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Lightning advance to championship tournament
For the second consecutive playoff
series, the Saugeen Maitland Midget
AA Lightning had to battle back
from elimination to continue their
playoff run in Southwest Lower
Lakes League post-season play.
In the deciding match against the
Bluewater Hawks on Sunday, the
Lightning pulled out a 3-2 win. This
left both teams at three points as
each team had a win and a tie. The
playoff format require a five-minute
sudden-death extra period followed
by a shootout to determine a
champion.
In extra time, neither team could
score and following the first three
shooters they were still tied.
It was a rookie, Brooklyn Irwin
who played the hero when she
scored on her shootout attempt to
lead the Lightning to the division
championship. Goaltender,
Stephanie Sluys had stopped the
final three Bluewater shooters to
preserve the win for Saugeen while
Gina Murray also scored for the
Lightning in the opening round of
the shootout.
The Lightning will now advance
to the championship weekend
tournament in Oshawa on April 3
where they will play against the
other three division winners to
determine the overall Lower Lakes
Champion. Saugeen will represent
the Southwest Division and face the
Ontario Central West winners, the
St. Catharines Chaos. In the other
semi-final, the Toronto Aeros will
play the Eastern Ontario Champion
Belleville Bearcats.
Scoring for the Lightning in the
playoff series against Bluewater
were Brooklyn Irwin, Brittany
Butcher, Laura Irwin and Laken
Smith while assists were awarded to
Butcher (two), Sara Gossell, Marcie
Landman, Gina Murray, Georgia
Ottewell and Laura Irwin.
Bantam Lightning to Provincials
The Saugeen Maitland Bantam A
girls have finished the playoffs with
a two-games-to-one victory over the
first-place Chatham Outlaws in the
final round of the Lower Lakes
Female Hockey League (LLFHL)
South West division.
Game one saw the girls travel to
Chatham and surprise the Outlaws
with a 3-2 victory. Cassidy Mason
scored on a scramble in front of the
net assisted by Tori Harshman.
Reagan Kaufman added a goal to
end the second period.
The Outlaws fought back in the
third to tie the game 2-2 before
Harshman and Mason set up Tori
Terpstra of Atwood for the winning
goal.
Game two was a hard-fought
game, but even goals from Sam
Pruden of Howick, assisted by
Kaufman and Ally Spielmacher, and
Jaime Van Loon assisted by Mason
and Rebecca Rier could not
overcome the Outlaws and they lost
game two 3-2.
For game three the Lightning went
back into Chatham and came out on
the right side of a 2-0 victory.
The game was scoreless heading
into the third when Kaufman found
the back of the net. The Outlaws
threw everything they had at the
Lightning, but goalie Rebecca Ropp
was perfect. With 25 seconds left in
the third, Terpstra put the puck in the
empty net to seal the victory.
The Lightning now travel to
Oakville on April 2 to compete in
the LLFHL Championship
weekend.
On April 8 the girls will compete
in the Provincial Championships in
Vaughn.
So long hockey!
The Brussels Novice Rep Bulls came up just short of
TCDHMA by a score of 3-1 on Saturday at the Brussels,
Morris and Grey Community Centre. (Vicky Bremner photo)
The Brussels Curling Club ended
its 2010/2011 season this past week.
They played two four-end games on
March 21 to determine the winner of
the third draw. The first-place finish
was a tie between two teams, each
with 44 points. The tie was broken
by rocks earned by the teams. The
winning team was skipped by
Murray Hoover, with Martin
Thomet and Karen Uhler, scoring 36
rocks. The second-place team was
Mike Alexander, Annette
Lewington, Debbie Campbell and
Dianne Flood, scoring 35 rocks.
Third-place was Ernie Lewington,
Mary Ann Bernard, Charles Corbett
and Kristen Fischer, with 40.5
points.
There were 12 teams in the draw.
Finishing in fourth was Steve
Knight, Douwa Top, Jeff Thompson
and Liz Roth, 40; fifth, Doug Dale,
Catherine Thomet, Brian Warwick,
37; sixth, Tom Warwick, George
Zwep, Holly McCutcheon, Marsha
Bietz, 34.5 points; seventh, Steve
Steiss, Ruth Bauer, Reg
Vinnecombe, Nick Vinnecombe, 33;
eighth, Orval Bauer, Don Chesher,
Melinda Exel, Murray Pepper, 32.5;
ninth, Joe Ryan, Dona Knight, Jeff
Sanders, Abbi Corbett, 25; 10th,
Carmen Bernard, Sandra Josling,
Fred deBoer, Amanda Dorsch, 24;
11th, Merv Bauer, Jean Bewley,
Cory Campbell, Ken Penfound,
22.5; and 12th, Stew Steiss, Jeff
Cardiff, Norm Dobson and Shawn
Mitchell, 16.
The club enjoyed wings, pizza and
desserts after the game for a social
time. The annual meeting was
conducted as well. President of the
club, Murray Pepper addressed the
group and announced the awards
banquet date. He thanked everyone
for coming out this year and hoped
everyone would be back next year.
Business discussed concerned the
purchase of a new pebbler, which
was approved by the club members.
Secretary/treasurer Susan Alexander
read the minutes of last year’s
annual meeting, gave the financial
report and new second vice-
president, Reg Vinnecombe was
elected. Long-time draw committee
member, Brian Warwick resigned
his position and Mike Alexander
will join Steve Steiss on the
committee. The bonspiel committee
for next year will be Steve Knight,
Stew Steiss, Jeff Cardiff and Mary
Ann Bernard. They will investigate
The Wingham Golf and Curling
Club hosted the Masonic Lodge
Bonspiel last weekend. The 16
teams presented lodges from all
across southwestern Ontario. The
guys enjoyed some fun curling along
with two meals in the dining lounge.
This group displayed the fellowship
of the Masons and had a great day.
In regular league action on
Monday, March 21 the daytime
curlers picking up wins were Nelson
Frank, Bob Foxton, Wayne Forster,
John Mann, Mac Inglis and Barry
Simpson. The Tuesday ladies saw
Terry Forster, Kelsie Eadie and Amy
Miller skip their teams to wins.
Thursday daytime winners were
Nelson Frank, Norm Fairles,
Wendell Stamper, Mac Inglis, Barry
Simpson and Irving Elliott. The
Thursday night Belgrave league
winners were John Nixon, Fred
Meier, Murray Shiell and Niel
Edgar.
On Wednesday, March 30 the club
hosted the 25th anniversary of the
Burnside customer appreciation
curling day. Burnside entertained
close to 100 friends and clients to
some curling and a full course meal.
Thursday is the last day of curling
and the ice comes out on April 2.
OUT OF THE HACK NEWS
The Wingham Golf and Curling
Club had another successful curling
season and is looking forward to the
start of golf. Superintendent Bruce
Pewtress will have the course up and
open as soon as possible.
Skips and Stones
– By Bruce Skinn
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