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The Times Advocate, 2006-03-08, Page 17THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Usborne curlers. Page 17 Hockey and Ringette scores. Page I8 por Wednesday, March 8, 2006 Midgets Silver Stick champions SARNIA — The South Huron midget girls trav- elled to Sarnia February 10-12 and came home as Silver Stick champions. The Sabres qualified for the Silver Stick as regional champions from the Saugeen Shores qualifier in November. During the qualifier the team won all five games with a combined 22 goals for and four goals against. Natalie Laporte played all five games, posted two shutouts and a 0.80 goals against average. In the regional fmal the Sabres won a close 2-1 contest with Stoney Creek. In Sarnia the girls played St. Thomas in their first game and won 3-0. Amanda Vandenberk and Michele Weber had a goal and an assist each. Kelly Cronyn added another while Kristin Ferguson and Emily Sararas each had an assist. LaPorte picked up her first shutout of the tourna- ment. Ferguson played some of her best hockey of the year the entire weekend and was picked player of the game. South Huron met Forest in the second game and were down 1 -0 entering the third period. Weber, Sararas and Amanda Vandenberk each scored in the third period with Weber, Sararas and Meaghan Ellison assisting. Kelly Cronyn led a fierce forecheck and was named player of the game as South Huron advanced to (ESS LT1ONAI STICK vi/ 3 The South Huron Midget girls have advanced to the provincial championships as well as winning the International Silver Stick title in Sarnia in February. Front: Natalie LaPorte. Middle:Ashley Renning, Kristin Ferguson, Kelly Cronyn, Jessica Bickell and Emily Sararas. Back:Amanda Vandenberk, Shandelle Wells,Allison Simonse, Michele Weber, Shauna Skinner, Stephanie McCann, Meaghan Ellison, Michelle Muller, Brittney Jones and Sandra Gregus. Coaches: Jim Bickell, Steve Sararas, Steve McCann, Don Ellison and Bev Van Altena. Missing: Sara I rvi ne.(photo/submitted) the semifinals with a 3-2 victory. South Huron met Clarington team in the semifinal. Again South Huron was down 1-0 going into the third but won the game on goals from Ellison and Stephanie McCann while Ferguson assisted on McCann's game winner. Ellison was named play- er of the game. In the finals South Huron met up with Forest again and this time blanked their opponents 2-0 scor- ing both their goals in the first four minutes of the game. LaPorte backstopped the team to their third consec- utive tournament win with her second shutout and a 0.75 goals against aver- age. The team confounded their opponents with a nasty forecheck and a tenacious backcheck led by centres Sararas, Cronyn and Ferguson. Shauna Skinner scored the game -winner three minutes into the game with assists from Ellison and Cronyn. Cronyn added an insur- ance goal a minute later with assists from McCann and Ashley Renning. Ferguson closed out the tournament the way she finished it named the play- er of the game. In addition to the Silver Stick tournament the girls won the Orangeville Tigers tournament in January. Their record is 32 wins four losses and eight ties. They have scored 149 goals and allowed only 52. Laporte has 14 shutouts and a 1.18 GAA. South Huron also has clinched a spot in the provincial championship tournament with a sweep of Belmore Teeswater, last year's provincial champi- on. Their record in round robin play to determine the area representative is 6-1-1 with two games to play. SPORTS Ti Ps? Contact Exeter Times Advocate Tel: Pat Bolen (519) 235-1336 x113 Fax: (519) 235-0766 E-mail: sports©southhuron.com Exeter Times -Advocate Panthers going to OFSAA EXETER — The South Huron District High School girls hockey team have advanced to OFSAA with a 5-4 win over Madill in overtime at the WOSSAA tournament Mar 1 in Aylmer. The win followed South Huron's win over Huron Park by a 6-1 score in the semifinal The Panthers travelled to Stratford Feb. 21 to play in the Huron -Perth tournament. The first game involved the Panthers and St. Mike's in an epic bat- tle. The game saw a Panther team dominate on the ice, both outskating and out thinking their oppo- nent. But their hard work did not show on the scoreboard as St. Mike's won 3-2. In the bronze medal game the Panthers came out strong and dominated Listowel