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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2015-03-26, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015. Continued from page 1 before their eyes. “I’m very proud of them,” Johnston said the day after the big win. “They were boys at the start of the season and by the end they had turned into young men.” While Johnston points to many hockey-related factors as reasons why the Crusaders find themselves atop the hockey world, like puck movement and making the Lambton Shores goalie move a lot in the crease, he said it’s what changed in the players that resulted in the win, not adjustments made on the ice. He points to the players getting along well and creating an environment full of positive reinforcement and devoid of negativity as the reason the team began to come together. “They really started to believe in themselves,” he said. Johnston said that at the beginning of the season, the Crusaders had a lot of work to do and he didn’t see them making a lot of noise in the season’s OMHA tournament. Tim Waechter of Brussels, a defenseman with the team, agreed, saying that the team wasn’t playing as well as it could have at the beginning of the season, but as the players began to believe in themselves, that all started to really change. “Coach Scott always told us to remember the three believes: the coaches believe in us, we have to believe in each other and we have to believe in ourselves,” Waechter said. Waechter said that while he feels the improvement of the team happened gradually over the course of the season, it was a second place finish at the International Silver Stick tournament in Minden late last year when opinions started to change and the members of the group began to believe in themselves as their coach had implored them to do. This was Waechter’s fourth trip to the OMHA tournament, he said, and coming away with a win was important to him. So important, in fact, that he cut another sports opportunity short in order to be there. Waechter was in Hawaii, representing Canada with his rugby team from St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary School, but made the trip back to Canada early, knowing he didn’t want to miss games two and three of the series at his home arena. Both were once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, he said, but with this being his final year of eligibility in the minor hockey system, he knew where he wanted to be and, in the end, the choice wasn’t a hard one to make. As for the fire truck ride, Waechter says it was one of the highlights of the day because it’s a chance that not a lot of people get over the course of their lives. For Assistant Coach Steve Howson, the win brought back boyhood memories. Howson was on Crusaders have big weekend at home to win title Who’s number one? The Blyth Brussels Midget AE Crusaders solidified their place in local hockey lore on Sunday, completing a sweep of the Lambton Shores Predators to win the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) championship. What followed was the age-old tradition of a fire truck ride around Brussels. The team is, back row, from left: Assistant Coach Glenn Raynard, Dalen Martin, Dalton Carey, Matt McNichol, Jeremy Grisdale, Justin Rodger, Dylan McNeil, Dallas Coultes, Josh Gibbons, Austin Johnston, Brenden Howson and Assistant Coach Steve Howson. Front row, from left: Trainer Steve Dolmage, Head Coach Scott Johnston, Dawson Peachey, Brandon Marshall, Curtis Weber, Dawson Coultes, Craig Raynard, Tim Waechter, Curtis Raynard, Scott Dolmage and Hunter Dale. (Shawn Loughlin photo) Making them work Although Hunter Dale was stopped on this attempt on Sunday, his fellow Midget AE Crusader teammates had no such problems finding the back of the net on the weekend as they won both of their games at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre to capture the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) crown. (Shawn Loughlin photo) Township of North Huron Spring Yard Waste Collection Space provided through a partnership between industry and Ontario municipalities to support waste diversion programs Monday, April 13, 2015 Monday, April 27, 2015 Monday, May 4, 2015 Monday, May 11, 2015 Any yard waste left at the curb after the Final pickup date will be subject to a minimum charge of $50.00 for pickup. Material should be placed at the curb in Paper Organic Yard Waste Bags, or open containers only (not over 44 pounds in weight), before 7 a.m. for collection. Plastic Bags are not acceptable for yard waste and will not be picked up.The Township encourages grass clippings to be left on your lawn providing valuable moisture and nutrients to your lawn. Between the Township’s yard waste collection dates,yard waste and grass clippings can currently be taken to the Wingham Landfill at 86165 Currie Line or the Blyth Depot at 117 North Street, Blyth. Spring yard waste collection starts Monday, April 13, 2015 and runs according to the following schedule: Spring Cleaning Blyth Laundromat 191 Westmoreland St., Blyth 519-523-9687 Continued on page 13