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will travel
to Lakehead
The GDCI wrestling team
-_ ok-..®epar.t,Saturday in the
WOSSA Championships
Saunders Secondary School
In London, placing eighth in a
-field. of some shirty -six ' com-
peting schools:
Jim Ginn made a fine
"showing, winning '"the 157
pound class.
Rick McClinchey finished
second in the 115 pound class.
George Sheardown•vntas fifth
in the unlimited cl'a. ss.'
Also representing GDCI at
the WOSSA championships
were Steve Moore at 98 '
po,unds,, Steve Palmer at 106
pounds, Larry Donnelly at. 136
pounds and Gerry O'Brien at
148 pounds... -
Jim Ginn ••who 'finished the
season with •38 wins in 41
bouts, and Rick • McClinchey
had 39 wins and two ties in 44
starts, --both qualify for the All-
Ontario High School Wrestling
Championships to .be held this
weekend at Lakehead Univer-
., sity in Thunder Bay.
They will be accompanied. by
GDCI wrestling Coach, Ray
Donnelly.
Two rneinbors of the ,Goderich District Collegiate Institute Vikings' wrestling team will,com;-
pete�; Friday and Saturday, at the all -Ontario matches. Pictured are Ray Donnelly, coach,
Jim Ginn, first in the 157 pound class at WOSSA, Rick McClinchey, second in the 115 pound
class at WOSSA, and Bob Dick, coach. (staff photo)
Basketball
Vikings miss top spots
The GDCI junior and senior ,
Viking, boys' basketball teams
finished their Hurbn-Perth
schedule last Thursday in
Stratford,' losing ,to Stratford
Central.
The juniors Wee bombed 83-
19 while the seniors dropped a
•49-39 decision to the Rams•.who
° finished:second in league play.
Both GDCI teams finished
rout of the playoffs. •
The junior Vikings, .who
finished with a record of three .
wins and •six losses', were led by
' "_"""`°'e"•R'iak"" /C 5-66—w'itt'll'0" 5tririr —
Jed'de Jong added four and'
Tim McGee two points.
Frank .Backmund with06
and Steve Sheddon with 14 led
the junior Rams.
• Although'' it has 'been a long
season for coach Lyn • Meyers
and his crew, Meyers gave
' credit to his charges for giving
their best throughout. •
With three players returning -M
to junior ranks next season and
some• . fine • talent aiming up
from the midget team,. goach
Meyers foresees' an im-
provement for next. year.'
.Coach Phil Bugler credited
his senior Vikings withone of
their better games'of the season.
against the Rams.
The Vikings held leads, in the
third and fourth quarters' and
outscored the Rams in the
second and third quarters.
The Vikings, despite their
'four win -five loss record; were
the only team in the league to
mount serious threats against
the champion Stratford North--
western and runner -lap Strat-
ford Central teams.
The Viking' over-all ;record
'this season was a respectable
12 win and 13 losses, with'v'tc-
tories over strong teams such as
Sarnia S.C.I.T.S ; ,London Mon-
tcalm, Cambridge Southwood,
Tillsonburg Annandale and
Lambton Central.
With all his starters, eligible
to return and a str+bng bench to
draw- from, coackBugler•, too, is
optimistic' toward next season..
Pat' Conlon led the "Viking
cause against Stratford' with 15
points. Jim Watt added 13. Al
Bogie with six, Casey Wildgen
with four and' Ron Willis with
two points roundednut the
Viking scoring. 'M• 12 points, a`1hd Jeff Baechler
Jim Commerford. was the.big had. eight. • ., '
-gun for the.Rams, hittingfor 21 -....Earlier, the midget Vikings
points. • . • n ' ' won the consolation champion -
The GDCI midget boys ship et the Listowel tour-
basketball team eoac ied"fiy—"amn�i•
Frank' MacDonald, turned .out They lost• their opening
to be the most successful •of 'the
school's basketball teams this
season, winning seven of- nine
games in league play, and
finishing second in the Huron -
Perth championships. °.
The . idget team played their
final regu,lar season game' the Vikings beat Wingham 53 -
against •Stratford Central- in 30.. Jeff Baechler haa 14 points
Stratford Last Thursday, win- for the Vikings, while Dennis
•ning by a 40-,21• score. LeBlanc` and 'Greg Beacom ad -
Greg Beacom' led, the Vikings,,,, 3ded • 10each:
tral Huron but were defeated
34-29 by Stratford North-
western in the championship
semi-final. Northwestern went
'on to defeat. Listowel• by 10
points ,in the final game,
leaving the Viking with the
second-best record in the Con-
ference. ,,
'Greg Beacom again led with
'round game 42-37 to Chesley
with Tim McKean best for the'
Vikings with 10 points. Jeff
Baechler, Greg . Beacom and
Steve Chase each hail seven
points for GDCI.
In the consolation semi-final,
with 14 points • while In the consolation final, the
Baechler threw in 12 and Tim • 'Vikings had 'little : trouble
Mclean added seven. • • disposing of Elmira 48-21.
