HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-10-29, Page 8SportsPAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009.
The Bantam Bulldogs hosted
Drayton for the first game of the
year Oct. 31. Blyth played a good
game. There were lots of checks and
opportunities for both teams, during
the game.
Drayton scored the first goal in the
second period and added a second
shortly after.
Drayton increased the lead to three
partway through the third before
Bulldog Wes Thompson scored
Blyth’s only goal of the game with
an assist going to Mike Van
Wyk. The final score was 3-1 for
Drayton.
On Oct. 19 the Dogs travelled to
Ripley to face the home team.
Blyth’s Ryan Nesbitt opened the
scoring in the first with help from
Spencer Stevenson.
On the next faceoff Matt Van Wyk
scored with help again from
Stevenson.
Ripley got one past goalie Kennan
MacDonald then Mike Van Wyk
scored his first of the game, with an
assist to Nathan Plunkett.
In the second period Wyatt Carey,
S. Stevenson scored with assists
going to Van Wyk and Plunkett.
The third period saw Blyth’s Mike
Van Wyk score two more with
assists going to Plunkett and Rob
Gordon. The final score was 7-4 for
Blyth.
Game three saw Blyth host the
BCH AE team on Oct. 21.
Blyth opened the scoring in the
first with Stevenson knocking on
home from Matt Van Wyk, then Joel
Pizzati scored his first on a great
shot with help from Mike Van Wyk,
who completed Blyth’s first period
scoring unassisted.
BCH added one for them late in
the first.
Both teams were held off the
scoreboard in the second.
The third period saw the teams
exchange three goals apiece. Blyth
scorers were Mike Van Wyk with
two and Matt Van Wyk. Assists were
by Braydon Whitfield.
Each team also picked up four
penalties each. The final score was
6-4 for Blyth.
The Brussels PeeWee Reps started
their season Friday night, Oct. 16 in
Zurich.
Tim Waechter started the scoring
part way through the first period,
assisted by Scott Dolmage. Wyatt
Ducharme netted one shortly into the
second, assisted by Dolmage.
Minutes later, Ducharme netted
another.
Zurich came back to tie it up.
Late in the third, Waechter scored
his second of the night, again,
assisted by Dolmage and Ducharme.
This gave Brussels a 4-3 lead and
they held that to win the game.
Goalie Matt McNichol did
extremely well in net.
This team is coached by Tyler
Campbell and Kyle Stephenson.
Their home games will be
Wednesday nights at 7:30 p.m.
The Blyth-Brussels PeeWee girls
got their season started off with
games against BCH in Clinton and
in Blyth against Upper Maitland
Mustangs.
The season opener was in Clinton
against a young BCH squad on Oct.
19. The visitors got off to a quick
start and cruised to an 11-0 win.
Goal scorers were Mackenzie
Nesbitt, four; Ashley Higgins, three;
Taylor Higgins, Leanne Plunkett,
Emma Strome and Emily Mitchell.
Lindsay Shiell and Carlie Ducharme
split the duties in net for the shutout.
The next game was against the
Upper Maitland Mustangs
(Howick/Wallace) in Blyth on Oct.
24. Autumn Wightman and Ashley
Higgins combined for the first goal
against a surprised Mustang goalie.
Nesbitt would add another early in
the second period with the assist
going to Ashley Stevenson.
The Mustangs got a goal right off
the faceoff late in the second period.
After the intermission to clean the
ice, the home team settled in to
protect the lead in the third, but
surrendered the tying goal with two
minutes left in the game. The final
score was 2-2.
The Blyth Midget Local League
came out to Minto eager to play. The
game started with end-to-end action
and Minto scoring the first goal.
Blyth continued to challenge the
Minto team, but again the opposing
team scored before the first was
over.
Blyth regrouped and came out
strong in the second with goals from
Lucas Cooke, assisted by Ryan
Sjaarda, then another awesome
unassisted goal by Cooke.
In the second period the team lost
Dana Teed to an injury, but the
remaining nine players continued to
give the fans and their coaches their
best efforts. By the end of the second
the score was 3-2 for Minto.
In the third the boys continued to
play hard, but Minto netted two
more goals before the final buzzer.
Ryan Baker played an exceptional
game in the net.
PeeWee Reps edge Zurich 4-3
The Blyth-Brussels Atom girls
team got their season started with an
exhibition game on Sunday, Oct. 18
in Blyth against the Mount Forest
Rams.
With some new players and some
returning after a year off from
hockey, the game had a tentative
start with neither team scoring in the
first period.
The team's first goal of the season
came in the second period from
Delayna Smith with the assist going
to Samantha Kerr. Those two would
each score again in the final minute
of the second with an assist going to
Sydney Michie.
Mount Forest got on the board
early in the third period and would
be the only goal surrendered in a
good performance in net by Julia
Beaven. Smith would complete her
hat trick less than a minute later.
The final score was 4-1.
Go girls
The Blyth/Brussels Atom girls took on Normanby at the Blyth arena on Sunday afternoon. It
was a great outing for the squad as they shellacked their visitors by a score of 8-0. (Vicky
Bremner photo)
Atom girls beat
Mount Forest 4-1
Blyth PeeWee Rep Bulldogs were
unable to put off their second win of
the year losing only by two to the
Brussels Bulls. The final score of the
game was 4-2.
The first goal went to Curtis
Raynard, assisted by Dustin
Pennington. The second goal in the
second period was scored by Jeremy
Grisdale and Justin Rodger.
In a game against Zurich, the tired
team let Zurich run the show and
took home a 4-2 loss.
The goal in the second period was
Pennington receiving the pass from
Van Soest and Plunkett. The second
goal was scored by Coultes with the
pass from Pennington.
The Zurich team played hard in
the second period when they saw
Blyth was out of steam.
PeeWee girls cruise
to 11-0 victory
It’s started...
The Belgrave Kinsmen Club along with the
Belgrave Community Centre Board has now
started the upgrades to the Belgrave Arena.
Private Donations are welcome!
If you with to support our project, cheques may be made payable to the
Belgrave Community Centre Board and mailed to:
Box 4, Belgrave, Ont. N0G 1E0
(receipts of $20 and more will be issued)
Thank you in advance for your continuous support!!
Midget Local League
lose to Minto squad
Bantam Bulldogs win 2, lose 1
PeeWees lose 4-2 to Brussels
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