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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2007-03-22, Page 8SportsPAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2007. Brussels Atom Local League played against Teeswater Friday night. Teeswater scored early in the first period. Scott Dolmage evened the score before the buzzer. The second period was fierce between the two sides with no points added to the board. The third period saw several shots on net, several penalties, and a goal on each side. The Brussels goal was scored by Luke McCutcheon. A ten-minute sudden death overtime saw no more goals and the game was left at a 2-2 tie. Saturday saw the team face-off against Mount Forest. This game was between two evenly-matched teams. Brussels made 26 shots on net with just three goals scored. Lexi Smith got two, and Nic Zwep scored one. Assists went to Smith, Reece McArter and Luke McCutcheon. Mount Forest made 14 shots on Brussels goalie Austin Johnston, with four bulging the twine, to skate away with a 4-3 win. The Brussels Tykes finished their hockey season on a high note after beating the Tyke parents 10-4. Scoring for Brussels Tykes were Ronan Jared, Cody Harding, Noah Terpstra with a hattrick, Delayna Smith, Logan Kellington, Avery McArter and Konrad McArter. Assists went to Terpstra, Kailey Wheeler, Smith and McArter. Several parents were tripping, hooking, holding and body checking with no penalties called. After the game, everyone enjoyed pizza upstairs. The Wingham Bulls travelled to Durham on March 16 to play the Thundercats in game five of their WOAA Senior A hockey series. The Bulls were facing elimination and started strongly with Kirk Stewart opening the scoring, assisted by Shawn Walker at 3:01 of the first period. The Bulls continued to dominate play in the first period until the Thundercats tied the game late in the period with a powerplay goal. The Thundercats scored a shorthanded goal in the second period and added two more goals in the third period to record a 4-1 victory. The Thundercats captured the semi-final series four games to one and will now play the Ripley Wolves in the Senior A final. The Tavistock Royals and the Elora Rocks will meet in the Senior AA finals. Edged out The Brussels Atoms were dealt a tough blow last week by Mount Forest with a 4-3 loss. Brussels overcame a two- goal deficit to tie the game and eventually took the lead, but in the end the visitors were too much. (Shawn Loughlin photo) Brussels Atom Local League plays Teeswater, Mt. Forest Blyth’s best Products of Blyth Minor Hockey, both young and old, took to the ice in an alumni game last Sunday. The event was a fundraiser for the association, and a successful one, which raised over $5,000 for the league. (Shawn Loughlin photo) The Brussels Atoms Reps are still going strong. The team travelled to Wiarton and had a good game. The hosts went ahead early due to two goals, but Brussels came back to tie it and add one for the go-ahead goal. Lighting the lamp were Hayden TenPas, Brock McLean and Brody TenPas. Assists went to Lexi Smith, Jordyn Sholdice and Anthony Vader. Wiarton never gave up and came back to score a few more. Brock McLean, off a pass from Reece McArter finished Brussels scoring. Matt McNichol had a good game in Brussels net. However, the game ended in a 6-4 score for Wiarton. Next it was the Mildmay tournament. The team faced off first against Clifford. Brussels got off to a slow start, but finally got on the scoreboard in the second with B. TenPas bulging the twine. He later added another, then McLean and Mitchell Kellington each scored to give the squad a 4-0 whitewash. B. TenPas was named MVP. Brussels played Creemore in the second game. It was a good contest but Brussels fell short by two goals. McLean, Vader and H. TenPas scored in this outing. It was another solid effort for McNichol. Smith was named MVP. In the skills competition, Brussels came out on top, with special credit given to the