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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2007-10-03, Page 23Wednesday, October 3, 2007 SPORTS Times–Advocate 23 Successful week for Panthers EXETER — It was a suc- cessful week for the South Huron District High School field hockey Panthers. On Sept. 24, they travelled to St. Anne's to play Stratford Northwestern. Melissa Cronyn opened the scoring after 16 minutes and the score remained 1-0 until after the half. Lindsay Mills opened the scoring early in the second half, assisted by rookie Marlee Heywood and Kristen Ferguson. Midway through the second half, Cronyn notched her sec- ond assisted by Mills and Sandra Gregus. Just before the end of the game, Cronyn scored her hat trick from a Gregus penalty corner. She should have had a fourth with a rocket into the net, but it was disallowed by the umpire. The final score was 4-1 which improved the Panthers record to 2-1. South Huron then travelled to Listowel for another single 5 p.m. game, with Listowel providing the opposition. The Panthers romped over the locals to the tune of 6-0. Staci Miller opened the scor- ing from a Gregus penalty corner. Midway into the first half, Abbey Oke scored on a rebound from a Lauren Haberer shot. The score at the half was 2- 0 for the Panthers. Very early in the second half, Mills scored assisted by Haberer. Almost immediately, Miller scored her second assisted by Ferguson and Gregus on another penalty corner. Midway through the period, Gregus notched her own goal after a great individual effort. Just before the end of the game, rookie Emily Lacasse scored her first career goal after some determined effort. On the weekend, the team participated in the annual St. John's -Kilmarnock Invitational, where a few of the best teams in the province are in attendance. In the first game, the Waterloo Oxford Duckies pro- vided the opposition. The game was even in the first half, with both teams having chances but the defences proved stubborn. However, Waterloo ended the first half ahead 1-0. Three minutes into the sec- ond half, Staci Miller scored after a strong effort by Karly Bryson. The Panthers applied tremendous pressure, but could not score again and against the run of play, the Duckies scrambled in a whi- ner for a 2-1 final. In the second game against arch rivals Notre Dame from Burlington, the Panthers took the game to them and were awarded a goal near the end of the first half with Ferguson forcing home a Gregus drive. The Panther midfield domi- nated the game, but again as in the first game, their efforts could not produce another goal. Three minutes from the end of the game, the Irish scored a dubious goal as the ball was hit from outside the scoring circle and after the two umpires talked, they decided to award a goal to tie the game. The final game was a rematch with the host SJK team. The first time the two teams met this year, it was a rather one sided affair with the Panthers being on the receiv- ing end. SJK was still the more pol- ished and accomplished team this time winning 2-0, but the Panthers put on a much more aggressive and smart perfor- mance. The Panther back line of Bryson, Pfaff, Schroeder and Haberer performed heroically during this game, together with Michelle Boere in net. Overall, this tournament proved to the girls that they could up their game and com- pete with the best in the province. The team was in St. Marys on Monday to play St. Anne's and then have no more league games for two weeks. This large layoff is due to the effort of the Boards of Education to "reduce the amount of curriculum time lost," but hurts the students' chances of improving skills in this sport. - Long round — Ironwood Golf Club owners Gib Dow (left) and Gib Dow senior (right) were on the fourth hole on Monday with Frank Dumont on one of his many trips around the course during the day. Starting at 7:05 a.m. and finishing at 3:10 p.m. Dumont golfed 100 holes to raise money for Parkinsons, with a score of 434 on the day. Currently Dumont has raised over $1,000 and to donate, contact Ironwood at 235-1521.(photo/Pat Bolen) On the court — South Huron District High School junior girl Nicole Insley (above) looks for a play and Linette Melick drives for the net Sept. 21 during the junior girls tournament at SHDHS. (photos/Pat Bolen) EXETER — The South Huron District High School Panthers' Junior Girls basketball team host- ed their tournament Sept. 21-22 and had a great weekend. After an opening round loss to the tournament champion Oakridge Oaks Friday night, the Panthers rebounded to defeat the Central Huron Redmen 25-17 and the London Christian Pioneers 27- 18 on Saturday to win the consola- tion championship. Coach Russ Watson said once again great defence by every team member was the Panthers trade- mark in the last two games. Teri Stuckless led all scorers with 26 points including nine free throws in the game against Central Huron. Nicole Insley added 10 and Alyssa Becker found her scoring touch contributing seven. The rest of the scoring was shared by eight other players. The Panthers were in action at home Sept. 26 against the F.E Madill Mustangs. South Huron roared out to a 16- 12 halftime lead against the F.E.Madill Mustangs yesterday but a 17-4 third quarter run by their opponents declawed the Panthers. A spirited comeback gave the Panthers a 11-8 advantage in the fourth quarter but it wasn't enough as the Mustangs won 37- 27. Stuckless again led all scorers with seven points while Insley had a strong offensive game with six. Danielle Daters added four points and some brilliant defensive plays while Becker, Taelor Douglas, Melanie Hern, Taylor Obre and Gina Phouttharath added two points each.