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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-10-23, Page 25Sli fi „f. ). lfn;,rxa.J,ts4.i! tY.a� KS fl }li dK. 71 G157t1461ra1601r.' WiRtIMMIM ke.1;691DI rnrx>MIM 1`,aultT:aYsxu�au:rIktl;^aNrnaamunon ut9"iang 0tr2,9=Katr reDVAZETtfae£V:X6+SIY VIMMIS tl6A9Y51E& 1f�,i&YExRliliB'7 EIRIP'L'�541%7tVal r ' "•'°"�°Oy'k'll�f� 3` W869 I mkArivsrw:mi7aaxvazewFaux,rwmarauaarmn+ammun wirti EMIlANm•°Mm i55R S'+.kYa3'7 iR1 .R7Jp83Y@�4'YiFi( 41m'L'fYMOMMIWAVZiWW4i2111 KMN E `•iaduEPIFGadiv'a6numi azemom•sr' "'°g'.mosa YfiiO'. svuun39`.BiI '+ aINY�t9 lt7i1i".Jfi14YchMJP:ACUNNAW&i Y .�diffi�loWlYet r — LL7fHPOYt^,11 ,fit FI°dMht'A.i:3:Y#'ice' "drAy§ '..g:, isma"aa'r rca msra is 1 On Friday the junior Vikings destroyed the Exeter Panthers 35-0. Both the offence and the On this play, Viking quarterback Scott Garrow rifled a pass to John Kalbfleisch fora 37 yard defence came through for them. The team finished the regular season with five wins and no fourth quarter touchdown.(photo by Todd Mowatt) losses. With the game in hand the juniors let down and played sloppily in the fourth quarter. Vikings tame Panthers and win home field advantage in playoffs The GDCI Vikings combined strong defensive play, converted one touchdown and a dose of good luck here Thursday to come up with a victory that will probably give them a first place finish and home - field advantage in the Huron Perth Con- ference playoffs. The Vikings defeated the previously undefeated Exeter Panthers 8-0 to give them the opportunity to take, first place. Both teams have four wins and one loss going into the final games of the regular schedule, this week. The Vikings play in Stratford against the Northwestern Huskies while Exeter entertains the l.istowel Lords Thursday. A Goderich vic- tory would clinch first place. Only a Viking loss combined with a Exeter victory could give Exeter first place. The Vikings eight -point victory here Thursday over Exeter left Goderich and Exeter tied in points scored in the two games. They split their home, and home series during the regular season since Exeter won 15-7 in their first meeting, but a coin flip conducted after the game gave Goderich first place should they remain tied in wins and losses when this Thursday's games are complete. That was one bit of luck for the Vikings. The other break came at the conclusion of the game. Time ran out on a Viking offensive drive with the Vikes seemingly stopped on the Panthers 37 yard line when the minute flag Juniors defeat Exeter BY TD The GDCI Junior Vikings finished their Huron -Perth Conference football regular season schedule undefeated by virtue of their 35-0 victory over the Exeter Panthers here Thursday. The victory gives the Vik- ings a record of five wins, four of them by shutouts, in their five game schedule, The Vikes, who scored 192 points and had only seven scored against them, will play the Listowel lards here Thursday in the league sudden -death semi-finals. Listowel finished fourth in the regular season with a record of two wins and three losses, in- cluding a 47-0 loss to the Vikings. The Vikings wrapped up their victory against Exeter Thursday early in the game. They scored a touchdown on the opening drive of the game, led 29-0 by the half and then went through the motions in the second half, getting only one more touchdown, a 37 -yard pass and run play in the fourth quarter from quarterback Scott Garrow to John Kalbfleisch. Bill Trebish got the opening touchdown on an eight yard blast play. In the second quarter, the Vikings scored three touchdowns s+nd a two-point safety. Turn to page 2 The GDCI senior boys are the Huron Perth Champions after finishing first in a cross coun- try meet held at the Benmiller Falls Reserve on Thursday. A total of 11 schools competed against each other in six different divisions. The lady runners also placed well for the Vik- ings. Here Mia Dalton just finished her gruelling 5000 metre race. She had little energy left to make it over the finish line. ( photo by Todd Mowatt 1 went down. The score was 7-0 at the time and that would have left Exeter up by one point in 'the point spread in their games with each other. However, a penalty on the games last play put the ball on the Exeter 27 yard line and gave the Vikings one more play. Shawn Larder kicked a single and gave the Vikings the point they needed to force the coin flip. The rest ' of the Viking's success Thursday was anything but luck. The Vik- ing defence was aggressive and every player went all out in stopping the