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Lack of depth forces players out of positionContinued from page 26signed a few players with offen-sive experience, hoping they will when 51-year-old quarterbackbe in the lineup for this week-Mark Demerling and wide receiv-ends game against the Sault Ste. er Mike Dingsdale were the only Marie Steelers (a 7true offensive playersMy cornerbacks p.m. start at Bronte on the field when were mAthletic Field).y wideOakville had the ball.Two games dont It showed in the statsreceivers. Mymake a season, as the Longhorns linebackers were Betty said.were held to 61 yards playing full back From the firstof net offence, includ-and running back.game to our lasting just 10 yards Right nowgame, there was a , it's thethrough the air.big improvement. My cornerbacks depth. There's noAnd Ill go out on a were my wide receiv-depth.limb and say there ers. My linebackers will be even a biggerwere playing full back Longhorns coach improvement come and running back, Howard BettySaturday.Betty said. RightDAN HO / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVERnow, its the depth. Theres no ROUGH START FOR LONGHORNS:Oakville Longhorns defender David Lee (in black) tries to bring down a Beaver sports editor Jon depth.Tri-City Outlaws opponent Saturday at Bronte Athletic Field. Oakville was blanked 37-0 by the Outlaws, dropping to 0-2 onKuiperij can be followed on The coach is optimistic things the Northern Football Conference campaign.Twitter at @Beaversportscan turn around, however. HesFlanker re-ups with English sideMaple Grove, Eastview athletesOakvilles Sean-Michael Stephen hasnational team.shine at Wallace track and fieldsigned a new contract with PlymouthLocal trio, Canada lose Churchill CupAlbion.Maple Grove Public School students com-individual champions of all schools at the The England Saxons scored 22 unan-bined to win six individual titles and three meet. Eagles athletes won 11 individual gold RUGBYBRIEFSswered points in the second half to down relay races en route to winning the overall and also added a victory in the intermediate Canada 37-6 Saturday in the final of the championship at the Halton District School girls relay.The 28-year-old flanker joined the rugbyChurchill Cup rugby tournament.Boards Wallace track-and-field meet, held Multiple-event champions for Eastview team in 2008 and last year served as captainIt was the second straight year the recently at Iroquois Ridge High School.included Ismail Mourad (junior boys 100m, of the English club that plays in the RFUEnglish squad beat Canada in the final.Will Izzard (senior boys long jump and 200m and long jump), Connor Hicks (junior Championship. He was also named theThe Canadian squad, which included triple jump) earned gold in two different boys 400m, 800m and 1,500m), Zaria teams player of the year last season.Oakvilles Phil Mackenzie, Jamie Mackenzie events for Maple Grove, while Ellen McGee Armstrong (intermediate girls 100m and It is important we have players of prov-and Mike Scholz, advanced to the champi-(junior girls triple jump), Bradley Souler 200m) and Nathan Pillinger (senior boys en quality who want to stay with the club,onship game with a 24-18 victory over the (junior boys shot put), Max Stewart (inter-400m and 800m). Armstrong set meet records said Albion chairman of rugby GrahamRussian Bears. Trailing 18-15, Phil mediate boys 100 metres) and Sam Scott in both her races.Dawe.Mackenzie and Scholz helped set up Ander (senior boys 200m) were also individual Max Theune added another gold in the Prior to joining Plymouth Albion,Monros go-ahead try for Canada. champions.intermediate boys shot put.Stephen played three years in France. HeCanada opened the tournament with a Maple Grove added victories in the junior Other local champions included Abbey has also earned 18 caps with the Canadian26-12 win over Italy.boys, intermediate boys and senior boys Lanes Ashley Osland (senior girls 100m) and relays and also won the senior boys pennant Georgia Braunstein (senior girls 400m) as to finish the meet with 260 points, six ahead well as Pilgrim Woods Tori Gorrell (senior Reduce Reuse Recycleof second-place Aldershot.girls long jump).Eastview, which finished fourth overall in Eastview collected the junior boys pen-the team standings, actually had the most nant.OAKVILLE SOCCER CLUBCorrections to Catholic system meet resultsAn article in Fridays edition of the Beavermetre relay.that contained Catholic elementary track-Holy Familys Gillian Day won the bantam and-field results had several errors and omis-girls 800m race while teammate Krista sions.Stofko was the midget girls long jump cham-St. James student Austin Van Zyl was the pion.winner of the atom boys long jump and also TheBeaver regrets the errors and omis-Week Threehelped his school win the atom boys 4x100-sions.Photo Contest Winner:Photographer Frank MisaSponsored by:The Oakville Beaver A Proud Sponsor of Oakville Soccer Club27 Wednesday, June 22, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com