Whitby Free Press, 5 Oct 1983, p. 12

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PAGE 12, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6, 1983, WHITBY FREE PRESS SPOIRTS WEEK Henry Street gridders win wlith 'meat' defence by TJM BAINES You migbt Say Joe Shine took a shine to beating bis former teammates from* Paul Dwyer Higb Sehool. )(oumight also Say that a defence known only as "34 meat"l poun- ded the Dwyer offence to a hait throughout the game. Regardless, the Henry Street Hawks, with quarterback Joe Shine at the belm, defeated Dwyer 24-7 last Tuesday in Lake; On- tario Secondary Sehool Association senior foot- ball action. Shine, who tran- sferred to Henry this year to take advantage of the semester system was the man on the spot as the pro-Dwyer crowd razzed him from the opening whistle to the- end of the gamne. Henry coach Pat Pucknell says Shine got better as the game went on but is still capable of playing better. The Henry defence ailowed Dwyer only one "earned"' firat down al game. Pucknell at- tributes much of the- defensive effectiveness to the "34 meat"', a defensive alignmnent where the three biggest offensive line players are inserted on the NEW& USED SKATES SKATE BLADE REPAIRS DONE ON PREMISES C.C.M...BAUER- MOURS: ~Largo Soloction LANGE-MICRON . Bay Sports ~ _ Equlpment L d. 839-5610 ~ E___iî structions to search and destroy. Noseguard Walt Smith crashed tbrough the Dwyer backfield to record three quarter- back sacks and he also recovered two fumbles. The Hawks combineci a strong running and passing game to baffle the Dwyer squad. Puckneil says this mix- ture threw Dwyer off guard. "They were so spread out trying to cover the pass, any time we ran, the holes were wide open," he said. Tom Clarke scored two Henry touchdowns while Richard Daley. added the other. An- drew Brannigan booted a 45-yard field goal and tbree converts. Greg MacDonald scored the only Dwyer major. Henry took a 10-o leqd at the haif. Daley scamn- pered 55 yards for the firéet major while Bran- nigan added a field goal. Clarke scored touch- downs on runs of 30 and 40 yards. After the game, Pucknell gave game awards to Daley, Clarke, Smith, linebacker and defen- sive end Jeff Donaldson and safety Santo Giar- dina wbo picked off three passes. JUNIORS WIN The Henry juniors were also. victors as they thumnped Eastdale 40-0 in wbat Hawk coach Dan MacCluskey called "«just one of those nights" No matter how hard Henry tried to stop racking up the points, the score kept rising. Each player dressed saw substantial action for the Hawks. Flanker Jason Deer scored tbree touch- downs while Mark Fisher, Greg Lepine and Chris Reier added single majors. Scott Tutten added -four -con- verts. The blowout may have been just what the doctor ordered accor- ding to MacCluskey. 1"It belps our con- fidence and attendance bas been excellent at practise since the game. The. guys realize thiat maybe we are a force to be reckoned with," he said. MacCluskey said bis teamnwas just too big for Eastdale to handie. The game also gave the Henry coacbing staff an opportunity to 1ook at People at dif- ferent positions. "We're 'just hoping we get more pieces of the puzzle in the rigbt Places,", said Mac- Cluskey. Players earming the coaches' accolades were safety Bart Slichter and corner linebacker Jeff page. 980 Brock Rd. S. PIckorIngj~Wj ir 9ý

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