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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-04-01, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2010.Sports On behalf of the FE Madill Girls Hockey coaching staff, we would like to take this time to thank a number of people. This championship would not have run as smoothly without the help of the many OFSAA Championship Committee members, volunteers who acted as our arena facilitators, hosts and student helpers. The Municipality of North- Huron and the Municipality of Huron-Kinloss provided all participants with spectacular clean arena facilities and great ice. We would like to thank all the local media for their updated coverage of the championship events before and throughout the course of the championship. The support of the entire staff and students of FE Madill was greatly appreciated. It was fantastic to see the all the community support that was shown not only to our athletes but the athletes of the competing teams. The parents of the athletes were an integral part of this event, your support and encouragement was top shelf. For your commitment and sacrifice, a special thank you to the athletes’ families, and our families. Thank you to the event sponsors: Bronze Medal Sponsors Sparlings Propane Blyth R.J. Burnside & Associates Wingham H.Kerr Construction Ltd. Wingham Trillium Mutual Insurance Company Formosa Appleby Construction Wingham D'Arcey Sand & Gravel Ltd. Wingham Sholdice Insurance Brussels McCall Livestock Brussels Cover-All Building Systems Lucknow Bairds Mechanical Wingham T.P.I. Travel Professionals International Lucknow TD Canada Trust Wingham A Touch of Class Wingham Stickers Restaurant and Gas Bar Auburn Mission Hockey Lucknow Chiropractic Centre Silver Medal Sponsors Montgomery Motors Lucknow and Kincardine Leslie Motors Wingham, Walkerton and Harriston McDonagh Insurance Brokers Ltd. Lucknow, Teeswater and Wingham Howick Mutual Insurance Wroxeter Glassier Physiotherapy Clinic Wingham PE Inglis Holdings Inc. Belmore Lucknow Lancers Hockey Howick Hitman Fastball Lucknow Silverstick Committee Bill & Janet Ireland, Formosa Gold Medal Sponsors Catering by Willoughby's Lucknow Kenkor Construction Lucknow Stainton's Home Hardware Wingham CAW Local 4207 Wingham Adwear- the official clothing sponsor of the OFSAA Girls Hockey Championship Crabby Joes Restaurant Kincardine Cook Electric Belgrave Power Workers Union Bauer Hockey Tim Hortons Wingham A special thank you to Greens Meat Market and the Wingham Foodland for their support in our fundraising efforts in preparation for the tournament. Thank You 180 Josephine St., WINGHAM 519-357-4503 SAVE 10-20% on all regular priced items until April 17 Construction Ph.:519-523-9354 Cell:519-525-8615 Custom 5" seamless eavestrough in aluminum or steel N e w Novice LL struggle at tournament, advance in division After a a slow start to the round- robin playoffs the Blyth Bulldogs Novice Local League team really started to play well and advanced to the next round. The team opened with a tough overtime loss to the Milverton Drives after surrendering the lead with 15 seconds to go in the third period. That was followed by a win against Brussels and a loss to Walkerton. There were five round-robin games remaining and nothing short of five victories would be required to finish in first place. Well, the team delivered and they did so in convincing fashion. The team earned three shutout victories in the five games and outscored the opposition by a 25-4 margin. That left the team tied with Milverton with six wins and two losses for both teams. The tiebreaker went to Blyth’s favour due to the number of periods won during round-robin play. Next up is another round-robin with Ripley and another Walkerton team for the White Division Championship. Over the weekend, the Novice LL team had a rough time at the Top Hat Tournament in Mount Forest. With three matches, the team couldn’t net a win, falling 6-1 against Mount Brydges, 7-1 to Walkerton, and fell to TDCMHA (Chatsowrth, Desboro and Keady Minor Hockey Association). In their first match against Mount Brydges, Blyth kept pace for the first period, tying 1-1 thanks to Tyler Drennan’s goal, assisted by Griffin MacDonald and Connor Brooks. Unfortunately, Blyth couldn’t maintain the pace, being shut out in the second and third periods. Their second game of the tournament followed a similar path, with Blyth jumping out to an early lead in the first, but being unable to maintain that lead through the later periods. Blyth’s one marker in the 7-1 loss was scored by Jason Wilts, assisted by MacDonald. In their third, and closest match, Blyth fell behind early, and was only ever able to catch TDCMHA, never overcome them. Blyth entered the second period down by two, and were able to pace TDCMHA for the remaining two periods, but that original deficit would prove too much to overcome. Goals were scored by Wilts (2), Ethan Scrimgeour, and Brooks, with assists going to Scrimgeour and Myea Fleet. PeeWee girls win YCW consolation final The Blyth-Brussels PeeWee girls played in the 61st Annual Goderich Lions Young Canada Week tournament over the March break. Game one was against TCDMHA (Chatsworth) Rebels and the team came out slow and lost by a score of 4-2. Game two was the next morning against the host Sailorettes from Goderich. Lindsay Shiell played very well in net and held the team in the game until the scoring came to life in the third period. Emma Strome and Delayna Smith scored the goals enroute to a 2-0 victory. Game three was against Normanby. Again the team started out very slowly and Shiell held them in the game until the scoring kicked in. Smith scored at the halfway mark of the final period and Mackenzie Nesbitt scored into the empty net to secure the 2-0 victory. The 2-1 record put the team in first place in their pool and set up semi- final match with the Peninsula Northstars. The Northstars opened the scoring in the first period. The second and third period saw several chances for the girls to get the equalizer and with four minutes to go Ashley Higgins finally got one past the goalie. Regulation time ended in a 1-1 tie. There would be five-minute overtime played four skaters aside. That format seemed to throw the girls off and they lost the opening face-off and really never had control of the puck and after only 40 seconds the winning goal was scored by the Northstars. That put the team in the Consolation Final against a familiar opponent the Mount Forest Rams. The girls again got off to a very slow start and spotted the Rams a 2-0 lead, but that would end their scoring as the Blyth girls stepped up their game. Smith scored in the last minute of the second period and again in the opening minutes of the third to knot the score at two. Higgins and Nesbitt would add a goal apiece to seal the victory by a final score of 4-2. On their way The F.E. Madill Girls Mustangs were well on their way last week as they won the OFSAA tournament, which was held in local arenas, such as Blyth, Lucknow and for this championship game, Wingham. The Mustangs won by a score of 2-0, clinching the championship. (Aislinn Bremner photo) Atoms knocked out After climbing the ranks of the WOAA playoffs, Blyth’s Atom Rep team was knocked out of contention on the weekend. The team lost two of their three games against Ripley. (Denny Scott photo)