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That may be a compliment was also a tough adjustment. the other players were a lot and there was no one I could to," said Hodginkson. She has since formed a friend- ship with Oakville Trafalgar gradu- ate Tracy Beaver, now in her fourth year at Laurier. Meanwhile, former Oakville players Susan Badger, Sarah Cunningham and Nancy Pisani are with McMaster. Which is an emotion she was lacking at the start of the season. She didn't play soccer at all during the summer because of a hyper- extended knee. And when she arrived at Lauder. she was the only rookie starter. Hodginkson was also named player of the game--giving her a much needed boost. "l feel a lot more confident going into the nationals," she said. “The girl who had been marking me the whole game got hurt and her replacement was no where around," she said of the winner. "There was a cross from the right wing and I just headed it into the comer" Hodgkinson also had scored in a 2-0 semi-final victory over Western-but it paled in compan- son to Sunday's. "He finished by saying. 'l expect a really important goal from you this weekend," Hodginkson recalled. And she delivered. Her goal with five minutes remaining lifted the Golden Hawks to a 2-l victory over McMaster in the OUAA final Sunday in Windsor-and a berth in the nation- als, Nov. ll-M in Montreal. Finally, before the Ontario Universities Athletic Association championships this past weekend. Laurier coach Peter Hammermueller sat Hodgkinson down for a little heart-to-heart "Everybody knew I could play better," the Queen Elizabeth Park Secondary School graduate said. "Even my dad would ask. ‘What's wrong?” Hodgkinson, who turns 20 next month, scored just one goal during a season in which the Hawks went unbeaten and climbed to a No. 2 ranking in Canada. It was a source of frustration not only to herself but to others. A first-year player on the Wilfrid Laurier University women's soccer team, she had suffered through a drought-filled season. Timing, as they say, is every- thing. Take Alexa Hodgkinson. for instance. Alexa gives lift to Laurier soccer team SENIOR " (IE. PM t) mem 3) Nelson 4) ma. Ramon 5) Milton JUNIOR 1) lama t) all. Robinson 3) CLE. Part 4) ammo mum: 5) Assumption sum 1) Wimp Rating 2) Mitttm 8) M. Thomas Aquinas 4) mama» 03mm 5) Maison JUNIOR Simon t)TA. autumn 2) moment"! 3) Nelson 4) Bishop Radian 5) MM. Robinson JUNIOR I) Davina Taiwan 2) EC. Dinky 3) Nelson " um. Robinson 5) mm 1) " Robinson t) “are name 3) Gimme mum 4) Loyola 5) mm RANKINGS DUND tll but it "All older relate This includes a season-ending 43-8 trouncing of then 4-1 and No. 3 ranked St. Thomas Aquinas, Friday. That win also handed the Eagles the No. 1 ranking in all of Halton (after M.M. - Robinson was upset 17-7 by Nelson in the Richardson Division). But Gyemi is making sure his players' heads don't get too big for their helmets. Teams from Queen Elizabeth Park (football), St. Thomas Aquinas (basketball) and TA. Blakelock (boys volleyball) have-or, in the case of Aquinas, will-finish the season unbeaten. And they have done so with astonishing ease. At Q.E. Park, co-coaches Al Gyemi and Mark llton have over- seen a season in which the Eagles not only won all six of their games, they did so by an average margin of 23 points. "We're not doing backflips over here," he insisted. "We still have a lot Call it the year of the runaway. At a time when parity is the catchword, the 1993-94 high school sports fall schedule might be remembered for the lack of it-at leastasfaraslhreelocalteamsare concerned. Unbeaten Eagles aren't done yet More help arrives for the beleaguered Blades Sheridan's Shawn Collins steals the ball in Bruins Bash college basketball tournament. Hou Bruins Mon the tmrrnament easily JASON SLANEY (2 pm. Friday) White Oaks at (IE. Park St. Thomas Aquinas at Milton