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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-11-17, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2005. Sports The games begin It was the home team that kicked off the annual Brussels Optimist Atom tournament on Friday night with a game against Blyth. Unfortunately, home ice proved no advantage as the visitors edged their hosts 2-1. (Vicky Bremner photo) Novices slum door on Wallace Novices win C title The Blyth Novices showed little mercy to the visiting Wallace team on Nov. 10 While bulging the twine no less than 11 times, the hosts were also strong defensively and shut the visitors down. Goalie Dalton Carey posted the shutout. Blyth got off to a solid lead with three goals in the first period off the sticks of Ashley Higgins, Brendan Hallahan and Dustin Pennington. Creditted with assists were Curtis Raynard and Mackenzie Nesbitt with two, Higgins and Dallas Coultes. Despite the three-point lead Blyth showed no mercy adding another six goals in the middle period. Josh VanSoest, with helpers from Dustin Treble and Dylan Walton skated in to put the team ahead Blyth Tykes battle Brussels Brussels Tykes travelled to play Blyth 1 on Saturday, Nov. 12. Blyth started the scoring shortly after the puck dropped. Amy Boyce fought for the puck and put it in the net, unassisted. Scoring a hattrick for Blyth was Hunter Dale. Justin Rodger assisted on one. Brussels then began scoring with Saugeen Shores edge Brussels Saugeen Shores hosted Brussels Midget Girls Sunday night in Port Elgin. Brussels girls opened the scoring in the first. Ashley Sholdice scored through the legs of the Saugeen Shore goaltender, assisted by Lacey McArter. Saugeen Shores tied up the game in the second. With 23 seconds left in the third Saugeen Shores clinched the win. The hosts had the momentum throughout the entire game. Brussels star player of the game was goaltender Brianne Wheeler who made many saves to keep the score 2-1. Brussels Midget Girls next home games are Saturday, Nov. 19 at 1:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 20 at 6:30 p.m. by four. A minute later, Ryan Plunkett and Autumn Wightman set up the play for Raynard to score. Van Soest put another between the pipes with assists creditted to Coultes and Treble. Hallahan handed off to Raynard who in turn set up the play for Higgins to light the light a second time. Pennington slid one past the goalie after a handoff from Plunkett to Wightman. Then with less than a minute left before the buzzer, VanSoest nailed his hattrick. Treble and Higgins earned the assists. Blyth eased off in the third with Pennington scoring two to get his hattrick plus one. Van Soest, Raynard, Higgins and Hallahan assisted. On Nov. 12 the team travelled to goals by Kiaren Jared, Logan Kellington with three, Delayna Smith with two and Dawson Peachey. Blyth’s final goal was scored by Rodger, assisted by Dale. Near misses in front of the Brussels’ net were made by Cody Treble and Morgan Howson. September 25th marked the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, in which "The J-Walkers" power-walked 21.1 km in honour of Jackie Wilkinson (from Mildmay) and Jerry deBruyn (from Clifford) who were diagnosed with a blood-related cancer. Back row from left: Becky Lantz, Kelly Harris, Alecia Lantz, Pat Campbell, Bonnie Brooks, Nancy Fischer, Veronica Stevenson, Kathy Skinn. Front row from left: Debbie Hamilton, Jerry deBruyn (honoured teammate), Yvonne deBruyn. Absent from picture: Jackie Wilkinson (honoured teammate). THANK YOU from "The J-Walkers"!! Because of your generous support, "The J-Walkers" raised over $10,000 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada! Monkton and added another victory. The hosts jumped on the scoreboard in the first, then took at two-point lead with another in the second. With two-and-a-half minutes remaining in the period, however, VanSoest glided in to bring his team within one. The assist went to Pennington. Just seconds later, Wightman set up Raynard to score and even things up going into the third. Rodger with a handoff from Treble to Plunkett put Blyth ahead for the first time mid-way through the third period. Then