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Sports flashbacks from 1995 This week’s sports flashbacks come from December of 1995. Flyers outlast Lincs The Leamington Flyers 10-8 win over the St Marys Lincolns on Thursday was only their second win against that franchise in team history. The cellar-dwelling Lincolns came in hoping to beat the Flyers again, but the first place Leamington squad outlasted the visitors. Tom Williams and Adam Edinger led the Flyers offense, each scoring three. Dave Crawford had two goals, while singles went to Rob Rosati and Jeff Stahlbrand. Rob Belleau got the win in goal after relieving starter Rob Drake. Atom AEs top Tilbury The Southpoint Atom AEs, sponsored by the Wheatley Legion Branch 324, defeated Tilbury 4-2 on the weekend. The Southpoint squad has only one loss on the season. Beau Driedger, Jeff Wenzler, Brian Bradley and Brian Quick each scored for Southpoint, with Deny Beresh earning the win in goal. Couture edges Jack’s Mini Mart Couture Cement spotted Jack’s an early lead and roared back for the win. David Dueck, Matt Iacobelli and Ryan Mercer scored for Couture. Joe Barrette and Joe Friesen scored the Jack’s goals. Bruce Glover for Couture and James Shelswell for Jack’s, both had great games between the pipes. Acro-Ropers compete in Nepean The Leamington Acro-Ropers competed in the 7th Annual Acro-Roping National Open held in Nepean, Ontario. About 200 competitors from across Quebec, Ontario, Maryland and Indiana took part in the event. Trophy winners for the Leamington team were Vickie Davis, Nichola Bayley, Sarah Grieve, Rachel Carey, Allison Knight, Lauren Knight, Megan Knight and Jill Bruner. LDSS Grade 9 volleyball underway Tony Omar was instrumental in starting a volleyball league for Grade 9 girls, after he saw how many talented students tried out for the Junior team this year. Four schools will compete in the Midget Girls league and Leamington had a pre-season warm-up in a tournament this past weekend, defeating Harrow and Kingsville, before dropping a match to General Amherst. Middle Sarah Brophy and power Nicole Dibbley led the Lions’ hitters, while setters Jennifer Hickson, Sarah Whittle and Kim Collins were effective in their system. Lisa Tiessen had some great defensive plays. Atom Minors win 8-1 The Southpoint Gulliver Group Atom Minors trounced Belle River in a game played in Wheatley on the weekend. Belle River got the first goal in the first minute of play, but James Gillett and Jordan Omstead both slammed the door after that. Michael Ferreira’s four-goal outburst led the Caps. Kenny Horvath had two, with single goals scored by Daniel Jones and Ryan Leslie.
The award recipients from the 1987 Can-Am Jr. Hockey tournament are pictured here. In the back row are Britt Walling (Leamington, All-Star goaltender), Dave Hildebrandt (Leamington, All-Star forward), Rick Wright (Leamington, All-Star defence), Jeff Perry (Mooretown, tournament scoring champ), Randy Tetzlaff (Leamington, All-Star goaltender). Front row are all Chicago Young Americans. From left, Nick Coracci (most sportsmanlike), Chuck Wood (tournament MVP) and Ken Stubler (All-Star defence). Photo from the Scott Holland Collection
Chicago team won the 1987 Can-Am tournament B C. Scott Holland It took 11 years and lots of tough competition before an American club captured the annual Molson Can-Am Jr Hockey tourney held at the former Leamington arena. The team that managed the feat was the Chicago Young Americans, who had beaten a couple Jr. B squads before capturing the 1987 Can-Am title. They beat the Flyers in the final. For the Americans, the third time was the charm. They had played in the 1983 and 1985 tourneys and head coach Chico Adrahtas stated, “It’s my favourite competition. Belle River, Leamington and Essex are all hot beds of Junior C hockey.” Despite having some players who had played previously in front of large crowds, having 1,300 in the close confines of the Leamington
arena, was an experience. Flyers’ head coach Reg Mulholland thought the championship game was one of the Flyers’ best efforts of the season, and it was only fitting that both goalies - Britt Walling and Randy Tetzlaff - were named to the tournament All-Star squad. He also noted that the Chicago team played a brand of hockey similar to Jr. B. Had it not been for Walling, Chicago might have had a large first period lead, as he dazzled the crowd with big saves and kept Chicago to one goal - a tally fired by Jamie McCrae. The Flyers’ Mike Dunmore countered to keep the score even. A crucial moment of the contest came in the opening minute of the second, when Walling took a high shot off a shoulder and aggravated
an old injury. Randy Tetzlaff replaced him. Near the eight minute mark, Shane Jeffery’s rebound was slotted by Dave Cantlon to put the Flyers ahead 2-1 but that didn’t last long, as Chicago’s Bill Horbach knotted the score. In the third period, Chicago fired two to go up 4-2. With just over three minutes left in the game, Garry Symons closed the gap when his blast found the target. The Flyers pulled Tetzlaff in favour of an extra attacker in the final minute, but it was to no avail, as Chicago won 4-3. Chicago doubled the Flyers in shots, 45-22 and took their first ever Can-Am title.
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