Partners in Pink 33 · Thursday, October 20, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Blue Dogs' youth has coach optimistic for gold next year Andrew Lewis (79 and 81) also came Continued from page 32 team, becoming the first-ever Muslim to do through. "If you can shoot three golfers in the 70s, so. Now he can add an OFSAA golf title to his you have a great chance," said Poplar, whose team also featured Christian Poirier. "We're resume. "It's a great achievement to know I can a very young team, with three players in compete with the top players in Ontario and Grade 10 and one in Grade 12. We were pleased to be there for our win the high school chamfirst year as a team, and pionship," Khan said. "It's "It's a great achievement we'll go back hopefully a great privilege." to know I can compete next year for a gold Khan's victory also with the top players in medal." helped Appleby to its firstOntario and win the high NOTES: Abbey Park's ever OFSAA golf team Scott Banks, who tied for medal. The Blue Dogs fin- school championship. It's a first at the recent Golden ished third in team stand- great privilege." Horseshoe Athletic ings with 454 points, edgConference championing out Newmarket Sacred Appleby College Grade 10 ships, finished ninth overHeart by two points for student Osama Khan all at the OFSAA boys' bronze but also finishing just four points behind gold-winning London tournament, shooting rounds of 77 and 70... Iroquois Ridge students Annika and Saunders. Points were determined by each school's Alanna Haynes were the top Oakville finishgirls' championships. top three scores on each of the two days of ers at the provincial g f competition. Khan's 66 and 70 scores obvi- The sisters tied for 27th place with a score of ously helped the Blue Dogs' cause the most, 86 at the one-round event at Ottawa's Loch but Jonathan MacDonald (75 and 83) and March Golf and Country Club. BUT FOES AS WELL: Iroquois Ridge player Andy Moore (right) delivers a hit on a St. Thomas Aquinas opponent during last week's seventh annual Partners in Pink high school senior football game. Players on both teams wore pink in support of breast cancer awareness, and Toronto Argonauts offensive lineman Taylor Robertson -- an advocate for the cause -- attended the game. Ridge won the game 21-13 to improve to 4-0 on the season. MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER