51 | Thursday June 22, 2017 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insidehalton.com 1 r 'Xxxx^ --*. vv STTM - rf Ifl& lfW ' £ The Oakville Tyke 1 Hawks celebrate a title after defeating Orangeville 10-4 to win the Tyke 1 division championship at the recent Bud Donovan Memorial Tournament. | photo submitted i- Athletiques International's Shaipe sets provincial m ark in race w alk Breagha Sharpe set an Ontario record in the 1,500-m etre race walk at the Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Dis trict B track and field championships in Brampton on May 28. The 13-year-old member of Oakville's Athletiques International club clocked in at nine minutes, 5 0 .8 5 seconds to take the gold. Sharpe later added a silver medal in the 15-and-under javelin. She topped her personal best, set a week earlier, by more than six metres with a throw of 24.14m . Sharpe' s medals were among sev en won by Athletiques International athletes as the Oakville club cap tured the title in District B, which encompasses m ost of southwest Ontario from Mississauga to Niagara Falls. The club's nine athletes earned points (top-six finishes) in each of their 2 4 events. Marcus Rilling earned the club's other gold medal. A strong sprint to the finish helped him pull away from the field to win the 1,500m steeple chase. Grace Cooper and Rachel Watson each earned a pair of medals. Cooper earned a silver medal in the triple jump with a 10.35m ef fort. In the long jum p, she improved her previous personal best of 4.64m three times during the competition, taking the bronze medal with a final leap of 4.97m . Watson took the silver with a personal best of 12.71 seconds in the 80m hurdles and then added a bronze in the 200m hurdles, finish ing in 30 seconds flat. She also placed fifth in the 300m . Taryn Miller set personal bests in the 80m hurdles (1 3 .4 1 , fourth) and long jump (4.68m , sixth). In the 17-and-under javelin, Josh ua Belgrave recorded a fifth-round personal best of 4 0 .52m to finish fourth. Josh Popowich delivered a per sonal best with his final throw in the javelin, placing fifth with a throw of 39.91m . The result moved him ahead of teammate Ben Stock, who was sixth with a throw of 38.13m . Stock was also sixth in the discus (2 4 .8 7 ). Qualifiers will compete at the Roy al Canadian Legion Ontario champi onships in W indsor July 14-15. Hawks avenge defeat to win Donovan tourney The Oakville Tyke 1 lacrosse Hawks made the most of their second chance. After the host Hawks were edged 9 -8 by Oran geville in their opening game of the third annual Bud Donovan Memorial Tournament, Oakville came back to down its Zone 10 rival 10-4 in the championship game. Tournament MVP Kingston Harris led the way with a hat trick, while Anders Langan had a pair of goals and Charlie Packard, Alexei Sawaya and Adam Broglio each had one as the Hawks built an 8 -4 lead. Broglio, with his second goal of the game, and Mark Luciani added an empty-netter to seal the vic tory so the Hawks could claim the gold medal. Orangeville was shut down by Hawks' goalie Camden Hare, who allowed just four goals in the tournament. He also posted a shutout in a 19-0 win over Six Nations as the Hawks bounced back to square their record at 1-1. Oakville then secured its place in the final with an 11-3 victory over Peterborough. Overall, the Hawks outscored their opponents 4 6 -1 6 with each of the 15 runners contributing a goal during the tournament. It is the Hawks' third year together after starting their minor lacrosse careers with a perfect 2 4 -0 sea son in paperweight. The following year they earned the provincial D silver medal and this year, with the tournament win, the Hawks are off to a good start under coach Patrick Merrill of the Toronto Rock. Kellenberger opts to go U.S. college route, com m itting to Princeton University for fall of 2 0 1 8 continued from p. 50 He posted 76 points in 62 games in 2 0 1 6 -17. Kellenberger, 18, jumped past his teammate in the final cen tral scouting rankings released in April, hitting the charts at a leaguesecond-best 74th among North American skaters. A six-foot-on e, 175-p o u n d sm ooth-skating blueliner, Kellenberger's hype only really be gan this past cam paign, as the form er Toronto Young N ation als m idget effectively replaced Kudla as the club's key offensive defencem an. "At the beginning of the season I needed to do a lot of w ork on the defensive zone," Kellenberger said, "especially with (assistant coach) Garrett Rutledge, who I think did an excellent job with me and all our defenders. At the beginning of the year I really had no expec tations for the draft, it was not on my mind at all, but it is definitely an honour just to be mentioned for it." Kellenberger appreciated the help of his defence partner Jeff Clarke. "His physical, defence-first style was a perfect fit for me, and I knew he always had my back, and he let me be the best I could (be) out there on the ice." Kellenberger, a Toronto na tive, was picked by the OHL Sar nia Sting in the seventh round in 2 0 1 5 , but has elected to com m it to Princeton University, expecting to attend in 2018. W hile some might find the demands of combining an Ivy League education with athletics daunting, Kellenberger relishes the challenge. "I have been balancing... school and hockey seriously for m any years now and th rivin g," he said. "(Princeton) alumni have told me if you can make it there you'll be able to make it in the real world, too." While the first round of the 2 0 1 7 NHL draft is set for tomor row (Friday) in Chicago, both Kellenberger and Misley are expected to be picked sometime in the later rounds on Saturday. "I think what it says is that our league has some really great play ers in it," said Tarantino, also a Blades alumnus. "W e're excited that two of our guys might get picked. That we might be the only team in Canada in that situation is certainly a nice touch for the organization, be cause... putting young men in the best position to be successful in life and in hockey is our No. 1 priority and we are thrilled and proud for both Matt and Bryce." Com pare car insurance quotes and save. $1.8 million in premiums saved this year and counting. "Used them before and saved a BUNDLE as a result!" s/T R U S T P ILO T InsuranceHotline com