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Southpoint Sun - 17
Bantam Raiders lost in 92-93 final By C. Scott Holland Back in March 1993, Leamington’s Bantam A Rhine Danube Raiders made it to the OMHA finals vs Cobourg but the result wasn’t exactly what the Raiders wanted. Cobourg, who had won the BB title for two consecutive years, had been moved up to the A level and they quickly showed why. Moments after losing the six point OMHA title series, Raiders’ coach Paul Kiss defined the reason why Leamington had problems. “We ran into a hot goaltender,” he said. “He (goalie Lalande) did the same thing to us up in Cobourg.” Cobourg won the Bantam A OMHA title by beating the Raiders 4-1 in the fourth game played at Leamington. It also allowed Cobourg to compete for the All-Ontario title in Timmins later on. After losing the opening two games in Cobourg the previous weekend, the Raiders returned home and showed some
fire in game three, as they beat their rivals 5-3. But in the fourth contest, all Cobourg needed was Lalande to win 4-1 and take the crown. The Raiders outshot Cobourg 35-16 in the final game but couldn’t get one puck past Lalande until the final minutes, when David Cornies broke the shutout bid. The third game, which Leamington won, was a close affair until the opening minutes of the third when they scored two quick goals to break the game open. Jeff Baclig unleashed a rising shot after taking Jamie Maksoud’s feed and it sailed into the net before anyone knew it. A few minutes later, Andy Verhoeven split the defense and made it 4-2. But Cobourg would edge closer midway through the frame before David Cornies notched his second of the contest. Aaron Setterington had opened the Leamington scoring before Cornies potted his first of two goals. Members of that strong
The Coburg team piles on each other after claiming the 1992-93 OMHA Bantam A championship. Scott Holland Collection photo
entry were: Stefan Taylor, Jay Wiper (goal); Chad Ropchan, Jason Johnston, Andy Verhoeven, David Cornies, Jeff Baclig, Mike Baker, Jamie Maksoud, Chuck Smith, Wade Jeffery, Brent Cerovoski, Aaron Setterington and Steve Konrad.
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Sports flashbacks from 1980 Kingsville Bantams trim Essex The Kingsville Bantam hockey team edged Essex by a 4-3 score on Sunday. Paul LaFleur, Scott Walker, Paul Child and Brett Harris scored for the winners. Saskatoon wins annual Can-Am tournament The Saskatoon Canadians are 1979-80 champions of the annual Can-Am Junior tournament held in Leamington over the holidays. They defeated the Chicago Hawks in the final by a 7-4 score. The Leamington Flyers beat Enoch, Alberta 6-5 in the consolation final. Leamington’s offense was led by a Mark Johnston four-goal outburst. Todd Hodgson and Dave Drummond. Flames compete in tourney The Leamington Roma Club Flames went 1-2 in
a tournament at Oro Station, Ontario over the holidays. The Flames lost to Walkerton 4-2 in their debut on Friday night, and then beat Sunderland 5-2 in the second game. They bowed to Borden 5-2 in their final game. Norm Tober and Troy Wiper scored the Flames’ goals against Walkerton. Ewald Dobetsberger with two, and Steve Impens, Wiper and Tober, provided Leamington’s offense in their win over Sunderland. In the final game, the Flames got goals from Tober and Impens. International trounces Mayhew 10-0 Wheatley International pounded their rivals Mayhew, by a 10-0 score in Peewee house league play. Paul Wiens scored seven goals to pace the International attack. Singles went to Albert Branco, Tim Clancey and Luca
Mastronardi. Chadwick’s Auto defeats A&W 4-1 Wheatley Chadwick’s Auto beat Leamington A&W 4-1 on the weekend in Peewee house league play. Benny Demelo scored twice for Chadwick’s with Wade Brackenbury and George Montague scoring singles. Leo Rauzino scored the lone goal for A&W. Datsun hands Blonde’s defeat In the Leamington Overage Juvenile division, Leamington Datsun continued their winning ways with a 9-3 win over Blonde’s Confectionary. Brian Roach had four goals for Datsun. Todd Wiper and Alan Enns each scored twice, and Mike Dibbley scored once. For Blonde’s, Mark Matheson, Jim Quick and Jack Harfmann scored.
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