TenPas brothers, Kellington and McNichol. Atoms going on MUNICIPALITY OF CENTRAL HURON WARD II Hullett Minor Ball Registration Thurs., March 22 ~ 6 to 8 Sat., March 24 ~ 10 to 1 At Hullett Central Public School, Londesboro Phone Karen Dolmage at 519-523-4726 for more information Phone Fay 519-357-3441 for more information Belgrave Minor Ball Registration Thursday, March 22 7:00 - 8:30 pm Saturday, March 31 9:30 - 11:00 am Belgrave Community Centre First-time players or first-year pre-mite bring copy of birth certificate In Monday men’s curling at the Wingham club Les Shaw downed Bruce Robertson 7-4 and Stewart Leedham eked out a 6-5 win over Barry Simpson. *** On Tuesday ladies night play all eight teams were in action. Kayla Bishop sure had full rock control as she whipped Debbie Gammie 12-2. Amy Miller registered another victory downing Marg Moffat 7-4. The other two games were close ones as Ann Crawford edged Mary Henry 4-3 and Sandra Morrison was a 6-5 winner over Cathy Donnelly. *** The Tuesday competitive league started playoffs. Aart DeVos defeated Earl Fitch 12-8. Calvin Ruttan downed Rob Middleton 7-4. Lefty Don Edgar was in fine form with a 10-1 victory over Russ Taylor and Shawn Cottrill started the playoffs with a 7-5 win over Bill DeVos. *** It was playoff action in the Wednesday mixed league. Both girl skips registered wins as Tammy Adams defeated Steve Burke 7-5 and Leanne Elston was a giant killer registering a 7-4 victory over Earl Fitch. In a close one John Dailleboust edged Aart DeVos 8-7. The other game was a high scoring encounter as Dean Newson came through with an 11-5 win over Wayne Horton. *** In Friday night action all games went down to the final rock as Barry Simpson defeated Bill McDonald 7-6 and Wayne Waechter edged Hugh Clugston 5- 4. In the other game there were lots of rocks on the rings as Shawn Cottrill was a 10-9 winner over Lynn Hickey. *** In the Thursday mixed league both Bishop teams went down in defeat as Cam Alton downed Kevin 8-6 and Elliott Miller recorded an 8-3 win over Kayla Bishop. In the third game Bill McDonald was in fine form with a 10-6 victory over Doug Miller. *** In order to catch up on snow days the Belgrave curlers played five end double headers. In this draw the skips are demoted to leads and get their feel of the brooms and the sweep, sweep urging from new skips. In the first five-end games the results were: Ruth Olson 6, Dave Linton 4; Jim Scott 7, Joyce Vincent 1; Bruce Howson 8, Murray Vincent 3 and Linda Meier and Cathy Goetz played to a six-all draw. In the night cap five, both Vincents came through with wins as Joyce skunked Ruth Olson 6-0 and Murray Edged Jim Scott 6-5. Bruce Howson got his second win of the night with an 8-2 victory over Linda Meier and Dave Linton edged Cathy Goetz 7-6. *** The final regular season points for the competitive league were released with the Aart DeVos rink on top with 258.5 points. Calvin Ruttan was in second with 216.5 point. Other teams were Shawn Cottrill 187.5, Don Edgar 176, Russ Taylor 155.8, Bill DeVos 152.3, Rob Middleton 139.5 and Earl Fitch in the cellar with 136.5 points. *** A very successful country curlers bonspiel was held on St. Patrick’s Saturday with teams on the ice from Goderich, Ripley, Teeswater, Wroxeter and Wingham. Several curlers showed their Irish ancestry with the wearing of the green. In the early draw it was the Ritchie family taking top honours. Skipped by Krista Ritchie of Ripley the team included and Mel and Krista’s aunt and uncle Elva and Lynn Hickey of Wingham. The late draw was won by a team from Goderich. John Orr, Judy McLean, Faye Ribey and Hugh McBurney. The Richie rink was the overall winners gaining the crown by a mere three-quarters of a point over the Goderich rink. Rock Talk – By Bill Johnston Bulls’ season ends Tykes win Skater of the year Sarah Strome was presented a medal as Brussels’ CanSkater of the year. The Skating Club handed out several awards that night (Shawn Loughlin photo)