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The Citizen, 2006-06-22, Page 8PO ND HOCKEY SCHOOL Blyth Arena 580. per player Last week of September or First week of October Registration ends July 31st Contact: Tyler Stewart - 519-523-4211 Chad Haggitt - 519-523-9824 Fran Cook - 519-523-9040 PAGE 8.THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006. Sports Bantams play 2 on the road Scrambled legs It was a struggle of the mightiest for the ball when the Blyth Thunder players took on a Clinton opponent in a U-11 soccer game at home June 13. The final score was 4-2 for Clinton. (Vicky Bremner photo) Blyth's U-11 Thunder falls to Goderich, Clinton Blyth Thunder's U-11 team travelled to Goderich on Tuesday, June 6 to play Goderich Game captains were Kelsey Kerr and Jean Paul VanDorp. First time goalie Kyle Treble did a great job covering the net during the first half of the game. Goderich was quick to score during the first minute of the game, then went on to score once more during the first half. Jean Paul VanDorp was able to get a goal for Blyth after stealing the ball from his opponents, so it was a 2 -1 lead for Goderich as the halftime whistle blew. The Brussels U-10s won their first game recently against Listowel. The squad came out strong with Lexi Smith scoring first. Austin Johnston assisted. That got Brussels pumped. Carl Daw put one in with Seth Nichol assisting. Then Dalen Martin decided it was his turn. His goal was Wingham I travelled to Blyth to play the Blyth Lightning U-13 co-ed soccer team on June 15 on the Sparling soccer field. Greg Roetcisoender covered Blyth's net for the first half of the game and Michelle Studhalter covered the net for the second half. Wingham took the lead and scored early in the game. They scored several goals before Blyth's JP VanDorp went in net for Thunder during the last half of the game. He made some great saves. Blyth played a stronger second half and took several shots on the Goderich net, but were not able to get the ball past the Goderich goal line. The final score was 3-1 win for Goderich H. Blyth Thunder hosted a game against Clinton Arsenal at the Sparling's field on June 13. J P VanDorp did a great job as Thunder's goaltender for the first half of the game. However Clinton was able to get two goals during the first half and Thunder players were assisted by Alex Ramirez. Daw and Smith scored one each before half time. In the second halt', the team slowed down a bit. Matt Terpstra had many close. calls but finally put one in with Joel Kipfer assisting. Daw scored his hattrick. Taylor Higgins assisted. Brendon Boven scored the only goal of the night for Blyth from just outside the 18 yard line. Wingham played a strong game, with better ball control, playing their positions and always covering their opponents. Wingham outplayed Blyth and won the game by several goals. The final score was an 8-i victory for Wingham. unable to score. First-time keeper, Zach Drost covered the net for the second half — of the game. He made some saves, but allowed two goals to get past him. On one of the goals he had a piece of the ball, but he just couldn't get his hands around it to make the save. Thunder played a very strong second half. Kathryn Peach scored a goal on an assist from JP VanDorp. Trystan Weber gave a nice pass to get the ball to JP VanDorp for the final goal of the game. The final score was a 4-2 win for Clinton. There was great goaltending by Matt Terpstra and Smith. Brussels coach Cheryl Souch was so impressed by her team she treated them all to ice cream. The Brussels Bantams were on the road again this week. Their first game was a pitching dual against Kirkton. At bat in the first, Weston McLeod and Tyler Deitner swung out at the plate then Wade Stephenson singled and advanced to third on passed pitches. Here he remained as Brianne Wheeler's long fly to centre was caught. Wheeler was on the mound for the game. In the bottom, Kirkton scored one run on two hits and one strikeout. Brussels iii the second went down one, two, three with strikeouts to Brad Quesenberry, Justin Pipe and Taylor Prior. Kirkton put runners on in the second with a single and a walk. Brussels dug in and left them standing with a strikeout and two quick outs in the infield. In the third Cody Subject waited the walk only to be put out in a close -call- on second. Ryan Smith and Evan Ducharme closed the Brusels at-bat with strikeouts. Again Kirkton left runners sitting on second and third as Brussels defence held them in place. The fourth had McLeod and Deitner sit on strikeouts. Stephenson waited a walk and advanced to second. Wheeler flied out to short to dash chances of scoring. Brussels held the Kirkton squad on one strikeout and one double. Quesenberry led off for Brussels on -a walk. He advanced to third on passed pitches and scored on an RBI by Pipe. Brussels then loaded the bases on walks to Prior, Subject and Ducharme, only to be left there on a pop fly by McLeod. Brussels' defence held Kirkton on a strikeout and two infield outs. Brussels took the lead when Stephenson doubled then scored on an RBI by Quesenberry. Kirkton tied the game on a solo homerun to centre. Wheeler added three more strikeouts to keep the game even. In the seventh Prior flied out to short and Subject and Smith were left swinging at plate. Wheeler stayed strong on the mound adding two strikeouts. A caught pop up ended the gaine. The final score was 2-2. Brussels travelled to Holmesville for the next game which was plagued with walks and overthrows. Andrew Lindsey led off for Brussels and reached first on a walk. Deitner outran a bunt and both scored on .a single by Quesenberry. Stephenson struck out arid Brendan Stretton was put out on first. A walk to Prior and Subject loaded the bases and a double by Smith scored three. Ducharme scored Smith with a single and the inning ended when McLeod flew out to right. Quesenberry started on the mound allowing Holmesville to score seven runs on five walks and five hits and three errors. In the second Lindsey led off with a single followed by a single by Dietner. Both scored on a triple by Quesenberry. Stephenson slammed a triple and scored on a sacrifice by Stretton. Prior waited another walk and advanced to second only to remain there on two pop-ups by Subject and Smith. Smith took over pitching duty for Brussels. Again Holmesville scored seven on five walks, three singles, a double and one homerun. Brussels went down in three. Ducharme grounded out to first, McLeod struck out and Lindsey grounded out to second. Smith only allowed two in the third with one strikeout, one walk, two hits and two errors. Brussels added another run in the final inning. Deitner waited a walk and scored on a single by Stephenson. The final score was Holmesville 19, Brussels 11. The next home game is June 21 at 7 p.m. against Holmesville and June 28 at 7 p.m. against Fullarton. Blyth U-13 Lightning loses 8-1 to Wingham U-10s celebrate first win ports teams are doin The Citizen welcomes reports from local soccer and baseball teams. Or submit a score sheet and we will do the rest. ,ur readers h Deadline for each week is Monday at 2 pm Also, we will be looking for team pictures for our annual summer sports edition. These can be dropped in at the office any time.