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Thursday, January 21, 2016 - The IFP - H alton H ills - w w w .theifp.ca Page 41 312 GUELPH ST., GEORGETOWN 905-877-2296 www.georgetowntoyota.com Sun. Jan 24, 2016 2:30 pm at Scotia Bank Pond Georgetown Raiders vs. Toronto Patriots Sat. Jan 30, 2016 7:30 pm at Mold Masters SportsPlex Georgetown Raiders vs. Trenton Golden Hawks SPORTS Comingup The Georgetown Ladies Powderpuff Softball League will hold registration for this season on Thursday, Jan. 28 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the George-town Market Place centre court. www.GLPL.org Raiders Cairns, Dicksinson make Central Scouting rankings At a training camp in Chile last August with the Ontario Snowboard Club, local resident Audrey Shieh placed ninth in a series of races involving international snowboardcross competitiors. Shieh is ready to make her first trip to Europe in a couple of weeks for the World Youth Olympics. Submitted photo Snowboardcross rider Shieh set for World Youth Olympics Georgetown's Audrey Shieh will represent her country for the first time in snowboard- cross competition next month after recently being selected by Snowboard Canada to compete in the World Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. The Grade 11 Georgetown District High School student had to do a bit of scram- bling with her Blue Mountain-based On- tario Snowboard Club teammates to find snow to train on earlier this winter due to the warmer-than-normal weather, but feels she's ready to take on the best in the world in the women's 16-18 age group during the competition, which runs from Feb. 12-22. "I have more FIS points than the girl who is representing the U.S. but the Europeans are going to be really tough. It's going to be exciting," the 16-year-old said. "Sometimes in the provincial races there's not a lot of competition. You get used to racing the same people, so it's really nice to have the opportunity to do bigger things against the FIS racers from every- where around the world with different skill levels and bigger courses." This weekend, she's slated to be in Prince George, B.C. for a competition and Shieh has a busy schedule following the World Youth Olympics that has her traveling to Nor-Am races in Sugar Loaf in Maine and Squaw Valley in California, followed by the Canadian championships in Quebec at the end of March. "I'm really looking forward to the spring nationals because that's a big event that a lot of people show up to," added Shieh, who as a 15-year-old last spring placed 11th run- ning alongside adult national team mem- bers. Shieh is also gunning to attain Quest for Gold funding status with Snowboard Canada. She does receive provincial fund- ing and sponsorship through Georgetown's CircaFit Training Centre and frequently vis- its with local personal trainer Body by Jane. A pair of Georgetown Raiders made the Na- tional Hockey League Central Scouting Bu- reau mid-term rankings released on Tues- day for North American-based skaters. Matthew Cairns, a 17-year-old defence- man from Mississauga, is rated 93rd on the list of more than 200 players eligible for this summer's NHL Draft. The 6-foot-2, 190-pounder re- cently committed to Cornell Univer- sity for next season and has seven goals, 18 assists and 34 penalty min- utes for the Ontario Junior Hockey League's Raiders after winning a league title last season with the To- ronto Patriots. Local resident Josh Dickinson, a centre- man who just last week committed to Clark- son University, is ranked 193rd on the Cen- tral Scouting list. At 6-foot-2 and 180 pounds, the 18-year- old Dickinson has scored 17 goals and 23 as- sists in 36 starts with 54 penalty minutes in his second season with his hometown Jr. A Raiders. Dickinson graduated from the Halton Hurricanes' AAA minor hockey organiza- tion and was taken in the eighth round of the 2013 OHL Priority Se- lection by the Sudbury Wolves. Dickinson's older brother Ja- son was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the first round of the 2013 NHL Draft and in his first year with the team's American Hockey League affiliate in Texas, the 20-year-old centre has 10 goals and 18 assists in 40 starts. Former Georgetown resident Taylor Rad- dysh, a forward with the OHL's Erie Otters, sits 34th in the NHL CSB mid-term rankings. Ex-Raider Adam Mascherin, now of the OHL's Kitchener Rangers, was ranked 57th amongst North American skaters. RAIDERS HOST JUMPSTART FUNDRAISER: Canadian Tire customer service manager Scott Gallo- way and his daughter Abbey drop the ceremonial first puck prior to last Saturday's Ontario Junior Hockey League matchup between the host Georgetown Raiders, represented at left by assistant captain Andrew Court, and the Burlington Cougars, with captain Willy Paul taking the draw. The Galloways are volunteers with Canadian Tire's Jumpstart program, which allows kids in financial need to participate in organized sports or physical activities. The Raiders contributed a dollar for each ticket sold for the game and $300 was raised for Jumpstart. Submitted photo JOSH DICKINSON