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35| The IFP -H alton H ills | T hursday,M ay 31,2018 theifp.ca @YOUR LEISURE Visit theifp.ca for more coverage Several athletes from Hal- ton Hills earned top-five fin- ishes this week at the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Confer- ence track and field champi- onships in Hamilton and qualified to compete in next week's South Regional meet. Among the gold medallists were Kealyn Cherwaiko of Georgetown District High School, who took top spot in the girls' 100 m dash ID and was second in the 800 m am- bulatory run behind team- mate Ashley Fournier. Christ the King's Sarah Fillier finished well ahead of the runner-up in the senior girls' long jump and fellow Jaguar Connor McGowan was victorious in the boys' 200 m wheelchair event. GDHS's Dominic Walker placed first in the senior boys' triple jump and Savan- na Kent-Korell was the fas- test finisher in the senior girls' 400 m. The Georgetown team consisting of Maddy Gander, Jacqueline Giles, Allie Holl- man and Kent-Korell raced to victory in the open girls' 4 x 400 m relay event. For full results visit the website: www.coppsindoo- r.org. Halton Hills athletes soar at GHAC meet High school track & field athletes from across Halton and the Hamilton area competed at the GHAC track &field championships.Acton's Ceilidh Cooper finished in the top 5 of in the midget girls triple jump, enough to advance to the South West regionals. Graham Paine/Metroland EAMONN MAHER emaher@theifp.ca The Halton Hills Minor Football Association (HHMFA) has connected with athletic apparel giant Under Armour for a new flag football league for kids on Friday eve- nings in Georgetown that gets underway this week. Under the Lights Youth Flag Football is a noncontact, six-on-six shootout-style ver- sion of the sport played across the width of Kiwanis Field at Georgetown District High School. There are four age groups: kindergarten to Grade 2, grades 3-4, grades 5-6 and grades 7-8. Each of the nine partici- pants per team receive an Un- der Armour T-shirt and shorts. The coaches are vol- unteer s. Teams first have a 45- minute practice and then play the game. Late registrations are still being accepted. The HHMFA did have an informal flag football league for the tyke age group last year but president Jonathan Nedeljkovic explained that Under Armour's Under the Lights program has caught on with many minor football organizations in Canada. "We foresaw a year ago with the decline in registra- tion (for tackle football) that bringing in an alternative was in my mindset," he said. "The last couple of years we've seen six-aside football, which I absolutely believe is a very smart way to progress kids at the atom or peewee ag- es to play football. Until you're at least 12 or 13, you should be playing flag football if you do want to progress into tackle football, you should start at maybe 10 or 11, but only six aside. It's been a successful program in Saskatchewan. The kids love it and they've had a very small number of injuries." Georgetown schools have enjoyed success in organized flag football tournaments over the past couple of years, including the Centennial Public School Chargers at the elementary level and Christ the King's girls' team won a big tournament at Hamilton's McMaster University late last month. For more info visit the website: https://www.ua- flag.com/page/ show/3868796-north-halton- region-2018-spring-season. Registration for the Under the Lights fall season is expected to begin in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, the HHMFA's North Halton Crimson Tide got its Ontario Football Con- ference regular season sched- ule underway at Bronte Ath- letic Park Saturday. The ju- nior varsity Tide flattened the host Titans 34-3 while the var- sity squad was edged by Oak- ville 11-10. New kids' flag football program kicks off Friday Under the Lights EAMONN MAHER emaher@theifp.ca Action gets underway this Friday at Kiwanis Field as the Halton Hills Minor Football Association and Under Armour have teamed up to form the Under the Lights flag football program and games will be played over the next few weeks. Under Armour photo