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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-07-17, Page 8SportsPAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2008. The Brussels U-12 soccer players have been enjoying some soccer success lately. They participated in the Lucknow Strawberry Fest and did extremely well, coming out in fourth position. Three of their games were tied at the end of regulation time, so shootouts were called. Scoring throughout the tournament were Carl Dowe, Laura Souch, Matt Terpstra, Derrick Waechter, Tim Waechter, Delayna Smith, Jayden and Mitch Kellington. Those making several attempts were Scott Dolmage, Stephani Hummel, and Alyssa Cronin. Solid on the defence were Luke McCutcheon, Derrick Waechter, Kristen Pipe and Logan Kellington. Solid in net, even under all that shoot-out pressure, was goalie, Matt Terpstra. On Canada Day, Brussels squared off at home against Lucknow. Brussels was quick to the net, scoring five in the first half. Netting these were Tim Waechter with two, Dolmage, Dowe and Lexi Smith, each with one. Assisting them were Delayna Smith, Kellington and Dolmage. In the second half, Coach Cronin moved the defences to forwards, and the forwards to defence. This gave Logan Kellington and Hummel each the chance to score. Assisting Kellington was Alyssa Cronin. Strong in net was Terpstra. Brussels won 7-2. Last week’s game in Brussels was against the Wingham Gift Chest. Brussels came out strong with Tim Waechter netting one first, then Dowe to take a 2-0 lead. Wingham came back to tie it up, then take a 3-2 lead. Mitch Kellington tied that score up before halftime. Wingham came ahead in the second half with two more goals. Cronin netted one with the assistance of her brother, Tyler, to give Brussels four goals of the night. Brussels lost 5-4. Playing hard on halfback were Cody Rathwell, Katie MacFarlane and Madelaine Rouleau. Dolmage played well in net. Next week, Brussels will face Clinton and Goderich in the year- end roundrobins. The Brussels Bantams played away at Londesborough. Brussels was on the scoreboard in the top of the first with a solo homerun by Andrew Lindsay. Ty Sebastian, pitching for Brussels, would have a near perfect game with 16 strikeouts, one hit pitch and gave up one solo triple. Brussels added another in the second when Zack Watson waited the walk and was able to steal his way home. The Brussels bats exploded in the third scoring seven runs. Lindsay added his second homerun for the game. Brussels added three more in the fourth. Sebastian and Jeremy Ross singled and Watson’s homerun cleaned the bases. Brussels, in their final at bat, scored two more, on a walk to Lindsay and singles by Sebastian and Watson. The final score was Brussels 14, Londesborough 0. Bantams win 14-0 Eye on the ball The batter fouls it in her effort at the plate to garner some runs for her team. This group went down to a resilient Coultes Crew in a seventh inning walk-off win by a score of 7-6 during the weekend’s slo-pitch tournament in Belgrave. The Coultes Crew went into the seventh trailing 6-5, but rallied late to win the Saturday morning game. (Shawn Loughlin photo) U-12 soccer this week was the battle of Blyth, Lightning against Thunder. While the Thunder have enjoyed a good year, the Lightning have only scored a few wins. In the first half the Thunder were on the attack. Evan Kikkert started in net for the Thunder and Dylan Walton for the Lightning. Tyler Boven scored early in the match from a pass from Alex Peters. Then Quintin Sjaarda netted one with some help from Rick Pot, and put the Thunder ahead by two by the end of the first half. Goalies switched to Tyler Boven and Marion Studhalter for the second half. The Lightning went to the attack and came up with a goal. Megan Hoggart put a pass across to Dalton Carey who put it away for the Lightning. The Lightning pressed the Thunder into their own end for much of the second half but were unable to score again. The Thunder took the win 2-1. The Lightning returned to the field Thursday night to meet Bayfield. The Lightning were expecting an easy match. Netminders were Walton and Ryan Nesbitt who each took a half. The Lightning’s Trystan Weber opened the scoring and kept going. Melissa Van Schaik, Nesbitt, Hoggart, and Rob Gordon all scored one for Blyth. Mackenzie Nesbitt and Wyatt Carey both scored two and Weber scored a second time as well. Bayfield managed one goal and the Lightning rolled to an easy victory. A meeting of feet Both Blyth and Brussels had similar thoughts on this ball as both feet collided with opposite intentions. Brussels took on one of the two host teams participating in Blyth’s U-8 soccer tournament which featured two Blyth teams, a Brussels team and a team from Clinton. (Shawn Loughlin photo) Lightning, Thunder clash Summer Sports Pages Hullett M i x ed Pre-M i t e s Back row, f r o m l e f t : C o a c h W i l m a E l l i s , R o d n e y R o z e n d a l , S t e v e n E l l i s , J a m i e P l a e t z e r , Monica B a k e l a a r , G r e g o r y R o e t c i s o e n d e r , A s s i s t a n t C o a c h D a v i d S a l v e r d a . M i d d l e r o w : K y l e Pollard, J a n e t t e P l a e t z e r , J a s o n S a l v e r d a , T y l e r B e r r y , J o n a t h a n A t k i n s o n . F r o n t r o w : Courtney M i d d e g a a l , K e l s e y F a l c o n e r . Coaches and parents ~ we need your team's picture and players' names 1. Please submit team photo A.S.A.P. 2. Please include players' and coaches' names for under photo. Please help us get ALL the summer sports teams published. The Citizen 404 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 • Soccer • Baseball Brussels U-12s play well The Blyth Barons travelled to Brussels to face the Tigers Sunday, July 13. The Barons’ first inning had the players set down in order. Trevor Seip was on the hill for the Barons on the Tiger half of the first. The Tigers scored one run on no hits, two walks and a strikeout. The Barons answered back in the second with Seip hitting a homerun. Cole Stewart and Shawn Bromley each ripped singles. However the next three went down on strikes to end the inning. The Tigers recorded just the one hit in the bottom half. The Blyth third saw them score two runs on a pair of singles by Mike McDonald and Seip finished by a triple from Stewart. The Tigers were set down in order, on two flyouts and a strikeout. After a runless top of the inning the Tigers threatened in the fourth with a leadoff single. However the next three batters were called out. The Barons added two more in the fifth inning on singles by Dean Wheeler, McDonald and Bromley and a sacrifice fly by Seip. The Tigers scored no runs in the fifth. The Barons brought two more across in their half of the sixth on singles by Darcey Cook and Justin Peters followed by a double by Wheeler. The Tigers once again went down in order in the bottom half. The Barons failed to add to their score in the seventh. Then the Tigers threatened getting one hit and a couple of players on base. However they failed to score any runs and the Barons took home a resounding 7-1 victory. Barons take on neighbours