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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2008-01-03, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2008. PAGE 15. Sports Brussels Minor Soccer needs a new ref-in-chief. The ref-in-chief would be responsible for finding refs, getting the refs trained at a local clinic, scheduling the refs for all home games, and making sure the refs hand in their time sheets for payment. Anyone interested in this position should contact a Brussels Minor Soccer executive. Members are Kathy Nichol, Thea Harding, John VanVliet, Susan Jared. New directors are also needed. It is time for new blood. The executive is hoping people will consider volunteering so soccer can continue in Brussels. Minor soccer needs ref-in-chief The Saugeen Maitland Midget AA Lightning girls won both their battles away on the road this weekend of Dec. 22-23 in the Western Division of the Lower Lakes Female Hockey League moving them back into a three-way tie with Stratford Aces and London Devilettes with 25 points. Their record in league play is 10- 1-5, heading into the MGHL Annual Hockey Tournament this weekend in Mississauga. Saturday, the girls had a strong 5-1 win over the Sarnia Sting with a hattrick coming from Tammy Freiburger (Wingham) and a pair of goals from Lindsey Ceaser (Owen Sound). On Sunday the girls pulled out a 3-2 win over the Waterloo Ravens with scoring coming from three different directions, Victoria Bertrand (Port Elgin), Ona Mezenberg (Owen Sound) and Ceaser. The puck drops here Jack Lee drops the puck to start the game between the 1972 OMHA Blyth PeeWee champs and the 1993 OMHA Blyth Bantam champs on Friday night in Blyth. The old guys won the contest skating away with a 5-4 victory. They did, however, have a little help. Retired NHLer Bob Probert was the guest player. He was also on hand to sign autographs. The Blyth Minor Hockey fundraiser also featured silent and live auctions. (Vicky Bremner photo) AA Lightning in tie for first place with some great books! 404 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 TThhee CCiittiizzeenn More books available at: THE ONE-MINUTE CLEANER This handy little book provides 500 tips for cleaning smarter, not harder. Shows how to make a plan and how to go room by room through the public and private areas. Tips on making your own cleaners. $13.50 AGGIE’S STORMS Grey County writer Donna Mann imagines the turn-of- the-20th-century, Grey County childhood that shaped the legendary Agnes Macphail, Canada’s first woman member of parliament and steadfast defender of rural life. $15.00 MAD AS A WET HEN And Other Funny Idioms If it’s “raining cats and dogs” and “your goose is cooked” you may have wondered where these sayings came from. This book explains some 130 idioms. $9.95 LIVING THE COUNTRY DREAM Harrowsmith Country Life Magazine compiles some of its more memorable articles from the past few years. Lessons on building with straw and stone, gardening, cooking and living the good life in the countryside. $29.95 NEVER SAY DIE The latest hilarious adventures of Dr. David Perrin bestselling author of the “Adventures of a Country Vet” series which started with Don’t Turn Your Back in the Barn and continued with Stallside Manner and Where Does It Hurt? $23.95 RAISING MEAT GOATS Storey Publishing provides a guide to managing, breeding and marketing meat goats. Information on the various breeds, selection of breeding stock, housing and feeding, keeping stock healthy and tips on marketing. $23.95 The Brussels Atom Reps hosted Goderich for their last regular season game. Both teams played extremely well to try and get the upper hand. All the lines were well matched as the puck was passed back and forth countless times. Hayden TenPas and Mitch Kellington scored for Brussels, assisted by Lexi Smith and Ben Hruska. In the end, Brussels skated away with a 2-1 win. Solid in net for Brussels was Matt McNichol. Now, Brussels waits to hear who they will face off against in the first round of playdowns. Brussels Atoms net 2-1 victory The Brussels Novice Reps lost two games recently, one to Wingham, and one to Elma Logan. Scoring for Brussels were Noah Terpstra, Wyatt Machan, and Logan Kellington. Assisting them were Machan, Kellington, Terpstra and Delayna Smith. Brussels will play several games in the next two weeks as they make up games not played due to snow. Brussels Novice Reps lose to Elma Logan, Wingham Game on The Blyth broomball league’s PeeWee Green team took on Mildmay on Saturday and came away on the losing side of a 7-0 whitewash. (Vicky Bremner photo)