C6 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday April 17, 2002 The Hornets, promoted up a division in the new year, peaked in the playoffs (Continued from Back Page Sports) behind `A A \ It was quite a remarkable feat for the Oakville players, considering they had started out the season at the `BB' level, and were promoted to `A' after the Christmas Break. Next season, as they move up to the bantam age group, the team is mulling a final move up into the province's top 'AA' level. Oakville's playoff success turned them into a Cinderella story. Coach Bill Metcalfe doesn't mind that comparison but with one minor story alteration "Yeah, it's Cinderella wearing con struction boots and steel toes," he said, chuckling. With their mid-season promotion, the Hornets understandably finished well back in the pack in their North Metro Girls Hockey League, in sev enth place, with a sub-,500 record. B y playoff time, however. Oakville started showing signs o f things to come, as they upset second place Durham in a four-game league quar terfinal series. Oakville won the clincher 3-0. Durham did their best to give girls' hockey a black eye, amass ing 111 minutes in penalties, com pared to 18 minutes for Oakville, in that final game. Oakville managed to get the sour taste out of their mouths in time to nearly upset Aurora in the semifinals, losing 2-1. Aurora had finished first in the regular season and then went on to also win the North Metro playoff championship. Oakville bounced back to win the bronze medal game 3-2 over Barrie. Much like the boys rep hockey in Oakville, however, these league playdowns are unrelated to the provincial championships. Oakville actually qualified for the OWHA provincial peewee A champi onship by winning a regional show down with M ississauga in two straight games, 2-1 and 5-0. Oakville quickly set the tone for the provincial championship tourney when they again met up with Aurora, and this time fought them to a 0-0 tie. Few at the tournament would have predicted that this, in fact, would be the only game that Oakville would not win at the provincial championship. Oakville followed up on Friday with a 4-2 win over Chatham. On Saturday, Oakville not only swept both games, but didn't allow a goal as they shut out Sault Ste, Marie 4-0 to seal up first place in their pool and then won their quarterfinal game 2-0 over Niagara Falls. This set the stage for their thrilling. albeit tougher, Sunday playoff sweep. Coach Metcalfe said the team's Cinderella story was made possible by old fashion hard work, dedication and commitment. Unlike some girls' teams, he said these players came out to every prac tice, beginning from day one. "Our girls, they just kept improv ing and they just didn't stop. Some teams will plateau and level out. Our team didn't, they kept on getting bet ter and they played with an unbeliev able amount of grit. `T hey were blocking shots, cause they had to. It was just whatever it took, they did. It was just incredible. "They took hits, they got up again; they went into the boards, they took slashes, they didn't retaliate; they blocked shots on a regular basis. "One o f our strategies was to cut down on shots against, and there were girls falling in front of pucks in our end on a regular basis. I was really proud of them. "And mental focus and mental toughness, I take my hat off. They certainly had it, and that's what you have to have." He thought the big ice surface at Brampton Entertainment Centre Oakville Hornets spring tryouts on tap this month The Oakville Hornets have some spring tryouts upcoming this month. · Bantam (April 21/28, 12:20-2:10 p.m.) at River Oaks. · Midget (April 21/28, 2:20-4:10 pm at River Oaks. Cost o f each session is $10. Additional ice times may be added between the April 21-28 dates. Novice, atom and peewee tryouts will be held in September. Dates and times will be posted on the Hornets website and in the media in early August. played into the Hornets hands. "I think the big ice surface favoured us. We have two-hour prac tices instead of the usual 50 minutes. And I think from a conditioning stand point we were definitely there. "Especially going into the third we would seem to not lose steam whereas the other teams would, and we seemed to take advantage o f that." He declined to centre out individu als. "All seventeen. You know what, if all three lines w eren't effective, it wouldn't have happened. "Usually, my players, I have in groups o f five instead of a line and two `D ' ... But all three were produc ing. "Scoring goals is one thing, but we had a very low goals against. We were disciplined playing our system. Again, some of the biggest plays o f the game would be picking up your back check." Oakville team shares spotlight with Leafs at ACC An O akville entry level paperw eight `Tim bit' house league hockey team enjoyed the thrill of a lifetime earlier this month when they were part of the action at the Air Canada Centre. The Toronto Maple Leafs ended up tying the Florida Panthers 2-2 during the April 8 gam e, and the Timbit Paperweight Vikings had their own `inter-squad' game during the intermission. Their game stretched out This Oakville paperw eight hockey