HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-11-08, Page 9THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2000. PAGE 9.
PeeWee Bulldogs lose 2 to Bayfield
The Blyth PeeWee Bulldogs took
part in a home-and-home series with
Bayfield this past week.
They opened Monday, Oct. 30 in
Bayfield. The Bulldogs were on fire
to start this game with Darren Austin
taking a pass from Brett Bean and
depositing a hard snap shot inside
the post and past the Bayfield net-
minder to give Blyth an early 1-0
lead at 14:14 of the first. Bayfield
answered moments later to tie the
game. Bean scored with 1:45 to go in
the opening frame assisted by Austin
From the sidelines
and Darcey Cook to restore the
Bulldog lead.
Cook wristed a shot in the net at
12:49 in the second to put Blyth up
by two. However, Bayfield would
respond with a goal at 9:03 and again
at 2:38 to tie the game before the end
of the period.
The Bayfield squad came out in
the third with a jump in their step,
adding goals to establish a two-goal
lead of their own.
Chris Bernard tallied for Blyth 18
seconds later to narrow the gap to
To N.Y.’s glory days
one. Bayfield scored the insurance
marker with 2:25 to go in the game.
The Bulldogs pulled the goal
tender in the dying minutes but were
unable to add to their score.
Jeff Elliott did an outstanding job
in the Bulldog net keeping the score
close for his squad.
Bayfield made the return trip to
Blyth Thursday, Nov. 2.
Bayfield struck early scoring at
13:35 in the first period. Moments
later they added a nooker, then
another to take a commanding 3-0
lead.
The Bulldogs returned to roll over.
Justin Dobie scored on a feed by
Chris Bernard, then Bean from Cook
and Procter reduced the Bayfield
lead to one before the period ended.
Austin picked up a loose puck and
raced in alone on the Bayfield net
and scored at 14:11 of the second to
tie the game.
Bean from Bernard and Bernard
from Bean vaulted Blyth into the
lead. Bayfield narrowed it to one
before the second buzzer.
Kyle Procter added to the lead
with a long wrist shot that beat the
Bayfield goalie. He was assisted by
Cook. Bayfield scored twice more to
tie the game. Then Cook scored
unassisted to give the Bulldogs back
the one goal lead. With Procter in the
penalty box, Bayfield scored with
just 34 seconds left to tie the game.
Elliott was kept busy in the
Bulldog net and did a great job.
THE WAR AMPS
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By Hugh Nichol
New York, New
York, so great tney
had to name it
twice. Yet, isn’t it
ironic that the city
that never sleeps
produced the per
fect cure for
insomnia? I’m of course talking
about this year’s world champi
onship of baseball, a series that pro
duced the lowest television ratings
ever, a series that competed and lost
even to the weekly sitcoms such as
Frasier in terms of total fan viewer
ship.
The series was not without its
moments. In fact the show opened
with all the glitz and glamour of a
broadway play, a prelude simply to
die for. Where else but in New York
could you recreate one of the greatest
moments in World Series history by
having the only man to throw a per
fect game in the fall classic toss the
ceremonial first pitch to his perfect
game catcher while the symbol of
American pride, the bald eagle
soared gracefully overhead.
On the field the performance was
equally impressive with all games
played being decided by less than
two runs, a first since 1915. As well
there was the bizarre Roger Clemens
bat throwing incident, Yankee pitch
er Orlando Hernandez losing his first
post-season game in eight decisions,
the Mets’ John Franco, at age 40,
becoming the oldest pitcher to win a
World Series game and finally the
seeing eye single in the Yankees’ last
at-bat to win their 26th champi
onship.
Unfortunately for major league
baseball, a series that was played in
the media capital of North Ame7rica
gained little attention outside the
eastern seaboard. It was however all
that mattered to native New Yorkers,
a return to the glory years of the
1940s and 1950s when a Brooklyn
Dodgers or New York Giants versus
the Yankees final series was almost a
ritual.
In an ideal world the game would
sell itself. However since this seldom
happens MLB has always invented
some sort of gimmickry to sell tick
ets. In 1989 we had the Battle of the
Bay between Oakland and San
Francisco, the 1985 Show me State
showdown between Missouri-based
Kansas City and
St Louis, and even a Battle of the
Suds when the 1982 Cardinals
owned by Anheuser-Busch met the
Milwaukee Brewers, home to the
Miller Brewing Co. The only events
I remember about this series was that
a few of the locals actually made the
trek to Wisconsin, while St. Louis
catcher Darrell Porter, a recovering
alcoholic, won the MVP award.
This year was simply the Subway
Series and while the possibilities
were endless, the general public
failed to acknowledge.
The reason for the decline in pop
ularity is straightforward. Today’s
game is simply too long to hold the
attention of either the next genera
tion of fans or the casual observer.
For example last week I drove to
Port Elgin, watched a Jr B hockey
game, and was home in bed in
almost the same amount of time it
took the Yankees and Mets to play
nine innings of baseball. Steps to
shorten the length of a game must be
taken, the most obvious being to put
a quota on the number of times a
player is allowed to step out and
adjust his jock strap during an at-bat.
So was the Subway Series the pin
nacle of the 2000 baseball campaign,
or just an example of two teams with
a combined payroll of $200 million
plus buying their way to the champi
onship? Can the Yankees break the
modem day record of three consecu
tive titles established by the 1972-74
Oakland As or will Buck Martinez
and the increased budgeting of
Rogers Communications dethrone
the champions?
All I know is that unless the time
schedule changes I probably won’t
be awake to witness either possibili
ty-
Lightning strikes
against Bluewater
Strathroy based Bluewater was in
Howick Saturday, Nov. 5 for a match
with the Lightning Bantam “AA”
team.
Saugeen wasted no time when
Amanda Hill blasted in a big
rebound from a shot by Jackie
Zacher in the first minute of play.
Bluewater returned the favour at
the top of the second period and
poked the puck past Terri Allen after
a scramble in front of the net to tie
the game. Katie Whytock rifled one
high on the goalie and Krista
Cameron nailed the rebound to gain
the advantage two minutes later.
The visitors tied the game in the
. latter stage of the period and Zacher
wristed the puck into the far comer
on a nice heads up pass from
Brittany Kellington to regain the
lead 3-2.
Aggressive forechecking by for
wards Crystal Ferguson, Brittany
Roberts and Jocelyn Carter kept
Bluewater off balance for most of
the third period while defence,
Jessica Mann, Bridget Sheldon,
Candice Robertson and Hill, killed
back-to-back penalties in the dying
minutes of the game to edge out
Bluewater for the win.
The Saugeen-Maitland Girls are
currently in first place in the South-
Western Girls Hockey League and
hold a 5-0-1 record. On Sunday,
Nov. 12 in Howick, the Lightning
will face Brantford for a double
header at 11:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.
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