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D2 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday July 24, 2002 Demons make quarterfinals Oakville soccer teams had a busy weekend in Ontario Cup preliminary round robin action. Although there were only two age groups in action -- U12 and U-13 girls -- Oakville had no less than five teams involved. And one of them managed to win their preliminary round robin tournament. (Oakville Demons) And that was in the U-12 division where the Oakville Demons managed to sweep all four games in their round robin tourney in Vaughan. The Demons now move on to Ontario Cup quarterfinal action. Ontario Cup quarterfinal action is slated for the August 10/11 w eekend, and O akville will have several team s involved. The closest anyone got to the Demons last weekend was the Kanata Kougars with a 2-1 verdict. Other than that, the Demons were dominant, defeating Thunder Bay Lakehead Express 5-0, host Vaughan 4-1 and Niagara Falls Lightning 3-0. The girls also won the first round of the League Cup and advance to semifinal action on August 17. The girls are currently in first place in the elite division o f the South Region Soccer League (SRSL). Congratulations to coaches Tom Ryan and Sim on Pendlebury and the players Lindsey Brown, D anielle Ganassini, Sloane George, Daniela Gysler, Carrie Kalata, Sarah Lynch, M onica Maher, Elyse M cIntyre, Victoria Miliucci, M eagan Nederveen, Jaime Neefs, Laura Pendlebury, Oakville had a rare instance of two local team s battling each other in O ntario Cup com petition, in an U-13 girls round robin tournam ent held at Shell Park on the w eek end. C hallenging for the ball, here, are Jennifer Slater of Oakville Sting and Stefanie Yeh of O akville Hurricane. Jamie Smith · Oakville Beaver Andrea Robillard. Lisa Ryan, Meghan Sowsun and Melanie van der Hoop. The Demons would also like to thank their sponsors: W rigley's Juicy Fruit, Halton General Contracting, MG Forensic Accounting, Dr. Mark Gwartz, Absolute Solutions, Consultrans Logistics. Dr. Lang, TD Evergreen, John R. Wells and Dr. Shaunghnessey. (Oakville Impact) The Oakville Impact, playing in Newmarket, forged a record of one win, two losses and a tie. Ajax was the winner with a perfect four wins. U-13 GIRLS (Oakville Hurricane) The Oakville Hurricane put themselves in a position to win their girls U-13 Ontario Cup preliminary round robin tourna ment at Shell Park in Oakville this past weekend (see photo). In the first three games, they had boasted two wins (3-1 over Oakville Sting and 1-0 over Richmond Hill Raiders) and one tie (2-2 with North M ississauga Avalanche). Unfortunately, in the last game of the tourney, they dropped a 2-0 decision to Kitchener Spirit who scooped up the cham pionship with an undefeated record o f two wins and two ties. (Oakville Sting) The Oakville Sting, who were also in the tournament, were winless in their four games. (Oakville Storm) The Oakville Storm played in a round robin tournam ent in London. To say the Storm were involved in a defensive battle throughout the tournament is an understatement. Throughout the entire four games, there was only one goal. Unfortunately that went to eventual champion London Forest United Flames who won 1-0. The London team won all four games. Oakville Storm, meanwhile, fought to 0-0 ties in each of their three other games against Scarborough United Flash, Hamilton Sparta and London United Power. Benefit game Thursday A unique event at Sheridan College will see a group of allstar college basketball players square off against some univer sity friends. The first `Shane Bascoe and Friends' benefit game will take place this Thursday (July 25), 7:30 p.m., at the Porter Athletic Centre, Oakville Campus. Bascoe is no stranger there, having enjoyed a stellar college career with the Sheridan Bruins in which he was a three-time all-Canadian, a Canadian player of the year and the only active player to make the all-Ontario college millennium team. "People have always speculated as to how the two leagues match up, so I thought I might try and use some of my buddies to give them a taste. "Besides, the proceeds will go to a good cause, so it looks like it could be a positive night all around." Money raised by the evening's activities will benefit the `Sky BlueFund', Sheridan's athletic scholarship project. It's also designed as a motivational event for youth. Some of the stars that will be involved are Bascoe, Isaac King, former all-star from St. Francis Xavier, Mark Passley from Brandon and Shane Nicely from Durham College in Oshawa. It promises to be a high flying night of family enter tainment. Admission is $4 at the door, $3 for teens and free for 12-and-under. For more information, phone (416) 608-4863. Shepley tee's it up with Canadian golf legend A talented golfer with visions of a profes sional career usually can't get experiences this valuable. Last week, Jessica Shepley, a 19-year-old from Oakville, was paired with Canada's LPGA star, Lorie Kane o f Charlottetow n, in the W hirlpool Canadian W om en's PGA Championship in St. Catharines. On Monday, Shepley played with Marlene Streit, Canada's queen o f amateur golf, in a rainshortened practice round for the third annual Toronto Star Women's Amateur championship, which kicked off yesterday (Tuesday) and runs through to Friday in Toronto. "These are great experiences, and I'll try to learn from them." said Shepley, the 2001 Ontario junior and women's am ateur champion and one of the favourites this week. As one of the country's premier amateurs, Shepley, who represents Trafalgar G olf and Country Club, was given an exemption for last week's CPGA tournament. She responded with a surprising one-under 71 in the first round, put ting her among the leaders with Kane for the second and final round. Although Shepley then shot 75, she finished tied for 10th with 2000 Toronto Star winner Alena Sharp o f Hamilton, who is also playing this week. "I don't think my hands have ever shaken so much on the first tee from nervousness," Shepley said. "But Lorie was great, and she made me feel right at home." Shepley, and Iroquois Ridge grad, is coming off her freshman year at the University of Tennessee where she played her way into the U.S. collegiate w om en's top hundred golfers. Also in M onday's practice foursome with Shepley and Streit were two other Toronto Star entries, Katie Williams of Galt Country Club and Jennifer Jaszek of Brantford. Yesterday (Tuesday), Streit, Shepley and Williams, the Ontario junior champion, were slated to tee off together. Stroke play continues today at Donalda Club. The third and fourth rounds will be match play at Scarboro G olf and Country Club. Also in the tournament is defending Star cham pion M ary Ann Lapointe o f North Halton, former Canadian champ. The Star event, con sidered the G reater Toronto A rea cham pi onship, is one of the few that Streit has not won. She is the only golfer to have won the Canadian, Jessica Shepley U.S., British and Australian am ateur cham pionships. Streit is an advisor to the tourney. The starting field of 108 golfers will be reduced to the best 54 and ties after yesterday's round, down to 16 after today's round and to the final four for the semifinals and finals. It's the strongest field in the brief history of the event and rivals the Ontario women's am a teur in talent. 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