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24 Sports Oakville Beaver www.aplushomes.ca Adam Campbell 905-844-4444 I N D E P E N D E N T LY O W N E D A N D O P E R AT E D Broker of Record B R O K E R A G E SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 Devils, Raiders denied trip to senior field hockey final After going undefeated in regular-season play, both the Oakville Trafalgar Red Devils and St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders were eliminated in last week's semifinal round of the Halton high school senior girls' field hockey playoffs. The Red Devils (9-0) were edged 2-1 in penalty flicks by the Nelson Lords, while the Raiders (8-0-1) fell 3-1 to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. For OT, the loss meant a second straight year without an appearance in the finals after making the championship game the previous nine seasons. The Red Devils did not allow a single goal during the regular season, scoring 47 of their own. "You look back and we had a good record, played well, won four tournaments," said Red Devils coach Jim Groen . "But our ultimate goal, we didn't achieve it, so it's disappointing. The girls were pretty quiet at school (Friday)." Alyssa Bull scored in regulation time for OT as the teams played to a 1-1 deadlock. Nelson outscored the Devils 2-1 in penalty flicks. "We'll hopefully be back next year," said Groen. "We have a good group of Grade 11s coming back." STA had lead against Irish Aquinas gave the powerful Irish a bit of a scare, taking the lead 10 minutes into the game on a goal by Lauren Kadet. Notre Dame tied the score before halftime, then scored two more times after the intermission. "We were proud of (our team)," said Raiders coach Jean Major. "Going in, you think you can win and you want to win. After the game, it helps to put it in perspective that this is not just (any team). This is a team that has gone to OFSAA and placed in the top three at OFSAA the past six years." The Raiders, led by provincial team player Laura Tavares (the sister of NHL phenom John), outscored their opposition 50-1 during the regular season. Major said the team will likely be in rebuilding mode next year, expecting to lose six or seven key players to graduation. OT juniors played in final yesterday While the Red Devils seniors fell short of the final, OT's juniors played in their championship game yesterday (Tuesday) in Burlington. Coverage from the Devils' game against the Nelson Lords will appear in tomorrow's (Thursday's) issue of The Oakville Beaver. -- Jon Kuiperij MASTERY: Members of the Oakville Fury over-40 women's soccer team show off their medals after earning bronze at the World Masters Games in Australia. Fury keeper comes up big in shootout By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR Penalty kicks to decide a medal in an international competition is no place for an inexperienced keeper, but Lisa Holtshousen was ready. The 46-year-old local resident made several diving saves in the shootout, helping the Oakville Fury outscore the Vancouver Spirit 3-1 to win bronze in the World Masters Games women's soccer over-40 division recently in Australia. Holtshousen, who had never played goal before taking over the team's netminding duties a few months ago, said she was happy to finally feel like she played a key role in the team's success. "You don't feel like you're contributing to the team like when you're playing out," said Holtshousen. "You just sit back and watch and do your part once in a while. It was the first time in the whole nine games I really felt I'd done my part for the team." Holtshousen prepared for the tournament by looking up some tutorials on the Internet. She also got a few tips from her seven-year-old son, Scott, who plays goal in youth soccer. Chris Carere and Deb Degenais "He showed me how to do some scored for Oakville earlier in the dives," Holtshousen laughed. That came in handy in the shootout shootout. Carol Ann Carbone had the when, despite battling a hamstring Fury's goal during regulation time. With the win, Oakville rebounded injury that almost forced her out of the game in the second half, Holtshousen from a devastating loss in the semifinal thwarted three of four Vancouver shots. the previous day. The Fury's Australian opponent, the PAVS, broke "She was spectacular," a 1-1 deadlock on a corner said Fury captain Caroline "There wasn't kick with 10 seconds to go Yurchuk. "I was shocked. It any way we in regulation. was those saves that made would have come "There wasn't any way the difference." all that way and we would have come all Kathy Dryburgh scored that way and walked away the game-clinching goal on walked away with with anything less than Oakville's fourth attempt in anything less bronze," Holtshousen said. the shootout, although she than bronze." The Fury intends to didn't follow it up with a shoot for another medal at wild celebration. Dryburgh Lisa Holtshousen the next World Masters was so intent on converting her shot, she didn't realize her goal Games, which will be held in Torino clinched the bronze until the referee four years from now. Holtshousen estiblew his whistle and pointed to the cen- mated at least half the team will likely return in 2013. tre of the field. "Absolutely. As long as I can still "I knew we were doing well and our goalie had made some really good walk and talk," said Yurchuk. Other members of the team are Lisa saves. The pressure wasn't really there," Husar, Kate O'Brien, Gloria Sdao, said Dryburgh. "I had a good feeling. When I got up Nadine Lichty, Jodi Clark, Linda that morning, I decided that if we went Thompson, Lorraine Roches, Lisa to a shootout, I would go bottom-left Newman and Holly Bertram. Paul Duhamel coaches the Fury. corner. That's what I did."