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Fellow Oakville curler skipping U.S. continued from p.26 out the Jones rink. She had never played with any members of the Jones rink prior to filling in with the skip's leave, though she squared off against Jones as far back as 1995 when Wall (then Harmark) and Jones skipped opposing rinks in a four-team qualifier to represent Canada at the world junior championship. Their paths crossed several times over the years, including 2008 when Jones edged Middaugh's rink in the Tournament of Hearts semifinal, on her way to the Canadian and world titles. "It's such a small community at the highest level, you know everyone," Wall said. She isn't kidding. Last year at the Oakville Curling Club, Wall curled with Erika Brown, who will skip the U.S. entry at the Olympics. Now those two will meet again on the sport's biggest stage in Russia. And Wall is thankful to be there after she thought she'd thrown her final rock. "It's every athlete's dream, and in Canada, it's such a tough podium to climb to get that maple leaf on your back. There are so many good curlers who have put in so many years," Wall said. "I was thrilled to be asked and I'm glad they called back. It's definitely a dream come true." -- Herb Garbutt can be followed on Twitter @Herbgarbutt 27 | Friday, January 24, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Two Oakville bantam white house league teams, the Thunder Hawks (left) and Golden Eagles, defeated fellow local squads in the finals of recent tournaments. Oakville house league teams collide in finals of recent tourneys The toughest opponents at recent tournaments for two Oakville bantam white house league teams were squads from their own Minor Oaks Hockey Association loop. Sports Briefs The Thunder Hawks needed an empty-net goal in the last minute to finally feel comfortable in a 3-1 victory over the Phantoms in the final of the ninth annual Ottawa House League Tournament. The ThunderHawks won their other four games at the competition by a combined score of 24-3. Members of the Thunder Hawks are Mark McLeod, Aaron Frois, Josh Moffat, Nic Brown, Michael Seago, Kyle Paulic, Austin Amaral, Miles Fairfield, Alexander Ng, Conner Scannell, Paul Rothfischer, Nicholas Santos, Cameron Dyck, Noah Young, Chance Thomas and Ryan Nicholson. Coaches are Ian McLeod, Josh Amaral and Chris Brown, and Nicholas Ng is the trainer. That same weekend, the Golden Eagles got an overtime goal from Mathieu Theriault to edge the Stingrays in the championship game at the Bradford Blue & Gold Classic. The Golden Eagles went 1-1-1 in round-robin play, the one loss coming against the Stingrays. Other Golden Eagles players are Nicolas Bellinghausen, Jason Clegg, Matthew Dietrich, Connor Enright, Andrew Irwin, Sinead Kennedy, Taylor Marcos, Ethan McLaren, James Mrkobrada, Thomas Newman, Mark Romano, Tyler Schelfhaut, Matthew Spiller and Thomas Trudelle. Michael Schelfhaut and John Kennedy coach the team, Mike Dietrich is the trainer and R.J. Clegg is the manager. Peewee AE Rangers win International Silver Stick The Oakville peewee AE Rangers won the 2014 Pelham International Silver Stick Championship earlier this month, besting other regional qualifiers from Canada and the United States. Oakville defeated Mount Brydges Cougars 5-2, Nashville Jr. Predators 12-1, Shore Riptides, N.J. 4-0, Twin Centre Stars 9-0, Durham Crusaders 5-4 (in double overtime) and Barrie Colts 3-1, the latter victory coming in the championship game. Members of the team are Max Gilbert, Jonathan Bodner, Kyle Patton, Caleb Field, Carter Pauley, Peter-Joel Hooper, Luke HuntleyBrown, Ethan Oliveira, Alex Williams, Jacob Scanga, Pierre-Oliver Charette, Craig Caporal, David Masar, Nicco Folino, Holden Harris, Ryan Bevington, and Ethan MacDonald. Lucas Benjamin suited up in three games for the Rangers as an affiliated player. The Rangers are coached by Greg Harris, Greg Williams and Rob Bodner. Rod Oliveira and Andrew MacDonald are trainers, and Edward Scanga is the manager. Peewee DS Hornets repeat as Chiefs Christmas Classic champs The Michael Schelfhaut-coached Oakville Hornets peewee DS (development stream) team recently won the Mississauga Chiefs Christmas Classic girls' hockey tournament for the second straight year. Oakville needed a shootout to edge Burlington 2-1 in the final. Rose Lamberti stopped all three Burlington shootout attempts while teammates Ainsley Morrison and Rebecca Lamme made good on theirs. Rene Urwin had Oakville's goal during regulation time. The Hornets also defeated Stoney Creek 4-0, Etobicoke 3-1, Orangeville 1-0 and a fellow Hornets peewee DS squad 1-0 in the tournament. Oakville's only loss came to Orangeville, a 1-0 decision in round-robin play. Avery Bourbonnais scored the decisive goal in the semifinal win over the other Hornets team. Also contributing to the win were Annie-Rose Johnson, Abigail Ashley, Mackenzie Clasper, Jules Collarile, Sinead George, Alyssa Haylock, Brianna Hayward, Hailey Hughes, Kaitlyn Ivey, Courtney McNutt, Hannah Petriv and Hannah Schelfhaut. The team's assistant coaches are Aldo Collarile, Stephen Ashley and Rob Lamberti. Christine George is the trainer and Derek George is the manager. Blades' game tomorrow will be at Oakville Arena Long-time fans of the Oakville Blades will have an opportunity to relive some memories tomorrow (Saturday) night. The Ontario Junior Hockey League club will host the Hamilton Red Wings at Oakville Arena, the venue that housed the Blades from the 1960s until 1998. Their normal home, Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, is not available this weekend as Skate Oakville hosts the Synchro Capers Invitational. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Former Hornets goalie to play hockey at Princeton Oakville Hornets product Alysia DaSilva will play university women's hockey at Princeton next year after receiving early acceptance from the school last month. DaSilva, a goaltender, began playing hockey in the Hornets house league system at the age of seven. She moved to boys' hockey in the Minor Oaks Hockey Association system the following year, then played six years with the Mississauga Braves AA boys' team with whom she won three Ontario Hockey Federation provincial titles and three Greater Toronto Hockey League crowns. The Appleby College student currently plays for the Mississauga Chiefs of the Provincial Women's Hockey League. This past summer, Da Silva was invited to Hockey Canada's under-18 strength and conditioning camp in ToAlysia DaSilva ronto.