The Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-04-12, Page 8WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12th; 1972
BY AB WYLDS
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IN ONTARIO :JUVENILE .17"CIIAMPIONSIII
FIRST FOR TEAM FROM HURON HUB
Jim Needham escorted Fred.
Mantle of Paris doWn to'.
centre ice where the presentation
of the trophy was made. The
girls 'did a "circle dance"' with,
arms linked and everyone was
happy -.so much so that the chill
'in the. rink. was unnoticed. For
a while the two referees just
stood by,the boards 'arid watched
the celebration. Fireman John
ib-F--...Ma•-14.ay--Erought-dow-n the
fire truck to•takethe. team up-
street on a 'victory ,parade; A
pick up truck loaded with young.
people followed b'y Many cars
followed next.
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Thanks to -Howard Harrison,.
e and' Murra,__MaLDAutaid_
for their 'assistance in Aetting' the
names of the players,during. the
game and to coach Terry_Kuinm.erL
later in the •Ripley . dressing room
"At the one minute mark, Bryan
Boyle scored Ripley's final goal,
once again Elliott assisting, and
at .6.50 of the 'third period Oak-
wood scored thk final goal of the
game. In the remaining part
Ripley twice had two players in
the penalty box but-the other four
on the ice pin up a stubbon def-
ence. At 10.30 Larry again
made an outstanding save. For
the lastseven minutes-or so of
the game. Ripley continually had
the play in the other end and
did everything but score or skite
the Oakwood boys out of the back
door of the rink. Their goalie'
saved another five possible goals
as, he played brilliantly,to block
Ripley attackers right at his net.
When the referee blew the final
whistle Larry was besieged by all
his team mates. Fans'trooped, on
to the ice arid nobody wanted to
-go-horn'. Next' El-t-nee-C-Ourtne---
was given a ride on the player's
shoulders-. The Oakwood boys
shook hands with the Ripley
and while the game was hard
fought everything ended on a
friendly basis.
and the score was 6 to 2. At
17.40 Elliott Courtney checked an,
attempt.hy'Oakwood to come out
of their own end and fired the
puck into their net for his fourth,
goal. At the end,of the second
period Ripley 7, Oakwood 2.
Also in penalties Ripley 11 to 3.
Courtney, Jim Needhatn , and.
Bill McCreath who supplied the
names of the officials for Us .- the
:first game we had attended in'
something over 20 years.
ASHFIELD
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gbur of
Deer River, ,Minn. visited relativ-
es here and in Goderich and Bel-
grave last week end.
Garry Mackenzie of Alberta is
spending a week with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Jack MacKenzie.
Janice' Robb of 0s4nSound
Was home for tlie week end.
Dennis Drennan, younger son of
Mr. and Mrs. 'Douglas Drerulad,
was chosen from Godetich High ,.
School for the tour to Einope.
James Oke and Stuart &arras of
Centralia visited with the
forrner'sw grandparents , Mr. and
Mrs, Earl Howes.
Well history was made .on Fri-
day evening Wheri.the Ripley Inv-
hockey team, with m'anager
Elm.erfcouttney and coach Terry
.Kummer, were presented with, the
.= Albert Watkins Trophy as they
turned back the• boys from•Oak-
.WOOd to become the 'All'Ontario
, fuvenile "E" Champions. •
The presentation of the trophy
was made by-Fred.Mantle of Paris,.
diStrict representative'of the Ont-
ario Minor HOckey Association., ..
.following the game. This trophy
is now on display in the window of.'
,Elmer Courtney's feed.store- in '
Ripley.. It will be remembered
last .year that •RiPley were the
runners-up for this trophy which
went to ,Keene, near Peterborough,
after they defeated-Ripley:, so the
slogan among the boys was "this
year, we will do it for Elmer and
all the work he has put into- our,
hockey. team". - This, in no way,'
belittles the effort of so -many
men in the whittle area who have •
gone -all outin/their -efforts to,
encourage and support the team to
•
,. This is the first time•that an
All Ontario championship has
•• - come to Ripley. in its history and.
the rink w.as packed for the/game
on Friday evening despite the very
cold chilly weather...Cars poured
• . into the 'village and the rush to.
'the •DiairiOnditibileedrena - WAS7--
on', similar to those evening rush-
'es when the Chin brothers
Abarid Georgeplayed in Lucknow..
And despite' the fact that an
'Oakwood team was playing in . •
Blyth that same-eVening,
•fans.frotn Oakwood' were here.
:One 'of :the Oldest:spectators was;
John McMurchy , now of Lucknow
and a former. .resident of conces-
sion six west in Huron Township.
