The Citizen, 2009-06-25, Page 8SportsPAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009.
The Blyth Thunder U-14s hosted
Bayfield at Sparling’s field for a
great game of soccer on June 15.
Blyth came out strong and didn’t
event allow their opponents a shot on
net in the first half of the game.
In the second half Bayfield did
manager to take a few shots, but
keeper Tyler Boven earned a shutout.
Connor Wilts got the first goal of
the night with an assist from Robbie
Gordon. Jan Paul VanDorp, Hunter
Broda, Trystan Weber and Wyatt
Bearss each earned a goal. Derek
deBoer had a fantastic game, scoring
four goals.
JP VanDorp earned four assists,
Weber earned two, Gordon and
Leendert VanDorp also earned an
assist.
The Thunder played a very
defensive game really limiting their
opponents shots on net, said
coaches. Murray Dale, Zach Drost,
Damion Greidanus and Leendert
VanDorp were the main defensive
line and did a great job clearing the
ball out of their end.
Blyth came out to play and really
worked hard as a team, winning the
soccer match 9-0. During this game
the Thunder worked on their passing
skills and this helped them to earn
this win.
The Thunder travels to Wingham
on June 25 for their next game.
The Blyth Lightning U-12 soccer
team had a very exciting game
against Wingham Chiropractic
June 16.
The game started off at a fast pace
with Wingham testing the goalie
Matt Terpstra early in the match.
Lightning players Mackenzie
Nesbitt and Dalton Carey teamed up
to start the scoring in the first half.
Carey assisted Nesbitt for the first
goal, then later in the half Nesbitt
assisted Carey's goal.
Wingham came storming back in
the second half scoring four times to
take the lead.
Blyth got their offense in gear to
test the Wingham goalie. Terpstra
scored with Carey assisting once
again.
Blyth was able to tie the game
when Luke Forbes scored from a
nice play set up by brother Logan
Forbes and Matt Terpsra.
Lightning goalie Brandon
Marshall did well to keep the game
tied but Wingham broke the tie in
the last minutes of the game to go
ahead.
Time ran out before Blyth could
respond. Wingham took the win
5 - 4.
Up and over
The U-14 girls in Brussels hosted Goderich in recent soccer action. Despite their best efforts
the team came up short losing 3-0. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Lightning falls 5-4
The Brussels U-12s took on
Wingham in recent soccer action.
The squad whitewashed their
opponents by a score of 4-0. Devon
Bachert led the offence, scoring
two, while Wyatt Ducharme and
Delayna Smith each netted one.
On the ball
The player controls the ball and keeps his opponents at
bay while making his way from the sidelines. His team, The
Blyth U-14 Thunder took on Bayfield last week and came
away with a resounding 9-0 victory. (Vicky Bremner photo)
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It was a close one, but a victory,
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Justin Ford scored the only goal
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