Blyth Brussels Crusaders to host U6, U7, U8 Jamborees this Saturday

BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN

This weekend will be a fun one for the youngest Blyth Brussels Crusaders of the bunch as the association hosts its annual Jamboree for U6, U7 and U8 teams in both Blyth and Brussels.

That means that, locally, the U8 Burgundy and White Crusader teams will be taking part in the Jamboree in Blyth, while the U6 and U7 White and Burgundy teams will be busy playing in Brussels. Teams from Clinton and Seaforth, Saugeen Valley, Kincardine, Goderich, Mitchell, Lucknow and Wingham and Wallace will all make the trip to the area for the tournaments.
In other tournament action, the U13 LL Crusaders will be in Seaforth and Hensall to take part in the annual Doug Perkes Tournament, beginning on Friday with games against the Mid-Huron Huskies and the Schomberg Red Wings, followed by a Saturday contest with the Saugeen Valley Steelheads.

Also that day, the U18 LL team will head to Ripley for the annual Ripley District Lions Club Tournament, beginning on Saturday with a game against the Kincardine Kinucks.

In regular season action on Friday night, the U11 LL Crusaders will play the Listowel Cyclones and the U11 Rep team will play the Minto Mad Dogs, both in Brussels. The next day, the U9 LL Crusaders will play the Hornets in Howick and the U9 MD team will play the Mitchell Meteors, also on the road.

To round out the weekend on Sunday, the U11 Rep team will be in Kincardine to play the Kinucks, the U18 LL Crusaders will play the Huron-Bruce Blizzard Grey team in Brussels, the U9 LL team will play the Wingham Ironmen in Blyth and the U15 LL team will be in Mitchell to play the Meteors.

On Monday, Feb. 10, the U18 LL Crusaders will host the Kincardine Kinucks in Blyth, followed by Feb. 12 games between the U18 LL Crusaders and the Mitchell Meteors in Blyth and the U15 LL Crusaders and the Mid-Huron Huskies on the road in Hensall.
That next weekend, beginning on Valentine’s Day, the U18 Rep team will be in Exeter for the annual Exeter U18 Rep Tournament, beginning with Feb. 14 games against the Riverside Rangers and the Mitchell Meteors, followed by a Saturday game with the Lucan Irish.

Looking back, on Monday, the U15 LL team lost to the Mitchell Meteors in Blyth by a score of 8-2, while the U18 LL Crusaders lost their game against the Goderich Sailors on the road by a score of 3-1. The U7 White and Burgundy teams played a pair of Goderich Sailors teams in Blyth that night as well, but scores were not kept for those games.

On Sunday, the U8 Burgundy and White teams played a pair of Mitchell Meteors teams in Blyth, but scores were not kept for those games. The U18 Rep team lost to the Kincardine Kinucks on the road by a score of 6-3, the U9 LL Crusaders lost to the Listowel Cyclones by a score of 7-5 and the U11 LL Crusaders lost to the Minto Mad Dogs, both in Blyth, by a score of 14-0.
On the road, the U15 Rep team beat the Mount Forest Rams by a score of 4-3, the U13 LL Crusaders lost to the Mitchell Meteors Black team by a score of 5-0 and the U18 LL Crusaders lost to the Mitchell Meteors by a score of 7-0.

On Feb. 1, the U9 MD Crusaders lost to the Mitchell Meteors by a score of 4-2 and the U13 Rep team beat the Bruce Peninsula Predators, both in Blyth, by a score of 6-2. The U15 Rep team lost to the Listowel Cyclones by a score of 5-1, also in Blyth, while the U6 team played the Mid-Huron Huskies in Brussels, but a score was not kept for that game.

The U18 Rep team beat the Mid-Huron Huskies in Brussels by a score of 6-2 and the U11 LL ended their exhibition game with the Wingham Ironmen at the Belgrave Community Centre tied at four.

Also that day, the U13 LL team played the Zurich Thunder in Brussels, the U8 White team played the Mid-Huron Huskies in Clinton and the U15 LL team played the Mid-Huron Huskies in Hensall, but scores for those games were not available at press time.

On Friday, Jan. 31, the U11 LL team lost to the Central Perth Predators by a score of 11-1 and the U21 team lost to the Listowel Cyclones, both in Brussels, by a score of 3-1.

Over the course of that weekend, the U11 Rep team played in the annual South Bruce Blades Tournament in the Teeswater area, first losing to the host South Bruce Blades on Friday by a score of 4-1 and then tying the Shallow Lake Lakers at five later that day.

On Saturday, the team lost to the Penetang Flames by a score of 6-1. Also that day, the U9 LL team was in action in Drayton for that association’s annual Jamboree. The team lost to Kincardine 1 by a score of 2-1 before beating the Fergus Fusion by a score of 6-1 and then losing to another Kincardine team by a score of 5-4.

On Jan. 30, the U13 LL team lost to the Wingham Ironmen Yellow team on the road by a score of 5-0, while, back on Jan. 28, the U18 Rep team was in Mitchell and lost by a score of 8-0 to the Meteors.

On Feb. 4, the U18 Rep team was scheduled to host the Saugeen Shores Storm and the U15 Rep team was due to play the Kincardine Kinucks, both in Brussels, followed by three Feb. 5 games between the U13 LL Crusaders and the Listowel Cyclones and the U18 LL team and the Mid-Huron Huskies, both in Blyth, and the U9 MD Crusaders and the Mitchell Meteors in Brussels, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time.