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The Huron Expositor, 1979-12-06, Page 10— THE HURON EXPOSITOR, DECEMBER 6, 1676' Sport afl. y Pt -tut It It Seem* :as if Seafbtth District BO School has found the• sport at svhichit excels. Basketball; A few weeks ago, thg junior Bide.team,: the 'Whippets, won the Huron -Perth conferencetitle with .a triumph over the team: from Stratford Northwestern, Secondary School in a two: game playoff series. This was the first. time that a SDHS basketball team had captured that title in at least 16- ears a din to Whippets Years, � ccor .. B pl?e coach. Richard Burgess.. To top the season off; the girls won the Western Ontario Secondary School Association (WOSSA) championship in Tillsonburg last weekend, This. was achieved by defeating Norwich in the finals by .a score of 54-35. Mary Thompson led: Seaforth with 18 points, while 'Kathy Larone, added 16. "Everybody played well", says Coach Burgess. "I don't think we can single ,anyone out" as being , the outstanding player. "The: whole: team played a well disciplined, well controlled game." This is not the first WOSSA champion- ship to be won by; a Seaforth team. As for the future, the coach says, "1 don't think we need to look forward to next year right now. It's just a good feeling toend the season on a successful note." In what was probably the best weekend for Seaforth. ,teams: in a long time, the senior boys basketball team produced an upset victory Saturday to win the ',Regina Mundi Titan's tournament in London. This is the first tournament that a Seaforth Golden Bars team, has actually won in ten Years, although they've; gathered several. consolation championships. The tournament was an upset because to win it, the Golden Bears had to defeat the Central Elgin Titans (tom St. Thomas, For the past two. years, Central Elgin has won. the All -Ontario finals. Last year they beat Sefaorth at WOSSA, and went on to win thattourney. Seaforth *placed third behind Tillsonburg, Annadale. Before Saturday's game, both the team; and Coach Terry Johnston were not overly optimistic about what would occur. "i figured that we'd. be 'lucky if we stayed within 15 points' of tilem (Central Elgin)," says Johnston. The coach thinks that the team's strongest point during the gaine was Composure, " Basically, the guys. didn't get upset over anything. When they needed a good play, they got it. To get . to:. the finals, the Bears beat. Glencoe 87-49 and Dorchester 52-49. The score of the Central Elgin game was a close 75.68, with Seaforth's Nielsen brothers,. Johnny and Dennis. scoring, 27 and 23 respectively.. In past years; the Golden Bears has been a good team. This year they are winners. One of the reasons is that there are 19`' Bantams homps members on the team, this season. whereas. in previous; years itwas difficult to find ten. This improves practices greatly, as, it allows game situationsto be simulated, with full offensive and defensive lines on the floor at once. Several of this years members are first year players, with Tittle experience, They likely won't see much, if any, action this season, However, they willbe learning the plays. and the skills, and should form the nucleus: of the squad in years to come. Seaforth has the smallest high school in the area, and in fact one of the smallest in the province. However, despite' this, and DEFENCE TACTICS --Dennis Nielsen: tries to block a play by a fellow teamate during the senior boys' basketbarl team practice at SDHS on Tuesday night. (Expositor photo) the lack of any sort of pre -high school basketball" program, SDHS •has produced two winning teams recently. "Objectively " states Johnston," ;1'd like ' to see them ` (the Bears) : make the Huron -Perth playoffs, and that's --going. to be tough (because of strong teams from both:Stratfrod and Goderich). I'd like to see ahem in the WOSSA'.finals." Winning WOSSA is a. reasonable goal for the team, as both Annadale and Central: Elgin have moved up to the: AA' divisions,' while Seaforth .is 'A'. Last year Seaforth was::. third only to these awo teams. This year they won't be in .the 