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Oakville Beaver, 3 Nov 2016, p. 41

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charger s r u l e Blakelock's Adams a GHAC runner-up continued from p. 40 "I managed to keep a 10-metre distance and tried closing in at the end," she said. "I sprinted, but so did she and I couldn't catch her." Guga has been running cross-country since Grade 1, but joined the Mississauga Olympians running club prior to starting high school. "It's helped a lot with my speed work," she said. Matching Guga's top individual finish was T.A. Blakelock's Declan Adams, who was second in the junior boys' race. Adams, who was fifth at last year's GHAC championship, completed the 6-km course in 21:58, finishing behind defending champion Brandon Ponomarew of Georgetown's Christ the King. Oakville runners claimed four of the five individual OFSAA qualifying spots. In addition to Adams, White Oaks' Ryan Bevington was third in 22:35, King's Christian's Aiden Britnell placed fourth and Oakville Trafalgar's Soren Zamuner was fifth. Oakville also had four individual qualifiers in the midget boys' race. Ethan Stuart of Iroquois Ridge was third, Brady Afelskie of Garth Webb was fifth, Vinnick Leudjeu of Sainte Trinité was sixth and Connor Bosy of Abbey Park was seventh. Meanwhile, Loyola claimed the second OFSAA team qualifying spot and claimed the Halton title. Bishop Tonnes edged the Hawks 44-47 for the GHAC championship. Loyola was led by top-10 finishes by Dawson Maloney (fourth) and Nick Legaspi (eighth), while Paul Gherghel (12th), Ethan Huffman (23rd) and Ethan Diana (43rd) will round out the team for OFSAA. Mikaela Gray of St. Thomas Aquinas and Andrea Waltin of Loyola qualified for OFSAA in the senior girls' race, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively. Also qualifying for OFSAA were Abbey Park midget girls' teammates Frieda Piepp (fifth) and Steph Adams (sixth). Those finishes, along with Meriam Dahmani and Antonia Guo, helped the Eagles finish third. Other top-10 finishers from Oakville who did not qualify for OFSAA included: Daniel Tonequzzi, Loyola (sixth, senior boys); Cassidy Hodgins, King's Christian (seventh, midget girls); David Gallant, Garth Webb (eighth, senior boys); Jessica Socha, Holy Trinity (eighth, junior girls); Ryan Rudderham, Oakville Trafalgar (ninth, senior boys); Katie Schwindt, T.A. Blakelock (10th, junior girls). Oakville Trafalgar finished third in the junior boys' team standings, just getting edged for the final OFSAA team berth by Bishop Reding (56-64). OT had five runners in the top 25 -- Zamuner, Chris Merrick (18th), John Akin-Salami (20th), Jake Moodie (21st) and Freddie Browning (23rd). 41 | Thursday, November 3, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Garth Webb Chargers continued their undefeated play (6-0) on Monday when the Halton Tier 3 junior football team trounced the Burlington Central Trojans 28-0 in Burlington. The Chargers' Evan Richmond (16), with the help of teammates, avoids Central defenders during this run against the Trojans, who dropped to 4-3 with the loss. The win sets up a big game Friday, Nov. 4 at Garth Webb at 3:15 p.m. when the Chargers host the 6-0 Abbey Park Eagles in a battle for first place in the last regularseason game of the year. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Burlington Post Presented by FRIDAY NOV 4, 2016 5pm - 8pm King William Street Downtown Hamilton Buskers Live Entertainment Cheerleaders Food Trucks and MORE! Family Fun For tickets to the big game visit VANIERCUP.COM & TICKETMASTER.CA

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