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Times Advocate, 1992-09-02, Page 15Local hockey heroes honoured in Exeter A large crowd attended a special ceremony at the rec center on Sunday afternoon to honor lo- cal hockey heroes including the RSD Midget Generals who won the OMHA championship. Exeter hosts OBA finals on weekend EXETER - One good thing about provincial tournaments is the teams don't know what to expect out of each other. That holds true for the Ontario Baseball Association bantam 'D' championships to be held this weekend in Exeter and Dashwood. Beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning, eight teams as far away as Parry Sound and as close as hosting Exeter, will go head-to- head to determine the best. "Dresden and Wheatley are pret- ty good teams. They were in the same tournament as us (Petrolia). We watched them play," said Exet- er manager Gary Hartman. He along with coaches Bill Hodge and Albert VanDyken have combined the two Exeter bantam squads and come up with an entry which has a good shot at winning it all. Most of the players come from the Bantam I team which this year compiled a 17-11 record in both league and tournament play and won a pair of games at the WOBA tournament Continued from second front Jim Beckett, vita -president of the Exeter Minor Hockey Association said Bauer. -contribution was nothing less than outstanding and that the work he did an behalf of minor hockey was very important. Finally honored: It has taken Exeter several years to accomplish it, but they finally were able to honor Dave Shaw, Exeter's only professional hockey player. Quebec Nordiques' first pick in the 1982 draft, Shaw has been a de- fensemen with not only the Nor- diques but the New York Rangers, the Edmonton Oilers and now with the Minnesota North. Stars. Shaw, a very humble individual, presented a North Stars' jersey with his name and number and a picture of himself to the rec center. "It's a great pleasure to be hang- ing up on the arena wall. I'd like to thank minor hockey and everyone Pitching is the key to winning baseball and the Exeter team has depth in this department Seven of the 15 players are capable of pitch- ing. "1 haven't seen anyone pitch hard- er than our team," said Harman. He expects -Mike France and the only lefthanded pitcher on the team Daryl Hartman to do the bulk of the pitching. "We have two pitchers we expect to go a full seven innings, the oth- ers go about four." Rounding out the pitching staff for Exeter arc Andy Glavin, JeT Glavin, Adam Duskocy, Craig Gla- vin and Scot Rowe. (see ant ached for complete ros- ter) The defense will be backed by a couple of big hitters in centerfielder Bill Hodge and France who will not only pitch but could sec action be- hind the plate and at shortstop. "He's (Hodge) going to be our key hitter, him and Mike France." At the recent WOBA tournament in Durham, Hodge went 7 -for -10. 00 Sbaun.Simpson 2 Jeff Glavin • 8 Hill Hodge 14:Anthofty Pickering 15 Ada.1 Duskocy 17 Gavin Footle 19 Mike France 21 Daryl Hartman 22 Scott Rowe 24 Joseph Maskell 30 idy Glavin 34 iu on Maskell 44 Craig Glavin 56 Mike Schwind, 69 Aaron Bayer Manager: Gary Hartman Coach: Bill Hodge Coach: Albert VanDyken The three-day tournament gets underway Saturday morning at 8:30 ,a.m. when Wheatley takes on Dres- den in Exeter while at the same 'time Thorold and Parry Sound play ,in Dashwood. Kendal and Strathroy will meet at 11 a.m. in Dashwood while Exeter will take on Walaingham in Exeter. The championship game is set for .11400day afternoon. Players and family members of the Centralia Selects enjoyed a game of fastball Saturday afternoon at the Centralia dia- mond. Here shortstop Helen Theophilopoulos of the provincial champion Selects looks for a throw. Selects win two straight to capture ORSA title CALEDONIA - The three-hour bus trip home from Caledonia was filled with celebration for the Centralia Selects last Monday night as they cap- tured the Ontario Rural Softball Association peewee girls 'A' title. With a score of 16-8, the Selects swept the best -of -three series after tak- ing the opener 5-1. In the final game played Monday, Marianne Scott and Anne Conlin stared off the first inning with walks and then Sarah Mosurinjohn hit a triple to score both runs. Helen Theophilopoulos hit a sacrifice fly to score Mosurinjohn. Pitcher Sherri Bell hit a single, stole second and third and scored on a wild pitch. Caledonia came back in their half of the inning with three runs to pull within one. Centralia scored a couple of more runs in the second frame but the big rally came in the third when the Selects scored eight runs with Theophilo- poulos hitting a grand slam to make the score 14-3. The home team came back with two runs in the fifth but Centralia scored two more. Defensively, Bell end catcher Jaime Palsa combined to strike out 10. Centralia 5, Caledonia 1 Bell crushed a second inning triple followed by a single off the bat of Jennifer Lightfoot. Palso had a base hit to score Lightfoot. With the bases loaded in the fifth, Bell hit her second triple of the game to make it 5-0. August 25 - Exhibition game Exeter 6 at Dashwood 20 Pitcher: Mark Bilmsky, Jason Reving- 1011 Ply balls caught by: Josh Maver, Mark Bihntky Double play by: Mark Bitinsky Double by: Josh Maver Great season guys, See you next yearl Centralia novice girls won the A' division in the recent Hen - sell Tournament after going 18-0 in league play. Many of the girls went on to play for the Selects who won a provincial title. Here are, back, left; Lorraine Gallagher, coach; Amanda Smith, Jen Rimmer, Marianne Scott, Milissa Snell, Sarah Mos- urinjohn, Jen Lightfoot, Marilyn Lightfoot, coach. Front, left; Michelle Cruikshank, Helen Theophilopoulos, Nicole Reving- ton, Souphin Inlakhana, Sherri Bell, Christy Cruikshank, Shan- non Revington. Absent: Cheryl Wein, Shannon Sherwood. Crediton Squirts were the A champions ► , • • : -11 League this season. Back row: Beth Clarke, Lisle Guerts, Lisa Clarke, Barney Clarke, Mary Ann Grotentraast. Middle: Shan- non Sweiger, Kristle Gallagher, Melissa .Hayter, Amanda ..Sphenk, Michelle Finkbeiner, Melissa Homer. Front: Kerianne O'Rourke, Miranda Hayter, Crlsty Dawe and Christine Perts- ohy. Holding the trophy is Jo -Dee Regier. involved," he said. A member of the midget hockey team which won the Ontario title in 1980, he then went to Stratford to play Junior 'B and then to the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League where he helped that team win the Memorial Cup. "1 would have never made it to the NHL if it wasn't for the Exeter Minor Hockey Association," he said. Former T -A sports editor Ross Haugh quoted one major newspa- per article as saying scouts were not only drooling about Shaw's de- fensive skills... "they were actually slobbering". Among the people who said a few words in honor of Dave Shaw was his brother Bruce, Jr. 1 He said the entire family is very proud of him and then he has a strong sense of community. "Coming from a small communi- ty, you have a tremendous amount of support but a lot of pressure. There's a lot of things Exeter can be proud of and Dave's one of them." Jack Underwood, a trainer with several teams Shaw played upon in minor hockey said Dave set his goals at a very young age and that he was always a player who was in good shape. Exeter deputy -reeve Lossy Fuller read a letter from Dave's former coach Jack Fuller that said, Shaw had the ability, courage and the will to win. "All the kids in this area have someone to look up to." 3 FREE KARATE Open House Tues. & Thurs. 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