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SportsIronmen rebound from 5-0 deficit to beat Hanover The curling leagues are all up and running at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club. The weather for November has been fantastic and some of the diehard golfers have been taking advantage of the spring- like conditions. On Monday, Nov. 21 the daytime curlers started off the week with 12 teams in action. Winning skips were Glenn McMichael, Clayt Ruppel, Barry Simpson, Mac Inglis, Lynn Hickey and John Mann. The Monday night men saw Mike Miller and Hugh Clugston curl their teams to wins. Tuesday night ladies teams picking up wins were Cathy Skinn, Emily Elston and Jill Eadie. The competitive league had Earl Fitch go home with a victory and team Bill Devos and Niel Edgar settling for a tie. The Wednesday mixed curler winners were Robert Grein, Wayne Horton and Jill Eadie. Thursday daytime action saw Glenn McMichael remain undefeated and John Mann, Lynn Hickey, Clayt Ruppel, Norm Fairles and Bob Johnston also picked up wins. The Thursday Belgrave group coming away on top were Fred Meier, John Nixon, Murray McNichol and Tim Coultes. Friday night mixed winners were Team Wayne Waechter and Murray Fear. This past weekend the club hosted the junior zone playdowns. In girls action Sarah Nuhn of Listowel came away victorious over Ashley McKnight of Exeter with both girls teams advancing to the regionals. Boys play saw Adam Dickson of Palmerston lead his team to win the A championship with Tommy McGrath of Exeter also advancing. OUT OF THE HACK NEWS It is great to see the curlers back in action to kick off another year at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club. League organizers are still looking for new faces and members so if interseted give the club a call or drop out anytime. Skips and Stones – By Bruce Skinn The Wingham Ironmen scored four unanswered third period goals as they rallied from a 5-0 deficit and defeated the Hanover Barons in Western Junior C Hockey League play Friday evening in Hanover. Wade Stephenson had two goals and three assists while Aaron Armstrong had two goals and a pair of assists to pace the come-from- behind victory. The Barons took a 3-0 lead in the first period and were ahead 5-0 when Justin Jacklin scored for the Ironmen at 14:36 of the second period, Blair Goss and Evan Ducharme assisted. Armstrong netted Wingham’s second marker at 16:07 with help from Joel Bowman and Stephenson. Stephenson tallied a power play goal at 18:14 with the assists going to Armstrong and Brett Brophy. Joey Terwoord, with his first goal of the season, put the Ironmen down by one at the 11-minute mark of the third period. Armstrong and Stephenson assisted on the goal. Armstrong tallied the equalizer at 13:25 on the power play. Stephenson and Bowman assisted. Nic Carter netted the go-ahead goal at 15:56 with help from Ducharme. Stephenson scored an empty net goal at 19:19 to insure the Ironmen win. Brophy assisted. The Ironmen outshot the Barons 35-28 and were 2-9 on the power play. Matt Stirling earned the victory in the Wingham net. The Ironmen have two games this weekend. They host the Mitchell Hawks on Friday beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex. The Ironmen travel to Goderich on Saturday for an 8:30 p.m. contest against the Sailors. A tough loss The Blyth Brussels Midget Rep team went 1-2 in the recent Wingham Silver Stick tournament which had games played both in Wingham and Blyth. One of their two losses was to Bruce Peninsula who squeaked by the Blyth Brussels squad 5-4. (Jim Brown photo) By Jim Brown The Citizen Kincardine repeated as B champions of the Wingham Regional Midget Silver Stick held in Wingham last week. The playoffs were held Sunday at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex. Kincardine scored a 2-1 decision over Tavistock in the championship final. Tavistock fell to Kincardine in the 2010 final. Brady Collins and Jordan Bell did the scoring for Kincardine. Dylan Yantzi replied for Tavistock. Following a scoreless first period, Kincardine scored in the second period. Kincardine took a 2-0 lead in the third period and Tavistock scored in the final minute of the game. The C championship was claimed by Minto as they scored a 3-2 decision over Mildmay, the defending C division champions. Minto held a 1-0 lead after the first period and the two teams were even at two after two periods of play. Minto netted the winner with just over four minutes to play in regulation. Scoring the goals for Minto were Denver Hill, Cole Leslie and Brendon Aitken. Getting the goals for Mildmay were Cody Lang and Jake Bross. In semi-final play Sunday morning, Tavistock edged past South Huron 4-3 and Kincardine shut out Mount Forest 2-0 in the B division and Minto doubled up Wingham 4-2 and Mildmay got past Bruce Peninsula 3-1 in the C division. Aaron Jutzi, Jordan Ritsma and Alex Taylor each had a goal and an assist for Tavistock in their semi- final win over South Huron. Mitch Schurink chipped in with a goal. Josh Denotter had two goals for South Huron and Ryan Hoffman had one marker. Mitch Dickson scored both Kincardine goals in their decision over Mount Forest. Greg Allen had two goals for Minto as they doubled up Wingham. Single goals were added by Devon Williams and Ryan Binkle. Josh Stewart had both goals for Wingham. Jake Bross netted a pair of goals for Mildmay in their decision over Bruce Peninsula. Brodie Lemay chipped in with one goal. Grayham Santin replied for Bruce Peninsula. Blyth Brussels played three round robin games, winning one. In the team’s first game, played on Nov. 22, Blyth Brussels was handed a 3-1 setback by Lucknow. Spencer Stevenson scored for Blyth Brussels with Mike Van Wyk and Matt Van Wyk getting assists. Scoring for Lucknow were Cole McPherson, Chris Clark and Brad McIntyre. Blyth Brussels fell 5-4 to Bruce Peninsula last Saturday morning in a game played at the Blyth and District Community Centre. Mike Van Wyk scored three goals for Blyth Brussels and Kevin Pennington added one goal. Assists were earned by Rody Millins, Shea MacLean, Jeremy Ross and Adam Cousins. Noah McLay and Jamie Shoemaker had a goal and an assist for Bruce Peninsula. Chipping in with one goal apiece were Joey McLay, Grayham Santin and CJ Arthur. In the final game of the round robin, Blyth Brussels scored five unanswered third-period goals as they defeated St. George 5-2. Brady TenPas had two goals and three assists and Connor Prescott had two goals to lead the team offensively. Jeremy Ross had one goal. Receiving assists were Shea MacLean and Wyatt Carey. The Blyth Brussels head coach Jamie McCallum said he was disappointed the team was unable to advance, but noted a couple of his players were away playing OFSAA volleyball. “If we had the desire in the second game as we had in the third game, things could have different,” he said. According to McCallum, Blyth Brussels had a strong third period against St, George. Results of the games played at the Blyth and District Community Centre on Saturday were Bayfield Clinton Hensall (BCH) three, Mitchell two; Bruce Peninsula five, Blyth Brussels four; Plattsville seven, Seaforth two; Kincardine five, BCH one; Blyth Brussels five, St. George two; South Huron four, Twin Centre two; and Plattsville three, Mildmay three. The Atom Regional Silver Stick tournament gets underway Sunday at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex. The first game for the Blyth Brussels Atoms is Monday at 8:35 p.m. when they face off against Teeswater. By Jim Brown The Citizen Kincardine named B champs, Minto takes C in Silver Stick