power- ful Panthers attack. The gang -tackling , and overall strong performance of the Vik- ing defence was the key to their victory. The Vikings got the games' only Senior girls. lose The G.D.C.I. Vikings lost a close game on a basket at the buzzer to Mitchell 44-43, on Friday. The Goderich girls started slowly against Mitchell who were spurred on by their more than enthusiastic fans. Although the Vikings took the lead in the last quarter, three times they were unable tc, cope with the total situation. Katharine Murphy scored 14 before fouling out and Cnris Stapleton had 13. Joanne Campbell kept the Vikes in the game with some timely outside shooting and 10 points. Sarah Alexander scored four and Mary Katherine Stapleton two. The Vikings then travelled to St. Thomas for the Elgin Referees Classic. The Goderich girls came back from defeat again with a fine showing. In the opening round game they defeated St. Thomas Central Elgin 48-24 in their hone gym. The Vikings were never behind as they led 13-12 at touchdown in the second quarter on a 25 yard run by Kevin Beattie. Shawn Larder kicked the convert. The touchdown came following a heads -up play by punter Ken Van Osch who was'able to turn a broken play into a first down which preserved the Viking's offensive drive. Van Osch had a strong game punting and the Vikings showed marked improvement in their punt returns so that the special team played an important part in the victory. The strong running of Shawn Rahbek was another key to the Viking victory. He was able to gain extra yards through his hard and determined rushing throughout the game. a close one 44-43 quarter time. The Goderich girls played consistently to qualify for the championship semi final. Cathie Gallow scored 13 as did Chris Stapleton. Katharine Murphy added 10. Joanne Campbell and Mary Katherine Stapleton scored four each as Sarah Alex- ander and Jenn Peters scored a basket. The Vikings then played London's number one school Lucas (who recently defeated another London school 120-171. The Goderich girls played a great game and stayed with the Londoners throughout the game before losing 47-42. The Vikes closed within a basket in the last minute of play. Cathie Gallow scored 18, Chris Stapleton 13, Joanne Campbell six, Sarah Alexander three and Mary Katherine Stapleton two. The Vikings play at home on Wednesday against Wingham. Viking runners excel Viking runners ran well in a cross country race held at the Falls Reserve in Benmiller on Thursday. The senior boys captured the Huron Perth championship in their division. The competition was tough as 11 schools vied for the cross country crown. In the senior boys division, Shane Worsell finished second, while Greg Townsend placed eighth, Jeff Coulter placed 11th, Baird Robinson placed 14th, Nicolas Glatfield placed 19th and Ken Logtenberg placed 28th. The GDCI junior boys finished third in the event with a combined score of 64 points. Paul VanRooy placed 13th, Andy Swan.placed 16th, Darryl Balaski finished 17th, Rob Dunne placed 18th and Todd Kellough finished 19th The b iking midget boys placed fifth in the competition with a combined score of 80 points. Luke Shepard placed 14th, Mike Beange placed 22nd, Tom Taylor was 21st, Troy Bowden was 23rd, Paul Hiles was 24th, Meng Troeung placed 25th, Paul Steep finished 29th and Kevin Boyce finished 33rd. The GDCI senior girls placed well in a very competitive field. Mia Dalton finished eighth, Julie Meyers placed 15th and Nisa Howe placed 24th. The Viking junior girls gave it all they had. Christine Phillips placed seventh and Heidi Hoernig placed 18th. The Viking midget girls placed third overall. Jenny Cunningham placed second, Erinn Mulhern placed seventh, Tracey Colter placed 17th and Roxanne Warr placed 19th. Port Elgin "Dancing dears" came to fight The Goderich Jun 1,,r •(" Sailors lost a pair of games last %eekend but not by much. Friday night here, the Sailors outplayed the Port Elgin Bears for much of the game. but Lost 7-6. Sunday. in Wingham, the Sailors lost 9-i to the Wingham Ironmen. kith the last goal shot into an empty net. The Sailors record is no% one win and five losses, tied with Wingham who will be visiting here Friday night at 8:30 p.m. Two of the Sailors' losses have been by one goal and two others were by two goals, so they are not that far at{ay from being con- tenders. When coaches Dan Duncan and "Tag" Sowerby began the formation of the new team, they knew it would take a while. Fri- day, at a Meet the Players Night function, Duncan appealed to the fans for continued support while