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D 2 - The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e sd a y July 31, 2002 A perfect regular season for the `Horns By Norm Nelson BEAVER SP O R T S EDITOR There is one obvious way to top a perfect reg ular season. And that's with a perfect post season, which is what the Oakville Longhorns will now try to accomplish. They dispensed with the regular season at Bronte Field on Saturday night, disposing the Belleville Panthers 62-7. With their 10th consecutive first place finish in the 10-team Northern Football Conference long since wrapped up, a perfect season was about the only thing on the line in Saturday's reg ular season finale. That and some playoff fine tuning. And here's some advice for coach Tony Molnar. Work on your passing game. It went one for 10, with one measly five-yard reception. On the other hand, the one reception was the only one thrown by the starter, the forty-some thing Mark Demerling, who came in to mop up in the fourth quarter. So, technically, the 'Horns' starting Q.B. did have a 100 per cent completion rate. Gotta like that going into the playoffs. Some other advice. Rest the backs. They're ready. They chewed up the secondyear Belleville franchise. Six touchdowns and 326 yards, including five backs over 40 yards. The 'Horns were also very adept at stopping the running game, allowing only eight yards on 20 carries. They were caught napping on the passing NORTHERN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE (Final Standings) Team W L PF PA P O akville Longhorns 9 0 475 76 18 Mississauga Wolverines North Bay Bulldog Mega City Maddogs Markham Raiders Belleville Panthers Sault Ste. Marie Storm 254 95 14 14 311 167 191 125 12 170 111 12 112 206 8 12 183 6 Oshawa Hawkeyes 7 131 217 4 Sudbury Spartans 1 8 61 257 2 Milton M arauders 0 9 16 379 0 Mississauga gets second place (and preliminary round bye) based on 32-13 head-to-head win over North Bay. Mega City Maddogs get fourth place based on 23-20 head to head win over Markham Raiders. Playoffs: third through sixth play preliminary round play off this weekend, byes for top two teams. 7 7 6 6 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 5 6 I A S T WEEKEND (Schedule) PRELIM INARY ROUND Milton 0 @ North Bay 75 Belleville 7 @ Oakville 62 Markham 20@ Mega City 23 Sudbury 0 @ Mississauga 42 Sault 21 Oshawa 14 (ot) This Saturday (Aug. 3) ... Belleville (6th) @ North Bay (3rd) Markham (5th) @ Mega City (4th) Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver L onghorns QB D om enic C am astro w inds up Saturday night for a m issed touchdow n attem pt. game, however, primarily to the good fortune of final 70-yard gem to give Belleville their lone one Belleville receiver, Sean Arbuckle, who touchdown. He should win some sort of weekly boasted 104 yards on four receptions, including a league award. Oakville's six majors on the ground came from Chad Kennedy (2), Dave Dinnall (2), Mike Mallott and Rick Andrade. David Stipe added an interception. Dana Segin converted all seven majors and added three field goals. The remaining points were credited to Sean Wilson with two two-point safeties. The 'Horns get a bye through the preliminary round this weekend and will host the lowest seed from this weekend's preliminary round the fol lowing weekend (August 10) at Bronte Field. The `Horns have won the last nine NFC play off championships and last two Canadian cham pionships. The Strikers. BA C K ROW: Tom G uagliardi (asst, coach), Jennifer O 'B rien, M elissa Provost, G enevieve Panabaker, C aroline D avies, A lexandra Lyn, Sarah Longo and D avid W etherald (head coach). M IDD LE ROW : M arla C am pbell, Julie-R ose Pagnotta, A shley Sloane, Gillian W etherald, Rachel D uban, Alicia Piotrow ski and A lexandra M ason. FR O N T ROW: Em ily Frost, K ristina Zucchiati, Em ily G uagliardi, Jenny M cG uire, Kaiti Vincent and Sonya Lafleur. Strikers open with tournament championship The Oakville Strikers U-12 all-stars began their tournament season with a vengeance, taking the championship game of the Erin Mills all-star tourney. The championship game boiled down to two old rivals, with Oakville prevailing over Burlington 1-0. Kaiti Vincent scored the lone goal of the game and Genevieve Panabaker was awarded MVP for her defensive work. Burlington had a couple of heart-stopping breakaways but goalkeeper Sonya Lafleur was outstanding in notching her fourth shutout in the five games. Oakville blasted host Erin Mills 7-0 in the semifinal game. Goals were scored by Kristina Zucchiatti (3), Kaiti Vincent (2), Jennifer O 'Brien and Melissa Provost. In the preliminary round, against Burlington, Scarborough and Newmarket, respectively, Oakville won 3-0, 15-0 and 3-0. Goals in the first three games were scored by Kaiti Vincent (5), Emily Guagliardi (4), Jennifer O 'Brien (3), Alicia Piotrowski (3), Genevieve Panabaker (2), Carolina Davies (2), Rachel Duban and Ashley Sloane. Storm pull off upset, advance to Cup semis Graham Paine · Oakville Beaver Kara Lang scored tw o goals for the C anadian U -I9 w om en's team in their 9-1 win over Chinese Taipei. She w as caught in action, here, earlier this m onth in the C anadian national senior team 's 2-2 friendly