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The Huron Expositor, 1988-02-24, Page 9THE HURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 24,1988 — 9 Murray abelled potential first rounder in PAT MURRAY Pat Murray was one of the local sports celebrities at the Celebration 88 Awards' Night and First Annual Celebrity Dinner in Seaforth recently, and he was also the win- ner of the Celebration 88 medal for being the outstanding male athlete ftom McKillop Township. Pat is from Dublin and is playing for the Michigan State University hoi'key team this year. It is his freshman year,'but already he has been receiving high praise from his coach. Ron Mason, who is formerly from Seaforth, allegedly says he wouldn't be sur- prise4 to see Pat drafted to the NHL in the first round. Pat hasn't heard any of this personally, and he doesn't know what the scouts are saying about him. As far as he is concerned he'll be playing out a four year scholarship with the MSU team. Pat had a chance to play Junior 'A' hockey with the Windsor Spitfires, but he decided to go the college route. "I didn't think I was ready for Junior `A'," he says, even though he tad a fantastic season with the Sfratford Vullitons Junior `B' club. In the 42 game season he played with Stratford, Pat got 34 goals and 75 assists - 75 assists is the second highest ever in one season in the league, Pat says he has no regrets about the deci- sion he made to play university hockey. Some people would say collegiate hockey is not as competitive as junior, but Pat would disagree. "It's just as good and it's getting better," he says, "and a lot more college players are going pro than before." He says NHL scouts are starting to spend more time observing the talent on college teams, and there is a lot of talent there to be found. Pat is also content with the school he plays for, as Michigan State has had one of the top hockey programs for the past seven years. Pat believes a big part of the reason for this is coach Ron Mason, who Pat has a lot of respect for. "Coach Mason knows the game, he's a really smart coach. I didn't know I knew so little about hockey until he started showing me things," Pat says, adding his game has improved remarkably under Mr. Mason. Mr. Mason knew who Pat was going into the season, but he says he gets no preferen- tial treatment in any way, and says Pat just does what his coach tells him. Pat got off to a bit of a slow start this season, as he broke his foot early in the year. The team was scrimmaging during a practice, and Pat blocked a shot from one of his teamates. Apparently the shooter has draft one of the hardest shots in the entire league, and Pat's foot got the worst of the encounter. But in spite of the setback early in the season, Pat has his confidence back and has nine goals and 11 assists in 30 games. He says it was a big step moving from Junior `B' to university hockey, but says "I'm only a freshman, I've got lots of time to ,develop." In fact the entire team has a lot of time to develop, as there are only three senior players on the club. The team is ranked se- cond in the nation now, so Pat is pretty op- timistic they will be something to contend with once the freshmen get some ex- perience. He plays on an all freshman line, and says he and his linemates work well together and complement each other. Academically Pat is doing really, well and says he has a 3.5 Grade Point Average, although he admits he fudged a little by tak- ing a course in Canadian Geography. Next year he will declare a major and he thinks he is going to go into business. As for an NHL career: "I think that's always in the back of everyone's mind," says Pat. "But right now my goals are to get a degree and to get bet- ter at hockey." Cougars edge Leopards 4-3 in St. James bowling action BY GEORGE LOVE Brugger 237-620; Gerry Armstrong 211-582, The Cougars edged the Leopards 4-3 in6t. and Pat Kenny 201-543 were best for the James Bowling League action bowled at Jaguars. Starlight Lanes on Monday, February 15. Team standings with two weeks left in the Cathy Broome had an excellent night for schedule are COUGARS - 94; TIGERS - 88; the Cougars with games of 292, 235, 218 - 745; PANTHERS - 80; JAGUARS - 77; LIONS - Richard Love 250-613 and Pat Ryan 254-562. 73; LEOPARDS - 71. Terry Morey was the Leader for the TOWN AND COUNTRY Leopards with 253-659; Ken Moran 229-604; High scores for the Town and Country Sandy Broadfoot 231-600; and Ken Hunt Bowling League on February 2 were as 194-501. follows: Ladies - High Siegle and Triple - The Tigers gained one point on the first Carol Johnston, 214-548;'• High Average - place Cougars as they downed the Panthers Charlene Caskinette and Sharon Forest 197. 