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Times Advocate, 1984-10-24, Page 81 Times -Advocate, October 24, 1984 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh Leafs fall This is the time of year when leaves are expect to fall, but, not as quckly and as hard as the hockey pla ing Leafs did Saturday night. The Toronto Maple Leafs new head coach Da Maloney has been building up a reputation as a toug disciplinarian, but, Saturday's performance by t Leafs proves mature hockey players don't always re pond to toughness. After losing to New Jersey and Hartford, Malone apparently lowered the boom on his players with hars words. Before the Saturday game with Quebec started Don Cherry said that type of action wouldn't mak much difference. Cherry said most of the players would take the a titude that they are making good money and have thr year contracts and don't have td take any abuse. The former Boston and Colorado coach appeared to be right. If anyone thought the Leafs looked ba against New Jersey Friday, it was a good performanc compared to Saturday. If Ken Wregget had not played an exceptional) strong game in the first period, the final score woul have been a lot higher than a dozen. It turned out to be rather ironical that the an nouncers said after the first period, the score at tha time could have been in the teens except for Wregget' great work. When the Quebec onslaught especially in the thir period was on, Maloney could be faulted for not bring ing in Allan Bester as a replacement. The only defence for Maloney would be in this in stance that Wregget's confidence was broken and d he didn't want to do the same for Bester. In the last three games, the big reason for Leaf losses has been a continuous rash of rather foolish penalties, many of which came in their offensive zones. One of the most important games for the Leafs in the new young season comes tonight, Wednesday when they play host to Detroit Red Wings. These two teams will likely be battling for the last playoff spot in the Norris division of the NHL. While the Leafs have stood pat in their entire organization for a couple of years, the exact opposite has taken place with the Red Wings right from owner- ship down through general manager and coach to the playing personnel. In the recent trade which brought Darryl Sittler to Detroit from the Flyers, Wings manager Jimmy Develano broke a promise he had made not to trade away a first draft pick. He sent Murray Craven to Philadelphia. A good example of what penalties can do occurred in Sunday's National Football League game between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings. In the first half the Lions picked up over 100 yards in penalties which kept them pretty well corralled. They trailed 14-0 at halftime. Radio broadcaster Frank Beckman said coach Monty Clark would use all of the intermission time dwelling on the penalty situation. Well, Clark's message apparently got through to his charges. They came out in the second half with a dif- ferent type of play staying away from infractions. Without penalties slowing them down, the Lions roared back and won the game 16-14 on a last minute field goal by Eddie Murray. The Detroit club was helped considerably by the fact the Vikings did not get any first downs in the last 30 minutes of play with veteran Archie Manning in as a replacement for the starting quarterback Tommy Kramer who was injured late in the first half. The Minnesota offence in the second half was com- pletely ineffective as their -total yardage was only six yards. It marked the first time in 11 years that the Lions have been able to win a game in the home park of the Vikings. The Detroit win could be very costly. Star run- ning back Billy Sims was injured and underwent knee operation Monday. Do we forget? At Thursday's South Huron Hospital rummage sale we bought a pile of sports books which included a Hockey Digest of April, 1978. It's interesting to note that the Edmonton Oilers. Quebec Nordiques, Hartford Whalers and Winnipeg Jets were still in the WHA and the Cleveland Barons and Col- orado Rockies were in the NUL.In the playing ranks, the Leafs and Red Wings on- ly have one player each who were with their respective teams in the spring of 1978. The Leaf is Borje Salming and the lone Red Wing is Reed Larson. Leaf coach Dan Maloney was a left winger with the Red Wings the same year. ed n he s - h e t- ee d e y d t s d \m, Sunday, October 28 8:30 p.m. South Huron Roc Centre WOAA Intermediate Hockey Wingham Royals vs Exeter Mohawks Come out and see an exciting brand of hockey I 1 Three team titles for SH in cross country The South Huron cross country team enjoyed a very successful day at the Huron Perth meet this week. The senior and iunior girls teams placed first at the meet as did the midget boys team. Rosemary Regier, a midget girl, ran in the senior race for the Huron Perth meet at the Pinery and was the first South Huron runner to cross the finish line. Regier finished se- cond overall in a time of 21:57: The next fastest local was wolisimm MOM Sheila Regier in a time of 23:44 to place 4th. Jeanette VanEsbroeckand Lindy Dillon followed Sheila Regier across the finish line in 5th and 6th spots respec- tively. Irene