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Peter Critikos, Dave Pollock, Dave Quigley, Dan Stacey, Stu Campbell, Kerry Fry and Ken Cutmore scored for the firefighters, playing in the SOFL‘s °C‘ Division this year. Oakville Oar House received goals from seven different playâ€" ers en route to a 7â€"3 seasonâ€" opening win over Pickering in Southern Ontario Firefighters League play. Quigley had three assists, Critikos and Fry two each. Jamie Trull and Adam Richards each scored twice and Jeff Wells added another in a 5â€"3 win in Welland. Later, Chris Betts had four goals in a 7â€"2 win. Rob Medeiros, Mike Muldoon and Richards also scored. Steve McGibbon totalled six assistsâ€"five in the second gameâ€"and Richards five. Brad Moyer collected three helpers. Hopedale Mall Rangers finâ€" ished their AAA bantam exhibiâ€" tion campaign with a pair of vicâ€" tories over Welland. RANGERS READY Canpowerskate for hockey and ringette players. 11â€"week sessions, Oct. 7, Jan. 6. 257â€" Burlington Hornets rep basketball tryâ€"outs at Aldershot High School. 335â€"5679... Oakville Athletiques Track and Field Club. Winter training. §27â€"1934.... WEDNESDAY: _ High school girls basketball season openers: St. Thomas Aquinas at.â€"Loyola;â€" Parkâ€"at Oakville Trafalgar. FRIDAY: Oakville Blades vs. Hamilton Kilty B‘s. Provincial Jr. A hockey. 8 p.m. Oakville Arena. High school football: Loyola vs. White Oaks. 6:30 p.m. at Bronte Athletic Field. Beaver sports editor By JIM WILSON The two dozen young football players who streamed on to the turf at Bronte Athletic Field Wednesday probably didn‘t realize the signifiâ€" cance of what they were about to do. Nor did they likely care that most of them couldn‘t even walk the last time a minor football game had been played in their hometown. But there they were, the Dolphins, hosting the Tigers in a regularlyâ€"scheduled atom _ â€"â€" house league game of the Burlington '(F4 Minor Football Association. It has been a full nine years since the old Oakville minor football league foldâ€" ed. Four years ago, 15 young Oakville players, wanting a place to play, joined a peewee team in the BMFA. Today, The Dolphins consist entirely of Oakville players. So do the Tyke Ironmen and Peewee Longhorns, two other recent arrivals in the BMFA. Numbers have grown to the point where an overflow number of local players had to be placed on Burlington teams. behindâ€"theâ€"scenes movers. "I‘d like to see the Oakville league come back, if possible," says Craig Carey, the head coach of the Oakville peewees and one of the Minor football makes a triumphant return That‘s Kris DesRoches, who rolled a perfect game during the Oakville Bowlerama‘s regular Saturday Junior Program last week. DesRoches, 17, became the first person to hit 10â€"pin‘s magic 300 mark (21 consecutive strikes) at Bowlerama in eight years. There have only been two others before him in the junior program to turn the trick. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) Mr. Pererect IAC for AFTER 4 PM. ‘(Football) is a reflection of life...The kid who works hard and hustles can be better than the one who is faster and stronger‘ But, for this year at least, he‘ll settle for just playing a game in Oakville. Wednesday‘s atomâ€" peewee doubleâ€"header will be followed by another this month. These were originally intended as practice dates but the local teams got permission to switch them to games instead. Eighteen of the atom players are playing football for the first time but there has been a growth in the number of tykes (8â€"9 yearsâ€"old) playing. Terry Sullivan says. "I had some relatives up from the States last year and they couldn‘t believe the calibre for such a young age group." Of course, any speedy kid who can get outâ€" side is probably going to score; they are still only 9â€"yearsâ€"old after all. But now there are even passing plays. "When I started coaching, that was unheard of," says Carey. Sullivan, who also coaches Little League baseball, and Carey are in it because they love the sport. "And it‘s pretty good football," atom coach SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1993 PAGE 25 when you buy a at reqular price Carey recalls wanting to play high school ballâ€"then mostly sitting on the bench because he had no previous experience. He thinks house league football is terrific for those who would like to play in high schoolâ€"â€"although he notes high school coaches, ironically, aren‘t crazy about the notion. But more than that, he and other coaches see what football represents. "It‘s a reflection of life," says Carey, a "pure" team sport that stresses mental and physâ€" â€"â€" _ ical discipline and that appeals to players z/J â€" of all ages and ability. i Each of the 24 players on each teant‘is â€"â€" guaranteed 12 minutes of playing time per half. The league plays four downs with 12 players a side. The peewee Longhorns received TDs from Benjamin Jaggernauth and Andrew Windsor en route to a 13â€"6 decision. The Dolphins beat the Tigers 38â€"6 on the strength of two touchdowns each from Bob Chappell and Shawn Bnay. Mike Bonnerenko had the other. Mike Sullivan had four converts. (Kickinga convert counts for two points; runâ€" ning it in counts as one.) "The kid who works hard and hustles can be better than one who is faster and stronger," Carey says. COMPUTER WEEKLY PUBLICATION 635â€"0222 CARFIND MAKES IT EASY TO BUY OR SELL A VEHICLE