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The Times Advocate, 2008-10-22, Page 2424 SPORTS Times -Advocate Wednesday, October 22, 2008 South Huron cross country runners headed to WOSSAA By Ben Forrest TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER - Two South Huron District High School (SHDHS) athletes have advanced to this week's WOSSAA cross- country meet on the strength of top -10 finishes at Huron -Perth. Grade 9 student Sarah Irons finished ninth among midget girls at Huron -Perth, while Grade 11 student Claire Tuckey fin- ished in a tie for 10th place in the senior girls division. The top 15 individuals in each division advanced to WOSSAA, which will be held Thursday at Wildwood Conservation area near St. Marys. Tuckey narrowly missed advancing to WOSSAA last year, when she was a junior, but worked hard to improve for the 2008 season, according to coach Paul Colbourne. "She missed out on going last year by two runners, so she worked really hard all year," said Colbourne. "It was a good story for her to make it this year." Though Irons and Tuckey were perhaps South Huron's standout performers, Colbourne gave a nod to the rest of his crew, who worked hard and improved their times. "Every runner that has been working their butts off for the last month and a half ... all of them improved their time from the beginning of the year to the end," he said. "I'm certainly proud that they worked as hard as they did." He noted that in meets prior to Huron - Perth, South Huron athletes typically placed in the top half of groups that fea- tured as many as 170 runners. Colbourn sees this success as a testa- ment to the talent and work ethic of his athletes. "They've worked really hard this year, and a lot of them have been really dedi- cated," he said. "It certainly showed for those individuals who came out for all the practices and really worked hard - they really did accomplish something." Going into Huron -Perth, Colbourn saw progress as the team's primary goal. "We didn't really have enough runners for any team events in the races, so our goal was certainly to improve our time," he said. "You always want to do that. You want to do well, but if you can show that you're getting better all the time ... who knows, if the season went on a little longer how much better they could have done." For Irons and Tuckey, training will con- tinue right up until the day before WOS- SAA, according to Colbourne. "You don't want to strain anything the night before, but your body responds to how much you work out, and so a run keeps your body moving," he said. "It's good to do exercises, to do some- thing active the day before the race as long as it's mild. Taking days off some- times puts you back a little bit." At WOSSAA, which will feature the best high school cross-country runners in Western Ontario, Colbourn is hoping for top -25 finishes for both Irons and Tuckey - something he sees as a "very respectable place to be," and quite feasi- ble for both runners. "I don't see a problem with either of the girls accomplishing that," he said, though, "Anything above that would be spectacu- lar." Colbourn reiterated his satisfaction at seeing not only two athletes qualify for WOSSAA, but improvement from the team as a whole. "It's not all about how fast you are, but there's a lot of dedication, and you can see it," he said. He hopes that his athletes will see their progress and use it as motivation to improve for next season. "I think Claire's a good example of that," he said. "The competition moved up with her, so certainly there are people that she lost to last year that she improved on and won this year. "Dedication will improve, and I saw that with the entire team this year." Minor hockey league weekly scores South Huron Tyke Rep Oct. 4 South Huron 16 versus