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D6 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, June 20, 2001 Silver lining at provincial championships - again By Norm Nelson BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR Photo by B rent Foster The Devils gang up'on a Nelson player to win the Halton championship. They went on to earn their second consecutive provincial silver medal. Athletes of the year As always, the end of the high school sports year is celebrated with an informal barbecue celebrating the athletes of the year from Halton high schools. It was held last week at Bronte Creek provincial park, and here is the Oakville contingent. Congratulations! RYLEY BEDDOE, Oakville Trafalgar (Beddoe could not be reached as of our press dead lines). MIKE LEE, W hite Oaks 18. OAC ht 5'5". wt 175 avg., 82 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: rugby, hockey, football, wrestling. HIGHLIGHTS: second in Halton in wrestling. ACADEM IC GOALS: going to U niversity o f Guelph next year. Hopes to maintain at least 80 per cent average. ATHLETIC GOALS: continuing to play sports either at varsity or intramural level. VENESHIA M ORRISON, W hite Oaks 19, OAC avg., 70 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: basketball, volleyball, bad minton, track and field, softball and soccer. HIGHLIGHTS: "my first accom plishment o f high school (13), when I went to OFSAA in Gr. 9 for shot put. I placed 10th overall that year." FUTURE: "just keep playing sports and maybe play sports in college." EDDIE PANDKE, St. Thomas Aquinas 18, OAC ht 6' 1", 180 avg., 85 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: basketball, football. H IG H L IG H T S: b ask etb all, silv er m edal at B rebeuf tourney and made all-star team : school M VP ... Football, sem ifinals, tier one, school defen sive MVP. ACADEM IC GOALS: going to McGill University to study biochemistry. ATHLETIC GOALS: to play basketball or foot ball. ALANA JU ZEN AS, St. Thomas Aquinas 19, OAC ht 5'8" class avg., 85 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: cross country, basketball, vol leyball and soccer HIGHLIGHTS: cross country, 10th in G-HAC, OFSAA participant; basketball, OFSAA silver m edal ists; soccer, OFSAA silver medalists. A CADEM IC GOALS: business at Western ATHLETIC GOALS:var'sity basketball CHRIS LORENZ, Blakelock 18, OAC ht 6', wt 160 avg., 95.5 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: basketball, volleyball, soccer and badminton HIGHLIGHTS: Halton volleyball champs in 1998 ... mem ber o f soccer team, second in Halton in regular season (5-2). ACADEM IC GOALS: enrolled in phys-ed and sci ence at Q ueen's, hopes to specialize in environmental biology. Also interested in kinesiology/physiology. ATHLETIC GOALS: wants to play varsity soccer. LESLIE MARRIOTT, Blakelock 19, OAC ht 5 ' 10" avg., 87 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: volleyball, track and field, basketball, soccer, badminton, co-ed volleyball. HIGHLIGHTS: provincial volleyball team m em ber (2000), gold medal in volleyball for region 3. A CADEM IC GOALS: enrolled in kinesiology at Dalhousie ATHLETIC GOALS: varsity volleyball. CAITLIN HOY, Iroquois Ridge 18, OAC ht 5'3" avg., 80 per.cent SPORTS PLAYED: soccer, basketball and bad minton HIGHLIGHTS: M VP for soccer and basketball; coached midget boys basketball A CADEM IC GOALS: enrolled in fine arts and business at M ount Allison ATHLETIC GOALS: soccer and basketball SEAN CORRIGAN, Iroquois Ridge 18, OAC ht 6 '3", wt 190 avg., 85 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: basketball, volleyball, track and field HIGHLIGHTS: junior athlete o f the year, junior volleyball MVP, senior volleyball MVP, Halton cham pions in 4x100m relay, attended Halton basketball allstar game. ACADEMIC GOALS: obtain Honours Bachelor of Science Degree at Western, in pursuit o f career in the medical field CHRIS PETHICK, Loyola 18, OAC ht 6 ', wt 180 avg., 77 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: baseball, football and bad minton H IGH LIGH TS: quarterback for four years at Loyola, won two championships; Halton finalists in badminton; Halton finalists in baseball and second place in OFSAA tournament. ACADEM IC GOALS: to get a university degree in a topic involving physical education. Almost signed for a full scholarship with Colgate University. ATHLETIC GOALS: to one day play a profession al sport, hopefully hockey. ANNIE SILVESTRI, Loyola 18. OAC ht 5 '5" avg. 84 