By Darryl G. Smart

The Delhi Rockets Hockey midget team punched its ticket to the Ontario Minor Hockey Association semifinals, while the Simcoe & District Minor Hockey Association midget squad lived to play another day.
In Delhi on Tuesday, the Rockets blasted off with a 4-0 win over the Six Nations Blackhawks. The victory gave them a 6-0 sweep of the best-of-six point OMHA midget C quarter-final.
The Rockets will now take on the east Lambton Eagles. They swept the Belmont Rangers in their quarter-final.
At Talbot Gardens on Tuesday, the Warriors beat the Ayr Flames 7-4 to knot its best-of-six point OMHA midget B quarter-final series. The Warriors have won the last two games of the series, and can clinch a semifinals berth with a win in Game 5 Saturday at 9:30pm in Ayr.