HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-02-23, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012.
BLYTH & DISTRICT SOCCER
Saturday, March 3, 9 am - 12 noon
and
Wednesday, March 7, 7 pm - 9 pm
Registration for the upcoming soccer season will be
held at Blyth Public School on
For more information contact:
Dianne Siertsema 519-523-4705 blythbrook@hurontel.on.ca
or for ages 8 and under contact Julie Sawchuk sawchuk@ttc.on.ca
BLYTH BASEBALL
CONTACT: Todd MacDonald 519-523-4942
Please bring the following information with you;
payments can be made with cash or cheque
(to Blyth & District Soccer)
Born in 1999 or earlier - bring photocopy of birth certificate
and wallet-size picture. If a player’s book was completed
last year only a signature is required.
Costs are as follows: U8 and under = $50.00,
U10 & U12 = $60.00, U14-U18 = $85.00
Those who register after March 31st will be charged a $20. late fee.
Sports
Ironmen lose three straight against Walkerton Hawks
The Wingham Ironmen are in a
must-win situation if they are to
prolong their Western Junior C
Hockey League season.
The Ironmen trail the Walkerton
Hawks 3-0 in the best-four-of-seven
semi-final series. Game four was
played last night (Wednesday) at the
North Huron Wescast Community
Complex. Gave five, if necessary,
will be played in Walkerton on
Friday, game six, if necessary, will
go Saturday evening in Wingham
and a seventh game, if needed, will
be played in Walkerton on Tuesday.
Game three was played last
Saturday in Walkerton, with the
Hawks posting a 5-1 victory. Game
two was played Friday evening in
Wingham with Walkerton scoring a
4-3 win in double overtime. The
opening game of the series was
played Feb. 15 in Walkerton with the
Hawks needing overtime to claim a
5-4 victory.
Walkerton took a 3-0 lead in the
first period of game three on
Saturday on goals by Matt, Shane
MacDonald and Eric Lekun.
Steve Hutchison got the Ironmen
on the scoreboard at 6:20 of period
two on the power play. Aaron
Armstrong assisted. Lekun added
two more goals a 7:41 of the second
period and at 8:47 of the third
period.
Walkerton outshot the Ironmen
34-33 and Wingham was 1-12 on the
power play.
In game two, played Friday
evening at the North Huron Wescast
Community Complex, the Hawks
opened the scoring at 11:54 of the
first period as Ryan Stroz found the
range behind Wingham netminder
Jeff Puddephatt.
Wade Stephenson tied the game at
one at 5:18 of the second period
with Joel Bowman getting the assist.
Hutchison put the Ironmen in front
at 18:39 of period two, with
Armstrong assisting on the power
play marker.
MacDonald knotted the score at
two at 6:41 of the third period and
Hill put the Hawks in the lead at
6:59. Just 18 seconds later, Tyler
Kellum scored for the Ironmen to tie
the game at three. Armstrong and
Darren Kerr assisted.
There was no scoring in the first
overtime period. With 1:09 left in
the second overtime, Andy Mitchell
netted the winning goal to give the
victory to Walkerton.
The Ironmen outshot the Hawks
58-49 and were 1-6 on the power
play. Coach Chad Haggitt of Blyth
said it was a tough loss.
“The boys played awesome,” he
said.
The coach felt the two teams were
evenly matched in the first two
games.
“We thought we played really well
the first two games,” he said. “We
came out on the wrong end of both
in overtime. We’ll keep working
hard and hopefully we’ll win
tomorrow [Saturday] night.”
He said the power play has to get
better and hopefully it’ll get going
Saturday night and the Ironmen can
turn things around and get back into
the series.
In game one of the series, played
Feb. 15 in Walkerton, Lekun opened
the scoring with a shorthanded goal
at 5:20 of period one. Mitchell
scored on the power play at 7:51 to
put the Hawks in front by two.
Stephenson scored at the nine-
minute mark with Armstrong getting
the assist. Bret Brophy tied the game
at 18:41 with help from Nic Carter.
Walkerton took a 4-2 lead in the
second period on goals by Hill and
Adam Alexander.
Justin Jacklin put the Ironmen
down by one at the 59-second mark
and Evan Ducharme tied the game at
four at 3:08 with Jacklin and Carter
assisting.
Haden Campbell netted the
winner at 2:53 of the first overtime
period.
Walkerton outshot the Ironmen
29-26 and Wingham 0-8 on the
power play.
By Jim Brown
The Citizen
Big winners
The Blyth Brussels PeeWee Rep team went all the way this year winning the Western Ontario
Athletic Association (WOAA) “C” Championship. Members of the team are, back row, from
left: assistant coach Darryl Houston, manager Steve Howson, Bennett Newell, Mitch McKee,
Jacob Coultes, Connor Bridge, Colton Rodger, Noah Terpstra and trainer Tim Coultes. Middle
row, from left: Logan Kellington, Jeremy Wilts, Brendan Howson, Gavin Workman and
Dawson Coultes. Front row, from left: Jack Pipe and Franklin Marshall. Absent is coach Gary
Pipe. (Photo submitted)
Lightning take two
The Saugeen Maitland Midget AA
Lightning are up two games to none
on the Stratford Aces in their best-
of-five provincial qualifying series
after picking up 3-0 and 3-1 wins.
Port Elgin’s Kelly Gribbons was
in on five-out-of-six Saugeen goals
with a hat trick and two assists. The
other goal scorers were Kailyn
Soers, Dollee Meigs and Kelly
Garrow. Assists were awarded to
Sara Gossell (3), Soers (2), Stacie
Vink (2), Garrow, Lindsay Dales and
Brittany Hymers.
The Lightning played game three
against Stratford on Tuesday night
in Teeswater and will also begin the
second round of their Lower Lakes
playoff series against the London
Devillettes on Thursday.
Ironmen facing elimination
The Wingham Ironmen faced a do-or-die situation last night as they took on the Walkerton
Hawks in game four of a best-of-seven series. They entered the game down 3-0 in the series.
A final score wasn’t available at press time. (Jim Brown photo)
Bantams advance to 2nd round
The Saugeen Maitland Bantam
AA Lightning advanced to the
second round of the Lower Lakes
league playoffs with a 1-0 win over
the Cambridge Roadrunners. Jessica
Dales scored the only goal of the
game off a set-up from Miranda
Lantz and Lexi Smith. Morgan
Baker closed the door on all
Cambridge shots to earn the
shutout.
The Bolts will continue their
playoff run next weekend against the
Bluewater Hawks.
In addition to league playoffs, the
Lightning will be opening their
provincial playdown series with the
Stratford Aces.
For current schedule and results
go to www.saugeenmaitland
lightning.com