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Times Advocate, 1995-10-25, Page 16Page 16 Times -Advocate, October 25, 1995 r•'•rtbt. -;i.• N i-1 #°"‘ • •' ,,,, . • •+ t,.• This Week in Sports... • Basketball clinic - page 17 • Minor hockey scores - page 18 Lucan Irish go 1-1-1 in last three games of Jr "D" play The 5-3-1 Irish will host the undefeated Exeter Hawks Wednesday LUCAN - The Lucan Irish played three games last week recording a win a loss and a tie. The Irish played the Hagersville Hawks to a three all tie at home Wednesday night before losing to Thamesford 5-2 Friday. Lucan won their third game of the week against Port Stanley Sat- urday night 5-2 despite being out - shot 40-27. Goalie Knyvet Carson's solid performance in net kept the Irish alive allowing Dave Jenken to score the go-ahead goal for the Irish 11 minutes into the second pe- riod. Christien Criel, Chad Greenlee. and Trevor Emms also scored for the Irish. Coach Scott Bogart said he wasn't happy with his tcam's per- formance Wednesday night. "They [Hagersville] are not that good of a team, we should have won that game but we weren't play- ing to the best of our abilities," said Bogart. "We didn't have any spark at all and we were forced to play down at their level." Bogart said his team played bet- ter Friday night but it still wasn't enough to claim the two points over the strong Thamesford club. "They are a good team and that was a legitimate loss. I thought we played well. We had some good chances hut we just couldn't put the puck in the net." The 5-3-1 Lucan Irish will take on the undefeated Exeter Hawks at home Wednesday night in an at- tempt to end their winning streak. Bogart said he isn't intimidated by the Hawk's successful 5-0 record and plans to curtail the Exet- er scorers with some aggressive fore checking. "The Hawks have a couple of po- tent offensive lines we're going to pay attention to but we'll have to wait and see what happens," he said. . Senior boys volleyball defeat five schools in tournament play Kim Farquhar beats an opponent to the ball during a South Huron Field Hockey game in Exeter on Thursday. The Panthers beat Listowel 8-0 and Mitchell 3-0 to clinch the Huron -Perth Championship qualifying them for WOSSA. Team qualifies for W.O.S.S.A EXETER - The South Huron field hockey team qualified for WOSSA after winning the Huron Perth Championship on their home turf Thursday. The Panthers crushed Listowel 8- 0 in the semi-finals before de- feating Mitchell 3-0 in the final game to claim their fourth straight Huron Perth title. Goal scorers for the Panthers were Danielle Miners, Kiin Far- quhar and Kim MacLean. South Huron will travel to In- gersoll Friday where they will play the first place team in the Mid- dlesex and the Oxford Elgin Leagues. The Panthers will need a clean sweep in Ingersoll in order to ad- vance to OFSAA and defend their Ontario Championship. Head coach, Jim Workman said they will be using the same strat- egy that has served them well throughout the regular season. "We score more goals than the opposition and were not going to change that at this stage in the game," said Workman. The Panthers have adopted an all- out attack game plan relying on their explosive offense to score ear- ly and keep the lead for the rest of the game. "It's important for us to score the early goals and keep applying the pressure." Although Workman doesn't like to look too far ahead, preferring to take it one game at a time, he feels the girls arc ready to go all the way. "I won't predict if we're going to win but the girls are prepared and they know what they, have to do," he said. The South Huron field hockey team won OFSAA for the last three consecutive years and the de- fending Ontario champions will be under a lot of pressure to retain their title. "Every team out there [at WOS- SAJ will be trying to knock us off that pedestal but I'm confident we're up for the challenge." [x.t r Confirm** award roolplinta from bock left, Nick Sze- bo, rabo, John Flanagan, front left, Pat Donnelly and Joe D'ArlanO. MITCHELL - The senior boys volleyball team de- feated five Huron -Perth school teams to place first in a tournament Saturday. The Panthers faced Dorchester, Clinton and Norwell in regular pool play winning every game except for one against Norwell. In the semi-finals South Huron beat Seaforth taking two out of three games with Adam Jean leading the Panthers with his uncanny passing abilities. The win pitted South Huron against a strong Mitch- ell team in the finals. With Exeter losing 14-2 in the first game, it looked as if the Panthers would drop their first game to Mitchell. However, Marty Debruyn and Sean Beattie rallied their team with some outstanding passing and hitting, helping the Panthers stage an incredible scoring drive to come back and pull the game into extra points beat- ing Mitchell 17-15. South Huron won the second game 15-7 to round out the tournament finishing in first place. SH cross-country runners meet in HP championship Christian Stuckless wins first place in the junior division WINGHAM - The South Huron Cross Country team posted some impressive results at the Huron - Perth cross country meet last Tuesday. Christian Stuckless won the Hu- ron Perth Championship in the junior boys division covering the 6,000 meter course in 21:02 sec- onds winning by a margin of 500 meters. Michelle Finkbeiner hung on in the midget girls race to finish in second place. Junior girls Patty Wegg and Melissa Snell ran their best races of the year to finish 16th and 24th respectively. The senior boys team gave the best performance in Huron and placed second overall in Huron Perth. Kevin Beierling led the way with a fourth place finish. He was followed closely by Jason Maskell, 9th and Eric Hundey, 10th. Joe Forrester