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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2006-04-19, Page 14THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Curling Page 15 Minor hockey Page 15 TIMES -ADVOCATE Wednesday, April 19, 2006 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 Irish Junior Dchamps with 5-4 win By Pat Bolen TIMI S-ADVOCATF STAFF LUCAN — "You should relish the challenge and when you get down two or three goals...some- times it's more reward- ing when you can over- come those kinds of deficits," said Lucan Irish coach Jason Heywood. And down 3-0 in the early minutes of game six to the Delhi Travellers Friday night, it looked like the Irish would be going to game seven of the Ontario Junior `D' final. But like they have throughout their playoff run this spring, the Irish refused to lose and roared back for a 5-4 win to claim their fifth cham- pionship and first since 2000. The Irish took a 3-2 series lead April 12 in Delhi with a 3-1 win in game five before coming back to Lucan Friday night looking to claim the title. But the Travellers did- n't go easily as they took the 3-0 lead in the first period on goals from Mark Lunghi, Josh Reneboog and Darryl Getchell and looked like they would take the series home for a seventh and deciding game. Heywood said the Travellers were deter- mined and came out hard in the opening peri- od and the Irish were a bit nervous in front of the large home town crowd. But Trevor Liddle got the Irish on the board in the first minute of the second period. The Travellers responded to restore their three -goal lead but Liddle again got the Irish close less than a minute later. "When we got to 3-1 I had a good feeling about it," said Heywood. "Anytime you can bring the crowd into the game it helps you and hinders them." Kevin Dean cut the margin to 4-3 before the period was over and just 18 seconds into the third it was tied on a goal from Jeff Silver. With overtime looming at 18:29, Shawn Williams tipped home a shot to give the Irish a 5-4 win and the championship. Heywood said the cru- cial game of the series was game five when Lucan went into Delhi and won. "We always knew we could skate with them and beat them. The prob- lem was we had to respect what they could do and after games three and four we realized they were a good hockey club and we had to play a bit better to win." The Lucan Irish claimed the Ontario Junior `D' title April 14 in Lucan with a come -from -behind 5-4 win to defeat the Delhi Travellers in six games. Front from left, Joel Morrison, Matt Blane, Corey Hackney, Kyle Smith and Jeff Silver. Middle: assistant coach Dave Revington, Brad Shoull, Kevin Dean, Chris VanKasteren, Jeff McLean, Aaron Whitcomb, Jeremy Montag,Allan St.Amand,Trevor Liddle,Andrew Crowson, assistant coach Ray Giffen and Scott Anderson. Back: Bob Martin, Ryan Scheuermann, Larry Northover, Pat Flood,Trevor Medeiros, Shawn Williams, Kyle Roth, head coach Jason Heywood, Len Leatherland and general manager Ken Freeman. Below Ieft,Williams scores the winning goal at 18:29 of the third period in game six to give the Irish the win while at right, Lucan captain Roth accepts the Junior `D' championship trophy from Karen Phip,Vice Chair of the OHA and chairperson of the Junior Development League. (photos/Nina Van Lieshout) Atom Girls take provincial silver EXETER — The South Huron Sabres brought home silver from the provincial tournament in Toronto recently. The Sabres qualified for the provincial tourna- ment after a 12 game playdown schedule in February representing the Huron -Perth -Grey - Bruce area. The Sabres opened the tournament with a hard fought 1-1 tie against the Napanee Crunch. Shutout goaltending by Cassy Northover pow- ered the girls to a 3-0 win over the Barrie Sharks. The Sabres played well against a strong Windsor Wildcat team but Windsor won 2-1 with a late game goal. In the quarter -final round South Huron came up against an undefeated Kincardine team. Outstanding goaltend- ing and defence shut down the strong Kincardine team. Hailey Slaght played a strong role by shadowing Kincardine's number 17 and scoring the game winning goal with .09 seconds on the clock in the second period. Rachel Robinson scored an open net goal to elim- inate Kincardine with a Sabres 2-0 win. The semi-final game had Northover, support- ed by defensive walls Lindsay Dalrymple, Lauryn Overholt, Nicole Willis and Bailey Oud to get her third shut out of the tournament. The Sabres defeated Clarington 1-0 with the game winning goal scored by Renee Quick assisted by a great effort by Emily (Tiger) Wells. The South Huron girls played Woolwich in the gold medal game. It was a great job by Heather Godkin, both offensively and defen- sively, helping the Sabres with her strong play. A goal with 58 seconds left in the first put Woolwich ahead but the Sabres battled back with great work by Jenna Dawson passing the puck to Emma Prout who scored the game's tying goal at 4:52 in the sec- ond period. With 2:55 left in the game Megan Dalrymple set up Hailey Slaght to put the girls ahead 2-1. Woolwich's number five scored with 1:20 left in the game to go into overtime. Woolwich won the game with two minutes left in the second over- time period. It was a tough loss to a fantastic hockey game. The coaches are proud of the team's accom- plishments and special thanks go to the moms, dads,brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandmas, and grandpas for all their support. Congratulations girls on a fantastic finish to a great season. LOBO SAND & GRAVEL Muddy Driveway? PEASTONE (519) 666-1742 or (519) 828-3784 Check out our website: www.aggregates.on.ca E-mail: aggregates@xcelco.on.ca EXETER HAWKS JR."D"HOCKEY CLUB'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held Wed., April 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the EXETERTOWN HALL Anyone interested in serving as a director, committee member or team support staff please contact Sheona Baker at 238-5585 or exeterhawks@hotmail.com