Times-Advocate, 1986-12-31, Page 10Page 10
Times -Advocate, December 31, 1986
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Number of participants feature local sports scene in 1986
Here we go with our last cglunsafor the year 1986 and our first
thought is how fast time flies. It was certainly a busy year on the
sports front on the local scene as well as nationally.
First of all the number of participants in a wide variety of spor-
ting endeavours continues to grow each year.
One of the most popular for the more mature persons is the
game of shuffleboard and it is -gaining swiftly in popularity as
sometimes as many as 50 of our more senior population take to
the courts at the South Huron Rec Centre auditorium sometimes
as often as three times a week.
Lawn bowling which is beginning to attract more of our
younger generation was again successful this summer at the Ex-
eter lawn bowling club and the Exeter curling club schedules are
again in high gear for those who enjoy sweeping on the ice rather
than in the kitchen.
The Exeter Legion mixed dart league continues to provide
regular Friday night activity during the fall and winter months
for 16 teams.
For the youngsters, the programs operated by the Exeter
Minor Hockey Association, the Exeter Minor Baseball Association,
the Exeter Centennial Soccer Association and the two Exeter figure
skating groups drew plenty of participants. All officials and parents
are to be congratulated for making these programs possible.
One of the newest activities at the South Huron Rec Centre are
the twice weekly karate sessions. Started in April of this year by
Ron Tyndall of Holmesville, karate has proved to be very popular
and now more than 50 persons of various ages participate each
Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
One of the biggest accomplishments team -wise on the local
sports scene, was the winning of the Ontario Baseball Association
Senior 'D' championship by the Exeter Express.
The Express under the direction of general manager Geary
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Penhale, field manager Joe FUlop and coach Glen Thurman
defeated the best in the province in a Labour Day tournament in
Walsingham.
The Exeter Mohawks provided their fans with plenty of ex-
citement during the spring months with their playoff games,
especially against Creemore. This same playoff fever should be
back in a couple of months for supporters of the Mohawks as they
Sports Spotlight
by Ross Haugh
head for their first Senior 'B' playoffs. Currently in first place in
the Central division, the Mohawks have a good chance at going
a long way along the playoff trail during the early months of 1987.
At the high school level, 1986 was a good year for athletes at
South Huron District High School. One of the highlights Tor school
teams was. winning of the Huron -Perth senior football champion-
ship by the South Huron Panthers. Anytime a South Huron foot-
ball team defeats the Goderich Vikings is a time for celebration.
The South Huron field hockey and cross country teams con-
tinued with their excellent performances winning a number Of
titles. Although they won the Huron -Perth title, it was the first time
in seven years that Jim Workman's girls field hockey did not win
in WOSSA competition.
On the cross country scene, it was another good year for coach
Joe Fulop and his many team members. The senior girls were best
at Huron -Perth and WusbA and turned in good efforts at the all
Ontario level.
We almost forgot about a number of oldtimers hockey teams.
The Exeter Molting Hawks won a number of tournaments and the
Zurich Has Beans had a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Zurich in
Switzerland to show off their hockey talents. •
Two Grand Bend residents teamed up to pull off a differeht
accomplishment. Xavier Boogemans and Dave Desjardine paddled
their canoe across Lake Huron from Port Sanilac in Michigan to
Grand Bend.
One the professional scene, the big disappointment for local
baseball fans were the poor showings by the Toronto Blue Jays
and the Detroit Tigers as both clubs failed to live up to
expectations.
While the Detroit and Toronto baseball supporters didn't have
too much to cheer about the situation is different for the two NHL
teams from the same two cities.
For the first time in many a moon the Maple Leafs and Red
Wings are battling for first place in the Norris division. It may be
far from the best divisition in the big league of hockey, but is go-
ing to provide plenty of interest for supporters of the five teams.
We would guess that the standings after completion of Sun-
day's games show something that has never been seen,before. The
Leafs, Red Wings and North Stars are tied for first place with 33
points apiece and the Blues and Black Hawks in hot pursuit with
32 points each. That means only one point separates the five clubs.
This is probably the only time the race will be that close.
In closing we would like to wish a very Blessed and Happy New
Year to everyone and to all who take part in sporting events,
remember, "you are a winner if you can lose with smile" and have
fun in no matter what activity you participate.
Happy New Year.
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Lead by four points
Great aoal tendin
The Exeter Mohawkd on 'the
strength of excellent goal tending
from Louis Arts and Rick Pikul won
back-to-back Central Senior 'B'
games at the South Huron Rec Cen-
tre on the weekend and stretched
their first place lead to four points_
over the Tavistock Royals.
The Mohawks downed the
Tavistock club 7-1 Saturday night and
blanked the Harriston Blues 1-0 Sun-
day night to up their season point total
to 28. Tavistock is second with 24
points and the Elora Rocks and
Hillsburg follow with 22 points apiece.
