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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-01-13, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2011.Sports REPRINTS OF PHOTOS taken by Citizen photographers are available to purchase. ALL ARE IN COLOUR 4x6 - $4.00 5x7 - $5.00 8x10 - $8.00 Phone to order ~ 519-523-4792 or 519-887-9114 Winter Sports Pages Blyth B u l l d o g s A t o m — B a c k r o w , f r o m l e f t : L o r e t t a T h o m p s o n , T r e v o r R a y n a r d , Aaron P o p p , T y l e r B l a c k , J o h n L e C o m t e , J e f f P l a e t z e r , M a t t h e w P o p p , F o u r t h r o w : Coaches K i r k S t e w a r t , C h a d H a g g i t t , C o l e S t e w a r t , K a r e n P e n n i n g t o n , D o r e e n Thomps o n , L i n d a P l a e t z e r , D o u g W a l k e r , L a r r y P l a e t z e r . T h i r d r o w : C o d y D u c h a r m e , Dana Te e d , J a m i e P l a e t z e r , K e l s e y S m i t h , M a t t h e w C l a r k e , E m m a B r o h m . S e c o n d row: Ry a n P a q u i n , A l i c i a M i d d e g a a l , C a r l y W h i t f i e l d , C o d y R i c h m o n d , K i r b y C o o k , Cody K e d d y , C a l e b B r o w n . F r o n t r o w : A d a m C r o n i n , K e v i n P e n n i n g t o n , J o n a t h o n Atkinso n , K a y l a B l a c k . A b s e n t : S t e v e n E l l i s . The Citizen Coaches and parents ~ we need your team’s picture and players’ names • Hockey • Broomball 1. Please submit team photo A.S.A.P. 2. Please include players’ and coaches’ names for under the photo. Please help us get ALL the Winter Sports teams published. 404 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 The curlers returned to action this past week at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club. After a busy holiday season most of the curlers were happy to hit the ice in 2011. On Jan. 3 the daytime curlers kicked off the year with 13 new teams starting the second draw. Winning skips were Bill Tolton, Irving Elliott, Les Shaw Ross Luddington, John Mann and Stewart Leedham. The Monday night men saw Wayne Waechter and Doug Miller skip their teams to victory. The Tuesday night ladies’ winners were Kelsie Eadie, Amy Miller and Emily Elston. Tuesday’s competitive league skips curling their teams to wins were Rob Middleton, Aart De Vos and Shawn Cottrill. The Wednesday night mixed league managed to get two games played while watching the Canada- Russian hockey game with Karen Burke and Robert Grein picking up wins. Thursday daytime curling saw Barry Simpson, Les Shaw, Ross Luddington, Ron McMichael, John Mann and Mac Inglis come away with wins. Kelsie Eadie and Amy Miller skipped their teams to victory in the Thursday family league and Mike Metske, Bob Sinclair, Dave Inglis and Murray Vincent came out on top in the Belgrave league. Friday night mixed league action had Wayne Waechter, Brian Potter and Bill McDonald curl their teams to wins. The management and staff are looking forward to a busy 2011 and are starting to gear up to the curling bonspiel season. These bonspiels are great fun and take a lot of work from our busy volunteers. Anyone willing to put a team together or help in any way should contact Bruce at the pro shop, at 519-357- 2179. OUT OF THE HACK NEWS The Wingham Golf and Curling Club would like to thank everyone for a very successful 2010 and are looking forward to another great year in 2011. Skips and Stones – By Bruce Skinn Machan’s hattrick gives Novices first 2011 win The Brussels Novice Reps hosted the BCH Ice Dogs on Jan. 5 and came up with a loss. Playing a strong first period, both teams had chances to score but came up short, resulting in a scoreless first period. BCH then scored a pair of goals, putting Brussels in a 2-0 hole. Keeping Brussels in the game were Wade Machan, Myles Johnston, Jamie Newell, Allison Stevenson, Claire Mitchell, Carson Heise and Nathan Brown. Playing strong defence were Max Johnston, Ryan Jacklin, John Nesbit and Blake Porter. Cole Zwep was a wall of steel by stopping many shots from sailing through the pipes. The team also travelled to Lucknow last Saturday for a one- day tournament coming out with a win and a loss. Scoring in the first game