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Times-Advocate, 1987-01-14, Page 10Page 8 Times -Advocate, January 14, 1987 New radio show, A unique new concept in covering amateur sport on radio is gain- ing popularity among stations across Ontario. Produced by Over- time Sports Programs for the Ministry of Tourism and Recrea- tion, the weekly 15 minute shows are now being used by 12 radio stations in the province. The only Western Ontario station to carry the programs is CHYR in Leamington. This is the same station that brings all Toronto Blue Jays games to listeners in Western Ontario. According to Minister of Tourism and Recreation John Eakins the show is not just a rehash of amateur sports scores and stan- dings of interest to small groups who follow a given sport. The focus is on the athletes, the people; why they are doing what they are doing and what it's like to play and compete in a given event. There are 76 recognized amateur sports in the province which provide a great deal of variety for this kind of presentation. The lively well paced format includes interviews with athletes, discussions with coaches and officials on issues surrounding various sports, tips on sports injury prevention and 'how to' segments dealing with skills and regulations. They are Getting Bigger We recently received results of the 1986 Molson Big Fish con- test and it appears the fish are getting bigger each year. Molson's have several live release classes and this allows the fish to grow more for the next contest and could be captured in the catch and keep category in 1987. Some of the records will be tough to beat. The largest brown trout landed weighed in at 24 pounds, six ounces for Lyndon Johnson in the keep division and Diana Warren of Mississauga kept a 41.2 pound salmon. The biggest walleye at almost 16 pounds was land- ed anded in Shawanaga Bay, just off Georgian Bay. fish getting bigger in annual contest Hurry, Hurry for Tickets Time is quickly running out to get your tickets for the 14th an- nual Exeter Lions Sportsmen's Dinner which is set for Tuesday, February 3 at the South Huron Rec Centre. Dinner chairman Brian Illman has done an excellent job in ar- ranging a top notch list of celebrities and after dinner speakers. One of the highlights will be the appearance of Danny Gallivan. He was known as the voice of the Montreal Canadiens for more Sports Spotlight by Ross Haugh than 20 years and certainly qualifies as Quebec's version of Foster Hewitt. One of Gallivan's most unique phrases was "he let go a can- nonating shot'. He occasionally would accuse a goal tender of com- mitting grand larceny against opposing shooters. Gallivan will probably share headline speaking duties with former major league baseball umpire Marty Springstead. He is now a supervisor for the baseball commissioner's office andiwas well known during his on -diamond days for colourful antics and conversations with the fans. Former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver left many games during his long career through the wave of a thumb by the umpire and Springstead had the honour of causing many of those ejections. The latest acquisition is Dave Mcllwain of the Canadian junior hockey team. Football will be well represented by Cleveland Brown tight end Ozzie Newsome and former University of Western On- tario fullback Blake Marshall. Newsome should be well rested after his club was eliminated in Sunday's Super Bowl semi-final. Darryl Sittler will be in attendance, but a disappointment is the fact Dave Shaw will not be able to make the dinner. His Quebec Nordiques play host to the Montreal Canadiens that night in another battle of Quebec. Others definitely coming are Indy 500 race winner Bobby Rahal and Commonwealth swimming star Dave West. Representatives from the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers are also expected. Congratulations to Caley The award presented a week ago to Roy Caley from the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation is one that was well deserved. Caley, a sports and Lambton county announcer at radio station CHOK in Sarnia was honoured as one of the organizers of the Silver Stick hockey tournament. We don't know the exact date of the start of the Silver Stick, but remember going to Port Huron to watch the Exeter pee wees play there and that is more than 20 years ago. The tournament is now played in Watford and Petrolia in addition to the grand finale in Port Huron. Roy is a faithful supporter of the Exeter Lions Sportsmen's Din- ner and is a familiar sight dt the press conference pr, 'n tho din- ner doing interviews with many of the celebrities in , The award received by Caley is the Corps d'Elite whip„ was in- itiated in the spring of 1986 and recognizes outstanding contribu- tions by individuals who devote their own time developing recrea- tional activities for others. Back to second in league standings Mohawks win eonsolaf�on title in Palmerston tourney con- solationThe Exeter championship of the weekend senior hockey tournament in Palmerston on the strength of three straight victories. The Mohawks after losing 2-0 in the opening game to the eventual cham- pions from Durham, came on strong to edge Grand Valley 3-2. - blank Lambeth 7-0 and defeat Chatham 5-2 in the consolation final. In their only start in Central Senior 'B' regular schedule play, the Mohawks dr ' . ' . a 7-6 decision to the BEST ALL STARS — Don Yeck of Belmont presents Molson's bags to Western Junior 'D' most valuable players in Saturday's all star game to Clarke Singer of Mitchell and Wayne Urbshott from the Lucan Irish. Do you know someone. who deserves a medal? If you know someone who has made Ontario a better place to live...through their selflessness, humanity and kindness...tell us. An Advisory Council of Ontario citizens, whose hon- ourary chairmah is the Lieu- tenant Governor of Ontario, The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, selects the recipients from nominations made by you each year. We need your nominations by March 14, 1987. Nomination , forms are available now by writ- ing: The Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat, Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs, 5th Floor, Mowat Block, 900 Bay Street, Toronto M7A 1C1 The. Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship d Tavistock Royals earlier in the week. The Tavistock team holds down first place with 32 points and the Mohawks are a single point back in •second spot and Hillsburgh is third with a 26 point total. Both upcoming weekend games for the Mohawks are at the South Huron Rec Centre. Friday night at 8:30 p.m. the Palmerston 81's will be supplying the opposition and the Elora Rocks will be in for a Sunday contest begin- ning at 7:30 p.m. Pikul an all star In the weekend tournament in Palmerston, Rick Pikul of the Mohawks allowed only four goals in three games and was the goal tender named to the all star team. Louis Arts was in the Exeter goal in the 3-2 win Over Grand Valley and also turned in an excellent performance. Mohawks manager Doc Campbell reports his club produced a total team effort in the Palmerston tournament with goal scoring well spread among all three forward lines, strong play by the defence and excellent goal tending. Late goal wins In the second game close victory over Grant! Valley, John Jongeneel clinched the Exeter victory as he completed a three-way passing play with Bill Glover and Norm Campbell with only a minute to go in the third period. In the second period Scott Eccles and Bryan Baker were the marksmen for the Mohawks with assists being provided by Brian Mercer, Kris Bedard, Cam Doig and Al Gates. Terry McMillan notched both goals for Grand Valley. That team's roster included many names familiar to sup- porters of the junior Hawks a few years back. Score in all periods The Mohawks scored two goals in the first period, added a single in the second and finished off with four third -period goals as they blanked Lambeth 7-0 in the consolation semi- final. Al Gates notched both first period scores. Norm Campbell assisted on both and a single assist was credited to Scott Eccles. Pete Tuckey finished off a three- way passing combination with Brian Mercer and Ron Elliott to take care of the second period counting for the Exeter club. In the first half of the final period, Bill Glover put the game out of reach for Lambeth with two successful shots. Kris Bedard helped set up both scores and Ron Elliott assisted on one. South finally wins It took nine years to get a victory, but when the South won Saturday's Western Junior 'D' all star game in Lucan they did it with authority by beating the north 9-3. Four unanswered first period gols proved to be enough to turn the tide from seven losses and a tie in the first eight all star tests. The south team was composed of the best from the Lucan Irish, Bel- mont Bombers, Mt. Brydges Bulldogs, Thamesford Trojans and Thedford Lumberjacks. The club was coached by Belmont's Ken Cook and John Wigle of Mt. Brydges. Doug Anstett from Seaforth and Joe Stafffer of Brussels coached the north All stars made up of the top players from their clubs plus the Exeter Hawks, Clinton Mustangs and Mit- chell Hawks. The most valuable player on the winning south team as chosen by league -convener Wayne Smith was Wayne Urbshott of the Lucan Irish. Urbshott claimed the honour by scor- ing one goal in each period to com- plete a hat trick performance. Clarke