Dietrich was the next South Huron runner to finish in 8th position. South Huron's senior boys' team finished second at the Pinery Thursday, behind a strong Stratford Central team. Mike Clark was the best South Huron finisher in 5th place and was followed across the line by Jeff Wareham and Dan Morley in 8th adn 9th positions. The local school did not enter a midget girl's team at CAPTURE HONORS — The junior girls from SHDHS won a Huron -Perth cross coun- try championship of the Pinery this week. Team members in the back row are Margie Hartman, Joanne Verlinde, Barb Gallant, Sandra Relouw, Cassie Van- Dongen, Leanne Jennison, Janice Ducharme and Kathleen Little. Kneeling ore Bon- nie Turnbull and Sandra Rooseboom. WIN TITLE — The senior girls' cross country tam from SHDHS captured one of three titles brought back to the school from the Huron -Perth championships. Stan- ding are Jeanette Van Esbroeck, Sheila Regier, Angela Fleming, Irene Dietrich and Rosemary Regier. Kneeling are Lindy Dillon and Colleen Regier, while miss- ing are Susan Birmingham and Sandra Hullubusch. ..,4astvrAar razweiaro tstifitteMil M 11111111Ms olosmn MN! CONFERENCE CHAMPS — The midget boys from South Huron raced off with the Huron -Perth cross country championship at the Pinery. Team members from the left are Dale Ducharme, Steve Anderson, Les Bott, Scott Hern and Mark Stephan. Missing from the photo are Jason McFalls and Tony Baker. In field hockey SH reaches Ieague final SHDHS's field hockey decided at the Toronto event finished the regular season it was an excellent experience undefeated by beating for the field hockey team. The Listowel in their first match locals met some top notch of the week. Later in the week teams and had the opportuni- the girls trounced Stratford ty to play at the type of facili- Northwestern in semi-final ty necessary for good field action to move into the Huron hockey. Perth finals. Both South Huron and the In their final season game, St. Marys team advance to Workman believes his girls South Huron defeated WOSSA play which will take have improved tremendously Listowel Lords 4-1. Kendra place Friday and Saturday in since their early season loss Arthur led the scoring with Strathroy. Coach Jim and are ready for WOSSA three goals and Ronalyn Bell Workman expects South competition. The winner at added the other Panther goal. Huron and Central Elgin of WOSSA will move on to The Lords scored late in the St. Thomas will be the teams OFSSA play game to break Kim Crawford's shutout. Thursday, the local girls took no mercy on Nor- thwestern. The final score of the match was 10-0 with the Panthers dominating play most of the afternoon. Kendra Arthur and Pauline DeVries paced the team with three goals each, Darlene McBride scored twice and singles were added by Julie Russell and Wendy Coward. The Stratford team started the game out in strong fashion hut simply fell apart after a couple of South Huron goals. The win gave the Panthers home field advantage in yesterday's Huron Perth title game against St. Marys. Over the weekend. the field hockey team was in Toronto to take part in a tournament. The girls played four games at the tourny, winning three and tying one. in their first game the local girls played Parry Sound. After being scored on first, the Panthers came back with two goals from Julie Russell to win. South Huron faced Newmarket in their second tournament game and managed to shut out the oppo- nent 2-0 with Ronalyn Bell and Russell doing the scoring. The locals tied their third game with Morningstar 1-1 Bell scored the tone South Huron goal. in their fourth game the local girls again emerged vic- torious shutting out Orangeville by a 2-0 score. Bell and Russell again did the scoring for the Panthers. Although no winner was to beat at WOSSA. Central Elgin was the champion of the Red and Black tournament at the local high school. The South Huron girls will be eager and ready to revenge their loss to Cen- tral Elgin. 11 Midgets split in first games The Exeter Midgets gained an even split in their first two Shamrock hockey league games this week. They opened the new year in Parkhill dropping a 6-2 decision. Back on home ice they doubled the score 4-2 over Goderich. in Parkhill, Darryl McCann fired the first Exeter goal on passes from Mark Morrissey and Bill Lessard while Jim Lewis notched the second and final score with assists going to Bryan Quinn and Paul Mellecke. Against Goderich, the locals scored two unanswered goals in the third period to record the 4-2 victory. After Goderich had taken a 1-0 period lead, the Exeter club rebounded with two goals in eight §econds late in the second period. The first two scoring plays were identical with Jim Lewis hitting the net on passes from Bill Lessard and Bryan Quinn. In the third period, Bud Richardson tallied what pro- ved to be the winning goal with Mark Morrissey and Chris Tiedeman getting assists. The final and insurance marker came as captain Terry Zachar converted a pass from Tim Moore. CLUB CHAMPION - Barb Dow presents the ironwood ladies golf club trophy to Hazel Beaver. T photo Special day for students By Lynne Farquhar Our first "PD Day Special" of the fall season will take place this Friday, October 26 at the South Huron Rec Centre. "Ichaboti and Mr. Toad" will be our movie feature and this Walt Disney film is suitable for youngsters of all ages. Admission to the movie is $1.50 per person and the show runs from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Free public skating will be available to all youngsters on Friday afternoon from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Local residents are remind- ed that Moms and Tots skating is available every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. free of charge. Friday morning shinny hockey has also begun week- ly.from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. for a fee of $3. 