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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2001-06-20, Page 7Learning the .skills Charlie Scott, right, was in town on Friday night for referees, coaches and parents to hone up on their soccer skills at a clinic at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre. Scott has conducted clinics in Brussels previous years. (Vicky Bremner photo) PeeWees' season up anti down STRAWBERRY SOCIAL Thursday, June 21, 2001 Blyth United Church 2 sittings 4:30 & 6:00 p.m. VtittlIIIIIIIII111.1*/111121111IIIIII.I Beautiful Gardens Start Here! You'll find an excellent selection of flowers to make gardening a joy. We still have a good selection of plants to choose from including perennials, beautiful hanging baskets, hanging bags & annuals. We're constantly making new mixed patio containers. Stop in and check it out! -64 •&•• • es• •10 41— •—• •—•—• • • • Ol• 41. 44. 4,11• 411• •S • .4. (.9p ue-tt.9. teez-e 9.teeitl1 cc‘.1e., Located 2 roads west of Blyth Watch for our blue sign on Blyth Rd. X To Soden& Auburn. Sc o tt L in e Blyth It • Blyth Road Located 2 roads west of Blyth Watch for our Blue Sign on Blyth Rd. a. a. .1 01 • a- O. g4eat Waste, at teat Yuce6 Jack & Sylvia Nonkes R R. #1 Auburn 523-9456 Open Mcn. - Sat. 9-6: Thurs. & Fri. evening 'til 9 pm: Closed Sunday I. TTIVITITTITIMMTWMTTITITTMT Children's Fishing Derby Radford's Fish Pond Highway #4, south of Blyth SUNDAY, JUNE 24 10 a.m. - 12 noon CATEGORIES BOYS GIRLS LARGEST FISH 2-5 yrs. 2-5 yrs. 6-9 yrs. 6-9 yrs. 10-12 yrs. 10-12 yrs. 13-15 yrs. 13-15 yrs. SMALLEST FISH 2-5 yrs. 2-5 yrs. 6-9 yrs. 6-9 yrs. 10-12 yrs. 10- 12 yrs. 1 -15 yrs. 13-15 yrs. Each child must be accompanied by an adult, 2 fish limit per child. Bring your own fishing equipment & bait. Sponsored by Blyth Legion Branch 420 & Radford Group Came aut £ hLe vaad &ooze! PRIZES, HOT DOGS AND POP TO ENJOY Prizes provided by Canadian Tire, Goderich & Blyth Legion THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2001. PAGE 7. Sports Brussels Tigers post 1 win, 1 loss to Dukes, Rippers The Brussels Tigers recorded one win and one loss in Huron County Fastball League action this week. On Monday the Tigers travelled to Four straight hits in the top of the Goderich and surprised the home- first resulted in three runs for the vis- town Dukes 9-5. itors. Moe Pipe, Terry Nichol, Doug Conley, and Doug Shaw all reached base. The Tigers added three more in the top of the second on hits by Steve Thomas and Mark Pennington, who were plated by a Pipe double to put the Tigers ahead 6-0. • Goderich reduced the lead to three by' chiseling across three runs of their own in the fourth. The Tigers put the game on ice by scoring another three in the fifth as Matt Shortreed, Thomas and Pipe all scored. Conley went the distance on the hill fanning seven Dukes. On Sunday the Tigers travelled to Wroxeter to battle the Rippers and came up short on a 6-4 decision. Local track athletes were among those to take home honours at the Kincardine Legion meet on June 16. Nicole Meier came second in the 800 metre and fourth in the triple jump, while Amy Cook took a sec- ond and third in the high jump and triple jump respectively. Meagan Campbell got a first and two thirds in the 80-metre hurdles, the 100 metre and the high jump. Kristin Palmer took home two firsts for her effort in the long jump and triple jump, while Kerri Meier got two seconds in her events, the 100 and 200 metre races, Kristyn Gerth also came out on top The home side counted first ‘‘ nth a run in the bottom of the first. The Tigers took the lead in the third as Ken Higgins and Shawn Conley scored on a Shawn Thompson single. The• home side jumped back into the lead with two in the fourth and two more in the sixth. The late Tiger rally f01 just short in the seventh as they pushed across two. Shawn Conley pitched well for the Tigers in a losing cause giVing up only six hits while striking out seven. The next Tigers home game is • Friday night at 7:30 p.m. against the Lieury Jets. with firsts in shot put and discus. Josh Bruton was sixth in triple jump while his sister Rebecca was third in long jump and second in triple jump. North Huron was strong at the Avon Maitland school . board's meet in Mitchell last week. Local winners were Tammy Frieburger of East Wawanosh, first in the Junior Girls triple jump; Anne Reilly, Grey, third, Senior Girls shot put; Amy Cook, East Wawanosh, first, Senior Girls 400 metres; Travis Ziegler, Grey, second, Senior Boys 100 metres; Josh Bruton, East Wawanosh, third, Senior Boys 800 metres. Local track athletes compete at Legion meet Several games into the baseball season the Walton PeeWee Boys are proving to be an up-and-down team. On May 28 Walton played under the lights when they met Hibbert. The Hibbert boys hit for nine runs in the first two innings, something Walton could not match, scoring only four. The third inning was scoreless while in the fourth and final inning Walton stopped Hibbert at two runs and tried to battle back by scoring four. Hibbert won the game 11-8. On May 29 the PeeWees battled back and forth with Bayfield in Walton. Walton started off the game by scoring four in the first while Bayfield hit for two. The second inning was rather quiet with only Walton scoring a run. Bayfield hit for a total of seven in the third while Walton only scored two. In the fourth Walton got four runs while shutting down Bayfield. In the fifth and final inning Walton scored seven runs and Bayfield another eight to even out the game. The game was tied at 17-17 by the Atom Thunder faces 1st loss of season The Blyth Atom Thunder was handed their first loss of the season by Goderich Canadian Tire on June 13. The fast and positional plays of Goderich allowed three goals to be scored on Blyth netkeepers Blaine Hallahan and Kenny Plunkett. Anthony Peters scored two goals for the Blyth team. A missed scoring opportunity in the dying moments of the game failed to tie the match. The game ended 3-2 in Goderich's favour. end. On June 4 Walton met Bayfield again, this time on Bayfield's turf. Andrew McDonald and Mark Wilbee pitched the game for Walton. Walton scored a blistering nine runs in the first inning while Bayfield didn't bringing in any. Try as they may Bayfield could not pull out the win despite a total of 13 runs crossing the plate. Walton added another eight runs over the next three innings. The game ended in Walton's favour, 17-13. Walton proved helpless against the Belmore team on June 12. Walton sent four pitchers against the team over five innings, but only McDonald was able to stop any runs from scoring in the fourth. Belmore's pitcher allowed just three runs throughout the entire game. these in the second inning. Belmore ended the game scoring seven runs in the fifth. Although los- ing, the Walton boys picked up two double plays. The game resulted in a 16-3 score in, Belmove's favour.