TA. Blakelock at Oakville Trafalgar Georgetown at Loyola (Mailers meet in semifinals) (2 pm. Friday) White Oaks at GE. Park St. Thomas Aquinas at Milton Notre Dame at MAI. Robinson Maison at Assumption fiEMtEt.1ERLt WEE! Over at T.A. Blakelock, the vol- leyball Tigers finished 7-0 after beating St. Thomas Aquinas, Monday. They started the season ranked No. l in the HSSAA and SPORTS Milton finished second in the Volpe Division at 5-l following a 26-3 win over Oakville Trafalgar, while Aquinas and White Oaks were tied at 4-2 after the Wildcats trashed Georgetown 35-13. Quarterback Zoran Volic was the big gun on Friday. Operating the option play from the wishbone for- mation, he ran for four touchdowns and passed 50 yards to Steve Kay for another. As for the unbeaten streak, "We could go 6-1 and our season's over," Gyemi said, in reference to Ftiday's first-round playoff date against White Oaks. "We're just trying to concentrate on what we have to do to play well." of work to tit Ireland my players Saturd following a 6 Oakville Arent ter True to their word, the Oakville Blades have set about trying to salvage what is turning out to be a very disappointing season. Two weeks after issuing a public challenge to the slumping Provincial Jr. a Hockey League team, general manager Murray Walker and head coach Greg Ireland have started the makeup. The club welcomed aboard defenceman Richard Raymond, late of Kingston Frontenac: of the Ontario Hockey League. late last week " tt Funhe unenuv " char " " from his Yartier opponent in Friday's action from the ngcs are likely-especially as play- subsequent) ll, injured or suspended begin til- for person: o the fold. Walker indicated. teams, inch , chaired a team meeting with all vices. ay in which he "laid it on the line" "He's a 1 " loss to Georgetown Raiders at said Walker 3 the night before. Walker said. Ravmon " (Wednesday, 2 pan.) Lotd Elgin at LB. Pearson TA. Blakeiock at Loyola Aldershot at Burlington Central Georgetoivn at St. Thomas Aqumas (Winners meet In strntifinels) (Thursday, 2 pm.) Notre Dame at Nelson Milton at MN. Robinson Assumption at 0.5. Park White Oaks at Oakville Trafalgar WI! HEOAKV or Kingston Frontenacs _ Uague, late last week n another rearward by 31ng TIER I Bishop Reding and Milton are 6-0, ranked 1-2 and meet at Milton, tomorrow (Thursday). Raiders, meanwhile, are also 6-i) after Monday's 43-36 wm over T A. .Blakelock and have Illlllmllll only games against The girls basketball campaign still has another week left but the only teams that would appear to have the chance at stopping the Raiders are playing over in the Richardson Division. IILLE BEAVER l OT's junior team, incidentally, is the division's only 7-0 squad. Top two teams receive a bye for the first round of the playoffs, beginning today (Wednesday). finished it that way. Second place, at 6-1, went to defending champion Nelson, which defeated third-place Q.E. Park last week, but lost 2-0 to Blakelock when the teams met at Nelson a week earlier. Oakville Trafalgar, which played Nelson on Monday, figures to get fourth. Raymond, an early-round OHL pick and a 1992 Chicago Black Hawks draftee, sought, and subsequently received, his release from the OHL for personal reasons. Blades beat out several teams, including Brampton Capitals, for his ser- Blades promptly went out and trashed Royal York 7-l--which might not mean a lot because the Rangers are now O-ll to start the season. Oakville is S-TO. "The skill level is there; the problem seems to be attitudinal," said Walker. Whatever, the arrival of Raymond is bound to shore up a defence that had already been recently bolstered by the return of another OHL veteran, Jud Richards. Loyola, which lost its season opener to Aquinas but hasn't been beaten since, has the inside track on second place. only games against Q.E. Park (today) and Notre Dame (Monday) standing