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: field hockey, volleyball, soc cer HIGHLIGHTS: won academic/athletic excellence award ACADEM IC GOALS: university degree in science at M cM aster ATHLETIC GOALS: varsity soccer for M arauders COURTNEY KIRKBY, Q.E. Park (co-winner) 16, Gr. 11 ht 5 '5" avg., 94 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: cross country, swimming, war canoe, track and field, kayaking. HIGHLIGHTS: cross country, on Halton junior champion cross country team as well as Halton/GHAC individual champiqn; track and field, Halton/GHAC champ in 3000m and second in 1500m. ACADEMIC GOALS: maintain average at Q.E. Park for university. ATHLETIC GOALS: top 10 at OFSAA in cross country and track and field. LEANN LAPP, Q.E. Park (co-winner) 17, Gr. 11 ht 5 '4 " avg., 95 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: cross country, sw im m ing, track and field, war canoe, soccer. H IG H LIG H TS: cross country, ju n io r H alton champ; swimming, second in 50m freestyle and mem ber o f Halton champion relay team, 8th in 50m free at OFSAA (relay team was fourth); track and field, 2nd in triple jum p in Halton/G-HAC. ACADEM IC GOALS: maintain average at Q.E. Park for university. ATHLETIC GOALS: OFSAA medal winner in 50m free. JASON LYALL, Q.E. Park (co-winner) 19, OAC h t 5 ' H ", wt 145 avg., 82 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: football, cross country, hockey and soccer HIGHLIGHTS: football, tier two finalists with sea son record o f 7-1. Scored 65 points, kicking, punting, rushing, pass receptions; hockey, G-HAC finalists; cross country, member of Halton/G-HAC cham pi onship team, finishing 3rd in Halton and 5th in GHAC. ACADEM IC GOALS: going to W ilfrid Laurier for degree in business administration and then hopefully an MBA. ATHLETIC GOALS: make defending national champion Laurier soccer team. GREG CARR, Q.E. Park (co-winner) 19, OAC ht 6 '2", wt 195 avg., 91 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: football, hockey, badminton HIGHLIGHTS: football, tier two finalists with 7-1 record -- captain o f the team: hockey, Halton G-HAC finalists, top scorer with 50 points (18 goals, 32 assists) in 36 games ... +45 ... only four m inor penal ties; badminton, Halton finals. ACADEM IC GOALS: sports medicine at Q ueen's ATHLETIC GOALS: play varsity hockey SEAN-M ICHAEL STEPHEN, OakviUe T rafalgar Coach Dave Schaffler wasn't looking for excuses after his Oakville Trafalgar junior Red Devils lost the provincial championship game 137 "to, you guessed it, BCI." It marked the Second consecutive year, the Oakville Trafalgar Red Devils were denied the gold medal at the Barbarian Cup in Toronto to powerhouse Brantford Collegiate Institute. "Oh yeah, you're disappointed when the game's over," conceded coach Schaffler, who had predicted prior to the toumey that the road to the Barbarian Cup, the unofficial junior provincial championship, would likely lead through Brantford. It usually does. The junior team went into the toumey with a 15-1 record -- including 8-0 in regular league and playoff action -- with the one loss coming in tournament play to, you guessed it, Brantford. Earlier, the senior Red Devils had their OFSAA aspirations ended in the semifinals by the Brantford school. It didn't really take long, however, for the sil ver medals to regain their lustre. Two consecutive provincial silver medals, after all, is an accomplishment. "We talked about it after as a group, and we're pretty impressed that we did that. "At the beginning of the year we had quite a turnover in players so we didn't quite know what to expect out of them." Had he wanted to, Coach Schaffler could have dipped into a bag full of excuses. The biggest one would have been the loss of Michael Collins who suffered a badly broken leg in the opening minutes of the game while in the process of scoring a try to give Oakville Trafalgar the crucial early lead at 7-0 (after Graham Belovay converted). But the celebration was shortlived as Collins remained on the field in obvious distress. In fact the game had to be shifted to an adjacent field while they worked on the fallen scorer. "A lot of them, you could see, were pretty upset. It's a fairly close group. A lot of them have been together, what, three years now. "And, I mean, we moved fields, but it was lit erally the field beside it, so it's not as if you couldn't see what was going on." And it wasn't until the final minutes of the game when he could finally be transported to the hospital. "It was a