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Beaver sports editor Budget cuts at Sheridan College have resulted in the elimination of six more interâ€"collegiate sports from its 1993â€"94 athletic program. The school‘s badminton, golf, skiing, crossâ€"country, women‘s volâ€" leyball and women‘s outdoor soccer teams were all dissolved after the athletic department had its operatâ€" ing budget slashed by 25 per cent this summer. Q.E. Park‘s Lee Sherlock (with ball) gets a rude welcome from an Oakville Trafalgar player in Friday‘s Halton Secondary Schools Athletic Association season opener for both teams. (Photo by Riziero By JIM WILSON This leaves Sheridan with only four teams competing in Ontario Colleges Athletic Association ev ents, down from a high of 19 only a decade ago. "It‘s been very difficult," longâ€" time athletic director Dick Ruschiensky said. "We lost some sports that we were very successful at in the past. All we can do is just try and hang on and recover some money for next yearâ€"although right now that doesn‘t look good, either." Sheridan sports get the axe The cuts are necessary because grants from the Ministry of Education have not kept pace with with expenses and salaries over the past five years, Ruschiensky said. The college‘s executive committee reduced the sports budget by $130,000 as part of overall cutbacks within each department. Rather than "water down" each each sport with cuts, the athletic department opted to only retain They have 10 new players, a new league, a new trophy and even a new team to play against. But make no mistake: They‘re still the Oakville Blades of the Central Ontario Jr. B Hockey League. Okay, so it‘s now called the Provincial Jr. A Hockey League; what‘s in a name, anyway? "Quite frankly, I don‘t think it makes a helluva lot of difference," said Murray Walker, the Blades® general manager. "I mean, there only a certain number of players and you still have to recruit them. Whether or not they decide to play for you because it‘s called A or B, I don‘t think really enters it." So why the name change? Ostensibly, it‘s to give the league a higher profile and to provide its teams with the opportunity to chalâ€" NCO 27 26 20 25 10 24 19 18 11 12 21 28 17 DAVE DOLECKI FRANK IVANKOVIC JUSTIN BALL RICK MacDONALD PAUL NOONAN § ANDREW SHORT CHRIS CHAPMAN SCOTT LEWIN BEN Van DEPEER MATT INTERBARTOLO KENT WILLIAMS SHANE STEPHENS PAUL KAUC MATT HONCHAR MIKE ROBERTS JASON BENGART VASSILLI SPYROPOULOS JASON SLANEY MATT SWAIN PHIL JAMES CORY WARING \é AX “ C‘ S \' (Pi J:u\d;jv; 976â€"4321 uP NVI3: * @}> ones where success is traditionally realized. "Interâ€"collegiate sports is about striving for excellence (and) we chose to keep certain programs at a high calibre," Ruschiensky said. The powerful Sheridan men‘s basketball, volleyball and soccer teams, plus the women‘s indoor soccer squad, are now the only remaining OCAA sports at the school. The loss of women‘s volleyball was particularly painful. The team, sparked by new coach Rick MacArthur, had soared to a silver medal at the Ontario championships and put in a strong effort at the nationals, held in Oakville in March. In fact, the Lady Bruins came very close to surviving the cuts at the expense of the fiveâ€"time defendâ€" ¢! y Af "a" 2 DICK RUSCHIENSKY Oakville Blades Mississauga Reps Oakville Blades Oakville Blades Toronto Young Nats Oakville midgets Oakville midgets Wextord midgets Timsford Jr. D Oakville Blades Oakville Blades Winnipeg junior Mississauga Reps Oakville Blades Oakville Blades Richmond Hill Jr. B Richmond Hill Jr. B Mississauga Senators Oakville midgets North York midgets Brantford midgets \992â€"93 CLUB lenge for the Centennial Cupâ€"â€"the national Tier II Jr. A championship. If the goal was to attract new teams than it‘s already had some success. Joining the league‘s West Division are the Hamilton Kilty B‘s, late of the Golden Horseshoe Jr. B League. They replace the greatâ€" ly unloved Caledon Canadians, who have moved to the Metro Junior League. Other than that, the Blades will see the same old rivalsâ€"â€"Burlington