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Such was the case with St. Thomas Aquinas goaltender Mastrella Gianni in Wednesday‘s allâ€"Oakville clash for Halton high school soccer supremacy, as he went from proverbial agony to ecstasy in the space of a couple of boots of the ball. Shootouts have a habit of putting the spotlight, unduly, on the goalâ€" tender. The suspenseful 1â€"0 shootout victory over crossâ€"town rival Queen Elizabeth Park has sent St. Thomas Aquinas on to meet the best that Hamilton has to offer this afternoon. By NORMAN NELSON Oakville Beaver Sports Editor Allâ€"Oakville soccer final ends up in wild shootout St. Thomas Aquinas defeated Queen Elizabeth Park 1â€"0 in a game that had to be decided by a shootout. (Photo by Peter McCusker) KEVIN GRANT â€" Teacher, Canadian Olympic player, CSL Coach, provincial license TOSH MACFARLANE â€" Teacher, Semiâ€"Pro CSL, Level 3 coaching, boys girls coach MARTHA HALL â€" Canadian University Allâ€"Star, Captain Queen‘s Women‘s team RICH MAGCGIOTTO â€" Captain Bowdoin College Div. II, local Allâ€"Star The game against Hamilton‘s Sir SPORTS A World Cup Experience Boys Girls Skills Clinics Full day, 1 week programmes July 4â€"Aug. 5 * Skills/Games/Modified tournaments * Ages 7 â€" 14 by division e Swimming * Therapist e Nutrition e BBQ lunch Allan McNab (for the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference championship) kicks off at 3:30 p.m. at the Mohawk Sports Complex with the winner moving on to the provincial championships which are being held in Brampton from June 2â€"4. Wednesday‘s shootout appeared to be heading in the same direction as the game â€" exiting but no goals â€" as both teams‘ first two kickers failed to bulge the twine. The drought ended, however, with Gianni fooled on a good shot by Queen Elizabeth Park captain Matt Honchar. As one of the team‘s five preâ€" chosen shooters, Gianni then found himself in the extremely rare posiâ€" P werGar ponus it Back * 440,000 prizes added * $5 bonus when you scratch and find a star. For a limited time only * It‘s a great way to play an old favourite" tion (for a goaltender, anyway) of being able to make immediate amends, and he made no mistake, fooling his counterpart, Queen Elizabeth Park goaltender Dean Peffer. Gianni then saved the fourth shot while his teammate Mario Saric booted in the eventual winning goal. The drama ended with Queen Elizabeth Park‘s fifth shot sailing high over the cross bar. "I always shoot them (penalty kicks) in the same place," revealed Saric. "I hope the goaltender we play against next doesn‘t read that." Gianni said he knew if he didn‘t score it would put "all the more pressure" on him to make the next save. "As soon as I scored, I patted him (Peffer, the Queen Elizabeth Park goaltender) on the back. I knew exactly how it felt." Both teams had some heartâ€"stopâ€" ping chances, both in regulation time and in the 20â€"minute overtime period that followed. The best one, however, belonged to Queen Elizabeth Park and occurred seconds before the referee blew his whistle on regulation time when Zoran Vulic launched one off the post. "We had a couple of chances in the second half, and we didn‘t make good on them," agreed vanquished coach Alex Gyemi, who saw his team‘s undefeated mark this year come to an end. In his view of the game (which correlates with the writer‘s) St. Thomas Aquinas had the edge in the beginning, it was pretty even in the middle, and Queen Elizabeth Park had the edge at the end. With no goals scored, however, it came down to penalty shots and "they (St. Thomas Aquinas) got one more in our net then we did in theirs. Community Living Oakville‘s eighth annual golf tournament will be held Tuesday (May 31) at Sawâ€" Whet Golf Club on Bronte Road. The many volunteers who supâ€" port this popular event are again ready to cap things off with the famous super steak barbecue dinner. The master of ceremonies is media personality Bill Walker. Tournament organizers would also be delighted to hear from potential hole sponsors and prize donors. For further information, or to register, phone 844â€"0146 (fax numâ€" ber is 844â€"1832). Golf tourney "I wish them well." Angel fires twoâ€"hitter Katie Gilbert was the winning pitcher firing a twoâ€"hitter with only only one walk. Oakville, who played in Erin Mills last night, belted out 10 hits. Longhorns open season Oakville Angels defeated Chinguacousy 17â€"1 in novice girls rep softball action