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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2009-04-08, Page 10. ,'., 'O' ••a7M�"""•7N►4 �... a.,••• sw--.■ y.yr..._.+M�iP+A'.�" -4.- i. sE••••••01r1/4".."-.....• w..-t a r � al�•f l+w�-TM�"E'i"" a'....►�Yrw'--^$'--:,N�,,,,,i�► • M�.J .e• ■'w.!•�'n'"" i/•�n'�"�>i'i�Y "'•�.�!�• °y'11�i�1"'�'�MM" � 1� i - w��a.+!h:•rts � arA -t s� y. ��.f � a...�''�- --� lY,irsJw.�'. +_r,•�_.. p,•..,.-f.s d4.4A .r•4.i-•+w-.. _., 1". �•=..�t., WL.It•< -4...4,J"- dr �n `,.4,,__.JK <. E.i_■.. �. ■..--a{a+tti/•.•.4.•..,. .ss.�..#1•.�: -b�111 .—A ' % aw -4r. lits i�.d:3'� Ft'lA piF■•j r ''i`�'� - `t� it �' "7�•' f r • 1s t : Page 10 The Huron Expositor • April 8, 2009 ens ringette te Huron -Perth champi Petite squad wins silver me Data Schwab in Exeter. g �e Seaforth4rnimmi. Seaforth took an. ear- TheStorm !Amens and _ ly three goal Petite ringette teams :each returned lead before home with _a medal from the Huron- the end of- Perth championshipsin Hensall April 6 the first pe- riod• Tie Petite squad hit the ice first, But Ems - against Forest._ -4 :,.-- ,- eter rallied Kate Flanagan led the way for Sea back, Scor - forth, scoring all three goals for the in goals team. --,-4-,---,4-t-.---_, _ .-r-i -,,;TA.:-, g win,as late in the But it wasn't enough. to - game and 4 Forest scored with 20 seconds left in bringing lead 4-3. the the game to take thescore with n The clock ran out the final 20 sec- Players on the . Storm petite team oal- their sliver after a game against ton -Perth champions. onds and Forest was named theone Hu- ,acce pt as SeJrth hilver edal e s al "With winning t m feelings were high with a good year for all," said team spokesperson Sta- cy Reeves.... The Tweens team was up next, fac- still held the purest. Dan Schwab photo Two Serth Storm Tweens team players collide while going for the ring in a game against Exeter. The Storm won the gold medal game to become Huron -Perth champions. htwin . Shelb Jan�naat snot for the 'Teens, who were :honoured +ca �ort� - �: s,�dj•� p y lead .5-4. With both Seaforth an Exeter fans on their feet and theAcI, ck Hing down in the third period, Sea - the. .ring high over •the Exeter goalie to make it 6-4. The game and the Huron -Perth pionehap were then secured Iu:ette an Schwab enas in. Mitchell, St. Marys and Stratford hosted more than 100 teams m Marc -29 for the Western Ringette Regional Championships one of the largest tpurnaments of its' kind in Canada. . -an-- Though ; most of the teams came from 'larger centres, such as London, Owen Sound •_ and, Guelph, the Sea - forth squads didn't back do and returned home with bronze II Ws to prove it. In the `C ' division, the Tweens team battled St. Thomas in the first match of the round robin, with Shelby Jan- maat scoring two goals and Sadie Jansen netting one. inor Base But the team's efforts ,weren' enough to overtake St. Thome, and Seaforth lost 4-3. In the second match, they;::took on Exeter, a team they'd played and beaten in the :past. , Despite a pair of goals from Jan- maat and a third from Melissa Glan- ville, Seaforth Seafortli suffered an ; upsetting loss of 9-3. : . . They entered their third game against Guelph with a renewed sense of determination. The bronze medal was at stake, and leading scorer 'er Jan maat again netted a pair of goals, : as did Jansen, Glanville and Amanda Duff. It was more than enough to defeat Guelph With a final score of 5-1 for Seaforth ' ,:5;, iVi. . f . tot YZ` D ti Schwab_ The Seaforth-Winthrop Minor Base- ball Association is looking to the community for sponsorships to outfit every player in the league with a uni- form this season. Steve Kropf, president of the Sea - forth -Winthrop Minor Baseball Asso- ciation, says the new seven -member association doesn't expect registration dollars to cover' the cost of providing every player from T -Ball to Midget with his or her own uniform. "We're' ` o • with ated bud- get," i.,. four br with individual medals and a banner at the end of the; match. nze t took: a great team effort to win the bronze medal," said coach Dave Garrick about the nine -player squad. :Garrick specifically credited goalie Jessie Walton for her outs play in, the bronze medal game• He also l Said if star player Ashley Camp- bell had been in< the game, instead of being unable to play due - to a broken arm she suffered in a game against Exeter five months ago, that he be- lieves the Tweens could've l wonthe gold medal. Seaforth's Petite team also had their work cut out for them in the Western Regionals, playing teams from much bigger centres. - •; The team was grouped in the round robin with teams. from Owen Sound, Guelph and London. They ended up facing London in the bronze medal match. Describingit as a "real nail biter," a team spokesperson said, "It was an amazing team effort with five differ- ent goal scorers." The Petites would hold off London's. offensive drives in the final • period to earn the win and. the bronze medal with a final score of 54. r4 r The victory is one of many successes the teagi has achieved this season, ‘in- cluding Winning the gold medal at a tournament in Niagara Falls, another gold in - `a: Goderich tournament and silver in Exeter. Seaforth's Novice and Junior teams alsowon bronze medals at the tourna- - ment. • f-. ♦jj�� ♦7 all Associatlon needs uniforms for play he says. "Uniforms have a high cost so many teams are in need and we can't outfit every one of them." Kropf says much of the association's equipment. .is- also outdated and in need of replacing, some of it being up to 20 years old. "Registration dollars will help with that but we're looking for other dona- tions to help out with the teams and bring baseball back to where it should be" he says. "The association is hop- ing to be able to provide a great expe- rience for the kids this year." Kropf says there are no immediate i plans for an association fundraiser. March 31 marked the last of three registration dates to join the league, which attracted 108 players ages five to19. The number would make up 11 teams from T -Ball toMidget. There is still room for about 10 players in T - Bali, for ages five and six; in pre -mite, for ages seven and eight; and in Ban- tam, for ages 15 and 16. Both boys and girls are welcome to call Kropf at 519-276-0907 .to regia - ter., •�}�:+ �; `s tt�-ti.+�'>k* s *" f, iy J . r - r. ?4 ' '�. � t, �� Registration .in the Akatv art, peer _� �I�af and midget divisions are fuli4. 4`'} Kropf says one more coach is also needed. The association is holding a meeting this week in Brussels to assign coach- es to teams and to- determine which out-of-town teams Seaforth and Win- throp squads will be facing this sea- son. Last year, local teams played against:e Benmiller, Crediton, Iaondesborough,��- Varna and Holmesville, as part of the tri -county softball league. - z See UMPIRES, Page 11ti1 /t14! ii0_: ipit, . ten , 4.4 44, 47