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18 Sports Oakville Beaver SPORTS EDITOR:JONKUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 One local champ, three finalists at Sabatino tourney An all-Oakville atom final highlighted a strong weekend for local teams at last weekend's Frank Sabatino Memorial Tournament. The Oakville atoMc (the entire atom division is sponsored by McDonalds) Eagles edged the Oakville atoMc St. Pats 3-2 in the atom final of the house league competition. Two other local squads reached division finals, with the Oakville Heat falling 4-1 to Waterloo Gibson in the peewee white championship game and the Oakville Purolator Blues dropping a 4-2 decision to the Ottawa West End A2 Jets in the peewee red final. The 11th annual edition of the Frank Sabatino Memorial Tournament, named after the long-time Minor Oaks Hockey Association volunteer, featured 48 teams in two age groups, 12 divisions and 81 games over the weekend. Round-robin play set up the division winners for Sunday's semifinal and championship games at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. Atom There was no shortage of drama in the atom final as the Eagles rallied from a 2-0 third-period deficit to tie the game, then won it on Hunter Mackinnon's penalty-shot goal. Connor Babb and Jonathan Cook also scored thirdperiod goals for the Eagles after Tommy Bourikas and James St. Louis had given the St. Pats a 2-0 lead. Nicholas Lawlor, Cook and Babb had assists for the Eagles in the final, while Justin Ferarri and Trevor Stamegna earned helpers for the St. Pats. Not only was the atom final an all-Oakville affair, the semifinals also exclusively involved local squads. The Eagles rode a three-point effort from Mackinnon (two goals, one assist) to a 5-1 win over the Greyhounds in one semifinal, while the St. Pats got two goals from Ben Salmon to down the Hurricanes 5-1 in the other semi. Aidan Baxter, Matthew Aziz and Cook had the Eagles' other goals in the semifinals, with Myles Lamb replying for the Greyhounds. Keelan Froats and Ferarri each had a goal and an assist for the St. Pats in semifinal play, and Bourikas had the other St. Pats marker. Jake Difonzo scored the lone goal SABATINO CHAMPIONS: The Oakville atoMc Eagles won their division at last weekend's Frank Sabatino Memorial Tournament in Oakville. Members of the team are Mitchell Switzer, Aidan Baxter, Evan Sasaki, Josh Reid, Nick Lawlor, Ryan Kozak, Anthony De Rango, Matthew Aziz, Connor Babb, Tom Harding, Ben Glatzmayer, Hunter Mackinnon, Christian Bachoumis, Jonny Cook, Vaughn Courage and Ryan Matsuba. Nigel Babb, Trent Courage and David Sasaki coach the team, Fabio De Rango is the trainer and Ruth-Ann Courage is the trainer. tie, then added a couple empty-netters in the final minutes. Nicholas King scored for the Heat, assisted by Michael Merrick and goaltender Matthew Brazil. It wasn't enough, however, to offset a four-point outing by Waterloo's Sean Purvis (three goals, one assist). The Heat had burned the West London Hawks 6-0 in the See Plenty, page 20 for the Hurricanes. Peewee white The Oakville Heat may have lost the peewee white final by a 4-1 score, but the actual game was much closer than that. The Heat and Waterloo Gibson were tied 1-1 midway through the third period before Waterloo scored to break the Oakville Little League - 2012 Youth Baseball Registration Division Blastball T-Ball T-Ball Rookeball Minor A Minor AA Minor AAA Major Junior Senior Big League Age 4 5-6 7-8 8 9 10 11 12 13 - 14 15 - 17 17 - 20 WHERE: OAKVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDHOUSE, 425 Cornwall Road WHEN: SATURDAY, January 28th & February 4th 9:00AM to 4:00PM Th largest youth baseball organization in Oakville. The Th The highest caliber, fun and fair-play house leagues. Gr Grass infields, pitching mounds, outfield fences & dugouts for ages 9 & up. Th only All-Star program to compete in Senior, Junior & Little League The World Series playdowns. Fees include: Major League replica uniform, individual & team photos. O Oakville Little League offers: Pro d Sponsor of Proud Oakville Little League For more information call 905-827-1831 or register online at www.ollb.org