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Sports Oakville Beaver By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR www.aplushomes.ca Adam Campbell 905-844-4444 R E A L T YC O R P. B R O K E R A G E 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 SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010 25 Won't back down Seventh-seeded Buzz putting up a fight against favoured Elora Mohawks Robert Bentivegna, Braden Gallant and Kevin Harper scored third-period markers and the Buzz held Elora The Oakville Buzz apparently to one goal in the final frame. isn't intimidated by the impressive Sunday, the Mohawks again came regular-season credentials of the out strong early. Elora built a 4-2 Elora Mohawks. lead after the first period, scored the Oakville, the seventh seed in the only goal of the second and swelled Ontario Lacrosse Association junior its advantage to 7-2 in the third periB loop's Western Conference, is giv- od before Oakville rattled off three ing the second-seeded Mohawks all consecutive markers to finish the they can handle so far in the opening scoring. round of the playoffs. The Buzz Kruse and Rook are both encourhanded Elora only its second home aged by the Buzz's showing so far, loss of the year in but know the team Saturday's series opener, "I think (Elora needs to put together a claiming a 9-8 decision, was) expecting, consistent effort for a before falling 7-5 based on the full three periods in Sunday at Glen Abbey order to pull off the seeding, that it Recreation Centre. upset. The best-of-five would be a bit "When we want to series resumes tomor- easier." sacrifice (the body) and row (Thursday) with get in the middle and n Oakville Buzz Game 3 in Elora. play good defence, "I think they were coach Sam Rook we've shown we can expecting, based on the play with this team and seeding, that it would be a bit easier," beat them," Rook said. "We didn't do Buzz head coach Sam Rook said of that in the first period and much of the Mohawks, who were 16-3-1 dur- the second Sunday." ing the regular season and outscored Kruse added, "We've been having their opposition 175-118. lapses... but other than that, we've But the Buzz, which went 11-9 had a pretty good series. (Elora is) a and scored only 10 more goals than pretty good squad. We just need to it allowed during regular-season put together a full 60 minutes." play, isn't planning on rolling over. Following tomorrow's game in "We like coming in as the under- Elora, the series shifts back to dog," said the Buzz's Alex Kruse, part Oakville Sunday for Game 4. of last year's Oakville team that NOTES: The Buzz played the extended the heavily-favoured Six first two games of the series without Nations Rebels to five games in the late-season acquisition Andy first round. "This year is the same Wreggit, who had nine points in two situation." regular-season games for Oakville. Kruse has done more than his Rook expects the veteran back in the part to make things difficult for the lineup tomorrow... Dan Lomas and Mohawks in this year's playoffs. The Elliott Cowburn remain sidelined 19-year-old local resident has struck with injuries... Gallant and Harper for four goals and four assists in the both had two goals in Game 1, with first two games of the series, nearly Patrick Corbett also tallying. matching his nine-point output Sunday, Oakville's goals came from from 10 regular-season games. Tyler Albrecht (two), Connor "I think it's just a mental state. I Gamble, Gallant and Kruse... Ian come into these games a bit more Duffy played goal for the Buzz in prepared," said Kruse. "This is my both games last weekend... Sunday's third year in the league, and I know contest featured three fights. Will what it takes in the playoffs." Glover, Harper and Bentivegna were Kruse had three goals and two the Buzz's combatants. "It's playoff assists in Game 1 as Oakville dug lacrosse. Things were bound to boil itself out of early 4-0 and 5-2 holes. over," Kruse said. ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVER PLAYOFF INTENSITY: Robert Bentivegna of the Oakville Buzz (in white) mixes it up with Elora Mohawks player Jake Quarrie during Ontario Lacrosse Association junior B playoff action Sunday at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre. Elora defeated the Buzz 7-5 to tie up the first-round best-of-five series 1-1. Game 3 is tomorrow (Thursday) in Elora. Atom Cowboys rally for tie with Beaton Despite playing without their regular starting quarterback, the Halton Cowboys atoms managed to rally from two touchdowns down for an 18-18 tie with the Beaton TNT Express Saturday in Ontario Minor Football League play. Dante Iaconiello and Jeremy Clark filled in for missing QB Garrett Holmes, and Clark reached the end zone on a quarterback keeper in the dying minutes to tie the game. Raymar Lloyd also contributed some key yardage on the game-tying drive. Joshua Roberts scored Halton's first touchdown of the game, while Jordan Arruda returned a kickoff for a TD in the fourth quarter. The atoms will host the Brantford Bisons this Saturday for a 1 p.m. kickoff at King's Christian Collegiate. The Cowboys' other OMFL teams will also be in action Saturday. The tykes will take on the Brampton Bulldogs for a 2 p.m. start in Mississauga, while the peewees will entertain the Cambridge Lions at King's, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Last weekend was a rough one for the Cowboys' Ontario Varsity Football League squads, all of them going down decisively against Hamilton. The peewees were blanked 66-0, the junior varsity squad fell 35-8 and the varsity team was downed 32-1. Jovan Burgess had five tackles and an interception for the peewees, who kept working hard throughout the game despite the disparity in the score. Center Chris Desouza also had a strong game defensively, but Halton struggled to stop the potent passing game of the Ironmen. Wes Miller scored a touchdown for the junior varsity Cowboys, running 85 yards. Shalmar Walters had nine tackles and knocked down two passes. The varsity Cowboys were hampered by the absence of a few key players. The Cowboys' OVFL teams will hope for better results this weekend when they host a triple-header against the Mississauga Warriors at Burlington's Corpus Christi Secondary School. The peewees will play at 11:30 a.m., followed by the junior varsity team at 3 p.m. and the varsity club at 7 p.m.