HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1999-04-28, Page 9THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1999. PAGE 9.
Championship season
The Saugeen-Maitland Lightning Midgets topped off a great season with a
championship title. The girls hockey team earned the OWHA "A" division title
at a tournament in Mississauga
Midget Lightning OWHA champs
A very successful season
came to a fitting end when
Saugeen-Maitland Lightning
Midget girls hockey player
Carla Hunt of Ethel helped
the team capture a double
overtime win to take the
OWHA "A” division champi
onship.
Playing in Mississauga, the
squad earned the first provin
cial title for the group.
After completing round
robin play with a 2-0-1
record, the Lightning took on
the Algoma Wildcats in the
division final.
Having received great goal
tending from Tammy Ellis
throughout the tournament,
the squads were forced into a
second over-time to deter
mine the champs.
The game winner came
resulted
Wildcat
Janine
when Hunt stopped a Wildcat
rush at the blueline.
Picking up the loose puck,
she raced down the right side,
veering into the centre at her
opponent's blueline.
Her low wrist shot
in a rebound off the
goalie, setting up
Wright for another attempt.
Wright blasted it past the
netminder on the right side
Locals bring
Four local members of the
Wingham dojo of the
Meech's Martial Arts and
Fitness Centre ot Owen
Sound brought home medals,
April 10 when they competed
in the 10th annual Gold Cup
Classic.
Kendra Folkard of RR1,
Belgrave, earned gold in the
women's green belt kumite.
for the win.
Heidi Meier of Belgrave is
also a member of the
Lightning.
Meier scored the game
opener in the first contest of
the tournament in the 2-0 vic
tory over Orillia.
Hunt scored in the 4-2 win
over Etobicoke which earned
them a berth in the finals.
home medals
Albert Roetcisoender of
Brussels took the silver in
men's yellow belt kata and
bronze in the kumite.
Tiffany Roetcisoender cap
tured silver in the yellow belt
kata while Travis
Roetcisoender earned bronze
in the yellow belt kata and
fourth in the kumite.
Local track
athletes
do well
It was an exceptional day
for the F.E. Madill track team
when they competed in the
Resurrection High School
Track War in Kitchener
recently.
The Midget competitors
excelled, bringing home 12
medals.
Kristyn Gerth of Belgrave,
took first in shot put with a
toss of 9.832 metres and
eighth in javelin at 15.99
metres.
East Wawanosh's Amanda
Palmer placed third in the 100
metres with a time of 13.4
and earned sixth in long jump
at 4.19 metres.
Fifths in long jump with
4.25 metres and the 400
metres in a time of 1:09.2
were captured by Laura
Meier, East Wawanosh.
Palmer and Meier, along
with Rebecca Bruton and
Sonja Spaling, ran to a gold in
the midget girls relay with a
time of 55 seconds.
Andrew Garland, Morris
Twp., took third in shot put
with a throw of 12.88 metres,
and third in javelin with a toss
of 30.50 metres.
Senior Sjaan Gerth,
Belgrave, placed third in the
2,000 metre steeple chase in a
time of 6:29 and sixth in the
1,500 metre steeple chase, in
4:29 minutes.
Madill
curlers win
at OFSSA
Cindy Chen
Age: 21
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The F.E. Madill boys curl
ing rink, skipped by Craig
Fair of Bluevale, captured
sixth at the OFSAA champi
onship.
Competing against 15
teams at the Avonlea Curling
Club in Toronto, the rink took
irs first match against a
Scarborough school 12-4.
They were downed 6-1 in
the second round and doubled
4-2 in the final game.
In the consolation quarter
finals. Fair's rink blanked
South Carleton High School,
Richmond Hill, 15-0, then
beat Lome Park 7-5 in the
semis.
Dryden slipped by them, 5-
4, in the final.
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