Singer of Mitchell was chosen north's most valuable player. The two received hockey equipment bags from Molson's. They were presented by OHA rep John ,Yeck of Belmont. The all star trophy was accepted by captain Mike Valdron of Belmont from Bob Taylor, a member of the Lucan Irish executive. The game was less than two minutes old when Wayne Urbshott put the south scoring machine into gear as he converted a pass from Bill'- Horlick of Belmont. Only 47 secondslater Mike Ling of Mt. Brydges beat Jeff McGayin of Brussels in the north net on a pass from Paul Gilks of Belmont. At 15:41 of the opening session, Dan Gibson of Mt. Brydges fired a suc- cessful shot with passing help from Mike Litke of his own club and Greg Bumpus of Thamesford. the fourth goal of the period was produced by three members of the Thedford Lumberjacks. Mark Ansems was the marksman on passes from, Marcel Smith and Scott Edlingtbn. In the middle frame, the south scored four times before the north finally hit the scoreboard. Pulling the trigger were Mike Litke of Belmont, Urbshott of the Irish and Paul Moffatt and Ansems from the Lumberjacks. Assists went to Cord Todd of Thamesford, Paul Gilks and Mike Valdron of Belmont and Thedford's Scott Edlington. With less than three minutes to go in the middle frame, Don Hauser of Mitchell broke the goose egg for the north as he fired on a pass from Steve Gould of the Exeter Hawks. Only a minute later, another Exeter Hawk Scott Lovie beat Bryan Bond in the south net with Wayne Smith of Clinton assisting. The teams traded single goals in the final 20 minutes of play. Urbshott hit for the south on an unassisted effort ,and Tom McCann of Mitchell replied for the north on a pass from another Mitchell player Clarke Singer. The game was preceded by a recep- tion at the Lucan Community Centre attended by 206 players. officials, parents and friends. Clare Stanley and Bob Taylor of the Lucan Irish were in charge of the presentations of the all star sweaters and reeve Norm Steeper brought greetings from the village. Near the end of the game Brian Mercer converted a pass from Bill Glover with -the Mohawks playing a man short and with 45 seconds to go Scott Eccles registered on a pass from Steve Nelson. First period outburst In the consolation final win over Chatham, the Mohawks pretty well settled the issue in the first period with four goals. Three came in the final four minutes of play. Kris Bedard was on the firing end of twp of the first stanza scores with Norah Campbell and Al Gates not- ching the others. Eight different players provided assists. They were Ron Elliott, Steve Nelson, Norm Campbell, Al Gates, Randy Kraut, Doug Latta, Rick Hart and Bill Glover. With 42 seconds left in the third RICK PIKUL —.tourney all star period and game, John Jongeneel completed the Exeter scoring by con- verting a pass from Brian Mercer. -. Lose in Tavistock The Mohawks lost sole possession of first place as they were defeated 7-6 in Tavistock. Penalties played an im- portant part in the outcome of the game. The eventual winning goal of Tavistock came on a power play while the Mohawks notched three of t? eir scores in the same fashion and one goal while playing shorthanded. Rick Hart led the Exeter scoring with a two goal output. Notching single scores were Bill Glover, Pete Tuckey, Ron Elliott and Norm Campbell. Bill Glover was the top point getter with three assists adding up to a four point night. Steve Nelson also picked up three assists. Single assists went to Barry Baynham, Cam Doig, -Doug Latta, Ron Elliott and Pat Cyr. LAST DAY GOLF PRICES Effective until January 15th, 1987 Man '270 Lady `160 Man and wife '415 Weekday Man '200 Excluding Tuesday from 3 p.m. Student rate $ 135 Family rate available IRONWOOD GOLF CLUB 235-0707 Exeter Mohawks42,4 .i Fri., Jan. 16 at 8:30 p.m. '081'1/' ---- vs Palmerston '81's Elora Rocks Sun., Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. All games at South Huron Rec Centre 'Sponsored by the following community spirited businesses. • N.C: Jones & Sons • Dinney Furniture • Leon's Buy and Sell • Albatross Tavern • Becker Farm Equipment • Jack & Marg's Service Get Your Tickets Now For Exeter Lions 14th Annual Sportsmen's Dinner A chance to see and hear many of oe•d' 10 the EOs' V°�Y your favorite sports figures Tuesday, February 3 irtsilaTH HURON REC CENTRE R.c.ptoe 3:30 p..,., ana.. 7:00 p.m. Man celebrities including Darryl Sittler, Marty Springs d, Ossie Newsome Cleveland Browns, Blake Mar all, U.W.O., Dave West, Olympic swim- mer and nny Gallivan. TICKETS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND ARE AVAILABLE AT: * Scotia Bank • Royal Bank • Frayne Chev-Olds • Anstett Jewellers • Standard Trust " Times -Advocate 4 rf