against O lym pic gold m edallist Norway. Lang scores a pair in tune-up match Oakville's Kara Lang chipped in two goals in Canada's 9-1 rout of Chinese Taipei in Victoria, B.C. on Monday. The two teams are gearing up for the U-19 women's world championships which Canada is hosting in Alberta and British Columbia, August 17-September 1. Oakville also has two other players in the U19 national team pool -- Diana Matheson and Janice McGann -- but they did not suit up for this exhibition game. Although only 15 years old and going into Grade 11 at St. Thomas Aquinas, Lang, this year, has made a breakthrough with the senior national team. She has been called up several times, including earlier this month in a prestigious friendly against defending Olympic gold medal list Norway. Canada tied 2-2 (as recounted in the Beaver). Canada, which has now won all seven of its U19 pre-World tune-ups, will play Chinese Taipei in Vancouver today (Wednesday). The Oakville Storm 87 girls under 15 rep soccer team pulled off an upset in League Cup quar terfinal action, defeating first place Erin Mills Eagles 3-2 in sudden death overtime. The Storm took the lead in the first half with a goal scored by Diandra Rosart on a break away. Second half play saw the Eagles score two goals to take the lead. With 15 minutes to go Lesley Thorpe tied up the game with a great finish on a well played ball from the mid field. Strong defensive work from Stephanie Mitges, Erica Tiberia, Sylvia Gomes, Kim Carre and Janet Hink (who ended up with a broken nose in the game) along with great goalkeeping from Kelly Massey carried the team into sudden death overtime. Four minutes into overtime Sarah Canteenwalla scored the game winner on a free kick from 20 yards out. A beautiful shot that sailed over the wall and into the far comer of the net. The Storm was rounded out by strong midfield performances by Jenna Hatton, Elspeth Jones, Meagan White, Suzie Burgum, Isabel Karafilov and Nicole Holland. On the bench with a broken foot was Amber Minkkinen. Coach Cecil Canteenwalla was very pleased with the team's performance. The Storm sponsored by Cadbury Schwepps. Clinitrials Coordinating Services Inc., Lyreco (Canada) Inc. and Rosart Properties Inc., will now meet Niagara Falls in the semifinals in August. Diamondbacks earn silver at Aurora all-star tourney The Oakville Diamondbacks girls U-10 all star team earned the silver medal at the Aurora tourna ment over the July 20/21 weekend. The D-Backs were edged out in penalty shots against the Milton Magic after 80 minutes of regu lation and overtime ended in a scoreless tie. Oakville dominated Milton throughout the game, applying heavy pressure but couldn't convert scoring chances into goals. The powerful Diamondback defence, led by Jessica Yee and Frances Ratelle, ensured that the Milton forwards had few scoring opportunities. Keeper Stephanie Pringle was solid in the goal, blocking any threats from the Magic strikers. In the semi final game, the D-Backs controlled the London Tornadoes, never giving an inch. Forwards Marissa Trauzzi and Kate Kavanaugh harassed the overworked London defenders but couldn't break through for a goal. After a 0-0 stale mate through overtime, Oakville triumphed in penalty shots. In the tournament opener, the Diamondbacks overwhelmed Pickering 4-1. Melissa Junior scored twice for the D-Backs while Jessica Raynolds and Esen Gayret earned one goal each. In their other Saturday games, Oakville continued their domina tion but settled for 0-0 ties against London and Milton. The Diamondbacks compete in their next tour ney in Mississauga, August 10/11. Visit the Diamondbacks' website at www.eteams.com/oakville diamondbacks. Swimmers at the Commonwealth Games Oakville has two com peti tors in the C om m onw ealth Gam es in M anchester. And they're both swimmers. A ndrew H urd, 19, an Oakville Trafalgar high school grad, is a veteran of the 2000 Sydney O lym pics w here he competed in the 1500m. Laura Pomeroy, 18, is a Q.E. Park grad and will compete in the freestyle sprinting events. BHYC pair bring back bronze from Ontario Summer Games A couple of sailors from the Bronte Harbour Yacht Club in Oakville earned a bronze medal at the Ontario Summer Games earlier this month. The pair -- Sara Pederson and Jay Nadon -- picked up their bronze medal in the Division B Co-ed competition. Bronte Harbour had a strong showing but did not place in the top three overall. Coach Downer hopes to lead Little League junior team into the national championships (Continued from page D1) O akville also won their other two prelim i nary round games. In the second gam e, Jurgaitis picked up his first win, 5-3 against Kanata, a rain soaked affair last Saturday that was called after five innings. O akville's win in their third game was authored by Jordan Dicarlo, a surprise starter, who upset an aggressive bunch from Thunder Bay with a 4-0, three-hit shut out. Dave Downer is the head coach, assisted by Bruno Jurgaitis and Duke Dickson. Players are as follows: Mark Keil, Brendon Skeetes, Zack Dickson, Scott DeGroot, Roger Lambert, Jason Tuske, Paul Jurgaitis, Travis Smith, Jordan D icarlo, Sergio Lujan, Kris Bonnell and Daniel Hanley. Log on to the cham pionship web site, www.kllba.org. i <