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The Citizen, 2005-02-10, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2005. Sports Brussels Tykes A Brussels Tyke player tries to outskate two BCH players to the puck as four more Brussels players race in during a league game at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre on Saturday morning. (Jim Brown photo) Brussels Tykes win two Bantam Bulldogs win quarter­ finals, play Tiverton in semis The Blyth Bantam Bulldogs fought back from a two-game deficit to win their quarter-final series against Wallace. The series began in Blyth on Monday, Jan. 17. Although the Bulldogs played well they, were unable to match their Wallace opponents and lost 6-2. Scoring for Blyth were Tony Bean and Derek Youngblut. Earning assists were Brandon Gibson, Kenny Plunkett and Brad Greidanus. Game two was played on Friday, Jan. 21 at Wallace. Again the Bulldogs played well but in the end Jost 5-4. Scoring for Blyth were Youngblut, Lee Watkins, Gibson and Johnathon McDowell. Assists were earned by McDowell, Youngblut and Brett Courtney. Trailing two games to zero in the best-three-of-five series, the Bulldogs returned to home ice on Monday, Jan. 24. In this must-win situation, our dogs skated like they had never before and were able to defeat the Wallace team, 8-1. Scoring for Blyth were McDowell (three), Curtis Robertson, Youngblut, Greidanus, Gibson and Mat Stevenson. Earning assists were McDowell, Robertson, Youngblut, Bean, Gibson, Plunkett and Jordan Smith. Game four, another must-win game for Blyth, was played on Friday, Jan. 28 in Blyth and the hometown fans were not disappointed as the Bulldogs defeated Wallace 6-5. Scoring for Blyth were Robertson (three), McDowell (two) and Youngblut. Assists went to Greidanus, Smith. Stevenson and Roman Sturzenegger. With the series tied, two games to two, the Bantam Bulldogs returned to Wallace on Sunday, Jan. 30 for game five. Determined to capture the series and extend their winning streak the Dogs skated hard throughout the game. In the end. Blyth defeated Wallace 5-3 to win the series three games to two. Scoring for Blyth were Captain McDowell with four goals and Gibson. Robertson and Courtney earned assists. Minding the net for the series were Derek Mitchell and ‘Shiny’ Sean Cook. Playing defence for the Bulldogs was Thomas LeComte. Now it is on to Tiverton to play the WOAA semi-finals. This past weekend, the Brussels Tykes played a pair of games. On Saturday, the Tykes hosted BCH. In front of a large home crowd the squad did not disappoint. Midway through the first period, Mitch Kellington put the home side up 1-0 on an unassisted marker. Early in the second, Dawson Peachey put the Tykes up by two. Assisting on Peachey’s first goal of the year were Colton Hastings and Kellington. Before the second was over. BCH would net its only goal. The third period would see the Tykes keep up on the pressure, but be unable to net an insurance marker. In the end they still skated away with a 2-1 win. On Sunday the Tykes travelled to Listowel for an afternoon matinee. Midway through the first period, Kai Hiemstra would put the visitors on the scoreboard. Assisting on the goal were Jason Baxter and Hastings. A couple of minutes later. Wyatt Ducharme scored Brussels second goal of the game. Assists went to Ben Hruska and Peachey. Early in the second Listowel would cut the lead in half. Hiemstra would then net his second to restore the two-goal lead with assists going to Logan Clark and Scott Dolmage. Tim Waechter, on a nice end-to-end rush, scored Brussels’ fourth goal with assists going to Scott Baan and Matt McNichol. Late in the game, Ducharme would score Brussels’ fifth goal with an assist going to Kellington. The final score was 5-1 Brussels. McNichol played goal in both games and did a great job. Brussels sees action this weekend with pair of home games, Friday at 6:30 p.m. against Milverton and Saturday at 10 a.m. against Zurich. Atom girls play well The Blyth atom Girls hockey team headed to Walkerton on Saturday and had another great time. Lauren Cronin. Rebecca Chalmers and Mikayla Middegaal practised their passing skills, while Laura Higgins and Jeanette Plaetzer worked hard on defence. Courtney Middegaal, Kelsey Kerr and Shelsie Popp kept the play moving in the light direction. Justine Reid and Chloe Middegaal helped out on defence, giving the goalie some assistance. Jessie Walton had another great game in net. The highlight of the when Alisha Middegaal first goal of the season. The girls were unable game but the score of 6-1 was a much better showing than the previous score against the Walkerton team one of the best in the league. Kendra Prescott and Linda Plaetzer helped out with the team on Saturday. The team plays at home Saturday, Feb. 12 at 1 p.m. game was scored her to win the <llatentine>a Local League Atoms kept busy The Blyth Atom Local League team has been very busy recently. On Tuesday. Feb. 1, they traveled to Bayfield to play BCH. Steven Ellis collected a hattrick, scoring three of Blyth’s goals. Two were unassisted, while on the third goal the assist went to Cody K. Heidi Raynard collected the fourth goal for Blyth. She was assisted by Caroline McDowell and Jason Meier. Goalie Kennan MacDonald enjoyed a shutout game with the final score being 4-0 for Blyth. On Thursday, Feb. 3, Blyth hosted Kincardine II. Raynard was strong in net, not allowing any goals to be scored in the first period. Ellis started the scoring for Blyth in the second period with an unassisted goal. Kincardine also scored in the second. Ellis scored again in the third period, with an assist from Meier and Ronnie Vercruyssen. With just over one minute remaining McDowell and Alisha Middegaal sent the puck to Ellis to give Blyth the winning goal. The final score was 3-2 for Blyth. On Saturday, Feb. 5 Blyth traveled to Tiverton to play Kincardine I. Despite a valiant effort by all members of the team the final score was 9-0 for Kincardine. On Sunday, Feb. 6 Blyth headed to Lucknow. Despite having only eight skaters the team put forth a tremendous effort. MacDonald was solid in net. Early in the second period, after a scoreless first, the home team managed to score two goals. However, Blyth quickly responded. Ellis, assisted by Caroline McDowell, managed to put one up on the board for Blyth. Lucknow scored again; but Cody K. put one in the net for Blyth. The assist went to Raynard. With only 27 seconds remaining in the period Ellis popped one between the pipes. Blyth started the third period off very strong with Cody K. and Ellis each scoring unassisted. This gave Blyth a lead of 5-3. Unfortunately, late in the period Lucknow managed to sneak two goals in. The final score was 5-5. Wes Thompson, Laura Higgins, Vercruyssen and Meier also were strong in their positions for this very close game. Junior l\kes fall to BCH The Blyth Tyke II hockey team played BCH on Saturday, Feb. 5. Blyth pulled up their socks from their last meeting with BCH with the final score being 7 - 5 for BCH. Hunter Dale scored three for Blyth assisted by Dawson Coultes, Catherine Chalmers and Shelby Longstem Red Roses on Guaranteed 7 days in vase! /gn Luann’s Country Flowers & Gifts nil Blyth 523-4440 Higgins. Drew Bromley scored, assisted by Owen Weber and Dawson Coultes scored assisted by Amy Boyce. Justin Rodgers saw a lot of action around the net. Blyth played a good game with everyone giving their best, said coaches. 1. Please submit team photo A.S.A.P. 2. Please include players* and coaches* names for under the photo. Please help us get ALL the Winter Sports teams published. 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