Junior football

The Wallaceburg Tartans wrapped up the regular season with a convincing 22-13 win over Blenheim. The Tartans will now face the first-place UCC Lancers in the semi-fianls next Friday at 3:45. Head coach Rob MacLachlan says it will be a tough test going up against the bigger school. MacLachlan added it was a hard-fought win against a tough Blenheim squad. Simon Yazbeck had a one-yard TD run while Mark Kellett ran in a TD from 32 yards out. Josh Berkvens caught a 34 yard TD from Robert Griffioen as well.

In the other game, the top ranked UCC Lancers couldn’t finish the regular season undefeated. The C-K Golden Hawks completed the upset, winning 21-14. C-K finishes second in the league, and will host Blenheim next week in the other semi-final.

Girls rugby

The Blenheim Bobcats, beat the UCC Lancers 29-21 to defend their Kent championship. The Bobcats came back from 12 points back for the win, they also dropped both regular season games to the top-seeded lancers.

Senior boys soccer

McGregor beat Pain Court 4-1. Nate St.Pierre scored a pair for the Panthers

C-K blanked UCC 2-0

Tilbury hammered the LK Cardinals 8-2. James Shelton scored both Cardinals goals, while Jake Huiting scored 4 goals for the Titans.

Senior girls soccer

UCC slipped past C-K 1-0. Riley Vanderydt scored the game’s lone goal for the Lancers.

And McGregor doubled up Pain Court 4-2.

Local minor soccer

The Westbrook Flower Shop U17 Sting Girls’ soccer team played their London District Youth Soccer League season opener in London last night, beating the Marconi squad 3-0. Emily Pepper had the hat-trick while Jeannine Baxter recorded the shut-out. The girls home opener is tonight at Steinoff Park against Nairn. Kick-off is set for 6:30.

Stanley Cup Finals

The LA Kings have a commanding 3-0 lead over Phoenix after a 2-1 win last night in Game 3. Anze Kopitar and Dwight King scored for the Kings, while Johnathon Quick stopped 18 shots for the win. The sweep can be completed Sunday in LA.

NBA Playoffs

Miami 75 at 94 Indiana – The Heat are now trailing 2-1 in the series.

LA Clippers 88 at 105 San Antonio – The Spurs lead 2-0.

MLB

Minnesota 4 at 3 Detroit
NY Yankees 1 at 4 Toronto

Seattle 5 at 6 Cleveland
Cincinnati 4 at 9 NY Mets
Oakland 5 at 4 Texas
Baltimore 5 at 3 Kansas City
Arizona 9 at 7 Colorado
Chicago WSox 6 at 1 LA Angels
St. Louis 5 at 7 San Francisco
Pittsburgh 5 at 3 Washington
Boston 5 at 3 Tampa Bay
Miami 0 at 7 Atlanta
Philadelphia 8 at 7 Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee 0 at 4 Houston
LA Dodgers 8 at 1 San Diego

Breanne Nicholas of the Blenheim Bobcats - CKSN.ca Photo

Although UCC entered as the higher ranked team, Blenheim came on strong in the second half of the season and carried that into the championship game beating the Lancers 29-21 for the Kent crown.

Breanne Nicholas and Jean Kelly scored tries for Blenheim in the first 20 minutes, before UCC settled down and used a ball control game to march down the field, scoring and converting twice to lead 14-12 at the half.

In the second half, Nancy Knelson scored a quick try off a penalty before UCC again answered back.

UCC star Breanne Nicholas then scored twice to put her team up for good.

This is the second straight year Blenheim has defeated UCC in the Kent final.

Both teams are off to SWOSSA next Thursday the 24th. UCC will visit Northern at 4pm in the AAA/AAAA level game, while Blenheim will play at St.Christopher in the A/AA game at 4:30pm.

This is his first season playing Junior A lacrosse. Through three games Herreweyers tops all scorers with 8 goals and 12 assists for 20 points.

In the opening game of the season against the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves, Herreweyers got off to a hot start scoring 4 goals and adding 6 assists, helping his Peterborough Junior Lakers to a 15-12 win.

