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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1986—PAGE 9A
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Season's
Pass
knocked off Tillsonburg and. Medway to reach seri-finals
The G.D.C.I. Senior Vikings competed at
the W.O.S.S.A. "AA" girls basketball
championships last weekend in Strathroy,
and the locals played well as they made it
to the semi-finals.
The Vikings opened the tournament
b,,,gainst the Oxford -Elgin champions,
'filisonburg (;emir, who cause iitiu the
tournamenas a major challenger to the
Sarnia tea . The G.D.C.I. girls put on an
excellent display of basketball passing,
shooting and rebounding to upset the
Gemini 53-46.
Tillsonburg was really no match for the
rounded Goderich attack and defense.
Katharine Murphy with 11, Cathie Gallow
with 10 and Jenn Peters with 10 led the Vik-
ings' scorers. Jenny Allen and Mary
Katherine Stapleton added nine each with
Joanne Campbell scoring four.
The Vikings then downed the Middlesex
champion, Medway, 47-44 in a game that
was really not as close as the score in-
dicates. The Vikings built a 15-7 first
Graham paces
The Goderich Vikings Senior. boys
basketball team won their second game of
the season (exhibition) in as many starts
Friday.
The locals defeated a bigger S.C.I.T.S.
squad as they proved they could score
from anywhere on the floor.
Team captain Todd Graham did it all for
the Vikes, scoring an impressive 28 points.
Bob Barwick showed his shooting poise as
quarter lead to a 29.-14 halftime score and
then coasted to the victory. Jenny Allen
with 14 and Mary Katherine Stapleton with
13 led the Goderich scorers.
Katharine Murphy scored eight and
Cathie Gallow six. Jenn Peters added four
and Nina Charin scored her first basket!
The Vikings thin faced the Sarnia cham-
pion S.C.I.T.S. Blue Bombers. The Sarnia
girls were the defending W.O.S.S.A. "AA"
champions and O.F.S.A.A. silver
medalists. The Goderich girls played well,
but were trailing 25-17 at the half. The
more experienced Blue Bombers,'
however, pulled away in the second half to
win 54-27.
Mary Katherine Stapleton scored 11
points in the loss, Katharine Murphy add-
ed eight and Cathie Gallow chipped in with
four. Jenny Allen and Erin Robinson each
had a basket to round out the Goderich
scoring.
The semi-final defeat ends a solid season
for the Vikings.
Senior boys
well by hitting several outside bombers to
give hime 13 points on the day.
Darryl Black poweredhome 11 from the
inside while Juergen Schultz and Baird
Robinson added six and five respectively.
Other Vikings' scorers were Andy Swan
with _four; Mike Bush, Dan Martin and
Stuart Davidson adding two each.
The final score, by the way, was 71-58 for
theMVikings.
Recreation Board and
YCW executive agree on fees
BY ANDY BADER
The Goderich Lions Young Canada Week
( YCW) Pee Wee hockey tournament ex-
ecutive and the Goderich Recreation
Board have reached an agreement on
prices for the arena facilities for the 1987
38th annual week-long event during the
Recreation Board's meeting Thursday
night.
Bill Chisholm, representing the Lions
Club, attended the meeting and an agree-
ment was reached rather quickly on the
tournament ice time price of $3,885–a five
per cent increase over last year's $3,700.
"We had a meeting and we decided that
if we were approached at the usual five per
cent increase, okay, we'd take' it,"• .
Chisholm said.
That's what they got. Included in the
price is the use of the arena's facilities,
grandstand community room and ticket
seller.
One concern listed by various members
of the committee was the policing of the
grandstand outside (horse track) of the
arena and on the arena and community
centre property. Reeve Harry Worsell
wondered if the Lions Club would police
the area for such instances, but other
board members disagreed.
"You're always going to have this,"
Coun. Jim Searls said. "They are just ren-
ting inside the arena, not the whole area.
It's impossibleto police the entire area."
"It is a problem," Deputy -Reeve John
Doherty said. "Maybe the four members
of the recreation staff should look after it,
or they should hire someone to do it."
• "With the four of us, we just don't have
enough staff to do it," Jane Netzke, the
Recreation Director said. "Maybe when
the confirmed letters are sent to the
respective teams telling them' about the
tournament, it should be stressed that the
coaches are responsible for the actions of
their players."
An agreement was reached to fence off
the grandstand area to prevent the
players, fans and other children from run-
ning around and causing a disturbance.