The men helped Johnny down.
,the ice and used . a step ladder to
get him over'the boards and into
-a seat, the first time such a'pro ,'
cedure was ever.witnessed since ..
the Ripley Diamond Jubilee Arena
Was . built - in 1927: Former Huron .
• and Ripley residenti'from
. dine were here namely Mrn and
• Walter
Mrs: Wilmer MacKay, It is
quite possible that last Friday's
crowd would be close to those
that filled the arena,on.its official
opening in February', 1928 and at
the Kitchener Waterloo Junior
game here in March, 1937 when
Ripley was edged 7 to. 6. Arena
manager Donnie Peterbaugh had
plenty of help cleaning the ice''
between periods as many men
including John D. MacKay , •
John Loomis, Jack Farrell and
many other's along with several
boys manned the scrapers and the
brooms:
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Tie Ripley Juvenile Hockey
team included goalie Larry Irwin,
alternate goalie Blain Carruthers;
defense, Allan Mackay ;, Jim
qtrong_ji in, Dore
• m.
and Carmon Courtney; forwards,
first line , centre Elliott Courtney,
right, Bill Kirkpatrick, left,
Bryan Boyle; second line, centre
Barry MacDonald, right Jim Far-
rell, left Philip Paquette; third
line, centre Sandy Pollock, right
David MacDonald , left Boyd
Carruthers;, manager and general
director, Elnier Courtney, coach
Terry Kummer of the Ripley litir-
on'Central School teaching staff;
Transportation manager, ,Nelson
Hodgins; and staunch supporters of
their boys were the fathers, Fran-
cis Boyle , Kenny MacDonald,
Aurel Armstrong, Leonard Irwin,
Elliott Carruthers, Jack Scott,
Jack Farrell, Wallace pollock,
Don Paquette , Don Dore and
manager,Elmer Courtney as well
as,their mothers and family mem-
bers.
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The fourth and final game last
Friday evening for the Juvenile
E championship started -with a
tremendous rush and effort on the
part. Of Oakwood with the play
continually, for the first three
minutes, in the Ripley- end the
east end. Goalie. Larry Irwin
made save' after save and Ripley's
delense-was-hardAxtsugl
ever at 3.05 Ripley .took the puck
down to the west end for a change
where Elliott Courtney-scored en
assisted. Fifteen seconds later
Elliott returned to flash the red
light' as -he took a pass from Jim
Dore. At 9.50, Ripley's first line
made it 3. to 0: This tine Bryan
Boyle counted with assists to
Bill. Kirkpatrick and Elliott Court-
ney. Oakwood stormed back ten
seconds later to score their first.
Then at 15.45 Philip Paquette
scored on a pass from Barry Mac-
Donald. Just before Philip scor-
ed Larry again made two great
stops. Number 12 for Oakwood ,
Fred Jones from Gleparrri, north
of Oakwood, was a hard aggreS
sive player .although still of mid-
getage. SO the' first period end-
erii-74-• to I-for-Rip-ley its butIrg•oals
and penalties - all minors. -
Referees Ken Werboweski and
Mel Huctwiter of the London-
Nlount,Brydges prea.kept on top
of all plays and kept the game
under control. •
* Ks 0 11‘ *
Luckno
• Dungannon..
As the end comes in sight fQr
this year's bowling season, we
find the "A" group in the follow-
ong situation. .Squirrels-
13, Wolverines 14, Cubs 1'), Coon's
16, Beavers 17,
The.top•lady bowler for the
week was Marion MacKinnon
with three loi'/ely games of 252,
259 and 2S0. Marion's.triple was
791. Very nicel- Marie SteWart
had a lovely single of :104. Ferne
MacDonald with 228 and- Mary
'Fisher with 226 both gain honour-
bxlee
Keith
mention.Blake
Jolted a fantastic
375 single., which in turn helped
contribute a very nice 7'11 triple :
The other' male highs for the
week were Mel Dickson with a
287.'and 255 game , DOnald Mac-
Kinnon with a 272 and; hill Stew-
art with a 261.
Th B"..group had Pearl- Jauie
son rolling the week's high triple
and single of 621 and 2-17. Ruth'
Jardine. boWled.a 236 with J \
Dennis close behind with a
game.Bob c • 0.
llihs was high . witli
This group is left in thes1
itions; 'Gophers 4, .Ka.14,,a oe s 1t '
'.Pole Cats 12, ,
LionS 20 and the Zebras
This leaves ever. One w id(
open for the final round this
week. Put your right foot fo:Aeard
,and may. the luckiest team ‘,in.
