Southpoint Sun - April 7, 2021

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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Flyers won 2013-14 Western conference title By C. Scott Holland On April 3, 2014, the Leamington Flyers celebrated their first ever Western Conference playoff championship. It had taken them two decades to accomplish the feat and the victory abolished many years of the pain and agony of falling short. The road to that title began with the regular season, where the Flyers finished first overall. Pitted against the eighthplace St. Marys Lincolns, the Flyers won the bestof-seven series 4-0 and earned three shutouts in four contests, winning 7-0, 5-0 ad 4-0. In the only game the Lincolns were in, the Flyers won 3-2 in overtime. Kyle Quick ripped the game-winning

goal at 6:04 of the extra period. Up next was the fifthplace London Nationals — a club which had already been a top contender for a few seasons — and would ultimately become a nemesis for Leamington in the future. The Flyers took the opener 5-3, then lost 3-2 at London. A thrilling 3-2 double-overtime victory at home featured the heroics of Eric Henderson, who slotted the game-winner at the 11-minute mark of the second overtime. Leamington outshot the Nats 68-31 as Flyers’ goalie Austin Roudebush outlasted his Nats’ counterpart, Jacob Riley. The next contest also went into double OT. This time, Leamington

emerged the winner again as David Dalby cashed in a powerplay tally at 5:08 while London’s Ryan Wells served a minor penalty for roughing. The only scoring in the game occurred in the second when the Nats’ Jeff Bauer and Leamington’s Tony Spidalieri traded goals. The Flyers closed out the series with a 6-1 win and went on to face the thirdplace Chatham Maroons for the championship, which they won in five games. Members of the 2013-14 Flyers team were: Head coach Tony Piroski, a/ coaches: Ron Soucie, Lee Jones, Jamie McDermott, Branden Robitaille, Mark Epplett, trainers: Dr. Steve O’Neil and Dr. Luke Szczepanik; GM:

Mike Daler, A/GM. Kevin Hopper. Players: Austyn Roudebush, Trevor Wheaton, J. P. Grineau, Ryan Muzzin, Blaine Bechard, Cole Chevalier,

David Dalby, Alex Seguin, Dylan Seguin, Alex Friesen, Eric Henderson, Colin Moore, Nathan Opblinger, Mitch Amante, Cale Allen, Chris Scott,

Kyle Quick, Tony Spidalieri, Daniel Robertson, Graham Kelsey plus APs Anthony Salinitri and Brett Markham.

DELIVERY or CURBSIDE Alex Seguin hoists the Bill Weir Championship Trophy for the Flyers’ 2013-14 GOJHL Western Conference title on April 3, 2014, with a 1-0 Game five win over the Chatham Maroons. Sun photo archives

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Lions win soccer opener The Leamington Lions senior boys defeated Amherst in their opening game of the 1991 soccer season last week at Amherst. Rich Schroeder, Scott Butler and John Day scored for Leamington, with Karl Wachholz picking up the win in goal. Coach Peter Quick also praised the work of middle sweeper Scott McGregor. Juniors drub Amherst 5-0 Meanwhile the junior boys shutout their foes from General Amherst by a 5-0 count. Joey Youssef scored three goals to lead the Lions offence, while Rocco Flores had the other two. Mark Quenneville, Jason Ford and Larry Lane shared the shutout. Bennie Lumber goes unbeaten for title The Bennie Lumber Atom House League team won both the regular season and playoff titles, going unbeaten in local atom hockey play. Team members included Scott Rutgers, Adam Tiessen, Matthew Nikkel, Shane Ivy, Patrick Michaud, Joey Raffoul, Kerry Klym, David Braun, Jason Meuller, Eric Pelletier and Derrick Critchlow. Coaches were Jarret James and Bill Rutgers. Village Inn wins senior hockey crown The Village Inn rallied to beat Gulliver Insurance Brokers and win the Leamington Men’s Senior Hockey title on Monday night. Todd Hodgson had staked the Brokers to a 2-0 lead with two nifty goals. The V.I. got on the board midway through the second as Brian Roach made it 2-1. Roach then followed with his second to tie the game. Hodgson completed his hat trick on a nice feed from Roger Lamb to regain the lead for the Brokers. Then with two minutes left on the clock, Roach struck again to complete his own hat trick, with help from Mark Matheson and Jim Butcher. That goal

tied the game and Gary Gayer scored the winner 35 seconds later to give the Village Inn the crown. LDSS Senior girls beat Amherst 3-0 The LDSS senior girls soccer team shutout Amherst by a 3-0 score last week. Leslie Gibbons, Mary Ann Elias and Suzanne Lapos scored the Lion goals. Lisa Derbyshire earned the shutout. Eight schools compete in badminton tourney The third annual LDSS Junior/Senior Invitational Badminton Tournament was held at the Sherk Complex on Easter Monday. Eight schools and 150 players competed from this area. Joe Bethlehem and Scott Coulter teamed up for third place in junior boys doubles, while Chris Tuquero and Derick Mastromatteo finished third in senior boys doubles. Adrienne Popa and Joey Youssef took second place in senior mixed doubles. Josephine Bileti and Cindy Sleiman won the junior girls doubles title, while Mary Bethlehem and Carol Guzman won the senior title.

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