Sports flashbacks from February 1991

Flyers’ Reid named Rookie of the Year

The Leamington Flyers are marred in a Great Lakes Junior C playoff battle with the Belle River Canadiens, but one of their own was honoured by the league this past weekend. Right winger, Jason Reid, 17, was a defenceman when he joined the Flyers from the Sandwich West minor hockey program last September, but Flyers coach Kirk Bowman converted him to a winger and it appears that move paid off.

Atom 2s tie and win

The Leamington Gabriele Carpets Atom 2s tied and won exhibition games over the weekend while they await their Bluewater playoff opponent. They came from behind to tie Sandwich West 4-4 on Friday and then beat the same opponent on Saturday 5-2 back in Leamington.

Mikey Mereszak scored twice in Friday’s game, including the tying marker with the goalie out. Jeff Simpson and Chris Garroway had singles. In Saturday’s game, Mereszak and Garroway each scored twice, with Chris Collins picking up the single goal. Steve Bradley and Matt Tatomir shared the goaltending duties. Packers host team from St. Louis

The Leamington Atom A Packers hosted the St. Louis Baby Blues in an exhibition game here on the weekend, losing that contest 4-2. Darby Cerovski and Jeff Moracci scored the Leamington goals, while Cameron Ellsworth and Jesse Garant stood tall in goal.

Lions 1-1 in tourney

The Leamington Lions Senior Boys Basketball team went 1-1 in a recent tournament at Essex High School. Pierre Jraiche’s 18 points led Leamington to a 58-49 win over Harrow in game 1. Paolo Mastronardi chipped in with 13 points for the Rick Dumais coached team. In game two, the Lions fell to the Kingsville Cavaliers 41-31. Jeff Woodiwiss had 19 for Kingsville, while Jraiche and Mastronardi once again led Leamington’s offense.

Village Inn trounces Pumpers

In Leamington Senior Men’s Hockey League play, the Village Inn ran roughshod over the first place Esso Pumpers by a 12-3 score. The new look V.I. squad was led by Phil Wiper, Mark Matheson, Brian Roach and Ken Cobby, who all scored twice. Cobby’s two goals came in a 40-second span. Singles went to Ewald Dobetsberger, Randy Robinson and Gary Gayer. The Pumpers got goals from Steve Lewis, Jim Ferguson and Dave Lightfoot.

Kingsville Novices beat Tilbury

The Brian’s Custom Pro Novices defeated Tilbury by an 8-2 score on the weekend. Despite spotting Tilbury an early lead, the Kings roared back and won the game on the strength of Scott Chapman’s four goal performance. Rob McMenemy, Rob Buchanan, Max Graham and Adam Ellwood all had single markers.