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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-01-15, Page 8SportsPAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009. The Saugeen Maitland Lightning Bantam AA Girls came home with gold medals after a hard-fought tournament in Scarborough this weekend. In game one against the hometown Sharks, the Lightning won 5-1 with goals scored by Sara Gossell, Laura Irwin, with two,Vanessa Armstrong, and Nicole Marriage. Assists went to Shelsie Popp with two, Kelly Gribbons and Kelly Garrow. In the second game, the Ohio Flames defeated the Lightning. L. Irwin scored the lone goal for the Lightning in this 2-1 contest. Marriage and Abbey Gibson had the assists on the goal. In the third game it was a 2-1 win against the Cornwall Typhoons putting the Lightning in second place in their pool behind the Ohio Flames and advancing them to the semi-final game. Goals were scored by L. Irwin assisted by Gossell and Marriage. Goalie Chelsea Houle earned the victory for the Lightning. The girls fought hard against a strong Kanata Rangers team in the semi-final, and at the end of three periods the score was tied at three goals each. Less than one minute into the overtime, L. Irwin scored her second goal of the game, securing the 4-3 victory and advancing the Lightning to the finals. Other goals were scored by Marcie Landman and Gossell, with assists from L. Irwin, Marriage and Caroline McDowell. Despite illness, centre Hannah Davidson shadowed her opposing player, limiting Ranger offensive opportunities. The final match-up was against the Kingston Ice Wolves, as they had eliminated Ohio in the other semi- finals. The Ice Wolves came out physically, catching the Lightning off guard, and scored first when a player got free and walked out in front of the net. But the Saugeen girls would not be intimidated and pulled ahead 3-2 by the dying minutes of the third, forcing the Ice Wolves to pull their goalie. Brooklyn Irwin popped in an empty netter, increasing the margin to 4-2. With the goalie still pulled, the Ice Wolves were able to find the net one more time, for a final score of 4-3. Other goals were scored by Gribbons, Gossell and Marriage, with assists from L. Irwin with two, Landman and Georgia Ottewell. Goalie Stephanie Sluys made several outstanding saves and was awarded the player of the game for the Lightning. The defensive core of Kelly Garrow, Abbey Gibson, Ottewell, Popp and Carly Smith played aggressively, providing offensive opportunities, breaking up plays and protecting the goalies on numerous occasions. Usually Dogs are scared of thunder. But in the home barn the Blyth Atom Local League Bulldogs showed no fear of the Zurich Thunder in recent hockey action. In the first period Zurich scored but the Dogs answered back with a nice shot from Owen Andrews, set up by Brett Glousher and Colton Rodger. The Dogs went down by a goal in the second, but answered with a goal from Gavin Workman. A nice breakaway goal tied the game. With only one minute left Blyth went up by a goal from Patrick Franken set up by Rodger and Glousher. Goalie Jeremy Wilts was stellar in the second, allowing only one goal on the shots he faced. With only seconds gone in the third Craig Raynard grabbed a loose puck in Blyth’s end and rang a pass around the boards to Rodger, who chipped the puck past the defence and found a speeding Workman for a clear break. Workman went directly to the net, put a nifty move on the goalie and slid the puck on his backhand into a wide-open net. Not to be outdone the next line went out and punched in a goal of their own. This time a pass from Andrews to Glousher in the slot for a shot that was saved, only to be slammed home by Franken. Raynard grabbed the puck in Blyth’s end and sent a pass to Rodger who chipped the puck past their defence to Workman. He grabbed the pass for a clear break and slid it into an empty net. The Thunder scored one more. Rodger then sent a rocket the back of the net for another Blyth goal. Seconds later Workman grabbed a loose puck and was gone again, sending a shot past the goalie for another goal. The action slowed slightly for the next few minutes only to be interrupted by another goal from Rodger set up by a nifty pass from Cameron Gauthier. Then Glousher sent a quick shot past the tired goalie for Blyth’s 11th goal of the game. Dogs show no fear of Thunder The Blyth Midget Local League is enjoying a solid season this far. After 16 regular season games, they stand with five wins, seven losses and four ties. The season opener saw Blyth against BCH. The game ended in a 5-5 tie. Game two left the team wanting a little more after falling two goals short of a win in their match against Drayton. The team raised their spirits and those of the staff and fans when they beat Milverton 1-0 and Minto 4-2 in the next two games. Then, the Bulldogs found themselves on the wrong side of the scoreboard with a loss of 7-1 to Drayton. The Bulldogs played great games against Milverton and Teeswater even though the scores left them at a loss. A tie game with Listowel was a great warmup to a big win against Lucknow I. This was Lucknow’s first loss of the season, making it a sweet victory. The next two games saw the Midgets up against Mount Forest. This ended with a tie and a win. The team came out flying to beat Minto 7-2, then tied Listowel in a 6- 6 goal scoring frenzy. The next three games ended in a loss for the Midgets, but the team played well and each game could have gone either way. With three games postponed due to weather, the team will have ample opportunity to add some more points to their stats. Tourney time It was broomball tournament time in Blyth this past weekend. Here the Blyth ladies’ team, the Lazers took on another Blyth team the Hits and Misses, and were edged 1- 0 by their opponents. (Vicky Bremner photo) Ladies in action It was ladies’ hockey in Blyth on Sunday night with the local ABCDDs playing the Brussels Beavers. The hosts came out on top of this one by a score of 4-1. (Vicky Bremner photo) The Blyth Dynamite PeeWee broomball team travelled to play in Palmerston this past weekend. The Dynamite started out strong keeping the play mostly in Palmerston's end. Blyth's first goal came when Matt Brindley and Bailey Van Massenhoven worked the ball up the boards and Massenhoven spotted Kaitlin Bos open in front of the net. She fired it into the Palmerston net. Palmerston came back five minutes later, however, and tied it up. In the second period Palmerston took the lead. The Dynamite were able to tie it up a few minutes later. Brindley again started the rush up the ice and got the ball over to Logan Forbes. Forbes got a hard shot off into the corner of the Palmerston net. The regular time ended in a tie and the teams went into overtime. The overtime was some wild action with neither team scoring the game remained tied. Lightning strikes for gold Dynamite ties Palmerston Blyth Midget Locals enjoying solid season