fare distraction. I don't want an excuse or anything. They were all very aware because it wasn't as if it were an injury where you could just move the guy off the field ... he was in a fair amount of pain. They tried to focus. We tried to get back. They hung in there. "That's the worst injury I've had in 10 years, and the first injury of the year actually for that team. It just happened to be in that game." Oakville Trafalgar still led 7-5 at the half but Brantford added an unconverted try and a penalty boot in the second half to win the game. The luck of the draw was also not with the Red Devils, at least in their semifinal game where they met up with another Brantford team, St. John's, who had actually defeated Brantford Collegiate Institute in their regional playdown. And they showed it was no fluke as they took Oakville Trafalgar to the brink before the Devils' Graham Belovay finally scored the game's only points on a penalty boot (3-0) on the last play of the second double overtime with the teams down to seven aside. (The 10 minute overtime format had the teams start out with 10 players aside, paring down fur ther to seven aside for the final five minutes.) "It was kind of like the high point of the day," conceded coach Schaffler. "How do you regroup for something like that. That was just draining on the guys to win a game like that and then you look on the schedule and now we have BCI next." Unfortunately, while the penalty boot won them the game, the actual infraction that led to it cost them the services of their captain, Fraser Mathews, who remained in sick bay with bruised ribs from the "late hit." The Devils were also victims of their own principles. The Barbarian Cup rules allow teams to rein force their squads by bringing in junior-aged players who played for their respective senior teams -- something both Brantford teams did, but not OTHS. Coach Schaffler said the coaching staff believes in going with the same team that got them to the Barbarian Cup, in the first place. That team had no problem on the first day, defeating Leaside 27-12 (allowing all 12 points in a lazy second half) and Satec-Porter 48-0. Oakville golfers on leaderboard in Star Amateur 75-66-76-74-291 C arolina University, shot a Several O akville golfers 1 Timothy Ash, Toronto 2 Brad Pem berton, Port Hope 73-71-72-76-292 tw o -o v er-p ar 74 at the made it to the final round of 3 John Simpson, O shaw a 75-74-75-72-296 72-68-74-83-297 6,908-yard par-72 N ational the prestigious Toronto Star 4 Paul Sobottka. Thornhill M atthew G ibb, Toronto 74-72-76-76-298 G olf Club o f C anada for a Amateur, presented by the 5 10 Randall O ka, Toronto 72-71-83-76-302 on e-sh o t w in o « e t B rad Buick D ealers o f O ntario 13 Jason D ziabel, Oakville 71-72-83-78-304 75-71-79-84-309 and TD W aterhouse Invester 16 M ichael Dinner, Oakville Pem berton o f Port Hofje^ 75-74-83-82-314 25 Thom as Schupp, Oakville Services. The first two rounds' The tournam ent was won by Timothy Ash were held at the Bram pton G olf Club and the final two rounds at the N ational G olf Club of with a four-round 291. Ash, 20, who is on full scholarship at East C anada in Toronto. Get pumped up How about getting pumped up by some Canadian Olympians who are leading a unique motivational tour, w hich is sponsored by LifeM ark Health with funding from Human Resources Development Canada. There is no admission to these adrenaline-packed presentations, which also include a panel of health experts, including nutritionists, physiotherapists and professional coaches. Called `high5 for Life', it kicked off on June 5 in Burlington. The Oakville dates are this Thursday (June 21) at Sheridan College Trafalgar Campus; July 4 at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts; and July 25 at the River Oaks C omm unity Centre. Appropriately, one o f the Olympians slated in for each of the Oakville appearances is none other than O akville's own gold and silver medalist from the `84 Olympics (in canoe), Larry Cain. Also appearing with him, in order, will be tri-athlete Isabelle TurcottBaird (June 21), downhill skier Karen Stemmle (July 4) and synchronized swim mer Kirstin Normand (July 25). These interactive, educational pre sentations run 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m. "Only by challenging yourself to improve on a daily basis can you make your dreams become reality," remarked Larry Cain, who is already a member o f the Oakville and Canadian sports hall o f fames. Participants will get a