Page 24 THE COMMUNITY CRIER: October 23,1996 Sports r v & -•* v- r 1 - . ~ Sports A w i n l e s s w e e k e n d shorts Whalers tie Oshawa, lose to Sarnia in weekend games Canton will be holding its first ever “Halloween Fest” for children of all ages Oct. 26 at Heritage Park. The activities will run from noon - 4 p.m. There will also be a free story telling in the evening from 7 - 10 p.m. For information call 397-5110. BY BRIAN CORBETT The Whalers had their second consecu tive winless weekend after tying Oshawa, 4-4, Saturday and losing to divisional rival Sarnia, 4-2, Sunday night at Compuware Sports Arena. Detroit hasn’t won since Oct. 6 versus Barrie, going 0-3-1 since then.
The City of Plym outh and C anton Parks & R ecreation Departments will be holding regis tration for its co-ed volleyball Lleague starting Oct. 28, and new The entry fee is $175, plus a $15 non-resident fee. For more informa tion call 455-6620. Once again — as in losses to London, Kitchner and Guelph earlier this month — the third period proved Detroit’s undoing in the loss to Sarnia, who scored three power play goals. “I think it’s just an experience thing,” said Whalers Coach and General Manager Peter DeBoer. “They had the best power play in the league last year, and they returned almost everybody from those units. They got a few power plays late in the game.
I think both teams had power plays in the third, and they just capitalized and we managed to get one. And we can’t trade off power play for power play with a team with that kind of firepower. We did a good job killing penalties. I think it’s just a matter of time before those guys get warm.” The Detroit Whalers announced that individual game tickets are now on sale for the 1996-97 season. Tickets may be purchased at the new Compuware Sports Arena located at 14900 Beck Rd. or by calling (313) 453-8400. In action earlier this season, Sergei Fedotov (32) and Luc Rioux (16) battle for con trol of the puck near the Whalers’ goal. Forward Randy Fitzgerald drops back to help. (Crier photo by R.
Alwood Jr.) Detroit goalie Robert Esche on a slap shot from the right circle. Just 1:02 later Todd Miller scored on a backhanded shot to give the Sting a two-goal lead. same line accounted for the next goal at 11:40 of the second period when Taylor beat goalie Marc Cairns. Wilford scored the next two goals of the period, the latter a power play goal at 17:58. The City of Plymouth Parks and Recreation Department will be hold ing registration for its men’s basket ball league starting Nov. 4 for return ing teams and Nov. 13 for new teams. For information call 455- 6620.
Sarnia’s Wes Mason and John Sim weren’t warm — they were hot, burning Detroit for two goals and an assist, and a goal and an assist, respectively. Sergei Fedotov and Julian Smith scored for Detroit. With the game in hand, several bouts followed. Morrone was jumped at center ice by Sarnia’s Richard Irwin. After they had been separated, Irwin went after Detroit defenseman Troy Smith. Detroit tough guy Jesse Boulerice stepped in and KO’d Irwin with left hand. The players paired off when a Sarnia player left the bench to fight Boulerice, who again got the better of his opponent bringing the 2,466 in attendance to their feet.
Down 3-2 in the third period, Boulerice tied the game for third time on an assist from Fitzgerald. Ryan Lindsay put the Generals in the lead again midway through the final period. But Detroit responded again when Boulerice and Fitzgerald recorded their second points of the night assisting on Julian Smith’s game-tying goal at 12:28. The Whalers, who surprised Sarnia, 4- 2, in the third game of the season, jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Julian Smith’s first period goal. Captain Mike Morrone, who played his typical physical game, record ed the assist along with Randy Fitzgerald. Northville Parks and Recreation is offering a Sunday men’s basketball league.
The entry fee is $330 per team, there is a $15 non-resident fee. The season is scheduled to begin Nov. 24. For more information call 349-0203. Standings Detroit’s record is 4-6-1. They have nine points, behind Sarnia (7-1-1; 15 points) and Sault Ste. Marie (8-2-1; 17 points). Ottawa (8-2-1) leads the OHL’s East Division. Kitchner (8-4) and Guelph (7-0-1) are battling in the Central Division. Detroit hammered Sarnia for 13 shots on goal in the second period, but leviathan goalie Patrick DesRochers, who leads the OHL in save percentage (.943), stopped them all. In the game Saturday against Oshawa, it was Detroit who came from behind to tie the game and earn a point.
The Generals led three times and in every period, but Julian Smith’s goal with less than seven minutes left in the game gave Detroit its first tie of the young season. Five Whalers had two points. Marty Wilford had two goals for Oshawa; Mike Zanutto had three assists. Canton High School soccer play ers Kevin Gniewek, Jason Bennett and Salem High School players Matt Sarkesian and Brett Konley were named to the W estern Lakes A ctivities A ssociation’s All C onference Boys Soccer team . Matt Ammons, Mike Bennett, Dan Steinert and Nick W right from Canton, and Salem’s Chris Curry, Josh Fair, and Ryan Konley were named to the Western and Lakes All Division teams.
Mason scored at 4:07 of the third peri od to tie the score at 1-1. Fedotov answered for Detroit on the power play with his first goal of the season at 8:01, with assists from Steve Wasylko and Mark Cadotte. On an assist from Sim, Mason struck again on the power play at 13:05. The duo hooked up again four minutes later when Sim took a cross-ice pass from Mason and buried.it past Notebook Detroit’s Joshua Carter, a Plymouth resident, was optioned from the Whalers roster prior to Saturday’s game. According to DeBoer, Carter could either play in Canada or for the Tier II Compuware Ambassadors, who also play at Compuware Sports Arena.
Chiefs girls CC second to one in WLAA Dan Hinote put the Generals in the lead with a power play goal at 12:40 of the first period. Harold Druken scored with the man advantage on assists from Chad Cavanagh and Andrew Taylor. The BY JANET ARMSTRONG The Canton girls cross country team rounded out their league action with a strong showing at the Western Lakes Activities Association conference meet finishing second only to Stevenson. Schmidt had a time of 20:44 to finish 20th, Christiana Bradford crossed in 22th place with a time of 20:50, Jamie Vergari took 27th place in a time of 20:59 and Darcy Crain finished in 37th with a time of 21:39.
“This is the second fastest team we’ve ever had,” Przygodski said of his team. Jeffrey K leinsm ith, a 1982 Salem High School graduate, com peted in the International Law Enforcement Olympics. “I was absolutely pleased with our performance,” said Canton coach George Przygodski. “Stevenson took first — they’ll proba bly win the state meet.” Canton captured the Western Division Title with a dual meet record of 6-0. The Chiefs next challenge will be at the Regional meet at Ann Arbor Pioneer Saturday. “We race in and extremely tough region,” said Przygodski. “One of our goals has been to qualify for the State as a team.
So that’s what were going to do.” Kleinsmith was awarded two gold medals and one silver medal. Becky Wolfrom was the highest finisher for Canton crossing the line at 19:38 for fifth place, Beth Knight took 11th place with a time of 20:03, Angkana Roy finished 14th at 20:12, Lori