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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2008-12-03, Page 11Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Times -Advocate 11 SPORTS I.F.ISi?RF South Huron girls hockey team posts decisive victories By T.J. Zielman and Ben Forrest TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF STRATFORD The South Huron District High School girls hockey team recently opened its 2008-2009 season with consecutive 9-0 victories. On Nov. 17 the girls headed to Strat- ford to face Stratford Northwestern and scored six goals in the first period. The first came from Keri Reschke with 11:37 remaining in the frame. The assist went to Michelle Hall. Ashley Denomme netted the second goal of the game roughly three minutes later, with the assist going to assistant captain Brett Sararas. Team captain Carly Mercer scored with 5:15 remaining in the period with assists from Keri Reschke and Cayley Mercer. Near the end of the period, the South Huron girls got three insurance goals in a three minute span. Lynn Weber, Carley Mercer and Cay - ley Mercer scored. All three goals were unassisted. The Panthers did not look back, scor- ing three unanswered goals in the sec- ond period. Cayley Mercer scored two of these goals, completing a hat trick. Keri Reschke was cred- ited with an assist on the first goal, while Mercer s second of the frame went unassisted. Jaylene Coates ended the scoring parade for the Pan- thers, scoring a goal with 1:04 left in the second pe- riod. In the third, neither team scored, settling the score at 9-0 score for the visiting squad. Melissa Cronyn played strongly, picking up a shut- out. On Nov. 14, South Huron handed a 9-0 drubbing to the Goderich District Col- legiate Institute (GDCI) Vikings. Ashley Renning opened the scoring with 9:11 remaining in the first period, tipping in a shot from the point by Cayley Mercer. Roughly a minute later, Lynn Weber scored on a breakaway, sniping the top corner of the net. With 46 seconds remaining in the frame Carly Mercer scored, making the score 3-0 for South Huron. Keri Re- schke and Carley s younger sister Cay - Going for it South Huron player Carly Mercer heads toward the goal during a 9-0 home victory against Goderich. (Photo/Ben Forrest) ley Mercer had assists on the goal. Goals in the second period came from Brett Sararas (assisted by Laura Godkin), Cayley Mercer (assisted by Carly Mercer and Rescke) and Ashley Denomme (a short-handed goal, emp- ty -net goal). Three more goals were added in the third period, including two from Re- schke and another from Carly Mercer, who finished with six points. All girls played fantastic, said coach Heather Strano. Irish lose tough game to first -place Mt. Brydges By Ben Forrest TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF LUCAN The Lucan Irish battled first -place Mt. Bry- dges Nov 28, losing 4-2 in a game played at the Lucan Community Memorial Cen- tre. I think at times we played really well and at other times we didn t play very well, said Irish coach Russ Morn- ingstar. It seems like our ef- fort level is there at times and other times it s not. Mt. Brydges scored twice in the first period and had a 3-0 lead mid -way through the second frame. Lucan battled back in the second period on the strength of goals from Jeff Boyd and Tyler Medd. The score was 3-2 heading into the final 20 minutes. Mt. Brydges had the last word, however, scoring the final goal of the game at the 10 -minute mark in the third period. Lucan sits in third place in its conference, well ahead of fourth -place Exeter and seem a shoo-in to make the play- offs. There is some measure of confidence in the Irish lock- er room, but perhaps also a measure of complacency. It seems that our guys sometimes think it s just a formality, that we just have to go through the motions until playoffs come and hope that doesn t come back to haunt us, Morningstar said. We ve still got to make the playoffs, and you want to be seeded well too. Morningstar noted that if the team finishes third or fourth, it will play either Mt. Brydges or the North Mid - Ringette league scores Novice C Nov 25 - Exeter 4 versus Mitchell Black 5 Goals: Allison Pache, Ra- chelle Keys(3) Assists: Madison Liver- more, Reagan Vandewalle, Kyla Chapman Goalies: Phylicia Krainz, Hannah Stephens Comments: The girls fought hard throughout the whole game, and all players played strong and worked hard out there. The game was tied until just in the last minute. The girls played absolutely great, excellent job girls! Nov 29 - Exeter 10 versus Goderich 4 Goals: Rachelle Keys(4), Reagan Vandewalle, Kyla Chapman, Emma Haine s (2 ), Madison Livermore(2) Assists: Reagan Vande- walle, Kyla Chapman, Alli- son Pache, Rachelle Keys Goalies: Emma Haines, Kyla Chapman Comments: Girls played a great shorthanded flame. Great job in net by mma and Kyla. Keep up the hard work girls! Provincial Petite Nov 27 - Exeter 2 ver- sus Mitchell 2 Goals: Lindsay Govers (2) ssists: Jessica Arm- strong, Claire Thomas Defence: Maaike Van- Wingerden, Jessica Allen, Amanda Verbeke, Candace Powe Goaltender: Kyrstin Krainz Shots on goal: Exeter 22 -Mitchell 22 Nov 29 - Exeter 3 ver- sus Guelph 10 Goals: Danielle Primeau, Amanda Hodgert (2) Assists: Shelby Heywood, Jessica Armstrong (2;, Claire Thomas (2) Defence: VanWing- erden, Allen, Ver- beke, Powe Goaltender: Sara Dietrich Shots on goal: Exeter 17 -Guelph 36 Nov 29 - Exeter 4 ver- sus Newmarket 9 Goals: Thomas, Govers, Hodgert, Verbeke Assists: Hodgert (2), Primeau, Verbeke Defence: VanWing- erden, Allen, Verbeke, Powe Goaltender: Dietrich Shots on goal: Exeter 22 - Newmarket 30 Nov 30 - Exeter 2 versus Forest 5 Goals: Amanda Hodgert ) (2 Assists: Thomas Defence: VanWing- erden, Allen, Ver- beke, Powe Goaltender: Dietrich Shots on goal: Exeter 30 - Forest 34 Comment: The team showed improvement in their play and had great team spirit thoughout the weekend. Thanks to Sara Dietrich for playing in net for the Petites for the week- end. Great job!! Tween Mitchell 8 versus Exeter 1 Goal: Jayden Vanneste Assist: Alexa Sereda Goaltender: Morgan Al- len Good game ladies! Nov 30 - Seaforth 2 ver- sus Exeter 4 Goals: Jayden Vanneste (2), Alexa Sereda and Mea- gan McVeeney Assists: Shae-Lynn Van - Haarlem and Alexa Sereda Goaltender: Morgan Al- len Lots of good shots today and passing! NEW LOOK Unlucky this time Dustin McTaggart handles the puck late in Fridays game against Mt. Bryges. Lucan lost 4-2. (photo/Ben Forrest) dlesex Stars in the first round of the playoffs. You re still going to have a tough opponent in the first round, he said. Morningstar said the team is content to be just over the .500 mark with roughly half the season gone. At press time, they had 10 wins, six losses and three overtime losses this season. I think the second half of the season, from January on, is where we really want to start making our push, Morningstar said. Having tough games in the early going is considered a blessing rather than a curse. We d rather have tough games now and lose with a good effort ... than have it easy and not have to work too hard to get those wins, Morningstar said. Morningstar believes that if anything, the Irish will continue to improve in the final half of the season, and said November is typically a tough month for any hockey club. We re happy if we can play .500 hockey go- ing into December and then slowly get better go- ing into the [Christmas] break, he said. Morningstar added the goal is to come back and have a good January and good February, and be healthy and kind of peak- ing at the right time. The Irish play last -place Lambeth today (Wednes- day) at home, after a full week s rest. The biggest thing in the meantime has been re - focussing, Morningstar said. You can t dwell on the losses. It is what it is. 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