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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1994 PAGE 18 Blazers follow through on their goal to become provincial champions The favored Oakville Blazers under 12 girls soccer team claimed the Unico Ontario Cup with a conâ€" vincing 3â€"0 win over the Burlington Sting on Saturday afternoon at Kitchener‘s Centennial Stadium in front of 150 fans. They set the Ontario champiâ€" onship as their goal and then made it happen. « "I have a feeling of relief," said Blazers coach Vic Juzenas. "This team has been together for a long time. Last season we set today‘s championship as our goal. The presâ€" sure was there all along to win." Burlington coach Trevor King said the Blazers were more aggresâ€" Oakville three for three in Cup play The Oakville Blades training camp is buzzing with anticipation for the upcoming OHA Jr. A season. There is a cast of fresh faces surrounding this team both on and off the ice. The new coaching staff with a changed approach has the nucleus of very talented veterans anxious to get things under way. Rookie hopefuls are a remarkable skilled group who are competing heavily for spots on the team and there have been a number of very bright signs in the early going. "We‘ll have no problem filling the net. That‘s for sure." says head coach, Jay Anderson. Off the ice the newly formed ownership alliance spirited by the Minor Oaks Hockey Association has already begun to put on a new face for Junior Hockey in Oakville. This year‘s home games will feature a variety of entertaining additions which will help make Blades®‘ games a fun event for everyone. A shoot out contest, mascot and a number of other surprises promise to create a spirited atmosphere at Oakville Arena. Returning veterans include Oakville natives Kent Williams, Matt Swain and Andrew Shortt as well as defensemen, Mike Byrne and forwards Jason Slaney, Corey Waring and Matt Interbartolo. A number of the very impressive rookies are homegrown heroes from last year‘s Midget Champs. The season will open on Sept. 23rd in Milton and the grand home opener will take place Friday, Sept. 30th at Oakville arena. Plan to be there to "Catch the Explosion"!! EXCITEMENT FILLS BLADES CAMP N ex1 Efiié:fiifip amm Friday, Sept. 16, 8 pm VSâ€" Barrie River Oaks Arena Sept. 19, 8 pm vs. M River Oaks Arena Monday, arkham sive. He said the first and third Oakville goals came by way of toughness but the second, he conâ€" tended, was scored on an uncalled offside. "They came at us. They gave us no free time in the 18â€"yard area," King said. "They did a good job by forcing us to make the quick play." The Blazers have only been beatâ€" en once by a Canadian team, according to Juzenas. Scarborough United downed them earlier in the season in tournament play. All together the team has played more than 50 games this season. In addiâ€" tion they train by playing indoor soccer and by taking on boys‘ teams ~SPORTS The Oakville Winstars under 17 boys soccer team claimed the Unico Ontario Cup title Sunday afternoon when they beat Whitby Celtic 4â€"2 at Kitchener‘s Centennial Stadium. Oakville dominated play far more than the final score indicates, a tribute to the grim determination of their Whitby opponents. The Winstars posted a 3â€"0 lead by half time that could easily have been 6â€"0. "We charged right away, going on the attack," said Oakville coach Charlie Sciberras. "We really dominated. In the second half we played more defensive." Oakville collected goals from Claudio Facchini on an early scramble. Andy Medeiros, thanks to a nice cross pass by Paolo Dipietrantonio in the 24th minute, and Eser Oner who blasted a rocket to the top left corner on a free kick from just outside the penalty area in the 36th minute. Whitby was content to kick every loose ball out of play in their own end, giving up possession and allowing Oakville to run set offensive plays. The Celtic coach, Ian Burns ascribed the tactic to a case of nerves. Winstars coach Sciberras thought it was planned to upset his team‘s strong ground game. "We were nervous in the fist half," said Burns. "They had us on our heels but a couple of bounces could have changed things. I told the team that the winners would be the team that makes the fewest mistakes. I‘m proud of our guys." In the second half Whitby turned the game around by going to the air. They managed a pair of scores which sandwiched a killing Oakville goal. Whitby‘s Neil Sharp scored on a header to make it 3â€"1 in the 14th minute. The Celtic seemed on the verge of making it a one goal game when Oakville‘s Medeiros scored in the 23rd minute. "The players changed our tactics," Burns said. "The game plan was to go into the corners but we had much more success getting the ball in the A comeback seemed farfetched but Whitby maintained the possibility when Jeffrey MacLean scored in the 24th minute, moments after Medeiros‘ goal. MacLean has participated in professional tryouts for clubs in England. Comeback magic seemed to swirl around Whitby. Only a few moments later a flurry of action put the Celtic‘s Joseph Elek eight yards in front of an open Oakville net, dead centre with the ball. He missed. "A game like this is a lot of pressure for 16 and 17 year olds," said Burns. "Call mistakes unforced errors. They‘re not in the game plan." The Ontario Cup title gives the Winstars the right to represent the _ Oakville Blue Devils coach Phil Iafrati was screaming instructions at his charges for much of Saturday afternoon‘s Ontario Cup semiâ€"final with Pickering Power, a game