they put the pieces together. They have had a continual influx of new players and feel they are getting close to having what could be a legitimate con- tender. Friday, the Port Elgin "Dancing Bears" put on quite a show. They seemed more in- terested in fighting than playing hockey, piling up a total of 19 minor penalties, five majors and 12 game misconducts. They finished the game with only two extra skaters and the backup goaltender left on their bench. The Bears will be back here Sunday night for a rematch with the Sailors at 7 p.m. In between the fights, there was some good hockey by both teams. The Bears are 5-1 so far and have a strong team. They led the Sailors 3-2 after the first period, on goals by Jeff Tanner, Ken Pedersen and .Jim Craddock who scored while the Bears were short handdd with one minute left in the period. Chris Sideris, who had a three goal game for the Sailors, scored on a play with Kelly Dundas and Todd Graham and then Grant Garrow, in his first game with the Sailors, scored on a power play, assisted by Daryl Madge. Madge scored an unassisted goal early mimayamamoomo Turn to page 3 I learned a lesson Thursday Thursday started out as any other day. I burned my toast as I' do every morning and my car stalled when I first tried to get it going. All signs pointed toward Thursday not being any different from any other day of the week. As I drove to work, I thought over the day's agenda: cross country runn- ing at 11 a.m. and football games from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. I was eager to get to the office and get some film, do a few odd jobs and then head out. I have to admit that I wasn't sure what the cross country run would involve. I remembered back to when I was in high school and how most of the best run- ners would go out for cross country instead of football. My mates on the football team and I thought that it was because the track and cross country coach just happened to be female. The fellows had a word for those quick - footed individuals who saw fit to run through the woods instead of over opposi- tion goal lines. They branded them as wimps and sissies, individuals who did not want to break fingernails, or were too fragile to be on our football team. When I arrived at the Falls Reserve in Benmiller to cover Thursday's run, it was just as I had imagined. Junior and senior high school kids were chasing each other around the parking lot; others were lying on t begrass•listening to ghetto,blaste s1_ From the outside, the entire eventiloo'k- ed to be more of a social function than a sporting one. But as I soon learned, I was only witnessing the runners preparing themselves for battle. When I got past the front lines and saw the actual runners competing in their respective races, I learned quickly how wrong my high school football mates and I really were about the runners. I followed the runners throughout the gruelling five kilometre course. I walked through the first part of the course and came to a steep hill. I braced myself and began to descend down the hill to try and get a good angle to take some pictures of runners coming down the hill. In the back of my mind, I was wondering if anyone would slip and fall while trying to accelerate down the hill. I didn't suspect for a moment that I would be the one to fall. But as my feet slipped out from under me, I tumbled down the hill. My camera bag flew off my shoulder and made it to the foot of the hill before I did. I managed to pick myself up in time to get into position to watch the runners come down the hill at me. Although the hill was muddy, the runners stepped lightly as if in- stinct or experience told them where to place their feet. After the front runners left the hill, I started to walk away when a runner came barrelling down the hill and lost her footing. I went to try and help her to her feet. As I extended my hand, she swatted it Turn to page 3. Chess Club new By Barry Page There were a number of new and old faces at last Wednesday's club meeting, and it was good to see Louis Stadelmann again, still in fine form. Walter Gottschalk, the club's scoremaster, has made score charts for tabulating the new standings. There will now be only two levels of competition to follow as the season progresses. Here is a chess challenge for you. In the game shown below, White makes the next move and eventually wins the Queen lathe next two moves. How does he do it? Try and solve the strategy yourself. The answer will be printed in next week's Chess Club News. Call Doug Brindley at 524-8674 for all club deta i Is.