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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-03-03, Page 7t ex Vic ad a :h inc ake- )ack d 3-1' PP I Baechler of the senior Vikings snares a rebound between two Wingham guards in ron-Perth semi-final action Tuesday. The Vikings had to struggle to beat Wingham and enter the final•agalnst Stratford Central at GDCI Thursday. (staff photo) The GDCI Junior Vikings grabbd a Huronh,TuePerth char bpeionshlp bertsday afternoon' with ft x,58 27 Win over Listowerlgying ',; at home the. Vikings won the sudden -death final and a, shot at a zone championship; in. a two game ' total point duel with the Stratford Central Ramblers. The Ramblers, undefeated ' this season, defeated the South Huron Tursday. Panthers68-39 in Stratford Dennis Donnelly led the Viking attack with 19 points and Andy Moore chipped in with. 11. The Vikingstook advantage of Listowel mistakes and picked up 1I points from their top five shooters going to the line for foul shots. One of Donnelly's points was a foul shot; three of Moore's and Don Bogie and Mark Alexander each added three 'from the line. Wayne Jackson got the other. Jackson, Bogie and Alexander each grabbed six points in the Viking win. Goderich led 27-11 at the half, had increased that margin to 98-17 at the end of three quarters and finished with a 29 point spread Viking coach Lynn Meyers cnampionsl said his team never ran any particular offences against Listowel. He said he just ordered a press on the Listowel attack throughout the game and the plan worked throwing off the Listowel shooters. Dave Dusseldorf was the Listowel marksman with 10 points. Meyers said he felt the team -that wanted the championship the most would come out on top - in the 1 Stratford Central series. He ,said Stratfordhad a couple of good shooters but if Goderlch came up with good games they could take the. series. Stratford beat Goderich in regular season action by 11 points. "'Youplay according to your %ofnpetition," he said, "If we play against Stratford like we played today we'll lose." Vikings grab Lords 81-51 BYT.D, The GDCI Vikings defeated the Listowel- Lords 81-51 in Huron -Perth Conference senior boys basketball action Tuesday, but dropped a 59-55 decision to Stratford Nor- thwestern Huskies in their final game of the regular season in Stratford, Thursday. The loss to the Huskies was the only defeat suffered by the Vikings in regular schedule play. Coach Phil Bugler's Vikings finished with a 9-1 won -lost record to take first place in the stanl ikings use lead to get by Mustangs e GDCI Senior Vikings" ly got out of their sudden - .57t Huron -Perth chain - hip semi-final game day against F.E. Madill tangs of- Wingham, ing onto a 57-52 win. The gs used a third quarter oint lead to its fullest ntage and finally needed argin to hold off the late ging Mustangs. e Vikings came out ging and ran into early trouble from their essive style of play. By time starting guards Beacom and Bill Gauley been tagged with four .41 del aft 141 nd 0441 fouls each while - forwards lain Lambert had been handed three and Jeff Baechler two. Despite giving Wingham free throws and possession of the ball the Vikings posted a 31-25 lead by half time. Dave MacKenzie had been hitting from everywhere on the floor and had pulled down three rebounds by half-time and scored 10 points. Greg Beacom had chipped in eight points and pulled down four rebounds. Beacom and Gauley stood their ground -lathe -Viking key" in the third quarter forcing the Wingham forwards to shoot from outside. The two guards then worked together controlling the backboards through the quarter and limited Wingham to just seven points. Viking forwards had not been held down so effectively by the Mustang back court and had boosted their lead to 15 points after three quarters. Dave MacKenzie had chipped in with four more points, all on steals. Jeff Baechler got a hot hand at the foul line and added five more to the. Viking total with fie throwsi" nd hit three baskets for an 11 point Stratford Central wins idge t championship BY T.D. he GDCI midget Vikings nd up their season last k with a pair of regularly eduled games and the on -Perth Championship nament, played here day. uesday in Listowel, the Ings lost a 49-42 decision, they bounced back rsday with a 44-40 win r Stratford