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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2006-08-02, Page 19Sports Jennifer Hubbard photo Ryan Govier, of the Seaforth B Pre -Mites baseball team, connects with the ball during the year-end tournament in Londesboro over the weekend. Seaforth teams among winners in pre -mite tourney Two Seaforth-area teams were the big winners during the year- end tournament for the local Tri - County Pre -Mite baseball league. The Seaforth A team won all three of its games, including a 10-7 game against Benmiller, 22- 2 game against Blyth and a 20-6 game against Stanley 2. The Winthrop team won its first two games, including a 16-6 game against Stanley 1 and a 14- 9 game against Benmiller. The final game against Holmesville was a 15-15 tie. The Seaforth B team won its first game but lost its second game. Also among the top four teams were Holmesville 1 and Stanley 2 The Huron Expositor • August 2, 2006 Page 19 St. Columban soccer season ends for all but one team Jeff Heuchert As July came to an end, so did all but one of the St. Columban soccer teams' seasons. The U18 men's squad is preparing for their year-end playoffs, which begin next Tuesday with their opening round-robin match h with Clinton, Aug. 8. Brussels and Goderich Silver round -out their group for the round robin stage. Coach Carl Bolton says his team finished the regular season at .500, but expects his team to make some noise in the playoffs. "We look forward to a long run in the playoffs," he gays. "We=have a well-balanced :offence," he adds, noting that 11 different players scored during the regular season. The U18 boys have already played each of their round-robin opponents twice this year. Versus Blyth, the U 18's have won both meetings, while they lost both matches to Clinton and tied both against Brussels. "They're a well -coached team," says Bolton of the Clinton squad. "But I'm confident we can get past Brussels and Blyth and get through," he adds. Frustration was the name of the game for St. Columban's two girls U15 squads, as both teams' seasons came to an end last week. Team 1 of the U15 girls lost in the semi-finals of the year-end playoffs to Blyth, in a game coach Frank Flanagan says was tough to swallow. "We lost in a shootout 5-4," he says, "and our player's shot hit the crossbar," he adds. Flanagan says his team was up in the game 2-0, before allowing one late goal at the end of each hdlf. However, Team 1 of the U15 girls had an incredible regular season, finishing 8-1-1. "They played their hearts out," Flanagan says. "It was a• devastating loss," ;he.• says of the semi-finals, "but they should hold their heads high." After , an undefeated regular season, Team 2 of the U15 girls could not keep the streak alive in:. the playoffs, as they lost three straight to be eliminated in the round-robin stage. Coach Pat Flanagan says` the situation wasn't helped by the fact that one of his star players, Carolyn Murray, was not on the field, due to a broken ankle suffered while playing four weeks ago. And, as is the nature during the summer, many of the team's players could not attend all of the games, leaving the bench short handed. "But we were in them all," Flanagan says. "Our girls worked - as hard as they could. We had a great season." Tarn 2 of the St. Columban U15 boys advanced to the semi-finals of their playoffs last week, before losing to the other_St. Columban U15 boys team 10-1. Susan Hundertmark photo Alex Coleman, of the Seaforth Sea Lions swim team, races in the freestyle event at the Mitchell swim meet on Saturday morning.