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Sports
Balancing act?
Blyth Mosquito Thunder player Jamie Ross stands by as
the Wingham Blue Hound uses his head to get the ball
back in play during the match-up in Blyth on Thursday
night. The hosts played a great game but were edged 4-3
in the dying minutes. /tsWeyGroppp/iotoj
Mosquito Thunder
suffers first loss
Wingham Blue Hounds came to
Blyth on Thursday, July 15 and
defeated Blyth Thunder 4-3. It was
a hard-fought battle with a lot of
action from end-to-end. Plenty of
clear aggressive play entertained
the fans.
Early in the game Justin Peters
made his mark during a penalty
kick and blasted the ball into the
net. Shortly afterward Wingham
enjoyed some revenge and tied the
Solid hitting gives Blyth early lead
Consistent hitting by the Blyth
Squirts gave them an early lead
which they were able to hold
through their ball game against
Brussels, July 13.
With Darcey Cook pitching,
Brussels scored three in the first, but
his team quickly picked him up with
five runs in the bottom of the first.
Trever Hopf led of with a homer.
Singles from Kyle Procter and
Matthew Goodall set up an RBI
opportunity for Blake Miller when
he smacked a triple.
Kyle McNeil cleared the bases
with a round tripper.
game from a corner kick which
deflected off one of Blyth's
players. Wingham scored again in
the first half and took the lead.
In the second half Blyth started
on the wrong foot and let another
goal in, but Jenna Rinn and Jamie
Ross each scored a goal to tie the
game up.
In the final five minutes
Wingham scored again to jump
ahead and kept the lead for (he win.
Brussels added one in the second
before Blyth took their total to eight.
Hopf and Cook singled, enabling
Procter to belt a three-run homer.
While shutting out the visitors in
the third and fourth, Blyth pushed
10 home.
In the third, Allison George home-
red to bring in Miller and Eric
Caldwell ahead of him.
Doubles were hit by Hopf and
Cook before Procter homered.
Mitch Ortman walked and
Goodall singled.
Continuing the push in the fourth,
Caldwell led off with a walk,
PeeWee
Girls
lose 10-4
In spite of nine strike outs thrown
by pitchers Michelle Cook and
Sarah McDonald, the Walton Pee
Wee Girls were downed 10-4 by
Wallace, July 9.
Walton played the game with
only seven though the Wallace
players were good sports, allowing
Walton to play the game and record
only one automatic out per inning
with a missing player.
Krista Shortreed broke open the
scoring in Walton’s firstat-bat
when she walked, then stole each
base successively to score.
McDonald was also issued a
walk but was left on base.
Cook nabbed the first out in the
bottom of the inning when she
made a nice running catch on a pop
fly.
In spite of allowing three runs,
Cook struck out the other two outs.
Walton was held scoreless in the
second with only Melissa Beuer-
mann taking a walk.
The squad was able to hold Wal
lace off the board thanks to three
strikeouts from Cook.
Walton edged into a tie in the
third when Jen McClure walked
then stole second and third.
McDonald made it to first on a
third strike missed catch. Cook
walked and stole her way to third.
Jessica Lubbers tripled, but was
caught trying to steal home.
Beuermann was stranded after
taking a walk.
Wallace opened a sizeable lead in
the third when they struck for four.
Lubbers was key in two good
outs as she took the throw from
second base player Beuermann who
had snagged a hard hit ball then
trapped a high pop fly at first.
Cook earned the third out on
three strikes.
Through the fourth and fifth,
Walton only managed one when
Shortreed walked and eventually
made it home.
Wallace increased their lead by
six when they tallied two in the
fourth and one in the fifth.
In the fourth, McDonald got the
first out on strikes then made a
quick play when the ball was bunt
ed back to her, tagging out the run
ner going to first for the second out.
Shortreed made a great catch on
a very high pop fly to end the
inning.
McDonald struck out two in the
fifth and made a great throw to
McClure at first base for another.
George singled, Hopf doubled and
Cook tripled.
Down 18-4, Brussels added two to
their total.
Blyth could not be stopped as they
hit for seven in their final trip to the
plate.
Ortman led off with a double fol
lowed by a walk to Goodall and a
single off a bunt by Miller.
George was issued a walk before
Hopf tripled him home, Cook
walked and Procter doubled.
Ortman ended the inning as he
had started it, on the 10-batter rule,
with a double.
Peace?
Despite the sign and the camaraderie evident last
Thursday at the Brussels lawn bowling green there was
no denying competition was in the air as men’s teams
challenged each other in the annual Brussels Livestock
tournament. (Ashley Gropp photo)
Brussels Livestock
hosts men’s tourney
Brussels Livestock Sales
sponsored a men’s lawn bowling
tournament on the Brussels Greens,
Thursday afternoon, July 15 with
18 teams competing.
Winners were: first, Dennis
Schmidt and Fred Tilley, Goderich,
three wins, 54 points; second, Jack
Broughton and Doug Kidd,
Atwood, three wins, 52 points;
third, George Wood and Ivor
Newton, St. Marys, two wins, 51
plus three; fourth, Ed Fem and Sam
Galbraith, Monora Club,
Orangeville, 2 wins, 47; fifth, Len
Patterson and John Arnold,
Harriston, two wins 43; sixth, Jack
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