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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-10-30, Page 2311!. g„ h ^01 Pi( The GDCI Senior Vikings completed their Huron -Perth regular season with two eay vic- tories last week. They defeated Madill 63-22 and then they travelled to Wingham Friday to face the Exeter Panthers. They won the game 43-15. In the contest the Vikings played ex- , cellent defense and only allowed three field goals. The Vikings start the playoffs on Wednes- day at home against Listowel. ( photo by Todd Mowatt ) Senior girls finish season with two easy victories The G.D.C.I. Senior Vikings completed the Huron -Perth regular schedule with two convincing victories last week. On Wednesday the Vikings hosted Madill defeating the Wingham girls 63-22. Katharine Murphy led the Goderich scoring • with a career high 21 points. Chris Stapleton and Joanne Campbell added fourteen points each. Cathie Gallow scored 8 from her point guard position and Sarah Alexander, Jenn Peters and Mary Katherine Stapleton scored one basket each. On Friday the Vikings travelled to South Huron to face the always pesky Panthers on their home floor. The Vikings played ex- cellent defence on the Exeter girls allowing only three field goals in the 43-15 victory. The Vikes led 6-0 at quarter time and 24-6 at the half. Katharine Murphy/ and Chris Stapleton led the Goderich scoring with 13 and 12 points respectively. Cathie Gallow added 10 points. Joanne Campbell had six and Sarah Alexander had two to round out the Viking scoring. The Vikings start the playoffs on Wednes- day at home against Listowel. Senior Vikings defeat Huskies 43-0 and capture first place in their division with five wins and one loss by TD The GDCI senior Vikings defeated the Stratford Northwestern Huskies 43-0 Thursday in Stratford in the final game of the Huron -Perth Conference schedule. The victory clinched first place for the Vikings, with a record of five wins and one loss in the six game schedule. The Vikings will meet those same Huskies here Thursday at 1 p.m. in sudden -death semi- final action. The other semi-final pits the Exeter South Huron Panthers against the Listowel Lords. The league championship will be decided on Saturday, November 9. If the Vikings defeat Stratford, the final will be played in Goderich. The Vikings should have little trouble get- ting by the Huskies, if last Thursday's game is any indication. The tough defensive play of the Vikes literally destroyed Nor- thwestern offence, limiting them to 13 yards, two rushing and 11 passing. If took the Vikings awhile to get going of- fensively. They ran into a rash of early penalties which negated two touchdowns and didn't get any official points on the board until the second quarter when Ken Van Osch took a. 35 yard pass from Grant The GDC1 junior Vikings advanced to the finals of the Huron Perth football league hy defeating the Listow el Lords 26-1. The Vikes finished the season undefeated and they car- ried their %4 inning ways into the playoffs. Here Bill Trehish is all smiles as his team came ion on top with an easy y ictory .1 photo hy Todd Mowalt) Group trying to form league A group of Goderich basketball en- thusiasts is trying to set up a minor basket- ball league for boys and girls from 12 to 16 years of age "We are trying to set up a minor league to teach kids the fundamentals of basketball. At the present time. we are just trying to determine if there is enough interest to organize a league," said Lynn Meyers, a junior girls basketball coach and teacher at GDCI. Meyers suggested that interested players phone the recreation board office ( 524-2125 or GDCI ( 524-7353 They are asked to leave their name and I :,11111C(1111. 111 return their call. "If there are enough people willing to par- ticipate in the league, we will hold a meeting.' ' he sa id. "The idea behind the league is for the kids to be able to have fun at a low cost. We should be able to get the gyms for free through the recreation board and we can use markers for sweaters. Referees will he made available through the organization," he said. Several communities have minor basket- ball programs including Listowel and Tillsonburg. Ten table games to be held On Tuesday, Oct. 22 a 10 table Mitchell game was played with Dawna Sproule direc- ting. The average score was 108 points. John and Shirley Wood were first east and west; they were first over-all with 140.5 points. Barb Howe and Martin lane were second with 119 points in east west and Lee Ryan and Joanne Gilchrist were third with 116.5 points. Mary Anne Dempsey and Dawna Sproule placed fourth with 113 points. North -south, Brian and Chris Reeve came in first with 128.5 points. Audrey Tobin and Aelian Weerasooriya came in second with 123.5 points. Brian and Jane Cere came in third with 123 points. Ralph Kingswell and Bill Duncan were in fourth place with 109 points. Garrow for a touchdown. The Vikings added two more touchdowns before halftime. Grant Garrow took the ball over from the one yard line and Scott Stokes took a 28 yard pass from Ken Van Osch to score. Shawn Larder connected on two of the three convert attempts and added three more points in the second