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22 - Southpoint Sun Wednesday, December 11, 2019
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Sharks’ scoring drought vs. Habs continuesBy Bryan Jessop
For the third time this season, the Stobbs Division leaders built all wall around their net the Wheatley Omstead Sharks could not scale.
A Wednesday, Dec. 4 match between the Sharks and Lakeshore Canadiens at Wheatley Area Arena ended in a 2-0 final for the guests, leaving Wheatley scoreless against the defend-ing division champs thus far in 2019-’20. The loss put the Sharks two games under .500 for a 0-2-0-0 record in the regular season’s second half.
Special teams proved Wheatley’s downfall in the first period, where two man advantages offered the hosts little in the way of scoring chances while the Canadiens opened the scoring 14 seconds into their first power play. Dylan Bradley launched a wrist shot that struck traffic to beat Kyle Metson for the 1-0 lead and then found the mesh again more than five minutes later during a two-on-one rush. His second successful shot found the top right corner from the opposite side after grazing a stick along the way.
The visitors outshot the Sharks 8-6 by the end of the first frame.Lakeshore tripled the Sharks on the shot counter — 9-3 — in the second period, but Met-
son stood tall to prevent the scoring gap from widening. Wheatley’s offense warmed up in the third period, where the hosts took their turn outshooting the opposition by a 3-1 margin, 12-4. This time it was Canadiens goalie Romano Liburdi who put on a display between the pipes, keeping the Sharks scoreless through 180 minutes between the two PJHL teams. Met-son raced to the bench with 2:05 to go in exchange for a sixth attacker, but his team couldn’t put a mark on the scoresheet.
The teams were an even 21-each on shots — the lowest for the Canadiens’ offence in a sin-gle game thus far for 2019-’20 — although Lakeshore was one for five on the man advantage while Wheatley was held to zero for six. The shutout was the third straight for the defending division champions, who’ve allowed two goals in their past eight games.
“I thought we played a good game,” noted Sharks head coach Josh Carnevale. “We weren’t fortunate with the bounces and they’re a deep and talented team — they’re in first place for a reason. The power play has been our Achilles heel all year. We’ve tried changing structure and personnel, but we can’t seem to get it to click at game time. That’s what decided the (December 4) game last night.”
One day after hosting the Canadiens, the Sharks took on the role as visiting team against the Petrolia Flyers. Wheatley lost the game in a score of 6-4 after being provided tallies by Brett Enns, Ryan Wall, Drew Denomey and in the second period, Shannon Olsen.
Sunday, Dec. 8 brought the Sharks to Amherstburg, where a 3-1 score favoured Wheatley. Sharks’ goals were scored by Denomey with two and Alixe Saliba with the other to break the three game losing streak.
Wheatley’s next home game will take place Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. against the Dresden Kings.
The Sharks’ Drew Denomey looks back after delivering a pass before Andrew Thomas can stop him during the first period of a Stobbs Division game at Wheatley Area Arena Wednesday, Dec. 4. Lakeshore won 2-0 on a pair of first period goals by Dylan Bradley. (Southpoint Sun Photo)
KDHS senior boysbasketball vs. Sandwich
The Cavaliers’ Evan Benko makes a sidearm pass to a teammate while two Sandwich defenders surround him during the first half of a WECSSAA Tier II senior boys basketball game at KDHS Thursday, Dec. 5. Sandwich jumped out to a 32-17 lead by halftime on their way to a 59-40 win. The match was followed by a junior boys basketball game between the Cavs and Sabres, won 55-26 by Sandwhich. (Southpoint Sun Photo)
Southpoint Peewee Blue vs. Essex Ravens YellowSouthpoint’s Mario Perez (middle) races for the puck on Saturday, Nov. 30 as the Southpoint Capitals LL Peewee Blue took on the Essex Ravens Yellow at home in Wheatley. The game ended in a 4-4 tie. (Submitted Photo)
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Golden Years Golf
Forty-one Gold-en Years golfers carded a respect-able 77 aces on December 5 at Co-lasanti’s Tropical Gardens. Al Rutter had the most aces with five.
The top scorer of the day was Bill Ward with 16 over nine holes, 35 for 18 holes and 71 for 36 holes.
In first place was Team 14 with 235 (Tom Hyatt, Randy Nash, Al Rutter). Team Aces was in second with 238 (Marie Lasi, Mike Binder, Bill Ward). In third was Team 6 with 244 (Julia Kos, Bill Taylor, Lloyd Honey).
Play continues every Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Cola-santi’s.
