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16 Independent & Free Press, Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Girls' hockey playdowns Peewee Twisters on target The North Halton peewee B Twisters qualified for the Ontario Women's Hockey Association playdowns April 7-9 in Mississauga by sweeping the Chiefs in a bestof-5 series. North Halton 4, Mississauga 3: Samantha Stull, Shauna Costello, Vanessa Hartwick, Holly Kendrick (G); Hannah Hube (2A); Kendrick, Emma Bridgwater (A); Tamara McKelvie (W). North Halton 6, Mississauga 3: Hube (2G); Kendrick, Shauna Costello, Emma Bridgwater (G, A); Nathalie Mihalek (G); Samantha Stull, Michelle Seehouse, Cassie Broadbent (A); Terrilyn Digout (W). North Halton 2, Miss. 0: Mihalek, Costello (G); Keely Duke (2A); McKelvie (SO). The Twisters also finished as runner-up at the Wayne Gretzky tournament in Brantford, their fourth medal out of six tournaments entered this season. Preliminary round-- Etobicoke Dolphins 1, North Halton 0 North Halton 5 Lindsay Lynx 2: Shauna Costello, Samantha Stull, Emma Bridgwater, Holly Kendrick, Mihalek (G); Alix Murray (2A); Delaney McQueen, Michelle Seedhouse (A). McKelvie (W). North Halton 1, Nepean Wildcats 0: Costello (G); Duke (A); Digout (SO). Championship game-- Nepean Wildcats 4, North Halton 1: Mihalek (G); Murray (A). Halton Hills residents Alex Jarvis (left) and Kaitlyn Andrews were both double gold-medalists at the provincial indoor track & field meet in Windsor. Submitted photo Pair of local athletes track down gold medals The Georgetown Impact under-16 girls' club volleyball team went undefeated on its way to earning the Bugarski Cup title earlier this month in Chatham. The Impact swept through the preliminary round, then fell behind Durham Region in the semi-finals before Missy Rowley's clutch serving rallied the local side on to victory. Coach Kevin Hughes' under-16s will play in the Tier II division of the Ontario Volleyball Association championships in April at Mayfield S.S. in Brampton. Members of the team, starting with the back row, from left, are: Emma Jolly, Chelsea Jensen, Kodi Veenstra, Meghan Schantz, Ashley Nixon, Alene Vanderhoop. Forefront: Gabby Kosziwka, Missy Rowley, Katie Banks. Submitted photo A couple of Halton Hills residents turned in multiple gold-medal performances at the recent Ontario Track & Field Championships in Windsor. Seventeen-year-old Kaitlyn Andrews of Acton, who will attend Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas on a scholarship beginning later this summer, won both of the events she entered at the provincials. The Acton High School student had a toss of 13.19 metres to capture the junior women's shot put, and threw a 20-pound weight 12.56 metres for top spot in that event by just nine centimetres. Limehouse's Alexandra Jarvis ran to comfortable, personal-best victories in her races and showed no illeffects from a recent leg injury. Representing a Mississauga club, the 12-year-old Jarvis posted a time of two minutes, 29.19 seconds in winning the bantam girls' 800 metres and clocked in at 5:06.2 in the 1,500. The Stewarttown Middle School student missed two more trips to the podium after finishing fourth in both the triple jump and long jumpevents she doesn't regularly train for. Meanwhile, Andrews was in fine form again this past weekend in New York City, heaving the shot put 13.95 metres at the 2006 National Scholastic Indoor Championships, finishing runner-up in the highly competitive girls' division, second only to the number-two-ranked U.S. thrower. White stuff for tourney? The ninth-annual YMCA coed Sno-Pitch Tournament slides into action on Saturday, March 25 at the Ballinafad baseball diamond. The tourney is limited to six teams with a minimum of three girls per squad. Entry fee is $175 per team with two guaranteed games. For more info call Dee Dee at 905-873-7474.