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Serving the Community since 1866 Listowel Banner SPORTS Cycs fall behind 2-1 in Midwestern quarter-final ference’s hottest team entering the post- Listowel Juniors take season, going 9-1-0-0 over their last 10 Game 1, Stratford roars games of the regular season. Game 1 back for series lead Verbeek and netminder Evan Morrison stole the show in Game 1, as the pair led WARRIORS 5 FINAL the Cyclones to an early 1-0 series lead CYCLONES 1 with a 5-2 win. Morrison stopped 41 shots – including a DAN MCNEE 17-shot barrage in the third period – for his [email protected] 12th career playoff victory with Listowel. The Cyclones were outshot 43-23 overall LISTOWEL – After making the most of and trailed 2-1 midway through the second their chances in Game 1 of the 2020 Mid- before Verbeek took over the game offen- western Conference quarter-finals, the Lis- sively. towel Cyclones have found those chances The Flesherton native brought Listowel more recently hard to come by in their even at 10:06 of the second with an un- best-of-seven playoff series with the Strat- assisted short-handed tally. After Rylan ford Warriors. Dan McNee Photos Bowers gave the Cyclones a 3-2 lead at CLUTCH PERFORMANCE – The Listowel Bantam Cyclones celebrate Jeremy Hamilton’s The fifth-seeded Cyclones overcame a 11:27 of the third on the power play, Ver- game-tying goal with 12 seconds left in regulation in Game 1 of the OMHA ‘B’ semifinals on heavy shot differential in Game 1 to pre- beek scored another unassisted goal five Feb. 29 in Listowel. The Cyclones would cap the comeback with a 4-3 overtime win to take vail 5-2 over the No. 4 Warriors on Feb. minutes later, and added an empty netter in the series-opening contest with the Prince Edward County Kings, who would go on to win 26, backed by top-line forward Trent Ver- the final minute of regulation to complete Game 2 the following night. beek’s hat trick. The party would be short- the hat trick. Bowers finished with a goal lived, however, with Game 2 seeing a more and an assist, while Brenden Clayton also determined Stratford squad take a 5-1 win scored for Listowel. OMHA semifinal matchups in Listowel on Feb. 29, and then repeated Evan Dowd and Aaron Davidson scored the effort back at Allman Arena for a 6-1 for Stratford, with Tyler Parr taking the victory in Game 3 on March 1. loss in goal with 18 saves. underway for two LMH clubs The Warriors were the Midwestern Con- Continued on page 9 the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex by Midget AE Cyclones a 3-1 score. The Midget AE Cyclones are coming off a 6-2 series victory over jump out to quick Mitchell in the OMHA quarter-finals. Listowel has a chance to sweep its semi- Local curlers compete at lead over Huntsville, final series on March 6 in Huntsville; if necessary Game 4 will be March 7 back Bantam Reps even at the Kerr Complex at 7 p.m. provincial mixed doubles The OMHA Bantam ‘B’ semifinal be- with P.E. County tween Listowel and the Prince Edward County Kings got off to an exciting start curling championship KINGS 3 on Saturday night at the Kerr Complex, FINAL (OT) Mike Wilson among the 48 curlers in ston rink continued their CYCLONES 4 with the Cyclones rallying from a 3-1 mwilson@ the event. winning ways with a trio deficit to take Game 1 in overtime, 4-3. midwesternnewspapers.com Despite a stellar perfor- of wins – 9-5 against Me- DAN MCNEE Continued on page 9 mance in the round robin lissa and Scott Foster, 9-1 [email protected] BROCKVILLE – Lo- portion of the event, Wil- against Kristina Wannan cal curling rinks were son and teammate Scott and Derek Corman, and LISTOWEL – It’s getting down to the well represented this past Dow came up short in 7-6 over Ryan Thomas nitty gritty in the 2020 Ontario Minor weekend at the Ontario their bid for the champi- and Sierra Sutherland – Hockey Association (OMHA) play- Mixed Doubles Cham- onship. to finish the round robin downs, with two Listowel squads only pionship in Brockville, Currently ranked No. 29 portion of the event