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10 Independent & Free Press, Tuesday,February 9, 2010 SPORTS & LEISURE Raiders face tough foes prior to start of playoffs Two more tough tests await the Georgetown Raiders this weekend before they can turn their attention to the Ontario Jr. A Hockey League's playoffs. The third-place Raiders have five games remaining in the regular season, including clashes with the two teams ahead of them in the 15-team loop-- on Friday in Oakville against the Blades and a home date with the front-running Kingston Voyageurs Saturday beginning at 7:30 p.m. Prior to that, however, Georgetown will host the sixth-place Trenton Golden Hawks Wednesday at 8 p.m., likely needing to win all remaining games in order to pass Oakville for second spot in the standings. The Blades currently hold a threepoint advantage, also with five games left to play. The 38-9-4 Raiders are on a four-game winning streak after beating host Huntsville 3-2 in overtime Friday and skating past the lastplace Milton IceHawks 7-3 here Saturday. Rookie Evan Rodrigues netted the OT clincher against Huntsville after the Otters scored with 21 seconds remaining in regulation to force extra time. Nick Avgerinos and Steve Perfetto also tallied for the visitors. Jeremy Wick and Scott Wilson had two goals each Saturday to help hand Milton its 41st consecutive loss. Rodrigues, Dorian Peca and Patrick Moran added single markers and Georgetown resident Ryan Kelly did well in the IceHawk goal to prevent the Raiders from reaching double digits, facing 56 shots in total. Also last week, the Raiders had another tough time with the Mississauga Chargers but prevailed by a 6-4 count. Duston Hebebrand (2), Dorian Peca (2), Chris Borges and John Girman were the Georgetown goal scorers. Brandon Star of the Georgetown Rebels raced to a fourthplace finish in the senior boys' 100-metre individual medley event during a high school meet held last week at the Georgetown Indoor Pool. Star was also a member of the Rebel senior boys' 200m medley relay team that nosed out the Nelson Lords for first place by 0.15 seconds in the final. Photo by Eamonn Maher High school roundup Local swimmers look good in Halton tune-up Swimmers from the three localarea high schools tuned up for this Wednesday's Halton championships in Hamilton by competing at a regional meet last week at the Georgetown Indoor Pool. Several first-place finishes were turned in by Halton Hills athletes, many of whom also took part in another meet Thursday in Burlington. Bishop Reding, Milton District and Burlington's Nelson also sent teams to the GDHS-hosted meet. The reigning provincial champion Georgetown Rebels took the overall team points title by a wide margin and had several individual and six relay victories on the day. Gold medalists included: Sam Bellman (junior boys' 50m butterfly); Trevor Burwell (senior boys' 200m freestyle & 100m IM); Sophie Cieplucha (senior girls' 200m freestyle, junior girls' 100m IM, open girls' 100m breaststroke); Kristen Gergley (junior girls' 100m freestyle); Karl Massey (senior boys' 100m backstroke); Matthew Oles (junior boys' 50m breaststroke); Jennifer Ormiston (senior girls' 100m IM); Sarah Reid (junior girls' 50m breaststroke); Nadiya Safonova (junior girls' 50m butterfly); Stefan Sicard (junior boys' 50m backstroke & 100m freestyle); John Paul Thomson (junior boys' 50m freestyle); Charlie Wright (senior girls' 50m butterfly); junior girls' 200m medley relay (Allie Taran, Sophie Cieplucha, Loren O'Brien Egesborg, Kristen Gergley); junior boys' 200m medley relay (Stefan Sicard, Matthew Oles, Sam Bellman, Ryan Mersiadis-Carrier); junior boys' 200m freestyle relay (Aaron Brautigam, Daniel Ardron, Cameron Brito, Austin Roberts); senior boys' 200m freestyle relay (Kyle Chapman, Erik Smith, Brandon Star, Kyle Hansen); senior girls' 400m freestyle relay (Megan Ardron, Jaclyn Patterson, Sam Sylvestre, Lindsay Gilmoure); senior boys' 400m freestyle relay (Cameron Elgie, Karl Massey, Alex Rogers, Trevor Burwell). For Georgetown's Christ the King, 16-year-old Marc Laforet finished first in three individual races-the open boys' 50m freestyle, 50m butterfly and 100m IM-and was a member of the Jaguars' victorious 200m See SENIOR, pg. 11 GEORGETOWN JUNIOR "A" GEORGETOWN JR. A GEORGETOWN JR. A GEORGETOWN TOYOTA RAIDERS vs RAIDERS vs TRENTON GOLDEN HAWKS Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:00 pm KINGSTON VOYAGEURS Saturday, February 13, 2010 7:30 pm www.georgetownraidersjra.com GAMES OF THE WEEK Mold-Masters SportsPlex (Alcott Arena)