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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-01-03, Page 13Page 2B The Wingham Advanee-Tirnee, January 3,1989 - • ,w;;;;- • , , •• 4 ,4 1## Splitegasquad Tyke teams rack up two more, wins The Wingham Tykes won both g3mes of a "split -squad" double header last Wednesday, Dec. 28, at the Lockridge Memorial Arena. The local boys slipped past Brussels 5-4. in the first game and then the second squad downed Howick 6-3. The match -up with Brussels was a real cliffhanger from start to finish. Chris Roberts gave Wingham an early 1-0 lead .on a goal from Adam McGuiggan, but Brussels rebounded quickly to tie. Andrew Laing then notched his first of three for Wingiiiin, assisted by Tyler Anger. However, Brussels replied with one of its own and the first period ended in a 2-2 deadlock. Brussels took a 3-2 lead early in the second period, but this time Wingham bounced back as Laing fired his second from Justin MacTavish, then completed his hat trick before the period ended, assisted by Jay Leitch. The score after two frames was Wingham, 4, Brussels, 3. Brussels wasted no time in getting the equalizer early in the third. With plenty of good end-to-end action and some fine goaltending at both ends of the rink, it appeared the game would end in a tie. However, late in the period, John Skinn completed a fine, three-way flossing play from Zack 09Krafka and Jay Leitch to give Wingham the lead. Brussels put tremendous pressure on in the dying seconds, but the defensive pair of Leitch and Aaron McBurney held firm and Wingham goaltender Joel Leitch made two clutch saves to preserve the 5-4 victory. Wingham 6, Howick 3 . Game two began in pretty much the same way as the earlier match had ended. Chris Cameron notched the first goal from Curtis Ritchie and Jonathon Montgomery to give Wingham the early lead. However; Bridges are WIHL winners Stainton Hardware defeated Crawfords in a close match 4-3 recently, Scoring for Staintons were ° Bob Johnston with a pair and singles went to Bill Kerr and Bill LeVan. Crawford marksmen were Dave Golley with two and Bill Brophy with the single. Bridge Motors trounced Advance - Times 8-2. Stan Stapleton led the way with the hat trick, while Jim Morin had two goals and singles went to Steve MacKay, Phil Beard and Bob Alton, Rick Jacklin replied for Advance - Times with both goals. the lead was short-lived as Howick tied the score only minutes later. Laing, back for game two, gave the locals a 24 lead from Jean-Paul Bekasiask. Finally, the "Merkley line" broke out of its slump as Matthew Merkley scored from Jeff Leitch and Phil Adams. The score after the first,frame was Wingham, 3, Howick, 1. Howick came out flying to start the second period and got two quick goals to knot the game at three -all. Again it was Laing who gave his team a boost with his second of, the game, then Jeff Leitch scored from linemates Merkley and Adams to give Wingham -a 5-3 lead with two periods complete. Wingham's John Skinn, 'also logging double duty, scored the only goal of the third from Darrin .Cole and Leitch Again the defence, led by Joel Leitch, held firm to earn the victory. All members of the Tyke team saw plenty of ice time in these games, particularly Laing, Skimi, Cameron and Leitch in goal, who had to play both games to replace vacationing teammates. The Tykes have several games scheduled for early January, including a return match in Brussels and a home game against Ayton this Saturday, Jan. 7, at 11 a.m. Bakelaar JANUARY tare/ vv 40% OFF Royal Doulton Figurines 20% OFF Hummel Figurines , KENT McPHERSON, in net for the Wingham Junior Tykes, took a break in last week's match against Brussels. 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