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Times-Advocate, 1988-01-20, Page 14s -Advocate, January 20, 1988 Sports Spotlight 11,!PN \I.tl i. I:l»Pr Exeter trainer maki Jack Darling is a man who is • "making good with the ponies". That may be a romantic rendi- tion of the success that the 34 - year -old Exeter native has exper- ienced on the Florida trotter's circuit, but Darling has no doubt made a name for himself in the thoroughbred world. As a harness horse. trainer who doesn't drive, Darling has received a good deal of attention. frim the local media -- and well 1Se 3ould. Down in Pompeno . Beach Florida, Darling has started 84 horses in the first 59 days of the meet and has won 21 races -- " a noteworthy 25 winning percent- age" , says The Insider, the Pompeno track racing news publication. Only three trainers, all with powerful stables to back them up, have bettered Darling's winning average this season. Working out of a small farm in Windsor, Darling has been the leading percentage trainer at Hazel Park in Detroit for the past two summers. He has also managed to chalk up wins with ten different horses and on four occasions has won 'Two races in one night at the Florida track. "I'm basically a business- man," Darling told The Insider, explaining that he owns every horse in his barn. "I run the barn like a business." Much of his success has been in claiming races. Both Congos Pride N and Equilibrium won three claimers in a row before they were claimed from Dar- ling's stables. Another horse, Light the Lights, won two con- secutive raccs before being claimed. Since leaving Darling's stables, Light The Lights has placed- out of the money in the seven races it has run. The Exeter horseman also seems to have a knack for pick- ing the right pacer at the right time. Last year Sunrise Collins ng good in Florida was claimed by Darling for $11,600. The horse has earned $58,013 so far this season. There's more. "I took Reymur Lorne for $15,000 at the end of his four- year-old year, and he made $85,000 at five and $65,000 at six," Darling told The Insider. In the business 12 years, Dar- lings success stems from the way he runs his stables with tech- niques such as the constant use of a. whirlpool bath that keeps his horses in top condition. Sportsmen's Dinner The line-up is set for the 15th annual Sportsmen's Dinner and it looks like an impressive list. - Headlining the evening will be former NHL star Dennis Hull who will act as the main'speaker, but he's going to have to share the spotlight with the illustrious Billy Graham, former World Wrestling Federation (WWF) champion. Sparks should fly when Gra- ham meets Toronto Maple Leaf legend Eddie Shack at the dinner table. Also attending the dinner are kick -boxing champion Leo Loucks and boxer Matthew Hil- ton along with New York Island- ers Mike Bossy and Toronto Ar- gonauts' Gill Fenerty -- the CFL rookie of the. year. Professional fisherman Bob Izume; who hosts a. weekly fish - lag series on CKCO TV will also make an appearance along with harness racer Ray McLean. Cliff Maxwell will act as mas- ter of ceremonies for the even .ing. Tickets for the dinner can•be purchased from any Lions Club memberat a cost of $40 for adults and $20 for children. Pro- ceeds from the dinner will go to crippled children. The event is slated for February 2, with a reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. Hawks: hit with two losses Continued from page 1A play. George Pratt also assisted on the play. That however, was the only HawkS goal of the period. - • Wellesleycountered that with two of their own from Jeff Ward and Todd Leger. Leger went on to score two more consecutive goals in the third, leaving Exeter behind 4-2. A short-handed, unassisted goal by Terry Casey at 14:18 of the third put Hawks back in the run- ning, but Wellesley's Sheldon Gil= chnst countered Casey's goal with another. - Casey scored once more, late in the third after connecting with Todd Hodgins, but his efforts were not enough to push the team over the edge. Blow _6-2 lead Casey had another two goal game against Mitchell Hawks Sunday when. Exeter once again found themselves just short of a tie. Jumping ahead 4-1in the first - period on goals by Jim Lewis, Casey, Singer and Lovie, Exeter added two more goals in the second and headed into the third with a 6-2 advantage. - • But Mitchell sprang to life in the third while Exeter declined and the scoring tables turned. Mitchell throttled goalie Marty Merner, sinking six goals, three of them during power plays. Scott