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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday A pril 2, 2003 - D3 European trip helped out by local sponsors The Oakville Cyclones U -I6 boys rep A indoor team spent 10 very busy days overseas, four in Maastricht, Holland and six in Barcelona, Spain. While in Maastricht, the boys attended a soccer camp with the world renowned Royal Dutch Soccer Academy -- the KNVB. They also played two friendly games against top Belgian and Dutch youth teams and took in a Dutch Erindivisie professional game between PSV Eindhoven and NEC Nijmegan. The hectic schedule did not slow down after they (lew to Barcelona. Upon arrival on Spanish soil, they had a practice session with a difference -- on the beach! After the session came the highlight o f the tour -- the European Cham pions League match between Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen of Germany. It was a big thrill for the boys to watch the famous Barca win 20 and sit in one of the biggest soc cer stadiums in the world, the 120,000 seat Nou Camp. They also toured the stadium and visit ed the Barca museum a few days later. it was not all fun and games while in Spain. Again the team played a couple of tough friendly games against local opposition traveling to small villages in the hills around Barcelona, where they were met with great enthusi asm from the local residents. Canadian flags, pins and stick ers were in great demand. As in Holland, the boys m ore than managed to hold their own, prov ing that Oakville teams can com pete with top class European opposition. With the help of their sponsors and parents, and their own hard work, the Cyclones managed to meet their objectives of the trip Lexus of O akville helped out with the soccer travel hags. In the car, front seat, is coach M att M cA ndrew . D irectly behind him is Daniel B urns and then Alex Davidovich. Back row, left to right: assistant coach Jim N olan, M ichael M o rra, Sim on L an d m an , Tommy K orsiak, F ra n k A pa (o f Lexus of O akville), Kevin K lin, Neil C ru ic k sh an k , Ja so n G o u la rt and Josh Dolphin. F ront row, kneeling: A ndrew N olan, T hom as Flynn, M atthew M cA ndrew , M a rk Ja n se n , R o b ert Theiss, A ndrew H enderson an d M ichael Rocha. A bsent from this photo is Drew V anderjagt. which were to expose the boys to European culture while enjoying a marvelous learning experience, and to let them see how the world's game is played by the most famous teams in the world. In particular, the Cyclones would like to thank two of their local sponsors. Frank Apa. owner o f Lexus of O akville, generously supplied travel bags for the trip. Apa takes great pride in sup porting a local sports team and wishes the boys ever)' success. New soccer balls were gener ously supplied by W illiams Coffee Pub. Check out the two Oakville locations (Trafalgar at Dundas and Upper Middle at Third). Bart Trentadue of W illiams said the company was proud to support the Oakville Cyclones. It's now back to work for the C yclones as they look forward to an exciting new sum m er sea son in the elite division o f the SRSL. W illiams Coffee Pub supplied the soccer balls for the team . T hey're seen here at the T rafalgar Road location. In the back are Dave LeSauvage, m anager of W illiams and coach M att M cAndrew. In the m iddle row are M atthew M cA ndrew (C yclones), L auren K ubacki, H eather Noseworthy, Sheira Homsy, Ashley Z u b er and Cyclones captain Kevin Klin. In the front row are W illiams staffers Ashley Rose and M irella Milicevic. In brief: Aidoo and Maki at camp; Shepley top Volunteer The recent CFL 2003 evaluation camp had two Loyola grads in attendance -- Kojo Aidoo. a former Hec Crighton award winner as Canada's top university football player with McMaster University, and Neil M aki who suit ed up for York University. Both are eligible for this year's CFL draft on Wednesday, April 30. Carolina. The top lop golfer for her team, the Iroquois Ridge grad finished in a seventh place tie with a 145 (7 0 -7 5 ). Her top 15 finish extended her current streak to eight tournaments, which is just two shy o f her school record. The women's team went on to win their bronze medal match 1-0 over Royal Military College. The men's team, however, absorbed anoth er loss, 4-2 to Conestoga. Jessica Shepley was just three shots out of the lead when