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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News Record, 2016-03-30, Page 1414 News Record • Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Champions at last Radars take 3-0 series lead The Clinton Radars are one step more from winning the Senior AA Champion- ship as they skated to a 4-1 victory in Palmerston last Friday night, March 25. The game was played in front of a jam-packed crowd. With the win the Radars lead the Mapleton Minto 81's three games to none and could clinch the championship tomorrow night in what hopefully will be their first championship in 20 years of Radar hockey. The Radars opened up the scoring at 3:47 of the first period on a powerplay marker from high -flying for- ward Luke Vick. The goal was set up by Kurtis Bartliff and Mike Jarmuth. After tak- ing a pass from Bartliff, Vick found the upper left hand corner from the top of the circle. At 11:41 Vick made it 2-0 as Stefan Salituro and Ryan Murphy picked up the helpers. The game Joey's Corner Joe Livermore continued at a fast pace with both teams having glorious scoring chances. But at 14:47, Minto's Joel Martinelli beat Clinton goalie Marc Nother on a beautiful 2 -on -1 rush. The game became a real chippy affair as the ref- erees whistled both teams for different infractions. The Radars outshot Minto 16 to 14 after one period. In the second stanza Ryan Murphy, who has been bat- tling mononucleosis, gave the Radars a 3-1 lead at the 0:46 mark. Tyler Doig set up the marker as he faked a slap shot at the top of the right hand circle and then fed speedy Ryan Murphy with a perfect pass at the left hand circle and scored in a wide open net. At 17:57 Kur- tis Bartliff made it 4-1 as he beat the Minto goalie on a breakaway. The play started when Tyler Doig hit Bartliff with a perfect pass up the middle. Bartliff outraced the Minto defender and geat the goalie cleanly. In the third period there was no scoring as both teams were thwarted by the goalies. Clinton's forwards Reid Oliver, Deryk White- head, Brendan Dale and Kurtis Bartliff played excel- lent defensive games as they killed off numerous penal- ties. Once again, Radar goalie played a strong game as he stopped 36 shots. The game was very chippy throughout as Clinton took 16 minor penalties, 1 gross misconduct and one 10 -minute misconduct. MIUM1 100 ROYAL LEPAGE TiEttlHeertmid Fealty Wmadarr ...-w 1 .. la Helping you is what we do.TM OFFICE 519-482-3400 1 Albert St., Clinton To view all our listings go to: www.rlpheartland.ca Fred Lobb** Rick Lobb*** Richard Lobb Sr.* Sherry McLaughlin* Cell: 519-955-0012 Cell: 519-525-1174 Cell: 519-955-0163 Cell: 519-301-2879 I NEW LISTING 80878 Fern Hurst Glen Lane., A.C.W. $249,900 Call Rick MLS#844445 3 BR NEWER HOME 19 Margaret St., Morris Turnberry $258,000 Call Sherry MLS#283384 286 Dinsley St., Blyth $229,900 Call Rick or Fred MLS#397347 Broker of Record*** 4. 61. 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Champions at last The Clinton Radars are now the champions of Sen- ior AA Hockey as they swept the Mapleton Minto 81's 4 straight on Saturday, March 26. It took 20 years of hockey to win their first ever cham- pionship in front of a packed house of an estimated crowd of 1,500. As the end of the game wound down the crowd went crazy in cheer- ing and shouting. When the final buzzer did go off the Radars had scored a 7-3 vic- tory. The fans cheered wildly as each Radar player hugged each other. After the hand- shaking the players on both sides lined up at the blue lines as WOAA president Allan Dickson presented the championship trophy to captain Mike Jarmuth and assistant captain Tyler Doig, Luke Vick and Kurtis Bartliff. The crowd hung around for several minutes as the play- ers circled the ice surface with the championship tro- phy. One by one the players handed off the trophy to each other. The players then gathered into the traditional team picture by falling down on the ice at centre ice. After that, family and friends came onto the ice surface for pictures and more hug- ging. When the players did leave the ice surface, more celebration took place in the dressing room as the cham- pagne bottle went popping off. The game itself was played at a high tempo as both teams showed why they ended up in first place in league play. The Radars roared out of the gate first as Stefan Salituro scored at 1:16 with a shot through the five hole from close in. Luke Vick earned an assist on the play. At 6:42 while on the power- play Kurtis Bartliff scored his first of 3 as he took a cross - ice pass from Tyler Doig to give Clinton a 2-0 lead after one period. In the second stanza Clin- ton increased their lead at 3-0 at 2:08. Once again Deryk Whitehead found a space through the five hole. Marcus Salo and Tyler Bryson, who both played a strong defen- sive game, helped on White - head's goal. A minute later at 3:09 Kurtis Bartliff scored his second goal as he jammed home a goal in front of the goal crease after Sean Consitt took the initial shot. At that point Minto seemed to catch fire as they scored 3 straight goals from the sticks of Zach Graham at 9:55, Joel Mar- tinelli at 11:38 and Andrew Coburn at 14:10 while on the powerplay. The second period ended with the Radars clinging onto a 4-3 lead. It was all Radars in the third period as they scored 3 unan- swered goals to secure the victory. First it was Tyler Doig scoring at 5:45 on a beautiful to drag goal from Kurtis Bar- tliff. At 9:58 Luke Vick took a pass from Ryan Murphy and drilled it past the Minto goalie. Finally, Kurtis Bartliff finished off with a hat trick goal to make the final score 7-3. The town can be proud of Radar hockey over the last 20 years and the Radars can be proud to have a good follow- ing to both home and away games. The players them- selves thank the fans for their support over the years and they have finally been rewarded. Hard work scout- ing and finding good skilled players are very important. Coach Jim Fritzley deserves a lot of credit for the job he has done this year. As the players said this year "Our fans are the best Thanks for your support. It all came to place for this successful year." Finally, "Let's enjoy this and come back again next fall ready to repeat:' Thanks to all executive members for your hard work and dedication. You all deserve a pat on the back. OFFICE HOURS The Office Hours for The Clinton News Record are as follows Mondays - 9am - 5pm Tuesdays - CLOSED Wednesdays - 9am - 5pm Thursdays - 9am - 5pm Fridays - 9am - 5pm News Recor 53 Albert St., Clinton, ON PH: 519-482-3443 • www.clintonnewsrecord.com PSE DIA