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The Huron Expositor • February 7, 2007 Page 13
Sports
Seaforth Broomball
prepares for
provincial action'
Jeff Heuchert
Seven teams representing
Seaforth will travel to
Barrie this weekend to take
on some of Ontario's best at
the Provincial Junior
Broomball Championships.
Both the Hitmen A and B
juvenile teams will be tak-
ing part.
Coach of both Hitmen
teams Rob Hunking says
both teams are heading into
the provincials with opti-
mism and are expecting
much better results then at
the national qualifying
tournament this past
November.
At the tournament, the
Hitmen, represented by
mostly A team players and
some B, failed to earn a
qualifying spot, but have
since learned they will be
going as a replacement
team.
"We want to redeem our-
selves and prove we should
have won the qualifier,"
says Hunking of the upcom-
ing tournament.
And he adds, "If they play
to their potential, both
teams should do well."
Hunking says the Hitmen
A have played very strong-
ly as of late and should be
considered one of the tour-
nament favourites on the
juvenile side.
"We had a very good tour-
nament in Brussels (over
the Jan. 26-27 weekend), so
we're heading in the right
direction," he adds.
At the Brussels tourna-
ment, the Hitmen A were
eliminated in the semi-
finals. In local league play,
they're currently in second
place with a 10-4-1 record.
As for the Hitmen B,
while more consistent play
lately has yet to translate
into the team's first win of
the season - in which they
still sit in last at 0-13-2 -
Hunking says they have
improved.
"Our last two games have
been ties and they had a
couple good games in the
Brussels tournament," he
adds.
The Hitmen A will open
the provincials against
their "perennial rivals," the
Windsor Riot, says
Hunking.
The Hitmen B will open
up against the winner of
the Eastern Ice Dogs from
Ottawa versus the
Palmerston Posse.
It is a double -knockout
tournament, where each
team is guaranteed two
games.
Hunking says the Hitmen
A could realistically win the
provincials - if they play as
well as they can.
For the Hitmen B,
Hunking says the team has
struggled to put the ball in
the net throughout the sea-
son, and if they conpinue
struggling at the provin-
cials, it will be a quick tour-
nament.
Meanwhile, Seaforth will
also be represented by its
Assassins juvenile girls
team, coached by Georgina
Reynolds.
She says the girls need lit-
tle mo;tion heading into
the pro• cials.
Their first game will be
against the Ottawa -based
Flames, which defeated the
Assassins not once, but
twice at the national quali-
fying tournament.
"We have a vendetta
against them. These kids
are ready to beat them - it's
payback time," she says.
Since returning from the
qualifying tournament,
Reynolds says the girls
have been more focussed
and "stepped it up during
games and at practices."
"They've become more
aggressive. They're hitting
the ball harder," she says.
And, the hard work is
slowly starting to show. The
Assassins currently sit
fourth in the local league at
3-10-2 - but just recently
recorded two ties and a win.
"They're excited and
determined they're not
going to lose to the same
team again," she says.
Reynolds adds that since
the Assassins play only
adult teams in the local
league, it should be inter-
esting to see how they fare
against other juvenile
teams, but she's hoping for
at least a third place finish.
Seaforth will also be rep-
resented at the provincials
by its midget girls and boys,
peewees and bantams.
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