with a few wins away from capturing their with one local curler in Canada and curling out a 5-0 record and the top respective provincial titles. coming home with the of the Palmerston Curl- spot in Pool C. The Midget AE Cyclones took a quick illustrious provincial ing Club, the duo started As a result of finishing in 4-0 series lead on points last weekend, championship banner. the week strong on Feb. the top spot of the pool, cruising to a pair of wins over the Hunts- Harriston Curling Club’s ville Otters. Listowel took the opening 28 with a 13-2 win over Wilson and Dow gained AT THE DOT – Harrison Meulensteen takes Shane Konings (formerly Thomas Taplay and Cait- an automatic berth into game of the first-to-six-points series in of Gowanstown), Lynd- decisive fashion, blanking the Otters 7-0 a third-period draw during Game 1; the cen- lyn Evely and a 7-6 win the quarter-finals, facing tre would score the game-winning goal for sey Wilson of Palmerston over Jessica Shipmaker Ilderton’s Catherine and on Feb. 29 in Huntsville. Listowel then and Shawn and Katie won Game 2 on Sunday night back at Listowel in the extra frame. and Mike Aprile. Chris Liscumb. Cottrill of Belgrave were On Feb. 29, the Palmer- Continued on page 9

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Head Office Harriston St. Marys Listowel 519.510.1010 519.661.3500 519.291.3500 Contributed Photo PROVINCIAL CHAMPS – Former Gowanstown resident and local curler Shane Konings and Lauren Wasylkiw won the Ontario Mixed Doubles Curling Championship on Sunday Visit us at www.donhamilton.com evening in Brockville. The duo curls out of the Unionville Curling Club in Markham. SPORTS Thursday, March 5, 2020 - The Listowel Banner - Page 9 Stratford offense takes control of Midwest quarter-final Continued from page 8 Game 2 The Cyclones scored on their first shot of the game late in the first period, but there wouldn’t be many more high- lights for the club in a 5-1 loss to the Warriors on Saturday night at the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex. Game 2 was shifted to Saturday after heavy snow squalls throughout the area prevented travel on Friday. And de- spite being on their heels for most of the opening frame, Listowel managed to take a brief 1-0 lead when Tyler Hot- son’s backhand fooled Rhett Kimmel on the Cyclones’ first shot of the game. Thomas Gangl picked up the lone assist. But then it would be all Stratford the rest of the way; Clayton Lewis and Drew Welsch scored in the second to make it 2-1, and then Carter Schoonderwoerd, Mitchell Casey (PPG) and Dowd (PPG) put the game away with third-period markers. Kimmel took the win with a 15-save performance. The Warriors scored on both of their two power-play opportunities. Morrison stopped 28 shots in front of 475 Kerr Complex attendees.

Game 3 It was much the same script for Game 3 on Sunday night back in Stratford, as six different Warriors potted goals for a 6-1 victory and a 2-1 series lead. Stratford scored six unanswered goals before David Ma- bey got the Cyclones on the board with the man advantage in the waning minutes of regulation. Bowers picked up the Dan McNee Photo lone assist. LANE CLOSURE – winger Tyler Healey looks to speed around defender Malcolm McLeod Welsch and Callan Christner scored in the first, Drew Fer- during the second period of Game 2 of the Midwestern Conference quarter-finals on Feb. 29 at the Kerr Complex. After winning ris and Cole Melady tallied in the second, and Schoonder- Game 1, Listowel fell in the next two to face a 2-1 series deficit heading into Game 4 on March 4. woerd and Camden Daigle found twine in the third for the Warriors. Kimmel picked up his second win in as many nights with 23 saves. Morrison got the start for Listowel but was pulled early Konings, Team Cottrill advance to nationals in the second period in favour of Dixon Grimes after al- Continued from page 8 finished fourth in Pool B and failed K-W Granite Club team they lost lowing three goals on 13 shots. Grimes also allowed three The Ilderton rink finished the round to