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Contact John Templeman 647-407-6052 email: georgetownballhockey@gmail.com 8 Independent & Free Press, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 SPORTS & LEISURE Three of the four Georgetown Raider teams that made it to the Ontario Minor Hockey Association championship series were victorious this past week, while the other, the minor bantam AAs, were denied in a fifth-and-deciding game by Richmond Hill. It was a banner year for the GMHAs minor bantam and minor midget rep divi- sions as both sent two teams to the OMHA playdowns in 2007-08. Last year, five of the eight Raider squads that skated in the OMHA finals claimed their respective divi- sion titles. Minor Bantam AE Raiders Georgetowns Ultimate Hockey Training Raiders were the first local team to claim OMHA honours, defeating Newmarket in four games in the best-of-5 minor bantam additional entry rep category. Georgetown 3, Newmarket 2: Robbie Johnson (G, A); Conor McGucken, Trevor VanderGlas (G); Ben Shearer, Curtis Jobin (A). Georgetown 1, Newmarket 0: Jobin (G); Alex Freer, Brett Gresswell (A). Newmarket 2, Georgetown 1: Jordan Brown (G); Will Petryniak, Mitch Copping (A). Georgetown 5, Newmarket 1: Travis Godfrey (G, 2A); David Sargent, McGucken, Tyler Highfield, VanderGlas (G); Gresswell, Jobin, Copping (A). Minor Midget AA Raiders Georgetowns Wild Wing minor midget AA Raiders emerged the victors from a tough Barrie opponent in the best-of-5 championship that required six games to determine a winner. Georgetown 4, Barrie 3: Adam Putnam (3G); Paul Davison (G); Shayne Brown (W). Barrie 5, Georgetown 2: Matt Weber, Dylan Hannan (G, A); Jordan Milne, Jake Harding (A). Georgetown 5, Barrie 5: Hannan (2G); Trevor Fillier, Weber, Todd Bannerman (G, A); Brent Jones, Andrew Haffner (A). Georgetown 4, Barrie 1: Ian McCrae (G, A); Weber, Jones, Cory Williams (G); Stan Gaweda (A); Brown (W). Barrie 5, Georgetown 3: Bannerman, Hannan, Cody Gresswell (G); Gaweda (2A); Harding, Weber, Williams, Jones (A). Georgetown 5, Barrie 2: Weber (2G, A); Gaweda, Hannan, Jones (G); Bannerman (3A); Davison, Fillier (A); Brown (W). Minor Midget AE Raiders After a tough five-game battle with Oakville in the OMHA quarterfinals, Georgetowns Hungry Man Raiders pulled off sweeps of Stoney Creek in the semis and then Barrie in the championship finals to earn the hardware. Georgetown 4, Barrie 1: Ian McCrae (G, 2A); Jeff Beedham, Steven Damphousse, Jacob Denomme (G); Kyle Elliott (2A); Brandon Allison (A). Georgetown 2, Barrie 0: Taylor Brown, Dylan Mercer (G); Ben Carpenter, Michael Pupo (A); Kyle Ward (SO). Georgetown 4, Barrie 2: McCrae (2G); Allison, Brandon Hood (2A); Brown, Mercer (G); Beedham, Denomme, Matt Quinn (A). Minor Bantam AA Raiders Home ice turned out to be the deciding factor in the OMHA minor bantam AA championship matchup between Georgetowns Buy Wise Windows & Doors Raiders and champion Richmond Hill, as neither team could score a road victory in the best-of-5 set. Richmond Hill 4, Georgetown 3: Brett Pierce (G, A); Kyle Moore (G); Tyler Topham, Paul Chiapetta, Michael Nicolucci, Michael Wallace (A). Georgetown 4, Richmond Hill 1: Brandon Clelland (2G); Bryson Nicolucci, Brett Pierce (G); Michael Nicolucci, Adam MacKinnon (A). Richmond Hill 8, Georgetown 1: Michael Nicolucci (G); Clelland, Topham (A). Georgetown 2, Richmond Hill 1: Moore (G, A); Pierce (G); MacKinnon (2A). Richmond Hill 5, Georgetown 1: MacKinnon (G); Moore (A). After three one-goal games to start the series, Georgetowns Ultimate Hockey Training Raiders clinched the minor bantam AE OMHA title with a convincing 5-1 win over Newmarket. Team members (front, from left) are: Goalies Jason Field, Aidan Hardiman. Second row: Matthew Knox, Conor McGucken, Mitchell Copping, Trevor VanderGlas, David Sargent, Robbie Johnson, Ben Shearer. Third row: Curtis Jobin, Jordan Brown, manager Val Petryniak, Will Petryniak. Back row: Assistant coach Ian McGucken, Travis Godfrey, Shane Godfrey, Tyler Highfield, trainer Cam Jobin, Darryl Ward, Brett Gresswell, Alex Freer, coach Jeff Sargent. Submitted photo A balanced scoring attack helped Georgetowns Wild Wing minor midget AA Raiders prevail over Barrie as their OMHA final series was pushed to the limit. Team mem- bers (front, from left) are: Kevin Sanderson, mascot Scott Brown, Shayne Brown. Second row: Stan Gaweda, Jake Harding, Andrew Haffner, David Bathgate, Dylan Hannan, Trevor Fillier, Adam Putnam, Paul Davison. Third row: Head coach Bill Bathgate, assistant coach Tony Quigley, Todd Bannerman, Cory Williams, Grant Massey, Jordan Milne, trainer Richard Jones, assistant coach Andy Bathgate. Back row: Matt Weber, Ian McCrae, Brent Jones. Submitted photo Three Raider squads capture OMHA titles Georgetowns Hungry Man Raiders are the OMHA minor midget AE champs for 2007-08 as they held the Barrie Icemen to just three goals in their championship series sweep. Team members (front, from left) are: Jamison Cass. Middle row: Trainer Joe Pupo, Ian McCrae, Jonty More, Dylan Mercer, Jeff Beedham, Kyle Ward, Michael Pupo. Back row: Assistant coach Rick Chisholme, Ben Salisbury, Ben Carpenter, Matt Quinn, Jacob Denomme, Kyle Elliott, Brandon Allison, Brandon Hood, Ryan Bateman, Justin Kaye, Steven Damphousse, Taylor Brown, head coach Andrew Salisbury. Submitted photo