Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2004-02-12, Page 8Save of the day The crowd cheered as the Brussels goalie made a great save when a Milverton player tried to score during the Novice game on Feb. 6. (Elyse DeBruyn photo) Brussels PeeWees sweep Zurich Well done Skaters from 14 area skating clubs participated in the Recreational Skating Competition and Ontario Interclub Championship qualifying events in Seaforth on Feb. 1. From the Brussels club were, back row, from left: Jordyn Sholdice, first, Canskate A; Kesley Smith, first Canskate A; Meagan Dolmage, second, Canskate A; Tori Cardiff, third, Canskate B; Marlene Dale, third, Canskate A; Eliza Dodds, fifth, Canskate A; Chelsey Terpstra, sixth, Canskate A. Front: Holly Sholdice, sixth, Pre-Preliminary B; Rachel Cousins, fifth, Canskate A; Laura Bowers, second, preliminary A; Danica Zwep, fourth, Pre-Preliminary B; Bridgette Blake, second, Prelminary Ladies Starskate; Alix Sholdice, second, Pre-Preliminary A; Cassidy Peachey, fourth, Canskate A; Herbie Runstedler, first, Pre-Preliminary Men's Starskate. Absent: Ashley Sholdice, first, preliminary B; Celeste Ryan, third, Canskate B. Runstdler and Blake qualified to compete in the next round of competition in Chatham, March 6 and 7. (Bonnie Gropp photo) Stick With the Classifiids if you're shopping for something special, keep looking in the Classifieds. Every week, you'll find a great selection of 1151111gs for everything from apartments for rent to things to buy and see. The Citizen Fr--- — ' — — --._ —_-_-'7,, 1 111 0, '1111 1111' 6Es' Reminder VIM ' OM =I 110. '110 11111. 11111 '1 1 11 111. 11 VIII 111' 111 1111. .,1111 Ilia 411 11111 1111 1111, ill 111 III I II ' Remember to bring in a photo of your hockey hockey or broomball untagit `( h team to Vr, i oko • it,..ifThe Citizen Is....." offices in Brussels or „, Blyth to be included 4 . in our commemorative wip winter sports J 4 ,,.,.; V issue. --ie- III' '111111 111). 1111 Ho. lii lo "1 10 11 1, 11 Illy, ,1111 .IUD' 111111 , PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2004. Sports Dynamites play in Barrie A broomball tournament was held near Barrie, Feb. 6, 7 and 8. Blyth Junior Broomball send 138 players, which meant four busses and many cars and van loads of players, parents and coaches who drove up to see them play in Stroud and Lefroy arenas. The Blyth Dynamites PeeWees had 17 players ready to play the best broomball they could. The first game was held at noon on Friday, in Lefroy against Mildmay Redwings. A goal was scored against Blyth in the first period. The Dynamites were unable to score a goal against Mildmay for a disappointing loss of t-0. At 2:40 p.m. they played Palmerston. In the first period Brent Drost got the ball away from Palmerston defense to score the first goal. Palmerston cam back to score two goals on the Dynamites. A powerful line gave Blyth the break it needed. Nadine Otten scored a goal to tie up the game, on an assist from Drost and Derek Logtenberg. Drpst picked up the ball from a Palmerston player at centre ice to score. Their final goal from this line was from Logtenberg who maneuvered the ball down the ice. Palmerston didn't give up and scored another goal. The final score was 4-3 for Blyth Dynamites. Up early on Saturday morning to play a 7:40 a.m. game. Blyth faced the Eastern Storms. the Storms are a select team and proved to be very difficult opponents. Blyth played well and held off the Storms with a loss of only 1-0. Courtney Bos played an outstanding game as goalie, stopping many shots on net. On Saturday afternoon, Blyth once again played against Palmerston. Both teams played well and there was no score, so the game went into overtime. During the third shift of overtime, Larissa Jenkins made a neat pass to Drost who scored the winning goal. The last game of the day was supposed to start at 8:20 p.m. against Seaforth, on Saturday night. It was delayed over one hour, due to all the overtime played during the day. Seaforth came on strong and scored two goals right away. During the second period Otten passed to Logtenberg who gave a quick pass to Drost to tie up the game. With less then two minutes left in the game, Seaforth was in front of Blyth's net and scored. It was a disappointing loss for Blyth. This was the semi-final for the