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PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006.
Sports
Whitfield starts
Blyth scoring
Pile-up
Last Saturday at Brussels arena there was a three-player pile-up in the first game of the day.
Blyth took on Brussels in this one and came out on top with a score of 6-2. The Tykes played
an early one at 11 a.m., the first game in a long day of hockey last Saturday. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
Juvies lose semi-final
This weekend the S augeen
Maitland Midget AAs travelled to
Waterloo to take on the Ravens.
Kendall Whitfield of Blyth
kick-started the scoring 10
seconds into the first, unleashing
an absolute rocket of a shot past
a snoozing Waterloo goalten-
der from just outside the offensive
blue line. Tammy Freiburger of
Wingham picked up an assist on the
goal.
Unfortunately, Waterloo managed
to regroup quickly, netting two in
response.
The girls' rallied back however,
with Dru Austin of Goderich finding
Karisa Ross of Palmerston who hit
the mark to tie the game at two.
Going hard to the net, the Ravens
struck again early in the second,
taking back the lead.
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just Wingham."
Newson is optimistic that
expansion and making the event
annual will not be a problem and
that she looks forward to the future.
"Our long-term goal is to have
recouped all of our expenses and
have some seed money to be able to
start the event next year without
having to go to North Huron council
for a donation, so that's our hope,"
But minutes later, it was Kelsey
VanderVeen of Lucknow hopping
on her horse, and going end to end
to pop one up and over the Waterloo
goalie.
Then, inspired by the pep talk
they received from their coaches
during the flood, Whitfield and
Victoria Bertrand of Port Elgin went
tic, tac, and off the toe of a diving
Freiburger's stick, regaining the lead
for Maitland.
The girls held onto the lead until
Waterloo shovelled in a loose puck,
with three minutes left on the clock,
tieing the game up at four. Despite a
strong effort the girls could not find
the fifth goal and had to settle for the
tie.
Next weekend it's off to Chatham
on Saturday and Burlington on
Sunday.
Newson said.
"This will become an annual
event that will grow in size as well
as all throughout mid-Western
Ontario and that eventually it may
become a big fundraiser for North
Huron. Maybe it'll become a huge
festival weekend for us, but we're
going to start with a weekend of fun
that's going to break even and
celebrate our community and our
hockey."
• Newson optimistic
The Wingham Juveniles lost in the
semi-finals this past weekend in the
Greg Dietz memorial hockey
tournament.
On Friday night the team played
the host Mildmay team and skated
away with a 3-1 win. Matt White,
Greg Tiffin and Chase Chapman
supplied the goals while
Adam MacDonald with three,
Chapman and Garrett Vincent
earned assists.
On Saturday, the team had a
thrilling game against Walkerton.
With Wingham holding a 2-1 lead
with minutes left in the third period
In Monday men's curling action
at Wingham Barry Simpson was a
12-2 winner over Bruce Robertson
while Stewart Leedham had his
team in fine form and showed no
mercy downing Les Shaw to the
tune of 18-3.
***
In Tuesday competitive action
the DeVos brothers faced off with
Aart DeVos the runaway winner
over brother Bill. Calvin Ruttan
beat Don Edgar, Rob Middleton
upended Russ Taylor and Earl
Fitch defeated Shawn Cottrill 12-2.
***
In Wednesday mixed league play
all scones were rather close. Earl
Fitch found himself on the low end
of a 6-4 score with Tammy Adams
the winner. Wayne Horton edged
Aart DeVos 8-7. That fine young
skip Leanne Elston hung a 9-4
beating on Steve Burke's foursome
and John Dailleboust was a 7-5
winner over Dean Newson.
Walkerton was awarded a penalty
shot on which they scored to tie the
game.
Mildmay was assessed an
interference penalty with 44 seconds
remaining in regulation and
Wingham capitalized as Chase
Chapman found the back of the net
with a shot from the point to regain
the lead and secure a 3-2 win.
Other Wingham goals were scored
by MacDonald and Brad Carter,
with assists going to MacDonald
and Chapman.
On Sunday having advanced to the
semi-finals, the squad faced Arthur.
***
In the Friday mixed league it was
the battle of the Cottrill brothers
with Chris a 10-5 winner over
brother Shawn. In the other contest
Wayne Waechter was a 9-3 winner
over Hugh Clugston.
***
In the Belgrave league Larry
Robinson continued his winning
ways with an 8-6 win over Tim
Coultes. Larry Johnston downed
Rob Sinclair 8-6 and Mike Metske
was an 8-6 winner over Kevin
Scott.
***
Thursday daytime morning
action Ron McMichael doubled the
score with an 8-4 win over Lloyd
Wheeler. Les Shaw continued his
undefeated string with a lopsided
11-2 win over Nelson Frank and
Stewart Leedham had full control
as he downed Jim Coultes 15-2.
One really close game resulted in
John Mann winning an extra end
The Juvies dug themselves into a
hole from which they never
emerged. They lost 6-1 in a penalty,.
filled affair. The lone ,goal was
scored by Greg Bowers, with help
from Adam McClure and Justin
Nelemans.
Wingham is participating in
the Silver Stick regional tourna-
ment in Lucknow this week-
end. Wingham plays Minto
Thursday night at 9 p.m., Lucknow
in the opening ceremony game on
Friday at 7:30 p.m. and will play
South Huron Saturday afternoon at 5
p.m.
victory over Irving Elliott.
In afternoon action there was a
close encounter when Ivan Dow
was an extra and winner over Bill
Deans. Norm Fairies and Bruce
Robertson had a see-saw battle
with Norm the final winner 6-4.
On ice two Wendall Stamper
took advantage of the absence
of opposition skip Mac Inglis
and vice Arnold Taylor to hang a
10-6 victory over the Mac Inglis
rink.
***
Did you know the first curling in
Wingham was played on the river
opposite the present Wingham
Legion. Mr. Inglis, who operated a
woollen mill in Wingham and was
known as "the laird" because he
owned property in the Old Country,
brought wooden stones from
Scotland which he used on the
river. These were made of wood
blocks belted together and banded
with iron.
It's not too late for anyone
wishing to curl this year. We
would like you to join us now or
the first of January.
Dues for new curlers are $75.00