00 per week. For information, call the Rec Centre at 235-2833. Outlaws get five points The Outlaws was the only team to score a sweep of five points in Friday's regular ac- tion in the Exeter Legion mix- ed dart league This week's scores were: Outlaws 5 Shiphunters 0 Snyde and Clyde 4 A -Team 1 Scotties 4 Canscotts I Lost Flights 4 Smurfs 1 Turtles 4 Swat 1 Trailers 3 Itchy Niters 2 Alt in the Family 3 011ie's Best 2 4 -W's 3 Odd Ones 2 Friday's schedule is as follows 8 p.m. Trailers vs All in the Family Shiphunters vs Odd Ones Smurfs vs Outlaws 011ie's Best vs A Team 9:30 p.m. 4 -W's vs Turtles Swat vs Lost Flights Snyde and Clyde vs Canscotts Scotties vs Itchy Niters Irish drop two games The Lucan Irish were on the short end of the scores in two Ontario Hockey Association Western Junior "D" games this week. Wednesday on home ice. the Irish dropped a 6-2 deci- sion to the Bothwell Barons and Friday in Seaforth they were defeated 6-4 by the Centenaires, In the loss to Bothwell, the first Lucan goal came with only six seconds remaining in the second period. Rob Hardy was the marksman on a pass from Jesse Crawford. With Bothwell up by 3-1 ear- ly in the third period, Sean Schaffer fired the final Lucan goal of the night on a three- way passing combination with Wayne Urbshott and Scott Balazs. Steve Orr was the leading Bothwell scorer with a two goal effort. Scoring in single fashion were Tim Hyde, Bev Graham, Matt Hind and cap- tain Roy Warren. Each team was assessed 15 penalties by referee Steve Baker. Claybird gun club shoots A large number of com- petitors participated in Sun- day's shoot sponsored by the claybird gun club The prizes were packages of steaks and pork chops Winners in pie shoot were Alex Westman, Scotty Playfoot, Dwight Monck and Donna Mosurinjohn while the pepper paper winners were David Van Allen and Dwight Monck. Best in the rifle section were David Van Allen, Bob Stireand Russell Beaver with Grant Hodgert taking top honours in the trap division. the meet. Most of the midgets ran as juniors to strengthen their chances of winning, and win they did. Sandra Relouw was the fastest runner to the tape. Relouw finished first in a time of 19:24. Cassie Van Dongen finished three seconds behind Relouw in third place. Bonnie Turnbull was the next local junior to finish. Turnbull placed 8th and was followed across the finish line by Sandra Rooseboom in 10th. • Other strong South Huron finishers in the junior race were Janice Ducharme and Leanne Jennison in 13th and 15th spots respectively. South Huron's junior boys placed second behind Strat ford Central. The strongest junior runner from the local team to cross the line was Mark Johnston in third posi- tion. Johnston's time was 25:05 and he was followed by Glenn Durie in 8th, Donald Wareing in 11th and Ray Lewis in loth position. Like both girl's teams, the midget boys brought home a Huron Perth title from the Pinery. The strongest midget finishers were Scott Hernin 6th, Les Bott in 9th, Steve Anderson in 11th and Dale Ducharme in 15th position. Runners on the winning teams now become eligible to run at the WOSSA meet. The Pinery Park will be the site of the WOSSA meet which will be held Friday. Junior gridders lose first game of season South Huron's junior foot- ball team was beaten for the first time this season in a close 12-4 match in Wingham. The senior griders recorded another win to improve their record to three wins and two losses. Both teams play the last regular season game tomorrow (Thursday) when they make the long drive to Palmerston. The senior Panthers im- proved their hopes for a playoff position by defeating the Clinton Redmen 36-24. With a win this week in Palmerston the senir team would finish tied with Listowel in second place and would enjoy home field ad- vantage for semi-final action. In the senior game, Bill Fisher opened the scoring early in the first quarter on a four yard run then added another six points on his longest run of the day, a 45 yarder. Steve Gould con- verted both touchdowns to give the Panthers a 14-0 lead before the quarter was out. Fisher scored the third of his five touchdowns sweeping ten yards into the end zone. Gould was again successful in converting the major to strengthen the South Huron lead. - Clinton managed to score twice before half time on a four yard run and a pass which convered 20 yards. The Redmen tried for two points on each conversion and widdl- ed the South Huron lead to 21-16 at half time. Clinton took the lead on the first play of the third quarter when they returned the kickoff 80 yards