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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2005-03-17, Page 9Return THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2005. PAGE 9. Eagles reach semis of consolation The St. Anne’s Eagles reached the semi-finals of the consolation round of the playofts of the OFSAA AA volleyball championships held last week. The 20-team provincial championship was hosted by St. Anne’s of Clinton and the Goderich District Collegiate Institute Vikings. Two teams represented the WOSSAA conference — host St. Anne’s which was seeded 17th and the F. E. Madill Secondary School Mustangs of Wingham, which was seeded 14th. In the round-robin portion of the tourney, the Eagles won matches. St. Anne’s defeated ninth-seed Clarke High School of Newcastle, 25-20, 14-25 and 15-6 and defeated 16th-seed Saugeen District Secondary School of Port Elgin in two straight, 25-22 and 25-17. The Eagles lost to the number one seed, Francis Libermann Collegiate High School of Scarborough 19- 25 and 14-25 and also fell to eighth-seed Ecole Sec- ondaire Franco-Cite of Ottawa, 21-25 and 21-25. In the quarter-finals of the consolation round, the Eagles went up against lOth-seed Malvern Collegiate Institute of Toronto and won 26-24, 25-27 and 15-12 to advance to the semi-final against 12th seed Renfrew Collegiate Institute and were defeated, 14-25 and 17-25. Also, in the quarter-final, Renfrew defeated 19th-seed Timiskaming 25-23 and 25-15, third-seed Pene- tanguishene Secondary School defeated 13th-seed Stouffville District Secondary School 25-13 and 25-14 and 18th seed Lester B. Pearson High School of Bur lington defeated Clarke High School 25-22, 17-25 and Blyth Atom girls have busy weekend The Blyth Atom Girls had a very busy weekend of hockey. They headed over to Wingham on Saturday and met up with the PeeWee team. The girls had a great game with Rebecca Chalmers, Alisha Middegaal, Lauren Cronin and Caroline McDowell all skating hard. Courtney Middegaal, Lauren Cronin and Caroline McDowell all skating hard. Courtney Middegaal had some very close scoring opportunities, while Mikayla Middegaal had her very first penalty. Blyth Local League Atoms host BCH A St. Anne’s Eagles’ player makes a return during round robin play against Clarke High School from Newcastle. The Eagles won the match in three games and reached the semi-finals of the consolation side before being eliminated. Wingham’s F. E. Madill Secondary School also competed in the OFSAA AA girls’ volleyball championship. (Jim Brown photo) On March 7 Blyth Atom Local League hosted BCH. Blyth started the scoring off in the first period with Cody K. and Steven Ellis each recording an unassisted goal. In the second period Ellis scored twice more, with the assists going to Caroline McDowell and Nathan Verburg. In the third period Laura Higgins sent the puck to Cody K. for another goal for Blyth. To finish off the third period Ellis scored another goal for Blyth, with the assist 15-9. Pearson upset Penetanguishene 25-18 and 25-21 in the semi-final to go up against Renfrew in the final. In the consolation championship, Pearson defeated Renfrew 28-30, 25-19 and 15-9. Madill lost out in three games to Penetanguishene. After winning game one, 25-20, the Mustangs dropped the next two, 16-25 and 5-15. They also lost in three games to Timiskaming, 25-19, 20-25 and 13-15. The Wingham high school also lost two straight to sixth-seed Sir James Dunn Collegiate and Vocational School of Sault Ste. Marie, 16-25 and 20-25; and to llth-seed Governor Simcoe Secondary School of St. Catharines, 11-25 and 22-25. On the championship side, the number one seed, Lib ermann met up with the second seed Chippewa Secondary School from North Bay, with the top-seed prevailing, 25-19, 25-20 and 25-21. In the quarter-final round, Libermann defeated seventh-seed Parkside High School of Dundas 25-21 and 25-19, Chippewa downed Franco-Cite 25-23 and 25-18, fourth-seed