sacrificed his chances in the junior race to run with the junior team and placed 19th. The midget boys team also placed first in Huron and second overall in Huron Perth. Dan Snell had a strong per- formance placing 6th. Shawn Stuckless was 10th, Dave Ro- billiard 1 1th, Matt Knox 12th, Matt Verhoog 17th. All five were in the top half of the race. Cross country coach Joe Fulop credits his team's overall success to "hard work and a never say - die -attitude." Christian Stuckless' first place finish in the junior boys race was a personal best for Stuckless who took home the Huron Perth Championship in his division. "I was just expecting to finish in the top three," said Stuckless who admits placing first sur- prised him. "Halfway through the race 1 turned around to look behind me and I couldn't see the second place runner." Stuckless crossed the finish line a minute and 24 seconds ahead of the second place run- ner. The Huron -Perth win al- lowed Stuckless to redeem him- self after a disappointing performance a year before. Stuckless placed fifth last year in Huron Perth after sustaining a stress fracture in his ankle. "It was a chance for me to do it over again and I'm glad I made up for it," he said. Stuckless and the rest of the South Huron team that qualified for WOSSA will be hoping for a repeat performance Thursday when they race at a meet to be held at the Springwater Conserva- tion Area near Aylmer. Christian Stuckless Centennials honor top players at soccer banquet Centennials coach Jeff Playfoot announces his departure Chris Skalkos T -A staff EXETER - The Exeter Centennials senior mens soc- cer club held an awards banquet at the Three AAA Family restaurant Saturday night to honor the team's top players and celebrate one of their most successful seasons to date. The Centennials finished their regular season with a respectible 9-8-3 win/loss/tie record in the central di- vision and narrowly missed making the playoffs. They were eliminated from playoff contention when they played St Columban in their second last game of the season. The Centennials only needed one goal to secure a post -season berth but came up empty in the scoreless game. "Missing the playoffs by just one point was dis- sapointing but we did a lot better than last year," said coach Jeff Playfoot. Former player and long-time supporter Dick Lord said this was the best year for the team since 1986 when they were playing in the now defunk Ausable League. The players voted to see who would receive three of the four awards handed out during the evening. Joe D'Ariano received the MVP award, Pat Donnelly was given the Sportsmanship award and John Flanagan took home the Hustle award. To no one's surprise, the top scorer award went to Nick Szabo who recorded an amazing 16 goals despite starting late in the season. Next on the scoring list was George McEwan with six goals and Rudy Veldhuizen, Joe Martens, and And- ers Millner with four goals each. During the evening Playfoot announced that he would not be with the Centennials next season. He has deckled to coach the Exeter Fury soccer club who play in the east division. "I'm glad I spent the time 1 did with the Centennials but 1 felt it was time for me to have a change," he said. Playfoot said he hopes the Centennials and the Fury will combine to form one team featuring the best players of the two clubs. An "A" and "0" division sys- tem could be created if there are enough people inter- ested in playing. 1 feel that one team will increase the profile of sen- ior soccer in Exeter," said Playfoot. Shuffleboard Exeter October 18 4 game winners Allen Johns Tom Williams Muriel Marshall Jim Davis Hal Walsh 3 game winners Sena Gosar Howard Johns October 19 4 game winners Ann Northey Ina Williams 011ie Essery Laverne Stone Marge McCurdy 3 game -winners Tom Williams Sena Gosar Howard Johns Lloyd Lovell Hensall October 17 6 game winners Dave Kyle Tom Williams Lorna Spencer Alice Thiol Hazel McEwan Ina Williams Lorne Archer Ethel McMurtrie 330 300 299 293 267 263 247 493 399 395 385 353 270 263 247 212 445 406 385 374 372 370 362 362 Precious Blood girls soccer team wins Invitational EXETER - Precious Blood School girls soccer team won the Huron -Perth Invitational Champi- onship last week. The round-robin tournament was open for all schools who wished to participate. Team members included Mi- chelle Hakvoort, Nicole Jordan, Laura Sararas, Tanya Selves, Katie Vander Burgt, Nata!ie Broom, Ma- ria Harrigan, Caroline Koricina, Cecile Maes, Alison, McLachlan, Rebecca Meidinger and Giulea Mellace. The team was coached by Miss Stapleton. Hawks on a five game winning streak EXETER - The Exeter Hawks re- main undefeated in junior "D" hockey after winning two back to back games on Friday and Satur- day. Joe McDonald scored five goals and earned two assists during Exet- er's 10-3 bashing of Mount Brydg- es on their home ice Friday night. Teammate Shayne Robinson add- ed three goals with Jeff Glavin and Chris McDonald contributing one a piece. Exeter's 5-1 victory over St. George on Saturday can be credited to one player. Goalie Darren Kints had an exceptional game between the pipes stopping 63 shots on net, 30 of which came in the third peri- od. Chris Kennedy led the scoring for the Hawks with two goals, fol- lowed by Ryan Chamney, Nathan Burns and Sean McCann who add- ed singles. Head coach, Dave Revington said he was surprised they scored 10 goals against Mount Brydges con- sidering they were an undefeated team going into the game. "We're playing considerably bet- ter as a team and I'm fairly happy with the defense." said Revington adding the rookies and veterans are mixing well together on the ice. The Hawks will take their 5-0 record to Lucan Wednesday night when the face off against the Irish who are 5-3-1.