Andy er
hockey in
Europe? -
The drip's
not for me
It could be interesting, but it sounds like
a scam to me.
Last week, while rooting through the
assortment of mail which routinely ap-
pears on my desk, I discovered an orange
sheet with `SUPERSTARS' written across
the top in 3-D style type. I noticed it was a
press release from Winnipeg. Since I don't
normally receive such luminous pieces off
junk mail–and from Winnipeg–I continued
to read it. That's when I realized
something was fishy.
The bold face across the top states it
simply: A chance to play hockey in Scan-
dinavia. Why not?, I wondered aloud. I
continued reading.
"The search is on for adult hockey
players that want to do something really
different," the first words were. "The
Superstars hockey club, based in Win-
nipeg, is looking for adult players to par-
ticipate in a series of no -contact exhibition
friendship games in Finland and Sweden."
Rather odd, I thought once again (no,
twice in a row is not some sort of record),
why would a hockey club, entitled
`Superstars' no less, be soliciting players
to play `no -contact' hockey in Scan-
dinavia? That wasn't the best part,
though, the part about `friendship games'
raised my pair of eyebrows. Anybody in-
terested in the NHL knows the wonderful
sport of hockey cannot be played on a
friendly level. It's physically impossible.
Sort of an act of God or something. You
know, like mixing your peas with your
mashed potatoes.
Competitive hockey–and if you're going
totravel all of the way to Europe to play, it
must be–cannot be played friendly. But
that isn't the best part. Read on.
"Team manager Dave Springett has
organized a number of tours for Winnipeg
teams to Europe over the past four
seasons, and now has widened his search
to include all of the provinces.
"The cost is very reasonable and it of-
fers something that most players never get
the chance to do–play hockey in Europe
against Europeans," Mr. Springett says.
"But it isn't all hockey. This is a great
opportunity to see all the cultural sights
that Scandinavia has to .offer as well as the
shopping and exciting nightlife. All this
combines to make a trip that the players
will never forget."
Interesting, eh? They sure know where
to attack all of the potential hockey
players–by mentioning the attractive
nightlife and shopping. You know where
they're aiming, right at the heart of the
players' wives.
The tour, the press release indicated,
will leave from Toronto in March of 1987
for 10 days. There are openings on the
squad (last I heard), manager Springett
said.
"The team is filled on a first come, first
serve basis so anyone that is interested
can go. Also the players wives, friends etc.
are welcome," Springett said.
Hmmmmm, now he wants the whole
family to pack up and come along.
"Players can get more information,
details, and prices by calling the 24-hour
tour information line at (204) 632-1521."
Needless to say, •I phoned Mr. Springett '
and enquired about his pleasure trip to
Scandinavia to play a few friendly mat-
ches of hockey.
Predictably, I got no response. The first
time I placed the call, last Wednesday at
approximately 3:30 p.m. EST, a man's
voice bellowed from a recording indicating
to leave your name, number and `complete
address' and he'll 'get back to you. I hung
up.
The next day, at approximately 12:30
p.m. EST, I tried again. This time, though,
a woman answered. I assumed it was his
wife.
"Hello. is Dave there?," I said politely.
"No, I'm sorry, he's not in at the mo-
ment," she answered.
"Oh, maybe you can help me. I'm call-
ing about his hockey trip to Europe he's
been advertising."
"I'm sorry, sir. I don't know anything
about ;that,' she said. (So much for the
24-hour tour information line.)
"OK, well, do you expect him back
soon?,"I wondered.
"If you call back after six, you might get
him. If you like, I'll take your name and
number and get him to call you back?"
"No, it's all right. It's long distance," I
continued. "Can I call back tomorrow dur-
ing the day? Will he be home then?"
"No, I'm sorry. He's never home during
the day."
I hung up again, shaking my head. What
kind of a promoter (?) or hockey manager
is this guy, if he's never around during the
day when interested persons phone?
Especially when the girl (wife, secretary,
mistress, daughter?) who answers doesn't
know anything at all about what I'm talk-
ing about?
I didn't bother phoning back later that
night. I figured he'd be out carpet bowling ,
and another excuse would transpire, ripp-
ing to pieces this great column idea.
So, to those interested friendly hockey
players out there, I did my job. I tried to
get to the bottom of this, but I got the run-
around. You try it.
I'm not much of a hockey player
anyway.
