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48 Sports Oakville Beaver SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2007 PHOTOS BY RON KUZYK / OAKVILLE BEAVER HALTON FINALS: There was plenty on the line yesterday in Milton as four local soccer teams vied for Halton high school titles. Left, Loyola's Andrea Dubravac (in blue) battles for the ball against an Assumption opponent in the senior AAA final. Above, an unidentified Oakville Trafalgar player (in red) is sandwiched by two Notre Dame defenders during the senior AAAA contest. Halton AA title provides solace for Aquinas girls Loyola seniors, Trinity juniors also crowned MILTON -- With the pain of a shoot-out elimination from the provincial high school girls' soccer AA championships still fresh in their minds, the St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders found a tonic yesterday. Aquinas claimed the Halton senior AA title with a 5-0 rout over Acton at Lions Sports Park in Milton, finishing league play with no goals against in seven regular-season games and two playoff contests. The win came two days after the Raiders, provincial gold medalists a year ago, were bounced from the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) tournament with a quarter-final shoot-out loss to Holy Cross. "Some people think when OFSAA's over, everything's over, but a Halton championship is still really important," said Victoria Miliucci, who paced Aquinas with two goals yesterday. "It was our last chance to play together as a team, so everyone wanted to work justas hard as (we did) at OFSAA." Raiders keeper Taryn McKenna added, "We were all pretty upset (Tuesday). We were all crying after we lost. It was hard to get back up for (the Halton final) but we did it." Alana Wood, Cassandra Russo and Jaime Neefs also tallied for Aquinas, which led 1-0 at halftime and seemed to grow stronger as the game went on. The game was one of 11 Halton championships decided yesterday, all in Milton. In addition to girls' soccer, finals were also contested in girls' softball and slo-pitch, boys' baseball and boys' soccer. Below are reports from the other three girls' soccer finals from yesterday. Coverage of the other Halton finals will appear in upcoming issues of The Oakville Beaver. Hawks win AAA title The Loyola Hawks may have had trouble coming up with timely scoring at the OFSAA tournament, but returning home they had no trouble at all. Jennifer Chuey scored in overtime as the Hawks edged the Assumption Crusaders 2-1 in yesterday's AAA final. "Loyola hasn't won senior girls' soccer for a long time so this is big for our team and our school," said Hawks captain Andrea Dubravac. "The team is still young so it could win it again next year." Chuey, who also scored the game-winner in the semifinal against T.A. Blakelock, broke in on the left side and unleashed a shot at the Assumption net in the second overtime period. "She hit the crossbar with the same kind of kick earlier in the game so when she let it go, we all collectively held our breath," said Loyola coach Sean Heaney. They didn't hold it long as Chuey's shot curled just inside the far post. "We had trouble putting the ball in the net at OFSAA, so to come back and win Haltons is great," said Heaney. Assumption, which won a bronze medal at OFSAA, had the only goal of the opening half when Lindsey MacLellan scored on a breakaway. Loyola would tie it when Julia Marchese converted a corner kick in the second half. The teams, which had tied in the regular season, played through one scoreless 10minute overtime and almost through another before Chuey's game-winning goal. Trinity junior champs The Halton junior girls' final pitted two undefeated teams against each other -- the Holy Trinity Titans, who had given up one goal in league play this season, against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, which had allowed four. So, of course, when the two teams met in Milton for the Halton crown, eight goals were fired into the net. The Titans kept their undefeated record intact, surviving a three-goal comeback by the Irish to win 5-3.. "If any team was going to score three goals against us, I knew it would Notre Dame," said the Titans' Peter Bonfiglio, the school's longtime senior girls coach who is in his first year leading the juniors. "It's said a two-goal lead is the toughest one to protect. Well, maybe it's a three-goal lead." The Titans stormed out of the gates, scoring three times in 12 minutes against a shocked Irish squad. Notre Dame got one back before the half ended, on a breakaway goal by Jesse Shugg, and added two more early in the second half, Lisa Bache during a scramble in front of the Titans net, and Shugg again when she drilled a 30-footer to tie the score. "It was the reverse of last year's final when we went down by three and tied it up before losing," said Bonfiglio. See OT page 49 www.icesports.com 905-845-6989