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The Citizen, 1991-11-13, Page 13S ports THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1991. PAGE 13. Blyth Bantams win "B” title at tourney •'$; HI i* ^3 L I BY RUSTY BLADES The Blyth Bantams participated in the Zurich Bantam Tournament over the weekend. After losing to eventual ‘A’ Champion Dorchester in their first game, Blyth rebounded to claim the Consolation Cham­ pionship. Their first game match up on Fri­ day night was against a hard-skat­ ing squad from Dorchester. Although Blyth kept the game close in the early going, Dorchester notched two power play goals on the way to building a 4-0 early third period lead. Blyth finally broke the goose egg late in the third as Mike Bromley performed the honours with assists to Ryan Chamney and Tim Lyons. It was as close as Blyth would get as Dorch­ ester scored in the dying seconds for a 5-1 win. This loss relegated Blyth into the Consolation round where they went head to head with arch-rival Stephen Township late Saturday night. Blyth completely outplayed a weary and short-staffed Stephen Township team but had trouble beating an impressive opposition puck stopper. Four minutes into the game Jerrod Button scored the only goal of the game as he took a pass in the slot from Tim Lyons and deked the goalie right out of his jock strap before slipping the puck into the net. Although Blyth had several gold­ en scoring opportunities throughout the contest, they couldn't dent the twine again as they shaded Stephen Township 1-0. Chris Lee was impressive in the Blyth net as he went all the way to record the shutout as Blyth played a penalty- free game. This win sent Blyth into the Con­ solation Championship game on Sunday, November 10 against the Mt. Brydges Bantam team. This was another tight checking game until the third as Blyth blew the game open with four unanswered goals on their way to a 5-0 white­ wash. Michael Bromley was once again the offensive catalyst as he opened and closed the game scoring with Up in the air The destination of this shot was up in the air for a while in a broomball game between Blyth Christian Reformed Church and Clinton Warriors during Saturday's action at the Blyth Minor Hockey and Ringette tournament . Broomball and oldtimers hockey teams took part with Radford Overloads winning the hockey title. power play goals while also pick­ ing up two assists. Michael de Jong and Ryan Chamney each notched one goal and one assist while Brian McNichol chipped in with three assists. Defenceman Peter Craig tallied Blyth's other goal on a screened backhand shot from the blueline after a heads-up set up from Christopher Howson. Chris Lee once again went the distance between the pipes as he recorded his second consecutive shut out in leading Bly'h to the Consolation Championship. Radford Overloads win tourney The Radford Overload Oldtimer Hockey Club put together four straight wins to win the Blyth Minor Hockey and Ringette Tour­ nament this past weekend. The Overloads went undefeated through their division to earn a spot in the final. They posted a 4-1 win over Mildmay, 7-5 over Hensall and edged Port Albert 3-2. Port Albert advanced to the final on the tie-breaker rule to meet Blyth. The game remained very close until the Overloads broke the tie with eight minutes remaining and went on to post a 5-2 win to win the Old Timer Division. Der- win Carter and Wayne McDougall each scored twice and Gary Court­ ney added a single for the Over­ loads. The Overloads received $200 and T-shirts for winning, and then donated the money back to the Blyth Minor Sports and Ringette Association. In a crowd Goderich Sailors netminder finds himself in a crowd, a long way from his net in action Sunday afternoon against Brussels Bulls. The Sailors came up with a big game for their coach Hugh Nichol in his first return to the BMG arena and the heavily-favoured Bulls were hard-pressed for a 5-4 win. Bulls continue to roll The Brussels Bulls of the West­ ern Junior C League racked up two more wins over the weekend. On Friday night the Bulls faced Acton in an inter-locking game. Corey McKee had five points to lead the Bulls to an 8-5 win. Greg Vader chipped in his second and third goals of the season. Sam Kulafofski snapped a scoring drought with short-handed marker and added three assists. Ted Sills and Jamie Scott rounded out the scoring for Brussels. Coach Scott Pettigrew was happy with his team's effort, “They have a small rink and it's tough for a skat­ ing team like ours to adjust. We were also missing Jeff McKee and Greg McNevan so our lines were juggled up.” The tide changed dramatically on Sunday. The Goderich Sailors docked in Brussels, and the Bulls had their hands full. Coach Petti­ grew says his guys just didn't have it. “We beat them 15-1 earlier in the year and I think too many play­ ers lacked the intensity you need when playing a last place team. Their goalie played well and we really had to scramble to come away with the two points. I guess the positive thing is we played badly but still won the game.” Jeff McKee was one of the bright spots with four goals. He leads the Bulls with 11 on the season. Rook­ ie Todd Norman also found the back of the net, his seventh of the year. Steve Fritz, who had two assists in Sunday's game, will miss the next two, as he drew an automatic two game suspension for verbal abuse of an official. The Bulls will be in Walkerton Friday night to play the third place Belgrave blasts Brussels Strong defensive play helped Belgrave Novice goaltender Matthew Snow record a shut out Saturday as Belgrave defeated Brussels 11-0 in a game in Brus­ sels. The defensive core of Kyle Anderson, Curtis Knight, Jimmy McCracken and Matthew Cameron limited the Brussels shots on net while Belgrave shooters went to work early and often. Belgrave scored four times in the first period in a span of just over five minutes. Justin Black scored first from Craig Marks then Craig Marks scored an unassisted goal two minutes later. Justin Campbell scored from E thelThe news from Compiled by Margaret McMahon Phone 387-9250 | 16 tables at euchre party Sixteen tables of euchre were in play on Monday evening, Nov. 4 at the Ethel Hall hosted by the Ethel Women's Institute. The lucky play­ ers were: high ladies, Eva Harrison and Verna Crawford; high men, Frank McKenzie and Ken Craw­ ford; low lady, Agnes Harrow; low man, Alan Kennedy; most lone hands, Beryl and Lloyd Smith; lucky table, Ross Stephenson, Beryl Smith, Mrs. Elwood Hanna and Scott McLean; Jean Rolof, Jean Chap­ man, Marjory Metcalfe and Harvey Adams, Grace Smith, Elwood Hanna, Marguerite Beirnes, and Myrle Bowes, birthdays, Frank Blackhawks with an 8:30 start. They return home on Sunday against fourth place Grand Valley. Game time is 2 p.m. Coach Petti­ grew says, “These next two games are going to be tough. Walkerton and Grand Valley are both playing with a lot of confidence and if we don't pick it up a notch we will be in second place.” Tim Robinson before Craig Marks scored another unassisted goal to close out the first-period outburst. Aaron Himmelman made an end-to-end rush to open the scoring in the second. Justin Black scored from Tim Robinson for the only other goal of the period. In the third, Craig Marks scored from Justin Campbell then scored his fourth goal of the game, unas­ sisted. Tim Robinson, Justin Campbell and Craig Marks, with his fifth, all scored unassisted goals to round out the scoring. The team's next game is Nov. 16 at Huron Park against Stephen Township. McKenzie and Annie Wight. Grace Smith and Aileen Clark have donated a home-made quilt and are selling tickets on a raffle to be held at the Dec. 16 euchre. Proceeds are for the Hall fund. The next euchre will be held Nov. 18 at 8:30 p.m. sponsored by the Ethel Hall board. Several local people attended an open house at the Wingham United Church on Sunday afternoon for Cliff and Priscilla Bray, former Ethel residents who were celebrat­ ing their 50th anniversary. Happy 56th anniversary to Stan and Helen Alexander on Nov. 16. A lunch counter has been added to the Ethel General Store and is now open for business.