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The Citizen, 2008-02-07, Page 8SportsPAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2008. The Saugeen Maitland Lightning PeeWee A girls hockey team took part in the 10th annual Sarnia Women’s Silverstick tournament on Feb. 1-3. In the first game, the Lightning played the London Devilettes. After end-to-end battles, the game finished in a 1-1 tie. The lone goal was scored by Hannah Davidson with assists going to Caroline McDowell and Sydney Smith. In the second game the Lightning played Oakville and again the game ended in a tie with a 2-2 score. Lightning goals were scored by Kelly Gribbons and Nicole Marriage with assists from Marriage and Becky Bults. In the third game of round-robin action, the Lightning took on Heartland and were victorious by 3- 1. Lightning goals were scored by Gribbons, Shelsie Popp and McDowell, with assists from Carly Smith, Becky Waring, Gribbons and Davidson. In semi-final action, the Lightning took on the Chatham Outlaws and won the game 3-0. The shutout was earned by Stephanie Sluys. Goals were scored by McDowell and Gribbons with two. Assists went to Carly Smith, Sydney Smith, Marriage and Gribbons. In the championship game, the Lightning had to take on the hometown Sarnia Lady Sting. It was a very evenly-matched game that ended the third period with a 1- 1 tie. Two minutes into overtime, Davidson scored the winning goal, assisted by Gribbons and Popp, giving the Lightning a 2-1 victory. The first goal was scored by Marriage with assists from Waring and Jaime VanLoon. The Brussels Atom Reps played the third game of their series against Zurich. It was neck and neck and throughout the game as both teams needed a win – Brussels to take the series, and Zurich to stop that from happening. At the end of the third period, it was tied two each. Scoring the two were Dawson Peachey and Mitch Kellington. A ten-minute sudden-death overtime became necessary. Both teams made several attempts, but neither was able to break that tie. The fourth game of the series was Saturday night in Zurich. Brussels made 23 shots on the net by the end of the third, and Zurich took 11 shots on Matt McNichol. The first goal was put in by Lexi Smith with a great pass from Kellington. Kellington put in the second goal with help from Nic Zwep and Tim Waechter. To thank Kellington for his help on that first goal, Smith set him up for the third goal. The game was tied 3-3 at the end of the third. After a short scrimmage to get the puck, Smith got out on a breakaway to score the winning goal in overtime. Brussels will now face Lion’s Head in the second round of playdowns. The first game will be Sunday night in Lion’s Head with the second game back in Brussels on Friday, Feb. 15 at 7:45 p.m. Come out and watch. In Lower Lakes Female Hockey League action, the Saugeen Maitland Lightning AA Midgets fell out of contention in the quarter- finals of the Silver Stick Tournament this weekend in Sarnia. The girls opened the first day with a 2-2 tie against Markham-Stouville and a tough 2-1 loss against Waterloo. On Saturday they had a 4-1 win over Willowdale sending them into the quarter-finals against Sarnia. The Lightning girls had a few injuries plaguing them and a shortened bench throughout the quarter-finals, resulted in a 3-1 loss sending them home. Tammy Freiburger of Wingham led the scoring with three goals. Five single tallies were put in by Victoria Bertrand, Port Elgin; Dru Austin, Goderich; Kelsey Vanderveen, Lucknow; Diane Bushell, Lucknow and Karisa Ross, Palmerston. The Lightning had solid goaltending from Brianne Wheeler, Brussels all weekend. The girls were in action at home for their first playoff game Tuesday evening playing against the Stratford Aces in the Howick arena. The Brussels Novices travelled to Harriston for an afternoon game this past Sunday. Dean Scarrow, Kailey Wheeler and Konrad McArter all went to the corners more for the puck. Cody Harding, Bennett Newell and Dylan McNeil steered the Harriston players away from the net and Jamie Perrault had a very determined agenda to get that puck away from that Harriston player. Brussels skated away with a 4-3 victory. Brussels goals were scored by Wyatt Machan and Logan Kellington each with two. Assists went to Noah Terpstra, Daniel Fritz and Connor Bridge. Derrick Waechter made 15 saves in net. Over the past two weekends the Blyth Novice team won four out of five games. Brussels travelled to Blyth and the local kids won 5-3. Blyth scorers were Chad Treble, two goals and two assists; Brenden Howson, two goals, one assist and Cody Treble with one goal. Assists went to Colton Rodger, Dawson Coultes, and Cameron Gauthier. The next day the team travelled to Mount Forest and lost 7-2. Rodger and Chad Treble scored. Morgan Howson picked up the only assist. This past weekend Blyth was in Milverton and came away with a 5-0 victory. Coultes led the team with two goals. Other goals were scored by Rodger, M. Howson and B. Howson. Rodger and Chad Treble picked up assists. Saturday and Sunday, the team was up against Zurich and won 10-1 and 5-1. Leading the way was B. Howson with three goals, two assists; Rodger four goals; Cody Treble, four goals; Coultes, one goal, one assist; M. Howson, one goal and one assist; Chad Treble, on goal; Owen Andrews, one goal and Jefferson Gordon, one assist. This weekend the team will be playing in the Blyth Lions Novice Tournament. So close The Blyth Midgets hosted Elma Logan in their playoff series Sunday afternoon and fell just short in the 3-2 outing. The team travels to Monkton this weekend for another shot at victory. (Vicky Bremner photo) Brussels Tykes played Wingham in recent hockey action. The squad played strong with Jarron Thompson solid in net. Hudson Smith scored is first goal. 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F r o n t r o w : A d a m C r o n i n , K e v i n P e n n i n g t o n , J o n a t h o n A t k i n s o n , K a y l a B l a c k . A b s e n t : S t e v e n E l l i s . The Citizen Coaches and parents ~ we need your team’s picture and players’ names • Hockey • Broomball 1. Please submit team photo A.S.A.P. 2. Please include players’ and coaches’ names for under the photo. Please help us get ALL the Winter Sports teams published. 404 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 Brussels Atoms in close series Lightning falls in quarter finals Tykes play Wingham Brussels Novices play to win against Harriston SundayLightning wins tournament The Seaforth Country Classic, Canadian Tour professional golf tournament has announced the addition of Randy Hughson to the entertainment line-up at the Pro-Am Pairing Party Gala, Monday, Aug. 25. Hughson will be in character as he performs a set of Stompin’ Tom Connor’s best-loved songs. Hughson portrayed Stompin’ Tom in the highly-acclaimed and successful Blyth Festival play in 2006. The play was written by Seaforth native and former mayor, Dave Scott. Hughson will be living in Stratford this summer as he is contracted to perform in a variety of capacities at the Stratford Festival. Hughson will join Master of Ceremonies, NHL legend Dennis Hull to entertain Pro-Am participants and the general public at the kick-off event of the Seaforth Country Classic. The Seaforth Country Classic is a professional golf tournament on the Canadian Tour hosted at Seaforth Golf Club the last week of August. Proceeds from ticket sales to the event go to support the eight hospital foundations of Huron and Perth Counties. For information about the event call 519-522-1549. Hughson appears at ‘Classic’