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Brown rink heads to Saskatchewan for worlds in March (nationals)." Brown's rink rendered the discussion meaningless with the victory over Roth. With the final tied 3-3, Brown scored two in the seventh end and took control by stealing another in the eighth. Roth got one back in the ninth and was sitting two in the tenth but Brown had a draw for the win. After playing a near-perfect game in the page playoff (curling 95 per cent; Brown at 99 per cent), the veterans made a rare miscue. "I had an easy shot and we just overswept it," Brown said. "I think we were a little nervous and we didn't communicate and it went an inch too far." The rink quickly regrouped continued from p. 22 with Brown "giving them my Gipper speech" before the 11th end. Brown's rink quickly got the advantage in a crowded house and laying two, the skip didn't even need to throw her final rock. The rink now heads to the world championships March 19-27 in Swift Current, Sask. having answered many of the questions they had at the start of the season, and perhaps with the thoughts of retirement starting to fade. "I think we were all curious. We all wanted to see how good we could be," Brown said. "We always say we're on one-year contracts, but we're thrilled with how well it's going." schools, reaching the championship semifinals before losing to Macdonell 77-58. KCC defeated E.L. Crossley 75-33 and Timmins 6340 to get to the semifinal. The the other co-hosts, Burlington L.B. Pearson Patriots, were 1-2, while the other Halton team in the 16team tournament, Burlington Central, went 1-2. 23 | Friday, February 19, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Minor atom red Redhawks love playing London tourneys The Oakville Redhawks minor atom red hockey team won its second tournament of the year in London recently. After winning the North London Nationals in November, the Redhawks went 6-0 to take the Jayden Elmore Memorial Tournament last month. Joshua Abarca recorded five shutouts to lead the team, while the offence outscored the opposition 35-2. The Oakville squad blanked the Barrie Silver Thunder 5-0 in the championship game after knocking off the Applewood Coyotes 2-0 in the semifinals. Goalscorers against Barrie included Owen Liao, Gavin Lupton, Luca Delfrate, Alex Murray and Emmett Zahary. Willem Afheldt was named player of the game. Other members of the team include Jacob Buday, Ethan Wood, Francesco Caputi, Maxwell Homes, Nicholas Cote, Griffin Gault, Justin Yi, Liam Folland and Lucas Ventresca. Mark Afheldt, Todd Gault, Roger Buday and Mike Cote coach the team, while Danielle Wood is team manager. Erika Brown won her ninth U.S. curling championship last Friday in Jacksonville, Fla. With a veteran rink that has a combined 37 American titles, Brown said they knew the team "had a chance to be something special." | Michael Burns Jr. -- USA Curling file photo King's Christian reaches semis at Small School Showcase tournament Bishop Macdonell won the championship trophy, Hamilton's Glendale took the consolation title and the three Halton teams involved were stopped at the Small School Showcase senior boys' basketball tournament last weekend. Tournament handicappers got it right as No. 1-seed Macdonell of Guelph de- feated No. 2 Ashbury College (Ottawa) 60-42 in the final at L.B. Pearson High School, which along with Oakville's King's Christian Collegiate hosted the event. No. 6 Glendale, upset in Round 1, went on to defeat No. 8 Lourdes (Guelph) 58-28 in the consolation final. Co-host King's Christian fared the best among Halton OCAA tourney berth on line for Sheridan The Sheridan Bruins closed the regular season with a three-set sweep in a battle between two of the country's top teams. Sheridan, 13-5, extended its winning streak to eight as it clinched third place in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association's West Division by beating the Niagara Knights 2826, 25-20, 25-14 Tuesday. With the victory, Sheridan climbed to No. 7 in the national rankings, sitting just behind Niagara, which maintained its hold on the No. 6 spot. The Bruins' win sets up a meeting with George Brown (8-11) on Saturday at the Trafalgar Road campus at 6 p.m. with the winner advancing to the OCAA championship at Seneca College Feb. 25-27. "We're not taking this game lightly. Every team that makes the playoffs has a record of 0-0," said Sheridan coach Frank Pento. "We've been on a nice hot streak and hopefully we can push that right through the playoffs." Fittingly, it was two of the OCAA's all-time leading scorers that led the Bruins in their final regular-season match with Sheridan. Jeremy Fantin had 13 points and Josh Butler was also in double figures with 10. Butler, the Bruins' all-time leading scorer, became just the third player in OCAA history to break the 1,100-point mark, finishing with 1,104. Fantin finished fourth on the all-time list with 1,075 points. The Bruins used a strong service game, and, has been the case during their winning streak, a stingy defence to beat Niagara for the second time this season. "We had a bit of an injured lineup, but we were still able to pull off a win," Pento said. "I'm very happy with the guys, they rose to the occasion. We adjusted really well in-game to things we needed to change up, so it was just a good, solid team win tonight." Sheridan sat at 3-4 midway through October before winning 10 of its final 11 matches, all but one of those victories coming in three sets. 2016 SPRING BREAK HOCKEY CAMPS MARCH 14-18 SPEND THE BREAK WITH THE TOP HOCKEY CAMP IN OAKVILLE REGISTER NOW! CANLAN ICE SPORTS OAKVILLE National para soccer team to train at OSC facility Canada national para soccer team will make its preparations for this season in Oakville. Canada Soccer will hold the first national para soccer camp of the season at the Oakville Soccer Club. The national team will be named in late April and the camp, May 5-8, will help prepare for a qualifying competition. "The ability to host this world-class team is truly an honour and we look forward to assisting in the team's preparation for their qualifying event in Denmark in July," said OSC executive director David Harris. "They have a great facility, so both staff and players will benefit from the club's support," said national team coach Drew Ferguson. Canada finished 10th at last year's worlds and was fourth at Toronto's Parapan Am Games. www.icesports.com/ oakville 905-845-6989