Jenner fourth in CWHL draft Oakville Blades player Ethan Nother challenges Burlington Cougars' Nicholas Holt for the puck during Ontario Junior Hockey League pre-season action Sunday at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. Nother scored twice in the Blades' 6-3 win. | photo by Michael Ivanin -- Special to the Beaver 39 | Thursday, August 27, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Oakville native Brianne Jenner was a first-round pick in Sunday's Canadian Women's Hockey League entry draft, going fourth overall to the Calgary Inferno. Jenner, an Appleby College grad who scored a key goal in Canada's come-from-behind 3-2 win over the United States in last year's Olympic women's hockey final, reportedly hoped to be selected by the Inferno so that she could also pursue her masters degree at the University of Calgary. "Very excited and honoured to be drafted to the #CWHL by the @InfernoCWHL can't wait to start this new chapter in Calgary," Jenner tweeted following the draft. The 24-year-old Jenner is Brianne Jenner coming off a stellar NCAA career at Cornell University, where she was a two-time Ivy League player of the year. She graduated this past spring as the school's all-time assists leader (135), also ranking fifth in goals (93) and second in points (228). The Canadian Women's Hockey League features five teams: the Boston Blades, Brampton Thunder, Montreal Stars, Toronto Furies and the Inferno. The notfor-profit league is centrally funded with the purpose of enabling elite female hockey players to compete at the highest level possible. Blades open pre-season with loss in Georgetown, win over Burlington Drew Worrad scored once and added three assists as the Oakville Blades doubled up the Burlington Cougars 6-3 Sunday in Ontario Junior Hockey League pre-season action at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. Josh Kosack and Ethan Nother both provided a pair of markers and Tyler Rollo also scored for the Blades, who evened their pre-season mark at 1-1. Chris Elliot and Michael Botiz split the goaltending chores, with Elliot recording the win after stopping 16 of 18 shots in Oakville Whitecaps player Jack Swanson (right) is greeted upon his return from the Junior League World Series by cousin Victoria Da Dalt (left) and sister Danielle Swanson Monday at Cornwall Park. | photo by Justin Greaves -- Oakville Beaver -- @Halton_Photog the first two periods. Last Thursday, the Blades opened the exhibition season with a 4-1 loss to the host Georgetown Raiders. Eric Holland scored a first-period goal for Oakville, but Georgetown rallied with four unanswered markers in the final frame. Botiz stopped 37 shots in a losing cause. The Blades will be home to Georgetown this Friday (Aug. 28) at Sixteen Mile, beginning at 8 p.m. Oakville will then conclude its preseason schedule with a visit to Burlington Sunday. Oakville Non-Contact Hockey Halton/ oakville Halton &Men's Oakville Halton Men's Recreational Recreational Hockey League Hockey League Oldtimers (27+, average age 38) Masters (40+, average age 46) Classics (47+, average age 54) Divisions For: ( Our 55th ) Season! Friends and family greeted the Oakville Whitecaps Monday at Cornwall Park as the team returned home after competing in the Junior League World Series in Taylor, Mich. The Oakville Little League 14-under squad was held winless in its association's first-ever appearance in a World Series, dropping games to Puerto Rico (11-3), Czech Republic (11-6), Panama (133) and Chinese Taipei (10-0). The Whitecaps won the national junior Little League championship earlier this month in Lethbridge, Alta., outscoring their opponents 100-17. 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Join this fall and see the camaraderie first hand! · Team balancing Register Online or by Phone · Individual /Team Entry Divisions For: 905-849-9712 or www.hmhl.bizland.com Information and/or Registration by Phone: Reserves come up big in Blue Devils' win in Kingston OAKVILLE SOCCER CLUB Call-up Brandon Duarte scored with three minutes left in regulation time to give the visiting Oakville Blue Devils a 4-3 win over the Kingston Clippers Sunday in League1 Ontario men's soccer action. Duarte, one of several members of the Blue Devils' academy team to be called up for the contest, scored the winner two minutes after Kingston had notched its second straight goal to tie the game 3-3. Anthony Doran, Filepe Vilela and Roman Young -- the latter another member of the Blue Devils' academy squad -- scored earlier in the game for leagueleading Oakville, which built a 3-1 lead by the 50-minute mark. "Our priority for this match was to prepare the young academy call-up players that we required to cover for the numerous seniors unavailable for selection," said Blue Devils head coach Duncan Wilde, who also expressed satisfaction with the play of midfielder Gary Giffin. "It would appear we got that right." Oakville (13 wins, one draw, two losses in 16 games) will be home to the 6-3-5 Windsor Stars this Sunday at Sheridan College. Game time is 4 p.m. Week Thirteen Photo Contest Winner: Photographer: Kevin Raposo Age Division: Adult Co-Ed Oakville Beaver A Proud Sponsor of Oakville Soccer Club Sponsored by: and Carlsberg