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Times-Advocate, 1988-01-27, Page 17BLOCKED SPIKE -- Derwin Hodgins puts everything he has into block- ing a spike delivered by Don Thomson during a Rec league mixed volleyball tournament at the Lucan Community Centre Friday night. Ruby's Gems captured the A championship, defeating Spike and the Set-ups in the final., B champions were The Feminine Side while Party Pack captured the C championship. Oii Ames Seising South Huron, North Middlesex Mohawk Durham Huskies jammed a suck into the spokes of the speeding Ex- eter Mohawks Sunday night, snap- ping a season -long unbeaten streak with a 3-2 win over the first place team. But with the top spot sewn up in the Central Senior B league and all eyes on the Hardy Cup, Mo- hawks first regular season defeat seems almost meaningless. Head coach Jim Guenther said Monday that the team took the loss in stride. "It didn't fizz them at all, " he said. "January 3 was the day we clinched first place in the league. From that day on; the team has not taken their league games that seri- ously," explained Guenther, noting that the Hardy Cup, is all the players talk about. Asked if he felt the loss at this dvocate & North Lanibton Since 1873 PagelA streak gdsicrhalt late date in the season will give their opponents a psychological ad- vantage, Guenther pointed to the team's track record. "No matter which team out of our S or s league that we play, they're going to be aware of our potential." As for the Mohawks motivating themselves come league playoffs, the head coach is confident that Isis team will be on the ice in both body and spirit. "Motivation -wise, these guys are up for the Hardy Cup. They should be able to get hyped for those (league playoffs) as much as they do for these Hardy Cup games -- be- cause it means something to them." The game started out on the usual ,note when John Kernick scored from John Rowland and Scott Ec- cles. That goal stood until the sec- ond period when Brian Mercer made it 2-0 after he clicked with Kris Bedard and Mike Zoretich. Huskies' Andy Mueller made it 2- 1 with a goal at 14:01 of the sec- ond. Third period goals by Bob Sulli- van and Paul Nixon finished the game and Mohawks unbeaten record. The loss was foreshadowed by Friday night's game against Hills - burg which ended in a 3-3 tic. Eccles .put Exeter into a 1-0 lead at 4:01 of the first, but that goal was- quickly matched when Paul Fraser beat Exeter goalie Sid Kemp less than one minute later. Mohawks rebounded when Dave Randerson scored his first of two goals at 11:52. Quincy Wilker as- sisted on the play. Hillsburg's Glenn Murray then kicked his scoring drive into gear, accounting for a goal in both the second and third periods. Exeter's only response was Ran- derson's second goal of the night from Paul Barton and Wilker. Kemp became the key Mohawk in the last minutes of the game, mak- ing some good saves and holding his team in for the tie. With just 30 seconds remaining on the clock, Kemp made a cliff- hanging glove save on a shot from the blueline, postponing the inevit- able until Sunday. Slumping Hawks pay buck MitChell, fall to Wellesley Despite an 8-') rout over Mitchell Hawks Friday night, Exeter Hawks continued to slide Saturday when they dropped a 7-3 decision to sec- ond place Wellesley Applejacks. Holding onto first place in the Northern division of the Western Junior 13 -league with a record of 21- 5=2, Hawks have lost four of their last five games. Wellesley is in sec- ond spot with 21-9-1. "Right now we're in a bit of a slump to say the least," said Hawks coach Dave Bogart. "We can't seem to put it together in the third." Pointing to a good run at the be- ginning of the season . when "everything just went a little too easy", Bogart notes that Hawks have been facing consistently tougher teams over the last few weeks. That, in combination -with a shortage of ice -time for practicing, has resulted in the current low point in the.locals' season. • . "I don't think we're in danger of losing first place: Every team has a slump and we're in ours right now." Hawks have three games in hand against Wellesley, and with six games lett in regular season play, three .wins will secure their first place standing. "If anything positive is going to come out of this, every game counts going into the playoffs." Asked if his absence behind the bench as a result of a recent two game suspension has been a factor, Please turn to 2A the slopes of Mount Allan for the Winter Olympics By Mark Bisset - While you're watching the televi- sion coverage of the 1988 Winter Olympics in February, keep your eyes peeled for a familiar face at Nakiska on the slopes of Mount. Allan. He'll be wearing skis and fulfill- ing a vital role in the Alpine events. He's thc acting postmaster of Hay Township -- Dave Frayne. An 11 year member of the Cana- dian Ski Patrol System (CSPS), Frayne will be one. of 200 volun- teer patrollers who will provide in- stant assistance to both athletes and spectators in distress during the Alpine events at the Calgary Olympics. The Olympic ski patrols are sta- tioned atstrategic spots along the course in groups of three. In con- stant communication with race controllers and a medical chief, the patrol's job consists of administer- ing immediate aid to injured skiers • and, if necessary, removing them from the course by toboggan. The ski patrol has the additional responsibility of administering first. aid to spectators who might fall vic- tim to the climate or terrain. After