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22-The Canadian Champion, Friday, May 25, 2001 842-8892 OW y ua ReIM Laie Modal Vehides *Law Everyday Prices! *Short Terrn Leasing F ree Pick-upj & Delivery Nçiýiag km~ Additional Drivers vRedingls senior bo ys capture Halton titie Royals reach OFSAA champ ionships By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Bishop Reding's senior boys soccer squad has already secured one championship jewel this spring - and will be hoping to add a couple more to their crown in the coming week. The Royals' Halton tille triumph over Oakville's Loyola Hawks Tuesday eamned them passage to next weekend's OFSAA championships. This'll be the school's first ever trip to the provincial soccer showcase - which will be preceded by today's Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conlerence (GHAC) finals against Hamiltons St. Thomas .Moore. The OFSAA tune-up game - which is not a do-or-die situation, as both teams have already qualified for provincials - is slated to begin at 3 p.m. at Burlington's Sherwood Park. 'We set our goals high this season and right now we're living up tu them." said veteran forward Onel Martino. His comments follow Tuesday's win over the Hawks. Martino scored in the opening haîf and again in the dying moments of play tu knock off Loyola 2-0. Remarked Martino, "Guys like Kyle Grant and myself have been capitalizing on ise Milton MarlinSwim Club recent- ly returned from Brampton's Cobra Spring Fling Invitational with seven gold medals. Leading this. hefty haul was David Dimitrov, who bested ail nine and 10- year-old boys in tise 50-metre freestyle, 50m backstroke and 100m individual mediey. Four other locals delivered une gold medal showing apiece - including Il and l'2-year-old boys competitor Karl Zebarth, who won tise 100m treestyle. He also struck silver in tise 200m freestyle. our chances in the playoffs, something we weren't doing earlier in the year." The Royals battled Loyola to a scoreless stalemate during the regular season, but left nu room for doubt as to who the regions top team was at Sherwood Park Tuesday. They moved the hall better during the chilly, rain-soaked aftemoon and pressured well at key points in the game. -We really took the play te, them. The guys played great, offensively and defen- sively," said co-coach Gord McCarles. Goalkeeper Allen Lourenco - who last year backstopped the juniors to regional gold - handled the hall in expert fashion to record his l4th shutout in two years. Also offering impressive efforts were Chris Casa and Bruce Milligan. Martino's two goals brought his playoff scoring total to ive. He also provided the heroics in semilinal action last Friday, making the lune deposit in a 1I-0whitewash ut Burlinglons Nelson Lords. A total of seven seniors wcre pari of both championship squads, this year and last. Joining Lourenco and Milligan in that department are Marc Borelli, Frank Fazio, Matt Stockton, Connor Sweeney and Paul Szaler. The provincial championships will be held May 31 10 June 2 at H-amiltons Bishop Ryan Secondary School. Age class teammate James Bramley tumned back ail challengers in the 200m backatroke while Victoria Poole waa tops in the nine and 10-year-old girls' 50mn freestyle. Her efforts in the lOOm individual medley were good enough for the bronze. Christopher Reid's golden performn- ance was reserved for thse butterfly, ,Which over 100 mettes ise prevailed among tise nine and,10 year old boys. Meanwhile, Valarie Burke was runner- up in the 1l and 12-year-old girls' 100m butterfly. I M ,wMar1ins grab five gold medals at Spring Fling Blshop Reding's Onel Martino races past a Loyoaedefender (at left) and is later mobbed by his t e am ma te s (above) after scor- ing his first of two goals in a 2-0 whitewash af the Oakville school in the regional cham- pianships et B u rli ng t on's Sherwood Park Tuesday. BR plays St. Thomas Moore In the GHAC finals today and then goes onl ta OFSAA next weekend. Photos by PETER McCUSKER