The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

th ei fp .c a Th e IF P -H al to n H ill s | T hu rs da y, M ar ch 29 ,2 01 8 | 36 Select 2018 dates available. CONTACT: Melanie Frazer 905.877.5236, Ext: 400 mfrazer@nhgcc.ca www.nhgcc.ca BOOK YOUR 2018 TOURNAMENTBOOK YOUR 2018 TOURNAMENTBOOK YOUR 2018 TOURNAMENT Select 2018 dates available. CONTACT: Melanie Frazer 905.877.5236, Ext: 400 mfrazer@nhgcc.ca www.nhgcc.ca Select 2018 dates available. CONTACT: Melanie Frazer 905.877.5236, Ext: 400 mfrazer@nhgcc.ca www.nhgcc.ca Many local-area youth hockey teams have made donations of different varieties this season and the Halton Hills novice se- lect Thunder went above and beyond to support the Kidney Foundation. Team members collected 1,394 pounds of clothing that has been picked up by the foundation. HOCKEY Team members (front, from left) are: Cameron Hoewing, Carson Dawe, Benjamin Schlosser, Reid Crawford, Liam Benoit, Nicolas Harlow. Back row: Lincoln Denning, Jason May, Jake Weatherhead, Nathaniel Barna, Dylan Corbett, Aidan Michalski, Colton Schmidt (obscured from view) Carter Spalding, Joseph Moniz. Absent from photo: Nolan Thomas, Oliver Fritzsch. Novice select Thunder photo Novice select Thunder holds clothing drive for Kidney Foundation Dynamic Bodies of Georgetown raised $5,200 for Food4Kids during its third-annual fitness fund- raiser late last month. The studio, located at 318 Guelph St., offered free fitness classes and sold raf- fle tickets for prizes donat- ed by local businesses. The funds raised will help feed the 95 children in Halton Hills who benefit from the Food4Kids week- end food program. COMMUNITY Eva Podoski (second from right) accepts a cheque from members of the Dynamic Bodies fitness studio on Guelph Street. From left are: Jenn McKeogh, Carrie Muscat, Jenn DiCarlo, Sharron Dykxhoorn. Absent from photo: Kim Cullen. Dynamic Bodies photo Fitness studio rallies for Food4Kids much." That lone defeat, a 2-1 loss to Nepean on Friday night, left the Hornets needing a win against To- ronto, which had lost only three times in the 38-game regular season, in order to continue the defence of its PWHL championship. Isabelle Hardy and Kayla Fillier staked Oak- ville to a 2-0 lead in the must-win game but To- ronto cut the lead to one before the end of the sec- ond. Maddy McArthur made 12 of her 19 saves in the third period to hold Toronto at bay and Cath- erine Trevors sealed the win with an empty-net goal. In the final, it was To- ronto striking first with a power-play goal in the opening minute of the sec- ond. The Hornets had trouble generating chanc- es the rest of the period but applied pressure in the third. Lexie Adzija had the best opportunity with a short-handed breakaway, but was turned aside by Thompson. "The third period was our best period," said Breakey. "We gave our- selves chances, so kudos to their goalie." McArthur was also im- pressive. She stopped the Aeros Claire Dalton on a penalty shot with 2:12 to play and the stop seemed to energize her team. With McArthur on the bench for the extra attacker, the Hornets buzzed the To- ronto net. With just under a min- ute to play, Amy Dobson kept the Hornets' hopes alive by rushing back to strip an Aeros player of the puck and deny her a shot a the empty net. But the Hornets would not be able to take advan- tage of the defensive plays to get the equalizer. "The entire game we never stopped believing," Fillier said. We talked a lot about playing with en- ergy and we fed off that." "The silver medal is al- ways the hardest, because you have to lose to get it," said Breakey. "It hurts to- day, but they'll start to re- alize a silver in this league is a huge accomplish- ment. They came second in a premier league with 20 teams." At least one local play- er was able to celebrate. Oakville's Karley Merkley had seven goals and 23 points in 35 games in her rookie season with the Aeros. She added seven more points in 12 playoff games. Toronto and Oakville may not have seen the last of each other with the On- tario Women's Hockey As- sociation championships just two weeks away. "We're looking forward to one last battle," Brea- key said. There were no need for player introductions be- fore the Provincial Wom- en's Hockey League final. For the fourth straight year, the Oakville Hornets were playing their final game of the season against the Toronto Aeros and for the second year in a row, it would decide the league championship. Coming off a 3-1 win over Toronto a day earlier to earn their spot in the fi- nal, Oakville wasn't able to solve the league's top netminder, Natalie Thompson, who stopped all 21 shots she faced as the Aeros pulled out a 1-0 victory. "It's a big rivalry be- tween Oakville and To- ronto," said Hornets cap- tain Sarah Fillier, who led the team with six goals and 12 points. "The loss stings now, but it's been amazing the last few months seeing the team grow with the adver- sity we faced." After losing three play- ers who represented Can- ada and the world un- der-18 championships to injury for more than a month, the Hornets stormed through the play- offs, going 8-1 to earn its spot in the final. "We had great leader- ship," said Hornets coach Darcy Breakey. "Our se- niors, they gave us so Aeros deny Hornets second PWHL title HERB GARBUTT hgarbutt@burlingtonpost.com