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SPORTS & LEISURE Rebels win title but Jaguars' GHAC matchup switched to today 15 Independent & Free Press, Thursday, March 10, 2011 Drama dominates high school hockey scene There was drama both on and off the ice this week as both of Georgetown's high school boys' hockey teams went deep into the Halton Secondary School Athletic Association playoffs. The Georgetown Rebels captured their first Halton boys' hockey championship since 2002 on Monday, edging the host Loyola Hawks 5-4 in overtime as Michael Mansi registered his second goal of the game for the clincher. Meanwhile, Christ the King's Jaguars, who won the Halton Tier I crown last week, were slated to host Hamilton's Bishop Ryan Wednesday afternoon in the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference final game before controversy came into play. With a berth in the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations championship tournament in Etobicoke later this month at stake, Bishop Ryan forfeited Wednesday's game after using an ineligible player earlier in the playoffs. Still, the Jags didn't get a free pass to the provincials due to the forfeit, as head coach Scott Van de Valk said his team was told it had to play the GHAC final today (Thursday) at the Alcott Arena at 1:45 p.m. against Oakville's Iroquois Ridge Trailblazers, who lost in the Halton final to CtK 5-3 last week. Meanwhile, the Rebels reeled off 16 straight wins to complete their season, including tournament play, capped off by winning the HSSAA Tier II title in a comeback thriller Monday in Oakville. Trailing 3-0 in the late stages of the second period, Brandon Allison got Georgetown on the board before Mansi and Derek Kessel scored early in the third to equalize. Loyola regained the lead briefly, but Allison notched his second of the afternoon with 1:30 in regulation remaining and standout goalie Brandon Bodiam on the bench to force extra time. Mansi delivered the winning marker after a scramble in front of the Loyola net. Sr. Rebels reach OFSAA final After settling for silver medals last year, Georgetown's senior girls were looking for an upgrade at the 2011 OFSAA quadruple-A championship in Newmarket this week. The Rebels qualified for Wednesday night's gold-medal match against Whitby's Sinclair (no result was available at The Independent & Free Press deadline) after going undefeated through the 16team draw to get there. GDHS's seniors defeated Grand River (21-25, 25-19, 15-13), London's Mother Teresa (25-16, 17-25, 15-13) and Michael Power of Toronto (25-15, 25-17) in the preliminary round on Tuesday, followed by victories over Toronto's Woburn (25-20, 18-25, 15-13) in the quarterfinals and Aurora in the semis (25-23, 25-20) on Wednesday. Three local squads still vying for OMHA championships Three local-area teams are still in contention for Ontario Minor Hockey Association championship titles and all have big games coming up this weekend. Georgetown's Findlay Roofing novice additional entry rep Raiders are in the best-of-5 OMHA Group 1 Central finals against Richmond Hill and will play game one Saturday at 12:30 p.m. on the road, with game two Sunday at the Alcott Arena at 5:30 p.m. The minor midget AE Raiders from Georgetown are also matched up with Richmond Hill in the Group 1-3 best-of-5 championship series and the teams split the first two contests. Game three was played Wednesday in Richmond Hill, with game four set for the Alcott Arena Monday at 7:30 p.m. The Acton Arena will be packed Saturday night as the hometown novice BB Tanners open their best-of-5 OMHA BB-D Central championship series against ErinHillsburgh beginning at 7 p.m. ··· The Halton Hurricanes will host the OMHA minor peewee AAA championship tournament this weekend at the John Tonelli Sports Centre and several Halton Hills' residents will be in action. Peterborough, Burlington, Oakville and Barrie are the other teams in the tournament, which finishes Sunday at 3:30 p.m. with the championship game. The minor peewee `Canes are ranked fifth in the province after finishing first in the South Central Triple-A League with a 30-3-3 record. Team members include Georgetown's Lucas Kells, John Vezina, Cooper Sharpe, Nick Deakin-Poot (injured) and goalie Eric Doner, along with Tyler Schouten and Zach Snow of Acton. COOK FINAL-BOUND: Georgetown's Darcy Cook (in white) is the lone Canadian skater on the Central Michigan University men's hockey team that has qualified to play in the American Collegiate Hockey Association national championship tournament next week in San Jose, Ca. The 20-year-old sophomore left-winger had three goals and seven assists in 27 regular-season games with the Chippewas, who recently won the ACHA's Central Region title in order to qualify and make their first appearance in the 16-team national championship tournament in eight years. The 5-foot-8, 170-pound Cook is a former captain of Christ the King Catholic Secondary School's hockey team and is a communications major at CMU. 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