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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, April 1,1992 Clarke Teacher Named Coach of the Year by Brad Kelly Dave Dobson has been given the ultimate sendoff upon his retirement from the college volleyball coaching ranks. He is this year's recipient of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Association (OCAA) men's volleyball coach of the year award. "It's an honour because you accept accept the award for all the coaches in Ontario," said Dobson from his office office at Clarke High School where he is a student services counsellor. "It's a great honour." He was chosen with good reason. In his second season with the Seneca Braves, his team finished in first place in the Division I league standings with a 15-1 record and were the favourites to take the gold medal at the OCAA championships. They reached the finals against Sheridan, Sheridan, but injuries at key points resulted resulted in a silver medal. This season marked only die second second year of competitive volleyball at the school after a 10-year absence. Last year, with Dobson at the helm, Seneca placed second in Division II. It was the second time in his college college coaching career that Dobson was selected for the award. He won it in 1989 during his last year as the head coach of the men's program at Durham College. Over his eight year stint at Dur ham, he led his team to a gold, silver and four bronze medals at the OCAA championships. Despite his retirement from the college ranks, he will continue his involvement with teams at Clarke. Already this year, he has guided the senior girls' and junior boys' teams to COSSA championships. If there is such a thing as a volleyball volleyball virus, Dobson has caught it. There have been a lot of changes in the game since then. Especially, said Dobson, in the level of play. Today, Today, "players on college teams arc on par with university." "When I started, the sport hadn't come into its own," he continued. "After the '76 Olympics it began to pick up momentum and now it's probably one of the most competitive competitive sports at the college level." "You like to wir lot of things I th i, but winning isn't everything. There's a nk coaches forget about. They always want to look at t "But if you look fhat's imnnrtanf he end result and want their team to win. back and see improvement in your team, Thorp are a lot of nnsitives that ran come out of spot ts other than the aspect of winning." --Dave Dobson "It's one of those sports that if you really get into it you just love it," he said. "It's hard to get out of it once you're into it. You become a fanatic pretty easily." He began his coaching career 18 years ago with a junior boys' team at Donovan, and has been hooked ever since. He has coached at every level - including regional summer games teams and club teams - in addition to his high school and college experience. experience. The highlight, as lie reflected back on his career, came in 1989 with the provincial senior 'A' women's women's team at the Canadian championships. championships. Ranked eighth going in, they lost 16-14 in the fifth and deciding game. "That was gratifying. We weren't seen as a contender. But, through sheer determination, the girls came up with a great showing." Over his career he has tried to put emphasis on building the character of his players in addition to improving improving their skill level. Portraying a "really good image of being a good person as well as being a good player" is an important trait of all his players. The game, and the kids he has encountered encountered over the years, have also taught him a great deal. "To be more patient at times," lie said with a big laugh. And then, as a serious look came over his face, lie disclosed his philosophy on coaching, and touched on what may be die problem with some coaches. "You like to win, but winning isn't the main point. There's a lot of things I think coaches forget about. They always want to look at the end result and want their team to win. "But, if you look back and see improvement in your team, that's important. There are a lot of positives positives that can come out of sports oth- cr than the aspect of winning." Dobson is keeping the door open to offers from a university team should the opportunity arise. His long-term aspirations arc to be an assistant assistant with a junior national team. For now, he is quite content with his responsibilities with the highly successful volleyball programs at Clarke. And officials at Clarke are quite content to continue with those arrangements. arrangements. ONTARIO IRLS "A" LEYBALL b TOP COACH -- Dave Dobson, a student services counsellor at Clarke High School, was selected as the OCAA men's volleyball coach oFthe year for the outstanding season his Seneca College team enjoyed. He is a two-time winner of the award, with his past selection selection being in 1989 while coaching at Durham College. Hooper's Takes Lead 9 Newcastle Town League wmmm Yesterday s Heroes iu Sport Thoughts 11 Puck Dropping Officially Opens Hockin Oldtimers Tourney Quite a few vintage hockey players showed up for the annual Hockin Real Estate Oldtimers tournament tournament on Saturday at the Bowmanvillc Recreation Complex. Sponsor Ken Hockin had the honour of dropping the first puck during the opening ceremonies, when teams from Orono and Newcastle continued continued their long-time rivalry. Naturally, Orono was represented at the faceoff by three members of the illustrious illustrious West clan, Keith (Cramps), Junior