the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers had their tournament short ened due to weather in Greensboro. North S h eridan College m en 's and w om en's soccer team s were both ousted in the provin cial indoor soccer championships, both by I0 scores, the women's team to Centennial and the men's team to Seneca. What better way to kick-off the lacrosse season than at the 2nd Annual Awards Dinner & Dance in honour of the 2002 O akville Buzz Jr. B Lacrosse team . The event takes place this Friday (April 4 ) at the Knights of Columbus in Oakville. For more info, log onto www.oakvillebuzz.com. Top U.S. athletes will include ... (Continued Irom page D1) Top U.S. athletes will include: · Jennifer Parilla. Trampoline National Cham pion in ten different com petitions... · Jam ar Young, Tumbling National Cham pion in 2 0 0 0 & 2 0 0 1 ... · Josh Vance, Double Mini National Cham pion 2 0 0 1 ... · Byron Smith, Double Mini Gold Medal 1999 World C ham pionships... · Kirstin M cNabb, four time National C ham pion... · Kalian Kampas, three time National C ham pion... · Casey Finley. Tumbling Cham pion 1 9 9 8 ... · Keith Douglas, Double Mini National Cham pion and Bronze Medal 2001 World C ham pionships... · Peter Dodd. Synchro National C ham pion 1999 & 20 01. WHY BUY NEW? WHEN NEARLY NEW WILL 00! O p tim u m USED VEHICLES M J Experience the Value & Security ol Optimum's 150+ Point Inspection Over 50 Vehicles to Choose From s 4# 495 Starting from F eature V ehicles Ice Bears came out more determined (Continued Irom page D1) "They (Bram pton) used an illegal player (in game one)." said coach Murray. "I only found out 10 m inutes beforehand (that M ississauga was credited with a ganw one 1-0 victory because of the illegal Thunder player), and didn't tell the players until late in the game." Looking like a more determined team, compared to 4 8 hours earlier in Brampton, the Bears came out blazing as they were creating solid chances with their speed and pin point passing, but were having no luck in capitalizing in the early going. One standout on (he Bears blue line was their captain Nathalie Rivard who talked about getting off to a quality start. "We discussed getting a quick start and taking the puck to the net," said the veteran Rivard who had seven shots in the first period. "Our team wasn't too worried, espe cially since we always seem to play so well at this arena." The confidence was evident, as they were getting some rock solid goaltending from Tania Pinelli. and they took a 1-0 lead, after twenty minutes, cour tesy of a Sarah Bauer wrist shot from the slot. Refusing to let up even a smidgen at the start of the second, the Ice Bears, who of course believed that they were staring elimination iij the face, doubled their lead at 2-0, on.a high laser shot from forward Kira Misikowetz on the power play. · Down but certainly far from out, the talented Thunder, who finished second in the central division and were provin cial and national finalists, turned up their offensive power, and on the power play, were finally able to beat the stellar Pinelli, to make it 2-1 early in the period. With both teams trading chances, Brampton blinked first, as Sarah Reid scored off an offensive face-off to stretch the lead to 3-1. in what would be a wild last five minutes in the peri od. The defence let up for both teams, as Brampton scored off a rebound to make it 3-2. With both teams cranking up the offence, forward Kate Foley, who also had an exceptional game, scored a big goal from the slot to restore the cush ion to 4-2 with 9 0 seconds remaining in the middle period. Pulling out all the stops as the sec onds evaporated on the clock, the Thunder pulled their goalie for an extra attacker on a delayed penalty, and cap italized with a mere 2.7 seconds show ing, to make it 4-3 after two periods. Unknown to the Bears, they took to the ice for the third period, only twen ty minutes away from a series win. In the opening minutes, forward Kim Kodatsky who wowed the crowd with her Mario Lemieux-like moves scored a highlight goal. Streaking down on a partial break away, she faked left, then right, before scoring between the goalie's legs to make it game, set and match for the Ice Bears. "We love playing here (Oakville Ice Sports) because of the great crowd and the good ice, which really helped us," said coach Murray. 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