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Times -Advocate, October 14, 1987 .
Exeter Mohawks announce a strong line-up
The lines are drawn and Exeter Mohawks are ready to take to
the ice against Durham Huskies Friday night. The coaching staff
and the executive seem confident that Exeter hockey fans are in
for a season' of good entertainment.
"At this point we've got 20 hockey players signed and two to go,"
says' Mohawks coach Jim Guenther. "We want to carry 22 as a
total. Basically the squad is picked."
Guenther holds true to the theory that the 1987-88 edition of the
Mohawks is going to be a power house team. -
"On paper, we've got a stronger team than any I've been
associated with."
Doc Campbell, manager of the team, was good enough to give
me a run-down on the roster.
For the fans.who are looking for a little more of what they got
last season, there will be some familiar faces behind the blue line.
Goaltender Rick Pikul and defencemen Randy Kraut, Barry
Baynham and Ron Elliott have all signed and have been approved.
Returning forwards Who have signed with the club are I3rian
Mercer, Bill Glover, Kris Bedard, Scott Eccles and Al Gates.
Dal e Gibbon is back after a year's absence.
As for Mohawk new -comers, the list is impressive. Randy
Hildebrant will make a home for himself between the pipes. Corn-
ing from Tillsonburg Maroons Senior A club, Hildebrant is one of
six ex -St. Marys Lincolns on the team.
The rear -guard will be bolstered by Mark Soehner, fresh from
New Hamburg Towers Senior B team Mike Zoretich who last
played at the University of Windsor, and Jeff Warren, an ex -lint
who played out last season with the Senior B Lambeth Flyers. The
new defensive line-up is rounded out by Dave Timmerman, who
graduated from,Fxeter Junior D Ilawks at the end of last season.
On the forward line, newcomers include Randy Bailey from
Senior Dorchester Dolphins, Quincy Wilker, who last played Senior
AAA in Stratford, Jeff Shipley, St. Marys Lincolns captain last
Sports Spotlight
by dark Bisset
year, and wingers Paul Barton and Dave Randerson who played
American college hockey at New Hampshire and Bowling Green
respectively.
Still unsigned is ex- Linc centre John Kernick.
The club is hoping to pick up two more of Kernick's Lincoln team
mates, John Rowland and Rob Mackie.
Guenther is confident that Rowland.and Mackie will sign before
Friday night's game. -
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matter of getting things straightened out at home."
Hardy Cup
The Hardy Cup, a nation-wide competition open to Senior A and
B clubs will be hosted this year by the Ontario Hockey Association.
That will bring championship teams from the Maritimes to the
home of the OHA winners in April.
Of the 30 Ontario Senior A and B teams, 12 have made a com-
mitment to the Hardy Cup playdowns and Exeter Mohawks are
one of those teams.
Other Senior teams from the Central Senior B league which plan
on playing in the series are Durham,. Tavistock and Elora.
Along with the Mohawks, they will play games within their own
group to determine a league winner by December 27. Four league
winners will then set up a game format to determine an OHA
representative.
Condolences
To all the fans who spent the holiday Monday weeping into their
turkey dinner over the unceremonious demise of that club -- you
know, the one that beat the Toronto Blue Jays such a short time
ago -- I offer my condolences.
I know what it feels like when your team sort of fizzles out just
when you expect them to burst into flame. After all, I was the guy
who thought Canada could win the America's cup. I thought the
Jays could win the World Series. And I thought that Harold Ballard
was finally going to fire Gerry McNamara.
Silly me.
SHDHS cross•country
Invitational. meet results
Midget Girls Jeanette Van Esbroeck fourth
First as a team Sandra Relouw seventh
.Kim Van Dongen second Sheri Varley 29th
Anna Szabo fourth . Maureen Masse 34th
Racquel Thompson seventh Midget Boys
Michelle Chalmers ninth Shawn McFalls 36th
Deanna Olmstead 12th - - Ron Dube 94th
Chrystal Jones 32nd Jim Ahrens 52nd
Junior Boys
Junior Girls Jason McFalls 41st
Third as a team Jamie McBride 45th
Brenda Vanderlaan third Brent Bell 68th
Christine. Chalmers sixth Senior Boys
Wanda Turnbull 12th Second as a team
Jennifer Gielnik 44th Larry Miller third
Scott Regier 14th
Henri DeBruyn 19th
Dave McCurdy 29th
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Senior Girls
Second -as a team
Rosemary Regier third
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OVER THE TOP Rain made the cross country trail slick Wednes-
day afternoon, presenting a number of problems to young runners,
such as the one above, as they made their way toward the finish
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line. Huron Public schools held the cross country meet at South Huron
Rec Centre. Children from area schools spent Wednesday morning
sloshing through muddy fields around the Rec Centre.
FRONT RUNNERS — These boys started strong Wednesday morning when they embarked on a 3-5
kilometre run across some rough terrain. They were taking pdrt in the South Huron Public School cross
countr meet at the Rec Centre.
STANDING START - This group of 'senior girls was off and running during a crosscountrymeet for
Huron Public Schools Wednesday afternoon.
Stephen Central win three divisions
Zurich Public school captured first
'spot in the Senior boys race and se-
cond in the Intermediate boys and
Junior girls divisions.
Ilensall teams placed third over-all
in all but the Intermediate boys and
Intermediate girls divisions.
J.A. McCurdy teams took second
place in both the Intermediate and
Senior girls divisions while Osborne
teams came second in the Senior boys
and third in Intermediate girls
More than 250 public school
students from six schools in the South
Huron area took part in a cross coun-
try running meet at the South Huron
Rec Centre last Wednesday.
Poor weather conditions added dif-
ficulty to already tough courses, but
the races went as scheduled.
Despite the fact that several'cross
country banners were lost in fires
which damaged Exeter Public school
and Osborne Public school, team
awards were handed out in six
categories.
Stephen Central teams captured
three of the six divisions, taking first
spot in Junior, Intermediate and
Senior girt; races. Stephen teams also
placed second in Junior boys and
third in Intermediate boys.
Exeter Public school teams took
first place banners in the In-
termediate boys division and the
Junior boys division.
Lucan Novices
win two
Lucan Novice picked up two wins
recently in the Shamrock hockey
league. They downed Parkhill 2-1 and
then went on to beat llderton 2-0 Oc-
tober 3. -
In ttie match against Elderton, the
two teams made their way through a
scoreless first period but Josh Ap-
pleman made the first mark of the
game on the board in the second
period when he picked up a pass from
Mike Wragg to score.
Appleman scored again in the third
period, this time from Jeremy Brown,
to seal Ilderton's fate.
Denver England earned the shut
out in net for Lucan.
England' allowed only one goal
against Parkhill and that perfor-
mance in net, coupled with goals by
Appleman and Mitchell, gave Lucan
their first win of the season earlier in
the week.
After trailing 1-0 in the first, I,ucan
rallied to win the game.
AN UP -HILL BATTLE Runners in the Huron Public school meet at
the South Huron Rec Centre Wednesday found the middle portions
of the course the toughest. Above, three runners negotiate a slip-
pery hill.
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