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The Citizen, 2000-01-26, Page 9Saved It maybe didn’t look like it but there was no laying down on the job for the Brussels Bantam goalie as his team faced-off against Drayton at home on Friday night in the first game of playoff action. Brussels took this one giving them a one game lead in the best of three Series. Ashley Gropp photo) Atoms move to consolation side THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2000. PAGE 9. Tykes play in tourney The Blyth Atoms had a tough time in exhibition play against Teeswater, Jan. 17 losing 7-1 to their hosts. Darcey Cook, sent in by John Bokhout got things started sliding a shot that the Teeswater defense car­ ried into the net, giving Blyth an early lead in the first period. Unfortunately that was the end of the scoring for Blyth as charged-up home squad glided to victory. Jeff Elliott and Joel Salverda split the duties in the Bulldog net. In the first round of WOAA play­ off action the team was edged by a visiting Belmore squad, Jan. 20. Bokhout slipped a shot over the Belmore netminder on a pass by Cook and Brittney Peters to tie the game in the first. After Belmore jumped ahead again, Bokhout tied it once more on a nice pass by Blake Hesselwood and Josh Albrechtas in the second period. The final Blyth goal came in the third. Bokhout took a pass from Albrechtas then in Gretzky-like style from behind the net fed Cook who brought the squad within one of their opponents. Atoms win Continued from page 8 one. Brussels turned on the power in ’the second period when White scored on a pass from Cory Chapman. Greg Bowers scored an unassisted goal then assisted on a goal by Cory Chapman. Ropp put another goal in to end the second period. Milverton scored only once in the period. Brussels put Shane Gibson in to finish the game in net. Scoring for Brussels in the third was Adam McClure with help from White, James Roberts with assists going to White and Blake then White scoring unassisted. Milverton scored three goals in the third period. The final score of the game was 8 - 6 for Brussels. The first round of playoffs starts this week. Brussels travels to Howick on Monday night, then they return the visit on Tuesday night. Brussels travels back to Howick for game three on Friday night. The team could manage no more giving Belmore a one-game series lead. Elliott did a super job in the Bull­ dog net. Coach Haggitt praised his team on a well-played game. Game two was in Belmore, Jan. 22 and the visitors took this one by 7-1. Bokhout banked one off the goalie to again give his team an early lead. He then picked up a rebound and dumped it in the net. Belmore kept Blyth off the board in the second, but worked up in the third, the visitors jumped all over their hosts to score five. Cook fed a backhanded pass to Hesselwood, who was wide open in front of the net. Albrechtas set up by Cook and Hesselwood scored on a break­ away, then Krystopher Campbell picked up his own rebound to score unassisted. With just over two minutes remaining Cook deked out the goalie to score, then on a pass by Sting takes bite out of Bulldogs The Blyth Industrial Hockey League action saw the Sting trounce the Bulldogs 11-2 and Auburn down the Chiefs 6-1. Leading the scoring for the Sting was Darryl Chalmers with three. Steve Siertsema tallied two, while Todd MacDonald, Kurt Whitfield. r* .for winter! We have plenty of Debarked Hardwood Maple or Ash Slab Wood ~ Free Delivery within 20 miles ~ WE’RE NOW BUYING... STANDING TIMBER!FOB M ) SALE! B Call us for a FREE QUOTE! v f|J CRAIG HARDWOODS LTD. Auburn, Ont. 519-526-7220 '‘Family Business Since 1866" Bokhout went in on an open net with 15 seconds on the clock to tally the final marker. Great in net was Salverda, whose shutout was spoiled in the game’s final minute. Sunday, Belmore was back in Blyth and proved their mettle com­ ing back from the previous day’s lopsided victory to take the series. With the ‘Dogs fans clearly behind them the Blyth squad jumped into a first-period lead when Cook, skating in alone after receiving a pass from Bokhout, beat out the goalie. With Belmore ahead again, Cook swept in front of the netminder and stuffed a backhander past him to close the gap to one. Seconds later, however, Belmore bulged the twine on an open net to give them some insurance. Elliott was solid in net frustrating the Belgrave players several times. The Bulldogs now move to the consolation side of the group play­ downs. Jim Oster, Jack Watson, Brent Brooks and Dean Whitfield drove in singles. Mike Bromley and Don Allen scored for the ‘Dogs. Auburn’s Steve Plunkett and Ben Craig each managed two, while sin­ gles went to Ian Andrews and Jason Rutledge. j It was a