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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-08-11, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2005. Sports Fields ball Coral Nicholson of the Brussels Midgets fields a ball at third base during the pre-game warm-up on Monday evening. The Midgets were playing Holmesville at the Brussels Optimist Park. (Jim Brown photo) Brussels Midgets get past Listowel The Brussels Midgets played home games on July 25 and again on Aug. I. St. Marys was the opponent on July 25 and Listowel provided the competition on Aug. I. Julie Brown was on the mound for both contests. In the game against St. Marys, Brown struck out two of the first three batters she faced as St. Marys did not record a run. In the Brussels half of the inning. Brown led-off with a single and advanced on a single by Coral Nicholson. The runners remained at second and third, unable to score. St. Marys loaded the bases in the second inning on two singles and a hit batsman. Brown kept the bases loaded by retiring the next three batters. Catrina Josling and Rachel Speers singled in the bottom of the second and then scored on Katie Aitchison's triple. Brown struck out the side in the top of the third. Candice McLellan smacked a lead-off homerun in the bottom of the third for Brussels. St. Marys scored two runs in the top of the fifth, on three singles and an error. Brussels struggled at the plate, unable to connect for any hits. In the top of the seventh, St. Marys tied the game at three on a bases and pair of singles and left the go-ahead runner on third base. In Brussels last at-bat, Candice Ross singled, only to be put out on a fielders’ choice. Brown reached first, and advanced to third on Nicholson’s double. All hopes were dashed on strikeouts by Sara McDonald and Emily Elston. The game remained tied at three. Listowel scored four runs in the top of the first inning, on three walks, a double and an error. Brown recorded three strike outs. Brown helped her own cause at the plate in the bottom of the first with a lead-off homerun. Nicholson singled, advanced to second on a sacrifice by Elston and scored on a double by Lacey McCall. Brussels loaded the bases, but was unable to score any more runs. Brown struck out the side in the top of the second. Brussels added a single run in the Women’s hockey annual second on a walk to K. Aitchison. She advanced to third on steals and was sent home on a sacrifice by Amy Bishop. Listowel added to their lead in the third on two singles, a triple, an error and two walks. Three runners crossed the plate. Brussels bats finally came to life in the bottom of the third. Brown and McDonald got on with singles and walks to Nicholson and Elston loaded the brought home a run. McCall singled to add another run. Josling slammed a double to bring home three runs. Brussels added two more in the fourth. Speers and K. Aitchison recorded base and hits by McLellan and Mary Aitchison clinched the Brussels lead. The final score was Brussels 10, Listowel 7. The next home game for the Midgets is Monday when they host Goderich, beginning at 9 p.m. Blyth Thunder concludes soccer season meeting set for Monday The last of the soccer games have been played, jerseys washed up, put away, and the balls put back in bags for storage. The Blyth U-13s had an outstanding 2005 season winning all of their regular season games. On week six, Blyth Thunder came up against Bayfield. Austin Sjaarda got the first goal unassisted. But Bayfield came back to tie the game. Andre Egli scored the second goal after getting the pass from Aryn Kikkert. Colin Bokhout got goal three. But Bayfield did not go down easily, and came back with another goal. Bokhout, however could not be stopped and got another goal, with the assist going to Alanna Uyl. Bayfield got one more, but could not tie the game before the end of the second half. Mathew Steele contributed to the Thunder’s win between the posts. The final score was, Blyth, 4 - Bayfield, 3. Week seven, the Thunder played against Seaforth I, winning this game 5-2. Laura Youngblul scored first, getting the assists from Egli and Sjaarda. Seaforth then scored, tying the game. Egli scored the second, unassisted. Youngblut and Egli connected again making it now 3-1. Bokhout wanted to get into the action, getting the fourth goal. Receiving the assists were A. Kikkert and Mark Siertsema. Seaforth got on the scoreboard next, but Blyth was not done. Jesse Pot got Blyth’s fifth goal with the Seaforth goalie getting the assist. Steele was between the posts. Week eight, Blyth met up with Seaforth II and won 2-0. Pot got both goals. Sjaarda and Youngblut assisted the first and Hannah Uyl and