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Broomballers struggle over weekend
Jeff Heuchert
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While Seaforth's five
minor broomball teams may
not have come away from
this past weekend's tourna-
ment in Mildmay with the
results they were hoping for,
the tournament did act as a
great preparatory experi-
ence leading up to next
month's provincials in
Barrie.
Seaforth's midget girls
struggled to find the net
throughout their three
games, yet kept each game
close with solid defensive
play.
In their opener, the girls
lost 1-0 to Palmerston and
dropped their second game
3-0 to Blyth.
In their final game, the
girls lost again 1-0 to
Palmerston.
"Overall the girls played
great," commented coach
Tanya Costello. "It just
seemed the other teams
were more physical ...and
we're not a physical team."
Costello added that
although the girls were not
able to score a goal, they
had their chances.
"Everyone played their A
game and stepped it up, and
that will definitely help us
when we go to the provin-
cials."
Seaforth's peewees came
away from Mildmay with a
record of:2-1, yet failed to
make the semi finals after
finishing round-robin play
tied with two other teams.
The peewees opened the
tournament with a 2-0 win
over Palmerston. Seaforth
was led by goals from
Bridget O'Reilly and Scott
Parsons.
In their second game, the
peewees lost to the
Mildmay Green team 3-0,
before finishing out round-
robin play with a 2-0 win
over Mildmay's Red team.
Austin Henry and Bridget
O'Reilly netted the goals.
Based on point differential
and the outcome of their
game against the Mildmay
Green team, Seaforth did
not advance.
"It was certainly a disap-
pointment to not advance to
the semi-finals for this pee-
wee team, but they should
be very proud of how well
they played throughout the
tournament," said coach
Steve Hulshof.
Seaforth's bantams played
to a 1-2 record at what
coach Mike Regier called "a
difficult tournament."
Isaac Klaver contributed
two goals and Scott Forde
one, as the bantams opened
the tournament on the
Saturday with a 3-0 win
over Palmerston.
However, on Sunday the
bantams dropped both
affairs - 2-1 in overtime to
Mildmay and 1-0 to
Palmerston.
Kaleb Arts scored
Seaforth's sole goal of the
day.
"They played really good
on Saturday, but not so good
Upcoming
Jeff Heuchert
For the first time recent
organizers can remember,
the Seaforth broomball tour-
nament will not be held in
Seaforth, but rather in
Susan Hundertmark photo
Ryan Finnie, of Seaforth's boys' midget broomball team, gets set to drive the ball during action
against Innisfil at the Mildmay tournament this past weekend. The midget boys won the game 4-
0.
on Sunday," said coach Mike
Regier. "But they still put
up a good fight."
The last of Seaforth's
teams to participate was the
midget boys, which despite
outscoring their opponents
6-2, won only one of three
games.
Coach Alvin Dow said his
team played well, but just
couldn't seem to beat the
team they've had success
against already this season
in regular season play.
"Earlier we've beat
(Mildmay) both times in the
regular season," said Dow.
"I guess it was their turn."
The midget boys played to
a 0-0 tie against Mildmay in
the opener, before scoring
four goals in a 4-0 win over
Innisfil.
Matt Forsyth scored two,
while Ryan Finnie and
Shawn Dow netted one
each.
For their third game, the
midget boys played
Mildmay again - this time
Mildmay came out on top 3-
2.
Matt Forsyth scored both
goals 20 seconds apart in
the second period.
broomball tournament in Brussels
Brussels at the Brussels,
Morris and Grey
Community Centre.
The annual tournament
takes place this weekend
(Jan. 26-27).
Rob Dearing, one of the
tournament's organizers,
said since the Seaforth organizers looked for the
arena lost the bar upstairs nearest arena where a bar is
that overlooked the ice, still readily accessible near
they've seen a considerable the ice.
drop in extra sales - most "We were finding it diffi-
noticeably at last year's cult to kehp (the players in
tournament. the building) without the
As a result, Dearing said facilities," he added.
As it stands now, the only
bar in Seaforth's building is
located in the community
centre next door.
This year's tournament
will see 13 men's teams and
See ORGANIZERS, Page
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