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St.
Lawrence Laurentians’ Masters soccer champs
include (kneeling, from left):
Noel Doyle’s children Hilary and Parker, Randy
Edwards, Phonse Cooper, goalie Keith Jackman, Eddy
Kelly, Jeff Warren, Paul Hartson and Captain Bob
Spearns. Back Row: Noel Doyle, Assistant Coach
Wils Molloy, Albert Anstey, Harry Kelly, Paul
Brake, Bill Pike, Brian Haskell, Gord Pike, Roland
Doyle, Leon Slaney, Scott Bishop, Jeff Appleby,
Duanne Hickey, Wayne Slaney and Coach Clem
(Junior) Edwards. Cynthia Farrell Photo |
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For
the second straight weekend, St. Lawrence Laurentians have
shown their provincial soccer dominance. This past weekend
the Laurentians claimed a second consecutive Provincial
Molson Masters Championship, after the senior squad
claimed the provincial Challenge Cup Labour Day weekend.
The Laurentians won four back to back games, all by
shutout with veteran goalie Keith Jackman in nets, to
captured the eight-team provincial tournament hosted in
the
Burin
Peninsula
community Sept. 9-11.
Sunday, St. Lawrence blanked Lawn Shamrocks 3-0 with
goals from Harry Kelly, Scott Bishop and Jeff Warren. St.
Lawrence advanced to the final with another 3-0 victory,
this time over Molson Duke Duckworth of St. John’s. Kelly,
Warren and Brian Haskell handled the scoring in this game.
In the round-robin play, Warren booted two goals, Haskell
and Jeff Appleby singles in a 4-0 blanking of Marystown.
Kelly, along with Albert Anstey scored twice and
Warren
added a single in a 5-0 decision over Labatt Star of the
Sea of St. John’s.
Lawn shutout Molson Value Pharmacy of Paradise 2-0, in
its opening game, on goals by Luke Edwards and Manuel Cox.
Lou Dodge had the shutout in goal. Bill Warren and Sam
Warren had the goals in a 2-0 shutout of Conception Bay
South. Albert Facey recorded the blanking in this game.
Lawn advanced to the final with a 2-1 triumph over Mount
Pearl as Sam Warren and Brud Edwards netted the goals.
In Marystown’s other game, Molson Duke of Duckworth
outscored the peninsula side 4-1. Wade Cheeseman had the
only goal for Marystown.
St. Lawrence was one of five teams declaring before the
tournament it would not be able to represent Newfoundland
and Labrador at the Eastern Canadian Championships in
Prince
Edwards
Island
in October. As a result Lawn will be the provincial
representative.
Laurentians’ goalie Keith Jackman won the ‘Bob Edwards
Memorial Trophy’ as the tournament’s MVP while Barry Lambe
of the Shamrocks was named the most sportsmanlike player.
The provincial Masters’ Tournament was played in memory
of Masters player Carl Strang of the Lawn Shamrocks, who
died suddenly in the past two weeks preparing to play in
the weekend’s tournament. |