team played over three and a half minutes L eaf game! Com plete team roster below. before the cheering patrons at pose for a snapshot. the Air Canada Centre. Besides their own game, the team, Only one goal was scored on the which had travelled to the Air Canada cavernous ice -- and that precious Centre courtesy of a Tim Hortons bus. memory goes to Kamil Tkaczuk. also got to watch the Leaf game, hav Some of the parents and players, on ing been provided seats at the .500 their way to their dressing room hap level. pened to run into O akville's Ron The team wishes to thank Tom MacLean. And although, he was in a McNeely and Tim Hortons for this rush, on his way to do Coach's Comer. thrill of a lifetime. he was able to sign autographs and Here's the team roster: #5 Colin M acLach lan College A N IN V IT A T IO N You a rc co rdially invited to a tte n d o u r d u ring the interm ission at this A pril 8 Brown; #2 Michael Burton; #4 Eric Burzycki; #13 Connor Chambers; #16 Oliver Chiang; #3 Brenton Chilton; #7 Foster Cuomo; #9 Tyler Downman; #14 Tommy Fox; #17 Connor Grano; #15 Rhys M aguire; #11 Sean McGillivray; #10 Ryan McNeely; #12 Jacob Smith; #6 Kamil Tkaczuk; and #8 Lucas Zitmanus. Coaches: Doug McGillivray and Frank Grano. A rts, S c ie n c e & T e c h n o lo g y F e s tiv a l · O p e n H o u s e T h u rsday, April I Nlli, 2 0 0 2 0 :3 0 p .m . to 9 :3 0 p .m . Student demonstrations and exhibits will display Poetry, Art, Science, Robotic Science and Intelligent Systems and C om puter Science. Let us show you how the traditional values o f academic scholarship we treasure, join hands with the future through our sophisticated level of information technology. Junior Kindergarten to University Entrance. C o m e a n d s e e u s "s tr u t o u r stu fF '! F o r m o re in fo rm atio n please call o u r A dm issions O ffice Oakville Curling Club foursome opens mixed provincials today Oakville is repre sented at provin cial mixed cham pionships which kick off today. Hugh M urphy's foursome from the Oakville Curling Club with spouse Janet and sister-in-law and brother-in-law Jacquie and Greg Ramier won the `A' side o f the JVC mixed regional playdowns. The `B' side was won by Phil Loevenmark's rink from the Avonlea Curling Club. M urphy's team now advances to the provincial championship to be held this weekend at the Richmond Hill Curling Club. The round-robin schedule begins today at 3 p.m. In the first game, Murphy will play Nick Rizzo's rink from the Brant Curling Club. The eight teams from across the province will play two games on Wednesday (3 & 8 p.m.); Thursday (9 a.m. & 4:30pm); Friday (12:30 & 8 p.m.) and Saturday (12:30 p.m.). Tie-breakers or semifinals are scheduled for Saturday at 8 p.m. with the final to played Sunday at 10 a.m. 337 Trafalgar Road, Oakville · (905) 844-0372 w w w .m aclachlan.on.ca · reg istrar@ m aclachlan.on.ca Accredited by j C l K S I & I (inadtan Educational Standanls Institute and a member < > f O S Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario (OOPS) There was an error in the World Lefthanded Curlers championship story in last Wednesday's Oakville Beaver. The fourth event was indeed won by Brian Moore's Utica Club from New York. But he won it over a team from Oakville skipped by Bob Chalmers. Our apologies! Next year's tourney, by the way, runs April 36. A healthy lifestyle begins with ahealthy diet N Juveniles make podium in U.S., try-outs next month -H E A W A N D S ra O K I FOUNDATION Making healthy food choices for you and your family can be That's why the Heart and Stroke Foundation created the Health Check' program. The Health Check symbol tells you a product meets nutrition guidelines for healthy eating. In their last com petition o f the season, O akville Skating Club's Juvenile 'A' Synchronized Skating Team traveled to Ohio to com plete at the 'Cleveland Edge' com peti tion on M arch 23rd. As the only Canadian team in the event, the girls placed third in a group o f various team s from Ohio and other states. G uided by coach Carolyn Hyde and assis tant coach Katie Andrew s this was a great accom plishm ent for the team as they skated in the interm ediate division, which was two age groups above the level they norm ally com pete in at the provincial level. The Canadian spectators were extrem ely proud o f how well the team represented both O akville and C anada in their best placem ent o f the .season. Synchronized skating is a team -based sport where 12-20 skaters create form ations in uni son to music. Com petitions are held at the regional, provincial and national levels. It is a great way to develop skating skills and be part o f a fun team atm osphere. As this season com es to a close, O akville Ice Expression is already preparing for next season. Tryouts for the Four Star, ju v e nile and novice team s will be held on May 5th, 11th and 25th at River Oaks Arena. For more inform ation, please con tact the O akville Skating Club office at (905)257-7771. Mens 35+ Soccer League Registration Thursday, A p ril 18 Sunday, A p ril 21 8:30 p.m .-10:00 p.m . 2:00 p.m .-4:00 p.m . * ^ ^ ^ a t A ir A th le tics 1333 N. Service Rd. 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