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Times-Advocate, 1988-03-23, Page 20Times -Advocate, March 23, 1988 AUXILIARY SWEATERS —.Exeter Legion Peewees were presented with a new set of sweaters recently by the Ladies Legion Auxiliary. Annie Lawson holds one of the sweaters (right) while Dorothy Pfaff (centre) presents Jason Heywood with a team plaque. Coach John Kernick and player Fred Steciuk (wearing white sweater) look on. Hawks have internal grumbling Continued from page IA , that they were not informed of the - late practice. The executive mem- ber also suggested Geoff Slater and Clarke Singer had quit the team. Asked if he was worried that his remarks might be coming ata bad time of year, Rook stuck to his guns. The team's not playing as good as it could and maybe this will pick the team up and maybe it won't, but it can't get any worse," he said. Ron, Bogart, president of the Hawks, declined to make a com- ment on Rook's statements, ex- plaining that nothing had been, said about the matter at an im- promptu executive meeting after Friday's game. Dave Bogart expressed Surprise when confronted with Rook's comments. "If he's (Rook) that upset I think the courteous thing to do would have been to confront me before he -went to the press," Bo- gart said Monday. "If he feels that strongly about what I'm doing, there are two routes to take. He could either lead a motion to get me to leave, or he could resign himself if he's not happy with the way things are go- ing." - Bogart admits he made a mis- take when he criticized the team harshly after a poor performance against Brussels in the later part of the .season, but he maintains •his other comments have been justified. - He is unaware of parents who have grievances against him. "If there are parents .upset, they're hiding it." Bogart defends his performance as a coach, noting that pressure is part of :he game. "I don't think I'm putting any undo pressure on them. The only thing -I stress is that they imple- ment -what they learn in practice and give 100 percent when they're out on the ice," Bogart said. As for claims that, players arc quitting, Bogart notes that Singer spent two days in the hospital with an ear infection and that the team is in continual touch with his father for updates on the con- dition. Slater -was in the line-up for the final -game of the Mitchell series Friday night. Of thc party, Bogart claims it was to be a-_ victory party held only if Hawks beat Mitchell in game four. - , "The players were upset because. they didn't beat -Mitchell, but they knew if they didn't win, there -wouldn't be_ any party," Bogart said. Seaforth snowmobile team The Winter, Olympics wasn't the only sporting event in which a per- son could win gold medals this winter, and the members of Team Fun - the Seaforth area's oval racing snowmobile team - got it's share of recognition this year. Bill Anderson, of Seaforth, and John Munn, of Hcnsall, arc the two drivers- for thc local snowmobile club. They arc helped out by Craig Millar, of Londcsborough, who is their mechanic; and George Morri- son, of Mt. Bridges, who manages the -team and docs a lot of the pub- lic relations work. Bill and John drive 1988 Arctic Cats Bill in the "B" Stock class and John in the "C" Stock class. They arc sponsored by Country Corners, an Arctic Cat dealer in Mt. Carmel. In addition Bill is also sponsored by Easter Market, Cana- - dian distributers of Arctic Cats. For Team Fun the snowmobile season starts long before the snow flies. Test runs wcrc made this year at the grass drags in Seaforth, and following the grass drags Bill took his sled to Eagle River, Wisconsin for oval racing on wood chips. Thc first oval race on icc was back in Eagle River on December 20. Small things that went wrong with the machines kept Team Fun out of the running, and its drivers didn't do very well. "It was our first year on Arctic Cats," Bill explains. But by the time the first OSRF (Ontario Snowmobile Racing Fed- eration) race of the year came up in Owen Sound they had. ironed out most of the wrinkles and Bill claimed a second, two thirds, and a fourth. In the club competition Bill, who belongs to the Clinton and District Snowmobile Club, got second; and John, who drives for the Pincridge snowmobile club, placed third. At the World Championship, held in Eagle River on .January 17 and 18, Team Fun competed against the best drivers in North Amcrica. John placed third in the "D" Stock, "and I blew it" adds Bill, who didn't place at the competition. The season had its ups and downs for both drivers, with everything from mechanical troubles to hitting othor drivers keeping thcm down, and Peterborough, Ontario was a typical .example of this. Bill's sus- pension broke during a race, and he had to finish the rage by making slow laps around thc outside. Just being able to finish was a boon, however, as many other drivers couldn't, and Bill came out with third in "A" Stock, fourth in "B" Stock and fourth in club competi- tion. Peterborough was good to John though and he ended up with a first in 'B' Stock, second in the 'A' recognized. Stock and sccon n the k.tub com- petition. "We were there" is all the guys want to say about Valcourt Quebec, Where the International Snowmo- bile Festival was held this year. Bill collided with another driver at this competition, and neither of the Team Fun competitors placed. Three weeks later, in Espanola, it was a different story as Bill won the 'A' and 'B' class and placed second in the club competition. John was right behind Bill in all three events as he got second in the 'A' and 'B' and third in the club competition. But recently, at the North Amcri- can World Series, the team had its biggest tric.mphs of the season as Bill took home a gold medal for the 'A' Stock, a silver