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The Citizen, 2004-07-29, Page 8Slugger The Greyhounds hockey team in Blyth held its annual ball tournament on July 24 with teams registered from all across the county. This player hit a nice double during the game between Wally's Wannabes from Blyth and Scott Vanstone's team from Goderich. (Elyse DeBruyn photo) Reminder Remember to bring in a photo of your team to The Citizen offices in Brussels or Blyth to be included in our commemorative summer sports issue. PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2004. Sports Blyth Thunder ends season with silver medal Twenty teams participated in the U-11 soccer tournament held in Clinton July 19-24. Blyth Thunder was proud to take second place in the tournament. Each player received individual silver U-11 finalist trophies for their outstanding efforts. Blyth's first game was July 20 against Lucknow III. Blyth was quick to score with a goal from Brent Drost. assisted by Brendon Boven. Boven scored the second goal on • an assist from Drost and Courtney Bos. Lucknow tied up the game before halftime. Bos scored the first goal of the last half. However, Lucknow played with determination and scored two more goals against keeper Greg Roetcisoender. It was a disappointing 4-3 loss for Blyth. The second game was July 21 against Goderich McDonalds. Drost scored the only goal of the first half on an assist from Boven. Boven and Jacob Nonkes assisted Drosf's second goal. Bos and Boven assisted Drost's final goal of the game. Goderich played a strong game, but did not score against keeper Tanner Merner, resulting in a 3-0 victory for Blyth. The third game was July 22 against Ripley. Roetcisoender played as Blyth's goalkeeper and earned a shutout. Micah Nonkes scored two goals and earned one assist. Drost had seven goals and one assist. Bos scored one goal and assisted on four. Boven assisted on two goals. Alex Raynard and Jacob Nonkes assisted on- one goal each. Roetcisoender scored:one goal on a penalty shot. Blyth won this game 13-0. This win put them in sixth place earning Blyth a spot as one of the eight teams to play on Saturday in the finals, On July 24 the Thunder once again played Lucknow III, the third-place team going into the quarter finals. This was a very competitive and evenly-matched game. Drost scored the only goal of the first half on a penalty shot. Goal keeper Roetcisoender did not let any goals in during the first half. During the second half Nonkes scored on an assist from Drost and Boven. Bos assisted on Boven's goal. Drost scored the next two goals with assist from Boven. Lucknow did not give up and scored five goals. This left a tie after regulation play, so there was 10 minutes of overtime. There were no goals scored so a shoot-out was needed. Blyth won the shoot-out, enabling them to move ahead in the playoffs. Blyth played an excellent game in the semi-finals against Wingham CIBC. After a scoreless first half Drost got the ball around Wingham's defence for the first goal of the game. Bos assisted Drost for another Thunder goal. The Brussels Midgets hosted Exeter on July 19. Sarah McDonald would pitch The complete game for Brussels. Exeter led off with a single. A strikeout and a fly to Amy Bishop counted for two quick outs. However two walks and a single would load the bases and eventually score a run. McDonald came up with another big strike-out to finish the inning. Katie Aitchison and Lacey McCall got on in the bottom of the first on walks. Strike-outs by Jenna Fischer and Catrina J6sling were followed ;y a long fly ball byMcDonald to send Brussels back to the field without scoring any runs. Exeter's first batter struck out then a single turned into a quick double-play by McDonald, Fischer and Bishop. On the offensive again. Rachel Speers turned a catcher's error into a triple. Mary Aitchison hit- sacrifice to tie the game, before Bishop and Candice Ross struck out to end the inning. U-6 teams square off It was a close match for the U-6 houseleague Brussels 1 and Brussels teams during their July 21 game, but in the end it was Brussels I that walked away with a 5 - 4 victory. The whole team worked hard during the entire game, but it was Nic Zwep and Tyler Cronin who scored two goals each. . Excellent goaltending by Rachel Hastings, Jessica Johnston, Heather Hastings, Austin Johnston, Zwep and Cronin. *** Brussels IV won 8 - 3 against Brussels Ill in a recent game. Great team work was shown by the whole team. Showing much improvement was Darren Evans. Jasmine Vader, Konrad McArter, Jamie Perrault, Kaitlin Wick and Seth McCallum. Excellent goaltending was given by Kailey Wheeler, Jenessa Neill, Erin McMahon and Sarah Dwyer. Wingham came on strong and scored two . goals against Roetcisoender. Wingham's second goal was scored with only 30 seconds left. Another overtime was necessary since the game ended in a tie. Nonkes passed to Drost who got around Wingham's defense for the winning goal. "Blyth Thunder worked extremely hard to beat this team,' said coach Mary Ann Drost. During the regular soccer season Thunder could not defeat Wingham. The Thunder came to the championship game as a team with many game "battle scars and aches and pains," said Drost. Thunder had to play three games within 5 1/2 hours, so they were a very tired bin determined team. Their opponent for the final game was Clinton United. Clinton was first to score on a penalty kick in the first half. In the third Exeter started off with two singles. Brussels made three quick outs to strand the runners. In the bottom of the inning Melissa Souch waited out a walk. K. Aitchison was sent to first on an error to the catcher. Fischer's single would fill the bases. McCall was called out on an infield fly. McDonald would hit a double followed by a triple from Josling to clear the bases. However the rally was halted with strikeouts to Speers and Bishop. In the fourth Exeter closed the gap scoring two runs on three singles, two walks and two strikeouts. M. Aitchison led off for Brussels During the second half Drost got the ball away from Clinton to score Blyth's first goal. Clinton played strong and scored again. Thunder kept the pressure on, but they were unable to score again. The final score was 2-1 to Clinton. "The Thunder had a terrific season. They played very hard in the year-end tournament and should be extremely proud of their second- place finish. This group of players really pulled together as a team," said coach Drost. Thunder's defense was Kelly MacDonald, Jolande Oudshoorn, Jeanette Schramm and Jason Young. Halfbacks were Brendon Boven, Jacob Nonkes and Alex Raynard. The forwards were Courtney Bos, Brent Drost, Zacharay Drost, Tanner Merner, Micah Nonkes, Marijke Oudshoorn and Kate Packer. Greg Roetcisoender was goalkeeper. Coaches were Matthew Hart, Alan Young and Mary Ann Drost. with a single and advanced to second. She remained there because of a fly-out to first by Ross and strike-outs by Souch and K. Aitchison. Exeter left runners in scoring position on one single, a walk and one strike-out. Brussels in the bottom of the inning would open up the game with singles by Fischer, McCall. McDonald and Speers. Three runs crossed the plate. Exeter answered by scoring a single run on one hit and a walk for their final at-bat. The final score was 8-4 for Brussels. 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