Oakville won 2â€"0. Tafrati wants his team to be perfect because that‘s the way they must play to beat their opponents in the Ontario Cup final, their nemeses Scarborough Malvern. In four tries this year, Oakyville has managed only a tie with the Scarborough squad, that coming in their last meeting, a 2â€"2 game at Shell Park. Tafrati says Oakville will employ no new strategy in the upcoming contest, scheduled for Saturday at 3 p.m. at Kitchener‘s Centennial Stadium. In their last meeting, Oakville took a 2â€"9 lead but | let it slip away, and Iafrati says his team will concentrate | on preventing that from happening in the future. Sunday‘s semifinal was rough from the beginning. Pickering attempted to gain position on Oakville with â€"_"They‘re the kings," said Iafrati. "They‘ve won the Ontario Cup four years in a row and that‘s unprecedented. We‘re all that stands between them and five in a row." Winstars advance to national championships Oakville‘s Daniela Manes opened the scoring in the 17th minute of the first half when she cut inside a defender in a race for the ball and got a shot off from just inside the penalty area. when the opportunity presents itself. "We tried to play aggressive socâ€" cer," said Juzenas. "We played conâ€" fident." A few minutes later Burlington missed its best chance when a shot was deflected just above the crossâ€" bar. Oakville was able to push the ball up field in the first half despite a strong wind in their face, largely due to the strong clearing of Natalie Gluic. In the second half, Burlington was able to turn the momentum around getting good pressure for long stretches. The weak leg of goaltender Caitlin Hoy made it difâ€" ficult for Oakville to clear their defensive zone. "Caitlin was nervous under game conditions," said Juzenas. "She is not normally a strong kicker but her nerves made it worse." Juzenas added his goaltender was a member of the underâ€"12 girls Ontario championship basketball Oakville‘s Amanda Joseph scored after a long breakaway in the 26th minute when she moved right to draw Burlington‘s goaltender Sarah Buckland and kicked left into the open side. In his post game press conference after winâ€" ning the Bell Canadian Open, a jubilant Nick Price quipped that "maybe some of the old monks from the Abbey were looking after me." A hot Price, these days, of course, pretty well ensures that the entire tournament is looked after, and that‘s exactly what happened at the Abbey, which was once the site of an old Roman Catholic monastery. "We probably had the best finalâ€"day crowd upâ€"bound Blue Devils cause power outage anadian Open closes with ‘best finalâ€"day crowd‘ THE 0. The Oakville Blazers underâ€"13 girls are the best team in Ontario in their age division after defeating Burlington Sting 3â€"0 in the Ontario Cup Saturday in Kitchener. As the game wound down the anguish of losing, after coming so far, began to show on the faces of the Burlington squad. "It‘s going to take another year Just how many, however, he wouldn‘t disâ€" close, saying the RCGA doesn‘t want to get into a yearly numbers game. "It was financially and artistically a success." The Open, he said, was fortunate to operate the whole week under the opposite of Murphy‘s Law: everything that could go right, we have ever had," said Paul Dulmage, the comâ€" munications director for the Glen Abbeyâ€"based Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA). _ Stories and photos, special to the Beaver by Brad Reaume Oakville Winstars are preparing for the national championship in Etobicoke after winning the Ontario Cup in Kitchener on Sunday. province at the national championships in Etobicoke later this month. Oakville opened the scoring in the first half when Eddie MacMillan worked a perfect stopâ€"andâ€"go for a breakaway which he finished in the top left corner. Oakville‘s Brad Murray carried a great pass from MacMillan to the net where he deposited it for the second score, moments before the end of the opening half. Oakville goaltender Peter Eskit was sensational, stopping ball after ball and breaking up crossing passes. Eskit was recently one of the last cuts from the national program. Coach Tafrati says it has made him more deterâ€" mined to play well. "Our chances are very good," said Sciberras. "It‘s a new tournament and a new challenge. We‘ve scouted some of the teams. Quebec and Brmsh Columbia are both good teams." pushes but were caught by the official every time. Things got ugly momentarily when Eskit charged a loose ball near the top of the penalty area only to arrive at the same time as a loose Pickering for us," said the Burlington coach. "I‘ve always felt that kids from Burlington and Oakville are more laid back than others. We have to work on that." "I was happy with the team today," said TIafrati. "We‘ve beaten them twice this season 1â€"0, so today we were twice as good." player. The resulting collision injured both players for a few minutes and launched the Pickering bench on a tirade against ‘homer officials‘ and rough play. Also, "you need the big names still playing on the weekend, and playing under par and on (See ‘Staying Put page 24) For instance, not only does the weather have to be perfect â€" not too warm, not too cold â€" but the forecast also has to be outstanding, with no thunder storms or rain on the horizon. did go right. "There are a number of elements that all have to go together," he explained. The Burlington coach said his team had none of the breaks on Saturday that come in team sports: "Sometimes you just get a jinx game."