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Eagles hold off Wildcat rally to win 21720 By SAL BOMMARITO Special to the Beaver ' ometimes teams wm games. b . Sometimes teams lose games. _ . And sometimes it seems like teams just run out of time. , Such was the case for the disap- tttled members of the White Oaks -. ildcats who fell one point shon of {tying the Queen Elizabeth Park Eagles in Halton Secondary School Athletic Association senior boys Iootball semi-final playoff action hut Friday. , A blocked extra point in the firul .tninutes of the game was the differ- knce as the QEP Eagles defeated the 'Wildcats 21-20. The missed extra- wh ' oach Lynda Saunders couldn't be more pleased with the performance of her Queen Elizabeth Park Eagles senior _, ~,/ girls field hockey team at the Ontario high school cham- pionships held last Thursday and Friday in Exeter, a small town northwest of London. The team, playing in its first-e Schools Athletic Association cham well as the elements in a 2-0 qu against Mississauga’s Lorne Park, ver medallist. "They were fighting fatigue, it was a matter of who outlasted who team and that makes me feel good,' "They were fighting fatigue, it was muddy, it was cold. It was a matter of who outlasted who. We lost to the silver medal team and that makes me feel good," Saunders said. Lorne Park was defeated 1-0 by the host South Huron District team in the championship game. Meanwhile, Agincourt defeated Lakefield College 3-2 to take the bronze. Thursday, Q.E. Park lost 2-0 to South Huron in its first game. hut bounced hack to defeat Don Mills 2-0 on two goals by "'Thursday, Q.E. Park lost 2-0 to South Huron in but bounced back to defeat Don Mills 2-0 on Karen Conboy. -Friiiif,Tr/i'/pivotal game, Tiffany Burke scored with 45 sec- onds left as the Eagles tied Oshawa's O'Neill C.V.I to advance to the quarter final against Lorne Park. F In the quarter-final match, the two teams played to a score- less tie at the end of regulation time. The game was still score- less after a 15-minute overtime period and a 10-minute sudden death playoff. The game was finally decided by penalty strokes, as Lorne Park scored on two of four chances. Even though Q.E. Park lost the game, the team can hold its collective head high after an outstanding finish to the regular season, said Saunders. _ "The last game says it all. They played their hearts out all the way. You can't ask for anything more than that. It was a posi- tive loss. The team didn't feel good about losing. but they felt good about the way they finished (the season)." . Conboy, who set up Burke's goal against O'Neill. and Brenda Brown, who put in a good defensive effort in the quar- ter final, were standouts in an overall good team performance, Saunders said. QEP loses out on medal in overtime shootout ACCRA Senior Girls Field Hockey ting in its first-ever Ontario Federation of Association championships, fought fatigue as ents in a 2-0 quarter-final, shoot-out loss aa’s Lorne Park, the eventual tournament sil- "iCJdtewh:,, game from going into overtime advanced the Eagles to a semi. playoff game against Burling Nelson High School this Friday pom! c game fr advance (Wednesday, 2 part.) ' St. Thomas Aqumas at " Pearson Aldershot at Loyola (Mam moot In ”Ilium (2 pm. Friday) NeIson a! 06. Park Milton at MM Robinson (Winners and In "tnWtalsl (Thursday. 2 pm.) Oakville Trafalgar at Nelson OE. Park at MN. Robinson WM ODVCI’SK SEEIQBIIEEJ ACURA I n !]N§§WM DR ACURA- reventet KING ST. E m JliluillWk inglon's "SPOR TS ftrtal anc Nov. 30193 Otter xplres Blades blow five-goal lead By SAI, BOMMARITO Special to the Oakville Beaver . f only hockey games were just 20 I minutes long, If that were the case, _ the Oakville Blades would have upset the Burlington Cougars 5-0 in Burlington Sunday night. But since OHA provincial junior A hockey rules - like most hockey leagues - require teams to play for 60 minutes, the Blades were forced to play the final two periods. Too bad because the Cougars rebounded with eight goals after an awful first period and shut out the Blades for the remainder of the game to win 8-5. The Blades record now stands at 8-0 as the Cougars improved to 13-l including a 13-game unbeaten streak Coming' off a 3-2 victory over the Sueetsville Derbys in front of the home crowd Friday night/the Blades jumped out to a quick 54) in the first 20 min- utes of play. But the Cougars stormed back with free goals of their own in the second period, eventually winning the contest on three third period goals, including one scored into an empty net. The loss, which snapped a three- game winning streak for the Blades, was symptomatic of the problems the team has been experiencing all year long, according to general manager Murray Walker. The team has an abundance oftal- ented players, Walker said. However, thep1ayetshtrvefiikdtopuyttstttearn on a misled basis, ranking in dev- astating losses such a “one Sunday night. MCI varc was point. The block extra point ended what had been a remarkable come- back for the Wildcats. who at one point were down 21-] as we as we third quarter. QEP Tailback Kevin Gordon opened the scoring on an 18-yard option play to give the Eagles 1 TO leaf Chris Kay, put Qt. up 14-0 a! we endofthe first half. White Oaks scored early in the 519-893-9000 McFarlar 'Thisupagiin,downagimsittu Eagles tight end Rob Farland. who scored on I 10- , passing play in the first half, E credited with blocking the extra 2685 Kingsway Dr, 1)4 Kitchener Great Selection! . Vehicle Appraisers on Site! .. 