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S Sports Rocky reception SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2011 41 Four more Rangers teams qualify for Silver Stick Four Oakville Rangers teams recently qualified for their respective International Silver Stick tournaments, giving the Minor Oaks Hockey Association nine representatives for this season's prestigious competitions. The atom AE, minor peewee AA, peewee AE and minor midget AA Rangers are the most recent qualifiers. They join the minor atom AE, minor peewee A, minor bantam AA, bantam AE and minor midget AE squads that already qualified, according to MOHA A officials. Atom AE The atom AE Rangers won all six of their games at their regional tournament in Georgina, including a 4-1 victory over Waterloo in the championship game. Oakville allowed just three goals in those six games to advance to the international Silver Stick. Members of the team are Tyler Adams, Isaac Boutin, Andrew Charko, Francesco Commisso, David Difilippo, Marcus Enriquez, Mikey Fabiano, Robbie Gauthier, Dylan Greenhalgh, Matthew Hipple, Kevin Kacvinsky, Owen McLean, Alexandra Moreau, Jack Morris, Matthew Tani, Alex Williams and Nicholas Zuliani. Chris Charko and Mike Greenhalgh are the coaches, James Gauthier and Greg Williams are the trainers, and Cindy Hipple is the manager. Minor peewee AA Dedicating their performance to the memory of f one of their biggest fans, the minor peewee AA A Rangers qualified for the international Silver Stick by going undefeated at regionals. Oakville went 2-0-1 in division play, including a 2-0 win over the third-ranked team in Ontario, the Ted Reeve Thunder. The Rangers then blanked the Markham Wavers 4-0 in the quarter-finals, edged the TNT Tornados 2-1 in the semis and downed the Humber Valley Sharks 5-2 in the final. The Rangers, who outscored their opposition 20-7 during the tournament, wore pink tape on their hockey sticks and a commemorative patch on their jerseys in memory of Mary Maloney. Mary, the mother of Rangers player Patrick Maloney and wife of coach Bob Maloney, recently lost her battle with cancer. Ben Dunford, Paul Costin, Benji Webster, Philip Mazzuca, Aidan Child, Matthew Cvitak, David Gunner, See Peewee, page 42 ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVER WRESTLING EVENT FOR CHARITY: Iroquois Ridge student Anthony Sorgiovanni, wrestling under the name of Rocky 'Bam Bam' Giovanni, attempts to pin opponent Tommy 'Wildfire' Birch during Great White North Championship Wrestling's Movember To Remember event at Ridge last Friday. The evening raised more than $750 for Movember and the fight against prostate cancer. Goalie, ex-teammate reuniting on U17 squad By Herb Garbutt OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF A week ago, Spencer Martin was watching some old home videos when some images from his first minor hockey team appeared on the screen. There were Martin and tyke teammate Stephen Harper, wearing their Burlington Eagles sweaters and watching hockey on TV. The two friends' hockey careers took different paths when Martin and his family moved to Oakville -- Martin joined the Jr. Canadiens organization while Harper continued to play for the Eagles -- but both would go on to become first-round picks in the Ontario Hockey League g draft. Harper went 12th overall to the Erie Otters earlier this year, while Martin was selected six picks later by the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors. Now, 10 years after first playing together, the pair is getting a chance to be teammates again, representing Ontario at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge See U17, page 43 ROB BEINTEMA / METROLAND MEDIA GROUP PROVINCIAL TEAMER: Spencer Martin (in white, pictured in action against the Kitchener Rangers) will represent Ontario at the World Under-17 Hockey oc ey Challenge. C a e ge