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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-01-11, Page 6SportsPAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2007. On Dec. 23 the Saugeen Maitland Midget AAs faced off against Kitchener on home ice. Tammy Freiburger of Wingham opened the scoring in the first with Victoria Bertrand of Port Elgin picking up the assist. Kitchener battled back however, tying the game up minutes into the second period. Bertrand and Freiburger teamed up again though with Freiburger netting her second of the game to put Maitland ahead 2-1 and the team never looked back. In the third, Karisa Ross of Palmerston tipped in a shot off the stick of Kate Wagner of Sauble Beach, then Freiburger fed Brittney Peters of Blyth who went end to end to net Maitland’s fourth and final goal of the game. The girls were then off to the annual Mississauga tournament on Dec. 27 and 28. The first game of the tourney was against the Aurora Panthers. Although it was a hard fought game, Aurora managed to take advantage of some funny hops and came out on top 2-0. The next game of the tournament was against the host team Mississauga. The girls hit the ice flying, with Peters finding the mark from Ross, and Kendall Whitfield of Blyth blasting a powerplay goal into the top of the net off a pass from Peters. Despite the girls’ best efforts however, Mississauga was able to battle back tying the game for the final. Maitland’s third game was against a tough squad from Etobicoke. The girls knew they needed a win to have a shot at advancing to the semi- finals, so they battled hard right from the beginning. Unfortunately Etobicoke was able to find the net in the first and the girls found themselves playing catch up. Finally, in the third while on the penalty kill, Bertrand managed to find Freiburger alone in front of the net. Freiburger made no mistake in finding the back of the net and tying the game. This however was not enough to get Maitland through to the semis so the girls had to head home a day early. The girls’ last game of the holidays took place on Jan. 7 in Sarnia. The last meeting with Sarnia was a close one, with Maitland falling short, 1-0. This time however, the girls were out for revenge. They found themselves shorthanded early though, and Sarnia managed to capitalize, scoring on the two-player advantage. Maitland came back hard in the second, with Freiburger diving to finish off a play from Whitfield and Peters to tie the game. Freiburger would continue to sacrifice her body later in the period, sprawling out again to slide one past the Sarnia tender. Bertrand and Kelsey VanderVeen of Lucknow recorded assists. The third period was another strong one for Maitland. Whitfield backhanded one into the net with only 13 seconds off the clock with Kassie Avery from the Sticks and Bertrand picking up assists. Sarnia, with a minute to go, pulled their goaltender and managed to overload the front of the net, putting one in past Maitland’s net minder Syd Brown of Kincardine with 22 seconds to go in the game. Shortly after play resumed Sarnia attempted to put the extra attacker out again and go for the tying goal. The girls managed to keep them at bay however, and Freiburger added salt to the wound by hitting the open net to make it a hat trick and put Maitland up 4-2. Overall the girls had a fairly successful holiday. Next up is a game against St. Thomas at 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 14 in Lucknow. The Wingham Juveniles finished as semi-finalists at the North American Silver Stick finals in Mooretown this past weekend. On Friday morning the team had a 1-1 draw with Belmont. Adam MacDonald was the lone scorer in a penalty-free game for both teams. Friday evening the team played Shelburne. Things started off well as Adam McClure got Wingham on the board early in the first period. Shelburne scored twice in the second and Greg Bowers would tie things for Wingham early in the third. This set the pace for a back- and-forth battle to see who would win the game. With just over three minutes left in the third Shelburne would get what would prove to be the winning goal on a play where the referee had blown the whistle prior to the puck going in the net. Wingham was unable to get the equalizer and lost the game 3-2. Saturday afternoon the team played Beverley and again played a 1-1 tie with Wade Stephenson being the lone-goal getter. Wingham was able to advance to the playoff round based on the point system the tournament used based on two points for winning a period, one point for tying the period, four points for winning the game and two points for tying. Wingham finished with 13 points which was good enough to move on. Moving on however, meant playing Lambton Shores and things weren’t meant to be, as Wingham came out on the wrong end of a 6-2 score. Mike Hoskins and Adam Macdonald were the goal getters for Wingham. Jamael Jacklin played well between the pipes over the weekend and held Wingham in with his work. Wingham finishes the regular season this coming weekend with three games beginning Friday night in Monkton, returning home Saturday to play Seaforth at 6 p.m. and playing in Seaforth Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. The Blyth Bantam Kings were hosts to the Seaforth team on Jan. 6. The Kings played an exciting game of broomball for the parents and fans. Brent Drost had a breakaway and took an accurate shot on net to score the first goal of the game. Tyler Hallahan dumped the ball deep into the opponents’ end and Greg Roetcisoender picked it up to score. Halfway through the first period Roectcisoender made a nice pass across the ice and Drost picked up the pass and scored his second