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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-01-24, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008. PAGE 9. In Lower Lakes Female Hockey League action this weekend, the Saugeen Maitland Lightning AA Midgets tied two games, both home and away. On Saturday, the Lightning played to a 0-0 draw with Brianne Wheeler for Brussels playing well in net earning a shutout against the Stratford Aces. On Sunday, the Lightning played at home at the Howick arena with a tying score of 1-1 against the Bluewater Hawks. The lone Saugeen Maitland Lightning goal was scored by Chantelle Eckenswiller, Lion’s Head. The girls will next be in action at their Silver Stick Tournament held in Sarnia from Feb. 1 - 3. The Brussels Atoms began playoffs against Zurich. The first game was away and Brussels started the scoring with a quick goal by Mitchell Kelling- ton, assisted by Dawson Peachey. In the second period, Hayden TenPas put one between the pipes, assisted by Tim Waechter. Brussels added one more when Lexi Smith set up the play for Kellington to net his second goal of the game. The final score was 3-1 for Brussels. Matt McNichol was flawless in net. The Blyth PeeWee Dynamitebroomball team played in theMildmay tournament this weekend. The Dynamite started off againstInnisfil #1. They played well withboth teams getting chances aroundthe net. Bryce Glousher defended the net for Blyth and kept Innisfil off the scoreboard. The game went into a four-minute overtime period where they battled back and forth. Joleen Otten came up with a big save late in overtime to save the tie. The game ended in a tie. The Dynamite then faced the Mildmay Red. Mildmay proved to be the stronger team runing up a 4 - 0 score. Their third game was against Seaforth. The Dynamite easily handled Seaforth, scoring five goals to win the game. Gerrit Logtenberg fired in the first goal with Kendall Black assisting. Logtenberg and Black teamed up for the second goal when Black put in Logtenberg’srebound. Kaitlin Bos and KurtisRoetcisoender set up Logan Forbesfor his first goal. Then in the next play Forbes tookthe ball to the Seaforth net andstuffed it in the corner. Zack Brewick got the last goal for the Dynamite with Bailey Van Massenhoven assisting. This put the Dynamite in the playdowns against Mildmay Green on Sunday. With inclement weather about half the Dynamite team did not make the game. So they had to pick up three players. Jordan deBoer did a good job in the Blyth net stopping some big shots from the Mildmay team. The Dynamite had some great chances around the Mildmay net but were unable to score. The game went into sudden-death overtime and Mildmay scored in the first minute to win the game and put the Dynamite out of the tournament. The Bantam Bulldogs met Ripley in game two in Blyth on Wednesday Jan. 16. Blyth began the scoring with 58 seconds left in the first. The Bulldogs would score two more before Ripley began to take over the game. Dynamite in tourney Curlers These local girls won the Ontario Curling Association zone competition in Durham last weekend. With some tight games, the girls earned their way to the regional competition in Welland this weekend. They played against teams from across south-western Ontario. They are, standing, from left: Kabrina Bishop, skip; Robin McKnight, vice; Dan Shapton, coach. Front: Janelle Shapton, lead; Ashley McKnight, second. (Photo submitted) The Saugeen Maitland PeeWee A girls hockey team took part in the 24th annual Scarborough Sharks girls hockey tournament Jan. 11-13. The team’s first game was against Rochester which they beat 3-1. The second game was against Aurora. They won this one 2-0 with the shutout going to Stephanie Sluys. The third game the team tied Peterborough 2-2. This put the Lightning in first place in their division and gave them a bye to the semi-finals. In that game they played Leaside and with a 3-3 tie had to go into overtime. Sixteen seconds into the overtime period, Shelsie Popp scored with an amazing slapshot from the point to win the game 4-3. The team then played St. Catharines, also undefeated at this point, for the championship. The Lightning took home the gold medal with a 3-1 victory against the St. Catharines Chaos. The MVP award was given to Sluys of Clinton for her excellent job between the pipes. Points earned for the team this tournament were: Shelsie Popp, seven; Nicole Marriage, five; Kelly Gribbons, five; Hannah Davidson, four; Caroline McDowell; Jaime VanLoon, Carly Smith and Becky Waring. The team travelled to Kitchener on Saturday to take on the Lady Rangers. The game proved to be a battle of the goaltenders with both earning a shutout. The Lightning shutout went to Sluys. On Sunday the team hosted Stratford. It was a back-and-forth game with the Lightning coming out on top with a 4-3 victory. Goals were scored by Davidson, Marriage, Vanessa Armstrong and Waring. Assists went to Marriage, Davidson and Becky Bults. The team will host Cambridge for a double header on Sunday, Jan. 27 in Howick. Game times are 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Contest A Blyth Atom Local League fends off a pesky opponent from Seaforth during the game in Blyth on Jan. 17. The local squad fell short in this battle losing 3-1. (Vicky Bremner photo) festSNOW Celebrate winter with us! Maitland Valley Conservation Authority Working for a Healthy Environment! 1:00 to 4:00 Free admission! Bring your skis or snowshoes and hit the trails. Snowshoes available for ages four and over. Rental fee - $2.50 per pair. Hot chocolate and coffee available. Wawanosh is located north of Blyth, west of County Road 4 on Nature Centre Road. Call 335-3557 for information. P. M . P. M . Rain date is Sunday February 10. Sunday January 27 at the Wawanosh Nature Centre Lightning strikes in Scarborough The Blyth Midget girls Black Ice broomball team played in the Mildmay tournament this weekend. Their first game put them up against the Seaforth/Palmerston team. They were an even match for the Black Ice. With a lot of mid-ice play and not many shots on net the game went into overtime. The girls battled back and forth and in the last minute Seaforth/Palmerston got a break and scored the game winner. The Black Ice then faced the other Blyth Midget team, the Rollers. It was another close game with the younger Roller team standing up well against the Black Ice. Again the game went into overtime and in the dying seconds it looked like a sure goal for Katelyn Roetcisoender of the Black Ice when Jen Snell came out of nowhere to make the save. The game ended in a 0 - 0 tie. With only three girls teams in the tournament, this put the Black Ice playing off against the Rollers with the winner playing Seaforth/ Palmerston in the final. It was another close game against the Rollers as they were determined to beat the Black Ice. The Rollers took the Black Ice into overtime for a second time. Finally after eight minutes Karly Howard scored to put the Black Ice in the final. The final against Seaforth/ Palmerston was a hard-fought match up. And as a repeat of their first game they went into overtime. Seaforth/Palmerston scored after six minutes of play to take the championship. Black Ice slips in final game Atoms play off against Zurich Midgets tie at home and away Dogs lose to Ripley