Against the Burlington Chiefs, Peterborough won their second of the season 12-9, with a 7 point performance from Herrewyers including 2 goals.

In a tight scoring third game, Peterborough against came out on top defeating the Six Nations Arrows 7-5. Herreweyers had 2 goals and an assist in the win.

With the perfect record, Peterborough now sits atop the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse league standings, with Herreweyers as the team and league leading scorer. Herreweyers has 11 more points than the next highest scorer on the Peterborough roster.

Herreweyers is committed to play for the Loyola University Field Lacrosse program.

Peterborough plays St. Catherines tonight (Friday) and Toronto Sunday.

Junior Football

The Wallaceburg Tartans will be at home, hosting the Blenheim Bobcats. It’s an important game in terms of playoff seeding, as the 2-3 Tartans and 3-2 Bobcats play their final game of the regular season. Kick off is set for 3:45.

Girls rugby

The Kent Championship will be decided today as the lenheim Bobcats head to the Pines to face the Lancers. It’s a re-match of last season and the game gets under way at 4 p.m.

Senior boys and girls soccer

The L-K Cardinals from Dresden hit the road in Tilbury. Both games start at 4 p.m.

C-K hosts UCC.

And the Panthers head to Pain Court to face the Patriotes.

JRB Lacrosse

The Wallaceburg Red Devils rallied late to beat the London Blue Devils 10-9. Jordan Vandamme led the way with 4 goals and two assists, while Clint Lamarsh had 3 goals and 3 assists, while Robbie Pollock had a goal and 5 assists. The squad will head to Six Nations on Friday night in their contest.

Keeping with lacrosse

Wallaceburg’s Nate Carroll has signed on with Adrian College, committing to their Division III Field Lacrosse program for next season. The grade 12 student, who attends UCC is playing box lacrosse for the Wallaceburg Red Devils and he played field lacrosse this past summer for the St. Clair Spirit..

Stanley Cup Playoffs

The New Jersey Devils rallied back to beat the New York Rangers last night 3-2, nodding uo the series a one game apiece. David Clarkson scored the game winner at the 2:31 mark of the third period. Game 3 shifts to New Jersey on Saturday afternoon… the puck drops at 1 p.m.

Game 3 between the LA Kings and the Phoenix Coyotes gets under way this evening in California. The Kings have dominated so far, and lead the series 2-0. Puck drops at 9 p.m.

NBA Playoffs

Boston 107 at 91 Philadelphia – The Celts lead the series 2-1

LA Lakers 75 at 77 Oklahoma City – The Thunder hold a 2-0 lead in the series

MLB

NY Yankees 1 at 8 Toronto – Going deep for the Bluie Birds: Jose Bautista (9), Edwin Encarnacion (13), Kelly Johnson (8), J.P. Arencibia (4). Kyle Drabek got back on track with a seven inning three hitter for his 3rd win of the season .

Minnesota 11 at 7 Detroit

LA Dodgers 2 at 4 San Diego
Seattle 3 at 9 Cleveland
Pittsburgh 4 at 7 Washington
Boston 1 at 2 Tampa Bay
Cincinnati 6 at 3 NY Mets
Miami 8 at 4 Atlanta
Philadelphia 9 at 2 Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee 3 at 8 Houston
Oakland 1 at 4 Texas
Baltimore 4 at 3 Kansas City
Arizona 1 at 6 Colorado
Chicago WSox 2 at 7 LA Angels
St. Louis 4 at 1 San Francisco

Last night, Jamie Moyer of the Colorado Rockies became the oldest player in Major League Baseball history to drive in a run. He turned 49 on November 18th of last year. He actually drove in two runs on the play. It was barely a hit at all, but it was in a perfect spot and he beat the tag at first base

Seth Griffith scoring the OHL Championship game winner - Photo copyright OHL Images/Terry Wilson

The tournament will run from May 17 to May 27 with each team completing a round robin before the playoff round beging.

