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Young, who attends General Wolfe High School, is coached by Chad Cutler of Islington. Cutler looks after the Ontario Track 3 Skiing for the Disabled program. Michael Young of Oakville captured gold and bronze medals in skiing at the Ontario Special Olympics 1993 Provincial Winter Games at Barrie‘s Horseshoe Heichts last weekend. Young, 22, won the advanced I downhil division in a time of 29.73 seconds and was third in novice II giant slalom in a time of 23.66 seconds. _ Young qualified for the Games by winning both events at the Region 6 championships, also at Horseshoe Heichts. At the Legion, It will cost you $50 to play Thorburn; $10 to watch. Call Reg Phillips at 632â€" 7068 to arrange at match. Admission if free at Avalon. One of the world‘s finest snooker players is coming to Oakville. Thirteenâ€"time champion Cliff Thorburn will show his stuff at Avalon night club tonight (Friday) and at Bronte Legion (Branch 46) on Jones St. on Monday. And Josef Karas, 14, claimed a bronze medal in the midget boys pole vault with a personal best 2.60m. THORBURN HERE SKIER STARS Meanwhile, 15â€"yearâ€"old Mike Alexander won the gold medal in the midget boys race walk. He covered the 1,500m distance in eight minutes, 58.9 seconds. Hilligan also captured the bronze medal in the high jump, clearin@ 1.55m. Locked in a headâ€"toâ€"head batâ€" tle with Temiskaming‘s John Zubyk, Milligan, 13, cleared heights of 2.75 and 2.90 metres before finishing second on the basis of fewer misses. Sean Milligan of Oakville Athletiques Track and Field Club twice broke the Ontario bantam boys pole vault record in a recent competition. Finlay was up two coming home, then counted one to win 8â€" RECORD VAULT Bill Finlay and his team of Lyn Davies, Hugh Simmons and Fred Schafheitlin won the final over Jim Darby of Dundas Valley. An Oakville Curling Club rink captured the Hamiltonâ€"Vic 125 Anniversary Masters Bonspiel, last week. CURLERS REIGN ARM | THE OAKVLILLE BEAVER . Oakville Blades were chomping at the bit, Tuesday evening. They showed up at Bolton Community Centre a good hour before their Central Ontario Junior A Hockey League West Division quarterâ€"final playâ€" off series opener with Caledon Canadians was to begin. And that high enerâ€" gy level was still present some five hours later, at past midnight, when Kent Williams scored 4:05 into sudden death overtime to give the Blades a 2â€"1 win in the allâ€"important first game of the bestâ€"ofâ€"five set. Game two is tonight (Friday, 8 p.m.) at Oakville Arena. Strong forechecking by Ralph Radzki set the stage for the winner. Caledon coughed up a loose puck and Williams whipped a high shot past goalie Adam Shepherd. Matt Honchar for Oakville and Ben Davis (powerâ€" play) for Caledon scored during regulation time. Coach Greg Ireland said from goalie Dave Dolecki on out, every player made sizeable contributions. "It was the best game I‘ve seen this team play from the drop of the puck," Ireland said. Compared to the boosterism of university sports, they operate almost invisibly, their playâ€" ers transient; the student body migratory. But when its comes to athletic ability, just watch. It will, instead, be out of appreciation for probably the best basketball played anywhere north of 48th parallel. The cheering at Sheridan College this weekâ€" end will} not be for the home team. The Ontario Colleges Athletic Association‘s Final Four, tonight (Friday) and tomorrow at Sheridan‘s J.M. Porter Athletic Centre, is a tribâ€" ute of sorts to the misunderstood world of comâ€" munity college sports. By JIM WILSON Beaver sports editor HOME: North Bay, Ont. RECORD: 13â€"3, first in West Division COACH: Kerry Vinson THE PLAYERS: Big and deep. Mark Yates (6â€"10), Brad Robinson (6â€"8) and Fred Wood (6â€"4) will post up. No true centre but five guard/swingmen: Joe Basawa, Eric Johns, Patrickâ€" Johnson, Chris Saygon, lan London. Robinson‘s the key. THE SCOOP: Lost to Humber by four points in last year‘s final, will try and slow game down. Had strongest defence in league (only 65 points a game) until allowing 85 to Humber this week. Any one of seven players will lead the team in scoring in any one game. THE COACH SAYS: "We‘re like the little girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead. When we‘re good, we‘re very good. When we‘re bad, we‘re horrid." The best in basketball comes to Sheridan "The level is fantastic," says firstâ€"year Blades take control on the road ANTHERSE ALGONQUIN THUNDER HOME: Nepean, Ont. RECORD: 15â€"1, first in East Division COACH: Hugh Lynn THE PLAYERS: Not big (Brad Peak and Pascal Decouveur are the only players ovér 6â€"4) but quick and wellâ€"balanced. Greg