was Machan with a hattrick and Johnston with one. Assisting was Porter. Brussels won 4-3. Going into the second game, the team was pumped and ready to play. Although they came up with a loss of 2-1, it was a nail-biter to the very end of sudden death overtime. Scoring for Brussels was Johnston and assisting was Newell. Cole Zwep was solid in net making many fantastic saves and keeping Brussels in the game. Hot on his heels Members of the Kincardine Kinucks chase one of the Blyth Midget LL players during a contest on Monday, Jan. 3. The Midget team was able to beat the Kinucks 6-2. (Denny Scott photo) Brussels Atoms gear up for playoffs On Sunday, Jan. 2, the Brussels Atom Bulls travelled to Monkton for a Mitchell Meteors’ home game. The Bulls played well, hustled and worked hard, but Mitchell was too strong and ended up with a 9-1 victory. The bright spot was the only Bull’s goal to get the goose egg off the board and spoil the Mitchell shutout when Jack Pipe scored unassisted with 51 seconds left in the game. The play of the kids did not represent the score, and the coaches were pleased with the effort shown in a losing cause. The next game was a home game five days later when the Zurich Thunder rolled into town. The Bulls got on the board halfway through the first when Pipe scored unassisted. The play was back and forth with chances at both ends, but the Bulls had the better chances. With a little over two minutes left in the second period Noah Terpstra scored assisted by Nick McArter to give the Bulls a 2-0 lead into the third. Zurich finally tallied at the 13-minute mark of the third to get to within one, but with 8:12 remaining, Pipe scored assisted by Nolan Johnston to restore the two- goal lead. With 1:47 left in the game, Zurich scored to get the deficit back to one and pulling the goalie for an extra attacker became a possibility, but the Bulls were able to keep the puck in the Zurich end and then with 31 seconds left Terpstra got the insurance marker assisted by Pipe and Jacob Roth to make the final score 4-2. Last Sunday afternoon saw the Seaforth Stars came to town looking to hand the Bulls another lopsided loss, however the Bulls had different ideas. Seaforth opened the scoring 1:10 into the game but the Bulls soon replied when Terpstra scored assisted by Hudson Smith. There was no scoring in the second as the Bulls’ Nick McArter and Seaforth’s goalie kept the shooters at bay. At the 12:04 mark, Seaforth took the lead and with chances to tie just falling short, the Stars were able to get the insurance marker to seal the game. The Bulls have one game remaining on the schedule before the OMHA and WOAA playoffs. On Friday the BCH Ice Dogs come to town for a 7:30 p.m. game and then on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. the Bulls travel to Zurich to begin a six-point series for OMHA quarter- final playoffs with the second game in Brussels on Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m.For the second time in the past month, the Saugeen Maitland Midget AA Lightning came up a goal short in the championship game of a tournament and had to settle for the silver medal. On the weekend, the Lightning skated in the Scarborough Sharks’ 27th Anniversary Ice Trials Tournament. In round-robin play, Saugeen picked up wins against Peterborough (3-2) and Markham- Stouffville (2-0) and lost to Toronto Leaside (1-0). In the gold medal game, Toronto edged the Lightning by a 2-1 score. Picking up a shutout and a stellar 1.25 GAA for the weekend was goaltender, Chelsea Houle. Leading the way on the scoresheet was Laura Irwin with two goals and an assist. Also scoring for the Bolts were Sara Gossell with two, Nicole Marriage and Marcie Landman while assists went to Brittany Butcher, Kelly Garrow and Laura Irwin. Lightning win playoff game Kelly Garrow had two points and Micaela Stutzki had the shutout as the Saugeen Maitland Midget AA Lightning topped the Stratford Aces 4-0 to take a 1-0 lead in their Provincial Playoff series earlier this month. Scoring for Saugeen were Brooklyn Irwin with a pair, Laken Smith and Garrow. Picking up assists were Brittany Butcher (two), Abbey Gibson, Gina Murray and Garrow. Saugeen snatch silver