Griffith enters as the regular season scoring leader and forward playoff scoring leader for the OHL representatives London Knights. In the OHL final, Griffith scored the series clinching goal against the Niagara Ice Dogs in game 5.

During the tournament, the London Knights will take on the Edmonton Oil Kings, who were the Western Hockey League champions, the Saint John Sea Dogs, who won the Quebec League and are the reigning Memorial Cup champions, as well as host team, the Shawinigan Cataractes who saw an early exit from the QMJHL playoffs.

Griffith and the Knights open the tournament May 19 against Saint John, followed by a game against Shawinigan the following day. London will then have 2 days off before facing Edmonton on May 22.

To open the tournament Thursday, the Ballhawks will play Storm ICE from Aurora, followed by Winnipeg’s Skyline Volleyball Club, and face the Voyageurs in their final game.

Following these games, the Ballhawks will be placed into ranked pools for their second day of play.

In November, the Chatham U16 Ballhawks competed in a local U17 tournament at Chatham-Kent Secondary School grabbing gold against the older competition.

Nathan Carroll playing field lacrosse at PEAK Academy - Photo from Facebook

The grade 12 student, who attends Ursuline College in Chatham currently plays box lacrosse for the Wallaceburg Red Devils and played field lacrosse this past summer for the St. Clair Spirit.

“I am proud to committ to Adrian College for many reasons such as academics, lacrosse, adn the sense of being an Adrian College Bulldog,” Carroll told CKSN.

Over the past 3 months, Carroll exposed himself to NCAA recruiters by attending camps in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts where he also worked to improve his knowledge and field lacrosse skills with other NCAA players.

In seven games with the Red Devils Junior B squad this season, Carroll has a goal and 7 assists. Playing in 12 games this summer for the St. Clair Spirt field lacrosse program, Carroll finished second in team scoring with 15 goals and 8 assists.

Carroll also credited the Wallaceburg Lacrosse system for much of his success as a player,

“Growing through the Wallaceburg Lacrosse system I have had many coaches teach me the game on the floor and field,” said Carroll.

Last season, Adrian College finished with a 17-2 overall record and were the Midwest Lacrosse Conference Champions. The Bulldogs lost to the #8th ranked team in the country (Denison) 12-11 in double overtime of the NCAA National Tournament.

Carroll is the second Wallaceburg Lacrosse product to committ to an NCAA program this year, as Zach Herreweyers, who is currently playing Junior A lacrosse in Peterborough committed to play Division I field lacrosse for Loyola University. Herreweyers is also a member of the Canadian National Junior team that will compete this summer in Finland.

After jumping out to a 2-0 lead for the third straight game, Wallaceburg fell behind in the first period exiting the frame down 5-4. Mike Myers and Red Miller had the early Wallaceburg goals, before VanDamme scored back to back goals to close out the game.

In the second, London extended their lead again while Clint Lamarsh picked up two goals for the Red Devils to keep the home club in the game.

The third period however, saw the Red Devils burn the Blue Devils with a late comeback. Rob Pollock got the scoring start, but London answered quickly. Then, Lamarsh scored, followed by another pair from VanDamme to tie and win the game.

VanDamme finished the game with 4 goals and 2 assists, while Lamarsh had 3 goals and 3 assists, and Pollock had a goal and 5 assists.

Wallaceburg, who sits atop the Far West division standings will travel to Six Nations Friday.

The Pool Sharks had some outstanding swims and leading the Chatham swimmers with hardware was 9 year old David Tran, bringing home 8 medals (5 of them being gold in the 10/under boys division).