qualify for the playoff round. to the night before, again an 8-4 goals on the 21 shots he faced. robin with a 4-1 record, good for The news for local curling fans match. They went on to defeat a St. The series shifted back to Listowel for Game 4 on March second in Pool B. wasn’t all bad. Catharines rink in the quarter-finals 4, but as of press time the result is unknown. Game 5 is Wilson and Dow got off to a slow Konings, playing with Lauren by a score of 6-3 and won their scheduled for Friday, March 6 in Stratford at 7:30 p.m. start, giving up two in the first end Wasylkiw out of the Unionville semi-finals match against a fellow If necessary, Game 6 goes in Listowel on Sunday, March and one in the second end, and were Curling Club, were crowned the rink from Unionville 6-1 to advance 8 at 3:30 p.m. Game 7 would be March 9 in Stratford at unable to recover. The local rink Ontario Mixed Doubles Champions to the finals Sunday evening. 7:30 p.m. scored one in the third end before after taking the long way to the title In the finals, Konings and Wasyl- giving up one in the fourth, one in match on Sunday. kiw took on the Ilderton rink who the fifth and two in the sixth. After The pair, ranked #27 in Canada, eliminated Wilson and Dow in the 2020 Midwestern Conference the sixth end, the pair conceded the started the week with a 6-4 win over quarter-finals. Quarter-Finals game, losing 7-1 and were eliminat- Mount Forest’s McKenna McGov- The Liscumbs got off to a quick ed from the event. ern and Sam Steep before losing start, scoring a point in the first and (1) v. (8) Bandits Representing the Wingham Curl- a 7-6 decision to a Grimsby rink. second end before Konings and (Kings win series 4-0) ing Club, the Cottrills were unable Konings and Wasylkiw then won Wasylkiw scored a pair in the third Feb. 26 – Brantford 0, Elmira 7 to defend the provincial title they their next two games – a 10-2 deci- and stole one in the fourth to take Feb. 29 – Elmira 4, Brantford 3 (OT) won last year. sion over a Maitland Curling Club a 3-2 lead. The Liscumbs scored a March 1 – Brantford 3, Elmira 8 Currently ranked #9 in Canada, the rink and a tight 7-6 win over an Ot- pair in the fifth to regain the lead. March 2 – Elmira 6, Brantford 1 WCC curlers won their first game tawa rink – before dropping their In the sixth, Konings and Wasylkiw at the event, 8-5 over a rink from final round robin game to a K-W scored two, then stole one in the (2) v. (7) Brampton Bombers Quinte. The Cottrills then dropped Granite Club rink 8-4. seventh and two in the eighth to win (Dutchmen lead series 3-1) their next two games – both by a Konings and Wasylkiw finished the the game 8-4. Feb. 26 – Brampton 0, Kitchener 6 score of 7-5 – to a Guelph rink and round robin with a 3-2 record, good As Ontario champions, Konings Feb. 28 – Kitchener 6, Brampton 4 the Liscumbs of Ilderton. They re- for third place in Pool B. and Wasylkiw will now compete in Feb. 29 – Brampton 4, Kitchener 2 bounded with a 9-2 win over a St. On Sunday, the duo needed to win the 2020 Canadian Mixed Curling March 1 – Kitchener 7, Brampton 2 Catharines duo before dropping four games to win the title, and they Championships as Team Ontario. March 4 – Brampton @ Kitchener their fifth game of the round robin did just that. The national event takes place from to a Unionville team, 10-4. In the tiebreaker game, Konings March 17-22 in Portage La Prairie, (3) Cambridge Redhawks v. (6) With a record of 2-3, the Cottrills and Wasylkiw defeated the same Manitoba. (Series tied 1-1) Feb. 29 – Waterloo 3, Cambridge 6 March 1 – Cambridge 2, Waterloo 3 (OT) March 3 – Waterloo @ Cambridge OMHA semifinals continue this weekend Continued from page 8 up the Cyclones 4-2 in Listowel. 6 and 7, respectively. If necessary, (4) Stratford Warriors v. (5) Listowel Cyclones Down 2-1 heading into the third pe- Tied 2-2, the series shifts to Bel- Game 5 goes back in Listowel on (Warriors lead series 2-1) riod, the Bantam Reps allowed an- leville for Games 3 and 4 on March March 8 at 6 p.m. Feb. 26 – Listowel 5, Stratford 2 other goal to the Kings ear- Feb. 29 – Stratford 5, Listowel 1 ly in the final frame. 