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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-01-15, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15,1992. Brussels Bulls clinch second place in Western Jr. C The Brussels Bulls welcomed Brad Carter to the Western Junior C league on the weekend, (the Orangeville Crushers did not.) The Seaforth native signed with the Bulls this week after getting his release from the Waterloo siskins on the Mid-Western Junior B League. Carter made his debut on Satur­ day night against the Crushers and made an immediate impact with two goals and an assist. But it wasn't enough. The Crushers scored five goals in the second period and held on for a 6-4 win. Corey McKee and Todd Norman had the other Bulls goals. As usual, Jamie Litt sparked Orangeville. He set up four of the six Crusher goals. “I thought we outplayed them for 40 minutes but a couple soft goals in the second and some lapses in defensive coverage cost us two points,” said Coach Scott Petti­ grew. On Sunday, the Bulls clinched at least second spot in the league standings with a 5-2 win over the Mount Forest Patriots. A balanced scoring attack was the key with five different players finding the back of the net. Greg McNevan, Corey McKee, Jeff McKee, Scott Vader, and Greg Vader were the goal scor­ ers. Carter picked up his fourth point in two games assisting on McKee's goal. Coach Pettigrew said, “We had not beaten the Patriots this year and while I was not happy with the per­ formance of some people it was nice to get the win. We had to kill a five minute penalty late in the game leading by two goals and if it wasn't for some good special teams we could have let the game slip away.” The Bulls take on the front run­ ning Barons in Hanover on Friday. They were back at home against Grand Valley on Sunday. “Friday night should be interest­ ing in Hanover after we beat them in late December. The game won't mean much as far as the standings are concerned but think we want to prove the 4-1 win was not a fluke. Sunday's game should also be exciting. Grand Valley is in a battle for third and have the league's top scorer in Glen Watt,” said Petti­ grew. FROM THE BULLS PEN: Defenceman Jason Baier will sit out the next four games. He was suspended for butt-ending in Sun­ day's game against Mount Forest. Bulls have released defenceman Jeff Potvin. The 16 year old Port Elgin native saw limited ice time with Brussels. He was signed with Wingham. Look but don’t touch S ports It's one thing to see the puck but being able to touch it is another, this unidentified Brussels Bull finds out Sunday against a close-checking Mount Forest Patriot team. Still, the Bulls managed their first win of the season against Mount Forest and clinched second place. Volleyball practice starts at Blyth P.S. New look in Sr. A Continued from page 1 skills of O'Donnell, McCabe and McCulloch, an experienced defense, and solid goaltending by Marty Groulx. Never a strong regu­ lar season team, the Tigers have shed their hack and slash image of years gone by. DRAYTON: An offensive team willing to get involved in shoot outs, the Comets are no longer the big slow-footed team of years past. Darryl Jack and Steve Day are joined on offense by former scoring leader Mich Landry from Kincar­ dine. DURHAM: Arguably the no. 1 team in the WOAA over the past several years the Thundercats have size, speed and toughness. The addition of four skaters (Neil, Aljoe, Karcher, Wilson) from the All-Ontario Hanover Barons plus the signing of Rob LeBlanc strengthens a team that went 28 games without a loss last season. Going head-to-head with the OHA Huskies, insiders report the Cats are “the” team to watch in Durham. HARRISTON: A new entry to the WOAA the Blues were OHA Champs in 1990. Ex-Howick juniors (including Hill, Leslie, Reading, Foerter) dominate a strug­ gling but rebuilding franchise hop­ ing to return to their glory years of the 1980's. KINCARDINE: A favourite playoff rival of Brussels, the Kings have added Matt McLeod to solve their goallending playoff woes. Always a high scoring team Kin­ cardine recently signed Ken Feddema to support scoring machine Sean Burton who recorded 64-37-101 pts. in 24 games last season. MILVERTON: The only team to successfully rotate three goal­ tenders equally the 4-Whecl Drives have 14 ex-Brussels Bulls on their roster led by captain Mike Chap­ man. A quick skating club Milver­ ton can be counted on for one upset or near upset come playoff time. PALMERSTON: The 81's have been hurt player wise by the addi­ tion of the Harriston Blues and are struggling to regain the form that saw them compile an 18-2-4 record last season. Led offensively by the Drost-Miller-Miller line Palmerston solved a major problem with the signing of Hanover MVP Goal­ tender Randy Vansevenant. TAVISTOCK: Led by the league's highest scoring line of Albrecht-Albrecht and Stere and backstopped by the WOAA's pre­ mier goalie Ray Brick, the Royals have added a strong supporting staff in ex-Waterloo, Stratford and hometown Juniors. Tough defen­ sively Tavistock is a legitimate contender especially if they gain home ice advantage. WIARTON: Young and aggres­ sive the Redmen have always been solid in regular season play before folding in the playoffs. Led by junior-aged players (Nuttall, Wright, Weir and Koshan) Wiar- ton's biggest problem is staying out of the penalty box. BRUSSELS: With the Fritz- McArter combo reunited, the return of veterans TenPas, Higgins and Campbell, plus the addition of new­ comers in Hewitt, Strome and Dean Wheeler (a perfect example that goal scoring is a given talent) the Crusaders could surprise especially if you consider they have won the Grand Championship every other year starting in 1987-88. WOAA SENIOR HOCKEY ‘A’ DIVISION W-L-T PTS. Durham 16-2-2 34 Tavistock 16-2-1 33 Drayton 10-5-3 23 Kincardine 9-5-2 20 Arthur 8-12-0 16 Palmerston 6-8-3 15 Brussels 7-9-1 15 Wiarton 5-12-3 ' 13 Milverton 6-15-0 12 Harriston 1-14-1 3 AT CHRISTMAS TIME by Leanne Bell and Capucine Onn December 25 was Christmas! What excitement! When we asked Robert Harper and Charlene Brom­ ley from grade one and Jody God­ frey and Justin Rinn from grade two about their Christmas celebra­ tions, we got some pretty neat answers. Charlene told us that she went to her Grandma's for Christmas. She got a keyboard and Magic Bottle Baby. Robert got a wrestling wallet and super-shooter and he was at his Uncle Charlie's for Christmas. Jody Godfrey had her Christmas at her Grandma's house. She got two rings and a toothbrush holder. She got a dinky diary from Santa. Justin Rinn also spent his Christ­ mas at his Grandma's. He got a Nintendo Entertainment system, and a wrestling ring and a few wrestlers, and a dinky car and a baseball glove. Apparently Santa knew that these kids had been good all year because they all got what they wanted. Thank you Santa! VOLLEYBALL TIME! by Kristy Caldwell It's here. The volleyball season has begun. The grade 7 and 8 girls have been practising volleyball. We practise in the gym each school morning from 8:30 - 9:00. Our coach is Mr. Morton. He is in the gym each morning to help us with our skills so we are ready to play in the two tournaments. The first girls' tournament is on Saturday, February 1. This tourna­ ment is the six-person tournament; only six girls will be on the floor at once. The tournament is at St. Joseph's Separate School in Clin­ ton. The second tournament is February 15. At this tournament nine girls will be on the floor at once. The second tournament is held at Central Huron Secondary School. Let's hope we all have fun at the tournaments. T.V. STARS AT B.P.S. by Kurt Lentz Two people from the CKNX News Team came to B.P.S. on Wednesday morning at 10:30. The team was covering a report on male teachers and child abuse. They interviewed Mr. Morton and asked about his concerns about hugging or touching a child. They filmed us in one of our classes. Mostly every­ one was filmed but most of us were edited out. Then we saw ourselves on the 6:00 p.m. news. TRY-OUT by Chris Bromley It's now this time of the year again. The boys' volleyball tryouts have arrived. There is a six man - TW 4R ■IS ■ JANUARY IS CLEAN-UP MONTH! TIDY UP ALL THOSE CHRISTMAS AND WINTER BILLS WITH A CONSOLIDATION LOAN AT THE... Clinton Community CREDIT UNION 70 Ontario Street CLINTON 482-3467 EXETER 235-0 THE WALTON AREA SPORTS CLUB is sponsoring SNOWMOBILE POKER RALLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd Registration - Walton Hall -10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. HANDS - $4.00 each, 3/$10.00 CASH PRIZES, DOOR PRIZES FOOD BOOTH CANCELLATION FEB. 9TH - SNOWMOBILES ONLY NO ATC’S. and a nine man Tourney. The six man tournament is on Jan. 25 and the nine man is on Feb. 15. The coach for the volleyball team is Mr. Livermore. The tournaments are held in Clinton at St. Joseph's Sepa­ rate School and at the high school. Walden Photography Weddings & Portraits Call Gary Walden 482-7675