'competition. If the . Bears manage to. win -WOSSA, and it won't he easy, then they will go on to the provincial finals for the first time ever.' Extra Shopping Hours for the Christmas Season tlangolnn TIRE ASSOCIATE STORE F.W. Tilley L.td. Seaforth ' Open: Thursday 8:30 till 9-p,m. • Friday 8;30 till 9 p.m.; The Seafortlsliantatns,.sct*- red2 goals late in the second periiod to break a. 2-2 tie as they doubled up on, Wing- 'ham, 4-2 in Wingham Both teamsplayed good Olen. sively and skated. hard. Jerry Wright opened up the cor- ing, for Seaforth as he tipped in aoal mouths pos :from. $. p Marty Bedard giving Seaforth a 1.0 lead. Wingharn ev:en,cd the score late in the first period Peewe O.n Novemtter 29 Seaforth Pee Woes travelled to Wingham for their second game. The game proved to. be high, scoring as Kevin Melady scored the first two goals of the game followed by Mark Stapleton. 'Wingham's : Billy, Cameron scored the first goal in, the second period followed' by David .McLlwain. By the end of the period Wingham added two more goals to the tally, with. as Jeff Moore belt :Seaforth. goalie Keith McClure. Marty Bedard gage Scaforth a 2-1 lead tippingin a goal from Jerry Wright early hi the second period Winghatn's Jeff Moore scored his second goal of the night again tying the score at 2.2. Jim Camp bell teamed: with . Dave Murray to score the tie -breaking goal giving Sea. forth a 3-2 lead. John. Dale• added an insurance goal. in front, Dave Murray late in the The ,third period was score' 'Minutes in penalties -Sea second period to account for less with; both goalies closing forth, 1Q, Wingham 6, Seaforth,* !final tally. ;the door On .their opponents.. DaVe Murray and Jerry Bantam'scoring,lineup t Name Pla G A M Dan Wesenberg,.A,' 7 1 6y 4 Tom Turner "A"' 7 1 ‘.6. 28 Pave Murray "C" 23 ,14 13; 14 Charlie Malcolm S. 2 .3 10` Jim C Day dMcL w i 2 1 4ampbell l7' 1 John Pale 17 6' 11 24 David Campbell, 3 1 2 ;,0....' . JettyWr ht 12 7 5 4 Gerard Ryan: 2 2 Q '6 Marty Bedard 116 S 4 . Barry Campbell 1Q 1 4 'Rob Core 7' 3 4 12 Bill Dale 1', .0 1 V. second game in; Seferth"s. McLlwain adding three more goals to a tune of four goals for one period, In the third period Seaforth slowed down for five minutes and Wingham's Quinn Q'Donahue scored two more goals. Kevin 'Wiltiam.,on scored the final goal for Seaforth unassisted. in all the game was fast. moving with a good. effortput forth by the Wingham goalie, Seaforth skated and passed well to help continue their winning streak, - Next scheduled game is Sunday, Dec. 9 at Seaforth '41'40 fans will enjoy asthe team meets Goderich for the first game this; year, TEAM STANDING G A ?pi, David McLlwain 11 7 18:. Kevin Melady 3.:3 6 Greg Murray 5 0 5. Dan Van Loon 2: 3 5. Trevor Price 3 1 4 Chris Cardno 3 1 4 ingham Jeff Reid D„„avid Giarric,k Scott Driscoll 2 1 Kevin • Williamson, 2 :1 1 1 1 Centenaires in A four goalthird period outburst carried the Centenaires to a 5.2 victory,, over the Exeter Hawks in O.H.A. Western Jr. "0" competition on Tuesday, night. The wire was a big one for the Centenaires as they now only trail the fourth 2 1 place Hawks by a single point and also have two games in hand. The two. teams meet again this Sunday night in Exeter. The game was a close checking affair” with both goaltenders McClure of . (Continued' on Page 20) Wright paced the Seaforth Bams 4 goals; each as they routed -with MttcheU in. consecutive ntagames 10-1 in2 Mitchell Seaforth- Mitchell ,and $-1 in h, 11!litchell had difficulty in controlling the puck in their end, thus setting up the opportunities: for the flurry of Seaforth goals, John Dale, Jim Campbell, and Rob Core each netted.2 goals and singles . were scored by Gerard Ryan, -pave McIlwain, Tom, Turner and Marty Bedard. Dannyi Wesenberg picked up 4 assists and other assists went to Dave Murray 5, John Dale. 3, Cam3, Rob Core 3, Tom Turner 2, Charlie MaJimlcolm 2, ;Mpbellarty Bedard 1, and Dave Mclllwain:1. Goalies . Jeff McLaughlin and Derek Cooper recorded the wins stopping • the opposition while allowing only 1 goal each. 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