Ladies 0;30 pin
Jean Phillips rolled thL lei In
single game of 269 and
'MacKinnon 'the high tri11(:. of
.674, ' Good bowling
Carries of 200 and o\c.:: han •
Phillips 262 ,'.206, 'Marion ;,:ac-
Kinnon 215 , 206, 2.A•,
cyn i'3 , Mildred LanTron
•226,245-, Anne Purne\. •
Grace Elliott 219, licit\ Kirkland
210 ; Gay G'arnis.s. 2(P,,
Team aoints: Jean
Butternuts 7', Catherine
Walnuts 0; Jessie Joynt', Awcti-
nnts 7., Ruth Thompsont,‘Coco-
nuts 0; .Norma
t son '
0
Team standings: Chest ritit
Beechnuts 19, kutternith. , ['ea-
Ladies 9 P.M.
..Marie Stewart rolled high single
with a 298 and also rolled high
triple with 753. ,
Games 200.and Over: Marie
Stewart 298, '231'and
Maize 271 and 223., Mary Cleland'
226 and 208 , Shiela Dawson 227,
Grace ,Hopf 223, Anna
Johnstone 221 and 205 , DOnalda
Scott 209, Margaret Hamilton
205 -, Anne Wisser 202 , Dean
Agne0.
Team points: Mary Gleland's
Peanuts 4., Tillie Wilson's.
Hazelnuts, 3; Terra Gardner's
A4riond-nuts, 5 , Mart. Loll Barger's
Walnuts 2; Barb 'Whitby's Pecan-
nuts 2 , Rena FOrster's Chestnuts 5,.
Team standing; ChcAnuts 19,
Hazelnuts 17 , Almond -nuts 13, •
PeanutS 14, Pecan-nuts 10,
Walnuts 9-:
From flats to new Aires, we're prepared
to fully, serve' your every tire need .
CLGSED-AT-7-P-At-EVERY—EVEN-ING-4---
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•
The series with Oakwood, which
is also a farming community
like Ripley, was a, best 3 out of
5 games affair. On Friday,
March 24 Ripley journeyed to Oak-
wood -in Eastern Ontario - a trip
of 200 miles one way and took
the opener 9 to 5. Jim Farrell
scored the first' two and the last
Itwo-for-Riple-y- -Back in Ripley
on Saturday ,evening, April Est ,
the Ripley boys lost their home
opener 10 to 7, 'Next day on Sun-
day morning, April 2, two bus ,
loads and'five cars left Ripley at
8 &clock for the afternoon game,
in Oakwood which, Ripley won 6 to
4 despite a cut under the eye inf-
feted by Allan Mackay, son of Mr
and mrq, WOrford Mackay which
necessitated stitches and Allan
Missing about half the game.
Back here last Friday evening,
April 7, the boys won on their
home ice for a change, 8. to 3 to'
end the series. By the way, it
if there had been a fifth game it
would have been in F4pley, this
past Sunday afternoon as. Elmer
Courtney won his first coin toss
in a '1Ong time.
E. Mat DONALD ' YOUR !the :pawled zoalie and had the,
Esso, 0::.•en net Ir., front of,hi3-, when an
oppos.:Y,: r.l.a .,er ,r.l.'shinzin heuled •
DEALER :.-1;:..... !:.,-, C:-. t'ne.'ice, Awarded a LUCKNOW .;:*:lalz. :hot 1-,.:.1'. skated in on the ...........m.:155.5.551555155555=555,555 mimmims 7.,..,..--cod net tb r'rta 'r.e• no mistake • . '..,
Oakwood returned for the sec 7
and period once again storming 'to
the- 'attack, and in 3`,--i'seconds
flashed'the red ,light behind Larry
in the west end'net.. At the six
Cvu1t'nev e
'scored; his third go-al assisted .b;,•
Bill Kirkpatrick. 'At the ten ,
minute Mark.Elliott was sent off
when he..checked th-e puck away :
.from an Oakwood player•who in
:turn stepped on Elliott's stick and
went down, Thiriy seconds 'later
Larry made a brilliant save, op a
.sure zeal.' . Incidentally Ripley.
scored 'five of, their 'eight goals., •
when 'they: team was short. handed
du'e tc penalties.
At 11.4!..Bill Kirkpatrick got a
'break away when. Oakwood was
the west end. He•was
corr-.14 down throuzli centre ice
• when Ca?wood FOalie•came. out
to t::, and top him Bill rounded
nuts 13 , Walnuts 0, c,oconuts
for checking the times and•players
once more. Also. to Elmer
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