weekend filled with hard work and a lot of fun for the Brus­ sels Tykes when they participated in the Wallace Fun Days tourna­ ment in Kurtsville. The squad met a tough opponent Friday evening when they took to the ice against Minto #l (Harris­ ton). In 45 minutes, straight-time play, Minto slid three by Brussels goalie Robert Cronin in the first three minutes. Cronin soon found his legs, deflecting two more shots in close, one on a break which he lifted with his shoulder. Brussels was down by several before Matt Huether was able to break through. Great defensive work by Cole McLean around his own net helped keep the shots clear of Cronin, then a backhand flip by Huether brought Brussels closer. Minto’s hot goalie stopped shots from Ray Huether, Rundstedler and Brendan Stretton. Nice passes by Andrew Watson helped set up plays in front of the Minto netmin­ der. Good work along the boards by Randy Zwep kept the puck moving, giving M. Huether the chance to pocket one more before the final buzzer. Saturday’s first game was against the Listowel Mustangs. Ty Sebastian and Gavin Bowers had excellent chances in the open­ ing minutes only to have the puck gloved by the goalie. Zwep worked hard to set up the shots. After Jordan Roberts and Ryan Baker cleared the puck out of their end, Stretton took it the full length Girls lose to Lucknow The Lucknow Bantam Girls downed Wingham by two in OWHA play Jan. 23. Playing at home, and plagued by penalties, Wingham was held off the scoreboard until the final peri­ od. They managed to keep the Luc­ know squad down to one powerplay goal, however. With the score 2-0 after two, THE HURON-PERTH CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD JUNIOR AND SENIOR KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 4, 2000 In order to register for Kindergarten, children must be four (4) years of age on or before December 31, 2000. Parents are required to bring the Baptismal Certificate, Birth Certificate and Immunization Record Card of the child you intend to register. Parents should contact their local school. The following schools offer Kindergarten classes: Parents who expect that their child will enrol in the optional French Immersion Program in Grade 1, in future years, have the option of enrolment for Junior/Senior Kindergarten at either their local Catholic School or the French Immersion Centre (St. Mary's School, Goderich or Jeanne Sauve School, Stratford) at which they expect to enrol their child for a French Immersion Program. St. Joseph's School (Kingsbridge)529-7646 St. Patrick's (Dublin)345-2033 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Mt. Carmel)237-3337 St. Patrick's (Kinkora)393-5580 St. Joseph's (Clinton)482-7035 Holy Name of Mary (St. Marys)284-2170 Precious Blood (Exeter)235-1691 St. Mary's (Hesson)595-8929 St. Mary's (Goderich)524-9901 St. Ambrose (Stratford)271-7544 St. James (Seaforth)527-0321 St. Joseph’s (Stratford)271-3574 St. Boniface (Zurich)236-4335 St. Aloysius (Stratford)271-3636 Sacred Heart (Wingham)357-1090 Jeanne Sauve (Stratford)273-3396 Bernard Murray, Chairperson of the Board to score at the 42:43 mark. Just over 10 minutes later, Stretton struck again on a pass from Nic Gowing. Sebastian, McLean, Watson, M. Huether and Zwep battled in front of the opposing net, trying to slip one by the goalie only to be stopped. The Mustangs evened the score at 25:01, only to see M. Huether pull Brussels ahead at 23:03. He later scored another on a wrap- around. Good work behind the net by Roberts pushed the puck to open ice, allowing a backhand shot'by M. Huether and an attempt by Chris Becker to push in the rebound. M. Huether and Stretton rounded out the scoring. In the final game of the tourney, the Tykes met the Listowel Fire­ birds. M. Huether and Rundstedler gave Brussels netminder Sebastian some breathing room when they tallied two in the first two minutes. The Firebirds drew even when they slid one by Sebastian then lift­ ed another over his shoulder. M. Huether deked the goalie at 35:02 and Stretton added another at 33:51 to open the lead. Listowel tied it, then M. Huether slid one in the open side and R. Huether fol­ lowed up a minute later when he pushed in a rebound. McLean and Roberts were strong on defense while Sebastian dove to smother the puck or deflected shots with his chest. Stretton scored his second of the match at 6:18 and M. Huether closed it out a 3:31. Wingham began to pull it together. Kerri Meier, with an assist from Elissa Nixon slapped one past the Lucknow goalie for the first Wing­ ham point. Mia Bieman, set up by Kristen Palmer and Michelle Nixon got the final goal. The next game is against Wallace in Wingham, Jan. 30 at 5:30 p.m. Gaetan L Blanchette, Director of Education