24 MONTH LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON $2900 DOWN. (24 Mtbhifileae $28700“ L'tiiipigyAgii) d's TD. set up on an by defensive halfback ut Q.E. up 14-0 at the plus " nut mu. mum I IIs-iq l lint mom pawn-M DA]: as1ateasthe lntegro RS floor ACURA 401 - WRONG FI' Oakville Blades assistant captain Matt Honchar lets out a cheer after scoring the first goal in the team's 3-2 victory over the Streetsville Derbys on home ice Friday night. (Photo by Riziem Vertolll) tion is becoming troublesome for all of us." he said. "I really believe we have the talent (to be successful), but there aretoomartyindividualsonhisteam. We're not executing the system." Walker praised the team's effort Friday night against Strmtsville, which sect Zoran Vulic answered with a 30 yard score or his own on an option play to make it 21-7. Early in the fourth quarter White Oaksscoredatouchdown.bttthada two-point convenion disallowed by the officials. The team was penalized on the play and allowed to kick the extra point making the score 21-14. The Eagles then drove within field-goal range only to be denied by the White Oaks defence. ACUHA- DN MAIN 1 half. but QEP quarterback BEAVER I , 210 Main St. E 528-7335 Hamilton n an option featured good end-to-end hockey, close checking and some excellent goaltend- ing. In that game. Matt Honchar, Matt Swain and Cory Waring teamed up to give Oakville a 1-0 lead. Streetsville tied the game in the first on a power- play goal. But Oakville scored two in "The guys were disappointed. We felt we had the two-point con- ven in the second half after our sec- ond touchdown but itteas disal- lowed." said White Oaks coach John Phillips. "We felt stopping (QEP's) offence would be crucial. We had moved the ball offensively in the first half but didn't score," he said. Phillips said tailbacks Len Varciana and Nigel Paris, fullback Mark Aitken and quarterback Chuck Gamer were standouts. “(Cameo threw the ball well. He moved the offence in the second half," said Phillips. "White Oaks was a good team. lt was a hard-fought battle," said WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER JO, 1993 PAGE 16 the second, including the eventual win- ner, in the second period and would eventually hold on for the victory. Jason Bengert, Jason Slaney and Kent Williams combined on a scoring play to give Oakville the lead in the second. Mike Roberts, Richard Raymond and Paul Kauc combined on the winner. _ However, Walker said the team slipped back into some old habits in the second period of the Sunday night con- test, after taking an early five-goal lead. "We did our normal second-period slump," Walker said, "They were allowing Burlington to beat them to the puck (in the second and third periods). As far as I'm concerned there's 10 to 12 guys on this team who haven't rec- ognized the need to play 60 minutes of hockey each game. You should never blow a 5-0 lead." Raymond, Honcar and Chris Limtte gave the Blades a IA) lead. Williams, who had two goals on the evening, gave the team a 2-0 lead on a power- play goal, Bengert and Honchar assist- ing. Williams then scored a short-hand- ed goal, from Honchar and Justin Ball, making it 3-0. Kauc teamed with Roberts and Judd Richards to make it 4-0. Matt Swayne scored the fifth goal from Ball and Raymond, making it 5-0. Walker said if the team was upset with its collapse in the second and third periods of the game, it certainly wasn't evident in the dressing room at the end of the contest. "The only people upset were the coaches and me and the captain Kent Williams. There almost seems to be a complacency on this team. It's not everyone but there's a core group." Gyemi said the team began preparing for tits next opponent, Nelson, which ousted Assumption, the day after its victory over White Oaks. Eagles coach Al Gyemi "We're preparing all week. We're looking to have a good game. We're not taking (Nelton) lightly but we're trying to concentrate on what we have to do (to win)," he said. Q.E. Park will host Nelson in one semi-final match-up Friday at 2 p.m., while Milton, which defeated St. Thomas Aquinas, travels to M.M. Robinson, last week's winner over Notre Dame, in the other play- off game.