medal for thc 'B' Stock, and won the club competi- tion. John also finished in the top five as he got fourth in the 'A' Stock, fourth in the 'B' Stock, and fifth in the club competition. With their combined scores from throughout the year, Bill was sec- ond overall in the Ontario Club competition and John was third. After travelling 6,000 miles for competition, the season has finally come to an end for Team Fun. Its members say they have had a pretty good ycar, learned a lot of lessons (about $3,000 worth!), and even got a crowd or two on its feet. • Order By April 8th for Pick up Mid May Day-old chicks available now at Co-op. Book your flock orders today! Layers • Roasters Geese • Ducks Turkeys • Pheasants See Co-op for quality feeds for free-range or housed poultry flocks.... Targe or small. Available in bulk, 25 kg. bags • or handy 5 kg. bags. • EXETER COOP Rob Exeter 235-2081 CO.OP Bill or Ailsa Craig 293-3282 Albatross 'A', Champs The Stephen Township Alba- tross Novice team won the 'A' division of the St. Mary's March break Novice tournament! Great team work was the result of a- 2-1 win -over Byron in the first game. Jeff Glavin and Derek Sweitzcr scored for Stephen while Mike Pinkerton scored for Byron. In their second game Stephen defeated Thamesford 10-0. Derek Swcitzer scored four goals, Dar- ryl Parsons had three goals and - Greg Glanville had two with a single goal going to Wes Regi- er. John Ruttcn, Jcff Glavin and Matt Glavin had two assists each. Thc final game saw the Ste- phen team against the Lucan Oilers and Stephen came out on top 7-1. Matt Glavin led the way with two goals while singles wcnt to Darryl Parsons, Kurt Mills, Jcff Glavin, Wes Regier and Derek Sweitzcr. Matt Porter scored for Lucan. It was a great team effort by the whole Stephen team. Riley, Hewitt best in Legion horseshoes Don Riley and Chris Hewitt emerged as 'A' champs in the re- cent annual mudshoes horseshoes tournament sponsored by the Lu - can Legion. Alex Hyde and Jim McLellan wcrc runncrsup to the top champi- ons. Larry Hewitt and Todd Hyde wcrc best in the 'B' divison with Rob Riley and Robert Varlcy as runnersup. AREA SCOREBOARD TYKES Ilensall 6 - Stephen Twp. 5 Matt Regier, Stephen (3) Christian Stucklcss, Stephen (2) Jeff Campbell, Hcnsall (5) Johnathon Campcll, Hensall Stephen Twp. 8 - Lucan 2 Matt Regicr, Stephen (4) Shawn Stucklcss, Stephen Christian Stucklcss, Stephen Jeremy Pickering, Stephen Aron Patcrso, Lucan • Andrew Stanscll, Lucan Stephen Twp. 3 - Exeter 2 Matt Regicr, Stephen (2) Jamie Clarke, Stephen Greg Gcoffcry, Exeter Scan Guenther, Exeter PEEWEE Zurich - Parkhill Pati( Rau, Zurich Ken Rau, Zurich (3) Jamie Ranier, Zurich (3) Jason Schilbc, Zurich ATOM Zurich 3 - Parkhill 2 Shawn LaPorte, Zurich (2) Dwight Ginggcrich, Zurich Ben Kaak, Parkhill Ryan Sheppard, Parkhill Zurich - Huron Park Tim Ruttcn, Huron Park Brent Gibson, Huron Park London - Zurich Dwight Gingcrich, Zurich . Jeff Winters, London Greg Adamson, London Germy Masse; London (3) Devon Prentenjoed, London (2) Kevin Carson, Zurich Jason Arnold, London' Steven Geiger, Zurich Stephen- Tsp. 6 - Goderich 0 Darryl Parsons (2) Wes Regicr Derck Sweitzcr Ben McCann Greg Glanville Molting Hawks tie Wingham Exeter Molting Hawks travelled to Wingham to play Old Rockers Saturday when they played to a 5-5 tie. Bob Jones led the team with three goals and Bob_McDonakLnotched five assists. Also scoring were Brian Hodgins and Scott Burton. Glen Stire played a strong game in goal London Old Indians visited the Rec Centre Monday when Exeter skated to a 8-5 win. Exeter scorers were Scott Burton with three, Bob McDonald and Scou Burton with two each. Eric "Chrome" Finkbeiner picked up one goal and two assists. Al Flynn, playing on his 62nd birthday, had three assists for Exet- er. Panthers douse Belmont Last Friday night the Parkhill Panthers novice hockey team shut out Belmont with a 4-0 score, to ad- vance into the southwestern Ontario finals. The team had lost to Bel- mont last Wednesday; then came back to win the last game. Belmont tied with Port Stanley, giving Park hill the winning point. All three Grand Benders scored the four goals - Matthew Delong with two, white Kyle Vcrmculcn and Simon Desjar- dine scored the other two. Eric Sy- mons, Jimmy Watson, Lan MacGre- gor and Jay Truemner played a terrific game defensively, with goa- lie Shane Maguire recording the shut -out. Parkhill will play the best three out of five match against the winner of Dresden/Harrow/Wheatley round for the Ontario tide. Coach Ken Sy- mons, Ailsa Craig, was really hap- py with the team, who arc in the playoff finals as well against. St. Marys. That makes two' Parkhill teams - the top of these playdowns - At- oms/Novice. Mohawks are champs Cpntinucd from page l A First period goals by Brian Merc- . r, Bailey, Dale Gibbon and Dave Randcrson gave Exeter some room to work, but Huskies stayed close. With goals from Chris Ahrens and Bob Sullivan tinder their belts, Huskies turned a hostile situation into a third marker. Less than one minute was left in the first when John Kernick broke away and shot high at the Durham net. Huskies recovered the puck and found themselves in a two on one situation. Jim Roberts picked up a • nice pass from 'Paul Nixon -and scored to make it 4-3: Wilker added a pair of goals for Mohawks in the second while Bill Glover and Gibbon picked up sin- gles. Durham edged up in the third with goals from Brad Law, Kevin Hopkins, Mueller and -Ahrens. Gun & Knife Show Sun., March 27 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Centennial Hall, downtown London. Information 1-439-7744 r -rre© ACCOUNTANT -PUBLIC NORRIS, HOMUTH, TAYLOR PINDER & McNEILLY Chartered Accountants Main St . (519) 235-0101 Exeter. 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