chance to meet, greet and hear how our Canadian Olympians persevered and achieved remarkable feats in pursuit o f their dreams. With an emphasis on health and active living, high5 for Life focuses on participation, prevention, nutrition, mental strength and conditioning. LifeM ark Health is an Official Sponsor and Supplier o f the Canadian Olympic team and Association. Registration is not necessary but would be appreciated. Call 1-888-8233319, ext. 669; or on line at www.high5forlife.com Oakville junior tennis champs (Continued from page D8) Mustard, Agfa Film, Danone Yogurt, Merchant of Tennis, Corbett's Sports, Penn Tennis Balls, Business Depot, Mail Boxes Etc in Bronte, Loblaws and Sobeys. The Oakville Beaver is official media sponsor for the Oakville Junior Tennis Championships. Here are your 2001 champions. Girls U-10: Erin Radford (Bronte). Girls U-12: Laura Homing (Wallace Pk.) Girls U-14: Lindsay Bennett (Bronte) Girls U-16: Samantha Schnobel (Wallace Pk.) Girls U-18: Sarah Homing (Wallace Pk.) Boys U-10: Willy Piotrowski (Wallace Pk.) Boys U-12: Mike Syer (Bronte) Boys U-14; Alex Spiro (Wallace Pk.) Boys U-16: Adrian Tollstam (Wallace Pk.) Boys U-18: Adrian Tollstam (Wallace Pk.) Oakville standings and scores CENTRAL EAST Green Gaels Mimico Scarborough Barrie Oakville Buzz Huntsville JUNIOR B LACROSSE T GP W L 14 9 5 0 7 1 16 8 1 13 7 5 13 7 6 0 14 5 9 0 17 0 17 0 GF 130 140 151 136 GA 95 126 PTS 18 17 15 14 12 0 124 107 119 140 261 10 0 (Upcom ing) Thursday, June 21, 8 p.m., at M aplegrove Arena, Sarnia at Oakville Saturday, June 23, 8 p.m., O akville at Huntsville. (Recent action) Tuesday, June 19, O akville at Scarborough Sunday, June 17, M im ico 6 , O akville 3 Thursday, June 14, M im ico 9, O akville 6 Sunday, June 10, W elland 12, O akville 5 Thursday, June 7, O akville 4, Green G aels 3 MOHA notes A trainer clinic will be held Saturday, June 23, at the Minor Oaks Hockey Association (M OHA) Speers Road offices (1026 Speers Rd.). All rep as well as house league teams require a trainer. Phone 338-9220 to register. CAR WASH O akville Rangers M inor Novice AAA 2001/02 hockey team will be host ing a fundraising community car wash at Trafalgar Village, 125 Cross Ave., behind Golden Griddle Family Restaurant, on Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The community car wash is being held to raise funds for extra ice rentals, tournament fees and team uniforms. Car wash pricing is based on a dona tion for a basic wash. A premium car wash will be offered for an enhanced 18, OAC ht 6 ' 1", wt 220 avg., 81 per cent SPORTS PLAYED: rugby, basketball, football. HIGHLIGHTS: basketball, semifinals, team MVP. 22 points per game, 14 rebounds, M VP o f Halton Classic all-star game ... Rugby, member of U-19 national team, participated in world championship in Chile in April 2001, MVP o f school team, Halton champs, fourth at OFSAA. ACADEM IC GOALS: kinesiology at Western, leading to a career in physical therapy. ATHLETIC GOALS: varsity rugby and hopefully national team again in the future. i JUNIOR A ROLLER HOCKEY EAST GP W L OTL GF GA Pts 12 9 2 1 96 67 19 TORONTO TIGERS MISSISSAUGA RATTLERS 1 108 97 19 13 9 3 BRAMPTON RADICALS 14 10 6 2 2 112 59 VAUGHAN ROCKETS 12 4 8 0 69 75 8 WEST GP W L OTL GF GA Pts HAMILTON FIREWHEELS 4 1 105 75 15 12 7 NIAGARA PANTHERS 9 6 0 85 3 113 6 OAKVILLE COYOTES 11 3 8 0 73 124 6 9 4 BUFFALO JR WINGS 5 2 3 0 13 UPCOMING June 22 (Friday), 8 p.m. Oakville at Vaughan June 23 (Saturday), 4 p.m.. Oakville at Hamilton June 24 (Sunday), 2 p.m., Oakville Arena, vs Brampton RECENT RESULTS. June 15, Niagara 12, Oakville 7 June 14, Mississagua 13, Oakville 10 June 9, Hamilton 22, Oakville 3 June 8, Hamilton 14, Oakville 6 NOTHERN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE Team GP w L T F A Pts Mississauga Wolverines 117 28 3 3 0 0 6 94 North Bay Bulldogs 3 3 0 0 10 6 4 Oakville Longhorns 2 2 0 0 85 6 Sault St. Marie Storm 3 1 2 0 78 42 2 Sudbury Spartans 3 1 2 0 59 108 2 Oshawa Hawkeyes 3 1 2 0 71 2 89 Markham Raiders 1 2 0 32 111 2 3 MegaCity Maddogs 2 0 2 0 7 64 0 Belleville Panthers 2 0 98 0 0 2 13 UPCOMING June 23, Oakville at Sudbury June 30, Oakville at Mississauga July 7, Oakville at Belleville July 14, Oakville at North Bay July 21, Sault Ste. Marie at OAKVILLE July 28, Mega City at OAKVILLE * Oakville games at Bronte Field, 6 p.m. RECENT RESULTS June 15/16 weekend: Oakville Longhorns (bye); Oshawa 43, Belleville 6, North Bay 24. Sault Ste. Marie 7; Mississasuga 44, Mega City 7: Marham 23, Sudbury 17.