Cougars, Milton 3 Merchants, Brampton Capitals, s Georgetown Raiders, Royal York leps Rangers and Streetsville Derbys. s There is still no interlocking schedâ€" s ule, which means fans miss out on ) Nats East Division teams such as defendâ€" ts ing Ontario (Sutherland Cup) chamâ€" ts pion Barrie Colts until the playoffs. Like the rest of their new league, Oakville Blades have HIGH HOPES SPORTS Which is the team to beat? Ask six different people and you‘re likely to get six different answers, although Burlington Cougars, who beat the Blades 4â€"3 in the opening game for both clubs, Friday, seem to pop up on a lot of lists. After playing them, though, the Blades remain suitably unimpressed and think their own chances are quite fine, thank you very much. "The one thing you can always count on with junior hockey is its inconsistency," said Walker. ing OCAA champion men‘s volleyâ€" ball team. But because virtually the entire men‘s team was coming backâ€"â€"while most of the women‘s team had graduated and no new experienced players expected inâ€"â€" the males avoided the axe. The badminton team, under Julian Metheringham, was coming off a season that saw the women‘s doubles team of Claudia Massey and Janette Shan win a silver medal at the OCAA championships.Silver also went to the men‘s golf team and Brock Horten. Ruschiensky said determining factors over which sports to keep came down to four cntena: O Maintaining an equal number of men‘s and women‘s sports. Q Striking a balance between sports played at the Oakville and Brampton campuses. Q Keeping sports that led to national championships. O And retaining sports in which the school has enjoyed longâ€"term success. The six sports and their coaches weren‘t the only departures: A facility manager at the Brampton campus was not replaced. As well, enrollment is up by 800 studentsâ€"to nearly 10,000 among all the campusesâ€"placing even greater demand on squash and racâ€" quetball courts and other facilities. The loss of interâ€"collegiate sports is expected to mean a greater strain on intraâ€"mural resources. THE OAKVLLE] opening games of the Halton high school football sea son last week were, well, like season openers. The scores were low, the timing off and the penalties plentiful. And each coach was promising better efforts as the season progresses. Even Queen Elizabeth Park coâ€"coach Al Gyemi whose team bucked the trendâ€"â€"not to mention always tough Oakville Trafalgar Red Devilsâ€"â€"with a 31â€"3 win, Friday night at Bronte Athletic Field. ; Gyemi was content with the wir but couldn‘t wait to get in anothe1 week of practice. "We‘ve looked at the films anc HSSAA RANKINGS penalties, dropped balls, missed there are quite a few areas where we assignments...." can still improve," he said. 1) M.M. Robinson Al McNish, on a 30â€"yard pass Yikes! 2) Q E. Park from quarterback Chris See, and The Eagles played nearly penaltyâ€" 3) Milton Shanjeev Gautam, with a field goal, free football and already boast a bigâ€" 4) A ti accounted for the Tigers scoring. play offence that features Kevin ) Assumption Larose said personnel changes Gordon (touchdown runs of 70 and [ 5) Nelson were expected, particularly on 85 yards, the latter on a punt return) offence, where the team is woefully Lee Sherlock (40â€"yard TD run) inexperienced. The defence, led by quarterback Zoran Vulic (20 yard TD scamper), incumbent linebackers Matt Fleming, Andrew Gimby Andrew Murray (interception) and a defence anchored _ and Danny Komadina, is in much better shape. by Brian Gemin, Russ Fieldhouse and Trevor Martin. QB Taras Iczyna hit Jeff Mahovlich on a 45â€"yard Steve Kay booted a field goal and four converts. TD pass to highlight Loyola‘s win over Georgetown. Goaltending is in good shape, with incumbent Dave Dolecki (3.95 goals against average in a little more than 25 games). He‘s backed up by Frank Ivankovic, who is on loan from Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League. Justin Ball anchors a young defence, where the most intriguing addition is a precocious 14â€"yearâ€"old He was discounting Friday‘s loss