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The Citizen, 2005-02-17, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2005. Sports PeeWee Dynamites at provincial Blyth Junior Broomball sent four buses and many van and carloads of players, coaches and parents up to the 2005 Junior Provincial Championships Feb. 11. Blyth should be very proud of the determination and effort each team put into their games. The Blyth Dynamite PeeWees were one of the 13 PeeWee teams that participated in the three-day tournament held in the Stroud and Innisfil arenas. The first game was played against the Innisfil Rootbeer team at noon on Friday. In the first period Derek Logtenberg gave a nice crisp pass to Nadine Otten for the first goal of the game. The New VR News was there to film footage and on the 6 p.m. news Otten was seen ‘hi-fiving’ another player after her goal. The Dynamites played hard, but Innisfil held them off until the second period. Otten passed the ball to Jessica Kuik who shot the ball towards the net and Brent Drost tapped it in for Blyth’s second and final goal of the game. Courtney Bos earned a shutout as Blyth goalkeeper. The final score was 2-0. The Dynamite’s second game was played at 7:40 p.m. on Friday evening, against an eastern team, Valley West. The Dynamites came out strong in the first period. Tristen Miltenberg passed the ball to Drost for the first goal of the game. The second goal was scored by Greg Roetcisoender with an assist from Laura Dykstra. Kuik scored the third goal with an assist from Drost and Otten. Valley West pulled up their socks and did not allow them to score again during the game. Bos earned another shutout. The final score was 3-0. On Saturday, Feb. 12 Blyth’s PeeWees had the day to themselves and didn’t play until 8:45 p.m. against the Eastern Storms. Blyth played their best game of the season against a very strong and aggressive team. Blyth played with a lot of heart, skill and determination. It was a very even game with play and scoring opportunities in both ends. Wheeler named ECACHL player of the week Brook Wheeler of Brussels was in goal for two games this weekend for the Colgate Raiders. Playing in Hamilton, New York on Friday evening, Wheeler was in goal for Colgate and Sarah Love of Bayfield was the netminder for Yale. Colgate scored a 4-1 decision to move back to the .500 mark in competition since early November. Wheeier stopped 19 of the 20 shots she faced to increase her league-leading save percentage to .938 and her goals-against average to 1.74. The Raiders were 4-for-8 on the power play. Mallory Johnston scored the winning goal, with freshman Cassie Reid scoring the first Colgate marker. Senior Amanda Barre scored the final goals for Colgate to raise her team­ Gamblers 4th at provincials The Storms managed to get one goal past Blyth’s defence and goalkeeper. Blyth lost the game 1-0. At 10:05 p.m. they had the opportunity to play another team from the Central West Region, the Seaforth PeeWees. Logtenberg scored for the Dynamites during the first period. He had an assist from N. Otten and Chantel Collins. Seaforth scored in the second period. A 1-1 tie forced the game into sudden-death overtime. Logtenberg scored with an assist from B. Drost for the final 2-1 victory for the Dynamites. Sunday morning at 8 a.m. the Dynamites came up against the Eastern Titans. Blyth put forth a fantastic effort and played a very evenly-matched game. Both teams had several scoring opportunities, however there was no score at the end of the game. Bos played an excellent game covering the net, stopping shot after shot. Unfortunately, in sudden-death overtime the Titans scored. It was a heart-breaking end to the tournament to lose in overtime. Since the Titans won the game they were eligible to play in the consolation finals. Coaches Harry Otten, Chas Bos and Mary Ann Drost said they are very proud of the effort put forth by each and every player on the team. “Parents and fans were not disappointed with the heart and determination with which the Dynamites played during the entire tournament. The Dynamites had a blast and should be proud of how far they went as a team in this provincial tournament.” Players are: Courtney Bos in goal, defence, Emily Hogan, Carrie Logtenberg, Sydney Otten, Lucas Frawley, Chad Gorel, Tristen Miltenberg; forwards, Morgan Bos, Chantel Collins, Laura Dykstra, Jessica Kuik, Nadine Otten, Brent Drost, Zachary Drost, Lucas Frawley, Derek Logtenberg and Greg Roetcisoender. The award for good sportsmanship at the tournament was won by Miltenberg. leading goal total to 17. The league’s top two goaltenders, Roxanne Gaudiel of Princeton and Wheeler squared off on Saturday, with the result being a 2-2 draw. The win and the tie, along with her strong goaltending performances, garnered Wheeler the ECACHL goaltender of the week award. The game marked the second time this season the teams had played to a tie and the first time in school history that the Raiders had tied the same opponent twice in one season. Wheeler made 32 saves in the Colgate net and Gaudiel stopped 27 shots from the Raiders. Maura Kehoe and Allison Paiano scored for the Raiders, who are now unbeaten in three games. Game one The Blyth PeeWee Bulldogs hosted Lion’s Head on Saturday afternoon in game one of the best three-of-five WOAA championship series at the Blyth and District Community Centre. A Blyth player backhands the puck towards the Lion’s Head net as two Lions Head players converge on the Blyth player, (jim Brown photo) The Blyth Bantam Girls Gamblers team travelled to Barrie to play in the provincial junior broomball championship tournament last weekend. The girls faced some tough competition right from the start as they started oft Friday night against the Windsor Devils. Evenly matched and with no score in regular time they went into overtime. Finally Katelynn Roetcisoender scored to put Blyth ahead and they held the lead to take the victory. Their second game Friday night was against Eastern #2, an Ottawa team. This was a little rougher game than the girls were used to but they stood their ground and, with no score, forced the game into overtime. Eastern scored early in the overtime to take the win. Saturday the girls were back to play the Windsor Riot. Another rough game saw the girls getting into trouble with several penalties throughout the game but they were able to hold them off through regular time. They started overtime with a penalty, but again, were able to hold them oft. Then late in the first overtime, Kellsey Whitfield scored to give Blyth the victory. On Saturday night, they came up against their old rivals the Mildmay Carnivors. Always an exciting match up between these two teams, both realized they had to win to continue into Sunday’s playoffs. It was a very close game with action at both ends but neither team was able to score. The girls were obviously tiring by now but weren’t giving up. The second overtime period was winding down when Mildmay got the break they were looking for and scored to win the game. The girls played some great broomball and finished fourth in the tournament. Amy Root, their goal tender, was chosen as their most valuable player. Brussels Midgets fall to Zurich The Brussels Midgets were handed a 4-0 setback last Wednesday evening in Zurich to be eliminated from the WOAA semi-final series in four games. Zurich scored early goals in each period and added a late marker in the third period to win the game 4-0. Brussels fell three games to one to Zurich in the series. Brussels now enters group playoffs. 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