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Times Advocate, 1999-09-15, Page 22THIS WEEK IN SPORTS 2001 Summer Games gets $21,900 shot in the arm. Page 24 Exeter minor soccer celebrates end of.4111 ones soccer. Page 25 S C Spoors Taps? Contact Sports Editor Craig Bradford P S Tel: (5 19) 235-1336 ext. 113 Fax: (519) 235-0766 E-mail: sports@SouthHuron.com Page 22 15,1999 Exeter Times -Advocate Playing keep away ..'•:� i''.•:: '� � ..;i :;;•:•':ti: firs s�rl:4::{;:;:':.:.'�.�'�..: t� • Exeter Jr. D Hawks forward Shawn Sherwood, right, stickhandles to keep the puck away from a Mitchell player • during Sunday's exhibition game. at Hensall Arena.The teams played to a 4-4 tie. Mitchell was up 3-0 before Exeter mounted the comeback in the second and, third periods. Exeter was down 1-0 after the first period, 3- 1 after the second and was ahead 4-3 before, Mitchell salvaged the tie. Not ready to divulge much about the '99/2000 Hawks yet, coach Andy Friyia said he likes what he's seen,so far. "it's incredible how keen these guys are," he said, adding the young players are asking questions on how to avoid their mistakes.The Hawks head down Hwy. 4 to Lucan to revive their hot rivalry with the Irish tonight (Sept 15) ati3:15 p.m. in an exhibition game. Both the Hawks and the Irish will then travel to Thamesford for the annual pre -season tournament from Sept. 17-19.The last exhibition game for the Hawks will be at Mitchell on Sept. 20 with the season opener on Sept. 24, 8:30 p.m., at Hensall Arena.The Irish will play their last exhibition game at home versus Mitchell on Sept. 22,8:15 p.m., before opening their season at Mount Brydges on Sept. 25. • " (photo/Scott Nixon) Ice hockey resurrected at Sduth Huron By Craig Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF ,.. ,6414..-'F .2.e z'y. i -:Pt' EXETER -- The ice Panthers are coming back. v South Huron District High School will lace up boys and girls varsity hockey :teams this year after an :over five year hiatus. SHDHS phys ed teacher, coach and WOSSA rep Terry O'Rourke has resurrected the boys team and started a girls team after fielding many requests from stu- dents. "The kids ask every year," O'Rourke said. "It seems to be a demand." Theboys team Will be coached by . Mike Soldan and the girls team will be headed up by Lynne Farquhar.? O'Rourke said the assumption was SHDHS's hockey program was iced due to its high cost. Not so, says O'Rourke. "There was always the perception there wasn't money,",he said. "The reality is there wasn't a coach." O'Rourke said hockey is being approached and administered like any other sport at the school. Hockey hopefuls will have to dish out $25 like any other sport and will have to provide their own equipment. The $25 includes a jersey. Young men who play junIor,hockey, lice for; the Exeter Jr: D Hawks, can- not play high school hock- ey. Those who play 'AAA' hockey, like for the Huron -Perth Lakers, can play for their school ;When asked if resur- recting high. school hock- ey will do any damage to minor hockey systems in the area, O'Rourke said it is up to the players. "The kids will have to make a choice," he said, adding he hopes for co- operation between minor hockey and high school hockey players and coaches. The Panther hockey teams will play in the Huron -Perth conference the same as basketball and volley- ball and teams will play each other twice each, Once at home, once away. The girls season will begin in late October and the boys will hit the ice in early November. The Panther boys will play home games on Fridays, 2 p.m:, at South Huron Rec Centre. The girls will play home games on 'Thursdays, again at 2 p.m. Practices will be held weekday mornings before school. O'Rourke said SHDHS's boys hockey team was competitive before ` fold- ing, adding the girls team, something not offered "There was always the perception there wasn't money:Me reality is there wasn't a coach:' -TERRY O'ROURKE before, cameto be because of the increasing popularity of .the sport in the area. -•w442,-,e4In other high school:' sports news, tryouts were being held last week for the Panther boys volley- ball teams and the girls basketball teams. O'Rourke, the senior girls basketball coach, said this year's squad will feature