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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, January 29, 2015 | 28 Jon Kuiperij Sports Editor sports@oakvillebeaver.com Sports In addition to his older brother (Brennan and Jon will miss out on playing together at Cornell by one season), Donville also lists his father Jason as a key factor in his development as a lacrosse player. Jason coached Jon since Jon was seven years old, and was also the coach of the Edge Lacrosse elite travel team that showcased Jon and others to scouts in the United States over the past six years. "More than the X's and O's, (Jason's) just been there and been a great positive role model for us," Jon said. "He was never a screamer or a yeller. He's always tried to pick the guys up and be optimistic." Donville, who was actually born in Singapore but has lived in Oakville since he was five years old, could be viewed as a cornerstone piece for the Mountaineers. The Mimico franchise is an amalgamation of the former Mississauga Tomahawks junior A team (which won one game in the past three years) and the junior B Mountaineers (5-15 last season). "Obviously, the teams (that formed the new Mimico junior A team) haven't had a lot of success, but there's a lot of excitement for the future," Donville said. "There's an opportunity to play and hopefully make the team, so from that standpoint it's exciting as a young guy... but if you put pressure on yourself, you'll just set yourself up for failure. "I just want to deal with the process of making the team," he added. "Then I can work on being a big contributor." -- Jon Kuiperij "Connected to your Community" OMLA product goes first in Jr.A draft Jon Donville had always followed a similar path in lacrosse as his big brother, Brennan. Both have been members of national champion provincial teams, and both have played field lacrosse for St. Michael's College School in Toronto. In 2017, Jon will don the Big Red jersey of Cornell University, where Brennan has already played for two seasons. However, Jon recently managed to do something in lacrosse that Brennan didn't do first -- going first overall in the Ontario Lacrosse Association junior A draft. Jon was selected by the Mimico Mountaineers, marking the third time in six years an Oakville resident has been one of the first two picks in the draft (Tyler Albrecht went second in 2010, Jackson Hulbert went second in 2012). "Brennan (a goaltender who stopped playing box lacrosse before junior) has been a huge factor in my life. He went to St. Mike's before I did and was on Team Ontario. It's not a being-in-his-shadow thing, I just see it as wanting to do what he did," said the 17-year-old Jon, who plays offence in box lacrosse and is a midfielder in the field game. "I'm just excited to be (going into) junior, most of all, but going first overall was a really cool experience." Donville has spent the past four years with the Burlington Chiefs after playing seven years in the Oakville Minor Lacrosse Association system. He saw action in four games last season with the Oakville Buzz junior B team, recording four assists. Jon Donville, pictured playing for Team Ontario at the national midget box lacrosse championships, was selected first overall by the Mimico Mountaineers in the recent Ontario Lacrosse Association junior A draft. The 17-year-old St. Michael's College School student has already committed to Cornell University, where his older brother Brennan has played field lacrosse for two seasons. | photo submitted MSL teams draft Oakville native, Buzz captain Oakville resident Tyler Albrecht was selected fifth overall in Sunday's Major Series Lacrosse graduating junior draft by the Peterborough Lakers. The Lakers traded up from the ninth pick to select the 21-year-old transition player, who scored 25 goals and added 33 assists in 18 games last year in junior A with the Burlington Chiefs. Albrecht, who also suited up in 27 games for the Oakville Buzz junior B squad from 2009-11, plays collegiate lacrosse at Cornell. Colton Watkinson, who captained the Buzz this past season, was taken by the Brooklin Redmen as the 30th and final pick of the draft. The Burlington native, who spent four years for the Buzz, also plays field lacrosse for the Limestone College Saints, who won the NCAA Division 2 championship last year. Syracuse senior picked by MLL's Rattlers Oakville's Sean Young was selected in the fifth round (37th overall) of Friday's Major League Lacrosse draft by the Rochester Rattlers. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound defender is enter- Lacrosse Briefs ing his senior season at Syracuse University after beginning his collegiate career at Towson. In 2013, he helped Syracuse reach the NCAA final, where the Orange lost to Duke 16-10 in the championship game. Young has started 32 consecutive games at Syracuse. Last season, Young scooped up 15 ground balls in 16 games and finished fourth on the team with nine caused turnovers. Dawson plays 200th consecutive NLL game Dan Dawson has played for six teams in his National Lacrosse League career, but whatever jersey he's pulled on, there's been one guarantee: the Oakville native will be in the lineup. Saturday, Dawson became the second player in NLL history to play in 200 consecutive games when he helped the Rochester Knighthawks defeat the Toronto Rock 8-6. Dawson has not missed a game since his rookie season in 2002 with Columbus. Shawn Williams holds the NLL record with 230 consecutive games played. Speed skater qualifies for first Sr. worlds Oakville Speed Skating Club product Patrick Duffy qualified for his first senior world championships after finishing second in the men's 1,000-metre event at the recent Canadian short track championships in Montreal. The 23-year-old earned his spot by finishing third in the Canadian men's overall standings, which were determined by results at the Canadian championships (80 per cent weighting) as well as the fall World Cup selections and national qualifications (20 per cent). "(The final day of the meet) was really a solid day. It allowed me to break through and get on the podium, which goes to show it's never too late," Duffy said. "The fall world cups really had an influence on how I approached the weekend. It allowed me to keep my confidence at a good level." Duffy posted a time of 1:26.484 in the men's 1,000m, finishing behind only veteran skater Charles Hamelin of Sainte-Julie, Que. The senior world championships will be held March 1315 in Moscow. Patrick Duffy was second in the men's 1,000 metres at the Canadian championships. | Oakville Beaver file photo