Bogart was the only Exeter player to find the mark in the third. Lewis drew the lone assist on the play. Exeter's second period goals were scored by Bogart and Casey. Singer, Lovie and Lewis each picked up two assists each. Irish edge out Thamesford Lucan Irish forced a 6-5 Toss on Thamesford Trojans Wednesday night, pounding in four- goals in the third period alter falling•behind 4-2: Thamesford took the lead in the first period with a goal by Rob Mann at 7:41 but Brad Muir actin - wed with a power play goal two minutes 1 ter to tie the game 1-1. Jamie Greg assisted on the play. Lucan t•up by one goal at 16:48 when Mike Hirtzell found the mark, again during a power play. Hirtzell was assisted by Joe Pebrey. Less than one minute elapsed be- fore Thamesford tied the game 2-2 with a goal from Bob Brown. The only difference in score in the second period came when Scott Brownlee was able to sere while his team was short-handed. Irish fell back another notch when Thamesford's Matt Vegh scored ear- ly in the third, but at 8:39'Graham Hutton put the puck in the net to spark Lucan's rally. Tress than one minute later, Scott Denomy scored from Ian Craig to tie the game 4-4. Just 43 seconds ticked off the clock and Darren Neil scored the go-ahead goal after pick- ing up a pass from Craig and Todd Hayter. Mann tied the game once more 'With a goal at 13:19. Febrey came up big for Lucan with 43 seconds left to play in the game, scoring the tie-breaker and giving Irish the win. Muir and Denomy drew the as- sists. Bombers succumb toJets Exeter Optimist Bombers fell to Lucan Jets 2-1 Saturday in Lambton-Middlesex Novice ac- tion. Tied 1-1 at the end of the first, Lucan was able to net the win- ning goal in the secgnd and hang on for a win. At 9:12 of the first, Geoff Mayer scored with the assist go- ing td Lawrence Cole, but Ryan Dukeshire. countered Maver's goal with an unassisted effort of his own at 9:34. In the. second, Arnie Asnea picked up a pass from Billy Heckman and Ryan Thomas to score the winning goal for Lucan at 5:32. Neither team was able to score in the final period of the game. Kenneth Carter was in the Lu - can net for the win. Optimist Bombers inched their way to a 1-1 tie against Parkhill Oilers January 9 in Parkhill. After a scoreless first period, the two teams matched goals in the second. Sean Maguire opened the scor- ing for Parkhill with 4:24 re- maining in the middle period. Ryan Holden drew the lone assist on the play. With just 15 seconds left to play in the second, Mayer scored from Gavin Poole to tie the game. The two tear* shut cacti other out in the third and the game ended in a tie. . Clark namOd North's most valuable player South takes For the second time in as many years, -the Southern division All - Stars of the Western Junior D league dominated the ice, coming away with a 7=4 win over the North in the 10th anniversary of the All- Star game Saturday night in Ltican. That wins seems to be reversing an old trend in the annual eveht which saw the North win the first eight series. - - — . --- Exeter centreman'Clarke Singer was honoured -as the North's most valuable player after collecting two goals and one assists in the effort. The most valuable player for the South was Belmont Pests' Richard Clark who overcame a great person- al loss to play in the game in which he contributed 'three assists. Clark lost his mother to cancer only the day before the All-Star match. Junior D All - The game was well played by both teams and only four penalties were handed out over the course of the game, two to each side. The two' teams were evenly matched in the. first period, though the South emerged with a slight, edge, leading 2-1 as they entered the second. Steady pressure' from the South paid off in the second and the North began to fall behind. South finished the middle period with a 5-2 lead. The two teams matched goals in the third, but the North's efforts were not enough to -power them into a win. Scott Lovie added one goal and a single assist to the North's tally while Brian Lewis of Wellesley Ap- plejacks scored the opening goal of the game. Star title for Defencemen Jeff Pfaff and Jeff Reid were also in the line-up for the North along with goalie Dave Rook who stopped 12 shots in the third Period. Exeter Hawks coach Dave Bogart was at the helm of the North, along with Steve Coulter, coach of Brus- sells Bulls. Geoge Pratt Sr. acted as trainer for the team. The South wasJbolstere4 by Lu- can's Scott Denomy who scored once and picked up -two assists while Irish's Brad