by a score of 7-3. Highlights of the game included solid goaltending by Jolene Unwin and a gutsy and strong performance by a depleted defensive squad. There was also great hustle from all forwards and a hat trick from rookie Keri Reschke and it was a great day according to coach Heather Strano. Sherwoods even at two HENSALL — A pair of overtime games on the week- end left the Hensall Sherwoods and Shelburne Muskies even at two games apiece in their quarter final 'AA' series. The Sherwoods took a 2-1 lead in the series Friday night in Shelburne with a 4-3 overtime win but the Muskies returned the favour Saturday night in Hensall with a 5-4 win in double overtime. In other playoff matchups, the Elora Rocks defeated the Lucan-Ilderton Jets 4-3 in overtime to eliminate the Jets in four straight games. Tavistock and Lucknow are even at two games apiece while Durham has a 3-1 lead over Clinton. Friday night the Sherwoods were paced by goals from Jeremy Geoffrey, Jarrett Jeffrey with two and Scott Richardson getting one to take the 2-1 lead in the series. Saturday night the Sherwoods got goals from Shawn Sherwood, Jeffrey, Jeff Finkbeiner and Geoffrey for the 4-3 win but fell just short. Game five of the series will go Friday night in Shelburne at 8:30 p.m. before the series shifts back to Hensall for game six Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. Game seven of the series if necessary will be March 14 in Shelburne at 8:40 p.m. Local bowlers earn medals Local bowlers brought medals home recently from the Master Bantam Tournament, part of the Master Bowlers Association of Ontario. Coach and player Mike Cregan and his team Joel Hebert of Exeter and Madelaine Ainslie of Zurich earned gold medals. Coach and player Bev Cregan and her team also earned medals. Devan Kowall of Hensall had the highest single flat for the boys, a 174, and Ali Heywood of Exeter gained a medal for a single game with pins over average for the girls. From left are Hebert, Mike Cregan, Ainslie, Bev Cregan and Kowall. Missing is Heywood. Mike Cregan's group moves on to the Provincial Finals March 18 in Hamilton. (photo/Nina Van Lieshout) Novice #1 sweep in round robin HURON PARK — On Saturday the Novice Local League #1 team completed its round robin series with four wins and no losses. The final match saw South Huron host Ilderton at the Stephen Arena. South Huron produced a flurry of action in the first period, scoring three unanswered goals, ultimately winning the game 4-3. Patrick Medd scored first in wild action around the Ilderton net. Kean Dwyer then notched the second on a hard shot. Paige Lightfoot made it three with a goal assisted by Denver Homuth. The second period was scoreless, but Ilderton rallied in the third to tie the score 3-3. South Huron was deter- mined to keep its perfect record — after the team dug deep offensively and defen- sively, Bradley Regier scored the winning goal for South Huron. The team moves on in play- off action next week. Exeter figure skating EXETER — WO Boston Pizza Competition Starskate Sarnia, ON Feb. 17, 2006. Gold Triathlon - Michelle Roy - 20th; Sr. Silver Ladies - Sarah Walker -Hill - 5th; Sr. Silver Ladies - Justine Sheppard - 5th; Sr. Bronze Ladies - Abbey Oke - 8th; Jr. Bronze Ladies - Mackenzie Holtzmann - 7th; Pre - Preliminary Ladies - Sarah Kwajafa - 9th; Pat Abela Memorial Competition - Waterloo, ON Feb. 26, 2006. Preliminary A - Amanda Kelland - 3rd Canskate Badges Passed in January & February 2006. Cardin Colorico 4,5; Nicole Russell Go Backward; Jullian Clarke Go Backward; Brayden McCall 5; Jess McCall 5; Jacob Gingerich 2; Darci Prout 2; Megan Tuckey 2; Emma Dietrich 1; Cameron Beckett 1; Brittany Miller 1; Courtney Miller 3; Stephanie Miller 2,3; Jordan Smillie 1; Maddy Dalrymple 2; Charlotte Gregus 2; Peter Conlin 2; Neilla Keller 2; Keeley Park 3; Nathan Albrecht 2; Alec Speers 3; Maxine Speers 3; Nicole Russell Jump; Kelsey Regier Go Backward; Emily Bowers Go Backward; Hallie McArter 3; Allysa Hater 3; Jessica Rammeloo 3; Jordan Smillie 2; Sara Deitrich 4,5. EXETER MINOR BASEBALL REGISTRATION to be held at the South Huron Rec. Centre Sat., March 11 at 9:00 till 11:00 a.m. and again Wed., `\ March 22 at 7:00 till 8:30 p.m. We are looking for umpires for the 2006 season especially for the Bantam age group, anyone interested can all Dave Reid @ 2 -4154 or 235-0670