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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-04-04, Page 15THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 4, 1990 — 15 Winless over season,, Swine finally get first taste of victory= in last garn:e of , season They only won one game all season. But it was their last one and seemed as sweet as the Stapley Cup. And who is going to argue? The Swine snapped a losing streak so long everybody had lost count, with a 7.0 victo►y over Mitchell at the arena last Wednesday night. It was by far the most goals the team had scored in a game all season, and needless to say its only shutout. Evan Eckert was the goalie, and Grant Ward got his first hat trick ever to lead the team offensively. "I really think they saved their best "til last," said coach Brian Nuhn, "Everybody played well out there." The Swine? They- were .Seaforth's "other" atom hockey team, ages 10 to 11 years old. Not "The Atoms", the squad that has been about the best in the province for the past three seasons. No these Dudes were the Atom IIs, the houseleagueatoms,-ss rag tag a lot as you'll every lay eyes on. Coach Nuhn is the local veterinarian. The first aid kit he dutifully carried to the bench each game was housed in something he must have once used in his line of work because it was clearly labelled "Swine" in faded magic marker. Hence the nickname. The kids thought it was kind of neat. HAMMING IT UP - Some Swine decided to congratulate the goalie, but another's thoughts were more on the camera, and perhaps a career in the movies, moments after the Seaforth atom house league team nailed down a victory that ended a 20 to 30 game losing streak. Gregor Campbell photograph. The team was formed later than most earlier this season, and as a consequence was at the hind one when it came to scheduling and scrounging up already FINAL DRAW CHAMPS - The Seaforth Junior Curling club held their final draw on Friday night, wrapping up the season. Draw winners, pictured here with the Whitney-Ribey trophy, are (left to right) Krista Greidanus, Mike Pearce, Sarah Johnston and trophy sponsor Ross Ribey. Elliott photo. booked practice time. But the Seaforth and District Minor Hockey Association fit them in where it could and gave them the old novice uniforms, so at least they could look Curling season i The curling season has come to an end and it appears the golfers and ball players are ready for the next season of "par- ticipaction," the way they are swinging their brooms in golf club and ball bat fashion. The Monday night men's league finished with Keith Seimon and his rink of Brian McGavin, . Ken Murray and Elig Frischknecht as champs defeating Bill Roberton and his rink of Phil Hoggarth, Martin Vanderloo and Paul Dolmage. Rick McDonald and his rink Laurie Fischer, Keith Seimon and Ed Salverda won the laurels in the Men's Competitive League. Dick Robinson and his rink, Irma Pryce, John Klaver and Elaine Floyd were the overall winners in the second draw of the Mixed League. Dave Ste. Marie and his rink of Irma Pryce and Neil Dohnage Seaforth Senior Games fast ap The Seaforth Recreation Department in co-operation with the Seaforth Golf and Country Club will be offering ADULT GOLF LESSONS again this spring. The course will begin on Thursday, April 12 at the Golf Course, at 6:45 pm. and run every Thursday for 7 weeks. This course will cover tips on how to play the game, the rules and the etiquette of golf. All par- ticipants will .beon the„golf coupe tor the final two weeks' and'everyone will reeeive a free green fee to use anytime throughout the summer. Registration fee will be $45. per person. Anyone interested must pre - register at the Seaforth Recreation Office by calling 527-0882, the Program will be Limited to 40 participants. This is a great chance to learn this wonderful game, or a chance to tune up what you already know. Come out for some fun, fellowship, and participation. CALL TODAY. The SEAFORTH SENIOR GAMES are fast approaching. The following is a list of events, dates, and locations for this years games. Softball Throw, Wed. April 18-1:30 at the Arena; 5 Pin Bowling, Fri. April 20 Bruins big winners in seniors bowling Friday was the last day of the Seniors bowling schedule for the season and the Bruins,as predicted, walked away with first place with 75 points. All bowlers on the team were bowling over their averages this past schedule. The real race was for the second place between Ron Bennett's Oilers and Oliver Pryce Kings. The Oilers took seven points on Friday from the Kings to finish with 48 points and the Kings 46. Ron can thank Isabel Gardiner of his team who had a 240 single the high single of the day for the ladies and a 527 triple Isabel's highest tri- ple ever. Starting this season with a 104 average she has been steadily improving her bowling. The Leafs and the Flames finished with 59 points each and Don Wood's Jets tried hard but finished in last place. Anne Wood had a 538 triple and husband Don a 243 single and 518 triple. Watson Reid was the big