The Citizen, 2007-02-22, Page 8The Blyth Novices travelled to
Mount Forest Saturday, Feb. 17 for
their first game in the playoff series.
With only nine players they had a
pretty good ending to a hard-fought
game.
The first period saw the hosts up
by three goals.
The second period did not seem
much better for the Blyth squad as
Mount Forest scored their fourth and
final goal of the game.
Blyth turned up the heat and
scored three goals in the third to
make the final score 4-3. Bulging
the twine for Blyth were Brandon
Marshall with the first and the third
and Hunter Dale with the second.
Assisting were Dale and Marshall.
Saving many shots on net with an
excellent game was Justin Rodger.
Sunday, Feb. 18 the team hosted
Mount Forest. The Novices had a
few more players for this game, but
the steam was not as good as the
previous day. The final score was 5-
2 for the visitors.
Blyth's first goal was scored by
Chad Treble assisted by Marshall
and Rodger. The second was scored
by Dale assisted by Brendan
Howson and Drew Bromley.
Playing net for Blyth was Franklin
Marshall.
PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007.
The Wingham Bulls defeated the
Mildmay Monarchs twice this past
weekend to sweep their Senior A
quarter-final series in four straight
games.
On Friday, Feb. 16, the Bulls
paced by three goals from Zack
O’Krafka and two goals by Mike
Haggitt defeated the Monarchs by
the score of 6-4. The Bulls opened
the scoring on a first-period
powerplay goal by O’Krafka,
assisted by Jamie Chester and
Shawn Walker.
The Monarchs tied the game less
than two minutes later on a goal by
Pat McDonald, assisted by John
Kovacs, then took the lead on a
powerplay goal by Shawn Detzler,
assisted by Mark Dupuis and
Kovacs.
The Bulls tied the game before the
end of the period on a goal by Corey
McKee, assisted by Brad Hayter and
Paul Bartman.
The Bulls opened the second
period by taking six consecutive
penalties resulting in three separate
two-man advantage situations. The
Bulls penalty killing was solid
resulting in n o goals being scored
and giving the team a big lift.
Haggitt scored twice before the
end of the period with O’Krafka and
Walker assisting on the first goal and
the second goal being unassisted.
O’Krafka scored two third-period
goals, the first being assisted by
Haggitt and Brad Robinson and the
second being assisted by Chester
and McKee.
The Monarchs closed the gap with
two late goals scored by Gary Dietz
and Josh Howald.
On Saturday, Feb. 17 the Bulls
travelled to Mildmay and came
away with a 4-1 victory. Kirk
Stewart opened the scoring for the
Bulls earl in the first period. Assists
went to Ian Schwartz and Brad
Robinson. Brent Robinson gave the
Bulls a 2-0 lead with a first-period
goal assisted by McKee.
The Monarchs came out flying in
the second period and cut the Bulls
lead in half on a goal by Tony Beitz,
assisted by Dave Thompson and
Lucas Gill.
Solid goaltending by the Bulls’
Jay Evershed held the Monarchs off
the scoresheet until the Bulls put the
game away with third-period goals
by Stewart, assisted by O’Krafka
and Billy Martin and by McKee,
assisted byHayter and Dennis
McLean.
The Bulls will begin their semi-
finals series on the first weekend in
March against a yet-to-be
determined team.
Going in alone
This Blyth Atom girl has a clear field as she works her way
down the ice. The locals hosted Kincardine and finished the
game tied 3-3. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Novices 1 for 1 in
Mount Forest series
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Monday’s daytime curling
morning action at the Wingham club
saw three one-sided games and one
game that went into an extra end.
Nelson Frank was a 16-2 winner
over Stewart Leedham and John
Mann had a 12-3 victory over Les
Shaw.
With skip Bill Deans a late scratch
due to an “upper body injury” his
spot was well filled by top-notch
curler Don McKay and they had a
rather big win over Norm Fairles.
In a real thriller Jim Coultes came
up with just a great double take-out
with his final rock in the eighth end
to send the game into an extra end.
With the last rock Ivan Dow came up
short and Coultes was the 7-6
winners.
In afternoon action results were:
Mac Inglis 10, Wendell Stamper 8;
Ross Peacock 12, Bruce Robertson 6
and Irving Elliott 9, Ron McMichael
4.