Belle River District High School got past Governor Simcoe 25-i8 and 25-15, and Sir James Dunn defeated fifth-seed Hillcrest High School of Thunder Bay 25-20 and 25-19. In the semi-finals, Francis Libermann downed Belle River 25-19 and 26-24 and Chippewa beat Sir James Dunn 29-27 and 25-18. Belle River won the bronze medal by getting past Sir James Dunn, 25-19 and 25-20 Jeanette Plaetzer, Chloe Middegaal, and Justine Reid did a great job on defence and Laura Higgins got a chance to play both forward and defence. Heidi Raynard scored two goals for Blyth with a final score of 3-2 for Wingham. Jessie Walton was solid in net. On Sunday the girls had a home game against Saugeen Shores that didn’t go as well as the previous day. This ended in a 6-1 loss with Shelsie Popp scoring for Blyth. The girls’ next game was in Blyth on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. going to McDowell. Kennan MacDonald enjoyed a shutout game, with the final score being 6-0 for Blyth. Also instrumental in this great game were Nick Brandon-Caldwell, Jason Meier, Wes Thompson, Heidi Raynard and Ronnie Vercruyssen. The Blyth Atom Local League has been coached this season by Ron McDowell and Glen Raynard, with Alice McDowell as trainer. Ironmen hold 2-1 series lead If the first three games are any indication the final series of the Western Junior C Hockey League may be going the full seven games. After battling their way to a 3-0 decision in game one of the best four-of- seven series at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex on Friday evening, the Wingham Ironmen were handed a 4-2 setback by the Kincardine Bulldogs in game two, played Sunday afternoon at the Davidson Centre. The Ironmen scored a 3-1 decision on Monday at the complex to take a two games to one lead in the series. Game four is played tonight, Thursday, at 7:30 p.m. in Kincardine, with game five going Saturday in Wingham, beginning at 8 p.m. Game six, if necessary, will go Monday in Kincardine at 8 p.m. and a seventh and deciding game will be played March 23 at 8:30 p.m. at the complex in Wingham. Matt Hill did all the scoring for Wingham in game one, with Cole Stewart of Bly th assisting on two of the three goals. Zack O’Krafka also picked up a pair of assists. Both Joel Hemingway of Brussels and Stewart said on Friday evening, following their 3-p victory, that it was going to be a long hard-fought series. "All the games are going to be close and low scoring,” stated Hemingway. “This is going to be a tough physical series.” He noted that the Bulldogs gave the Ironmen a game on Friday, but the Ironmen had a solid defence and the forwards were working hard. “This was the type of game I expect from Kincardine,” said Stewart after Friday’s contest. “It’s going to be like this the whole series.” He was not surprised at Hill getting all three Wingham goals, as Stewart said he was a good player. After scoring at 1:11 of period one, Hill added two more goals in the third period, one at 14:47 and then an empty-netter at 19:46. In the sixth minute of play in the third period, Hill rang a shot off the crossbar. But, he wasn’t the only Ironman to hit metal. With Matt McCann serving a four-minute cross-checking infraction, penalty-killer Matt MacPhee got a break-away and hit the post. Jason Blinkhom recorded the shutout in the Wingham net. The Ironmen took a 1-0 lead on the Bulldogs in the first period on a goal by O’Krafka, just 36 seconds into the game. Hill received the assist. Hill tallied the second Wingham goal, at 12:02 of period three with help from Travis Fowlie and O’Krafka. Continued on Page 10 Grain Comfort Tired of Paying High Heating Bills? Try Alternative Heat Burn wheat, rye, corn 1 bushel a day will heat your home Also great for garages, shops, rec rooms, etc. Maxi Comfort Cozy Comfort 3 Call Grain Stoves Inc RR #3 (39278 Westfield Rd.) Blyth website: www.grainstovesinc.com email: grainstovesinc@sympatico.ca 519-523-9897