Chatham Area Sports: Carleton Scores 17 Points in Lynx WNBA Semifinals

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Carleton scores 17 points in first-game loss

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Chatham’s Bridget Carleton scored 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting as the Minnesota Lynx lost 73-70 to the Connecticut Sun in Game 1 of the WNBA semifinals Sunday in Minneapolis.

Carleton also had two rebounds and two steals, going 3 of 6 from beyond the arc.

The second-seeded Lynx led 62-57 after three quarters, but the third-seeded Sun outscored them 16-8 in the fourth quarter.

The Lynx will host the second game of the best-of-seven series on Tuesday.

“Everyone in our locker room has complete confidence and belief in each other,” Carleton said. “…It’s a long series. There’s a reason it’s a five-game series. We have all the faith in the world that we will play better on Tuesday night and hopefully win. Of course it’s hard to lose at home because we love playing at the Target Center and we want to win every game at home, especially against a No. 2 seed, but it’s a long series for a reason, so it’s all good.

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The third game will be played on Friday in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Blackbird wins bronze at the world championships

Walpole Island’s Ferrah Blackbird won a bronze medal with the Haudenosaunee Nationals at the first Women’s Box Lacrosse World Championship on Saturday in Utica, New York

Blackbird scored three goals and three assists in a 21-4 win over Australia in the third-place match.

She was not on the scoresheet on Friday after a 19-3 semifinal loss to Canada.

Blackbird led the team in scoring with 24 points in seven games. She led Haudenosaunee with 13 goals, including three hat tricks.

Blackbird also plays basketball for Lambton College.

Jordan’s two TDs fuel Laurier’s victory

Chatham’s Ethan Jordan had seven catches for 77 yards and two touchdowns on Saturday in the Laurier Golden Hawks’ 32-20 victory over the Ottawa Gee-Gees in an OUA football game in Waterloo.

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Jordan scored six- and 11-yard touchdowns in the first half to help Laurier improve to 5-0.

He ranks first in OUA with 100.6 yards per game and 6.6 catches per game. He is second with 33 catches and 503 receiving yards and is third with five catches for touchdowns.

Lancers, Jastrzębie lose on the gridiron

The Ursuline Lancers lost to the Northern Vikings 17-10, and the Chatham-Kent Golden Hawks lost to the St. Patrick’s Fighting Irish 28-13 in the LKSSAA AAA senior football league on Friday.

Północ leads with a balance of 2:0, Ursuline and St. Patrick’s 1-1 and Chatham-Kent 0-2.

Hawks quarterback Austin King was 8 of 16 passing for 74 yards and also rushing for 45 yards and a touchdown. Jacob Pretty ran for 42 yards.

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Oshane Campbell kicked field goals of 24 and 28 yards for the extra point.

Pretty had 11 tackles, King had seven tackles, an interception and a rebound, and Ethan Johnson had six tackles and a forced fumble.

Chatham-Kent will host Northern Friday at 4 p.m., while Ursuline will play St. Patrick’s at Norm Perry Park in Sarnia.

Wallaceburg opens the AA season on Wednesday hosting Lambton Central at 3:45 p.m

Buxton Speedway hosts the Shootout

Rusty Schlenk (Late Models), Brian Ruhlman (Ontario Traditional Sprints), Austin Pickering (Mini Mods), Spencer Smolders (Thunder Stocks) and Joel Dick (Modifieds) won Friday’s feature races at Buxton Speedway.

It rained on Saturday during the second night of the doubleheader.

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The track season is scheduled to end this Friday and Saturday with the Late Model Shootout.

Beuckelare publishes three best results

Chatham’s Cadance Beuckelare finished in the top three for the Lawrence Tech University women’s team gold last week.

Beuckelare finished third with a score of 80, and the Blue Devils won the team title on Friday at the LTU Fall Invite in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

She also led the Blue Devils to the team crown, finishing second overall with 14 points in rounds of 75, 81 and 74 at the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) preview in Augusta, Michigan.

Horrobin leads the Saints to second place

Victoria Horrobin of Wallaceburg led the St. women’s team. Clair Saints to finish second at the Seneca College Invitational cross country meet on Friday in King City.

Horrobin was sixth on the six-kilometer route with a time of 26:34.

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