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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-02-24, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011. PAGE 9. 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 : Coache s 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 Ironmen fight back to take lead in playoffs After dropping the first game of their best-of-seven semi-final series with the Mitchell Hawks, the Wingham Ironmen won the next two games to take a 2-1 lead in the series. Game four was played Tuesday in Mitchell. Gave five is set for Friday at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex, beginning at 8 p.m. Game six, if necessary, will be played Saturday in Mitchell at 7:15 p.m. and game seven, if necessary, will be played in Wingham on Sunday, beginning at 7 p.m. Playing at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex on Monday evening, the Ironmen scored a 5-3 win to take a two- games-to-one lead in the series. Jackson Martin got the Ironmen on board at 16:35 of the first period, with Blair Goss assisting. Tyler Kellum made two with a power-play marker at 3:02 of period two. Brett Brophy and Chase Chapman assisted. Cory MacDonald gave Wingham a three-goal lead at 10:31 on the powerplay. Brophy and Wade Stephenson assisted. A powerplay goal by Chris Corbett at 10:55 made it 4-0. Brophy and Aaron Armstrong assisted. Ryan Magagnin got the Hawks on the board at 16:30. At 16:40 of period three, Tyler Tolton got the Hawks to within two. At 18:13, Tyler Egerdee put the Hawks down by one. Kellum scored an empty-net marker with six seconds remaining in the game to ensure the victory. Armstrong assisted. Coach Chad Haggitt said Monday’s game was a lot better than Friday’s contest. “We played like we did on Saturday in Mitchell,” he said. “We kept it simple and played hard.” The coach said the Ironmen have been receiving secondary scoring, which helps the team. He indicatedthe Pellett line has been playingstrong, with Blair Goss also contributing. From a player’s perspective, captain Chris Corbett said the game went well. “We lost a bit of the momentum in the third period, but we persevered,” he said. “Good teams always find a way to win.” Corbett said on Friday, the Ironmen forgot that Mitchell was a hard working team, especially after playing Goderich in the semi-finals. “It was a big change from playing Goderich,” he said. Corbett said they were able to get things straightened out Saturday in Mitchell. “We are on the right track now, we are rolling,” he said. The Ironmen got off on the wrong foot on Friday as they dropped an 8- 4 decision to the Hawks. It was 2-0 after the first period and 8-1 after 40 minutes of play. Wingham scored three unanswered third period goals. Getting the goals on the Ironmen were Graham Ashcroft, Martin, MacDonald and Goss. Tyler Van Drunen and Egerdee had two goals apiece for Mitchell. Coach Haggitt said it was an awful game. “We weren’t getting the puck out of our end,” he said. Forward Evan Ducharme said they weren’t playing their game in the first two periods, but were able to play their game in the third period and the result was three goals. Playing in Mitchell on Saturday, the Ironmen scored a 6-2 victory to even the series at a game apiece. Kellum had a goal and two assists to lead the offence. Chris Corbett tallied a pair of goals, with single markers coming from Goss, Pellen and MacDonald. Steve Chisholm and Brendan Nicholson scored for Mitchell. By Jim BrownThe Citizen Bouncing back After losing the first game in the series, the Ironmen won the next two games to take a two- games-to-one lead over the Mitchell Hawks in their best-of-seven semi-final series. The Ironmen play again on Friday, hosting Mitchell in Wingham, after playing the fourth game of the series on Tuesday night. The Ironmen lost the first game of the series on Friday 8-4, then won the second game on Saturday 6-2 before winning Monday night’s game by a score of 5- 3. (Jim Brown photo) The Saugeen Maitland Bantam AA Lightning travelled to Pickering on the Feb. 11-13 weekend and came away with a solid performance against 25 other teams hoping to win the Silver Stick honours. The Lightning began their quest in a tough pool as one of 26 teams vying for the gold. In the first game of the tournament, the girls beat a tough Belleville team by a tight score of 3-2. The girls played Oakville in the second game and skated to a tie with the third-place team. Goals against Oakville were scored by Miranda Lanty and Taylor Weber. The Lightning were left in a position where they had to win their third game in order to advance in the tournament. Taking on Etobicoke, the Lightning started slow, but turned it on later in the game, advancing into the quarter-finals. The girls then played Brampton in what turned out to be a very fast- paced game. The girls came out on the wrong end of a 2-1 score. They were unhappy with their performance, but happy with how far they had made it. Bantam Lightning make quarter-finals in Pickering tourney Brussels beats Wingham The Brussels Tyke Bulls hosted Wingham on Feb. 12 and it was a great battle for the Bulls with plenty of back-and-forth action that saw Brussels emerge with a 7-5 win. Brussels dominated the majority of the game as goals were scored by Bennett Smith, Luke Fritz and Jackson McDonald Inglis. Assists were tallied by Kyle Stevenson, Brett McCutcheon and Tyson Fischer. READING THE NEWSPAPER SHOULD BE A FAMILY AFFAIR. NOT ONLY DOES IT BOOST VOCABULARY, IT KEEPS READERS ON TOP OF CURRENT EVENTS. Congrats Earlier this month the F.E. Madill Secondary School nordic ski team competed at Windy Hills Farm near Embro for the Huron-Perth championships. Despite the tough competition, many of the school’s skiers came out on top. From left: Erin Yungblut, Madeline Yungblut, Kelsey Morgan and Michele Studhalter, comprised the senior girls team came in first overall. Individually, Erin placed first, Madeline finished second and Studhalter placed fifth. (Photo submitted)