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Sports
Huron Heat Midget BB crowned Ontario champs
The Huron Heat Midget BB
squad, one of two Heat teams in the
year-end provincial tournament over
the weekend, were named Ontario
champions, finishing off a great
season.
The Midget BB team bested the
Lakeshore Lightning by a score of 4-
1 on April 7, completing a five-game
tournament sweep to be named the
best in the Ontario Women’s Hockey
Association (OWHA) Provincial
tournament.
The squad bested the North Bay
Ice Boltz 5-1 earlier on April 7 to
earn the berth in the championship
round. Earlier in the three-day
tournament the squad bested the
Markham Stouffville Stars 2-1, the
Durham West Lightning 3-1, the
Mount Forest Rams 3-1 and the
Scarborough Sharks 1-0.
The win was one of three
impressive accolades the team
earned over the year, including
winning the Lower Lakes Female
Hockey League (LLFHL)
championships late last month and
winning the International Silver
Stick in Sarnia this past January.
The Bantam BB team was also
competing in the OWHA
Provincials over the weekend, but
didn’t have quite the same luck.
The squad ended their tournament
run with a 2-1 loss against the
Kingston Ice Wolves on April 6.
Earlier that day, the team had bested
the Stoney Creek Sabres 2-0.
On April 5, the Bantam BB Heat
bested the Brantford Ice Cats 4-1,
and started the tournament with a 2-
2 tie with the Toronto Leaside
Wildcats.
The Huron Heat club’s tryouts for
the 2019/2020 season are just
around the corner, with the first ice
time scheduled for April 23 in
Goderich. For more information,
visit huronheat.com
Big winners
The Huron Heat Midget BB team earned provincial gold over the weekend in the Ontario
Women’s Hockey Association (OWHA) championships. The team, shown above at an earlier
game in the playoff season, added the trophy to several others captured this season. (File photo)
Victim Services benefits from ‘Guns and Hoses’ game
The call went out last week for
fans to attend the annual Victim
Services of Huron County charity
hockey game and to no surprise the
fans didn’t disappoint. The annual
“Guns & Hoses” charity hockey
game was a great success with a fast-
paced and action-packed game
played before a large crowd at the
YMCA in Goderich.
The Huron County Ontario
Provincial Police (OPP) Ice Hogs
should’ve listened to coach
“Grapes” as they ultimately blew an
early two-goal lead. The Ice Hogs
pressed, but the stellar goaltending
and solid team play of the Goderich
Fire Selects was up to the challenge.
Heading into the third period, the
fast-paced game was tied 2-2 and it
was looking like overtime until the
Selects banged in a rebound for the
game-winning goal with just over
five minutes to play.
A last-minute fury of pressure was
thwarted by the firefighters, but they
hung on and eventually iced the
game with an empty net goal,
triumphing to a well-deserved 4-2
win.
The action on the ice was great but
the overall winner from this event
was Victim Services of Huron
County. A whopping $3,500 was
raised for Victim Services Huron
and an additional $1,225 was raised
through a 50/50 draw that was
donated to a local family to help
support them with their child’s
medical needs and associated costs.
Huron County OPP, the Goderich
Fire Department and Victim
Services would like to sincerely
thank the generous sponsors,
volunteers and all the fans that all
donated their time, talent and
treasures to make this event such a
tremendous success.
Notice is hereby given that the 2019 Huron East Budget will be
considered by Council on April 16, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
A brief budget synopsis is available on the Huron East website.
www.huroneast.com
Complete copies of the budget document will be available at the
Municipal Office.
Paula Michiels, Finance Manager-Treasurer/Deputy Clerk
Municipality of Huron East
2019 Budget
Guns and Hoses
Local firefighters and police officers took to the ice in
Goderich last week to raise money for Victim Services of
Huron County. Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb was on hand to
drop the puck for the game. (Photo submitted)
Local Kidney Fndn. event set
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walk, which he has been
participating in for five
years. Mark and Chris’
mother Cathy estimate
he has raised more than
$47,000 for the Kidney
Foundation.
Christopher was
diagnosed with an auto-
immune disorder called
Henoch-Schonlein
Purpura (HSP) in his
youth and, in the spring
of 2015, after a kidney
biopsy, Pennington was
diagnosed with chronic
kidney disease. Since
then, he has pledged to
help the Kidney
Foundation which
helped him, alongside
the doctors at London’s
Children’s Hospital, to
continue living his life
and participating in the
activities he holds dear
like hockey and baseball.
For more information
on the event, contact
Mark at 519-357-0241,
Cathy at 519-955-5218,
Kathy Stephenson of the Four Winds
Barn at 226-889-2276 or search for
Christopher’s Crew on Facebook.
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Giving back
When Christopher Pennington was
diagnosed with Henoch-Schonlein
Purpura (HSP), a disorder that
leads to kidney disease, the Kidney
Foundation was there to help him.
Since then, he has dedicated
himself to helping the foundation by
fundraising through his Kidney Walk
team, ‘Christopher’s Crew’. (Denny
Scott photo)
Read
Rhea Hamilton Seeger’s
Gardening column
on the
Huron Home and
Garden Guide at
www.ruralvoice.ca