goal of the game. A Blyth player received a penalty for shoving his opponent, but the team did not allow Seaforth to score during the powerplay. The Kings were ahead 3-0 at half-time. In the second period Blyth came out strong when Brendon Boven took a shot on the net. Seaforth’s goalie stopped it; however, Andy Bolinger picked it up and chipped it into the net. A short time later, winger Marcy Dery passed the ball across the ice to Roetcisoender who took a few shots at the goalie before flipping it into the net, for his second goal of the game. Blyth players got a little sloppy and had a few more penalties in the second period. The Kings had some great practice playing shorthanded and played very defensively against Seaforth; however Seaforth was able to get a goal against Blyth just as the ice time ran out. Derek Logtenburg did a great job covering the net for the Kings and only allowed one goal to get past him. The final score wa 5-1 for the Kings. The Kings are having a good season. They are a small but dedicated team of only 12 players. The hardworking defence is Lucas Frawley, Jonathon Hakkers, Tyler Hallahan, Tristan Miltenberg and Shawn Renink. Brent Drost was named man-of-the-match. Juvies Silver Stick semi-finalists Thursday, Dec. 28 the Blyth Novices were home to Milverton. Milverton started the scoring on the first shift of the game. This woUld be the only goal for either side for the first two periods. Blyth was finally able to put one in the net in the third. Scoring was Hunter Dale, unassisted. The next Blyth goal was scored by Drew Bromley, unassisted. Milverton came back with three goals. Blyth was not going to let Milverton win the game and they came back with another goal scored by Brendan Howson, with assistance from Dale and Jordan Hubbard. The final score was 3-3. Playing net for Blyth was Justin Rodger. The Novice Brussels Bulls played back to back games this weekend against Elma-Logan Wildcats and Milverton 4-Wheel Drives. And while the mid-season losing streak continued, there were definite signs of improvement by the Brussels squad. Friday night the Bulls took on Elma-Logan at home in Brussels. Dawson Peachey played a strong game in net, with good defensive support from Sean Mitchell and Austin Johnston. Christopher Van Veen and Emily Mitchell were on fire all game, beating the opponents to the puck and pestering Elma- Logan goalie Maggie McDonnell. Sunday afternoon the Bulls took to the road and faced off against the Drives in Milverton. Nic Zwep, while always a leader for the team on offense, showed he could play the defensive role as well with a strong back-checking effort all game. Logan Kellington and Seth Nichol made it exciting for the Brussels fans, teaming up for several shots on net throughout the game. While the slump continues, the Bulls keep improving their play and narrowing the margin of loss each game. I’ll take this, thanks An Elma Logan player makes an attempt to intercept the puck from his Brussels Novice opponent in a game in Brussels on Friday night. The visitors were successful in these situations too many times as they defeated their hosts 7-0. (Vicky Bremner photo) Novices play back-to-back games Maitland Midgets go 2-1-2 It’s not often in early January one’s mind shifts from Rock Talk to Short Putts but such was the case last week as the weatherman dished up lots of sunshine and double-digit temperatures. This scribe enjoyed two rounds of golf at the Wingham course last Tuesday and Thursday mornings – perfect golfing weather, full sunshine and little wind. I have golfed before in January but this is the first time that there was nary a sign of any snow – not even in the shady spots which get very little sun. In ideal weather on Thursday eight plus were out to enjoy a round of golf. *** For Tuesday night ladies at Wingham Curling Club, it was nice to see an increase in numbers with all four sheets in play. Kayla Bishop downed Ainslie Weishar 7-2, Sandra Morrison edged Jennie Hogervorst 6-4, Jill Eadie was a 9-4 winner over Marg Moffat and another Bishop registered a win as Keisha Bishop downed Cathy Donnelly, in a close one, 5-3. *** In the Tuesday competitive action Aart DeVos was a runaway winner with a 10-2 victory over Calvin Ruttan. Russ Taylor started the new year with an 8-4 win over Bill DeVos while Shawn Cottrill defeated Rob Middleton 8-5. Southpaw Don Edgar edged Earl Fitch 7-5. *** In the Belgrave League Murray Shiell showed no mercy giving Niel Edgar quite a beating with the final score 15-7. Murray McNicol edged Don Shiell 7-5 and Fred Meier was a 9-6 winner over Jim Ross. Lloyd Michie’s rink had great rock control and downed John Nixon 10-3. *** In Thursday daytime action, in the second game of a new draw, six teams recorded their second wins to remain undefeated. In the morning Les Shaw downed Nelson Frank 9-4, Bill Deans was an 8-4 winner over Ivan Dow and Stewart Leedham was a 9-3 victor over Norma Fairles. On ice four it was a close one as Ross Peacock, skipping for Lloyd Wheeler, racked up his second win, eking out a 7-6 win over Ron McMichael. There were no close games in afternoon play as Bruce Robertson downed Wendall Stamper 11-4 and John Mann defeated Irving Elliott also 11-4. Jim Coultes had his new rink playing in top form as he recorded a rather one-sided 13-4 victory over Mac Inglis. Missing from curling action the last two weeks was Lloyd Wheeler as he battled a bout of pneumonia. Nice to see Alex Nethery out to watch curling action following his December heart bi-pass surgery. Glad to see Lisa Inglis out to assist the kitchen crew while home for holidays from Conestoga College. Rock Talk – By Bill Johnston Bantam Kings dominate Seaforth Novice Bulldogs tie Milverton