in the way of a perfect season. Raymond had an assist in Friday's loss and He's a fantastic asset to this hockey team Loyola quarterback Tar to TA. Blakelock. The a Hawks fell to 2-4. Both I Stadium Championship playoffs begin today (We It is an attack so balanced that Sheridan varsity coordinator--and for- mer coach--Wayne Allison said the all-star committee mulled over six names before deciding on George Frempong for MVP. Bruins beat Champlain l02-75 and Vanier lOl-46 before downing Dawson twice: 99-80 in the round-robin and 105-84 in the final. Frempong, a transfer from Seneca, totalled 70 Doints in four games Ah, basketball's hallowed century mark. One hundred points. So even. So magical. So ridiculously easy to attain--at least for the Sheridan College Bruins, who, as evidenced by the annual Bruins Bash tournament here on the weekend, might threat- en every Ontario Colleges Athletic Association scoring record there is. Six of the country's top college teams got together at Sheridan's J.M. Porter Athletic Centre in a tip-off to a season that begins next Friday. It wasn't pretty. The Bruins, under gung-ho new coach Jim Flack, attended the annual Halloween bash disguised as a track meet. They won all four games and reached the century in three. The other game they only scored 99. More impressive was in each game, at least ll players on the l2-man roster scored. Get used to it. "Teams that plus us better be in pretty good shape," said Flack. "We're going to run 40 minutes and can go very deep (on the bench). That's a huge advantage." It is an attack so balanced that Sheridan varsitv coordinator-"and 4m. 55 ttuc-lipid Ill Basketball Bruins put on scary show at tournament “I 12 13 " is MONSTER BASH ‘awson twice: 99-80 in the round-robin and 105-84 in the final. rempong, a transfer from Seneca, totalled 70 points in four games. ll-star centre Dave Sherwood had 75. Sheridan. which lost two exhibition games by a grand total of ll aims to Waterloo and Guelph universities, play in the John Abbot rumament in Montreal this weekend. Shawn (MW 6 Item Famous 8 [any Mitchell 6 A“!!! SUM“ th Wm hum: 6 Reinhold Kluun 6 Shawn Colllll F Cm Walton F Donovan Brow _ F Jams Roam F Jolly noon M I)” Slum c Gary Rho“ F quarterback Taras llczyna fires downfield in Frid Blakelock. The win was Blakelock's rrrst of the sea fell to 2-4. Both teams will be involved in the Tier HEAD COACH: Jim Flack Wednesd F/C " The club was buoyed by the -retunt of No. l netmindcr Dave Dolecki, who made his first start since suffering a hand injury a month ago. Kalverda. another recent addition, was com- ing off a two-goal game Friday. Blades bell behind 5-l early in the second period before ral- lying. Oakville outshot the Raiders 25-3 in the final frame and scored two power-play goals before Georgetown scored an empty-netter. llczyna fires downfield in Friday's 13-8 loss was Blakelock's first of the season while the Ims will be involved in the Tier ll--or Nelson playoffs, beginning Friday. Junior football Jason Slaney scored the hat trick on Saturday, including two goals nine seconds apart. Gord Kalverda's second goal of the game eight sec- onds later blew the game open. Kent Williams added a goal and four assists with Paul Kauc adding the other marker. against Georgetown and setting up two others against Royal York. added two more against Royal York. Richards didn't have a bad weekend either, scoring twice WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1993 PAGE 16 " " 2nd Mominumr (Mississauga) 6-0 m Mzmnsmvo (Elana-aka) " Itt Comm Peal (Brampton) " 2nd Westward (Mississauga) " Itt Indium (Emma) Ft tttd ihmtntor Simon (St. mm) " m Porter (Stuntman) " am magnum (Brampton) " m clam mummy 6-5 M Nona PM (Brampton) H lgt mm» (minimums) " ttttt Elmo“ (Emma) H m Manama! (Mississauga) ' MStSTMT COACH: may Comma HT YR 1iiGkLiL'Wt01 y Rizlero Venn/I;