Peewee AAAs win tournament in Indiana Ryan Brown's shorthanded goal early in the third period proved to be the winner as the Oakville peewee AAA Rangers edged Detroit Little Caesars 4-3 to win the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind. 25 | Friday, October 10, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com C E L E B R I T Y E N D O R S E M E N T Rep Hockey The goal was Brown's second of the game. Owen Luik and Tanner Kelly provided Oakville's first two markers in the final. The Rangers opened the tournament with a 4-1 loss to Syracuse but bounced back to beat Chicago Mission 8-6 behind a four-goal, five-point game by Cameron Tolnai. The Chicago Americans edged Oakville 3-2 after tying the game with a goal in the final minute of regulation. With his team needing a win to advance to the final, Tolnai scored twice in a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Marlies. Tolnai led all players in the tournament with eight points while teammate Luke Evangelista tied for second with six points. Other members of the Rangers' championship team are Cameron Garvey, Jamie Langill, Jacob Murray, Nathan Ribau, Ethan Ritchie, Owen Sage, Marcus Sang, Robbie Strachan, Zack Terry, Matthew Thompson, Davis Tolnai, Gianmichael Vallorani, coaches Sean Carter, Jaan Luik, Aaron Jarc, Glen MacDonald and manager Andrew Evangelista. Bantam A Sam Roy's overtime goal gave the Oakville bantam A white Rangers a 3-2 victory over the North York Knights in the final of the Michael Hutton September Classic in North York. The Rangers twice took the lead on goals by James Johannesson and Daniel Stewart but each time North York came back to tie the game, the last time with just three minutes left in regulation. The Rangers were undefeated in four round-robin games, edging the Ted Reeve Thunder 2-1, doubling the Toronto Royals 4-2 and the Toronto Aces 6-3 before finishing off with a 2-1 win over the Cooksville Phantoms. Max Perry and Tristian Valadao provided the Rangers with strong goaltending throughout the tournament. Also contributing to the Rangers' victory were Jaycie Um, Michael Syrota, Mac Sinclair, Aidan Child, Ben Dunford, Calvin Pearson, Connor Moore, David Hayman, Eli St. James, Matt Stone, Michael Desautels, Rogan Doyle and Ryan Skjarum. The team is coached by Mike Stone, assisted by Marc Desautels, Brad Pearson and Luke St. James. Mary Chiarot is the manager, Cynthia Perry manages the team website and David Johannesson is the team photographer. Peewee A Armman Dhillion scored the game's only goal as the Oakville peewee A Blue Rangers edged Orillia 1-0 in the championship game of the First Early Bird Tournament in Cobourg. Cole Maddox carried the puck around the Orillia net before sending a pass to James Mackey at the point. Mackey's shot was blocked by an Orillia player but it bounced right to Dhillion in the right faceoff circle and he beat the goalie with a wrist shot to the stick side. It was the fourth straight win for the Rangers, who opened the tournament with a 2-2 tie against East Gillimbury. Other members of the Rangers' team are Andrew Toscano, Brandon Van Laare, James Carroll, John Wesley Appleton, Jonathan Policelli, Joseph Nasato, Kole Schledewitz, Michael Goverde, Nicolas Almeida, Noah Darling, Quinn Ligon, Robbie Forbes, Sean Stodulski and Tyler McLeish. Members of the coaching staff are Rick Goverde, Robert Forbes and Blair Mackey. Trainers are Lori Schledewitz and Ed Stodulski. Former National Hockey League forward Brad May (left) poses for a photo with Easter Seals ambassador Kalea Davies and Winmar Canada executive vice-president Glenn Woolfrey Thursday morning at Pasquale's Trattoria in downtown Oakville. The trio was among the attendees at the Captain's Breakfast to promote the upcoming Brad May Celebrity Hockey Classic tournament, a fundraiser for Easter Seals Ontario. Ex-NHLers already confirmed to participate in the tournament include former Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Krushelnyski, Rick Vaive, Ric Nattress, Tom Fergus, Al Iafrate and Gary Leeman. Registration is still open for the event, which will take place Nov. 21-22 at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. For more information, visit bit.ly/1wwi0kz. | photo by Eric Riehl -- Oakville Beaver -- @Halton_Photog ROCK Reach Out Centre for Kids would like to thank the following supporters for their generosity at the 2nd Annual Winch Golf for Kids tournament. OMLA celebrates strong year, fetes volunteers The Oakville Minor Lacrosse Association recently held its third annual volunteer appreciation night. The association has grown to include approximately 1,600 players, coaches and volunteers. It celebrated its accomplishments over the past season, which included all four boys' field teams reaching the provincial Division 1 final, with the Under-13s taking the gold medal. The girls' program, now the third-largest in the province, had the U11s win the provincial A gold medal, the U13s place fourth and the U19 play in the Ontario Summer Games. In box lacrosse, the peewee team won the organization's first provincial A championship in 12 years while the bantams lost in overtime in the Ontario final. Also, eight players and one coach from the OMLA represented Team Ontario at nationals. The OMLA also presented the following Volunteer of the year: Tara Hamilton; Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Varanesi; Referee of the year: Matthew McGarrity; House league coach of the year: Steve Cline; House league convener of the year: Brent Scarrow; Girls' field lacrosse coach of the year: Shelby O'Ryan; Girls' field lacrosse manager of the year: Jennifer Naumovski; Boys' field lacrosse coach of the year: Rick Goverde; Boys' box lacrosse coach of the year: Patrick Merrill; Boys' box lacrosse managaer of the year: Rebecca Stanton; Girls' field lacrosse ground ball awards: Kennedy Goddard (U11); Tara Blackburn (U13); Alexia Zolis (U15); Riley McClure (U19); Boys' ground ball awards: Grayson Clarke (paperweight); Michael Misa (tyke 1); Jack Godard (tyke 2); Josh Ford (novice 1); Ben Othen (novice 2); Joshua Kudo (novice 3); Owen Sage (peewee 1); Will Sheehan (peewee 2); Zack Terry (peewee 3); Chris Parsons (peewee 4); Harrison Rees (bantam 1); Oliver Bonden (bantam 3); Matthew Milford (midget 1); Justin Capizzano (midget 2); Julien Guay (Jr. C). awards: Great West Life Bridgeforce Financial Equitable Life O'Connor MacLeod Hanna, LLP Industrial Alliance AS Advertising RWAM Desjardins ACE INA Chef Mike NCHR Equitable Life United Way Dental Health Group Preferred Publishing Manion, Wilkinson & Associates Ltd. 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