Oakville ball associations holding Opening Day Saturday Oakville's two minor baseball associations will officially open their 2014 campaigns Saturday, May 10. Baseball Oakville (Oakville Minor Baseball Association) will hold an Opening Day Celebration at Glenashton Park (Eighth Line and Glenashton Drive), with Oakville Little League slated to hold similar festivities at Cornwall Park (425 Cornwall Rd.). Baseball Oakville's plans include a parade of all its players -- house league, select and rep -- at 10:30 a.m., accompanied by the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets' 20-piece marching band and colour guard. An on-field celebration will follow at 11:30 a.m., featuring a welcome to players and families, introductions, presentation of colours, the national anthem and a ceremonial first pitch by Oakville Ward 3 councillor Dave Gittings. All Baseball Oakville players are entitled to a free sandwich and drink from noon to 6 p.m. The first games of the Baseball Oakville season will be played by house league (mosquito and peewee) teams at 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Oakville A's rep exhibition contests will be played at 7 p.m., with the 2013 provincial AAA champion senior rookie ball A's taking on the Mississauga North Tigers and the 2013 provincial A champion peewee A's facing the Mississauga South Twins. Oakville Little League's opening day will have a Mother's Day theme, with the diamonds decorated pink and all proceeds from the weekend going towards the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Games will be played throughout the day on the two diamonds at Cornwall Park. Hotdogs, popcorn, cold drinks, pink cupcakes and barbecued burgers will be available at the concession stand. "It (will be) great to see the kids back on the diamonds after a long, cold winter, having fun and playing ball," said OLL president John Sweeney. This season will mark the fourth year of OLL 's Challenger division for autistic children. Sweeney said the division will likely feature more than 100 participants in 2014, more than double its original 45-player base from three years ago. 19 | Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Halton Minor Ball Hockey League Standings as of May 4, 2014 A) Learn To Play 3-6 A1-LTP Julian Dean Photography Bruins (Gold) A2-LTP Toronto Marlies (Blue) A3-LTP Hamilton Bulldogs (Red) A4-LTP K.N. Crowder Penguins (Black) A5-LTP Red Wings (White) A6-LTP Lightning (Silver) A7-LTP Oilers (Orange) A8-LTP Stars (Green) B) Tyke 7-8 1 B3-Raiders (Silver) 2 B4-Tyke Fitness Firm (Gold) 3 B1- Green Goblins (Green) 4 B2-Tyke Mainway Sports (White) C) Novice 9-10 1 C5-Dairy Queen Snipers(Black) 2 C3-Wave Shop (Silver) 3 C1-Questica (Orange) 4 C2-Oakville Beaver (White) 5 C6-Fitness Firm (Blue) 6 C4-Burlington Post (Red) D) Atom 11-12 1 D4-Fitness Firm (Green) 2 D2-Granite Ridge Golf Club (Blue) 3 D5-Dynamic Healing (Orange) 4 D8-Bandits (Black) 5 D6-Play it Again Sports (Silver) 6 D7-Eagles (White) 7 D1-Mantis (Red) 8 D3-Vacuum Shoppe (Gold) E) Peewee 13-14 1 E2-Peewee Team 2 (Silver) 2 E1-S.E.Auto Sales (Gold) 3 E4-Pioneer Energy LP (Black) 4 E8-Piranhas (Red) 5 E7-Peewee Team 7 (Teal) 6 E3-Tripemco Insurance Group (Blue) 7 E6-South Hill Designs (Green) 8 E5- Olympic Trophies (Orange) F) Bantam 15-16 1 F1-Burlington Ball Hockey League (Vegas) 2 F4-Bantam Team 4 (Red) 3 F3-Vipond Inc. (Blue) 4 F2-National Sports (Green) G) Junior 17-18 1 G4-Junior Team 4 (Silver) 2 G2-Junior Team 2 (Black) 3 G3-Junior Team 3 (Orange) 4 G1-Junior Team 1 (Gold) GP Record --------2-0-0 1-1-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 2-0-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-2-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-2-0 0-2-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-2-0 0-2-0 3-0-0 1-1-1 1-2-0 0-2-1 3-0-0 2-1-0 1-2-0 0-3-0 (W2) (L1) (T1) (T1) (W2) (L1) (W1) (W1) (L1) (L2) (W2) (W2) (W1) (L1) (W1) (L1) (L2) (L2) (W2) (W2) (W1) (L1) (W1) (L1) (L2) (L2) (W3) (L1) (W1) (L2) (W3) (W2) (L2) (L3) Pts GF GA +/- 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 1 6 4 2 0 13 15 5 3 11 12 11 11 8 4 15 8 7 9 9 6 3 4 11 5 5 8 5 7 5 4 21 7 5 3 14 14 9 8 7 9 7 13 7 5 8 13 13 11 6 2 5 10 8 7 10 13 6 2 5 7 5 9 8 8 1 11 12 12 5 12 16 12 6 6 -2 -10 4 7 3 -2 -5 -7 9 6 2 -1 1 -1 -7 -9 5 3 0 1 0 -2 -3 -4 20 -4 -7 -9 9 2 -7 -4 `Gold is the goal', Rookie goalie to make Jr. B debut last night OT veteran says continued from p.18 team, and they're not even your captains, I think that speaks to our depth," Valley said. The Red Devils have also had strong contributions from Emma Henry and Breanna Jager, who played senior as Grade 9s last year. "We just keep working. We've improved so much, so quickly," Newton said. "We're a lot more aware of what we need to do. Gold is the goal." The key now is to bring that talent together and play -- as it says on the front of their new jerseys -- As One. continued from p.18 Oakville was scheduled to visit the Markham Ironheads yesterday (Tuesday), a game that began after the Beaver's press deadlines. Rookie Errol Spring was slated to make his junior B debut in net for the Buzz after 21-year-old Josh Falkenstern got the start in each of Oakville's first four games. Foster Cuomo had three goals and an assist to pace the Buzz against Akwesasne. Dalton Follows, Jake Nyhuus and Andrew Kew each had a goal and two assists, while Liam Corbett and Mason Wright also tallied. Kew (two goals, two assists) and Robert Hudson (goal, three helpers) enjoyed fourpoint outings against Kahnawake. Mitchell Bolduc, Nyhuus and Cuomo chipped in with a goal and two assists each, Ryan Sulli- van, Follows and Corbett added singles, and Ben Heidecker drew three assists. Titans drop Sr. B season opener The Oakville Titans lost their Ontario Lacrosse Association senior B season opener 13-8 to the Ennismore James Gang Saturday in Ennismore. Gage Board had two goals and an assist for the Titans, with Cam Monroe and Garrett Kerr each contributing a goal and a helper. Sean Gillies, Jeff Sehl and Jon Batten notched Oakville's other markers. Jay Preece -- who took the loss in goal -- and Simon Wellington recorded two assists apiece. The Titans will visit the St. Catharines Saints Friday, then host their home opener Sunday against the Six Nations Rivermen. 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