Northwestern. he Vikings.. led most of the in Listowel' but a few tly errors let Listowel pull the win. Randy Sachs led towel with 17 points. rry Madge was topman the Vikings with nine s. Dan Maillet added en and Joe Moore and Jim e1,10 had six each.Gil enhetival hadh, fopr., Ted ty, Mark Finlayson, Dan Freeman and Ken Reid each contributed two points. The Vikings controlled the game throughout and suf- fered no let -downs against Stratford, Steve Arbour had nine points for GDCI. Larry. Madge, and Ted Doherty each hooped eight points for the winners. Paul Young, Jim Costello. and Dan Maillet added four points each while Joe Moore -got two. Rob White and Jamie Hood each. had 10 points for the midget Huskies. Coach Lynn Meyers' Vikings went into the Huron - Perth championship tour- nament here Friday with -a 7-3 Won -lost record over the regular schedule. They started out with an impressive 48-15- win over Seaforth ' in the opening fivalyd oft file } .ifrYitche` ke bail team attempts. hr in the lurow-Perth ag Itda� St.Marv's won fife gahei :5tchoof midget. a shot" by a St Marina! "lotion iehtaifi tonship tali"ul round, but then ran into the eventual tournament champions, Stratford Cen- tral, and lost 36-25 in second - round action. Stratford Central also defeated Wingham 37-34 and then beat Exeter, 35-28, in the cham- pionship game. Exeter defeated Mitchell 43-24 and Listowel 31-24 enroute to the championship game. In the consolation final, St. Mary's defeated Mitchell, 28- 22. afternoon. Bill Gauley fouled"out in. the third but not before he had hauled down six rebounds and hit four points. With just over a minute remaining in the game, Beacom drew his fifth foul and retired with 16 points and 11 rebounds, many of which were offensive. Iain Lambert grabbed four on the afternoon as did Jon Barz. The Vikings posted a 20 point lead early in the fourth quarter and - gave their starters a breather sending in; the second string. Darryl, Anderson,,, J.ohriorVilderwoo and John Campbell weren' through for the day however and began to eat up the Goderich lead .:quickly. The three combined Por 92 of the. Mustang points, Anderson getting 16, Underwood 15 and Campbell 11. . With still plenty of time left: the Mustangs had reduced the Goderich lead to 55-44 when coach - Phil Bugter put the starters back on the floor. The move didn't phase the Mustangs however and they kept hustling and coming at the confused Vikings and were turning plays into three point moves drawing fouls one after another. At 55-52 the Mustangs sank a shot from the top of the key but the referee disallowed the score ruling that a Mustang had been in the key too long. Goderich added a two pointer of their own and hung on to Citizens Of The Town Of GODERICH THE YOUNG CANADA WEEK HOCKEY COMMITTEE OF THE LIONS CLUB ARE ASKING- FOR BILLETS MARCH 18 THRU 26 For Some 1600 HOCKEY AYERS These boys will visit us from across Canada. If, you wish.to afd',us phone BOB•MURRAY�, KEN ALCOCK 524-2332 • °s' 524-9572 the slim win. The Vikings will meet the Stratford Central Ramblers in a two game total point series for the Huron - Perth championship. The first game will be in Stratford Thursday afternoon and the second . here in Goderich Tuesday afternoon. In regular season action this year the Vikings stopped the Ramblers 52-34. rl dings. The Vikings defeated the F.E. Madill . Mustangs here Tuesday in sudden -death semi-final playoffs. Stratford Northwestern, by virtue of their win over the Vikings, qualified for the other semi- final playoff against their cross-town rivals, the Stratford Central Ramblers. Al Otto led the Huskies with 22 points against the Vikings. Martin R itsma added 18. The Vikings, who had clinched first place with their win Tuesday, got 16 points from Greg Beacom and 10 each from Iain Lambert and Jeff Baechler. Bill Gauley and Dave Mackenzie chipped in with six points apiece and Jon Barz had five. Perry Teachert added two points. In their game against Listowel the Vikings showed fine team effort and poise. Jeff Baechler led the Vikings with 22 points. Greg Beacom had 14 and Dave Mackenzie 13 for the winners. Bill Barwick added eight, Bill Walters seven and Mark Hovey and Perry Teichert four each. Iain Lambert and Jon Barz each had three points and Bill Gauley had two. 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