Erin Robinson (20) of the Goderich Vikings Senior girls ba':ketbalil team and the rest of her
teammates put on a strong showing at the WOSSA "AA" basketball championship this past
Sweekend in trat-
ford Northwestern
on November 1Robinson is apictured G.D.C.I. (filee in photoby Davrth final
Sykes) action against
Atoms defeat Strathroy 3-2
Three goals sandwiched between two' ' once again.
Strathroy markers gave the Goderich Jason Hayter, four minutes later, gave
Machinist Atoms a 3-2 decision in hockey Goderich a 2-1 lead with the .lone. assist
to David Boyce.
action played in Goderich Saturday. awardedEarly in time third period, Goderich's
Chris Dixon `scored the eventual winner.
Strathroy cut the deficit to one -goal again
sholy thereafter, but tough defence
prevented Strathroy from scoring the
equalizer.
After a scoreless opening frame,
Strathroy, took the lead midway through
the second period. Goderich's Ryan Far-
rish, though,, `scored an unassisted marker
less than one minute later to tie the count
Sailors continue to sink lower in staridrin
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The Goderich Sailors continued to find
the waters rough in^ their OHA Junior 'C'
hockey league last weekend, losing 8-2 to
the Port Elgin Bears here Friday night
'and getting blown away 18-2 by the
Hanover Barons Sunday in Hanover.
In both games, the Sailors had trouble
getting all hands on deck. They had 13
skaters plus two goaltenders Friday and.
could muster only 10 skaters and one
goalie for Sunday's game. A shortage of
players plus injuries, illness and suspen-
sions left the crew short staffed. The team
is still hopeful of adding several players to
the line-up to make the team viable.
The Sailors stuck with the Bears well
enough in the first period and trailed 2-1
after the first 20 minutes. The Bears'
bench strength asserted itself in the se -
!'
Gond period as they outscored the Sailors
3-0. In the third,, the Bears got three goals
to the Sailors' one.
John MacPherson had two tallies for the
Bears. Other Port Elgin goals were scored
by Jim Craddock, Scott Morgan, Ian
Brooks, Jeff Tanner, Mike Jank and
Wayne Simmons.
Midget -aged Wayne Nivens, who had a
strong game fbr the Sailors, scored his
team's first period goal on a play with
Shawn Larder and, Barry Thompson
assisting. Nivins also assisted on the
Sailors third period goal, which was scored
by promising newcomer Matthew Morris.
Todd Graham, also in his first game with
the Sailors, had the other assist.
Jeff Dupee ano Randy Gaynor split the
goaltending duties for the Sailors with
Gaynor relieving the over-worked Dupee
for the third period.
It was just a case of going through the
motions Sunday for the minimum -manned
Sailors.
The high-powered Barons scored five in
the first period, seven in the second and six
in the third on a total of 89 shots.
The Sailors scored twice in the second
period. Dave Duncan and Chris Sideris
were the marksmen for the Sailors who
managed just 10 shots on the Hanover net.
The. Barons, who had all of the top 10
scorers in the last league statistics, fatten-
ed their scoring averages at the expense of
the Sailors.
The Sailors only game this week is
scheduled .for Sunday at 2 p.m. in Walker-
ton against the Blackhawks.
s
Chris Sideris (15) had a tough time keeping hie balance during Cen-
tral Junior C hockey action in Goderich Friday night against Port
Elgin. Sideris and the rest of his teammates dropped an 8-2 decision
to Port and were Elgin.
lown Sunday
18-2. (photo by Andy Baderon the Sailors j gilled to Hanover
Sailors individual Scoring
GP G A
Chris Sideris 11 10 7
Shawn Larder 12 5 10
Daryl Madge 8 4 5
Jim Beattie 13 3 7
Trevor Erb 5 4 4
Darrell Durnin 7 2 2
Wayne Nivens 4 3 2
Darren Doak 8 1 2
Pete Willems 3 2 1
Tim Riehl 10 1 2
Byron Bowmah 7 1 1
John Thompson 2 2 0
Richard /kiddy 10 1 1
Barry Thompson 9 0 3
Tom Bean 4 1 1
John Graham 5 0 2
Shawn Durnin 2 2 0
Ken Huff 11 0 1
Todd Jeffrey 2 0 1,
Bruce Culbert 1 0 1
Randy Gaynor 13 0 1
Da6e Duncan„ 1 1 0
Matthew Morris 2 1 00
Mark Cauchi 1
Jeff Dupee 11 0
Greg Townsend 2 0
0
Gary Erb 1
1
Kevin Telford 7
Trevor Martin 7 0
PA.
17
15
9
10
8
4
5
3
3
3
2
2 ~'
2
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
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