with 13 seconds on the clock, the visitors sealed the victory with another goal off the stick of Raynard, assisted by Hallahan. Carey was solid between the pipes in this 4-2 contest. A great game was played by Brendan “snowplow” Howson. Drew Bromley had an excellent game between the pipes. The final score was 7-4 for Brussels. Blyth’s next home game is Sunday, Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. This past weekend the Brussels Novices played in the Zurich tournament. Saturday morning the Novices faced off against Ilderton. After a scoreless first period Ilderton got on the board with a pair of quick goals. Wyatt Ducharme responded for Brussels late in the period to cut the lead to 2-1. Ben Hruska got the lone assist. In the third Ilderton put the game away with a pair of goals and handed Brussels a 4-1 loss. Brussels’ next action was against Watford. Early in the first Lexi Smith scored from Hruska to give Brussels the lead. Watford evened things up before heading into the second. Ducharme, put Brussels ahead unassisted before Watford would again tie it. Mitch Kellington gave Brussels a 3-2 lead heading into the third. Watford responded with four unanswered goals and took the game 6-3. With the two losses Brussels played in the C final against Zurich. Brussels Bantams beat Milverton at home The 2005 Brussels Bantam team consists of a solid squad with 14 players. The first home game against Milverton, saw the team a little rusty, but the end result was in their favour. Scoring for Brussels were Evan Ducharme with a hattrick, Ben Gowing, Cody SubjecLand Brendan Stretton. Travelling to Hensall the team outscored Hensall 7-0. Catching the net for Brussels were Subject, Westin McLeod, and Ducharme with four. Brian Burgess had a goal and four assists. The Bantams took on Elma-Logan in game three with grit and determination. Unfortunately, Elma came on too strong and defeated their hosts 7-4. Finding the twine for Brussels were Taylor Prior, one goal, two assists; Gowing, one goal; Ducharme, one goal; Stretton with one. Other assists were credited to Blake Cardiff, McLeod, Robert Cronin and Burgess. VS MILDMAY At the North Huron Wescast Arena Saturday, November 19 8:00 p.m. NORTH HURON MINOR HOCKEY NIGHT North Huron Minor Hockey players (under 12) will be admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Several prize draws during the game. Grand Prize winner will receive half of their minor hockey registration. A parent must be present to claim the prize. Logan Clark scored his first of the year from Kai Hiemstra and Tim Waechter to give Brussels an early lead. Jason Baxter, with his first of the year, increased the lead to 2-0. Kellington and Scott Baan assisted. Midway through the first Hiemstra increased the lead to 4-0 with a pair of goals. Hruska and Scott Dolmage assisted. Reece Me Arter scored to increase the lead to five. Hayden Tenpas and Smith set up Taylor Higgins to finish the first period scoring. Zurich cut into the lead early in the second before McArter scored again. Hiemstra, from Colton Hastings and Hruska, then made it 8-1. Zurich made it 8-2 before Hruska set up Smith to give Brussels a 9-2 lead after two. Ducharme, from Baxter, and Hiemstra, from Waechter, finished the scoring to give Brussels an 11-2 victory and the C final trophy. Brussels next action is in Milverton Friday night, then back home to host Elma Logan Saturday at 10 a.m. _ Brussels was up against Listowel Nov. 2. It was end-to-end action with well-matched teams. Goals for Brussels were scored by Burgess, Gowing, Subject with two and Cole McLean with his first of the season. With the team starting to gel they took on Mitchell, Nov. 9. Both teams spent a lot of time in the box with 33 minutes in penalties. At the end of two periods the game was tied at three. Some confusion and foolish plays by Brussels let the Mitchell team score and they managed to hang on for the win. Bulging the twine for Brussels were Subject with two and Ducharme with one. Stretton got the only assist. Rounding out the Bantam roster are Thomas Johnston, Herbie Runstedler and Gavin Bowers. Playing well between the pipes is Ryan Smith. The team travels to Zurich, Nov. 14.