Shirley, Jay Peak and Dave HoweH also start. Brad Peak (18.9 PPG) is the goâ€" to guy, especially since Pat Sereduk went down with a hip injury in December. THE SCOOP: Led OCAAâ€"â€"by farâ€"â€" in scoring (101 points a game), free throws and threeâ€"pointersâ€"(almost seven a game). Will run and gun and use everybody on the bench. THE COACH SAYS: "Whoever dictates the tempo is going to win. If we play our game, the other team‘s in trouble. If we have to play the other‘ team‘s style, we‘re in trouble. OCAA teams regularly play university teams and regularly beat themâ€"despite lineups often two or three years younger than their university counterparts. Seneca, for instance, lost six league games this year, but owns a victory over Guelph University, merely the No. 3 ranked uniâ€" versity team in Canada. Observers say OCAA players are more athâ€" letic and its games wide open, in contrast to the slower, disciplined brand played at university. Depending on you talk to, the gap between the Sheridan coach Wayne Allison goes a step further: "The highest calibre of ball (in Canada) is played in the OCAA," he said. Seneca coach Jim Flack, whose team dashed the hopes of the hosts with a 90â€"87 quarterâ€"final vicâ€" tory, Tuesday. "You won‘t find more exciting basketball anywhere in this country." FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993 PAGE 20 HOME: Rexdate, Ont. RECORD: 14â€"2, secondâ€"in East Division COACH: Mike Katz THE PLAYERS: Three starters back from last year‘s Canadian champions (Patrick Rhodd, Fitzroy Lightbody and Everton Webb). Robert Feig, Gareth Broag, Mark Croft and Steve McGregor will see lots of court time. Rhodd (16.6 PPG) is a fourâ€"year man and can dominale; Lightbody was MVP of last year‘s CCAA‘s. THE SCOOP: If they get going, watch out. A streaky team that sometimes gets careâ€" less. Not as experienced as previous Humber teams but all 11 of them can bang, run, shoot and play defence. THE COACH SAYS: "Our keys are, don‘t turn the ball over and get some offensive rebounds. If we can do both those things, I like our chances." . Caledon outshot Oakville 40â€"37 but Dolecki stood up not only to the puck but also to intruding Caledon forwards. Ireland maintains that, while taking the opener was immense, the Blades must follow it up. "In our minds it‘s down to a twoâ€"outâ€"ofâ€"three," he said. "We haven‘t accomplished anything until we win that next game at home." Ireland would also like to see his club shoot the puck more. Game three goes tomorrow in Bolton (7:30 p.m.). Game four if necesâ€" sary is Sunday at Oakville Arena (2:15 p.m.). The return of defenceman Justin Ball to the lineup was also critical. Ball‘s savvy and physical presence was the right tonic in the small ice surâ€" face in Bolton. "Their guys respect us when he‘s on the ice," Ireland said. "The defence played a conservativeâ€"type game. The forwards were comâ€" ing back and slowing Caledon down. Caledon is a fast team...but if you slow them down, that extra second it makes a difference...We pressured their defence (on winning goal) which we were doing the whole game." Humber has actually been to the past nine Final Fours under coach Mike Katz and could be the first team to win three CCAA titles. Katz disputes the notion Hawks aren‘t as good as they have been in the past and claims any talk of pressure is nonsense. Still, the Hawks are ranked only No. 3 in the land. The No. 1 team? Algonquin. Humber and Canadore meet in one semifinal tonight (6 p.m.); Seneca and Algonquin play in the other at 8. Losers meet for the bronze medal; winners for the gold (6 and 8 p.m. tomorrow). The favorite is, again, Humber Hawks, who have won the past two Canadian championships and are, in the words of Canadore coach Kerry Vinson, "as good as any university team I‘ve seen this year." leagues is either closing fast or is nonâ€"existent. SPORTS PREDICTIONS........... (Box 5240) SPORTS (Box 5239) SHERIDANCOLLEGE ............ (Box 5243) OAKVILLE SOCCER CLUB.... (Box 5246) OAKVILLE BLADES ................ (Box 5242) HOME: North York, Ont. RECORD: 10â€"6, third in East Division COACH: Jim Flack THE PLAYERS: Point guard George Frempong and forward Cedric Agard are among the league‘s top scorers. Christmas pickâ€"up Paul Thorpe is a 26â€" yearâ€"old who has spent the past six years playing pro baseball. Wayne Roomes is a Humber transter. THE SCOOP: Getting hot at right time after regularâ€"season losses to.Sheridan, Canadore, Durham, Humber and Algonguin (twice). Except for 6â€"8 Thorpe, not big. Relies on manâ€"toâ€"man, fullâ€"court pressure. THE COACH SAYS: "I‘d be surprised if there‘s a team in the league that‘s in better condition than us. We go 40 minâ€" utes full out." MIDGETS BOW OUT