D4 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Photo by Christine Smyth This unidentified player from Play It Again Sports (left) is guarded by an Oakville Diamond play er in the Halton Field Hockey championship game from last Tuesday night. The Burlington team fell 1-0 to the Oakville Diamonds. Diamonds shine Playoff action for Coyotes (Corn, from page D2) 2 p.m. at Glen Abbey (they couldn't get Oakville Arena on such short notice). The winner of that series then moves on to a best- of-three divisional showdown against second place Niagara Panthers. If Oakville defeats Georgetown, they would visit Niagara on Sunday and then host game two Sunday night, 9 p.m., at Glen Abbey. MAJOR JUNIOR A ROLLER HOCKEY (west division) Hamilton 24 18 6 233 125 40 Niagara 25 16 9 263 210 32 Buffalo 25 13 12 214 201 26 OAKVILLE 24 11 13 198 201 22 Georgetown 25 11 14 163 226 22 Brantford 25 10 15 208 248 20 Kitchener 25 4 21 186 241 8 feast division) Mississauga 23 20 3 233 125 40 Brampton 23 17 6 207 165 34 Toronto 24 14 10 176 159 28 Durham 25 14 11 209 151 28 Pickering 23 12 11 172 158 24 Vaughan 25 6 19 132 239 12 York 23 3 20 135 231 6 COYOTES ROUND-UP Player G A P Dave Dunn 38 36 74 Jeff Elia 33 30 63 R.J. Carr 19 32 51 Shane Labelle 11 31 42 Jeff Wells 24 15 39 Jamie Barlow 13 24 37 Mike Muldoon 11 18 29 Kyle MacDonald 7 18 25 Ryan Fitzsimmons 4 20 24 Luke Domski 13 8 21 Brandon Cordua 4 15 19 Steve Elia 5 7 12 Steve Kinnuneo 3 9 12 Stu Matheson 3 5 8 Joe Barber . 2 2 Mike Folland . 1 1 Brandon Labelle - 4 . Lightning on a tear The Halton Field Hockey recreational season came to an end this last week, with Oakville teams prevailing. Tuesday's playoff championship match at Glenashton in Oakville saw the Oakville Diamonds, who finished up second in the regular season (behind Oakville's AMCOR Packettes), defeating fourth place Play it Again Sports from Burlington 1-0. Kristina Manning scored the game's lone goal. "I thought it was a good close game -- very well played," said Diamond coach Cynthia Eccles. "I thought both teams played about their best game of the year." The team was led by its MVP, Christine Long, she said. The Diamonds had advanced to the league championship game with Monday night's semifi nal win over third place Burlington Sharks. In Tuesday night's third/fourth place show down, also at Glenashton, Oakville's AMCOR Packettes got a bit of consolation with a 1-0 win over the Burlington Sharks. Nicole Romano scored the game's lone goal. Alida Altitonante presided over the shutout. Meaghan Lee was a key player for the team this year, said coach Kristen Myles. She said the team was pleased to win its last game of the year, which eased the disappoint ment of Monday night's 2-1 semifinal upset to fourth place Play it Again Sports of Burlington. (Continued from page D3) through the first half. While the Oakville defenders relaxed, the Soccers' player kicked the ball downfield to a teammate who quickly onetimed a pass to a streaking striker and he buried a shot by keeper Rob Stein. The Oakville team argued but to no avail and the goal stood. The 'Bolts regrouped and came out strong in the second half, taking the play to the Illinois State champi ons. Oakville dominated but could not find the back of the net. Curtis Marchildon almost equalized immediate ly but his bolt from just inside the 18-yard box struck the right post. Andrew Macdonald rang a shot off the cross bar with 10 minutes to play and strikers Nick Servedio and Brandon Pimentel could not convert their numerous scoring chances. "The balance of play changed when Oakville pushed forward sweeper, Steve Marinic, into midfield. He played an outstanding game," said manager Rod Stein. Kayin Jeffers, Stephen Hill, Lee Bekker, Mark Misiak, Kojo Beduh, Mike de Vaal, Joe Hrebik, Glenn Mackay and Mike Silveira all contributed to a great week. The Soccers went on to win the USA Cup against another Illinois team which beat Dixie in the other semifinal match. To get to the semis, the Lightning opened with a 0- 0 game against Lecco, Italy. "That was a lot of fun! How often do you get to play a team from Europe? The boys played great. It was a fantastic game to watch," said coach Bekker. Oakville then played Ajax FC from Chicago and won 2-1 on goals by Macdonald and Misiak. The 'Bolts then closed out their round-robin group with a 1-0 victory over Minneapolis Wings. Mike Silveira. on loan from the Oakville Jets, provided the key shot with eight minutes to play. Oakville ended the round-robin tied with Lecco, Italy, with seven points each. Oakville was awarded second because of goal difference. The Lightning entered the knockout round a little Little League playdowns Oakville will host the Little League junior provincial championships at the River Oaks ballyard, with the opening game scheduled for Monday, July 26th. With district playdowns still ongoing, teams were not expected to be announced until today. AA ALL-STARS Manager Dave Downer will lead his AA Little League all-stars into the seven- team district championship this week in Orangeville. It's a double knockout tourney. In their opening game on Thursday, his team will take on a tough aggregation from Stoney Creek. With the boys from High Park favoured, Downer is looking for some spirited play from his team. "If we play it right, we can take it all, and move on to the provincials in Ottawa, August 3rd," he said. "Our pitch ing is starting to come around." Other teams include Ancaster, Dundas, Erindale and Orangeville. in USA Cup too over confident against the Brookwood Steamers from Atlanta, Georgia. Oakville fell behind 1-0 after 20 minutes and did not look good. Had it not been for Lee Bekker's tieing goal with 30 seconds remaining in regulation, Oakville was on their way home. Overtime proved nothing, so off to penalty kicks to decide it. Oakville shot first and only needed four goals by Beduh, Bekker, Misiak, and Hill to win 4-2. Keeper Stein, who had a broken little finger, forced the Atlanta players to shoot wide. The 'Bolts survived the scare and were better for it. The Lightning then marched to the round of 16 later on that afternoon to play Cruz Azul from Mexico City. The 'Bolts came away with a hard fought 2-1 victo ry on a very hot (38C) and windy evening. Mexico won the toss and decided to play against the wind. A choice that captains Hill, Marinic and Servedio didn't mind. Oakville pressed the entire half and were rewarded with late goals from Jeffers and Servedio. The teams switched ends and Oakville's defence held off the Mexican attack allowing but one goal. Great efforts were put forth by Stein, Marchildon, Marinic, Beduh and Pimentel. The quarterfinals saw weather that was more favourable to Canadian teams, wet and cool. The 'Bolts responded with a tremendous effort and the resulting 2-0 drubbing of Edina United from Minnesota should have been at least 5-0. Each scoring their second goals for the tourney were Servedio and Macdonald. "It was a little frustrating watching the boys miss all those scoring opportunities early. But once Servedio headed in that free kick from Hill, I knew we would set tle down and control the match," commented assistant coach Rob Pimentel. The Lightning were pumped and ready for their semi-final match against Soccers. "This was a tremendous experience for our boys. 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