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Dan McNee Photos ALADDIN ON ICE – The Listowel Skating Club presented its 2020 showcase ‘Aladdin On Ice’ at the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex on Feb. 29. Pictured, clockwise from above: Maianh Strickert and Marcus Elliott; Jeremy Hamilton, Valerie Hamilton and Abby Zyta (faces hidden Tessa Paleczny and Madison Jurjens); Dakota Bak- ker; Valerie Hamilton performs a solo; Konrad Hoffman as Abu; Abby Zyta performs a solo; Zoe Charters, Katelyn Fizell, Hailey Mayberry, Emma McEachern and Nadine Woods; Canskater of the Year Celina Siebenga, Spirit of Skating recipient Hailey Mayberry and StarSkat- er of the Year Tessa Paleczny (contributed photo); Greyson Duc- sharm as the Genie and Lukas Oosthuizen as Prince Ali; Penelope Meekins with program assistant Madison Jurjens. Thursday, March 12, 2020 - The Listowel Banner - Page 9

Serving the Community since 1866 Listowel Banner SPORTS Warriors oust Cyclones from Midwest playoffs would respond with a pair of goals from Listowel dispatched Dowd and Zac McCann. Tyler Healey would draw Listowel even at 2-2 with his in quarter-finals for first of the playoffs midway through the third, outskating a pair of Stratford defend- ers down the left wing before potting his first time since 2016 own rebound past Kimmel. CYCLONES 3 The first overtime frame was marked with FINAL several big hits from the Cyclones defense WARRIORS 4 corps; Brenden Clayton made his presence DAN MCNEE known by standing up a pair of Warriors [email protected] at the Listowel blue line over the course of the period. Double overtime had both sides exchanging quality scoring chances, STRATFORD – Chalk up a victory for but a giveaway behind the Listowel net the Stratford Warriors in the most recent saw Welsch feed Dowd the game winner playoff instalment of the Battle of Perth with a quick one-timer that Morrison had County. no chance on. The fourth-seeded Warriors eliminated White finished with two points for Lis- the No. 5 Listowel Cyclones from the towel while Morrison stood out all night 2020 GOJHL post-season with a 4-3 vic- with an impressive 40-save performance. tory in Game 5 on March 6, winning the Kimmel picked up his third straight win Tyler Schaefer Photo best-of-seven Midwestern Conference with 22 stops. quarter-final series 4-1. After taking the se- GOOD FOR TWO – The Listowel Marauders continued their undefeated minor basketball ries opener on Feb. 26, the Cyclones could season earlier this month, hosting Clinton and St. Marys for a pair of victories at LDSS. Pic- 2020 Midwestern tured above, Armando Tecsa drives past a Clinton defender for a successful layup in a 62-38 not hold back the steady offensive attack Conference Quarter-Finals of the Warriors the rest of the way, who Listowel win. would go on to win the next four games (1) Elmira Sugar Kings v. and the series. (8) Stratford will now take on the top-seeded (Kings win series 4-0) Ted Nichol pots triple-OT goal Elmira Sugar Kings in the Midwest semi- Feb. 26 – Brantford 0, Elmira 7 finals. The No. 2 Kitchener Dutchmen will Feb. 29 – Elmira 4, Brantford 3 (OT) face the No. 3 Cambridge Redhawks. March 1 – Brantford 3, Elmira 8 to win Queen’s Cup for Guelph Friday night’s loss marked the first time March 2 – Elmira 6, Brantford 1 since 2016 that Listowel failed to advance DAN MCNEE “We went through a lot of beyond the first round of the post-season. dmcnee@ adversity during the play- (2) Kitchener Dutchmen v. midwesternnewspapers.com With Game 5 tied 2-2 heading to the third (7) Brampton Bombers offs, internally and (with) period, Stratford would strike 49 seconds (Dutchmen win series 4-1) things that were out of our into the frame with a power-play goal from GUELPH – Ted Nichol control but our group was Feb. 26 – Brampton 0, Kitchener 6 gave University of Guelph Drew Welsch. Evan Dowd added another Feb. 28 – Kitchener 6, Brampton 4 brought closer together,” hockey fans a memory to