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Saugeen Maitland AA go 2-3 in Sudbury tournament
Sports
The Saugeen Maitland Midget AA
Lightning travelled to Sudbury last
weekend to participate in the annual
Snowflake Challenge Tournament.
This year the Midget AA division
was by invitation only, with six of
the top-ranked teams in Ontario
competing in a round-robin format.
After an eventful bus ride up
Highway 69, the Lightning faced the
host Sudbury Wolves. There were no
signs of bus-legs as the girls took it
to the Wolves from the opening face-
off, winning 2-1. Goals were scored
by Tori Terpstra and Ashlee
Lawrence, with assists going to
Kelly Gribbons, Kailyn Soers and
Jordyn Sholdice.
Saturday morning, the Bolts faced
the second ranked Midget girls team
in Canada, the Stoney Creek Sabres,
falling 6-3. The score belied the
game play as the Lightning carried
the play to the Sabres for long
periods while Stoney Creek took
advantage of their scoring chances
and some lucky bounces. Lexi
Smith, Cassidy Colhoun and
Terpstra all scored for the Lightning
with helpers from Courtney Surridge
(2), Harley Westman, Sarah
Biesenthal, Gribbons and Terpstra.
The Lightning then took on the
North Bay Ice-Bolts, downing them
3-0. Smith, Lawrence and Terpstra
found the back of the net with assists
from Miranda Lantz, Dawn Pletsch,
Jamie Simpson, Gribbons and
Surridge. Shea Tiley stopped all
North Bay attempts to earn the shut-
out and take player-of-the-game
honours for the Bolts.
The third game on Saturday and
fourth inside of 24 hours for the
Lightning was a real test to their
endurance against the top-ranked
team from the Ottawa area, the
Nepean Wildcats. However, the
Bolts dominated at both ends of the
ice, downing Nepean 3-1. Scoring
for the Bolts were Terpstra, Colhoun
and Gribbons with a short-handed
effort. Assists were earned by
Maddie Duncan, Westman, Smith
and Surridge. Morgan Baker was
solid in net, only allowing one goal
and earning player of the game for
the Lightning.
Sunday morning the Lightning
dug deep with more than a couple of
players nursing strains, bumps and
bruises that typically come with
tournament play. Although dropping
the game 3-2 to the Whitby Wolves,
the Bolts were in it the entire game
and gave notice that Saugeen
Maitland will be a team to be
reckoned with come the Provincial
Championships. The Lightning
goals were scored by Gribbons and
Terpstra with assists earned by Soers
and Westman.
The Lightning will face the
Bluewater Hawks in the next round
of the Lower Lakes playoffs starting
next Sunday in Teeswater.
For schedule and results visit:
www.saugeenmaitlandlightning.com
Matthew Cottrill of Belgrave
competed with the Fanshawe
Falcons men’s curling team at the
Ontario College Athletic Association
Provincial Championship in St.
Thomas on Feb. 13 to 17.
The team finished the tournament
as champions, bringing home
the gold medal for Fanshawe
College.
The Falcons will now travel to
Edmonton March 20 to 23 for the
National College Championship
where they will try to defend their
title as reigning champions. The
Fanshawe ladies team won the
bronze medal and the mixed team
won the gold medal. The ladies team
will also be going to Edmonton to
defend their title as last year’s
champions.
Cottrill and team win big
Matthew Cottrill of Belgrave, bottom left, and his team the Fanshaw Falcons men’s curling
team took top spot at the Ontario College Athletic Association provincial championship held
in St. Thomas earlier this month. (Denny Scott photo)
Belgrave native wins tourney
Brussels native and Colby College
junior goaltender Brianne Wheeler
was named the New England Small
College Athletic Conference
(NESCAC) Women’s Hockey Player
of the Week on Feb. 11.
Wheeler made 91 saves and
allowed only two goals while, as
captain, leading her team the Mules
to a perfect 3-0 week.
The three wins helped the Mules
guarantee their berth in the
NESCAC playoff quarterfinals.
A match versus Wesleyan
University marked the end of the
week in which Wheeler stonewalled
the Cardinals, earning her sixth
career shutout and stopping 27 shots
while the Mules kicked the
Cardinals out of playoff contention.
Wheeler also led her team to
another 2-1 victory of Wesleyan and
a 2-1 victory on the road over New
England College on Tuesday, Feb 5.
Wheeler and the rest of Colby’s
defensive squad have limited
opponents to 10 goals over the past
eight games and have helped the
team maintain its four-game winning
streak as they prepare to face
Hamilton College tomorrow, Friday,
at 7 p.m. They will then face off
against Hamilton again on Saturday
with league playoffs beginning a
week later.
Over her three years with Colby,
Wheeler has made 1,857 career
saves and maintains an impressive
.923 save percentage.
This season, Wheeler is first in her
conference in minutes played and
total saves, seventh in goals
against average and fifth in save
percentage.
Wheeler named NESCAC
player of the week
Good weather for Snowarama
Ken Dalton from the Walton area was one of the
participants in the ninth annual North Huron Snowarama
for Easter Seals event in Londesborough on Saturday, Feb.
6. (Shawn Loughlin photo)