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BEAVER INFO SOURCE PHONE 8$45â€"5585 SPORTS PREDICTIONS........... (Box 5240) SPORTS (Box 5239) SHERIDAN COLLEGE ............ (Box 5243) OAKVILLE SOCCER CLUB....(Box 5246) OAKVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE. (To come) MINOR BASEBALL ................... (To come) OAKVILLE BLADES ................. (To come) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1993 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER PAGE 18 o o t t t t ARM UPS A‘S ARE BACK The Oakville A‘s junior baseâ€" ball team is alive and kicking. Financial difficulties and lagâ€" ging player interest put the club‘s future in doubt last fall. But a major organizing effort has proâ€" duced a core of generous sponâ€" sors and renewed enthusiasm. "We‘re on the road," said A‘s coâ€"coach John Henderson. We‘ve lined up half of our expenses (and) we‘re completely onâ€"side with the (Oakville Minor Baseball Association)." TNT Roadfast will be the major sponsor, along with a host of partial backers. Any Oakville resident born in 1972 or 1973 is eligible to regisâ€" ter on tomorrow (Saturday) or Feb. 20 at T.A. Blakelock Secondary School. Call Henderson at 844â€"1615 or Bob Bussiere at 825â€"3517 for more information. Light workouts are planned during weekends in April at Oakville Park. Full practices will begin April 24. SELECTS SECOND Kristen Ruschiensky and her Peel Maroon Selects notched the silver medal at the Ontario Juvenile Volleyball Open at Scarborough College, recently. Maroons lost to Buffalo‘s Cheetah Cubs 17â€"15, 15â€"13 in the championship game. In the semiâ€" finals the Maroon dumped the Hamilton Seekers, 17â€"15, 15â€"10. Maroons finished first in their pool before downing Peel Selects Tigers juveniles in the quarterfiâ€" nals, 15â€"7, 15â€"5. The Tigers, feaâ€" turing locals Cathy Hardman and Christy Wilson, finished third in their pool. Meanwhile, the Peel Selects midgets finished second in their pool, losing to the Seekers in the quarterfinals, 15â€"7, 15â€"13. Oakville‘s Susie Farmilo, Brooke Ruschiensky and Julie MacMillan are on the squad. TRACK GOLD ~Three members of Oakville‘s Athletiques International track and field club combined for four medals at the York University Winter Indoor Games, Sunday. The big winner was Tanya Varandas, 11, who won the atom girls 60 metres (with a time of 8.5 seconds) and shot put (a disâ€" tance of 8.21 metres). She also was on silver medal in the 200m. All three performances were personal bests. «Sean Milligan, 13, won the bantam boys high jump with a leap of 1.55m. And Nadine Pearce, 12, captured the bantam girls 1,500m with a personal best time of 5.21.4. By TOM MICHIBATA Oakville Beaver staff In the end, it came down to gut instinct. Kristen Ruschiensky signed a letter of intent Wednesday to attend the University of Oregon on a full fourâ€"year volleyball scholarship starting this fall. The signing ended a long and constant wooing by a number of colleges. In fact she also paid visits to LSU, Alabama and Indiana. But Ruschiensky, an 18â€"yearâ€"old Oakville Trafalgar student, said her immediate affinity for Oregon the minute she arrived on the campus in Eugene for a visit in late October was the major selling point. "When I got to Oregon, I felt this is where I want to be. I just can‘t wait to go," the 5â€"foot91/2, 135â€" pound power hitter said. "The coach (Gerry Gregory) is a great guy who is really positive." Going south of the border has been weighing on Ruschiensky‘s mind for the last three years. _ "I‘ ve always loved the U.S." she said. "I hate winters." Oregon "is like California in the summer (and) it snows there once a year." Ruschiensky is also glad to get the signing out of the way. "It‘s very difficult (to decide) where you‘re going to spend the next four years of our life." But, she said, the recruiting proâ€" cess was done in a professional fashion and wasn‘t a distraction. Gregory wouldn‘t comment on Ruschiensky because, as per NCAA regulaâ€" tions, the school had not yet physiâ€" cally received the signed letter of intent. "I can only say that we are recruiting her,‘ Gregory _ saic Wednesday. Aesthetics a7s. t d>e . Ruschiensky wanted to be pari of the ‘highâ€"caliâ€" bre environment KRISTEN RUSCHIENSKY Samuel looks for an Eclipse For the second straight year an Ernie Samuel horse has bagged an Eclipse Award. But the granddaddy of the Eclipse Awards will go tonight (Friday) when Horse of the Year honors will be announced at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Samuel‘s Sky Classic is one of three finalists. Amercanâ€"owned A.P. Indy and Best Pal are the others in the running. A.P Indy is considered a heavy favorite for the award after winning the Breeders‘ Cup. Sky Classic, from Samâ€"Son Farms of Oakville, was this week named North America‘s champion turf horse (male) for 1992. He won five of nine races, earning more than $1.6 million. Sky Classic‘s earnings helped Samâ€" Son Farms pocket $3.27 million â€" third highest in North America. Last year, Sam Son‘s Dance Smartly notched an Eclipse as top yearâ€"old filly. Oakville volleyball star answers Ducks‘ call of the PACâ€"10 league. The PACâ€"10 has produced the last three NCAAA Division I top ranked teams â€" Stanford this year and University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) the two years preâ€" vious. Last year teams from the PACâ€"10 had a 16â€"1 record against opponents outside the conference. "It‘s faster than the Canadian game and more intense," Ruschiensky said. "You‘ve got so many big and strong players." In Oregon, she‘s going to a team that‘s been through _ lean times the past two _ seasons under Gregory after being a perennial topâ€"20 ranked team in his first four seaâ€" sons. Last year the Ducks finished tied for ninth in the PACâ€"10 with a 2â€"16 record (6â€" nsolation to Scott Chisholm fired inst MMR. Chuck E€hishoim with 22 rner with 11 led the y against Nelson. _ _ O lor side, Bramalea 55â€"52 in the chamâ€" ie Duncan was White Oaks‘ igh scorer against Nelson with 20 oints. Matt Moloney sank 11. NOSS downed MMR 3928 in peningâ€"round action as Moloney 3 points. . _ OT, meanwhile, lost to Nelson 49 in its first came and then lost MMBR in the consolation round, 19 overall). Gregory guided the Ducks to the NCAA tournament in three of his first four seasons. In 1987 the Ducks were ranked 10th in the nation. "Last year we had a young team that was rebuilding," Gregory said. Ruschiensky would become the first Canadian player on an Oregon volleyball squad. In the past Canadians have come down to play basketball. "It doesn‘t really matter (being the lone Canadian)," Ruschiensky said. "There are people from everyâ€" where in the U.S. In some ways, it (Oregon) reminds me of Canada. The people are nice and it‘s more on the conservative side. I don‘t feel too far away from home." Ruschiensky, who considers herâ€" self an average student, is considerâ€" ing taking general arts in her first year. After that she isn‘t sure. She would have liked to study marine biology but because the labs are more an hour away from campus, it would be difficult. She‘ll go to Eugene on Aug. 10. The season opens Aug. 28. t