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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2009-03-19, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009. PAGE 9. On Sunday, March 15, at Knox United Church the message shared by Rev. Pat Cook was about being On the Spot. The scripture reading was John 2: 13-22, read by Gordon Gross. The lectionary readings were Numbers 21: 4-9, Psalm 107 and John 3: 14-21. The sacrament of baptism will be held on May 10. If you wish to have your baby baptized contact the church office by April 21. The Londesborough United Church is looking for a part-time secretary. If interested pick up a job description at the church office. Londesborough United Church Family Movies Night will be held on Friday, March 27 at 7 p.m. The feature movie is The March of the Penguins. Nursery care will be provided. At Huron Chapel Evangelical Missionary Church on March 15, Pastor David Wood’s message was WWJD. Next week guest speakers, Drs. Tom and Lois Dow-EBC with Ryan Erb and Kyle Wijnands will be at Huron Chapel. Upcoming events to look forward to at Huron Chapel include the Missions Conference 2009 Youth Event, taking place on April 17 at 8 p.m. This year Huron Chapel will be hosting Article One in concert, a contemporary Christian band, on the opening night of the conference. Tickets are on sale now for $10. Call Melodi Wallace at 519-526-1131 or $12 at the door. A week ago Monday, the Brussels Atom Local League travelled to Listowel to play. Listowel scored two quick goals right off the start to take the lead. It wasn’t until midway through the period when Kiaran Jared made a successful pass to Derrick Waechter to make it 2-1 for Listowel. The second period saw lots of play at both ends, with numerous shots and just as many remarkable saves. With three minutes left on the clock, Listowel scored their third. Eleven seconds later, Cody Harding netted the second for Brussels, assisted by Ben Newell. With the clock ticking down, Newell took a shot and tied the game. Two and a half minutes later, Dalen Martin scored assisted by Chris Van Veen. Brussels skated away with a 4-3 win. The next game in the round-robin series saw them face off against Minto. There was no score in the first period. The second period saw Daniel Fritz get one in, assisted by Martin. Brussels was unable to hold the lead, however and lost 2-1. Saturday night saw Brussels travel to Zurich for an 8 p.m. game. Zurich was quick to light up the scoreboard and take the lead. It wasn’t until halfway through the second period when Jared got one past their goalie. He was assisted by Harding and Waechter. A shift change gave Kailey Wheeler the opportunity to break the tie and take a 2-1 lead. She was assisted by Martin. With just a minute left on the clock in the second, Jared scored on a breakaway. The third period saw no one able to score, despite several changes from both sides. Brussels skated away with the 3-1 win. Solid in net was Konrad McArter. The score for Brussels in this round robin is six wins and two losses. Two games are left to decide who will move on to the local league finals. The Blyth Novice Reps took onBrussels in game five of their playoffseries last Thursday night.The first two games were splitbetween the teams. Game three wastaken by the Brussels team with a final score of 3-1. Blyth’s only goal came late in the second period when Parker Gibbings scored unassisted. The Blyth squad tried to make it close but couldn’t beat the Brussels goalie again. Friday night the Blyth team headed over to Brussels in a do-or- be-done game four. After Brussels scored in the first, and a few missed chances on Blyth’s part, Blyth’s, Jared Shearer, knocked one past the goaltender with help from Ethan Coultes and Bailey Bos in thesecond.The game was tied heading to thethird. Gibbings carried the puck infrom the blue line, and the reboundwas buried in the net by Carson Richmond to take the lead. The Blyth team kept the pressure on with Damon Allen firing one home, with assists going to Gibbings and Mitch McNichol. Richmond scored another to seal the win. Both teams’ goalies need to be credited with keeping their teams in the games. With the win a game five matchup was set for Sunday afternoon. Both teams came to play and wanted to continue their season. End-to-end action saw a great gamedevelop.Shearer started the scoring action,unassisted, at the end of the first.Blyth added three more in second,with goals from Allen, Coultes, and Gibbings to take a four-goal lead. Assists were credited to Michaela Rodger with two, Bos and Gibbings. The Brussels team charged back with three of their own to get back in the game at 4-3. The third period was tense for both teams, and some chances at both ends of the ice were turned away by the goalies. Finally, with 39 seconds to go, Blyth’s Drew VanWyk sealed the victory with the final goal of the game. Blyth battles Brussels The Brussels PeeWee Local League played a home game against Kincardine last Friday night. In the second period, Colton Hastings scored once, then again to put Brussels in front 2-0. Cody Harding scored the third goal for Brussels in the third period. Brussels won that game 3-1. Goalie Austin Jamieson-Johnston was solid in net, making several incredible glove-caught saves. Sunday saw Brussels in Kincardine. Again, Brussels came out on top, winning 4-2. Scoring this game were Hastings with two, Harding and Scott Dolmage. This week, the Local League team will play in Young Canada Week in Goderich. Chipping away The men’s C final was up for grabs last weekend at Blyth’s hockey tournament where Auburn took on the Goderich River Rats. In a fast-paced, hard-fought game, the River Rats took an early lead, ahead 4-0 at half-time and never looked back on their way to victory. 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