Irl, the Huron -Perth', chain. •• Greg Beacom led in the vic-
-pionships,"held in Stratford last tory with 16' points. Dennis
Friday, the Vikings won their LeBlanc hit for 12 and Jeff
first round game 51-8 over Cen- Baechler had nine points.
$0W. RICH SIGNAL,*STAR, THURSDAY,, FOliRUABY , A94
The Goderich. Lions Pee. Wee all-star hockey team travelled'
to Mildmay to. compete in the H.uronia Hockey Tournament
last -weekend. The team`won the runner.rp trophy. The_team
consists of -(back row, left to right) Danny Maillet, Larry' Deer,
Jim 'Costello, Tom. Schram, Roger Lewis, and Steve • Arbour
The most, improved skater over the year in either 'inter-
mediate or senior classes, is awarded the Marion ,Mills
trophy. This year's trophy Was captured `by -Brenda. Love.
,(staff photo) ° . •
Hockey
Juveiiiies take series
(centre-, left to righ,),Ron McDort'ald (trainer),, Ron Kirkcon-
nell, Robert McDonald, Don Elliott (coach), Mike Hodge,
Larry Madge and 'Bill Gailow (manager);` (front, left .to ,right)
Ken Reid, Ronan Conlon, Stephen'Gallow," SIN Peters, Jerry
. Gaynor, Terry •'Kisch and -Larry McGee. (staff photo)
The Rotary Juveniles ' won and everyone on-the'team was
the series;, against Orangeville, tired.
in overtime. What a game! • In overtime, Orangeville got
�, A"ft�p�j(?rtge�ilcle� e first break,
Goderich was
Saturday 9-1, it looked like the called at. the 4:55'•mark for two
Rotary Juveniles were out. ' penalties. Playing tw9 men
Orangeville was well represen- short, :the defensemen- Mark
ted; two bus lciads of fans"and a Fisher, Tom O'Brien, ,, Jim
doz"en .cars travelled down to Denorn' and Ron -Sowerby,
.•••- see Sunday' afternoon's 4:30 held their own and' prevented
Orangeville from scoring,,
At the 9:17 mark, centreman
Paul Kelly was set up by Tom
O'Brien and went around the
Orangeville defensemen and on '
a wrist• shot, beat. Orangeville
goalie Jim Calbeck to a stick
side.
With less than 2 minutes
remaining in the game; Don
periods there was no scoring, Bedour was given a penalty for
Goderich Sailors ,,now Have a
commanding lead inthe quar-„,
.ter finals of• the 'lntez rnediate
"C" playoffs. In the third game
• played Friday artlie Goder`1ch
Arena, the Sailors won easily 9
to 4.
•
' Rob 'Kellestine was strong in
the nets as the Sailorsrovere hit -
1
ting with authority and had Bulldogs tied the game.ori a
full control of the game. wild' scramble in front of the.
It was a team effort all the ..net. , Wilson shoved in
way and at the end'of the first MacTavish' s pass. ,
it was- -1. '
1 - • Rick Sowerby picked up two
Opening the scoring at the ' goals, while his linemgte Mike
1:33 mark was Jim Farrish. on Courtney got one and Icon
Wayne Fisher -and Bill Gallow. ''''
a well executed play from Miller was credited for the
other' goal. •
Wayne Fisher playing his
blest game of the series started
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second goal. •
• • Captain Jim Bell netted the
next three Bulldogs couritings
as •L. Armstrong drew assists
on all three goals.,
The Sailors finally got on the
'score sheet as Jim. Farrish and
Bill •Gatlow combined •in the
second period.
before the end of the second
pconn in the second as he ae80o footer from
Fisher scored on
the 's gfrom the blue dine
tallied two quick goals just 21,- and then Bruce Stoll received
credit for the third goal as he
deflected in Wayne's long shot.
Kincardine led, 5-3 at •the
'end 'of the second but it only
took cine minute of the third.
period •for 'the: Sailors to break
the 'game open, and •go into the
lead as Wayhe Fisher gut two
quick goals to tie the garne and
Wayne Doak got the. tie
breaking goal at the 4:26 mark.
Centreman Tom, Crawford
finally got on the score sheet af-
ter `missing several oppor-
tunities earlier in the game as
he and „Ron Miller combined
8:30, for the last two,Sailor goats.
L. Wilson opened the scoringThe winners of this series
• for the Bulldogs • at the44:25 n will most likely meet Port
' mark, unassisted,..' and'.with n Sunocos • as they now
Steve Doak serving a penalty,. have.: won three straight gafhes
McLeod got Kincardine's over Seeforth,
seconds apart.
Not to be outdone, centreman
Bill Gallow ended the scoring
' for the Sailors with two goals
just 9:seconds 'apa'rt. 4�
Sailors were held scoreless in
the third period, in a game that
had only 7 penalties. ' •
At Sunday's game in Kincar-
dine against. the Bulldogs, the
Goderich Sailors cane from a
-5-0 deficit to defeat Kincardine
8-6. They now lead the series 3
to 1. -
The next game will he here in
Goderich Friday evening at
Club discusses racing
A. seminar on racing tactics
was ,held .by members of the
Goderich Sailing Club_ at their
last, meeting.
