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THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D3Wednesday, April 14, 1999 Rep Hockey Reports MINOR OAKS HOCKEY ASSOCIATION IT 'S A WRAP ON THE SEASON The Oakville Rangers minor atom A rep team put in a strong showing in their final tourney of the year, reaching the semifinals in Pickering over the April 2-4 weekend. Congratulations to the entire coaching staff led by head coach Rob MacDougall for a good season and a solid showing in their last tournament. A strong effort by the Rangers was not enough to make the tourney finals as the fell 4-2 to West Hill in the semifinals. Mark Kingston and Justin Wilson-Kirby scored. Assists went to Garett Ince and Spencer Taugher. The Rangers won all three o f their preliminary round games. The Rangers opened with a 4-0 win over Cobourg. Goals were scored by Spencer Taugher, Garett Ince, Bryan Leger and Brett Thompson. Assists went to Justin Wilson-Kirby (2), Jeff Sacerty, Ross Williams, Matt Bandy and Brandon Gregoris. Scoring in a 3-1 win over Richmond Hill were Chris Cherrett, Justin Wilson-Kirby and Garett Ince. Assists went to Dylan MacDougall, Ince and Frazer Milligan. Justin Wilson-Kirby had a pair of goals in a 4-2 doubling of Ajax. Single markers went to Garett Ince and Chris Cherrett. OAKVILLE HORNETS HOCKEY TIME RUNS O U T IN LEAG UE PLAYDOW NS The bantam-B Oakville Oakville Hornets, sponsored by Greenline/M&G Steel, closed out their league playoff season, los­ ing to the Durham Lighting in a three-game playdown. Despite outplaying and outshooting their opponents in all three games, ttey were not able to score in the last two games. Oakville won the opener 2-0. Goals were scored by Dana Rufh and Christina Alexander. Chris Grimes and Jamie See assisted on each of them. Game two ended in a 0-0 tie although Oakville held the edge in play. Sonja Podealuk and Rebecca Willett shared goaltending duties in both shutouts. In game three, Oakville found themselves down 3-0 before coming to life. Oakville actually only needed one goal to advance in the league playdowns because o f the goal differential tiebreak­ ing system. But the game was suddenly halted with 3:10 left to play because of a rink curfew. The Hornets, however, have qualified for the provincial cham­ pionships which will be played in Brampton this weekend (April 16-18). SURPRISING PLAYO FF RUN The Oakville Hornets peewee-B rep team, sponsored by Future Logistics, wrapped up their league playoffs last weekend with surprising results. After finishing fourth in league standings, Oakville played first place Mississauga Chiefs in the semifinal and were able to rise to the occasion to pull off a 2-1 upset. Oakville was led by their cap­ tain Suzy Clay along with outstanding goaltending by Kate Langeryt. Oakville scored early in the first period on a pretty goal by Kristina Natale who was set up by Andrea Browne and Rosanna Dickson. That lead held up until midway through the second peri­ od when M ississauga finally potted one. From that point, Mississauga was relentless in applying pressure. Fortunately for Oakville, Langeryt kept on frustrating the Chiefs time after time. The defence also played very well in their own end, with outstand­ ing performances by Elizabeth Cressman, Laura Robinson and Nicole Atherton-Kotack. Finally, in the third period, Oakville scored the winner on a nice individual play by Clay with assists going to Stephanie Muldoon and Shauna Cooper. The victory propelled the Hornets into the championship game against North York where they, unfortunately, lost a 1-0 overtime heartbreaker. The two teams played each other very tough and physical. Oakville was tenacious in forechecking with dominating performances by Nicole Holtby and Jennifer Mooney. Once again, outstanding goaltending by Kate Langeryt and the strong defensive play o f Laura Robinson held North York scoreless for three periods. Unfortunately, the Hornets were scored on in the first period of overtime. It was a good goal and not a bad way to end what was a well played, exciting championship game. The Hornets are now gearing up for the culmination of their season -- the provincial championships. Next year's Lefthanders slated for April 6-9th (C ontinued from p ag e D 2) Brampton Curling Club team of Ken Williamson, Roly Bullock, Julian Wood and Jeff French. The 20th annual women's championship, sponsored by Financial Concept, was won by Judy Piotto's Guelph rink of Iva Hodgson, Dawn Graham and Susanne Alderwick. They defeated the defending champions from Fergus, Twyla Gilbert, Shelley White, Debbie Smeltzer and Marg Diffin. Runners-up were Lessia Park's rink of Helmie Verver, Anne Manderson and Janet Lucas over the Idylwydle Golf and Country Club team of Brenda Harrow, Carolyn Adams, Becky Bell and Kathy Ryan. The Oakville Beaver Event was captured by Sutton Curling Club's Stephanie MacFarlane, Barbara May, Donna Swan and Jennifer May. They defeated Leaside's Bernice Collins, Dorothy Goldbold, Norita Trottier and Terry Sutcliffe. An Oakville/Niagara Falls team of Irene Appleton, Sheila McCallum, Barb Shea and Wendy Parker defeat­ ed Ayr Curling Club's Jill Bezaire, Darlene Gill, Liz Michiels and Kim Devries in the King's Arms Event. Next year's lefthanders world championship tourney is slated for April 6-9th. Rangers'silver medal caps off great season (C ontinued from pag e D 2) County, Nick Dodge led the way with a pair of goals and an assist. Jeff Nabeta and Nick Prescott also lit the lamp. Helpers went to Brad McKenzie (2), Connor Farris, Nick Prescott and Geoff Pearce. In the 4-2 win over St. Catharines, Nick Davis pot­ ted the pair. Brett Lain