HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-10-20, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011.Sports
The Wingham Ironmen split a pair
of weekend games in the Western
Ontario Junior C Hockey League.
Paced by a the three-goal, two-
assist effort of Wade Stephenson of
Brussels, the Ironmen scored a 7-1
decision over the Goderich Sailors
on Friday evening at the North
Huron Wescast Community
Complex. Playing at the Mitchell
Arena on Saturday evening, the
Ironmen were handed a 4-2 setback
by the Hawks.
The Ironmen are now at 4-6-0-1 in
the standings and are in fifth place in
the seven-team league.
The Ironmen took a 2-0 lead in the
first period on goals by Joel
Bowman and Justin Jacklin.
Stephenson scored his hattrick in
the second period and Aaron
Armstrong also scored as the
Ironmen took a 6-0 lead after 40
minutes.
Bowman tallied his second goal of
the game a 3:26 of the third period
to give Wingham a 7-0 lead.
With 3:07 left in the game,
netminder Brandon McDonald lost
his shutout bid when Brandon
Priestap scored for the Sailors.
The Ironmen were 4-10 on the
power play. Wingham outshot
Goderich 45-13.
Coach Chad Haggitt of Blyth said
the game was one of the team’s
better games in recent weeks.
“We just worked. Everybody
worked hard tonight,” he said. “We
worked on the power play and
penalty kill in practice, and it
seemed to be clicking tonight.”
Being an over-ager, Haggitt said
Stephenson is expected to chip in
with some scoring.
He noted that McDonald had a
relatively easy time in net in the
game facing a total of 13 shots.
Wingham took a penalty late in the
period and Goderich scored after the
penalty was over to spoil the shutout
bid.
Stephenson said he really had a
big game and his linemates were
helping him put the puck in the net.
Even though Goderich is a
different team than Mitchell,
Stephenson believes the win against
the Sailors would give the Ironmen
confidence in their Saturday evening
contest against the Hawks. He added
that Mitchell was coming off a 5-1
win over Walkerton the week
before. “It’s going to be a tough
game,” he said.
Mitchell outscored Wingham 3-1
in the second period as they
defeated the Ironmen 4-2 on
Saturday.
Tyler Kellum and Armstrong were
the goal getters for the Ironmen.
Wingham was 0-5 on the power
play. Mitchell outshot the Ironmen
43-34.
The Ironmen host the Mitchell
Hawks on Friday, beginning at 7:30
p.m. in Wingham. On Saturday the
Ironmen travel to Mount Forest for a
7:30 p.m. game against the Patriots.
By Jim Brown
The Citizen
What a chance
The Wingham Ironmen split their two games over the weekend beating Goderich by a score
of 7-1 and then losing to Mitchell by a score of 4-2. The Ironmen now hold four wins and six
losses, which is currently good enough for fifth in the seven-team league. (Jim Brown photo)
Ironmen beat Goderich, lose to Mitchell over weekend
The Wingham Golf and Curling
Club started up its ice machine this
past week to gear up for curling
season but the golf course remains
open and is in great playing
condition.
The golfers enjoyed another good
year and the year-end awards have
been handed out in the past few
weeks.
The Tuesday ladies had some new
golfers take home trophies with Ann
McKinney and Sylvia Pewtress
being named the ladies’ senior
champions. Linda Walker repeated
as ladies’ club champion.
The Wednesday senior men had
another great year and the Bill
Dauphin memorial trophy came
down to the last couple weeks with
Wayne Gordon edging out Gerry
Edwards and claiming the trophy.
The boys wrapped up their year on
Oct. 5 with a pork chop luncheon
and Jan Dauphin was on hand to
present the trophy to Wayne. It was
great to see league organizer Bill
Johnston back at the course and at
the presentation.
The Thursday night men enjoyed a
fantastic year averaging 53 golfers a
week. Ninety-nine different golfers
won weekly prizes with Jay Marston
and Dennis Knox taking home five
each. Bill Kerr does a terrific job
organizing the night and many
thanks from both management and
players go out to him.
Cheryl Burchill and her kitchen
staff Candace, Elyse and Jessi did a
stellar job keeping everyone fed and
watered and Bruce Pewtress, course
superintendent, along with Dave and
Greg kept the golfers raving about
super playing conditions. Thank for
another great year.
OUT OF BOUNDS NEWS
The curling season kicks off Nov.
1 and league representatives are
looking for both teams and
individual players to help form the
draws.
The club is offering 1/3 off
membership for all spares and new
curlers and have not increased the
prices for existing members. New
heaters have been installed to control
the ice temperature that makes for
better ice and more comfortable
playing conditions.
A free clinic is being offered on
Sunday, Oct. 30 at 10:30 a.m. All
new curlers are welcome to try the
sport for a few weeks before
committing to the leagues.
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The defensive core kept London
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