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The Citizen, 2004-07-08, Page 8VANDRIEL EXCAVATING Inc. • Excavating • Bulldozing • Backhoeing • Trim Dozer • Trucking • Loader Rental • Skid Steer • Mini Excavator We are Suppliers of: Gravel, top soil, stone, sand, fill & compost Installers of: Septic systems, water lines, sewer lines, farm drainage, open ditches, farm ponds Simon VanDriel - 482-3783 or 1-877-532-4394 Don't lose this number! 524-9381 FREE BRAKE INSPECTIONS VC estimates If work recommended. R ride to area shopping availablel Free Drop-off & pick-up service! 346 Huron Road, Goderich 524-9381 or 1-800-338-1134 What a hit During the Wingham Homecoming Reunion last weekend, the Junior BPs and the Junior Colts fastball teams, had their own little reunion in an exciting game at the Riverside Park on Saturday. The Junior BPs were 1989 champion winners and the Junior Colts were 1993 champion winners. (Elyse DeBruyn photo) PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2004. Sports Brussels U-7 soccer squad plays to win Last week, Brussels U-7s played against Elma IV in Atwood. The game started with Wyatt Ducharme scoring the first goal. After that. Morgan Sheppard took the ball up to the net, and passed it to Colton Hastings who tipped it in to score. Lexi Smith fought hard to keep the ball, passing to Hastings who passed to Sheppard but kicked it offside. Elma took control taking the ball to the Brussels end, but goalie Kai Heimstra saved the shot. After a line sub, Laura Souch passed it to Taylor Higgins who shot on net but missed. The ninth game of the season for Blyth Thunder was played in Goderich at the high school field on June 29 against the Goderich Canadian Tire U-11 team. The Thunder's game captain was Jeanette Schramm, who plays both halfback and defence. Blyth's forward, Micah Nonkes. was quick to get the ball down the field and pass to Brendon Boven for the first goal of the game. The The Londeborough Bantams scored a resounding victory when they travelled to play Sebringville June 29. The game remained scoreless through three innings, then the visitors had two runners cross the plate in the top of the fourth. After shutting down their hosts yet again, the team added to their lead with another run. Pitcher Darcey Cook continued to thwart the Sebringville batters Elma put the ball back in play, only to have Matt Terpstra take it from them and pass to Mitch Kellington who cartwheeled over the ball when he tried to put it in the net. At this point. Higgins got the ball and forcefully kicked it in the net bringing the score to 3-0 for Brussels. Elma took the kick-off sending it down to Heimstra, who saved the shot. On another attempt Elma failed to get by. Heimstra kicked the ball all the way to the other end, where Elma touched it before it went out of bounds. Sheppard took the throw-in towards the Elma net, where they second Blyth goal occurred when Jacob Nonkes passed the ball to Brent Drost. Before long Courtney Bos gave a nice pass to Drost for another goal. Then Drost was able to get the ball away from Goderich defense for Blyth's fourth goal. Boven made a clean pass to assist Drost for Blyth's fifth goal. Goderich scored one goal on keeper Greg Roetcisoender before the half-time whistle blew. holding them scoreless through the bottom of the fifth and the sixth. His teammates helped him out, by scoring a total of three runs in two innings, then added one more in the seventh. Sebringville spoiled the shutout with one lone run in the bottom half, to finish the game at 6-1. Cook went the distance striking out eight. He also contributed offensively, stroking a homer in the sixth inning. kicked it out only to have it turned around by Ducharme to score his second of the game. In the second half the ball was held by Elma for a long while until Tim Waechter took it down the field to score, making it 5-0. Elma fought a hard defense, tripping Kellington who had to rest a few minutes before returning to the game. Smith threw the ball into play where it was played back and forth across the field. Then Waechter passed to Heimstra who tried to kick it in but Elma saved the shot. Elma scored one when goalie Colton Hastings's way was blocked In the second half Alex Raynard passed the ball to Boven for a goal. Then Boven got the ball away from a Goderich player, headed towards the net and scored. Goderich was able to score two goals on first-time keeper Drost. Boven finished the game in the net making some good saves. The final score was 7-3 for Blyth. "In this game Blyth's defense and halfbacks were really working hard at playing their positions and getting the ball to the forwards. Keep up the good effort team," said coach Mary Ann Drost. T-ball begins Brussels Minor t-ball is well underway and the young players are learning all about the game from coaches John and Julie Harrison and Lisa Glanville. Each week these children ages three to six come out to have batting practice, learn to throw, then run the bases, calling out each base as they pass it. The 2004 t-ball players are Darren Evans, Derrick Waechter, Mitchell Ward, Gregory Ward, Tyler Vander Meer Sean Mitchell, Emily Mitchell, Sarah Mitchell, Wyatt Machan, Austin Johnston, Nolan Johnston, Ryan Miller, Christopher Exel and Joanna Blake. Come out on Monday night at 7 p.m. behind the BMG arena and cheer these rising baseball stars on. by one of his own teammates. This brought the score to 6-1. However, Hastings had a great save when Elma tried to get in a second shot. After subbing the line, Elma tried to score but Hastings caught it, put it The Brussels U-6 IVs played a great game against Brussels III last week. Logan Kellington tried to score right off the start, but the opposing goalie Konrad McArter, saved the shot. Kellington scored on his second attempt to put it in, giving U- 6 IV a 1-0 lead. After several attempts to score, Carlie Ducharme put one in past goalie McArter to take a 2-0 lead. With a line change, Derrick Waechter came out from net to take charge of the ball and put it in past McArter. After the kick off, Waechter again took control of the ball where he brought it up to the net and made a great pass to Kellington who scored his second of the game. Before the first half was over, Ducharme scored her second of the game, making it 5-0. In the second half of the game, Brussels III put up a great defense against the U-6 IV squad, stopping back into play, only to have Elma kick it in behind him to score making the final score 6-2 for Brus- sels. The next game is July 6 in Brussels. six shots before Ducharme scored her third of the night. A line change brought Waechter out to play where he passed to Dawson Peachey who scored his first of the season. Waechter was tired of passing to his teammates, so he took the ball after kick-off all the way down to the net where he scored making it 7-0. Coach Mike Dauphin called a line change, so Kellington and Peachey passed the ball back and forth across the field and Peachey kicked his second goal of the night, and season, into the net. One more line change saw lots of action when Waechter tried to score but it bounced off McArter 's shins. However, Ducharme was quick to react, kicking it in past him to score. Dylan McNeil scored his first of the night right off the kick-off, making it 10-0. The last goal was scored by Ducharme bringing the final score 11-0 for U-6 IV. Londesborough Bantams trounce Sebringville Thunder downs Goderich 7-3 U-6 III and IV square off