It's on the road for the next three
games for the Mohawks. They will be
in Hillsburg Friday night at 8:45 p.m.,
Palmerston for an 8 p.m. Contest
Saturday and Monday they are off to
Tavistock to meet their nearest rivals
the Royals.
Saturday night Exeter goalie Louis
Arts stopped all but one, of.22 shots
and his team-mates responded with
seven goals, concluding with four
straight on power plays.
The only goals of a fast paced first
period came from the stick of Scott
Eccles on a three-way passing com-
bination with Al Gates and Brian
Mercer.
• The Mohawks broke the game wide
open with four goals while the Royals
notched their only marker of the
night.
The first of the four middle frame
scores came at 11.29 as Bryan Baker
registered on passes from Pete
Tuckey and Barry Baynham. A
minute and a half later Kris Bedard
hit the Tavistock net with captain
Randy Kraul and Steve Nelson pro-
viding the assists.
The next two Exeter scores came
on power plays. Scott Eccles fired his
second successful shot of the night
with assists going to Brian Mercer
and Doug Latta and Bill Glover
counted with assists going to Cam
Doig and Randy Kraut.
keeps Mohawks in first place
Tavistock penalties also helped pro-
duce the last two scores for -the
Mohawks. They came in a space of 31
seconds early in the period.
Defenceman Steve Nelson notched
thi'first as he converted passes from
Mike Clark and Randy Kraut. This
was followed by Doug Latta's suc-
cessful shot on a pass from Bryan
Baker.
One goal is enough
With Rick Pikul blocking all 29
shots coming his way, a late second
period goal was all the Mohawks
needed in edging the Harriston Blues
Sunday night.
The only goal of the entire contest
was fired by Kris Bedard one a three
way passing effort with Barry
Baynham and Pete'Tuckey.
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MOHAWKS PRESS — Kris Bedard of the Mohawks tries to get the puck in front of the net to Dave
Cyr during Sunday's game against Tavistock. Randy Kraul is behind the net. T -A photo
Five teams in Hawks tourney on weekend
Only five teams, rather than the
customary eight, will be on hand to
battle for the honors in the annual Ex-
eter Hawls Junior "D" tournament
this weekend.
However. the event has drawn
some of the top area teams and should
provide plenty of excitement.
The host hawks will open the event
in Friday's only contest when they
Exeter Jr. Hawks 10th annual
Jr.'D'
Hockey.
Tournament-=_
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Fri. - Sat..- Sun.
January 2,3 and 4
Friday, January 2
8:30 p.m. Hawks vs Thedford
Saturday, January 3
5:00 p.m. Tavistock vs Brussels
8:00 p.m. Fri. Winner vs Lucan
Sunday, January 4
12:00 noon Sat. 5 p.m. Winner vs Lucan
3:00 p.m. Consolation Championship
6:00 p.m. Sat. 5 p.m. Winner vs Fri. night Winner'
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BEA PART OF IT
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tackle the Thedford Lumberjacks at
8:30 p.m. The winner of that game, as
well as the winner of the match bet-
ween Tavistock Braves and the defen-
ding tournament champion Brussels
Bulls will then go into a round-robin
playoff with the Lucan Irish for the
championship.
The lasers of the Thedford-Exeter
and Tavistock•Brussels matches will
square off for the consolation
championship.
There will be tWo games on Satur-
day. The first one at 5:00 p.m. will see
Tavistock and Brussels on the ice,
while the second one at 8:00 p.m. will
feature Lucan against the winner of
the Exeter-Thedford contest.
At 12:00 noon, Sunday, the Irish will
be back to face the winner of the
Tavistock -Brussels game. That will
be followed by the consolation final at
3:00 p.m. •
The final game of the championship
round-robin is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
and pits the winners of the Thedford-
'Exeter contest against the winners of
the Tavistock -Brussels game.
Co -favorites at the outset of the
tournament are the Bulls and the
Irish. Brussels leads the northern
division of the Western loop, while
Lucan sits atop the southern division.
Tavistock came into the tourna-
ment as the only unknown this year.
The Braves have been moved to the
Southern league this year and the
tournament should provide area
teams with some indication of how
they stack up against the other Junior
"D" loop in the province.
The host Hawks can't be counted
out. They tied Brussels in their last
meeting at the rec centre and were
edged by a single goal the last time
they faced the Irish.
Home ice would normally give the
locals a bit of a boost, but this season
they have been stronge,T on the road
than at the friendly confines of the rec
centre.
Fans will be in for some added ex-
citement if any of the games end in
a tie. After a five-minute sudden vic-
tory period, the teams will feature a
shoot-out of five playefs each if the
score is stil knotted. That always
keeps the fans ort the edge of their
seats and places some real stress on
the players and goalies chosen for the
shoot-out.
Winner of the tournament will take
home $500 In addition to gold medals
and the banner, while the runners-up
will receive $250. The consolation final
will be worth $150.
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