just four girls out of last .year's junior Huron champions. He said jobs and other conflicts have claimed many potential players. "It's difficult to build," he said. "But the kids that do come out are fairly keen." Players to look for include returning forward Jamie Reaburn, inside post Marilou Hern and for- ward Krista Tuininga. A rookie senior to watch is Jessica Davies. Solid up front, the seniors need someone to get the ball to them. "What we're lacking is a point guard and size," O'Rourke said. The junior girls basket- ball team is comprised mainly of last year's Huron champion midgets. Midget and junior coach Nicole Kovats said her juniors have "a lot of height and speed" but SHDHS TEACHER/COACH have to work on their shooting. One player to watch on the juniors will be last _year's, MVP Amanda Wuerth . The Panther senior girls host the annual South Huron Invitational tour- nament on Sept. 17-18 before :playing their first regular season game at Clinton Central Huron on Sept. 22. The junior girls will host their annual South Huron Invitational on Sept. 24- 25. The first Panthers home game is Sept. 27 versus Wingham F.E. Madill. Panther senior boys vol- leyball coach Phil Conley said this year is a rebuild- ing one since most of last year's team graduated. "It might be another year before we win any- thing but we'll be there," he said. "If we go 15-15 for the season I'll be happy." Last year the seniors lost in the Huron semi- finals and finished third in the conference. Since there are no Gr. 12s on the team this sea- son, the senior Panthers will almost entirely be Gr. 11s including the starters. Conley said team strengths include quick- ness, athleticism, consis- tency and court smarts. The team is working on passing and setting with the hope the power game will evolve on its own. See SCHOOL page 24 F Cents lose close one EXETER -- The Exeter Centennials men's soccer team can't seem to catch a break. The Cents lost at home 1-0 to the first place Chatham Express on Friday. After playing a scoreless first half with Exeter hav- ing a slight edge in play, Chatham scored the game's lone goal 25 min- utes into the second half. Exeter pressed but was unable to find the equal- izer. Cents coach John Rasenberg said his team played well, especially on defence, but one mistake spelt disaster. Exeter's record falls to 5-4-3 (wins, losses, ties) and the team remains in third place in the WOSL .. First Division. Cuts forward/outside halfback Ryan Carroll has made the University of Guelph Gryphons soccer team. Playing for his school and the his home- town team means Carroll logs lots of Geld and drive time: he plays at least twice a week with Guelph and once a week for the Cents. That playing time doesn't include practices. A second year Guelph student, Carroll didn't tryout with the. Gryphons last season and wasn't going to this year before the Gryphons coach called him. The Cents played their First Division Cup final against Wallaceburg at the Portuguese Field in London yesterday after press and travel to Wallaceburg for a league game on Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Close behind. Exeter Centennials soccer player Travis Nairn gets to the ball before a Chatham _ Express can get to it during Friday's game at Exeter Community Park.The Cents lost 1-0. (photo/Scott Nixon) Kippen Gun Club September 8 -- Geor a Hamm Bill Stewart Brad Mann Ernie Marshall Steve Graham Gord Robinson Paul Hoff Dennis Boyd 50 25 25 25 24 24 24 23 Tom Allen 23 Wayne Peachey 22 Paul Hoff 22 Glen Mogk 22 Matt Fisher 22 Harold Smith 22 Bob Walcolm 20 Frank Zawalsky 17 Local team wins shoot MASON, MICH. - On Sept. 12 a five -man team of trapshooters from the Kippen Gun Club trav- elled to Mason, Michigan to compete in the annual Fall five -man team shoot at the Michigan- State Trapshooters Association homegrounds. The team from Kippen was competing against 192 other teams from Canada and the U.S. The Kippen squad was victorious in the event, breaking 490 out of a pos- sible 500 targets thrown. Shooting for the Kippen team was Jamie Caldwell (99), Brad Mann (97), Ernie Marshall (94), Don Dolbear (100) and Keith Saunders (100). This marks the second time in three years that the Kippen team has won the event.