because the team had only been selected two days earâ€" lier and had yet to have even one practice togetherâ€"â€"critical, what with (Home a batch of youngsters arriving on the at 0 scene. _ "We‘re right back to square one, which is a good thing, because some of the veterans didn‘t really grasp the system (last year)," he said. Ireland has seven returnees to work withâ€"â€"11 if you count callâ€"ups from the Oakville midgets who saw some action with the big club. The Blades often lead the world in inconsistency but a full season of coach Greg Ireland, who took over a sinking team at midâ€"season and led it to a 24â€"23â€"2 record and an unâ€"Bladeâ€"like fifthâ€"place finish, is a step in the right direction. Says Ireland, "Pound for pound, we‘re as good as any team in the league." Elsewhere, Milton edged White Oaks 14â€"8, St. Thomas Aquinas beat T.A. Blakelock 14â€"10 and Loyola got by Georgetown 11â€"10. Valter Menders, who didn‘t play last year, scored on runs of 60 and 70 vards as the Raiders downed SEAVER | NOV. 2 NOV. 5 NOV. 7 NOV. 1. NOV. 1: NOV. 1: NOV. 1 NOV. 2 NOV. 2 NOV. 3( SEPT. 24 OCT. 2 OCT. 5 OCT. 8 1) M.M. Robinson 2) Q E. Park 3) Milton 4) Assumption 5) Nelson 24 27 30 30 15 16 19 22 12 13 16 19 (Home games are 8 p.m at Oakville Arena) HAMILTON BRAMPTON at Georgetown BURLINGTON ROYAL YORK at Brampton GEORGETOWN at Royal York at Milton STREETSVILLE at Burlington HAMILTON at Georgetown MILTON BRAMPTON GEORGETOWN at Royal York OAKVILLE at Burlington MILTON at Hamilton at Streetsville Blakelock. "There still a lot of work to be done," noted coach Gino Camiletti. "The timing was a little off and there was little bit of confusion. Like the Eagles, Aquinas also has a dozen players backâ€"but unlike the Eagles there are "no real superâ€" star," Camiletti said. What the Raiders do have, though, is size, particuâ€" larly on an offensive line that averages e 240 pounds. Johnny Mastrella, a converted running back, is the team‘s Pm\ quarterback and kicker. He converted Uie * both TDs. Up front, the loss of super scorer Dan Delmonte should be offâ€"set by a balanced attack that features vetâ€" erans Maitt Interbartolo, who was second in team scorâ€" ing last year with 33 goals and 30 assists in 45 games, Mike Roberts and captain Kent Williams. They‘re surrounded by feisty guys who can skate and bang, including promising youngsters such as Matt Swain, Paul Kauc and John Slaney, a late cut of Memorial Cup champion Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. named Ben VanDepeer, who played Jr. D hockey in Timsford (near London) as a peewee a year ago. He‘s gotten rave reviews from his coaches and from OHL scouts. Ireland figures his defence, while young, is "smart" and "aggressive" and "one of the best" in the loop. And it got better Monday night, when late OHL cut and Oakville native Jud Richards arrived on the scene. Hawks trailed 8â€"3 at the half then took an 11â€"3 lead before intentionally giving up a late safety touch. The young defence supplied a couple of its own when Vince Gallucci and Ryan Smith made tackles in the end zone. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1993 PAGE 20 The high school football season is off and running And what did Blakelock coach Ron Larose make of it? "Completely horrible," he said. "Mental mistakes, penalties, dropped balls, missed assignments...." Al McNish, on a 30â€"yard pass from quarterback Chris See, and Shanjeev Gautam, with a field goal, accounted for the Tigers scoring. Larose said personnel changes were expected, particularly on offence, where the team is woefully inexperienced. The defence, led by JAN. 4 JAN. 7 JAN. 8 JAN. 9 JAN. 1 JAN. 1: JAN. 1 JAN. 2 JAN. 2: JAN. 21 JAN. 2 FEB. 1 FEB. 4 DEC. 27â€"30 Newmarket Showcase Tournament DEC. DEC. DEC. DEC. DEC. DEC. DEC. DEC. 14 15 18 21 23 28 10 1 14 17 19 at Streetsville at Milton Allâ€"star game (Markham) BURLINGTON BRAMPTON at Georgetown MILTON STREETSVILLE at Brampton GEORGETOWN at Hamilton at Streetsville ROYAL YORK STREETSVILLE at Burlington ROYAL YORK at Hamilton at Milton HAMILTON at Royal York at Brampton