HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-04-10, Page 8SportsPAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008.
The Saugeen Maitland PeeWee A
girls hockey team traveled to
Vaughan to take part in the Lower
Lakes Female Hockey League’s
championship weekend.
On Friday the Lightning played
the Belleville Bearcats in semi-final
action. Down 1-0 going into the
third period Sydney Smith had a
beautiful shot from the point that
was tipped in by Hannah Davidson
to tie the game at one. With 2:53
remaining in the game, Kelly
Gribbons scored, assisted by
Caroline McDowell and Davidson.
The girls played defensively and
won the game 2-1 in regulation time.
In the gold-medal game, the
Lightning played the Oakville
Hornets. Despite their strong efforts,
they were down 2-0 in the third
period.
Then with 2:46 remaining in the
game, the Lightning scored their
first goal by Nicole Marriage,
assisted by Davidson and Gribbons.
In the final minutes of play, the
Lightning pulled the goalie and with
the extra attacker was able to tie the
game with 31 seconds remaining.
Kelly Gribbons got the tying goal,
assisted by Marriage.
The game then went into a five-
minute sudden death overtime
period. The Lightning scored with
2:58 remaining in the period.
Marriage got the sudden death
victory goal, assisted by Davidson.
The girls received two gold
medals, one for finishing first in
their regular league play and the
other for the Lower Lakes Female
Hockey League PeeWee A division
champions.
The girls play at the provincial
championships next weekend.
Lightning strikes gold
As consolation finalists, the
Saugeen Maitland Midget AA
Lightning team had fierce
competition in this weekend’s final
tournament of the Lower Lakes
Female Hockey League finishing
with the top eight teams out of 39.
The girls won their final game 3-2
against Etobicoke Saturday night
with two goals from Eastlyn
Bellamy, Sauble Beach and a single
from Ona Mezenberg, Owen Sound.
In the afternoon, the girls lost in
the final minutes of penalty-killing
play with Durham West bouncing
one in the net making it 2-1. Dru
Austin, Goderich had the lone
Lightning goal.
This current Saugeen Maitland
season had a record eight Midget AA
players invited to the Under 17
Prospects Tournament in April being
held in Etobicoke. This is the top-
showcase tournament for Canadian
and U.S. Scouts in Ontario Girls
Hockey.
The 2008-2009 season tryouts are
running from April 16 - 24 at the
Lucknow arena. For more
information call Rob Wagner at 519-
422-2940 or e-mail
saugeenmaitland@bmts.com
Back-to-back national
championships isn’t a bad way to
end a broomball career. Just ask
Blyth’s Jenna Rinn.
While this year was her last year
of eligibility at her age level, Rinn
plans to continue playing in Seaforth
for an adult team. However, Rinn
was picked up by the Ottawa
Seaway Valley Devils after her
Seaforth Assassins were eliminated
at the provincial championships and
travelled with them to the national
championships for the second year
in a row. She came back with a gold
medal for the second year in a row as
well.
The Devils went through the
tournament, held in Windsor this
year, undefeated, only allowing one
goal all tournament.
They opened the tournament with
a 5-0 victory against the host team,
and closed out the day with a 4-1
win against a team from
Saskatchewan later that day.
The next day was spent beating
Manitoba, then another team from
Saskatchewan before going into
overtime against the Eastern
Thunder, another team from Ottawa
in the final, and eventually taking
the crown by a score of 1-0.
Rinn was one of five players
picked from the Assassins to play for
national title contenders, setting up
across the ice from a teammate,
Stefanie Archambault of Auburn, in
the title game. Archambault was
picked up by the Thunder, who
eventually came away from Windsor
with a silver medal.
Archambault, who was playing in
her first national championship, said
she had a great time in Windsor and
that there was a lot of competition
among all of the teams.
“Anyone who was watching the
final game would tell you it could
have gone either way. It was a great
game,” she said. “I think in the end
we were all just happy to get picked
up and have the chance to play in the
nationals. Since there were so many
of us there though, it made us think
that maybe [the Seaforth Assassins]
should have been there.”
The Assassins sent five players to
the national championships. Rinn
was alone on the Devils, while
Archambault had two other
Assassins on her team, with a fifth
player setting up shop on the
Windsor team.
Rinn has been playing broomball
for over 10 years now and has
played for the Assassins for the last
three. Two years ago she was picked
up by Windsor after her Assassins
were eliminated in the provincials,
eventually coming in fourth at the
national level and last year, she was
picked up by Ottawa, coming in first
in the nation.
Rinn, however, will not be eligible
for the tournament next season, due
to her age, 20, and she will play in
Seaforth.
Her life in sports, however, is far
from over, as Rinn is working on
furthering her education in the
recreation and leisure program at
Fanshawe College. She hopes to
eventually find work as a school
teacher or in corrections.
Archambault, unlike Rinn, still
has one more year of eligibility with
the Assassins, and she plans to take
full advantage of the opportunity.
After finally reaching her first
nationals in her nine years of
broomball experience, Archambault
hopes to return to the national
championship next year, but with
her home squad from Seaforth.
Archambault is in the midst of a year
off from school after graduating
from Central Huron Secondary
School. She has also been bitten by
the corrections bug and plans on
attending college for police
foundation this fall.
Winning women
The ABC DD Gals won the Lucknow hockey tournament recently for the second year in a row.
Five other teams participated in the tournament from Brussels, Bayfield, Lucknow, Ripley and
Teeswater. Players are, back row, from left: Karen Younblut, Joan Bridge, Lila Procter, Karen
Piett, Michelle Blake, Sharon East, Meagan Bridge, Terri Gulutzen, Brittany Caldwell, Erin
Caldwell. Front: Kathy Lavis, Lisa Whitfield, Nikki Snell, Julie Plunkett, Kendall Whitfield, Anne
Elliott, Pat Newson. Absent: Michelle McNichol, Lisa Huether and Teri Patterson. (Photo
submitted)
Rinn plays on gold medal team
JENNA RINN
Winning national gold
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