for the major. AGain a two point convert was successful and the locals found themselves down 24-21. Fisher regained the lead for the Panthers shortly after the long kick off return. He scored on a 12 -yard run; however the two point conver- sion attempt failed. Brian Topp added another three points on a 30 -yard field goal before Fisher crossed the goal line for the fifth time to round off the scoring tor the afternoon. Scott Miller went seven for nine in the passing depart- ment picking up 78 yards through the air. Fisher led South Huron's rushing attack with 254 yards in 35 carries and Sean Whiteford with 13 carries covering 73 yards. Trevor Johnston was South Huron's big man defensively, intercepting a Clinton pass and making nine tackles. Doug Scott, George Pratt and Steve Gould each had six tackles with Steve Batten and Murray MacDonald added five and four tackles ' respectively. The junior griders did not fare so well on the field this week, losing their first game of the season to first place Wingham. South Huron's defense did all the scoring for the locals picking up four points on two safeties. The first safety came when Rugei Ward tackled Wingham's quarter- back in the end zone. The se- cond came after the Panthers blocked a punt and the ball bounced into the end zone. Alertly, the Madill kicker kicked the ball out of bounds to avoid a major and concede South Huron the two points. The big story was the juniors' inability to cross the goal line. On three different occasions the Panthers found themselves in scoring position down inside the ten yard line. Each time they failed to pick up the first down or score. "We could have scored three or four touchdowns if things had gone a little better for us", coach Dave Cox said. South Huron's defense played well all afternon ex- cept for a couple of plays. Madill's majors came on runs of 73 and 60 yards. Steve Wilkinson and John Relouw led the team in tackles and Fred Gregus intercepted a Wingham pass. - The final standings for the season will depend on the last games of the season. The four top teams face each other on Thursday in what could be a preview of the semi-final match ups. 06. LITTLE LITTLE ROOM - South Huron senior. Panther Scott Bogart (13) tries to escape from the grasp of two Clinton tacklers on a reverse in Thursday's action in Clinton which the local school won. Scott Miller (7) watches the action in the keenly contested game which sends the Panthers into the hunt for second place in their final game of the regular season this Thursday in Palmerston. Basketball squads split The South Huron basketball teams had a busy week, see- ing action in three matches. The junior cagers won two and dropped their third match to Goderich while the senior girls managed only one win. - Monday, the basketball teams travelled to Parkhill for exhibition play. Both local teams won by very slim margins with the senior squad winning 31-29 and the juniors squeaking by with a one point win, 29-28. Jacqui Cottrell led the way for the seniors in Parkhill with 14 points and a total of 13 rebounds. Irene Brand was the next highest scorer with 10 points and seven rebounds. Diane Willis enjoyed a strong day off the boards with 11 re- bounds and counted for three South Huron points. Pee wees win big In their only start this week in regular Shamrock league play, the Exeter pee wees scored a decisive 6-2 victory over Goderich The locals clinched the viz.- tory ii- tory with four unanswered goals in the third period. The only goal of the first period came from the stick of Jason Hern on a pass from Todd McCann to give the Ex- eter club a 1-0 lead. in the second period, Todd McCann notched the second Exeter marker on a three- way combination with Dave Dalrymple and Jamie Bedard while Chris O'Neill and Jeff Hodges replied for Goderich The eventual winning score was fired by Jamie Bedard as he converted a pass from Rob McLelland at t 38 of the final session. Less than two minutes later, Mark Burton hit the Goderich net on a pass from Justin Charrette and with less than five minutes to go Rob McLelland scored on an unassisted effort and helped set up captain David O'Con- nor for the sixth and final Ex- eter score. Three players led the scor- ing for the Panthers in the junior match. Beth Sweeney, Denise Renning and Laurie Forrester all had six points in the close one point game. Again Wednesday. the junior cagers won a close match defeating Listowel 31-29. Kellie Whiteford led the South Huron attack against the Lords scoring 13 while Patti Bierling and Laurie Forrester added four each. The senior cagers were not so lucky against the Listowel team, dropping a 28-23 deci- sion. Irene Brand was the game's high scorer. with 11 points, followed by Cottrell with six. Diane Willis added four points and Andrea Zim- mer had two to round out the scoring. Both local teams were soundly defeated by strong Goderich teams, Friday. After being outscored 33-9 in the first half the senior Pan- thers came back to make the tally more respectable before time ran out. The final score end up 59-23. with Irene Brand and Andrea Zimmer leading the south Huron attack with nine and seven points respectively. 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