Banner at 17:24 to make it 4-2, before Jonah White Feb. 29 – Brampton 4, Kitchener 2 Nichol told the got Listowel back within one with the net last a lifetime during the on Monday. “We knew if March 1 – Kitchener 7, Brampton 2 109th Queen’s Cup cham- empty for an extra attacker with less than March 4 – Brampton 1, Kitchener 6 we could get the job done two minutes remaining in the third. pionship game on March it would feel that much 7. It would be as close as the Cyclones (3) Cambridge Redhawks v. sweeter. We set goals at would get, as Rhett Kimmel made 22 Provincial championship the start of the year and (6) Waterloo Siskins on the line, home ice, tri- Contributed Photo stops to lead Stratford to the win. Malcolm (Redhawks win series 4-2) OVERTIME HEROICS – Lis- we’ve achieved them so McLeod and Carter Schoonderwoerd also ple overtime. Doesn’t get far.” Feb. 29 – Waterloo 3, Cambridge 6 much better than that. towel’s Ted Nichol scored the scored for the Warriors, with Rylan Bow- March 1 – Cambridge 2, Waterloo 3 (OT) triple-overtime game winner Nichol’s Gryphons ers scoring twice for Listowel. Evan Mor- Nichol, a Listowel native topped Wilfrid Laurier, March 3 – Waterloo 3, Cambridge 2 (OT) and second-year sociol- for the Guelph Gryphons rison made 27 saves in defeat. March 5 – Cambridge 4, Waterloo 0 on March 7 to capture the Brock and Western in the Dowd finished with three points in Game ogy student, accepted a 2020 OUA post-season March 7 – Waterloo 0, Cambridge 2 Ryan Valentini pass just Ontario University Athletics 5 to give him nine points in the series, in- March 8 – Cambridge 4, Waterloo 3 (OT) championship over the Ot- en route to the Queen’s cluding two game-winning goals. inside the Ottawa Gee Cup title on Saturday. Gees’ blue line and fired tawa Gee Gees. (4) Stratford Warriors v. Guelph now advances to Game 4 a low wrist shot stick The 23-year-old forward the national champion- (5) Listowel Cyclones side 1:14 into the third A tighter back-and-forth physical affair (Warriors win series 4-1) spent one season with the ship bracket this week overtime period to give Listowel Cyclones before was the storyline in Game 4 on March 4 Feb. 26 – Listowel 5, Stratford 2 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Guelph Gryphons a playing the remainder of in Listowel, but it would be the Warriors Feb. 29 – Stratford 5, Listowel 1 where it will face the St. 2-1 win and their sev- his junior career with the prevailing 3-2 in double overtime for a 3-1 March 1 – Listowel 1, Stratford 6 Mary’s Huskies in the U enth Ontario University ’s series lead. March 4 – Stratford 3, Listowel 2 (2OT) Sports quarter-finals on Athletics championship. Kingston Frontenacs. White opened the scoring for the Cyclones March 6 – Listowel 3, Stratford 4 March 12. only 3:40 into the first period, but Stratford

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Head Office Harriston St. Marys Listowel 519.510.1010 519.661.3500 Dan McNee Photo 519.291.3500 PLAYOFF EXIT – The Stratford Warriors celebrate Evan Dowd’s double-overtime game winner on March 4 at the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex. The Listowel Cyclones’ 2020 post-season would come to an end two nights later at Allman Arena, with the Warriors taking a 4-3 decision to win the Visit us at www.donhamilton.com Midwestern Conference quarter-final four games to one. Page 10 - Thursday, March 12, 2020 - The Listowel Banner Skate Wallace Showcase 2020

Dan McNee Photos CHEERS TO 40 YEARS – Skate Wallace hosted its 40th an- nual showcase on March 7 in Kurtzville, with current and for- mer members putting on a pair of spectacular performances for the scores of spectators that attended the afternoon and evening shows. Pictured, clockwise from above: Raelyn Lane; soloist Katie McClennan takes the audience back to ‘Happy Days’; Alicia Gerretsen; soloist Camryn McCutcheon; Chloe Novotny; a troop of penguins invites everyone to ‘Come to the Movies’; Skate Wallace alumni kick off the showcase with an impressive display; Paisley Clarkson gets in formation.

