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30 Sp Sports By B yH Her e b Ga er Garb arb rbut utt ut t O KV OA VIL I LE BEA EAVE VE V ER S ST TAF AFF SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011 Oakville's Mike Scholz helps Canada win first-ever Pan Am rugby sevens gold Afte Af ter er year year ye ars rs of of pla layi ying in ng g the he spo port port t he love lo l ove ves, es s, , Mik Mi M ike ke Sch Sc ch hol lz f fi in ina na a all ll ly fe felt lt rugb ug u gby by wa was as rec ecei ecei eiv ving th in the a at tte tent tent ntio ion io n it t des eserve erve er v d. d. 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Afte Af ter a co coup upl le e of co conv nvin inci cing ng win ng ins ov ov ver er er Braz Br az a zil il, i in n whi hich ch Sch cho ol lz s sc core or o red ed a tr ry y, an and Chil Ch ile le e, , Canad anad an ada b be eat at the he U. .S S. 29 2929-2 -2 21 to to fin inis nis ish See Se See ee S Sc ch chol ho hol olz ol z, , pag p ge 31 31 Oakville's Mike Scholz earned a Pan Am Games gold medal with Canada's rugby sevens Sunday in Guadalajara, Mexico. --ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVER Appleby College's first field hockey title in 12 years a family affair By Herb Garbutt OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Sophie Miller went to Appleby College field hockey coaches Erin Cater and Robin Leslie Spencer before the season began and told them she would like to play with her sisters before they graduated. Chloe and Lauren Miller helped Appleby's junior team reach the Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA) and were about to begin their second season on the Blue Dogs varsity field hockey team. Sophie, though, had never played the sport before. The Oakville resident ended up playing net for Appleby College and Saturday she wrapped up her first season by posting back-to-back shutouts as Appleby won its first Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Associations (CISAA) championship in 12 years. Appleby defeated Port Hope's Trinity College School 1-0 in the championship game. With some tutoring from Appleby's assistant athletic director Katie Henhawk, a former university field hockey goalie, Miller thrived in her new role. "She's been amazing," Cater said of the Grade 10 student. "Her skills have grown massively. She's a force to be reckoned with. She's not afraid to run out and attack the ball. She knows she can rely on her sweeper so she's confident and she can go for it. She saved our skins a number of times." The same could be said of Oakville's Inga Muser, who scored in sudden-death overtime to give Appleby a 1-0 semifinal victory over North York's Havergal College. Huser's second-half goal then proved to be the winner in Appleby's See Appleby, page 31