Al Schonborn of ,Toronto's
Beaver Valley Club was 'guest
speaker; He is also president of
the, Canadian'' Fireball
Association,'
•Mr. S'chonborn spoke about
boat speed and tactics of star-
,, ting a race and improving legs boat's position on different legs
of a course.
As one of Canada's top
Fireball sailors, he answered•
questions about starting • and
handling..,,a fireball.
The Goderich dlub's flrehall
•
fleet will consist 'of ahoiut 12
vessels' this year, with the ad-
dition of six now under con-
struction in the' arei. •
The fireball class continues
to grow in popularity because
of the exciting sailing 'abilities
of the, boat.
Fireballs can also 'be hdme-
built with wood or purchased
made of fibreglass.
Plana for this year have been
made to include an official
fireball fleet. Goderich could
have one of the largest in ;On-
tario.
All boats one 'ting official
measurments would be issued
racing certificates. •
game .in Goderich•
There were Goderich signs.
posted all over the arena'as'the
best: crowd .of the, year was in
attendance; The Goderich fans,
-were not disappointed as they
won in overtime 2-1. Over 300
fang showed up for this game of
. the year, `
In . the first and second
although .both sides had many
opportunities to get on the
sheet but both goalies, Don
,Bedour _for •Foderit•h and, Jim
Calbeck for Orangeville were r
superb in the nets.
Both teams were even a:A fa'r
• • as penalties go •a 'ter the two
periods of hard• hitting,--hat•d
skating hockey.
The first break of -the game
came. in the third period. as
Goderich Rotary l.uveniles,
, scored,'on a 60 footer from the
�hlue line.
. .Kevin Meriam let a slap shot
go, it was a high rising one„
missed' the net and. 1Lt •the back.
'screen. From there it ricocheted
'off the screen and hit the back
of the goalie, causing it to
bounce into the net.
Goderich checked - ,the
Orangeville team with great
• success and it looked••like a 1-0
Win but with less than two
minutes remaining in the game,
an Orangeville defenseman was
left unco-vered in front of elle
net and beat D... n Bedl ur,on a
screen shot.
. 'Don got a' piece of the puck'
but/it just dribbled, in.
It was '.a tough break for
Goderich"as they sure didn't
want to go into overtime. They
were only going with two lines
°
:penalty, the referee awarded a
penalty shot to the Orangeville
team.•
,tV
he...... sista. n :ta i n—Aohn ,m.�,,.-., ,
Perryman had, the opportunity
to .tie up the game but Don
Bedour stood his,, ground and
prevented a goo -1-
It was a terrific moment. for.
Don •as all players from the
Rotary Juveniles piled on, • top.
of him and couldn't help but
show how happy. they were.
The;stars of Ale game were
Don Bedour, Paul "Kelly, Mike
, Palmer and. all four -defen-
;'-semen: This .was real ,team ef-
fort and full credit .should be
given to each, player •and to
coach Tom Thompson' arid
delaying the game. Manager• Mice Pipe.;•
Since there was less than . the next game will
minutes remaining and the again.st• either ' Essex or
plover couldn't serve the• Stoneybrook.
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BY KEN
From
the parse's mouth
At the Western Fair Raceway'
on,Wed. Feb. 13 in the.•third
race, Jay. Bee Blaze, owned by
Benson Feagan and driven.'by
Gerry Roehtick, both of
Goderich, was uu't of the•
money.
Satii' ay afternoon' at Lon-
don in the fifth race, True P•ex.-
sonality owned by the partner-
ship :of Whetham and Sadler
was second with Don Corbett
on the bike.
In the tenth race, Mi Belle
Bars, owned by Fred Fowler of
1,ondesbor6 was -fourth with
Frank MacDonald of Clinton
driving. -_.•
'Monday= night at London, the
second race winner was- Pebbies
Girl owned by Geo• Feagan of
Goderich and Ron • Feagan
..Dundas, with 'Gerry. Roebuck
driving, 4 The mile was in 2:11
and'.the payoff was $13.40.
In the sev=enth ,race, Carry on
Slav, owned by Andrew Park of
Mitchell, •was'out of the money
with Gord Pullman on the bike,
In the ninth race El Sam 0,.
owned by Joe" and Jim Dick
and'a,Dii:k Burgess -and. driven '
,by. Gord. Pullman all of.
Seaforth, w'as second.
S�,� turday at London in the
sixtih • race; Arctic John owned
by Larry • Dale, Seaforth, and
driven by Clarence =O'Neill , was
thir4i .. -
The Butler, owned ;by 'Robert
and 11.0. Jerry of Goderich,
was out of the money with
Robert driving. The next race
at; London will be Sat. March 2,_ '
Saturday night at Windsc,r in
the third,, race, Harlo Bucky
owned by Frank Cook, Lorne "
Brown and Ross McEwen all of
Clinton was second with Hardy
nit.. t ha Film
In last week's Maitland Country Club Bonsplel this rink emerged viith top h
presented with the Goder,Igh Buiidall trophy. Loft to right they are, Phyl Con,
and Phyl •Durst (ski �j. opn Wheeler presents the Brophy. !F 6
rs and is f s
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