5-2. George Love was high with games of Men - High Single and Triple Sandy Broad - 251, 321-754; Pat Nolan 237, 216, 259-712; foot 287-777. High Average- Reg Dick - 220. Jack Ryan 198-550 and Karen Hoegy 202-506. Standings are: Happy Gang -75, Dan Bennewies was top bowler for the Pan- Ramblers -67, Hulksters59,, Dogs -53. thers with 256, 220-667; Lynne Coombs February 9 scores are, Ladies - High 243-543 and Jim Dalrymple 201539. single and Triple 270-636, ,Carol Johnston. The Lions downed the Jaguars 5-2 with High Average Charlene Caskinette and Murray Bennewies 260, 222-689; and Brenda Sharon Forest 197. Men - High Single and Kenny 199-579; leading the way. Shirley Triple - John Stiffen 236.636. High Average - Thursday night bowling ladies crown changes heads The ladies bowling crown (fickle thing that it is) has once again shifted and this week settles on the flaxen locks of Joanne (knock those pins down) Knights. Pins blasted her way to a no nonsense 245 single and an utterly outstanding 659 (personal season high) triple to capture both women's highs for the week. The men's weekly titles Were once more the property of that bowling fiend Marvelous Murray Bennewies who scattered the pins to the tune of a 905 triple and a barrier breaking 333 single. He also recorded another 300 plus game with a 327. Finally the alarming trend of the D -Team has been broken with its final member hav- ing to throw in the towel after a good, but not the necessary brilliant, night on the old boards. We mourn their passing but we all know It is rough at the top and as you will soon see the multitudes not wanting to be caught napping at such an auspicious mo- ment took advantage of the infamous team's lapse to record several personal season's highs. Because of the large throng of bowlers involved it was difficult to come up with the appropriate" superlatives to describe their amazing feats of skill and daring. It is probably not necessary to state the obvious because we all know you are wonderful people but I think a few words of warning must be given to any of you who are of the opinion the onset of my cerebral malfunction may have occurred much earlier than stated; President's have numerous ways of dealing with people like you!!!! Now back to the highlights: The seven hundred triple plateau was singed several times tonight by three very cool customers: Doug Leonhart with an overpowering - 722, Neil Beuerman's conspicuous - 782 and Gary Bedard's superlative - 705. Gary also recorded a 309 single in his seven hundred effort. Mel Merriam (whom we all welcome back) recorded a personal season high single with an astounding - 239 and Steve (let me at those alley's) Steep bowled two of his highest games this season 245 and 263 respectively. For the women Deb Barry was hot bowling a sizzling 609 triple and Kathy Wright kept us in there with a scintillating season high single of 186 and a season high triple of 418. This is Kathy's first year of bowling and the way she is improving she will be on the most wanted list for next year along with the other Rookie. Jr. Belles elim The Seaforth Junior Belles eliminated Ex- eter in the first round of play-offs by winning two games straight. The girls travelled to Hensall Thursday to play the second game of the series and came home with an 11-4 win. The squad was short two players but thanks to Tween p , r Jill Betties who was able to play the g e. Seaforth didn't waste any time and • off the scoring with a point for Lisa t enderson, assisted by pick up Jill Betties.. orth's Tammy Nash pop- ped in the s and goal of the night assisted by newcomer Tracy Bisback. Nash then winened the • ap on the scoreboard as she scored two more goals assisted by Heather McKercher and Sheri Kling. Exeter retaliated with two unanswered goals to put the score at 4-2, but this only spurred centermen Lisa Henderson to add one more goal, assisted by Heather McKercher, to end the first period. The second period saw Tammy Nash pocket her fourth goal assisted by winger Sheri Kling. Then Sheri Kling came back with a goal, assisted by Susan Rowcliffe. Exeter counted for only two more goals and were shut down for the rest of the game. Seaforth went on to add more goals to the score. Lisa Henderson was top goal scorer, shar- ing the honor with teammate Tammy Nash. Both girls tallied for four goals and one Now without further ado I give you the point total to date. Swingers: 3, Wingers: 6, Team Three: 7, Expos (still the team to beat): 10, Misfits: 4, Highballers: 6. As you can see all of the teams are still within strik- ing distance and with seven weeks to go before the final bell tolls it Is anybodys guess who will be the victor. Beware Expo's the masses are poised for a move in the up- ward direction and right now you are it. Gridzak high single in bowling league Patty Ann Gridzak was high single in the Egmondville bowling league last week with her 234 score. She also holds the high single to date at 304. Ladies high triple last week also went to Gridzak, who bowled a 631.'Betty Johnston holds the high triple to date at 681. Men's high single this week went to Scott Johnston with 306. Randy Gridzak holds the high single to date at 348. Gridzak also bowled the men's high triple at 706. George Johnston holds the high to date at 851. Men's high average went to George Johnston with 219. Team standings are: Loose Talk at 90, Hot Dogs at 84, Holy Rollers at 78, Whipper Snip- pets at 67, Whitesnakes at 60 and Gutter - ballets at 41. Sioux resume lead in Seniors alley bowling Campbell Wey's Sioux took over the lead again in the Seniors Alley Bowling on Fri- day when they took all seven points from the Iroquois. The Mohawks led by Harvey Dow also suf- fered a 7-0 defeat from the Haidas. The Sioux also had the high team pinfall for the day with 3001. Ladies