ers Che to 40 Years! SPORTS Thursday, March 12, 2020 - The Listowel Banner - Page 11 Ironmen, Pats tied 1-1 in Pollock finals ots unable to get on the board and followed it up by mak- PATRIOTS 1 FINAL until the second period. An- ing several attempts on the IRONMEN 4 other goal early in the third power play in an effort to period for Mount Forest tied tie it up. Wingham had their Andrew Smith the game 2-2, with the Iron- own chance on the power [email protected] men unable to find another play shortly after, with Brady before heading to overtime. Becker scoring on a wrist shot WINGHAM – The Wing- Despite Wingham’s efforts, to put the Ironmen up 3-1. ham Ironmen are tied 1-1 in the winning goal found its With the remaining minutes the PJHL Pollock Division way past goalie Devon Car- in the game ticking down, final with defending cham- son to give Mount Forest the Mount Forest pulled its goalie pions Mount Forest, with 3-2 win. for the extra attacker, leaving the league rivalry against the Regrouping at home on the net wide open for Chase Patriots shaping up to be as Sunday, the Ironmen once Meurs to put the final nail in heated as expected. again took the early lead on the coffin on the 4-1 win. Opening the series in Mount back-to-back goals from Lo- Game 3 is back in Mount Forest on March 7, Wingham gan Tolton in the first period. Forest on Saturday, March 14 took the early lead on goals The Patriots answered with at 8 p.m. and Game 4 goes in from Trevor Donaldson and a goal early in the second to Wingham on Sunday, March Kyle Stanbury, with the Patri- cut Wingham’s lead in half, 15 at 3 p.m.

Dan McNee Photo CURLING KICKOFF – Paddyfest 2020 cel- ebrations officially kicked off last weekend, with events like the annual Paddyspiel at the Listowel Curling Club helping to get things started for the 43rd running of North Perth’s Irish festival, hosted by the Listowel Kin Family. Pictured Saturday morning is Martin Horn rolling his rock towards the house.

Listowel to battle Ayr for Midget AE championship Continued from front March 7. March 25 – Ayr @ The two clubs split the Listowel, 8 p.m. opening weekend of the OMHA Midget March 28 – Listowel @ Bantam ‘B’ semifinals AE3-5 Finals Ayr, 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 29 and March 1 Listowel Cyclones vs. (Game 4)* Contributed Photo in Listowel. Prince Ed- Ayr Flames March 29 – Ayr @ BREAKFAST BOOSTER – The Listowel Panthers volleyball club donated $1,110.80 to the Break- ward County won Game (First to six points) Listowel, 7 p.m. fast Club of Listowel – a program that supports healthy eating and nutrition for students at area 3 2-1 on March 6 back (Game 5)* schools – following its successful annual tournament held Feb. 22-23 at LDSS. The Listowel U14 in Belleville, before the March 11 – Ayr @ March 31 – Listowel @ and U15 squads placed second in their respective divisions, while the U13 girls finished fourth. Cyclones tied the series Listowel Ayr, 7:30 p.m. The Panthers extended gratitude to the local businesses for their support of the 2020 Panther Cup, 4-4 on points with a 2-1 March 24 – Listowel @ (Game 6)* which attracted 24 total teams consisting of girls aged 11-16. victory in Game 4 on Ayr, 7:30 p.m. * if necessary

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