passing up the Olympics in 1976 and 1980, Frayne decided the experience would be worth the trou- ble it posed and he joined 450 other applicants in a bid to become a member of the Olympic Ski Patrol. "When it came down to that (thc 1988 Winter Olympics), I thought it would be a once in a life- time opportunity," says the 37 -year- old Exeter resident. Beginning in 1984, Frayne sub- jected himself to constant skiing and first aid tests along with count- less meetings and trips to Calgary, sacrificing holiday time and a great deal of money to win a spot on the Olympic patrol team. He easily justifies the time and money invested in the expedition. "The people we've met in the past year doing the Olympic stuff - you've got friends right across Can- ada," Frayne explains. "I don't think anyone is be- grudging the cost because we have done some good skiing and been in- volved in some great events." Frayne will receive a complete ski suit along with goggles and a cut- rate on the skis hewill be using during the Olympics. Ski patrol members also receive breakfast and lunchon the days they are on duty. Accomrpodations and air fare are their own responsibility. While he is in Calgary,. Frayne will be staying with Dennis and Jos Ferguson, formerly of Exeter. Den- nis is the son of Roy and Marie Ferguson of Exeter. Security and protocol Because terrorism has been a threat since the 1972 Olympics in Munich, each ski patrol member was thoroughly investigated by, CICS, the Calgary Police and the RCMP..They have -also been given strict instructions concerning proto- col. Volunteers have been carefully instructed not to give out specific information concerning thc accom- modations of the athletes or to make comments about the host city. "They don't want any bad publici-, ty and they don't want any mis- information given out," Frayne says of the Olympic committee. "They want you to be sort of a host." Volunteers are given huge manu- als which outline points of interest in the city and note certain cultural differences. "It's just a lot of common sense," .Frayne notes. "Some of the ges- tures you do might be acceptable in our country and not acceptable in other countries." Asked if he is offended by the strict impositions of the- Olympic Committee, Frayne points to the purpose behind the protocol. "I don't mind it," he says. "This is Canada and were trying to put on a good image for visitors and even for other Canadians:" A coded identification tag system restricts volunteers from moving freely from event to event. Volun- teer ski patrols will attend only the events at which they arc working. "We're restricted to where we can go and what we can do," Frayne says. "Even though I'll have the samc outfit as the Olympic luge or bobsled patrols, my tag won't have the same code." "You have approximately eight to nine thousand volunteers (at the Games). It's just a logistics thing." The CSPS was originally orga- ntzcd by Dr. Douglas Firth at the Toronto ski club in 1940. It soon spread across Canada and is now recognized as one of the most re- spected organizations of its kind in the world. Please turn to 2A RACING COURSES -- the above diagram shows some of the courses on Mount Allan at Nakiska which will be covered by ski patrols during the Winter Olympics in Calgary. Fresh Tasty. 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"We just can't go out on the course because in, say a down- hill race, there may be three peo- ple on the course at one time and they're doing 80 mph," Frayne says. When a racer falls, Course Control sends the nearest ski pa- trol to the site of the incident. Before going out onto the course, the leader of the patrol, who carries the radio, assesses the situatiorf by calling out to the injured athlete. Frayne nbtes that patrols are equipped with a Sheet of appropriate phrases in several different languages. The leader may request that tie race schedule is stopped so that the patrol has time to remove the incapacitated racer. Then the stop -watch starts. The leader has two minutes to assess the athlete's injuries. Eight minutes remain to treat the injuries, secure the racer on a toboggan and remove him or her from the course. The other two members of the party have specific duties as well. A designated toboggan driver runs the toboggan to and from the accident site while the auxiliary patrol member acts as a "tail man" on the toboggan and is responsible for cleaning up the accident site. • If the injury is serious, the athlete will be transported by to- boggan to one of many helicop- ter evacuation sites where they, will be lifted off the mountain in a sling and taken to hospital. If the team is slow in remov- ing the skier from the course, the, will lose radio contact with the Chief of Medical, who switches back to the course con- trol frequency as soon as the al- lotted ten minutes expire. Time, therefore, is of the es- sence. Each ski patrol member carnes a back -pack containing the medi- cal supplies necessary to admin- ister first aid immediately. The packs include knives, wire splints and survival blankets. Patrols also carry extra -gloves and sweaters along with a mat to stand on while they arc on duty. The mat wards off hypothermia which may result from. long hours spent In one spot. •. r 1 - SAFETY IN MIND -- Dave Frayne, a member of the Canadian Ski Patrol Service, will be one of 200 ski patrollers on the job at the Calgary Olympics in February. Above, Frayne displays some of the medical equipment he carries while on patrol.