fired the eventual winner in a shorthanded situation, capping off an end to end rush by Ben Heersink. Nick Prescott added a power play marker in the penalty filled contest. Assists went to Daniel Ringwald, Andy MacDonald, Nick Dodge, Tyler Donati, Lain and Prescott. The silver medal capped off a hugely successful season for the boys. They finished first in league play, won their own Oakville Holiday Classic tourney (defeating Richmond Hill in one semifinal); were final­ ists in the Markham Friendship tourney; and were semifinalists in Brampton, Kitchener and Barrie Tournaments. Their over all record was an incredible 56-16-6. With the sense of pride and respect for one another and love of hard work that Scott McKenzie and his staff of Tony Donati, John Davis, Mark Rowan and manager Jennifer Allen have helped instill in these tal­ ented athletes, the pursuit of that elusive gold medal has already begun for next season. The team would like to thank their wonderful spon­ sors: Polywheels; Onex Corp; Mastercard; Bank of Montreal; Interac; Combellus Investments; Gatsteel Industries; Oakville Spee Dee Print; Holmar Publishing; Prescott Co.; Kuehn & Nagel; VICWEST; First National, Fairway Express; and Zimmerman. Tough overtime loss in semifinals crushes all-Ontario aspirations The Oakville Rangers double-A atom rep team, which recently won their Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) championship, fell just a little short of all-Ontario hon­ ours this weekend. This is the second year in a row that this team has represented the OMHA against the best teams from the Alliance, Northern Ontario and Greater Toronto hockey associations. This year's tournament was hosted by the OMHA and held in Clarington. Besides the host Clarington team, the tourney was rounded out with the OMHA (and Tri-County champion) Oakville, Kitchener for the Alliance, North Toronto for Greater Toronto and Sudbury for Northern Ontario. The pageantry started with a team practice on Thursday (April 8), fol­ lowed by the opening ceremonies, including dignitaries, full orchestra and "piping in' of the teams and the tradi­ tional opening banquet. The Oakville did very well in the preliminary round, going undefeated with a record of two wins and two ties against the best teams in the province of Ontario. On Sunday morning, the four final­ ists started with a semifinal game and unfortunately Oakville lost a heart- breaker in sudden death overtime against the eventual gold medal win­ ning team from Sudbury. The loss took the heart out of the Oakville team and they lost a close 4-2 decision in the bronze medal game to Kitchener. Despite the final result, the boys played terrific hockey and a number of the players won personal awards. Player of the game awards went to Carson Jenkins (RW), Brad Wagner (goal), Matthew Elia (centre), Scott Gringmuth (LW), Michael LeDressay (centre) and Blake Hylands (defence). Selected to the prestigious tourna­ ment all-star team at the closing cere­ monies were Carson Jenkins (LW) and Brad Wagner (goal). All in all, coaches Roy Gringmuth, Norm Kerr, Cliff Brown and Carl Wren have led this team to another successful and fun filled year. The team has represented Oakville with pride and distinction and will be directing all energies to returning to the all-Ontario's for a third straight year. Field hockey and rugby groups gearing up The Oakville Field Hockey Club is gearing up for the outdoor season. The OFHC, which has doubled its membership in just two seasons, play all of their games on the astro-turf at Appleby College. The under-19 division consists of four teams that play a double-header each Thursday evening, while the masters divi­ sion gathers for some pick-up on Tuesdays. The OFHC puts a special emphasis on welcoming and introducing new players to the game. As a seasoned junior coach at St. Thomas Aquinas, OFHC founder John Picone has much experience with helping the rookies. The OFHC will be holding three Saturday rookie clinics prior to the start of the outdoor season, starting this Saturday (April 17th), 24th and May 1 st. These are at Appleby College. The outdoor season begins the first week of May and runs right through to September. For more information, or to obtain a brochure and registration form, you can call The Oakville Field Hockey Club at 905-827-4850, e-mail: ofhc@ cgocable.net, or visit the OFHC website: www.cgocable.net/~ofhc. □ □ □ □ Oakville Crusaders Rugby Club are now training outdoors on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6 p.m. to dusk. From April 24 through to the end of May the Crusaders have a series o f exhi­ bition matches in preparation for both the m en's and w om en's league schedule. Registration day is Saturday May 8th for all o f the Crusaders many teams, including: four m en's teams, +35 m en's, +40 m en's, w om en's, U-21 junior, U-18 junior, m idget 10-a-side, and co-ed mini touch rugby. Call the club hotline at 338-7533 for more details regarding any o f these pro­ grams. The club's new web site can be found at ... www.cgo.ca/~juliejoe/ The Crusaders welcome anyone inter­ ested in finding out more about rugby as a player or as a supporter. The club has teams that fit all levels of commitment and all levels o f skill from national elite to newcomer. ' £ A V Be a good H*t neighbour and •/ W support .your ii Retailer... ' P f / / ( ) / ) i( 9 lr / r t ^ d i # * / * * ' V # * m > * The Oakville Beaver N ews • Sports • Entertainment Thighs for O ur goal is to stabilize your weight by focusing on diet behavior and exercise. L ea r n ways to control weight and improve your lifestyle. 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