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The Canadian Champion, Friday, November 14, 2008 - Al17 SPORT S SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail sIeblanc@miltoncaladiaflcharmpiof.com Senior Mustangs' OFSAA bid squashed Ascension of Our Lord too much for Halton champs By Steve LeBlanc dict didn't corne as much of a shock. CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF "Did you catch that they're fast?" quipped head coach Steve Oliver laie in Dsappointing, but hardly surprising. the third quarter, with his Halton champs Dominating Halions Division 2 scene down by more than two dozen points. aIl season long, Milton ~ Armed wîîh raucous fan Districts senior cagers knew support, a fierce transition they'd evenîually mun into a game and NCAA Division I - giant-size obstacle - namely hound star Christine Hyde, Mississaugas Ascension of Our J k ~ Ascension grahbed an early Lord - to OFSAA.M lead and was relentless in uts With home-court advantage aîîack - geîîîng to most of the and a powerhouse squad ranked among loose halls and completely dominating the top 10 in the GIA, the Eagles were their guests in the paint. simply not going to be grounded on their Having sîgned ber letier uf intent to way t0 next week's AA provincial charn- Syracuse University jusi a lew bours car- pionships in ITunder Bay lier, Mustang cîrncrstone Kayla Wheîber that realiîy served to case the Alexander - a mcrnher of the j unior sting of tbe Mustangs' 79-40 defeat national icain ibis pasi suitîmer -col- Wedncsday afiernoon is open foi dehat.lccîcd 25 poist,,,justilthtce 1css thlan But one things for sure. the lopsided set -ýNde. But the Eagles' supporting cast clearly demonstrated iheir superiority, with îhree other players scoring ai least a dozen points and neutrahizing MD with a higbly-effective press and a huge edge in overail quickness. Said Oliver, "We pretty much knew wbat to expect today They've (Fagles) played in ail the quad-A tournaments and have a lot of great athietes. They should win (provincials)." MD looked poised to pick îhings up in the second haîf, going on a seven-point run righi afier intermission. But Ascension answered hack with 13 straight of their own tu squash hopes of addîng an>' suspense factor to the OFSAA quaiier. Alexanders xuungcr sisici kcsta noriially inîshing in double digits ssas iiiitcd tu ihrec fchec t0ws in thc foui tIiquaitici w hile \!cghan(icas aiii Hiiittn\-1I lqiiihad foui pointîs tth. rnighty sweet Third OFSAAfield hockey titie even more rewarding than others By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF C apturitig QiSAA guld is nothing new for Lexi Kennedy Vluwever, the i 6-year-old rural Mîltunian - the last fine of def ente for a perennial powerhouse field hock- ey sc1uad - hardly had a 'beeni-ihere-done-that' atti tude upon curropletion of the lirtiincial îhree-peat in Peierborougli. lunaa, thiis onte ittualls' tutauis ire.« saîd tht dimuinutive rictiind otîitf tht elp î aSt. Jufns kif marnutlt f aglcý, 'iindas ,tftei tuttitles', ihati2-4 futurs reuo\l tl Ifi tii lint lîtg s ci tuothei titît. thtik wse r toti c i e ias aî catu tmoure tht',seti sa ttpitst'tltu ielying oine ii ss pl01 ts 01:1's \As ftintle ss t, niai ktd \\ îh tîraitatte deî, \-ii for thcessuittt Ittciitg tchamtps. fitî once aatiti tîtecied petiiýili\ tiotI,cs ttc ut onttitop - is cil tp'tgBut litgi ii', \totre DamIc rish 2-1. Alr-cads' fîtiîg tîtutted by unis ersittes on citer sut.u tif the botrder, Keiîtîcds' surreiîdcred jusi ber hîurtfî gotl ai the tout naiticrit - aîîd îîîîîh aIl year - titia short corner sirike faiîly carl> iii the gold-rnedal gantie Ai that point, she admîts, there was sorne concern that tbat îîîghî be the only sconing dune. "l wasn'î quite sure il we could coi-ne back," said the 1 ]th grader, relemrng to the fact that SJ K dido't have a clear-cut offensive threat like it did with Canadian lnter-unîversity Sports Rookie of the Year Jessalyn Walkey last faIt. "But îhey pîcked îî up and kept going." The îop-seeded Eagles would knot things up witb about 10 minutes left prior to eclîpsing the Halton champs in the shoot-oui, with Kennedy turning back the final îwo sîrokes to bring îhree-peat hopes to fruition. Tbis followed a sîcîlar second haîf in whîcb she made ai least a haîf-dozen key saves. "1 îhink 1 improved as the toumnamrent wenî on," saîd the local neiminder, who gave up jusi one goal in an unheaten round-robin mun before backstopping SJK to a 1 -0 quarterfinal win againsi Godcrîch and a 4-2 dctsion over Mcdway iii the semis. Part tif a sinaill independett lcmcntary/sccondary stchootl whec field hockey is a way oil life - lonîg bel tre girls reacli (Grade 9 - Kennecdy admits shes ,îlîcd eatv etaii ttid luglits of uuiiplcting higli su lîtul w itht perf et.t 44f0i-4 shosx îîg ai Q)FS-AA. 'i ciii, I guctss the iiiessuie', titi l0ii iliat iuw.-