roller of the day with a 249 single and 601 triple. Bert Walters also had a good day with a 586 triple. Friday we hope everyone will be out for our fun day. Don't forget to bring a little snack to munch on. Good bowling all. Lucky draw winners were Stan Hillen, Anne Wood and Isabel Gardiner. Novice �I l� • from page 13 popped one home at 8:42. Seaforth threatened many times but was unable to get the equalizer and Mitchell grabbed the series lead at five points to three. Game five was set for March 17, with more action guaranteed. Mitchell struck late in period one when Bill Kelly dumped the puck in and Sean Ludwig had the misfortune of having it bounce through the five hole. Seaforth battled back with plen- ty of offensive surges but was continually turned back by goalie Jeremy Elliott. Period two was more see saw action with near misses at both ends. With Seaforth fighting to stay alive they were looking to take advantage of any Mitchell mistake. Luck finally came Seaforth's way 1:33 into the final period as Ben Murray bang- ed home a shot with Mike Murray and Scott V drawing assists. Play was end-to- end again with overtime on people's minds once again. Bill Kelly put an end to thoughts of extra time at 9:10 when he sent Mitchell into a 2-1 lead. This left Seaforth 5:50 of regulation time to knot things up or it was good night to hopes for • II 'AO a ,team, That was the ekSy part. Coach **wok' at the start Ire would`tay t4 Aird ,tlleniAbout 20 games .and everyone WOO4 get thg same amount .of ice there. Through thin' and thinner, powerplay and shorthanded situations, he stuck to his word. And everybody kept their sticks down, or they sat. Some of his players were latecuts from the other atom team, who needed to change their attitudes or develop' some of their skills. Some had only played limited house league hockey before, and others were almost completely new to the game. It often showed. The Swine had great difficulty putting the puck in the other team's net and keeping it out of their own. The losing streak was somewhere between 20 and 30 games. On occasion it seemed they couldn't fall on a puck to save their lives. There was a game at Clinton when the other team scored a goal before the Seaforth goalie had got up off the ice from the last one, twice. There was that very warm night in January on the natural ice surface at Belgrave when they jumped to an early 2-0 lead, and then as the ice turn- ed to slush couldn't complete a pass or get the puck out of their own end for the last two periods. There was a tournament in Seaforth where they lost the first game 13-0 and the second 12-0. It was like water n Seaforth ends overpowered Ron Pryce, Shelley Under- wood, Tom Murray and Grace Buttar in a playoff on Saturday to win the third draw of the mixed curlers. The Junior Curlers finished their schedule on Friday with Mike Pearce, Sarah Johnston, Krista Greindanus and Marion Lanshck winning the Whitney-Ribey trophy. Steve Dohnage and his college rink did well in Kamloops B.C., and made it into the semi-finals of the College Championships. The Annual meeting of the Curling Club will be held Thursday, April 12 with a pot luck supper, business meeting and awards presentation. off a duck's back ,though, The talk in the dressing ram ofte r, amidst the Day Glo hats, when it wasnrt about Nintendo games and vqVat4ag, was about how much they had' improved in that second game. They never stopped having fun and they never stopped trying. They were very trying. They boat "some close ones too, 1-0 at Clinton once, and 5-4 once when the other team scored in the last minute, wasting a fine three -goal performance by Jeremy McNichol. They were improving. Somewhere along the line these guys ac- tually started playing like a team. Sometimes. They stopped blaming the referee or back luck or the other guy. But still they lost. Their best game was at a tournament in Pahnerston during March break. They deserved to win; hit two goalposts and a crossbar in regulation time, got outstan- ding goaltending, missed scoring on a breakaway with under 20 seconds left that would have won it, stayed tied through overtime and lost by one goal in a three - shooter shootout. That one hurt. So close and still no cigar. Not even a tie. Were they finally sick of it all? No, they went opt to play some road hockey before their next tour- nament game, and some local kids came along and stole the crushed pop can they were using as a puck. Then they were too tired and went out and got clobbered in that second game. How low can you go? It was brutal. So the Lord knows these lads had earn- ed it when their luck turned last week. They hung a beating on them. Seaforth led 3-0 after the first period and increas- ed that to 5-0 after two. They didn't take a penalty. Adam Nolan added two goals end an assist to. Ward's three. T.J. Clough popped one. McNichol got a goal and two assists and Michael Mullin added an assist. But the coach wasn't just saying it, everyone played an important part: Eckert, Jordan Nuhn, Nick Longstaff, Sean Clark, Aaron