Muir managed a single assist. Other Southgoals were scored by - Dan Gibson, Mount Brydges )3ull- ' dogs, Darren Brown, Thedford Browns, Quinn McKnight, Thames - ford Trojans, ,-Mike Lees, Mount Brydges, Jamie Griffin, Belmont, and Scott Brownlee, Thamesford. READ FIRST -- Exeter Hawk Clarke Singer slams head -first, into the goalpost after he getsaway a shot on South's goalie Doug Haskett of Lucan.during the 10th annual Western Junior D All-Star game Saturdaynight in Lu - can. South defeated North 7-4. • '7 I---,a€";�%S `.:X';3 $ ` _ I ' ffi O:ter ;.. ''iii< • 4 second year Lucan goalie Doug Haskett spent . the second period of the game in net • for the South, fending off seven shots. Paul Barnes was also in the South's line-up while Irish coach Dave Revington was -behind the bench along with Thamesford's Al Lockhart. Ron Bo art, • resident of Exeter MVP - Clarke Singer, centre for Exeter Hawks was awarded as the North's most valuable player after the -10th annual Western Junior D All-Star game Saturday: Hawks and owner of RSD Sports Den in Exeter, donated two com- plete sets of sweaters for the All- Star game in commemoration of its 10th anniversary. - A dinner was held prior to the game in the Luean Rec Centre. The. food was followed by a several speeches and thc presentation of the team -sweaters. - Players from both North and South were introduced as they picked their sweaters up on stage. Mohawks have on eyes Hardy Cup- Pikul fended off 19 shots during his was the goal scorer. stint on the ice. Barry Richardson tied the,game at Mohawks 5 - Harriston 5 13:54. Exeter ended up in sticky situa- With three- minutes left in the tion Sunday night when they hosted - first, Rowland restored Exeter's Harriston Blues in Lucan. Leading lead, scoring from Mackie and Ker - 4 -3 as they entered the final period nick. of the game, Exeter soon found A pesky Richardson put the puck themselves trailing 5-4. in the net again for Harriston ,at Randy Bailey potted the tying 4:15 of the second, tying the game goal at 12:37 of the third on a pass . 3-3. from Gates and Randy -Kraut Wilker capitalized on. a power John Rowland didn't waste any play situation to put Exeter out in time filling Harriston's net in the front once more late in the second. first period. He scored just 2:41 Assists on the play went to Bayn- into the game from Rob Mackie ham and Kraul. and Kernick: Harriston carne on strong in the Barton put Exeter up 2-0 at 5:05 third with unassisted goals from with a goal from Wilker and Bayn- Jeff Bcndcr and Ron Martin but ham and then Harriston made their Mohawks rose to the.occasion with first mark 1:40 later while Exeter thc resulting goal -by Bailey at was one man. short. Bob Graham 12:37. Exeter Mohawks are finding it dif- ficult to concentrate on regular sea- son play in the Central Senior B league now that they have clinched first -place. After getting a taste of• Hardy Cup action recently against Tillsonburg Maroons, it was diffi- cult to maintain high levels of con- centration on the weekend against Tavistock and Harriston. Dealing an 8-6 loss to Tavistock Saturday night, Mohawks could only manage a.5-5 tie against Har- riston Blues. "The Hardy Cup is an exciting thing for them right at the moment and league play may be secondary to them now that we've gotfirstplace wrapped up," said head coach Jim Guenther. That, coupled with a concerted ef- fort by the rest of the league to bump Mohawks off of their lofty first place perch, created some tight situations Saturday and Sunday. "I've noticed that the teams we've been playing in the last month -- everybody's really been trying to knock us off," Guenther explained. The Central Senior B assault con- tinued Saturday night in Tavistock when Exeter took a 3-2 lead in the first period. Jeff Warren started the scoring at 14:47 after he clicked with John Kenrick. Paul Barton then added a pair of goals. His first was assisted by a Dave Randerson and Quincy Wilker while his second goal came about in an unassisted effort. Tavistock's first period goals came from Kevin Albrecht and Paul Kalbfleisch between 17:19 and 18:11. Tavistock tied the game early in the second when Joe Scherer scored• on a power play at 3:56. Barry Baynham put Exeter back -out in front however, with a.goal at 10:16 while Mohawks had a man advantage. Kris Bedard and Wilker assisted onthe play. An unassisted goal by Randerson at 14:43 gave Mohawks a comforta- ble lead to build on. The .two teams matched goals in the second. 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