Congratulations to the Ross
Peacock rink on winning the second
draw with only one loss. Members of
the winning rink were skip Ross
Peacock, vice Jean Nethery, second
Barry Simpson and lead Lloyd
Wheeler.
***
In Monday men’s action John
Nixon was a 7-3 winner over Barry
Simpson and Les Shaw doubled up
on Bruce Robertson with an 8-4 win.
***
In Tuesday ladies action Marg
Moffat was the winner over Sandra
Morrison. Jill Eadie edged Keisha
Bishop 8-6. The other two games
were very one-sided as Kayla Bishop
downed Jennie Hogervorst 11-2 and
Ainslie Weishar white-washed Cathy
Donnelly 13-0. Winner of this draw
was Kayla Bishop with 93.5 points.
***
In the Tuesday competitive league
there were lots of ones on the losing
side as Aart DeVos was a 12-1
winner over Rob Middleton, Calvin
Ruttan an 8-1 winner over Earl Fitch
and Russ Taylor downed Shawn
Cottrill 13-1. In the other game Don
Edgar was up 9-2 after four ends but
Bill DeVos tied the game nine all and
stole one in the extra end to wind 10-
9.
***
Tuesday and Wednesday saw the
cream of the curling crop in action in
the Huron High School
Championship. In the girls division
our own top-notch team won the
championship going undefeated.
Members of the team were eagle-
eyed skip Leanne Elston, vice
Brittany Horton, second Kayla
Bishop and lead Julie Phillips.
In the boys division the crown
went to the McGregor foursome
from Exeter’s South Huron.
The winning teams advance to the
Huron/Perth bonspiel played Feb. 21
at the Wingham club.
***
In Wednesday mixed action it was
Aart DeVos 7, Steve Burke 4;
Tammy Adams 6, John Dailleboust 5
and Dean Newson 9, Wayne Horton
4.
And the battle between the big and
the small saw petite Leanne Elston a
real giant killer downing Earl Fitch
11-3.
In Thursday mixed action, in the
last week of the draw Bill McDonald
recorded a 7-4 win over Kevin
Bishop. Kayla Bishop continued her
winning ways with an 8-4 victory
over Elliott. Miller and dad Doug
Miller also was on the losing end of
a 10-3 game with Cam Alton.
The winner of the draw was the
Kayla Bishop rink with 106 points.
Other members of Kayla’s team,
Kyle Forster, Jill Eadie and Matthew
Cottrill.
***
A couple of interesting bonspiels
will take place. On Wednesday, Feb.
28 the WOSSA high school bonspiel
with winning teams from all
WOSSA areas on hand to vie for the
championships.
On March 3 it’s the ever-popular
Belgrave mixed bonspiel featuring
skilled and several once-a-year
curlers with good curling and a
guaranteed good time.
***
West to Saskatoon. Yes six rinks
from the Belmore-Wingham area left
by air on Thursday to play in the
39th annual Canadian Livestock
Curling Bonspiel at Saskatoon. Skips
for the local rinks are Jim Ross, Niel
Edgar, Aart DeVos, Mac Inglis and
Philip Eadie.
***
Nice to see Alex Nethery back on
the curling ice following his heart bi-
pass surgery – certainly a quick
return to curling action.
***
Have curling broom will travel.
Four of our lady curlers took part in
the Belmore ladies’ bonspiel and
won the 9 a.m. draw. The team was
skipped by Ruth Olson with Linda
Meier vice, Marg moffat second and
Yvonne Coultes, lead.
***
The Libro ladies bonspiel held last
Saturday was a howling success.
Winner of the first draw and overall
bonspiel winner was a rink skipped
by Krista Ritchie of Ripley and
included local ladies Carolyn
Greenaway and Janis Bray.
That great foursome of young
curlers from the high school
continued their winning ways with
top honours in the second draw.
Members of the rink were Ainslie
Weishar, Jill Eadie, Kayla Bishop
and Keisha Carter.
The curlers were asked to come
dressed as their favourite farmer or
farm animal and lots of laughs were
provided.
Winner of costume prize in the
first draw was Brussels Brenton
Linton’s rink featuring Jo-Ann
McDonald as the farmer with the
herd, two cows and a bull. Keen
observation left no doubt which lady
represented the bull.
In the second draw, the costume
door prize was won by Cindy DeVos
and three unnamed members of
Libro staff dressed as hillbillies
Harriet, Effie, Martha and Bobbi-
Joe.
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