Sjaarda assisted the second. Week nine, Blyth met Brussels. In the first half Blyth was up by four goals. Egli got the first, unassisted. Pot got the second, with Bokhout assisting. Pot got the third with Egli assisting. Danielle Bean got the fourth, unassisted. In the second half, Sjaarda got the fifth goal with Youngblut assisting and Sjaarda also go the sixth, unassisted. Brussels did get on the scoreboard with one goal. Steele was between the posts. Week 10 was the final game of the season, which saw the Blyth Thunder meet up with Goderich. Youngblut scored with Bokhout and Pot assisting. Pot scored, unassisted. Bokhout scored with-A. Uyl and Pot assisting. Youngblut scored, unassisted. Courtney Bos scored, with Pot assisting. Bokhout scored, Egli assisted. Pot scored with A. Uyl and Elgi assisting. Egli scored, unassisted. Steele got the shutout with an 8-0 victory, proving once again Blyth was the team to beat. Then the playoff tournament began. Wednesday, July 20, the Thunder travelled to Lucknow to play their first game against the Lucknow II team. Bokhout scored first, with Youngblut and H. Uyl assisting. Lucknow got a penalty shot, before the first half was completed making the score a tie. In the second half, Lucknow got another penalty shot, getting one more goal. But Bokhout got his own penalty shot, to tie the game 2-2. Steele was in net. Thursday, July 21, the Thunder played against Clinton Ajax. After a half hour of play, Pot scored, with Sjaarda and Eglis assisting. In the second half Egli scored, unassisted. Minutes before the end of the game, Pot scored, with an assist from Sjaarda’s corner kick. Blyth won 3-0. Steele was in net. Friday, July 22 Blyth played against Wingham I and won 4-0. Pot scored the first, with assist from Sjaarda and Egli. Egli got the second, with assists from Pot. Sjaarda scored the third with the assist going to A. Uyl. The last goal came from Egli with Sjaarda assisting. Steele was again solid between the posts. Saturday, July 23 the Thunder was back in Lucknow for the final game before the semi-finals. Blyth played Goderich Lions and came out the winners with a 3-2 victory. Egli scored, with assist to Youngblut and Bos. Egli scored again, unassisted. Goderich then scored their first, in the first half of play. Bokhout got the third goal with Sjaarda assisting. Goderich got another goal but received no more before the end of the game. Steele was in net. With three wins and one tie, this got the Blyth Thunder U-13 out of their Pool B and into the semi-finals. They were to play the winners of Pool C, which was Lucknow III. Sjaarda got the first goal with help from Egli, Pot and Jillian Kikkert. The second goal came from Youngblut with the assists going to Egli and Pot. The second half of the game Lucknow came back and scored two times to tie it at 2-2. In these semi-final or final games there are no ties, so a , 10-minute overtime was called with five- minute halves. Blyth scored in the first half but it was called off to a questionable off side. Blyth scored again and again it was called off, due to the ball being touched by the opposing player’s hand inside the net. So Blyth got a penalty shot instead but could not get the ball into the net. At the end of the 10 minutes it was still a tie, so five players on each side were picked to play in a shoot out. Lucknow won the shoot out with a 4-3 victory. Blyth Thunder U-13 was coached by Peter Uyl and Hillie VanAmersfoort. The Western Ontario Athletic Association (WOAA) has some annual meetings during the next couple of weeks. The annual meeting for women’s hockey will take place on Aug. 15 at the Royal Canadian Legion in Wingham, at 7:30 p.m. Each team is requested to have a voting representative present. Then on Aug. 28, the annual/scheduling meeting for senior hockey will take place. The meeting gets underway at 1:30 p.m. at the upstairs hall of the Wingham Legion. All teams competing for the 2005-2006 season must have representatives present with ice times. SZXJ V^Xj V'XU U^xj </XJ U/XJ <ZXJ C^XJ </X^ Blyth Junior Broomball Saturday August 20 9:00 am - 12:00 noon Blyth Arena (late registration fee) Ages 9-19 Boys & Girls Any questions call Linda Pease 523-9558 or Tracy Cook 523-9592 Get Ready to PLAY! August Pre-season Fun League 2005 TWO AGE GROUPS: Players born ir. 1995, 1996, 1997 Players born in 1992, 1993, 1994 Program consists of 6-1 hour games (no scores kept); no body contact or body checking allowed. Games will be played at North-Huron Wescast Community Centre between 6 and 10 pm on Aug. 30, Sept. 1,6, 8, 13 and 15. For more information call STEVE ERRINGTON 357-2649 Applications may be picked up at Stapleton Interiors & Wescast Complex