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Georgetown rolls over Devils in AAAA volleyball final around and they've had our number all season long," said Red Devils coach Nick Peterson. Most volleyball matches "We've always had a strong between the Oakville Trafalgar Red rivalry. Last year, we got the best of Devils and the Georgetown Rebels them. This year, they got the best have been closely-contested battles of us. That's just the way it works through the years, but there was between the schools." little doubt about the result of the The Rebels now move on to the 2010 senior girls' Halton AAAA Golden Horseshoe Athletic championship. Conference champi"Last year, we The Rebels scored a onship match on 25-7, 25-15 victory got the best of Monday, when they'll over the Red Devils them. This year, host Hamilton champ Wednesday at they got the best St. Thomas More Sheridan College to of us." beginning at 3:30 p.m. claim their third The winner moves on Halton AAAA title in n OT coach to the 16-team Ontario four years, after OT Nick Peterson Federation of School captured the title in Athletic Associations 2009. (OFSAA) AAAA tournament in Georgetown has posted an over- Barrie on Tuesday and Wednesday. all match record of 37-1 this seaRebels head coach Kyle Stewart son, including a 10-0 regular-sea- has taken several boys' and girls' son mark and a win over the Red teams to OFSAA, but can't recall a Devils in the final of their own team with a better winning record. tournament earlier this month. Their lone loss came last week to Any hopes of a Red Devils upset Whitby's Sinclair in the prelimiWednesday were quashed early on nary round of a tournament in by the Rebels, who didn't allow an Uxbridge, with the teams meeting OT lead to extend beyond two again in the final. After falling points throughout a match that behind 9-0 to 2008 OFSAA-chamwas over in just half an hour. pion Sinclair in the first set, the "They're strong all the way See Georgetown page 49 By Eamonn Maher SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER 47 · Friday, February 26, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com ERIC RIEHL / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVER PASSING INTEREST: Oakville Trafalgar's Julia Zakrewski (9) looks to set up Red Devils teammates Lizzy Siklos (10) and Ally Torrance (4) during the Halton senior girls' volleyball AAAA final Wednesday at Sheridan College. OT lost in straight sets to the powerful Georgetown Rebels. Hawks, Blazers in D1 hockey semis Oakville is guaranteed to have a finalist in this year's Halton boys' hockey Division 1 final. The Iroquois Ridge Trailblazers and Loyola Hawks opened their two-game semifinal series yesterday (Thursday) at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre. The winner of the series, which continues with Game 2 on Tuesday, will advance to Thursday's Halton championship game against the winner of the Notre Dame/Christ the King semifinal. Loyola needed only one game to dispose of the M.M. Robinson Rams in the quarter-final round, whipping the Rams 6-0 last week. Iroquois Ridge lost the opening game of its two-game series with the Nelson Lords, 4-2, before tying the series with a 5-3 win Tuesday and then scoring in the sudden-death overtime tiebreaking period. The St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders were eliminated from the playoffs with a two-game loss to Notre Dame. Aquinas tied the Fighting Irish 5-5 in the first game of the series before Notre Dame rolled to a 6-2 win in Game 2. The boys' Division 2 playoffs began Wednesday. The lone Oakville team in the Division 2 playoffs is the Abbey Park Eagles, who enjoyed a first-round bye and will begin their semifinal series next week. In girls' hockey, the Division 1 playoffs began yesterday (Thursday) as the Holy Trinity Titans visited Notre Dame and Bishop Reding traveled to Nelson. Winners of those games will face Loyola and the T.A. Blakelock Tigers Tuesday in the semifinals. The Halton championship game will be played Thursday. Girls' Division 2 playoffs begin Monday. St. Thomas Aquinas, Abbey Park, Iroquois Ridge and the Oakville Trafalgar Red Devils will all be in action. Royal Blue Bandits win another tourney The Oakville Hornets Royal Blue Bandits won all five of their games, including a 4-1 victory over the Stratford Aces in the final, to capture peewee division gold at a recent girls' hockey tournament in Woodstock. The championship was the second straight tournament title for the Blue Bandits, who also won the North Halton Fall Classic Tournament in Georgetown earlier this season. Members of the team are Courtney Barrett, Claire Cordeiro, Taylor Davison, Sydney Davison, Michaela Deschamps, Shannon Fenwick , Paige Giannone, Danielle Gillmoure, Abbey Heimler, Rachel Hisey, Jessica Kool, Dilina Lallani, Nisha McConnachie Grace McGladrey, Kaelan Peterson and Lauren Woolfrey. Peter Heimler, Glenn Woolfrey and Derek McGladrey coach the team, Jen McGladrey and Gillian Salter are the trainers, Karen Smith is the team MOM and Ian McConnachie is the treasurer.