high scores were Mary Finlayson 587 and Rika Van Bakel and Isabel Kerslake tied at 5213. Men's high scores were Art Finlayson - 674, Bert Walters - 560 and Charlie Perkins - 554. Team Standings now are: Sioux - 35, Mohawks - 29, Haidas - 29, Hurons - 20, Crees - 20 and Iroquois - 14. ,nate Exeter assist each. Other goal scorers were sneri Kling with two and Jill Betties with one. Assists went to Melissa Whitmore with three; Sheri Kling two and singles to Jill Betties, Tracy Bisback, Heather McKer- cher and Susan Rowcliffe. All the girls played a very competitive game. But the player of the night was Sara Testi who played outstanding in net and deserves a lot of the credit for their win. Ringette players take on their moms Last Sunday on February 14 the Bunnies, Novice and Petites teamed up against the Moms during family fun night for Ringette. Both teams worked hard and really enjoyed themselves. The Moms thought the refereeing was a little unfair when their goalie was penalized for illegal equipment, and the team had to play without her for two minutes. The daughters capitalized on that. In the last few minutes of the game both teams emptied the benche's with hopes of scoring another goal. Believe it or not, the Moms reigned superior and won 6-5. After the game everyone was treated to a lunch. The Moms would like to thank the'girls for a good game and for letting them win. Reg Dick 218. Standings are: Happy Gang -77, Ramblers -72, Hulksters-64, Dogs -55. COMMERCIAL BOWLING LEAGUE Monaco downed the Gypsies 7-0 and 2726-2434 in total pins, in Commercial Bowl- ing League' action bowled on February 4. Catharine Van Doornik led the Monaco squad with 246-714 Wilha Vandenberk was h igh for the Gypsies with 242-592. Cuba upset league leading USA, 5-2 and 2715-2702 in pin fall. Martin Van Bakel bowl- ed 244-624, for Cuba and Harry Deloyer had 276-695 for USA. Canada scored a 7-0 victory over Japan, with 2742-2486 in pinfall. Cor Vanden Hoven was the leader for Canada with 240-638. Mary Vanden Henget was high for Japan with 205-529. Team Standings are: CANADA -69%, MONACO -56, CUBA -54, GYPSIES -45%. On February 11 the USA downed Japan 7-0 and in pinfall 2728-2358. Roland Bennett had -high single of 273 and Harry Deloyer had a 659 triple for USA. Mary Vandenhengel led Japan with 247-604. Canada edged the Gypsies 5-2 and 2697-2544 in total pins. Carol Johnston was high for Canada with 293-656 and Wilhelmina Poppe led the Gypsies with 258-576. Monaco topped Cuba 7-0 and 2638-2449 in pinfall. Don Bruzer led Monaco with 242,567 and Dan O'Rourke with 222 and John Var Dootnik 508 were high for Cuba. Team standings are: USA -84, Canada -74%, Monaco -63, Japan -55, Cuba -54, Gypsies -47%. On February 18 the Gypsies downed Cuba 7-0 with Tony Van Denhengel 256, and Wilha Turn to page 12A • OPTIMISTS VS. SCOUTS - The Seaforth Optimists and the local Scout leaders got together on Sunday afternoon for a game of shinny. Here an Optimist player tries to get off a shot at the Scout net from a sitting position. Corbett photo. South Hibbert Athletic Assoc. SNOWMOBILE POKER RALLY Sunday, Feb. 28 REGISTRATION 11 a.m.-2 p,m. at •Hibbert Township Shed *Mike Parson's Trailer *lack Brintnell's Shack Share -The -Wealth Prizes THANK YOU The Walton Area Sports Club Committee would like to thank everyone who helped in any way to make their annual Poker Rally a success. Thanks to the farmers for the use of their land, and the businesses and in- dividuals for the many door prizes donated. The committee also ap- preciates all the support for the 4 Wheeler draw. W.O•A•A• INTERMEDIATE 'A' HOCKEY PLAYOFFS SEAFORTH SEAHAWKS vs. KINCARDINE KINGS GAME 4 Friday, Feb. 26 8:30 P.M. SEAFORTH ARENA 1988 BRINGS TWO IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE ONTARIO F TAX REBATE PROG CHANGE NUMBER ONE: The Ontario Farm Tax Rebate program now makes two payments a year to,farmers and farm property owners, compared to one annual payment previously. CHANGE NUMBER TWO: Those eligible for the program will receive two forms to complete—one in the spring and the second one in early fall. Each must be completed and returned to obtain each payment. Completing the first form will generate a payment of approximately 50% of the total 1988 rebate based on the previous year's eligible tax levy. Completing the second form will result in a second payment for the balance of the property owners' 1988 rebate and will be based on the owners' actual 1988 eligible tax levy. WHAT STAYS THE SAME The Ontario Farm Tax Rebate program is designed to ease the tax burden faced by farmers. Farmers are not required to pre -pay a portion of their municipal taxes to qualify for the rebate. 100% of municipal taxes on eligible farm land and outbuildings may be rebated. No rebate will be paid for taxes levied on farm residences and one acre of land. There will be no reassessment of farm properties unless changes to the property that would normally require reassessment are made. For more information about the Ontario Farm Tax Rebate program and the changes. contact: • Farm Assistance Programs Branch 777 Bay Street, 12th floor Toronto, Ontario M5G 2E5 Ministry of Agriculture and Food ONTARIO Jack Riddell, Minster David Paterson, Premier Or call collect (416) 585-6565.