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Times -Advocate, January 19, 1994
Page 11
Mohawks catch league leading Dolphins floundering
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
EXETER - The Dorchester Dolphins may be in the First place in the
Southwestern Senior 'A' Hockey League but they are having their prob-
lems with the Exeter Mohawks.
For the second straight time, the Mohawks handed the league leaders a
loss, Sunday's version was a 7-5 Exeter victory,
"They're in a bit of a slump. They've lost three in a row, they're having
player problems," said Exeter coach Dave Revington.
The win saw the Mohawks increase their league record to 9-7-2 and con-
tinue to be in a battle for second place with the Bothwell Bullets.
Sunday night at the South Huron Recreation Centre saw the hosts jump
into a hig 6-2 lead but the Dolphins quickly came back and after a short-
', handed goal just 58 seconds into the third period, putted to within one.
"I think on four consecutive shifts are defe se pinched and they got
burnt creating two -on -ones. It was poor judge ent." said Revington of his
hlueliners trying t(3 get offensive."
Exeter's top offensive line of Greg Sny er, Craig Oster and Joe Scherer
each had a goal and an assist to pace the winners while Greg Murray had
two tallies with singles to Richard Hawkins and Robb Graham.
.Senior '.-1 ' hockey
Scoring for the Dolphins were Tim Duff and Ian Rand with two each
and the other to Archie Dunbar. On at least three of the visitors goals,
Snyder, Oster and Scherer were on the ice.
"You get to this point of the season and it's all clutch -and -grab hockey,"
said Snyder. "Nine times out of ten they're going to have a good line out
against us so we have to be on the ball to pick them up."
One of the brighter spots of the night as far as the Mohawks defensively
was concerned came from the hig line. Just 2:23 into the second period,
Scherer leveled Scott Smibert who had to have the trainer help him off the
ice.
While the number one line was kept in tact all night, Revington didn't
really have a second trio as he mixed them up all night. Since there were
seven defensemen suited up, Kris Bedard moved up to play centre.
Jon Buder, Wayne Urbshott, Murray, Graham, Hawkins and Jamie Eng-
lish were all moved around.
"That's always difficult, but often it's more of an excuse," said Reving-
ton. "These guys should he able to play positional hockey."
Injuries: While the Mohawks did have 18 players in Sunday's lineup,
there were some key ones missing due to injuries and illness.
Absent were Kevin McArter (knee), dale Timmermans (ribs), Owen
Lessard (ribs), Jacques Beaulieau (flu), Tim Shields (bronchitis).
With the regular season winding down, the Mohawks are getting ready
for the playoffs. This year however things are a little. different as the win-
ner of the Southwestern League is the provincial champion.
Northern teams have jumped over to the Western Ontario Athletic Asso-
ciation league.
"Usually you look forward to the playoffs and going a long way," said
Snyder. "This year it's the same thing because everyone makes the
playoffs. Every team is good, come the playoffs if we get the guys out,
we'll be flying, I can see us there at the end."
Mohawks moments:—Saturday night's game in Aylmer was postponed
due to bad weather. Exeter's last home game of the regular season is Sun-
day when they host Petrolia at 7:30 p.m...Times-Advocate Mohawk three
stars: 1. Joe Schrerer 2. Jon Buder 3. Jeff Warren.
High school sports
Jeff Mason, no. 25, of the SHDHS midget boys' basketball team stops Central Huron's Jason Lobb during
right, Jen Romphf of the senior girls volleyball tearn goes up for a block against Goderich 6n Thursday.
Spikers have busy week
EXETER - Thursday at the
South Huron District High School
die scuitn giilvviieytrati team
took on Goderich_ ind Seaforth.
The 'hosts opened with three
straight wins over Goderich and
then against a very tough Seaforth
team won two games before losing
one.
At the Walkerton tournament on
the weekend, the seniors split with
St. John's, Sacred Heart, then beat
Walkerton two in a row to win their
pool.
In the semi-finals, South Huron
eliminated Seaforth before bowing
to Saugeen in the final.
The junior girls team beat Sca-
forth once on Thursday but, also
lost twice and were swept three
straight by Goderich.
"For the first competition of the
year we played well against experi-
ence teams," said junior coach Bill
Shore.
At the tournament at Stratford
Northwestern on the weekend they
did well but failed to advance.
"On Saturday they continued to
improve not as a team but as indi-
viduals," said Shore.
In midget action, South Huron
swept three against Seaforth and
won two while losing just once to
Goderich.
Mikes but fell to Grand River,
Parkside, Stratford Northwestern
and Stratford Central. Kelli Regier
played well for the Panthers.
Clean sweep: Last Tuesday af-
ternoon in Exeter, all three Panthers
teams beat visiting Central Huron
Redmen of Clinton.
The mftigets opened with a hig
67-51 win over the Redmen hut at
one time the hosts held a slim five
point lead. Guard Dave Farquhar
paced the winners with 21 points
while forward Mark Bell added 12.
The juniors Panthers ,also domi-
nated throughout their game with
Central Huron and were up 34-12
at the half. South Huron guard
Dwayne McNah continues to hold
a hot hand and he had 16 points
while Joe Maskell and Kevin Beier -
ling each netted eight points.
Despite having point guard Bryan
McAllister watching from the
stands due to a broken wrist, the
seniors beat the Redmen 50-27.
Highlights of this game included
the hosts hitting three three -
At the tournament in Stratford,
the girls won once against St.
pointers in a row and Jason Wein
scoring at the final buzzer. Wayne
Robinson led the winners with 19
points while Greg Agnew added
14.
Close games: Thursday the jun-
ior and senior basketball teams
travelled to Wingham where they
both came up short against the host
F.E. Madill Mustangs.
Trailing by 15 at the half, the sen-
iors came back but were just two
points short in a 59-57 contest.
Robinson and Simon dinncy shot
well from the three-point range to
spark the comeback. Dinncy, Ag-
new and Doug Sitter played well
defensively.
The junior Panthers trailed 22-19
at the break and could only manage
a single point in the final quarter.
Matt Lansbergcn had seven points
for South Huron and Jason Maskell
added six.
Two for Glavin: In exhibition
hockey action last week, the South
Huron Panthers travelled to Wood-
stock where they came away with a
5-1 win over Woodstock Collegiate
Institute.
Centre Jeff Glavin had a hig
game for the winners as he netted
two goals and set up the other
three. Also scoring for the Panthers
were Blair Moir, Jeff MacLean and
Rob Kobayashi.
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