half. The second half touchdowns were by Shawn Rahbek, on a one yard run, Darryl Black, on a 43 yard pass interception, and Rahbek on a 37 yard run. Ray "Bruiser" Bedard was credited with a two point safety for the Vikings. The Vikes were able to move the ball well both on the ground and the air where they gained 155 yards passing. A diversified at- tack using four receivers and five different ball carriers plus the strength of the offen- sive line left the Huskies gasping for air. Linebacker Darry Black, besides scoring a touchdown on his interception, led the defence and was constantly in on Viking tackles. Viking total of 140 yards on 14 penalties continues to be a problem which coaches Ray Donnelly and Chris Connor hope to eliminate in the playoffs. Sailors lift anchor and begin voyage as they win both weekend games The Goderich Sailors put back to back home -ice victories together on the weekend, defeating Wingham 9-5 Friday and they doubled up, second place Port Elgin 8-4 Sun- da y . The victories give the Sailors a record of three wins and five losses in the Ontario Hockey Association Central Junior 'C' Stan- dings. The Sailors will be trying to end the first place Hanover Barons undefeated streak in their next home game here Friday night at 8:30 p.m. If coach Dan Duncan can get the Sailors playing Friday like they did on the weekend, the Barons could be in trouble. The Sailors are getting lots of scoring, playing wen defensively and getting strong goal -tending from Randy Gaynor. Friday against Wingham, the Sailors led all the way, overpowering the last place Wingham Ironmen. The Ironmen were rusty on this night. John Thompson and Kevin Lee had two goals a piece for Goderich. Pete Wiliems, Kevin Telford, Daryl Madge, Grant Garrow and Chris Sideris had singles for the Sailors who led 2-0 after the first period and 7-4 after the second. Brad Armstrong had three assists, Todd Jeffrey and Grant Garrow had two assists each. Darryl Madge, John Thompson, Dar - Turn to page 2 Vikings defeat Lords 26-1 by TD Thursday is Hallowe'en and the GDCI junior Vikings are hoping to "spirit away" the Huron -Perth Conference football cham- pionship when they do battle with the forces of evil, those devils, the Wingham Madill Mustangs are here at 3 p.m. The junior title game will follow the senior semi-final between the senior Vikings and the Strat- ford Northwestern Huskies which begins at 1 p.m. The junior Vikings are looking for lots of support from the goblins and ghosts of the GDCI student body in a game which Viking coach Bruce Baker says should be a " hone - crasher" The Vikings had an impressive 6-0 record in the regular schedule, scoring 218 points and giving up eight. The Mustangs, who finished second at 5-1, scored 65 points and gave up 59. Except for their 41-0 loss to the Vikings, the Mustangs have been tough defensively. With several new players recruited since that game, coach Larry Lane's Mustangs should provide a stiff test for the Vikings. The Mustangs eliminated Stratford Central 6-4 in semi-final play last Thursday while the Vikings were stomping the Listowel Lords 26- 1. Wayne Nivins, starting at tailback for the first time, had two touchdowns and carried the ball 29 times for an amazing 265 yards, often breaking tackles and getting extra yards on strong second efforts. ,Jeff MacDonald, in his first game as a halfback, carried nine times for 58 yards and scored a touchdown on a 14 yard draw play in the opening quarter. The Vikings' other touchdown was scored by Mike Bush on a 17 yard pass and run play from quarterback Scott Garrow. Jim Wright kicked two converts. I,istowel's point came on a second quarter single. The Vikings had 23 first downs, gaining a total of 435 yards. Defensively, they allowed only eight first downs. The highlight for coach Bill Gar - row's defence was a determined goal -line stand in the fourth quarter when Listowel had a first and goal situation on the Viking Score yard line. Recreation board news The fall programs offered by the Goderich recreation department have had a good registration of participants and the majori- ty of programs are full but a few programs were cancelled. They include advanced calligraphy, na- tional certification program, photography, stained glass and creative approach. The special events coming up this fall in- clude the Hallowe'en Dance at GDCI on Oct. 31, and the Santa Claus Parade on Nov. 23. The Goderich and District Memorial Com- munity Centre is in full operation for the winter season. The ice time is heavily book- ed after 4 am- and on weekends. The Junior girls head BY ERIN ROBINSON Again this week the Junior Girls Viking Basketball team swept two games straight. They defeated F. E. Madill 59-24 and South Huron 45-18. Against Madill, Jenny Allen auditorium is booked six out of seven even- ings each week. The Ontario Arts Council- Contact 85 Con- ference was held in Toronto this past week. Pat Hamilton and Bob Marshall attended the conference and they had the opportunity to preview some cultural performing groups. The Cultural Sub -Committee will continue to provide some performances in 1986. The Goderich Lions Club donated $3,000 as their second installment