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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2004-07-15, Page 8Smack! SP,\L Huron Bay CO-OPERATIVE INC Auburn Co-op (519) 526-7262 Reminder ¤\ Remember to bring in a photo of your team to The Citizen offices in Brussels or Blyth to be included in our ® commemorative summer sports issue. Saturday, July 17 8:00 am - 12 noon All Garden Stock & Accessories Greatly reduced T-Shirts $300 And so much more! Track Suits s 900 BBQ Lighters $200 PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2004. Sports Blyth Tyke As down Bs, Stanley The player makes contact in this game between the Squirt Girls teams of Londesborough and Colborne on Friday night. (Vicky Bremner photo) Brussels Midget Girls lose 4 McCall loaded the bases. Josling hit a single to score two runners and Rachel Speers double- scored two more. Batting in the third Fischer would get on with a single and score on a wild throw to second. McCall waited the walk and would score on singles by Katherine Cameron and Josling. Josling would again take the mound for Brussels in the fourth. No runs were allowed on two strikeouts and two walks. The final score was Fullarton 16, Brussels 6. The Brussels Midgets played home to Shakespeare on July 5. Candice Ross started on the mound in the first allowing five runs, five hits and three walks. In the bottom of the first Brussels batters would sit on three strikeouts. Ross was bad on the mound but was relieved by Catrina Josling after walking six batters. Josling finished the inning with one strikeout and two walks. Shakespeare would add another seven runs to their score. Batting in the bottom of the second was Sarah McDonald. She would wait out a walk and would advance on a single by Josling. Candice McLellan also would get on to load the bases. A hit by Katie Aitcheson scored three for Brussels. Josling returned to the mound to start the third. Three runs would cross the plate on one strikeout, three walks and one single. Shannon Stennick for Brussels would start the inning with a walk. Lacey McCall would advance Stennick with a lofig " single. McDonald loaded the bases. Josling hit- a single to score two runners. McLellan would fill the bases again, S hoi.vever hopes were dashed with a 1 The Blyth Tyke A baseball team has been very busy over the last month with only one rained-out game. They have managed to win two out of the four games they played. The end of the season is coming soon. and Blyth A is looking good for their tournament on Aug. 14, hosted by Blyth Tyke A and B teams. June 9, Blyth A played Blyth B. For the A squad Chad Wheeler and Ryan Plunkett both managed to get triples. but in the end their team lost 23-10. June 16, Blyth went to Winthrop. Joshawa Kuperus, Wheeler and Plunkett all got RBIs. The game On July 7 the Brussels U-6 Its played against the U-6 Ills at the local soccer field. Scoring for Brussels II were Connor denDekker, Rachel Hastins and Austin Johnston. Taking a turn between the posts were Hastings, Heather Hastings, Johnston, Nolan Johnston and denDekker. The Brussels III had a tiring night with only seven players out. Scoring were Kailey Wheeler with one goal and Jenessa Neil with three. The final score was 8-4 for This past weekend, Paul and Cathy Elliott and Gerry and Brenda Wheeler of Brussels were in Niagara Falls with their daughters to attend the PWSA Teddy Bear Softball Tournament. Brook Wheeler and Rachel Elliott are members of the Brockton Wolverines Midget team and Brianne Wheeler pitches for the Palmerston Marlins Novice team. ended in a 12-18 loss. June 30, Goderich came to Blyth. This was an exciting game that started very close. Then Blyth pulled ahead in the second inning gaining seven runs with Wheeler and Brendan Hallahan both getting homeruns to help the squad win the game 20-16. July 8, Stanley visited Blyth. Stanley was short players so they borrowed Gabrielle Ducharme and Hallahan from the Blyth team. Kuperus caught an awesome pop fly, Keyona Johnson got two homeruns, as did Bryce Glousher. Blyth won 23-6. The next game is on Wednesday, July 14 in Seaforth. Brussels II. *** That same night Brussels I took on Brussels IV. In what was a very close contest, according to coach Mike Dauphin, Brussels IV squeaked out a 6-5 victory. Scoring were Carlie Ducharme and Tiffany Deitner, each with two, Dylan McNeil and Logan Kellington. Taking turns guarding the Brussels IV net were Ducharme, McNeil and Leanne Exel. Brook and Rachel's team won 6-0 against