Lambton Shores 3 Goals: Kyle Lapointe (7), Luke Andrews (4), Nic Bedard (3), Justin Pym, Jack Robinson Assists: Nolan Regier (3), Jackson McElwain (2), Bedard, Jared Orr, Robinson Oct. 11 South Huron 15 versus Mt. Brydges White 0 Goals: Luke Andrews (4), Kyle Lapointe (4), Justin Pym (3), Nic Bedard (2), Jayda Consitt, Ashley Keller Oct. 18 South Huron (9) versus Ilderton White (5) Goals: Kyle Lapointe (4), Justin Pym (2), Luke Andrews, Jackson Mctlwain, Jared Myatte. Assists: Alexis Glavin (3), Dylan Kints, Lapointe, Nolan Regier, Colin Thiel Novice Girls Oct. 19 SH 3 versus Lambeth 2 Goals: Krista Richards and Sammy Andrews (2) Comments: First game and first win. Outstanding goaltending by Bryanna Haist and first goal ever for Richards. Good work girls! SH Novice Rep Oct. 10 South Huron 5 versus Parkhill 3 Goals: Carter McElwain (2), Michael Boyle, Joel DenOtter, Jacob Ryan Assists: Michael Boyle, Carter McElwain, Cameron Hanson Comments: It was a well played game by the Sabres. The game was close until Joel DenOtter put them up by two goals, then Parkhill scored to make it a one -goal game. Jacob Ryan iced the game for us half way through the third period to put us up by two goals again and we hung on for the 5-3 win. Oct.19 South Huron 13 versus Belmont 1 Goals: Michael Boyle (3), Jakob Partridge (2), Cameron Hanson (2), Jacob Ryan (2), Carter McElwain (2), Joel DenOtter, Cameron Beckett Assists: Hannah Tait (3), Jakob Partridge (2), Colin Regier (2), James Boyle (2), Michael Boyle (2), Jacob Ryan The Sabres came out of the gate with one thing in mind score lots of goals and that's what they did. Micheal Boyle had a hat trick and we had four other players score two goals each. The defense limited the amount of shots on our net. We had Justin Goodwin in goal for us and he made some great saves to limit Belmont to only one goal. Great work team!! Next up Mt. Brydges. Atom A South Huron 3 versus Lambton Shroes 3 Goals: Brad Regier (2), Chad Dawson Assists: Kyle Jones East Lambton 6 versus South Huron 0 South Huron 3 Parkhill 0 Goals: Fraser Fulton, Nicholas Overholt, Nathan McDonald Assists: Mitchell Miller (2), Fraser Fulton, Bradley Regier Shutout: Mitchell Riddell South Huron 4 Belmont 3 Goals: Nathan McDonald (2), Fraser Fulton, Nicholas Overholt Assists: Bradley Regier (2) Evan Hayter, Lucas Toonstra, Kyle Jones Mt. Brydges 4 versus South Huron 0 Atom AE Oct. 4 SH 5 versus Port Stanley 2 Goals: Charlie Tait, Sam McEwan, Brady Reid, Drew Horner, Austin Glavin Assists: Jarret Baker, Brett Reid, Glavin Goalie: Owen Kuranyi The Sabres used great postional play, excellent passing and strong goaltending to lead their team to victory intheir first league game. Oct. 5 SH 10 versus St. Thomas 1 Goals: Jarrett Baker (2), Sam McEwan (2), Drew Horner, Austin Glavin (2), Dylan Simpson, Jared DenOtter, Charlie Tait Assists: Conner Drager (2), Baker, Tait, Noah Mitchell, Brody Reid, Simpson, Brett Reid Goalie: Donovan Brewer Comments: The Sabres dominated at both ends of the ice and showed a great touch around the net. Ben Turner was a stalwart on defence and used his speeed to move the puck effectively Oct. 11 SH 2 versus Merton 3 Goals: Jarrett Baker, Drew Horner Assists: Charlie Tait, Austin Glavin, Brody Reid Goalie: Donovan Brewer The Sabres coaches were proud of the boys for a strong effort against the tradi- tionally powerful Ilderton squad. The Sabres had the pressure on in the dying seconds only to run out of time. Brewer made several stellar saves to give his team an opportunity to fight back. Oct. 12 SH 3 versus St. Marys 0 Goals: Austin Glavin (2), Connor Drager Assists: Brett Reid (2), Drew Horner (2) Goaltender: Owen Kuranyi Congratulations to Kuranyi for a wel- learned shutout. Strong work from Drew Horner up front and excellent work from the