of the proposed donation towards the installation of playground equipment at the Lions Harbor Park. into playoffs scored 15 points, Maureen Stapleton and Tammy Talbot netted 10 points, Erin Robin- son seven, Rhonda Teal and Stephanie Turn to page 2 Goderich Sailor get it together If you take a look out of your window, yotfil see that it doesn't look like your typical hockey weather. Many people that I have talked to feel that there are too many other things to do, without worrying about hockey this time of year. "How and the heck can a person think about hockey now, when baseball season isn't even over," one elderly gentleman commented. "There are too many things that I have to do around my yard before the snow flies," one man said. My reply to these gentleman was the World Series is now complete and the weather is just beginning to turn. It will soon be too cold for a person to work outside. The gentlemen I talked to did not look the types who would enjoy staying inside wat- ching Love Boat re -runs, they looked more the type who would enjoy a tough hockey game. You may be interested to know that a family of four can get into a Junior C game for $8. It costs $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for children and senior citizens. Once you are inside the arena, it may cost you another three or four dollars for popcorn, a couple of hotdogs and drinks. A night out at the arena for the entire family could cost $12. There are' few places, if any, that a family can go for $12. Mothers, if you think a cold arena is no place to sit and have a good time, my fiancee can put to rest your fears. She hates arenas, yet when she came with me to cover a Sailor game, she was surprised by how warm it was. If you are still apprehensive, the lobby is extremely warm and it has an observation area where you can watch the game from one's own private window. If the last two games are any indication of the kind of hockey the Sailors are going to play this year, the season will be action - packed. Attending the games will be well worth the money. If you were to take a survey of the people who attended the last two Junior C hockey games, you would have found two kinds of people - those who are die hard hockey fans and those who have relatives playing on the team. After a few bad games the coaches and players came to a logical realization. They concluded that the people of Goderich do not settle for second best. They felt that they would have to start winning to bring fans to the arena. My feeling was that, not only would the team have to start winning, but first they would have to stop playing chippy hockey. They have stopped using their hockey sticks as hatchets and have begun to prove that they can play respectable hockey and skate with their opponents. The team has began to gell, and with the addition of a few new players, the team is starting to look good. With football season coming to a close, Grant Garrow has joined the team and add- ed a much needed offensive threat. Another new acquisition has been Todd Graham. Graham has only been with the team for four games and is already contributing. John Graham is also a newcomer to the club. He had trouble finding the time for hockey earlier because he had to inany obligations as President of the GDCI student council. Chris Sideris and Ray ( the Bonecrusher) Vanstone are starting to come into their own and are beginning to skate well for the Sailors. Coach Dan Duncan feels his new acquisi- tions have really given the team a boost. "Grant Garrow is a smart hockey player. He was a little bit down from last year because the coaching in Clinton wasn't very good. Fighting was the primary objective last year, playing hockey was secondary," he said. "I think I can safely say that we have pull- ed up our anchor. The improvement in the team during the last 10 days has been unbelievable. Before they came to fight and intimidate, now they come to play hockey. They are starting to show a lot of self discipline. We've tried telling them that's how to win hockey games, now they have realized it for themselves." Many of the guys on the team have full- time jobs, so when game time rolls around they aren't exactly fresh and ready to play. A number of the guys found it hard to get up for the games. "One of the bigger problems that we've had is trying to get our guys motivated for games. With a losing record at times it is hard to get yourself up, but you have to. As captains on the team we don't get down on the guys, we try to lead by example. When I'm out on the ice I give 100 per cent and hope the guys will catch on and do the same. The last few games they have been and we've won," said John Thompson one of the assistant captains. "Our team is on the way to the top, we have the coaching and the talent. Now it is up to us to play up to our potential and stay out of the penalty box," he said. The Sailors have done everything in their power to build a competitive team and run like a first class organization. They have managed to overcome many obstacles to br- ing a Junior C team to Goderich. They now have three wins under their belts and have built up some confidence. Now it is up to Turn to page 3.