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D2 - The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e s d a y F e b ru a ry 6, 2002 Q.E. Park makes it to Bur-Bear championship final By Norm Nelson BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR Peter McCusker · Oakville Beaver Q.E. Park goaltender Z ach K atzof m akes the save in a 2-1 B ur-B ear sem ifinal win over M .M . Robinson. The tandem of Katzof and B rett E d w ard s propelled the Eagles to the B ur-B ear cham pionship game. The Halton high school sports sea son has resumed this week after the exam break and the Q.E. Park boys hockey team should take some extra confidence into the last few games of the regular season. The Eagles, who are in an exciting battle to hold down second place in the Volpe division, won a silver medal at the annual Bur-Bear High School hock ey tournament. Q.E. Park settled for a silver medal after a 7-4 loss in the A division final to River East from Winnipeg. "We managed to keep them to 3-3 at the end of the second period, and again our goaltender (Brett Edwards) was strong," said Q.E. Park coach Larry Rinaldo. "But we scored a few goals on a very good team so we were happy with that. And in the third period they just had a little bit more depth than us and a little bit more gas left in the tank and scored a couple of goals and added an empty netter." The silver medal, however, felt just as good as the gold they won at the same tournament last season. "Last year we were in the B pool and we won gold," said coach Rinaldo. "So this year we moved up to the A pool and won silver. There were some good hockey teams there so 1 was very proud of the team." Q.E. Park won their semifinal 2-1 over M.M. Robinson. `T here again it was Zach Katzof who did a good job in net. Mike Collier got the game winner. Tom Yawney scored the first goal." The quarterfinal was also a tough battle, 2-1 over St. Joseph's from Mississauga. "And there, our goaltender Brett Edwards turned away 40 of 41 shots." All in all, he said it was a great tour nament. "I was very proud of the team. Goaltending was outstanding. Our defence really picked up their game. Our guys played very well disciplined. "Like out of five games we played, no one got more than four minor penal ties total, and most of the guys were like one and two, so it's very good." They'll have to keep up that momentum to have any chance of a first round playoff bye. Blakelock pretty well has first place sealed up in the Volpe division, but beyond that, the race is so tight that the next five teams could finish anywhere from second to sixth. B O Y S H OCKEY (Volpe) G W L T GF Team Blakelock 12 11 0 1 70 13 8 3 2 48 Q.E. Park Iroquois Ridge 14 8 5 1 54 Oak. Tralalgar 11 8 3 0 29 48 Loyola 12 8 4 0 13 6 5 2 41 E.C. Drury 12 3 9 0 33 White Oaks Milton 12 2 10 0 30 GA 15 23 9 25 27 36 80 74 P 23 18 17 16 16 14 6 4 Oakville Gymnastics Centre in second provincial qualifier The O akville G ym nastics Centre, this past month, com peted in the second round of three provincial qualifiers. These qualifiers, plus an end of season last-chance meet, qualify competitors for upcom ing provincial championships. The O akville club, this spring, is hosting the Elite Provincial Championships for competitors 13 and over. It has already twice, in recent years, hosted the A rtistic Youth Provincial Championships for competitors 12 and under. The qualifier for power tum bling and trampoline was held over the Jan. 19/20 weekend in Etobicoke. Oakville coaches are Ryan Webb and John Smyth. The qualifier for the artistic discipline was hosted by the O akville G ym nastics Centre over the Jan. 26/27 weekend. O akville coaches are Andrew Deslippe and Susan Barrett. Included, here, are the Oakville highlights: P O W E R T U M B L IN G W o m e n 's pro v in c ial 1 senior Casey Pecarski 4th W om en 's pro v in c ial 2 Junior Kristen Anderson 111h W o m en 's p rovincial 3 Junior Jessica Brasil 9th W o m en 's p rovincial 4 Allison Gibbins Stephanie Moed. injured M e n 's p ro v in c ial 3 Bryan Swift 2nd Brandon Woodward 3rd T R A M P O L IN E W o m en 's provincial 2 Nicole lantorno 8th M e n 's provincial 1 Jordan Rosen 10th Brandon Woodward W om en 's provincial 1 Suzy Bates Meet results A R TIS TIC P re -n o vic e (9 y rs ) vlt brs Sarah Gabura 5 9 Courtney Copoc 10 Jaime Stewart 6 Lianne Girard - Pre-Junior 2 (11 yrs) Mikaela Rodgers 4 2 J u n io r 1 (12/13 y rs) Kaley Ishikawa 8 J u n io r 2 (12/13 y rs) Elissa Guagliardi 5 5 Lizzy Bales 5 9 S en io r 1 (1 4 /1 5 yrs) Alison Schinkel 1 2 S en io r 2 (1 4 /1 5 yrs) Merritt Lymbumer 6 5 bm 7 9 7 Hr O/A 7 7 6 10 9 7 7 9 3 3 4 1 2 2 3 1 7 4 3 1 1 2 4 Junior star helps Ontario seniors to title Grade 12 Q.E. Park student Ruchika Kumar is one of Canada's top junior squash players, but over the Jan. 25-27 weekend she helped the Ontario senior team bring back the Canadian team championship from Comerbrook, Newfoundland. Kumar, 17, in the national rankings, is second in the U -19 and 18th in women's senior. And she found herself in the title match after her two teammates split their earlier games against British Columbia -- 11th ranked Seanna Keating losing to 3rd ranked Lauren Wagner and 13th ranked Stephanie Richardson winning her match. Kupiar then easily beat 46th ranked Ashley Clarkson in three straight to capture the gold medal for Ontario. For Kumar, who has a mantel full of junior gold medals, it was her first gold medal in the senior category. The Oakville resident has accepted a scholar ship at Princeton where she recently won the U.S. Open junior crown. Kumar qualified for the Ontario team when she pulled off an upset at last November's Ontario Closed Women's championship, defeat ing the tournament's third seed, Tara Mullins (who is 17th ranked nationally). Each province was represented by their top three players. Peter McCusker · Oak\'ille Beaver Erik Schem pp of the O akville G ym nastics C entre com peted in a provincial qualifier in Burlington last weekend. Results for this m eet will be posted later. Results for the girls event, which was held in Oakville, and for pow er tum bling and tram poline a re included in this issue. R uchika K u m ar w orks on her gam e Registration is taking place for non-contact summer hockey leageus for adults and youth Registration is taking place for the Halton Men's Hockey League summer season. The league is entering its 18th season and plays non-contact games on week nights from mid-May to mid-August. Games are played at River Oaks Com m unity Centre. This is an individual entry league, playing a 19-game schedule, with Balancing of teams in a house league format. For info and or registration visit the league's website at www.hmhl.bizland.com or contact league at 849-9712. Registration forms also available at River Oaks and Glen Abbey rec centres. YOU TH H O CK EY The O akville M inor Sum m er Hockey League will be holding a registration this Saturday (Feb. 9), 10 a.m.-noon, at Kinoak Arena and also on Sunday (Feb. 10), 11:30 a.m .-l p.m. at River Oaks Community Centre. Once-a-week play begins in mid May and continues until mid August with divisions for players aged 5-15. Games are played at River Oaks Arena with no weekend or Friday night gam es. Prime time games played between 6-9 p.m.. depending on age division. Play is non-contact. Teams participate in a 14-game schedule. For info and registration see league website at www.hmhl.bizland.com or contact league at 5101447. 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