consolation title round. Chantal Warwick was chosen as best sportsperson of the tournament. Brussels PeeWees opened their second round playoff series against Zurich Jan. 31 with a win. At the end of the first period, the teams were tied at one. Bdn Gowing got Brussels on the board unassisted. There was lots of action for the home team in the second. Westin McLeod scored assisted by Taylor Prior and Gowing. A goal by Evan Ducharme was assisted by Prior. Gowing got his second with help from Ducharme and Thomas Johnston. Before the end of the second Prior notched one of his own with the assist going to Brendan Stretton. This made it 5-3 going into 'the third. Cody Subject scored with an assist by Stretton, then Gowing got his hattrick. Subject and McLeod assisted. For game two, Brussels travelled to Zurich Sunday, Feb. 1 and came home with a win in overtime. It was a hard-fought battle between two great teams. Scoring for Brussels were McLeod with two; Subject, one goal, two Sunday, Feb. 8 the Blyth Tyke Bulldogs travelled to Ayton for a one-day tournament. Their first opponent was Hanover, which the Bulldogs handled well to have a 12-0 win. Scoring for Blyth were Michael VanWyk, seven goals, one assist; Dalton Richmond, one goal; Dallas Coultes, one goal, one assist; Curtis Raynard, one goal, one assist; Matthew VanWyk, one goal; Dylan Bromley, one goal; Ryan Nesbitt, three assists; Wyatt Carey, three assists; Brendan Hallahan, one assist; Autumn Wightman, one assist. Their second challenge was against the host team Norman'by. The Bulldogs once again rose to the assists; Gowing, two goals; Ducharme, one assist. The goal by Gowing tied it and sent it into overtime. Zurich had a few chances but between the pipes Ryan Smith and Brianne Wheeler stonewalled their shots. With end-to-end action both teams put up a tremendous fight to get the win, then Prior picked up the puck, and rushing in, hit the top corner with the winner. Brussels fell asleep for the first part of game three however. Zurich was on the board first. At the end of two Zurich had the lead by one goal. Scoring for Brussels were Prior, unassisted and Stretton assisted by Robert Cronin and James Dillon. In the third Brussels was determined to eliminate Zurich. Randy Zwep tied it assisted by Gowing. Prior scored with an assist from Gowing, then McLeod added more insurance. The assist was credited to Zwep. To finish Zurich off Stretton bulged the twine yet again with an assist from Prior. task to win 4-1. Dalton Carey and Corey Ducharme were steady between the pipes giving, their teammates excellent goaltending. Ashley Higgins started the scoring, followed by Matthew VanWyk, Nesbitt and Michael VanWyk. Assists went to Connor Rodgers and Raynard. After the two victories the Bulldogs faced the greatest challenge of the day, the championship game. They came up against an old rival, Seaforth. The Bulldogs played hard to the final buzzer but came up short, defeated 4-1. The lone goal was by Michael VanWyk off a pass from Ryan Plunkett on defense. Tykes tie It was a tie and a win for the _ Brussels Tykes in this weekend's hockey action. Feb. 7 the team travelled to Bayfield to play BCH I. Brody TenPas and Brock McLean combined for the visitors' goals, with TenPas claiming a hattrick. Assists went to matt McNichol, Bryce Armstrong, Tanner Cardiff and Josh Bridge. Between the pipes for the visitors was Sarah Dillon. On Feb. 8, the Tykes travelled again to Bayfield, this time to play Zurich. TenPas was strong again offensively with another hattrick, plus one in this 5-4 effort. Anthony Vader skated in for the fifth Brussels goal. McNichol was solid between the pipes. The next home game for the squad is Satruday against Seaforth at 10 a.m., then Sunday they play Blyth at home. Game time is 1 p.m. Tykes in tourney Novices barking up right tree The Novice Bulldogs sure seem to Drew Wood scored four goals, be barking up the right tree lately. Shelsie Popp, two, Alex Peters, one They have won the first two games and Nathan Plunkett, one. of their playoffs. Chloe Middegaal, Jason Meier, Saturday's 6-2 win over Zurich Spencer Stevenson, Braydon gave them the boost they needed. Whitfield all helped with assists. Travelling to Bayfield to play Zurich The next game is Saturday on Sunday gave them another win 8-4. Blyth.