday night in Lucan, the Irish had a 2-0 lead after the first minute of play and never looked Lucan Irish player Shawn Williams (centre) fights off a pair of North Middlesex players March 8 in Lucan. (photo/Nina Van Lieshout) back on the way to a 6-1 win. Whitcomb continued to pace the Lucan offence, opening the scoring at 19:39 of the first before Trevor Liddle made it 2-0 40 seconds later. Sean Davidson cut the lead to 2-1 midway through the first but Shawn Williams restored the two -goal lead before the period was over. Liddle added his sec- ond of the game in the second period before Matt Blane and Kyle Smith put the game away in the third with two more goals. After taking a 3-0 lead in the series with a 6-3 win in Parkhill Saturday night, the Irish were looking to put the Stars away Sunday back in Lucan. North. Middlesex stayed close for two periods with Bob Martin giving Lucan a 1-0 lead in the second period. But a pair of goals a minute apart for Lucan put the game away as Jeremy Montag and Jeff McLean gave the Irish a 3-0 lead. Jason Thompson got the Stars on the score- board at 8:16 of the period but Silver sealed the win two minutes later. EXETER MINOR BASEBALL REGISTRATION to be held at the South Huron Rec. Centre Sat., March 11 at 9:00 till 11:00 a.m. and again Wed., March 22 at 7:00 till 8:30 p.m. We are looking for umpires for the 2006 season especially for the Bantam age group, anyone interested can all Dave Reid CO 2 -4154 or 235-0670.