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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-07-17, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2008. PAGE 9. The Brussels U-10 Cobras finished the season with a win. Brussels played Clinton and with great ease scored six goals. Bulging the twine were Patrick Franken with two, Delayna Smith, Eric Van Ness, Cody Harding and Dalen Martin. Brussels won 6-0. Blyth Legion Branch 420 sent six golfers to the Royal Canadian Legion District golf tourney in Fergus on July 5. John Stewart, Ken Stewart, Chad Haggitt, Mike Haggitt, John Watson and Kirk Stewart competed in the tournament. The team of John Watson and Kirk Stewart placed second with a combined score of 151, two strokes behind the winners from Listowel. Watson and Stewart will now compete in the Provincial playdowns on Sept. 6, at Echo Valley Golf Course near London. The Brussels U-8 Pirates were up against another Brussels team as they started playoffs. It was back and forth action until Hudson Smith put in the first goal, assisted by Taylor McNichol. The Pirates scored another when Ronan Jarrad booted one in assisted by Megan Campbell. With a minute left Lorren Poland scored with Grace Van Nes assisting. Goalies were Jake Mitchell and Jake Roth. The Blyth Destroyers played yet another soccer game in Goderich in the final game of the regular season, on July 9. Goderich Blue was first to get on the scoreboard after keeper Kurtis Kolkman made the first save and punched the ball away from the net, only to have a Goderich player gain control of the ball and score. Blyth dug in their heels and wasn’t long in scoring. The halfbacks worked the ball towards the Goderich net. Goderich intercepted the play, but Brent Drost stole the ball away from a Goderich player and scored. JanPaul VanDorp crossed the ball towards the net from the corner of the field. Drost picked up the ball and scored his second goal of the night. Goderich scored to narrow the gap. The final goal of the first half was scored by Blyth’s VanDorp with the assist awarded to Drost. Greg Roetcisoender covered the net for the Destroyers in the second half of the game. He only allowed one goal to slip past him into the corner of the net. The Destroyers halfback Brendon Boven earned an assist after kicking the ball towards the Goderich net. Austin Sjaarda took the ball away from his opponents and scored. Sjaarda scored again, but unfortunately the ref called the goal off and Blyth won the match with a narrow score of 4- 3. It was a close game and both teams will have to play a strong game to come on top when they meet again during the year-end tournament to be held July 14-18.The Palmerston Marlin Midget 91s won gold in the Palmerston tournament on July 4, 5 and 6. The first game they played was against Ancaster. They won 13-0. In the second game they played Whitby and won 9-1. The third game was against Palmerston White. They tied 3-3. They ended up placing first in their pool. The team played Whitby, the fourth-placed team, and won 9- 1. The gold-medal game was played against Ancaster and the Marlin 91s took home the gold by winning 10-2 The qualifiers for this team will be held in Palmerston July 25, 26 and 27. Marlins win gold at tourney Brussels U-8s start playoffs Cooling it Ben Kolkman was splash happy as he cooled off on a sultry summer day at the Blyth wading pool. (Bonnie Gropp photo) The Blyth U-14 Terminators soccer team played Brussels for the second week in a row on July 10 at the Sparling’s field in Blyth. Starting things off for the locals, Greg Roetcisoender took a corner kick for Blyth and placed the ball right in front of the net. JanPaul VanDorp headed the ball into the net for a beautiful goal. In the second half, Joel Pizzati earned an assist after crossing the ball towards the net from the corner. deBoer picked up the ball and scored. Jan Paul VanDorp took the ball away from his opponents and took advantage to score his second goal of the night. Kody Tachauer was able to shoot the ball at the Brussels net, the ball rebounded off the goalie and Leendert VanDorp came in and scored for his team. Marc Dery shot the ball towards the net and deBoer finished off the play and scored his second goal of the night. The VanDorp twins assisted the final goal of the night as Roetcisoender shot the ball into the net for his second goal of the night. Keepers Wyatt Bearss and Hunter Broda shared goaltending duties for the night and did a great job covering the net for their team. The Terminators played a much stronger second half in this soccer match, digging harder for the ball and demonstrating more confident ball control skills. The final score was 7-1 for Blyth. On the run Clinton was in town to take on one of the host teams of Blyth’s U-8 soccer tournament. The tournament hosted Clinton, Brussels and two Blyth teams last weekend. (Shawn Loughlin photo) Township of North Huron Council & Committee Meeting Schedule Mon., July 21 Regular Council Meeting 7:30 p.m. - Council Chambers Tues., August 5 Regular Council Meeting 7:30 p.m. - Council Chambers Mon., August 11 Committee of the Whole 7:00 p.m. - Council Chambers Tues., August 12 Belgrave Community Centre Board 7:00 p.m. - Belgrave Arena Wed., August 13 Wingham Area Fire Board 7:00 p.m. - Wingham Fire Hall Wed., August 13 Blyth Arena Advisory Committee 7:00 p.m. - Blyth Arena Mon., August 18 Regular Council Meeting 7:30 p.m. - Council Chambers All Council and Committee Meetings are open to the Public. Kriss Snell CAO/Clerk Township of North Huron 274 Josephine Street Wingham, ON. www.northhuron.ca Phone 519-357-3550 Graduation Ashley Keffer, daughter of Rob and Christine has successfully completed the Medical Radiation Technologist program at Fanshawe College. Ashley is working at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital in Windsor. We are proud of you. Love Mom, Dad, Mike, Meg, Gramma & Grampa. U-14stake 7-1victory over Brussels Destroyers in Goderich Blyth Legion golfers advance Brussels U-10s finish regular season with win