Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 18 Aug 2006, Sport & Leisure, p. 1

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Rep lacrosse roundup Tyke II 'Dogs tops in Ontario Beating four Tyke I teams along the way, the Halton Hills Pat's Meats & Deli Tyke II Bulldogs won all five of their games and captured the Ontario Lacrosse Association C division championship in Whitby. The Dogs trailed Orillia #1 3-1 midway through the third period but rallied with four quick goals for a 5-4 victory. It's the first time since the OLA established provincial playdowns for the Tyke C division in 1960 that a Halton Hills team has won this division. Preliminary round-- Halton Hills 10, Niagara-on-the-Lake #1 5 Halton Hills 11, Fergus #1 3 Halton Hills 10, Elora #1 6 Semi-final-- Halton Hills 9, Clarington #2 4 Championship-- Halton Hills 5, Orillia #1 4 Tournament scoring: Nicky Deakin-Poot (17G, 7A); MacKenzie Entwistle (18G, 3A); Scott Wiffen (2G, 2A); Alex Daigle (5A); John Vezina (3G, A); James Vezina, Tyler Schouten (G, A); Brendan Smith, Michael Pierog (G, 2A); Kevin Ellsworth (2A); Robert Eastwood, Christopher Yalowica (A). Peewee II A powerful Cornwall team brought the excellent run of the Halton Hills Direct Energy Bulldogs to a halt in the finals of the OLA C division championship tournament in Whitby. Preliminary round-- Halton Hills 6, Brantford 3: Daniel Nicolucci, Devon de Langley (G, A); Lucas Barbosa, Connor Brown, Jake Perehiniak, Sebastian Beckett (G) Matthew Austriaco (A). Halton Hills 10, Whitby 4: Brown (2G, A); Austriaco, Barbosa, Perehiniak, de Langley, Kirk Riedstra (G, A); Nicolucci, Beckett (G); Ryan Dunlevy (2A); Kurtis Oldham, Daryl Hanzelka (A). Halton Hills 11, Shelburne 5: Beckett (2G, A); Ryan Dunlevy (2G); Nicolucci, Barbosa (G, A); Perehiniak, Tom Stone, Brown, Austriaco, Jake Claer (G); Dalton Evely, Riedstra, Hanzelka (2A); Rory Flynn (A). Quarter-final-- Halton Hills 7, Orangeville 5: Brown (2G, A); Nicolucci, Hanzelka, de Langley (G, A); Stone, Riedstra (G); Dunlevy (2A); Lucas Barbosa, Matthew Austriaco (A). See NOVICES, pg. 5 Halton Place is expecting thousands of spectators to come through its gates over the next two weeks for the Canadian Country Classic, featuring expanded equestrian events and spectator activities. The show starts Wednesday, Aug 23 and continues until Sunday, Sept. 3. File photo Variety of events planned during Country Classic EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer As well as hosting a World Cup Series show jumping qualifier, the 200-acre Halton Place equestrian facility, just west of Georgetown, will be a hub of activity for sports enthusiasts of many varieties over the next couple of weeks. Ever been to a hunter/jumper show before and had a beach volleyball tournament break out? Halton Place, which has hosted nationallevel equestrian shows for the past 15 years, has made significant upgrades to the facility over the past year and is preparing to host its biggest-ever competition, surrounded by a festival-type atmosphere called the Spirit of Competition, the Adrenaline Festival. "Our goal for the event is to bring adrenaline-type sports like beach volleyball, BMX racing and sports car racing together with the equestrian events and create a venue that has a something interesting for a wide variety of people," said Megan Krueger, Halton Place's events manager. "The plan is to continue to grow this every year and we've already received great response." The festival aspect will include vendor and interactive booths from the BMX, skateboarding, mountain biking and camping industries, along with classic and new sports cars on site. A BMX bike racing track will be ready for use in June 2007. The Canadian Country Classic begins Wednesday, Aug. 23 and the highlight of the opening week promises to be the $20,000 Grand See COUNTRY, pg. 4 The Halton Hills Tyke II Bulldogs, powered by the offence of MacKenzie Entwistle and Nick Deakin-Poot, along with the goaltending of the "Twin Cams"-- Cam MacLeod and Cam Greenfield-- won the OLA tyke C title recently in Whitby. Members of the team (front, from left) are: Goalies Cam MacLeod and Cam Greenfield. Second row: Zach Kearney, Ian Early, Steven Portelli, Nicky Deakin-Poot, Alex Daigle, Chris Yalowica, Tyler Schouten, Kevin Ellsworth, Billy Taylor, Brendan Smith. Third row: James Vezina, Scott Wiffen, John Vezina, Mackenzie Entwistle, Robert Eastwood, Michael Pierog. Back row: Manager Margaret Entwistle, assistant coach Dave Entwistle, head coach Scott Early, trainer Brian Ellsworth, assistant coach Tim Vezina. Absent from photo: Eric Doner. Submitted photo

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