Halton Hills Newspapers

Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 26 Aug 2010, p. 21

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SPORTS & LEISURE By EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer 21 Independent & Free Press, Thursday, August 26, 2010 Lyons eyes national team spot I still would like to play hockey, but lacrosse is what I'll play in college," she said. "Berkshire's been great because the student/ Georgetown's Casey Lyons hopes to be among teacher relationship is so much better. There are the 18 players to make the final cut for the Cana- only about a dozen students per class and that dian team that will compete in the world under- makes you do better in school. Academics is the 19 women's field lacrosse championships a year big focus and we're at school six days a week, although Saturday is a half day because of game from now in Hannover, Germany. day." The 17-year-old midfield/atDue to her Team Canada tacker has been training with the commitments, Lyons has national team program since the spent a lot of time on a tour spring and her name remained on bus this summer and hasn't the roster when it was trimmed to played much for her field la24 from 30 earlier this month. crosse club team, the BrampThe final lineup of 18 players is ton Excelsiors. expected to be announced in JanuTerra Cotta resident Samanary after the team plays a series of tha Cock, who also plays her exhibition games against Ontario club lacrosse with the Brampuniversity teams and takes another ton Excelsiors, is vying for a U.S. tour for some "fall ball" conspot on the national under-19 tests in October. team as well. "She's been playing since she The 2011 event will be the was three and we have pictures first world under-19 champiof her playing with little mittens CASEY LYONS onships to be held in Europe. on her hands because no lacrosse Canada finished fourth at the gloves would fit her," said mom 2007 tourney in Peterborough after bronze-medal Cathy Longhurst. "She'll be fine. We're very confident that she'll showings in 1999 and 2003. Lyons has a tough act to follow in her own make the team." Lyons is entering her second year at Berkshire household as her older brother Kody just earned prep school near Springfield, Mass., playing la- a Canadian box championship with the Halton Hills Jr. B Bulldogs, for whom her dad Gord crosse, hockey and field hockey. "I want to go to school to play lacrosse and served as assistant coach. Gunned down Halton Hills Hawks' catcher Maggie Murrins tags out a Kitchener baserunner at home plate during the opening game of the Provincial Women's Softball Association mite division fastpitch championships held at the Georgetown Fairgrounds and Gellert Community Centre earlier this month. The Hawks powered past the Klassics in that matchup 12-2 and ended up placing sixth in the 12-team tournament. Brampton's Tier I Blazers captured the championship, defeating Waterloo 9-7 in the final. Photo by Eamonn Maher Bigg plans in the works Limehouse's Holly Bigg will be heading to Canadian under-18 girls' soccer championships this fall after her Erin Mills' under-17 team captured the Ontario Cup title in Vaughan recently. The Eagles defeated their cross-city rival, Dixie Athletic, 2-1 in the final on penalty kicks for the victory, which came a year after Erin Mills lost to Ajax in the Ontario Cup championship match. The team will represent Ontario at the Canadian under-18 championships in Mt. Pearl, Nfld. Oct. 6-11. The 5-foot-8 Bigg is a central defender who was out of action for two months this summer recovering from a knee injury suffered while playing for her Georgetown District High School side. She missed the Eagles' first two Ontario Cup wins, 3-0 over Kitchener in the opening round and then 4-3 against Oshawa, but returned for the final weekend when Erin Mills beat Niagara Falls 4-0 in the semi-finals and then downed Dixie 4-2 in the shootout. Bigg wants to follow in her sister Melissa's footsteps and earn a scholarship to a U.S. college. Melissa captured the U18 Ontario Cup in 2005 with the Eagles and went on to play for the University of Cincinnati Bearcats, graduating this past June. Spencer sixth at Summer Games Two rounds of 77 helped Georgetown golfer Samantha Spencer finish sixth out of 25 competitors at the Ontario Summer Games in Sudbury. The 14-year-old Club at North Halton member ended up at 10 over par over 36 holes in the 16-and-under tourney, 18 shots back of winner Brogan McKinnon of Toronto. Spencer also placed in a tie for third at the Canadian Junior Golf Association National Championship held at the Copetown Woods Golf Club near Hamilton last week. She recorded rounds of 8289-83-78 to finish at +44 in the girls' 11-19 division. HOLLY BIGG DON'T MISS THE GEORGETOWN HONDA YEAR-END SALES EVENT Finance and Leasing rates from 0.9% OFFER ENDS AUGUST 31ST! www.georgetownhonda.ca Serving Georgetown for over 30 years! 316 Guelph Street, Georgetown 905-873-1818 905-874-3021 HONDA

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