Other Chatham Pool Sharks Highlights from the Meet Include:

• Jake Landriault was swimming his heart out in every event but somehow kept on missing the regional cut by a small margin. It came to the last and final race and he gave everything he had in the 100 Fly and ended up qualifying for his first ever regional championships as well as receiving a Bronze medal.
• Madelaine Tran, who just like Jake, swam every event and kept on missing the regional standard. In her last event she was able to take off over 20 seconds to qualify for her first ever regional championships as well. Madelaine is only 7 years old and she made the 9/under standard. Coach Reg believes that she is the youngest CYPS swimmer to ever qualify for the regional championships.
• Celia Nogueira was also in the 100 fly and it was the last and final chance for her to make regionals. She took off enough time to get the regional cut. This is her first time making the regional 9/under girls standard.
• Michelle St. Pierre had a race she will never forget. She has improved so much since starting with the Sharks earlier this year and has managed to get her first ever regional cut as an 11 year old girl in the 100 free.
• Carolyn Tran had a great weekend. She was in the 200 breastroke and a swimmer from OAK beat her for the gold medal. On Sunday it was the 100 breastroke and Carolyn was going into finals ranked 2nd next to the same swimmer who beat her in the 200 breastroke. She was able to fight through the pain of the race and out touch the OAK swimmer by .02 for the gold medal.

Top 8 performances

Madison Broad- 6th 50breast, SILVER 50back, 8th 50fly, 5th 200IM, 8th 400free, 100breast and 4th 100backBrock Carlson- 8th 50free, 7th 100free, 4th 100breast, 8th 100back
Kristopher Chauvin- 6th 50backTyler Cummings- 4th 50breast, 6th 200breast, 5th 100breast
Nicole Depooter- 8th 50breast, 6th 50back, 8th 100back, 8th 400IM
Joslyn Dunlop- 5th 50back, 7th 200back
Jack Gillis- 5th 50free, 4th 50back, 100back, 50fly, BRONZE 100free, GOLD 100breast, GOLD 100fly
Jacob Landriault- 5th 100free, 8th 100breast, BRONZE 100fly
Zach McGlynn- 7th 50free, 6th 50fly, 400free, 4th 100free, BRONZE 100back, SILVER 50back
Genevieve Sasseville- SILVER 50fly, 5th 100fly
Chuckles Schepanowski- 5th 50breast, 8th 200breast, 8th 100breast
Carolyn Tran- 8th 100free, 6th 50free, 4th 200IM, SILVER 200breast, GOLD 100breast, SILVER 50breast
David Tran- 5th 50breast, BRONZE 50back, SILVER 50free, SILVER 50fly, GOLD 200im, GOLD 100free, GOLD 400free, GOLD 200free, GOLD 100back
Matthew Vasey- 6th 100fly

Photo by Todd Samson

Rich dominated the fight for all three rounds using aggressive takedowns and top control, and Winston had no answer for Rich’s strength and wrestling. Winston, a blue belt in BJJ did have answers for Rich’s submissions and Josh was unable to secure a finish on the Michigan fighter. This fight marks the only time that Rich has had to go the distance and was a very good test for the Dresden native.

Josh also showcased his stand-up as well and according to his coach Thomas Armstrong, it was his toughest test to date. Rich improves to 5-1 in his amatuer career and has now won two fights in a row in 2012.

There is no date set for his first title defense, and Rich will be looking to apply for his Pro application in the next few months.

Steele Takes Another Gold at The Ontario Open
Another jiu-jitsu competition on the weekend for Justin Steele, another gold medal. Such has been the ho-hum year for the 16-year old Gracie Barra Chatham star.

Steele competed in the prestigious Ontario Open BJJ championships this past weekend in Toronto in the Adult Blue Belt division.

There were 34 competitors in the division and Steele went an incredible 5-0 to take home the gold medal. He won three fights by points and two via submission finish on his way to taking home the top prize.

Steele went on to compete in the the Absolute division and beat the heavyweight silver medalist via triangle choke. He then found himself up against a man much bigger and heavier than he is in facing the Ultra Heavy Gold medalist. Steele did not shy away from the much bigger man, narrowly missed two sweeps and attempted three triangle chokes but was unable to put the big man away, eventually losing the match 4-0. His opponent went on to win Gold in the Absolute division.

Steele continues an incredible year on the mat and will now focus on the World Championships in Long Beach California at the end of the month. Two other Gracie Barra grapplers will join Steele at the worlds as Zach Fournier and coach Thomas Armstrong will also be competing in the event that takes place from May 31 to June 2.