defence of Denotter, Turner, Drager and Tait Record: Three wins and one loss Atom Red House League Oct.11 South Huron 2 versus Strathroy Blue 4 Goals: Michael Hartai (2) Assists: Matthew Hern Oct.18 South Huron 1 versus Strathroy White 3 Goals: Dylan Simpson Assists: Matthew Hern Zurich Novice Rep Oct. 17 Elma Logan 3 at Zurich 3 Goals: Devon Steckle (3) Assists: Conner Brand, Mitch Finlay (2) Pee Wee Boys Rep Oct. 9 South Huron 6 versus East Lambton 1 Goals: Kevin Mann, Brock Horner (2), Ben Ryan, Kyle Jones, Ben Allen Assists: Kyle Jones, Jordan Slaght, Kevin Maim, Chris Verbeke, Ben Ryan Wow, what an exciting game! Absolutely fantastic boys with the passing and team work. Solid goal tending by Cole Wilemsen. Keep shooting boys!!! Oct 16 South Huron 1 versus Belmont 8 Goal: Chris Verbeke Assist: Brock Horner Comments: Tough one boys, we'll get our strength back by getting our passes on, and working as a team we'll show them next time. Let's help our goalie Alistar next time by putting the puck in the right net! South Huron Peewee Black house league Oct. 3 SH 3 versus Mt. Brydges 0 Goals: Braedi Dwyer, Rebecca Glavin, Niki Hern Assists: Rebeca Glavin, Chelsea Bedard (2), Cara Morrissey Comments: Nice shutout for Marissa Buckridge Oct. 6 SH 4 versus Thamesford 0 Goals: Kassidy Warren, Braedi Dwyer (2), Niki Hern Assists: Chelsea Bedard, Emily Conlin, Julia Smith Comments: Great game and nice passing in our first league game. Shutout for Marissa Buckridge Peewee House Oct. 18 South Huron 8 vs Mt. Bridges 6 Goalies: Lucas Godwin / Jeremy McCann - great start for Lucas - his first year as goalie Goals: Evan Winbow (2), Kean Dwyer (2), Ryan Smillie, Tyler Hartman, Drew Johns and Jacob Van Valkengoed - blue line. Comments: You should have been there, there was passing, hitting, scoring, near goals, brilliant saves - and even penalties (oops) we had it all. The team is coming together and we are playing awesome. We have the best coaching squad you could ever wish for, they are so encour- aging. Oct. 19 South Huron 3 versus Parkhill 2 Goalies: Lucas Godwin/Jeremy McCann Goals: Ryan Smillie, Evan Hardie and Kean Dwyer. Comments: Another great start for the Sabres. This game was action packed, we had a few near misses, like Steven Chappel missing by a whisker, and some of the saves the goalies had to do were amazing. Keep up the great team work. South Huron Peewee Red Girls House League Oct. 19 South Huron Red 4 versus Woodstock 1 Goals: Jessica Lavery (3), Jessica McCann Assists: Katie Becker, Jessica Lavery, Jessica McCann, Holly Clausius Goalie: Nicole Regier Comments: Great team effort today from everyone. Lots of help from our "D", and first goal from Canner! Players of the Game went to Claire Gordon and Canner. Zurich Bantams Oct. 19 Goderich 2 at Zurich 7 Goals: Jordan Brand (3), Colten Becker, Collin Gingerich (2), Kyle Ryckman Assists: Josh King, Collin Gingerich, Nick Masse, Kyle Ryckman, Colten Becker, Jordan Brand SH Bantam White Oct. 19 South Huron 7 Lambton Shores 2 Goals: Hayden Tripp (3), Max Carter (2), Cory Davidson, Braden Talbot Assists: Hayden Tripp (2), Jake Miller (2), Cory Davidson, Daemon Vandeworp, Nolan Allison, Braden Talbot Coaches comments: Terrific effort by all players with a nice hat trick by Hayden Tripp Zurich Midgets Oct. 15 Milverton 2 at Zurich 3 Goals: Josh Brideau, Kyle Craner (2) Assists: Josh Brideau (2), Mike Dietrich (2) Oct. 19 Howick 1 at Zurich 3 Goals: Josh Brideau, Kyle Craner (2) Assists: Nick Laporte, Brady Ducharme, Josh Brideau, Blair Finkbeiner, Curtis Ryckman SH Midget Girls Oct. 16 South Huron 2 versus Mt Brydges Goals: Ashley Denomme, Keri Reschke Assists: Brett Sararas (2) and Kristena Hendrick, Sarah Campbell Great team effort. Next game scheduled for Oct. 23 in Huron Park at 8:24 p.m. versus Seaforth.