Ford, Stephen Pearce, Drew Alkemade, Everett Smith and Brad Hoegy. All of them Swine. It was just too bad someone had to lose. Fhe Mitchell team, you see, was winless too. Although they tied a game earlier in the season. REC ' EATI il. P ' EVIEW by (Recreation Director) Marty is edard - 1:30 at the Bowling Alley; Bridge, Wed. April 25 - 7:30 at the Legion; Snooker, Thu. April 26 - 7:00 at the Doig Resident; Euchre, Mon. April 30 - 7:30 at the Legion; Shuffleboard, Wed. May 2 - 1:30 at the Arena; Cribbage, Mon. May 7 - 7:30 at the Arena; Walking,-Tue. May 8 - 10:00 am at Victoria park; Solo Wed. May 9 - 1:30 at the Legion; Crokinole Wed. May 9 - 7:30 at the Arena; Horseshoes Wed. May 16 - 10:00 am at the Arena; Carpet Bowling Wed. May 16- 1:30 at the Arena; Tennis Fri. May 18 - 10:00 am at the Tennis Courts; Golf Wed. May 23 - 10:30 am at the Golf Course; Lawn Bowling Fri. May 25 - 10:30 am at the Lawn Bowling Club; Darts Tues. May 29 - 7:30 at the Legion; Boston Pool to be announced; Swimming to be an- nounced; Triathalon to be announced: Any Senior from Seaforth and District - may participate in the above genies, but you have to be 55 years of age or older. The first event you participate in will cost $2. Any event after that the registration fee is $1. Coffee, tea and snacks will be available at each event. For information on the Games call me at 527-0882. SENIOR SHUFFLEBOARD continues every Wednesday afternoon at the Seaforth and District Community Centres from 1:30 to 4:00 pm. This is a great time to tune up your playing skills as the Seaforth Senior Gaines are fast approaching. Other games available to practise on are; Carpet Bowl- ing, Table Tennis, Crokinole, or any Card Turn to page 22A SEASON'S PICKS - The Seaforth Centenaire's Junior 'D' hockey club held their annual awards banquet at the Queen's Hotel on Sunday evening. Picking up honours for their season's efforts were (left to right): Jeff Gemmell, top defenceman; Jason Beuttenmiller, Most Improved; Ted Sills, Rookie of the Year; Bill Tremeer, Most Valuable Player; Brad Carter, top scorer and Mike Murray, Sportsmanship and sharing top defenceman honours. Elliott photo. a nue. '1ne boys hung tough and worked themselves some good opportunities but luck wouldn't have it and time ran out and Mitchell had earned their berth in the finals. Seaforth's next stop was the Listowel tournament, when a late cancellation saw them entered in the class "B" side against some larger centres. That didn't seem to bother the boys as they skated off with a 6.1 victory against a Waterloo team in game one. Scott Henderson picked up the hat trick, and a small award for doing so, while Ben Murray bagged a pair and game MVP. Scott Van Dooren got one. The semi-final game pitted the locals against a tough Walkerton squad. This game started fast as Scott Henderson struck first for Seaforth, then Walkerton counted two for their side of the scoreboard, and two minutes of play hadn't elapsed yet. Late in period two Jason Hulley was the beneficiary of a puck the goaltender mishandled and was quick to rifle it home to put Seaforth even. Ben Murray swung into action with one of his patented end-to- end rushes to put the boys on, top as they headed for the final stanza. Early in the third Walkerton pulled into a tie to set the stage for a fine finish. Seaforth kept the end in play but failed to capitalize with two of their best attempts coming up empty. First it was Jamie Dick on a breakaway who tried the deke but was thwarted. Next it was Derek Nesbitt on a breakaway, but his wrist shot rang off the goal post. And not to be had, Walkerton finally got the break they need- ed with 50 seconds remaining, and it went in for the 4-3 win.. Seaforth played a tough game against the tougher competition and can hold their heads high. The Novice finished the season with an overall record of 33 wins, 12 losses (seven by one goal) and three ties, plus two ties against some "guest" hockey players from the past. Congratulations on a good season, good luck to those 10 players that move up next season, and also continued good luck to the five players that return to Novice next year. Thanks to the coach, manager and trainer for a job well done. Excellent for Cedar Hedges 524-8037 ERICH MITCHELL - DUBLIN o SEAFORTH 10th A NUAL LIONS T.V. AUCTION Saturday, April 7th WATCH THE LIVE AUCTION ON CABLE 12. BEGINNING AT 11 A.M. TILL APPROX. 5 P.M. Phone lines open at 9 a.m. ROW ADVANCE DIDSI 345.2873 345-2060 343.2222 Pictured L -R: Richard Eickmeyer - Mitchell Lions, Lloyd Tubb - Mitchell Lions and Marlen Vincent - Seaforth Lions and owner of Vincent Farm Equipment. OVER '15,00000 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE AND VOUCHERS AVAILABLE, Including: BRASS SCALE MODEL MASSEY HARRIS GENERAL PURPOSE TRACTOR with serial number Courtesy of Russeldale Farm Equipment LAWN BOY HEAVY DUTY 18" 'TRIMMER' LAWN MOWER Courtesy of Vincent Farm Equir .. nt SEIMITSU VCR with Remote Control Courtesy of Jack's Radio and T.V. 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