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The Citizen, 2010-01-21, Page 8SportsPAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010. The Brussels PeeWee Reps hosted Elma Logan for their last regular season game on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Brussels came out strong and easily took the 4-1 victory, despite several penalties on both sides. Scoring for Brussels were Mitch Kellington, Scott Dolmage and Wyatt Ducharme with two. Assisting were Ducharme, Nathan Armstrong, Colton Hastings, Luke McCutcheon and Tim Waechter. Continuing his solid play in net was goalie Matt McNichol. The Reps ended the season undefeated, with 14 wins and a tie. They have entered into the first round of playoffs with Howick, Clifford and Zurich. Check out www.brusselsminorhockey.ca for the schedule. In their first playoff game against Howick, the Brussels PeeWee Reps were ready for action. Scott Dolmage led the scoring by netting the first goal, unassisted, just eight seconds into the game. Minutes later, Mitch Kellington was quick to add his puck to the net. Midway through the first, Hayden TenPas scored, assisted by Kellington. Howick netted one of their own to make it 3-1 for Brussels. Luke McCutcheon fired one in from the blueline to add to the Brussels total. He was assisted by Nic Zwep and Wyatt Ducharme. In the second period, Ducharme found the back of the net to take a 5- 1 lead. Kellington scored, assisted by Dolmage. With 54 seconds left on the clock, Howick squeaked in their second goal to end the period 6-2. The third period was rough. Penalties were called on both sides. Then with just 21 seconds left on the clock, Kellington scored his hattrick ending the game 7-2 for Brussels. Joining the Reps from the locals were Austin Johnston, Colton Hastings and Jason Baxter. The PeeWee Reps played against Clifford last Wednesday night, Jan. 13.This was the second game in the round-robin series. Each team fought hard in the first period, with neither finding the net. Early in the second period, Ducharme scored on a breakaway shot thanks to the help of Dolmage and McCutcheon. Later Kellington scored with the assistance of TenPas and Zwep. Seconds later, Clifford scored to make it 3-1 for Brussels, but it was no longer the easy sweep the PeeWees expected. Pulling up their socks, and now thinking they needed to work a little harder, TenPas netted one with Kellington and Dolmage helping him out. In the third period, the pressure was on. Several penalties were called on both sides for slashing, roughing and interference. Clifford scored again. TenPas netted one more before the end of the game. Brussels took a 4-2 victory and will play Clifford this Friday night on their ice. On Sunday evening in Lower Lakes Female Hockey League action the Saugeen Maitland Lightning AA Midgets tied 0-0 with the St. Thomas Panthers. Emily Kelly held strong between the pipes for the Lightning and chalked up another shutout while the defence for both teams excelled throughout the game. The girls are next in action this Saturday at home at the Howick Arena playing the Waterloo Warriors at 5 p.m. Brussels PeeWees win, win The Brussels Atom Local League’s first game was against Seaforth. They worked really hard but came out with a loss. Seaforth was able to get two in by Jarron Thompson. The second game was against Blyth. The team had a slow start and in the second half they had some scoring chances but nothing worked. Thompson played well in net but Brussels was only able to put one in by Kailey Wheeler assisted by Hudson Smith. The final score was 4-1. Big win The Elma Logan Midget Reps paid a visit to Blyth on Sunday for a playoff game and were whitewashed by the relentless host team. The local Midget Reps glided to a resounding 8-0 finish. (Vicky Bremner photo) Blyth arena was the setting for the first broomball game of the new year as the Blyth Midget boys hosted their latest match against the Mildmay boys on Jan. 15. Blyth’s goalkeeper Wyatt Bearss stood strong in net and really helped his team stay in the game making numerous saves throughout the game. The ball was passed up and down the ice but neither team could score. Blyth played smart and didn’t allow their opponents to score during their power play advantage. Mildmay took a turn in the penalty box in the second half and Blyth players showed some great heart and determination trying their best to score but couldn’t get the ball past the goaltender. Five minutes into the second period Blyth received a penalty and Mildmay was able to get on the scoreboard after two Blyth players tipped the ball into their own net while trying to remove the ball from the crease. Mildmay widened the lead after scoring a nice goal into the top shelf of the net, with just nine minutes of play left in the game. Mildmay received a four-minute penalty, giving Blyth the man advantage, but Blyth still couldn't score. Blyth played a good game, but walked away with a disappointing 2-0 loss against Mildmay. All together now Blyth PeeWee Reps played strong at the Blyth arena this past Sunday in a playoff game against Ripley. The locals came out with a solid 4-1 victory. (Vicky Bremner photo) Broomballers fall 2-0 Tough weekend for Atom Locals Lightning defence shines Family Day of Curling in Brussels Hosted by the Brussels Curling Club Monday, February 15 This is open to all ages, experience and no experience required. Come out and enjoy the day with us. Cost for the day is $10.00 per curler. Curling starts at 1:00 p.m. Pizza and wings will be served for dinner. For more information or to sign up call Steve Knight 519-887-6588 The curling leagues reached the half-way point this past week at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club. The teams all seem to be improving which has resulted in a lot of good close matches. On Monday, Jan. 11 the daytime curlers got the action underway. The shot of the day came from Mac Inglis, who with his final rock, slipped by the guard and played a takeout tap to the button to edge out skip Gord Heatherington. Other winning skips were Barry Simpson, Ron McMichael, Les Shaw, Glenn McMichael and John Mann. The Tuesday night ladies had the teams skipped by Carol Horton, Jenn Elston and Amy Miller pick up wins. The Tuesday competitive league saw Don Edgar, Russ Taylor and the two Devos brothers, Bill and Aart come away with victories. In Wednesday action it was great to see Jay Marston’s team pick up a win. Team Karen Burke and John Dailleboust were also winners. Thursday daytime curlers had several games come down to the last end. Winning skips were Gord Heatherington, Bill Tolton, Mac Inglis, Irving Elliott, Allan Webster and John Mann. The Thursday family league winning teams were Bill McDonald, Kyle Forster, Phil Eadie and Doug Miller. The Belgrave mixed league skips picking up wins were Cam Cook, Ian Johnston, Dave Linton and Bruce Howson. Friday night for the second night in a row, Bill McDonald came from behind to tie the game in the eighth end and like Thursday won the game with the closest draw to the button. The other winning skips were Wayne Waechter and Barry Simpson. OUT OF THE HACK NEWS With the warm weather this past week you could hear some golf talk at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club. The club is holding a golf seminar on Feb. 17. Anybody interested should contact Linda Walker or call the club and talk to Bruce Skinn. Skips and Stones – By Bruce Skinn