and young Steve, with Wiener in the stands cheering them on. The faceoff reps from Newcastle were Dave Roole, Sandy McDonald and Grant Flintoff. J&J Locksmith Starts Playoff with Carnation In BRHL Atom Action by Myno Van Dyke J&J Locksmith atoms began their BRHL playoffs on March 22 against Carnation Flowers. Adam MacDonald carried J&J to a 8-0 win with a splendid four-goal effort. effort. MacDonald opened the scoring with an unassisted goal. He then followed followed up with his second assisted by Clayton Kohn and John Trclcvcn. MacDonald then notched his third with an unassisted marker. Steve Marsh connected next, assisted assisted by Chris Mann and Lucas Lcskiw. Marsh collected his second goal, again set up by Mann and Lcskiw. Chris Mann relayed the next goal from Steve Marsh. Mark Colluci poked in the next marker, set up by Jeff Slimyr. Adam MacDonald finished off the scoring assisted assisted by Clayton Kohn. On Tuesday, March 24, J&J travelled travelled to the Orono Arena for a game against the Family Trust Tigers. Chris Mann snared a rebound from the front of the net from Lucas Lcskiw. Mann followed up with some nice stickhandling stickhandling to collect his second goal, again set up by Lcskiw. Jeff Shmyr fired a perfect shot from the left side that went in off of the goalie's glove to put J&J back in the game. Chris Mann then collected collected his third goal from Chris Pcldiak to put J&J back out front 4-3; Family Trust tied the game, but Clayton Kohn on a fine singlehanded effort scored to put J&J ahead 5-4. With less than a minute left, Family Trust tied the ■game. Rob Kameka had another fine game in goal, making some spectacular saves in the third period. Final score was 5-5. Tennant Stays Alive With Easy 6-3 Win by Brad Kelly Tcnnanl Heating arc still alive in the finals of the Sunday night Newcastle Newcastle men's league. Down two games to zero in their best-of-fivc final against Newcastle Lumber, Tennant came up with a convincing 6-3 win to avoid being swept. It was the first time this season that Lumber hasn't won a game against Tennant. Tennant's previous previous best was a lie earlier in the regular regular season. Game four of the scries will be Sunday night at the Newcastle Arena Arena at 9:00 p.m. Six different goal-scorers contributed contributed a goal apiece for Tennant, who were in control of the game from start to finish. John Lloyd, Steve McCullough, Mike McVills, A1 Tennant, Darcy Huber and Kenny' Kenny' Lawson had the Tennant markers. markers. Chris Talbit, Roger Yates and Nelson Lang replied for Lumber, Tennant left little doubt that they had designs on extending the series another game. From the outset, they got a jump on Lumber and built a 4-0 lead before Lumber could score on Scott Bates. Lloyd.and McCullough had first period goals, while McVilts and Tennant scored in the second period period to build the four-goal lead. Lumber did try to make a game of it in the later stages of the second second period. After Talbit's power play goal, Yates converted a give- and-go with Lloyd Hebert to pull Lumber to within two. The goal gave Lumber a lift as they swarmed Tenant in the final minute of the period, looking to narrow the margin to one. A couple of nice saves by Bates kept Tennant up by a pair. Bates made some outstanding saves on the night, but none bigger than a slop on Yates with just over five minutes to go in the second period. period. Standing alone to the side of the net, Yates one-timed a pass that was headed for the open net, but Bates threw his body across and managed to get a glove on the puck, knocking it just wide of the post. Tennant capitalized on a power play of their own in the third period. period. Huber was left standing all alone in front, and his soft shot along the ice fooled Lumber goal- tender Tim Vanslone, subbing for Wes Best, who is on vacation. . Lawson added an insurance marker for Tennant 1:53 later when he fired a rebound into tire open side of the net. With only 40 seconds left in the game, Lang scored Lumber's third goal on a snapshot to make the score respectable. Triple F Bowling League Scores T n , c, i oa I-Iigh single ladies - Frances Mul Jean Nadeau 23, Peter Plonk 23, , -A b Melle Rozema 2Q, Piet Glasbcrgcn 20, Hiel Hotly Vandcrgaast 19, Ron Bonsma 18, Calvin Vandcrgaast 18, Dirk Va- nabbema 18, Minnie Kaldcway 17, Bill Vroom 15, Andy Bonsma 13, Ncl Vanabbcma 13 High single men - George Fcddc- ma 259 High triple ladies - Hammy Vandcrgaast Vandcrgaast 680 High triple men - George Fcddcma 681 DURHAM DODGE CHRYSLER 799 BLOOR ST. W., OSHAWA 404-0525 NO GIMMICKS BOWMANVILLE MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION (TOROS) s ANNUAL MEETING DATE: APRIL 12,1992 LOCATION: BOWMANVILLE SPORTS COMPLEX HALL TIME: 12:00 Noon TOPICS: • Election of 1992 -1993,Executive • Setting of 1992 - 1993 Registration Fees • 1991 -1992 Financial Report ■ 1992 -1993 Proposed Budget • Registration will be available for all players wishing to try out for the new AAA zone. (OMHA approved March 17,1992.) (You must be registered before tryouts.) • A chance to discuss your ideas. Anyone wishing to be nominated for election, please call Dave Dunnigan at 987-5540 or Nancy Sabine at 623-9102 "THOSE THAT DO, DO. THOSE THAT DON'T, COMPLAIN ABOUT IT." Have Dinner On as! s > v»i ■ •* v. X UP m on deductible of most insurance windshield claims plus Dinner for Two at Hone's Chicken & Ribs _Offer_expir_es_/\QrilJ0th,J992_ J o 3 ?? 3k :j 1 Jkriii (xi 3 VvVtj „Jj« t-- IN flu to uau 623-4225 19 Silver St., Bowmanvillc (across from Canadian Tire)