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th ei fp .c a Th e IF P -H al to n H ill s | T hu rs da y, D ec em be r 21 ,2 01 7 | 50 SPORTS Visit theifp.ca for more coverage NALP ECNANETNIAM EVITATNEVERP RUO HTIW SRIAPER LLA NO %02 EVAS GEORGETOWN'S VARSITY GIRLS SKATE TO 6-6 TIE WITH IROQUOIS RIDGE From left, Georgetown District High School's Isabelle Caissie celebrates a goal with teammates Jordan Anderson (forefront) and Rachel Canavan during Monday's girls' high school hockey contest with guest Iroquois Ridge at the Mold-Masters SportsPlex. Canavan had just scored her second of three goals in the game in a comeback 6-6 tie. It was the final varsity girls' hockey game before the Halton Secondary School Athletic Association takes a break for the holidays. Canavan had a five-point outing for 1-1-1 GDHS, with Myah Rojo, Riley Muise and Krysten McCann also finding the net. Defender Hannah Borotsik added a pair of assists. Eamonn Maher/Photo Fifth-year forward An- drew Court scored twice for the Georgetown Raid- ers as they snapped out of their longest losing streak in more than a decade with a 5-2 victory Satur- day night against the host Toronto Patriots. This season marks the first time since 2006 that the Raiders have lost more than five consecutive On- tario Junior Hockey League games. The recent losing streak included a recent run of six consecutive de- feats, including a 3-2 dou- ble-OT decision loss against the Pickering Pan- thers Friday evening.But 21-9-1-2 Georgetown was back in form Saturday, building a 3-0 lead heading into the third period and going 2 for 5 with the man advantage. Mario Cavaliere made 27 stops, with single mark- ers going to Jason Smith, Brendan D'Agostino and Derek McVey. Bailey Molella and Jor- dan Crocker scored for the Raiders versus a much- improved Pickering side, which netted the winning marker with one second left in the 3-on-3 second ex- tra period. Georgetown hosts the defending RBC Cup-cham- pion Cobourg Cougars Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in its final regular-season contest before the holiday break, with the next game set for Jan. 6 at home against the Buffalo Jr. Sa- bres. The Raiders at one point this season stood atop the league standings but their recent slide has dropped them to fifth in the West Conference. Georgetown Raiders end losing streak with big win over Patriots the OLA's Appeal Committee, presenting numerous eyewitness accounts contradict- ing the original statement," the HHMLA said in a press release. OLA spokesperson Fiona Clevely said that the organization does not release details of its suspension rul- ings to the public. Lyons, who was inducted into the Halton Hills Sports Hall of Fame in 2015 and helped found the HHMLA in 1999, was suspended for two weeks by the HHMLA in June for an alleged verbal as- sault on an 11-year-old player on his team. A Halton Hills Minor Lacrosse Associa- tion (HHMLA) coach has been suspended for one year, stemming from a verbal inci- dent with a parent this past July. The Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA) initially ruled in October that Gord Lyons would be suspended for five years, but the head coach of this year's Halton Hills peewee A Bulldogs appealed the decision and it was reduced to one season, along with one year of probation. "Coach Lyons appealed the suspension to Lacrosse coach's suspension reduced to 1 year