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Southpoint Sun - 21
Sports flashbacks from 1995
Raiders, Belleville tied 1-1 in final series The Southpoint Rhine Danube Raiders Major Bantams split their opening games in the OMHA championship series with Belleville on the weekend. On Saturday in Wheatley, the Raiders beat Belleville 9-5, but lost Sunday in Leamington by a 4-2 score. The next two games will be played in Belleville. Jeff Moracci and Randy Liebrock each netted hat tricks to lead the Raiders. Mike Mereczak, Thomas Grubb and Jeff Robinson scored singles. In the second game, the Raiders jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but watched their opponents march back for the victory. Robinson and Moracci scored the Southpoint goals. Jackson’s wins Harrow tourney The Jackson’s China Clippers Novice House League squad won the March break tournament in Harrow over the weekend. They beat Kingsville 6-2 in game one. Game two was another lopsided score, defeating Harrow 8-1. Lee Snider paced the attack with four goals, while Cory Garant added a pair. Singles went to Larry St. Denis and Ryan Peixe. The locals then beat Essex 8-0, with Tyler Clark getting the shutout. Snider scored four again, while St. Denis scored twice. Peixe and Craig Hudders rounded out the scoring. Jackson’s advanced to the finals against Kingsville CAW 444, where they came from behind to win 6-2. Peixe, St. Denis and Snider scored two each for the winners. Rhine Danube wins soccer event The Rhine Danube soccer team won the 10th annual Windsor FC National tournament last week at the University of Windsor. Leamington goalie Zoran Javic, was named MVP and Joe Rodrigues was named tournament MVP. Captain Tony Omar accepted the championship trophy for the team, coached by Wes Brower. Jets oust Flyers in straight games The Petrolia Jets ended an otherwise Cinderella season for the Leamington Flyers Tuesday night as 1100 fans witnessed a 9-4 Jets victory, which ended the Flyers season. Leamington fired 51 shots at Jets goalie Steve Tutt. Tyler Sutherland and Adam Edinger each scored twice for the Flyers. Minor Bantams will meet Peterborough for title The Southpoint Shoreline Tours Minor Bantams advanced to the OMHA finals with a 9-6 win over Stoney Creek on the weekend. Southpoint had won the first two games by 5-3 and 5-2 scores. In the deciding game, Southpoint got two goals each from Tim Weil and Keith Diemer , with singles from Mike Williams, Ryan Rutgers, Jeff Moracci, Jason Feltz and Matt Coulter. Jeff Bailey got the win in goal. Oldtimers win Ambassador Cup The Wheatley Oldtimers recently captured the Ambassador Cup at a tournament in Windsor. In game one, Wheatley edged a team from Fraser Michigan by a 5-3 count. They beat the Windsor Vikings 1-0 in game two. In game three, the locals took on Windsor Ancient Ruins and beat them 5-1. That set the stage for the final, where the Wheatley crew again defeated the Windsor Vikings 4-1. Team members are Chuck Turner, Rick Imeson, George Toews, Bob Whittle, Doug Vollans, Max Riediger, Alex Crane, Jim Simpson, Rick Thompson, Bruce King, Gary Elder, Grant Bowman, Bob McLean, Byron Henderson, Barry Thompson and Dennis Jackson.
Leamington Flyers Brad Selwood, left, and Randy Manery, right, posing with Detroit Red Wings’ Bert Marshall at the Flyers annual banquet. Selwood was the club’s top scorer, while Manery was named MVP. Photo courtesy of the Scott Holland Collection
Flyers mid-sixties teams were dynasty; won Ontario title in 65-66 By C. Scott Holland While most of us know that the Leamington Flyers have been a powerful Jr. B and Jr. C team, many do not realize that the club spent three seasons — 1964-65 to 196667 — without a league in which to play. Instead of junior hockey, they were entered in the Bluewater Juvenile League, and during their three-season tenure, were one of the most formidable teams in the province. During that time, they made it to at least the OMHA semi-finals every year and won one provincial championship. It is an injustice to try to cover all three seasons in one article, so each season will be featured over the next few weeks. The power of the 1965-66 club was realized as the championship run began. That club featured two future NHLers in Brad Selwood and Randy Manery, but those two were only a small part of the well-bal-
anced machine that was the Flyers. Immense support and talent was shown by Joe Couture, Bill Wright, Dennis Dyck, Greg Mason, Don Ryall, Fred McKeen, Harold Martin, Dan Stasso, Roger Zeray, Don Mastronardi, Jim Gillanders, Barry Thompson, Neil Bradbury and goalie Bill Salisbury. And that doesn’t even include the three “black aces” in Ron Haley, Rick Imeson and Garth Phibbs, who seldom saw ice time but were at every game Fred Epplett was at the helm as the GM, with Ken Playford at his side as the Assistant GM. Head coach Bill Sanford had his ‘A Minor’ Juvenile entry in fine form and it was evident right from the outset. In the opening twogame, total goals series against Byron, the Flyers thrashed their opponent 12-4. In a best of three second round versus Goderich, both Manery and Selwood shone, as the Flyers took
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both contests. Fort Erie became the next club on their list and the third (semi-final) series became delayed after Fort Erie asked for a week delay because of suspension troubles. That tactic certainly backfired as the Flyers overwhelmed them in yet another best of two total-goals series. They topped Fort Erie by a total of 17-5. The Flyers vaulted into the provincial finals and met Dorset Park — a Toronto suburb. After two close calls at winning the crown, the Leamington club emerged with the honours and were deemed champions of 1965-66.
The 1966 championship crest
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