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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-11-13, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008. PAGE 9. The Saugeen Maitland Bantam AA girls had a strong showing this past weekend in the Rochester Fire and Ice Tournament. In game one against the Princeton Tiger Lilies, the girls came out ahead 5-2 with goals scored by Carly Smith, Vanessa Armstrong, Nicole Marriage, Brooklyn Irwin and Hannah Davidson. Assists were by Sara Gossell, and Caroline McDowell with two each and Marcie Landman. The girls had a tough second game against the hometown Rochester Edge, suffering a 6-0 defeat. Chelsea Houle had a strong game in relief in net. In game three against the Los Angeles Selects, the Lightning dominated the play and came out ahead 3-1, on goals by Gossell, McDowell and Davidson with assists from Laura Irwin, Kelly Gribbons, Davidson and Armstrong. Strong defensive play by Taylor Gilkinson helped to secure the win for the Lightning. Given the 2-1 record in round- robin play, the girls advanced to the consolation finals against the Stoney Creek Sabres. These two equally-matched teams had tied on two previous meetings this year. However, the Lightning was the more determined team, and came out with the 2-0 victory for the consolation championship. Goals were scored by Landman and Davidson, with assists from Shelsie Popp, Smith and Arm- strong. The strong defensive play of Kelly Garrow, Georgia Ottewell, Abbey Gibson, Smith, Popp and Gilkinson helped to keep the Sabres off the scoreboard. Stephanie Sluys had the shutout for the Lightning. The Brussels PeeWee Reps had a tough game against Teeswater last Wednesday night. Refs Tyler Deitner and Ken Higgins were kept busy with their whistles. It was rough and tumble game and both teams accumulated several penalty minutes. There were 25 shots on the Teeswater net, but only four made it in. Scoring for Brussels were Wyatt Ducharme with a hattrick and Lexi Smith. Assisting them were Smith, Hayden, TenPas and Mitch Kellington. Goalie Matt McNichol made 31 great saves but it was an 11-4 loss for Brussels. Playing well on defence were Reece McArter, Tim Waechter, Colton Hastings and TenPas. Brussels came out strong in their game against Howick. Ducharme scored two and earned one assist. Josh Bridge, scored one and Jordyn Sholdice scored one and picked up three assists. Brock McLean scored six and tallied two assists. TenPas had a hattrick and one assist. Smith scored two and was creditted with three assists. Logan Kellington scored one and got two assists. McNichol earned a shutout. Bantam girls win in Rochester Brussels PeeWee Reps lose big On Nov. 5, Clifford came to Blythto challenge the PeeWee Dogs onBlyth's ice. Dalton Carey got the shutout asBlyth's goaltender. The Dogs scored16 goals.The first period put three on the board. Mike VanWyk started the game off with an assist from Connor Rodger. VanWyk then scored the second goal of the game unassisted. The last goal went to Rodger with an assist by Dallas Coultes. Blyth kept the timekeepers busy in the second period with eight goals and three penalties. Goals went to both Mike and Matt VanWyk, Trystan Weber and Rodger with two each, Coultes and Dustin Pennington. Assists were earned by Wyatt Carey, Coultes, Pennington, Curtis Raynard and Spencer Stevenson each with two and Ryan Nesbitt. Stevenson, Raynard and Braydon Whitfield sat out for two minutes each in the second period for interference, tripping and hooking respectively. The third period gave Blythanother five points. The first threeprovided a hattrick for Penningtonfollowed by Mike VanWyk andWyatt Carey adding their names tothe game sheet. Assists were awarded to Stevenson for two, and one each for Carey, Weber and Matt VanWyk. Blyth Peewees next travelled at Elma-Logan. Blyth had a slow start allowing Elma Logan to score the first two goals of the game. Then with just one second remaining in the first period a pass from Nesbitt to Pennington was put in the net by Stevenson. In the second period Elma Logan scored the first goal to make it 3-1 in their favour. But, only 39 seconds later Mike VanWyk bulged twine with help from brother Matt and Coultes. Elma Logan scored again just 10 seconds later. This seemed to pump up the Dogs as they went on to score five more goals in the second period. Matt VanWyk scored with assists frombrother Mike and Coultes.Stevenson slam-dunked another hereceived from Weber. Stevensonthen returned the favour by passingto Weber who shot it in. Penningtonalso got an assist for that goal. Wyatt Carey passed to Matt VanWyk who sent the puck to brother Mike for his second goal of the game. The final goal of period two was scored by Wyatt Carey, unassisted. In period three Elma Logan came back to score their last goal of the game. But the Dogs were not done biting. Coultes and Matt VanWyk had back-to-back assists to Mike VanWyk's next two goals. Mike VanWyk went on to score his fifth goal of the game unassisted. Matt VanWyk then passed to brother Mike who sent the puck to Weber. Weber put another point on Blyth's side of the scoreboard. The final goal of the gamealso went to Weber with a final tally of 13 for Blyth and five for Elma Logan. Dalton Carey was in net for Blyth. Competition It was a scramble at the boards as the Blyth-Brussels PeeWee girls and their opponents from Tiverton struggled to gain control of the puck. The two teams were in action in Blyth on Saturday. The locals posted a solid 9-2 victory. (Vicky Bremner photo) In Lower Lakes Female Hockey League action, the Saugeen Maitland Lightning AA Midgets fought a losing battle in the bronze medal game of the Waterloo Ravens Fall Challenge Tournament this weekend. They fell 2-1 to the host Waterloo team with defenceman Shannon Myles, Lion’s Head scoring the lone marker. They had entered the semi-finals in first place, despite losing to London 3-1 with Gina Murray, Lucknow, getting the only goal. The girls opened Friday with a 5-1 win against Stoney Creek with two tallies coming from Tammy Freiburger, Wingham, and singles from Victoria Bertrand, Port Elgin, Kate Wagner, Sauble Beach and Ona Mezenberg, Owen Sound. Saturday found the Lightning winning against Guelph 3-0 with Freiburger, Bertrand and Kathryn Roy, Owen Sound, scoring and Sarah McGall earning the shutout. They tied Waterloo 1-1 with Lindsey Ceaser, Owen Sound, forcefully rushing the net for their only goal in that game. The girls will be next in action in London on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 1:30 p.m. and at home on Sunday, Nov. 16 playing the Stratford Aces at 1 p.m. in the Howick arena. 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