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www.independentfreepress.com Andrews is golden at Junior nationals Special pullout section SPORTS AND LEISURE Mustangs tops at tournament 8 Pages Page S/L3 Halton Hills' Community Newspaper Page S/L 4 Circulation 21,220 Friday, August 17, 2007 Shell-shocked Davey lands with Raiders it turned out just fine where I ended up going. I got my name out there without all the pressure of a rookie As a member of the last-place playing for a first-place team. Now I Bramalea Blues this past season, rook- need to take the next step and showie goaltender Eddie Davey often felt case myself if I'm going to get a schollike he was in a shooting gallery on arship. One of the reasons why I most evenings. wanted to come to Georgetown is The Blues managed to win just one because I love playing there. The fans game out of 49 and the the once- are always into it even before the mighty franchise-- Royal Bank Cup game starts." semifinalists in 1999-- deteriorated Georgetown begins its main trainto the point where it has taken a ing camp on Monday at the Alcott year's leave of absence from the OHA Arena and will stage an intra-squad Provincial Jr. A Hockey League. game on Wednesday beginning at 7 But the heavy workload wasn't p.m. A meet-the-Raiders reception necessarily a burden for the 17-year- will take place from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at old Davey, who would often the arena. earn a game star for his With just under a month acrobatic saves despite until the 2007-08 season being on the receiving end commences, the Raiders of a usually lopsided defeat. have just a few spots The Orangeville resident remaining to fill on their was finally rescued from his opening-night roster. There 1-15-1-0 record and 5.37 are also many question goals-against average with a marks surrounding what trade to Burlington in will be an almost-completeDecember, and the Georgely revamped lineup that has town Raiders acquired few returnees from last EDDIE Davey from the West year's run to the West DAVEY Conference-rival Cougars Conference finals. in a cash deal last week. A handful of possible With backstop Keaton Hartigan returning players, including defencenow too old to play and veteran men Jon Quarrie, Spencer Metcalfe Texan Marc Stuart choosing to suit and Peter Mrksic, still have to attend up for Syracuse of the Empire Junior Ontario Hockey League training Hockey League, the Raiders feel camps, but it appears that Davey is ready to take on the vacant Georgetown will ice a much-younger starter's role for the 2007-08 cam- club than it has in recent years. paign. "We have 15 guys signed and there "When you're facing 60 to 70 shots are three pretty significant deals that a night, giving up seven goals was we hope to have finalized by the time considered a good game and it was camp gets going," said new director of actually an excellent experience for hockey operations Lonnie Freeman. me to play in Bramalea," said Davey, "Yes, there are a lot of new faces, but who faced the Raiders during last (director of scouting) Bill MacIntyre year's playoffs in a couple of games has done an unbelievable job in idenfor the Cougars. tifying players who can step in and "I had a chance to play with have an impact right away." (national Jr. A champion) Aurora but See JR., pg. 3 EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer Bolts strike gold at meet Members of the Georgetown Thunderbolts participated at the Ontario Minor Track & Field Championships recently at the Oshawa Civic Centre, earning some provincial titles and several personalbest results as well. The Tyke girls (grades 3-4), consisting of Chante Burnett, Hailey Den Elzen, Chelsea Dixon and Riel Flack, were frequent visitors to the podium. Den Elzen earned the Ontario title in the Tyke girls' long jump, finished a close second in the 100m final and was third in the 200m. The team of Den Elzen, Dixon, Flack and Burnett captured the provincial gold medal as they received a strong 400m performance from their anchor, Burnett. That same foursome won the 4x100m relay at the prestigious Ontario Hershey Finals, where their time was just shy of qualifying for Team Ontario and a trip to the international meet at Hershey Pa. Flack added to the medal haul with a bronze medal in the Tyke girls' long jump. Not to be outdone by her younger sister, Courtney Den Elzen won the atom girls (grades 5-6) shot put, placed second in the Atom girls' 200m dash and was third in the 100m with times of 25.12 and 13.38 respectively. See BOLTS, pg. 3 Riel Flack of the Georgetown Thunderbolts leaped to a bronze-medal finish in the Tyke girls' long jump at the recent Ontario Minor Track & Field Association Championships in Oshawa. Flack was also a member of the Georgetown relay team that raced to victory in the Tyke girls' 4x100m event. Submitted photo Eagles open championship with 8-0 win The Georgetown Eagles registered an 8-0 victory over New Brunswick Thursday morning to open the Baseball Canada Peewee Boys' Championships in Quebec City. Pitchers Brad Bedford and tourney pick-up Zack Sardellitti of Vaughan combined for the shutout, while Georgetown's Adam Anderson knocked in Team Ontario's first run in the second inning with an RBI double and then scored on a two-run homer by catcher Carson Kelly of London. Kelly added two more RBIs with an inside-thepark home run in the fifth. The Eagles were slated to face host Quebec City last night (Thursday). 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