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MINORS MENS WOMENSOkillBALL HOCKEYREGISTRATION905-637-8118www.hmbhl.comSportsSPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2011 23Friendly competitionEVENTWINNERS:Natalie Walker (left) andMadeline Schizaswere two of the event winners atSkate Oakville'sannual club com-petition last week-end at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. Walker was first in Introductory A, Group 4, whileSchizas earned gold in pre-prelim-inary A freeskate. See page 25 for alist of top-threefinishers in eachdivision at thecompetition.PHOTOS BY MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVERFamiliar feeling awaits Hawks, Titans at OFSAA basketballBy Jon Kuiperij(OFSAA) boys basketball AAAA tournamentThough the Hawks have won all three working on their game plan. They will be a BEAVER SPORTS EDITORin London after Loyola was seeded seventhmeetings with Trinity this year by double very difficult team to play against in the first thand Trinity was ranked 10.digits (Loyola also defeated the Titans in game.After working all season to get out of Itll be the third time in less than tworegular-season play), Hawks coach Gary Both teams had locked up OFSAA berths Halton, the Loyola Hawks and Holy Trinityweeks that the Hawks and Titans will clashLaurin isnt exactly thrilled about his teams before Tuesdays GHAC final, since the con-Titans might feel like theyre still stuck inon the court. Loyola cruised to a 60-36 vic-first-round matchup.ference was awarded two spots in this years regional play next week.tory in last weeks Halton final and thenIts not hard to get up for those games, provincial tournament. Loyola clinched its The Oakville rivals will meet each otherdefeated the Titans 66-49 Tuesday in thebut every time weve played them the scores spot Monday with an 84-58 rout of Cathedral, Monday in the first round of the OntarioGolden Horseshoe Athletic Conferencebeen closer and closer and closer, Laurin while Trinity qualified with a hard-fought Federation of School Athletic Associations(GHAC) final.said. Theyre chipping away at us. Theyre See Aquinas, page 28