Stoney Creek and 7-0 against Thorold and lost to Cobourg 6-4. They ended up beating Port Colbourne 5-4 on Sunday to bring home the bronze medal. Brianne's team won three games beating Ancaster 4-3, Windsor 13-4 and Clarkson 16-6 and ended up losing in the semi-finals on Sunday. There were 20 teams in the Novice division. The Brussels Midgets then travelled to Fullarton. Candice Ross and Josling would share the pitching duties. Ross in the first had seven runs cross on one strikeout, three singles, one double, one homerun and five walks. Josling, pitching in the second had seven more runs cross on one single, seven walks and two hit pitches. Ross was back on the mound in the third only allowing two runs on two strikeouts, two singles and four walks. Brussels batting in the first had Candice McLellan walk, then Fischer was hit by a pitch. A walk to Thunder win The Blyth Thunder played its second last game of the regular U-11 soccer season at the Sparling field, on July 6 against Lucknow III. Jolande Oudshoorn was - game captain. Lucknow came on strong and scored the first two goals of the game. Halfback Jacob Nonkes got the ball away from Lucknow and took a long swift shot on the net for Blyth's first goal. Before long Micah Nonkes passed the ball to Bre.it Drost for the second goal. Tanner Merner made an assist to Drost for another Blyth goal. Courtney Bos scored Blyth's last goal of the first half after an assist from Drost and halfback Brendon Boven, making it 4-2 for Blyth. Drost scored the first goal after halftime with an assist from Bos. Lucknow kept the pressure on and scored two more goals on goalkeeper Greg Roetcisoender. Bos took a penalty shot and scored the Thunder's final goal. The final score was a 6-4 victory for Blyth Thunder. Bantams win The Londesborough Bantams travelled to Cromarty to take home a 20-10 win over Hibbert. Londesborough played great at the July 5 game, scoring six runs in the second inning, three in the third inning, four in the fourth inning and seven in the fifth inning. Lee Watkins pitched all five innings, striking out nine Hibbert players. An awesome homerun by Josh Nurse in the second inning, helped to give Londesborough the lead. strikeout by Aitcheson. McDonald took to the mound for the final inning. Shakespeare would score three runs on five walks. Brussels batters in the final inning left Ross stranded at second. The final score was 17-5 for Shakespeare. Brussels played St. Pauls on July 11. Josling started on the mound allowing three runs on one strikeout, two hit pitches and three walks. Brussels bats answered with three runs. Aitcheson led off and advanced on hits by Jenna Fischer, McCall and McDonald. A long fly ball by Josling would clear the bases. Josling and Ross shared pitching duties in the second resulting in five runs crossing on four walks and three hits. Ross, Stennick and Ashley Keffer would all sit on strike outs in the Brussels half. McDonald came in to pitch. A single run would score on one strikeout, three walks and two hits. In the Brussels turn at plate Melissa Souch. Melissa souch waited a walk and advanced on singles by Aitchison, Fischer, McCall and Josling. Four runs came in to close the gap on St. Pauls. However, back in the field for the final inning Brussels would struggle to get their three outs. Four runs scored on three walks and two hits. Brussels was determined not to give up. McLellan led off the final inning with a triple. Bases were loaded on walks to Ross, Keffer and Mary Aitcheson. Again hopes were crushed when a long fly hit by K. Aitchison was fielded to end the game. The final score was 13-8 for St. Pauls. Brussels U-6 teams play Locals in tourney The Brussels Midget Girls travelled to Milverton for recent baseball action. • • The Milverton squad overpowered Brussels yet the team never gave up. Sarah McDonald was on the mound in the first allowing seven runs on two strikeouts, four singles and four walks. In the second, six runs crossed the plate on two strikeouts, four singles and five walks. In the third another seven runs came in on one strikeout, three singles, one triple and two walks. Catrina Josling took over duties on the mound allowing only one run on one strikeout, one single and three walks. A double play by Katie Aitcheson and Jenna Fischer would sit the Milverton squad. The only run scored by the Brussels squad came in the fourth. Josling waited out the walk and would score on singles by McDonald and Lacey McCall for a final score of Milverton 21, Brussels