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The Heartbreakers, a Winnipegâ€"based adult hockey team, is looking for players to participate in a recreational tour of Finland and Sweden in March Players are responsible for their own travel expenses, while the club provides uniforms and makes all arrangements. Players from every province and the United States have participated in the past. Call Dave Springett (204â€"694â€"8066) for information. Joshua Smyth scored two goals, Sean Lavelle, Alfred Lee, Steven Donnelly and Richard Meloche one each. Assisting were Adam Kalata (2), Smyth and Lavelle. HEARTBREAKERS Joshua Taylor and Marcus Johnson shared the goaltending duties as the Rangers won their second straight game, 6â€"0 over Chinguacousy, Wednesday. The Central AAA Hockey League season is two games old and Oakville Xtra Lease minor novices have yet to be scored upon. Hot RANGERS Home Court Basketball regâ€" istration for children and youth leagues. See Parks and Recreation brochure Mississauga Sports Seminar Series. Six monthly evening workshops. 896â€"5853... CanPowerSkate for hockey and ringette players. _ 257â€" 7771...Oakville Athletiques winter training. 827â€"1934. WEDNESDAY: Halton eleâ€" mentary school crossâ€"country championships. Bronte Creek Provincial Park. Appleby College at Q.E. Park. High school field hockey firstâ€"place showdown. FRIDAY: Oakville Blades vs. Brampton _ Capitals. Provincial Jr. A Hockey League. 8 p.m. Oakville Arena. TICKETS C SPORTS High school sees to special needs of athletes That‘s because the 18â€"yearâ€"old squash star is part of T.A. Blakelock High School‘s Academic Assistance Program (AAP), a 5â€"yearâ€"old program that provides Ryding and other elite athletes the flexibility they need to honor both athletic and academic committâ€" ments. His assignments are handed in late. Tests are missed. Last year alone, his combined absences tallied up to close to two months of the school year. Yet Ryding was still able to sail into the Ontario Academic Credit year (the old Grade 13) with a respectable 77 per cent average. By IRENE GENTLE Special to The Beaver Graham Ryding is continually missing classes. Without the program, "I wouldn‘t have done half as well in school and I probably wouldn‘t be able to train as much either," says Ryding. Today, Ryding is the thirdâ€"ranked junior squash player in Ontario; ninth in Canada and 135th in the world. And thanks to the AAP, Ryder will likely You‘ll do a double take at McDonald‘s this month! Introducing DOUBLE QUARTER POUNDER with CHEESE! It‘s more than a mouthful, it‘s a burger bonanzal Imagine two 1/4 Ib. 100% pure beef patties, two slices of processed cheddar cheese, slivered onions, mustard, ketchup, two pickles, all nestled within a sesame seed bun. McDonald‘s Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese is only available for one month so... come in.and get yours today! . October‘s Taste of the Month is Double Quarter Pounder also enjoy a placing of a more cerebral sort: university. The program is the brainchild of Blakelock‘s Jen Chapman, a physâ€"ed teacher and guidance counselor at the school, she decided it was time to respond to the unique needs of athleticallyâ€"inclined students. "Some students would come to me with concerns that they wouldn‘t be able to write an exam or finish an assignment on time," she said. "Now we have an arrangement with the staff whereby if (a student) is off at a competiâ€" tion, they can have some flexibility concernâ€" ing when tests and assignments are done." Most of the program‘s success stems simâ€" ply from the formal acknowledgement of the hectic pace of a young athlete‘s life and the unusual needs that pace can create. "We have a special room for them in the school," said Chapman. "There‘s a couch there so that if they need to sleep, they can do that. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1993 PAGE 21 Sometimes they have to eat at a peculiar time, to they can eat in that room. "Most of these students are excellent acaâ€" demically but they tend to rush in, do their academics and rush out. This allows them to get to know other students." As well as providing courses on the psyâ€" * chology and sociology of sports, the program features flexible timeâ€"tabling to accommodate training schedules, academic monitoring, coâ€" operative education credits and teachers who understand the special problems associated with athletes who compete at high levels. "They‘re very quiet about their achievements," sighs Chapman, whose program has grown to include close to 20 students. To help both both staff and students realize the goals of AAP students, Chapman has arranged a display of photographs and biograâ€" phies of the young sports stars. "Actually, the most difficult task is securâ€" ing a picture," she laughs. "They can perform in front of thousands of people, but getting them to hand over a picture that will be seen by their peers is almost impossible." The program also serves to trumâ€" pet the triumphs of the surprisingly limelightâ€"shy champions. SENIOR: Q.E. Park at T.A. Blakelock; Loyola at Oakville Trafailgar; St. Thomas Aquinas at White Oaks (Friday). VOLLEYBALL as. S$t. Thomas Aquinas at White Oaks; Oakville Trafaigar at T.A. Blakelock; Q.E. Park at Notre Dame (Wednesday) FIELD HOCKEY T.A. Blakelock at Oakvilie Trafaigar; White Oaks at Loyola; Appleby at Q.E. Park; Lord Elgin at St. Thomas Aquinas (Wednesday) JUNIOR: St. Thomas Aquinas at Loyola; T.A. Blakelock at Georgetown (Wednesday); White Oaks at Q.E. Park; Oakville Trafaigar at Milton (Thursday). BASKETBALL White Oaks at St. Thomas Aquinas; T.A. Blakelock at Oakville Trafaigar; Notre Dame at Q.E. Park (Wednesday). COMPUTER WEEKLY PUBLICATION 635â€"0222 CARFIND MAKES IT EASY TO BUY OR SELL A VEHICLE The high school basketball seaâ€" son tipped off Wednesday with this game between St. Thomas Aquinas and Loyola. And the Raiders, behind 25 points from Karol Zmirak (No. 5, left), won 60â€"30. Michelle Rusniak replied with 20 points for the host Hawks. SEAsON OPENER (Photo by Peter McCusker)