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The Blyth Atom Rep team took on their nearby rivals from Brussels last week and the game
ended with the scoreboard showing a score of 4-0 in favour of the visitors. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
Blyth Tyke Is undefeated
EXCITING
SENIOR 'A' HOCKEY
at the
BLYTH & DISTRICT
COMMUNITY CENTRE
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22nd
8:00 pm
Goderich Pirates
vs.
Wingham Bulls
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29th
8:00 pm
Thedford Dirty Dogs
vs.
Wingham Bulls
Admission:
Adults $5.00
Students over
12 years
$3.00
PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2006.
Sports
Blyth Tyke Is played the Blyth
Tyke H team this week and came out
with a 10-3 victory to continue their
undefeated record.
Cody Treble and Brendan Howson
each had three goals and one assist.
Chad Treble had three goals,
Men's night at the Wingham
Curling Club saw six teams with
the addition of a team from the high
school. There were two close
games as Bruce Robertson edged
John Nixon in a high scoring 10-9
game and Barry Simpson was a 6-5
winner over Stewart Leedham.
The high school boys got a real
initiation into curling as they were
on the short end of a 10-4 score.
***
In the Tuesday competitive
league it was a battle of the DeVos
brothers. Bill beat brother Aart 7-6.
Shawn Cottrill was a giant killer
as he downed Belmore's Earl Fitch
9-4. Don Edgar continued to rack
up the wins with a 9-2 victory over
Rob Middleton and in the fourth
game Calvin Ruttan downed Russ
Taylor.
***
In the Wednesday mixed league
John Dailleboust racked up his
fourth win in a row with a 7-6
victory over Leanne Elston. Other
games ended: Steve Burke, 11;
Dean Newson, 3; Wayne Horton, 8;
Tammy Adams, 1 and Aart DeVos,
9; Earl Fitch 5.
***
In Thursday's mixed league both
Samantha Kerr one goal and Damon
Allen three -assists. Other assists
were credited to Morgan Howson,
Craig Raynard, Parker Gibbings and
Brock Weber.
Blyth's defence once again played
the line well. It was not until later in
McDonalds were winners as Bill
McDonald won 13-5 over Kayla
Bishop and Cole McDonald
upended Cam Alton 9-7. One
Miller won and one lost as Doug
Miller defeated Mike Cottrill 9-4
and Elliott Miller lost 11-6 to
Kevin Bishop.
***
In the Belgrave league the
Johnstons met head on with Dave a
9-6 victor over Larry Johnston.
Kevin Scott had great rock control
with an 11-3 win over Tim Coultes.
In other games it was Mike Metske
9, Todd Edgar 1, and Larry
Robinson, 6, Rob Sinclair 3.
***
Both games on Friday night
ended with identical scores. The
results were: Shawn Cottrill, 5,
Lynn Hickey, 3 and Wayne
Waechter, 5, Chris Cottrill, 3.
***
In the daytime league on Monday
it was Lloyd Wheeler, 10; Wendall
Stamper, 4; Irvin Elliott, 6; Norm
Fairies, 5; Nelson Frank, 10; Ron
McMichael, 5 and Les Shaw was
pushed to an extra end to keep his
winning streak in tact as he won an
extra end 5-4 victory over John
Mann.
the game that the other Blyth squad
was able to get through the defence-
and beat Frankie `.`The Red Hot"
Marshall between the pipes. Blyth
continues to play through the
Christmas season. Check the
schedule posted at the arena.
Mac Inglis beat Bruce Robertson
9-5 and Jim Coultes lost a close one
to Ivan Dow 9-8.
On ice three Bill Deans and
Stewart Leedham had a real battle
with all eight curlers playing to top
performances. As former master of
the curling rings Ken McKague put
it "That's the best curling I have
seen for a long time."
When the last rock rolled to a
stop it was an 11-8 victory for Bill
Deans.
***
In Thursday daytime action it
was Christmas dinner day and
curling with a full house in
attendance.
In morning action there were
three one-sided games: John Mann,
10; Ron McMichael, 4; Wendell
Stamper, 10; Bruce Robertson, 3
and the upset of the day as Irving
Elliott gave Les Shaw his first loss
of the season winning 10-2 to end
Les's 10-game winning streak.
Afternoon action saw six teams
hit the ice full after a great
Christmas dinner and play suffered.
Results were Mac Inglis, 9; Lloyd
Wheeler, 4; Bill Deans, 11; Jim
Coultes, 4 and Stewart Leedham,
11; Norm Fairies, 6.
Sunday night, the Huron Perth
Major Midget Lakers hosted the
league's top-ranked team, the
Waterloo Wolves, in Goderich.
The Lakers were coming off an
impressive 9-0 victory, the previous
night, against the Chatham Kent
Cyclones and were looking to
improve upon their previous result
against the Wolves, however lost 5-2
in Waterloo in October. The Midgets
were able to improve their effort, but
still came up short, losing 3-2 in a
very tight game.
Waterloo scored the only goal of
the first, with each team trading
goals in both the second and third
periods. Tyler Masson scored both
goals for the home team. Kurtis
Bartliff and Scott Miller picked up
assists in the contest.
On Saturday night in Bothwell the
Lakers were coming off a 19-day
layoff and were hungry to play. The
game also marked the return of J.J.
Sparling, Andrew Van Vliet, Jared
Carr, and Lorenz Guntsenperger,
who had all been out since early
November with injuries.
The team exploded for six goals in
the first period and cruised to a 9-0
victory. Goals were scored by
Masson (two), Chris Holmes (two),
Mark Chaput, Colin Thompson,
Sparling, Guntensperger, and
Bartliff. ' -
Assists went to Bartliff (two),
"Spading (two), Mark Hazeleger
(two). Groenestege turned away all
of the shots he saw in goal to earn
the shutout.
The Major Midgets record now
stands at 14 wins, six losses and one
tie. They are third in the Alliance
League and second in the West
Division, behind the London Jr.
Knights. The team is ranked 33rd in
Canada and 15th in the province.
The Lakers played the Jr. Knights
Wednesday at 7 p.m. and take them
on again Saturday at 5 p.m. Both
games are at Medway Arena in
London.
The team is also in the Wexford
Major Midget Showcase
Tournament Dec. 26-28, in
Scarborough. At the 20-team
tournament, they will be facing
some of Ontario's top teams and are
in a division with the Toronto Red
Wings, the Bathe Jr. Colts, the
Clarington Toros, and the North
York Rangers.
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organized goal setter, role model
Selected Head Coaches are eligible to receive:
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Positions are also available for
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