Tuesday night to up their record in the Peelâ€"Halton league to two wins and a loss. The Oakville Longhorns open their Northern Football Conference (NFC) regular season schedule at home against Scarborough Crimson Tide this Saturday, 7 p.m. at Burlington‘s Nelson Stadium. It will be a repeat of last year‘s championship final which the Longhorns won 25â€"21. The regular season comes to an end on July 30 in Toronto. GIRLS UNDER 8 "A" DIVISION OSC Flames 5 (goals to Katy Henderson, Abby McMillan, Rachel Ressner, Helen Halbert and Jordyn MacKonka), Gary Carr MPP 0. Key Transportation 5 (goals to Marisa Videc 4 and Lauren Sule), Granville Construction 1 (Colleen Burnett). Hopedale Mall Merchants 3 (goals to Kara Lang 2 and Terra Veitch), OSC Strikers 1 (Katie Bekker). Optimist Club 2 (both goals to Carly Dodds, shutout to Natalie Spma) KPMG 0 GIRLS UNDER 8 "B" DIVISION Oakville Hydro 5 (goals to S Swimm 2, Charlotte Moore, Cara Micheline Cabral), OSC Kickers Jordan). Royal Lepage Channing Kickers Athertonâ€"Kotack 2), OSC Midgets 0. May Court Club 2 (goals to Kathlee and Andrea Morton), OSC Orioles 0 OSC Winners 3 (goals to Amanda C Samantha Cicchini, Kathryn Longm Tessa Young), OSC Greybacks 2 Izon and Alison Ryder). The following are results of games played in the Oakville Minor Lacrosse Association for the week ending May 20. TYKE Bandits 4 (hatâ€"trick to Kyle Thomas, single to Daniel Ruffo; assists to Thomas, Michael Anderson and Patrick Mercieca), Renegades 4 (hatâ€"trick to Brett Lain, single to Matthew Self; assists to Nick Prescott, Lain and Michael Evans). Turbos 6 (goals to Cory Ryan, Jordan Rookyard, Griff Marshall, Brian Marshall, Matt Elia and Matt Pike; assists to Griff Marshall 2 and Matt Elia), Bandits 1 (Daniel Ruffo). NOVICE Turbos 5 (hatâ€"trick to Paul Winger, two goals to Matt Sparks; assists to Jamie Lynam and Bryan Magee), Renegades 3 (goals to Stephen Kolada, Brendan Murray and #6; assists to Victor Oreskovich, Nico Gill and Jesse Joel DeLucia). OTHS 7 White Oaks 6 QEP 6 * not including this week‘s games Last week‘s recap: Appleby 9, Notre Dame 5; Nelson 15, Oak. Trafaigar 4; Pearson 10, St. T. Aquinas1; Blakelock 6, White Oaks 5; Nelson 6, Appleby 2; Notre Dame 7, Loyola 6; Pearson 7, Oak. Trafaigar 6; Q.E. Park 8, White Oaks 3; St. T. Aquinas 5, Blakelock This week‘s games (Tuesday, May 24) Appleby 7, Loyola 0 Nelson 6, Pearson 4 Notre Dame 8, White Oaks 0 Blakelock 11, Oak. Trafaiger 7 St. T. Aquinas 17, Q.E. Park 4 (Thursday, May 26) Pearson at Appleby White Oaks at Loyola Blakelock at Nelson The following are results of games played in the Oakville Minor Lacrosse Association for the week ending May 20. TYKE Bandits 4 (hatâ€"trick to Kyle Thomas, single to Daniel Ruffo; assists to Thomas, Michael Anderson and Patrick Mercieca), Renegades 4 (hatâ€"trick to Brett Lain, single to Matthew Self; assists to Nick Prescott, Lain and Michael Evans). Turbos 6 (goals to Cory Ryan, Jordan Rookyard, Griff Marshall, Brian Marshall, Matt Elia and Matt Pike; assists to Griff Marshall 2 and Matt Elia), Bandits 1 (Daniel Ruffo). NOVICE Turbos 5 (hatâ€"trick to Paul Winger, two goals to Matt Sparks; assists to Jamie Lynam and Bryan Magee), Renegades 3 (goals to Stephen Kolada, Brendan Murray and #6; assists to Victor Oreskovich, Nico Gill and Jesse Joel DeLucia). Bandits 5 (two goals each to Jeff Hussey and Andrew Smith, single to Scott Nelson), Turbos 2 (goals to Jeoff Wilson and Kent Wallace; pair of assists to Mike Dinner). PEE WEE Bandits 9 (hatâ€"trick to Bob Tarantino, two goals each to Paul Varteressian and Chris Martin, and singles to Paul Tschofen and Mait Gregoire; assists to Colin Taylor 2, Tschofen, Chris Martin Paul Varteressian and Bob Tarantino), James Gang 4 (two goals to Willy Barlow, singles to James Windsor and Kyle Jackson; assists to Barlow, Ryan Wetherly and Steve Baines. Renegades 9 (hatâ€"trick to Scott Piotrowski; two goals each to Giles Sutherland and Billy Wilson, singles to Aaron Gulledge and Reid Miller; Mike Golden assisted on three goals, Scott Piotrowski helped out twice and Tobin George notched an assist), Turbos 1 (Aaron Jarc). The six teams (Oakville, BOYS BASEBALL (VOLPE DIVISION) St. T. Aquinas at Notre Dame Q.E. Park at Oak. Trafalgar (Monday, May 31, quarterâ€"finals) Fourth at first Third at second GIRLS SOFTBALL (VOLPE DIVISION) N.D.(8) 6 Blakelock 6 Nelson (B) 6 Pearson (B) 5 White Oaks 6 QEP 501 4 00 2 OTHS 6. :1 $20.2 STA 5 0 5 0 0 * not including this weel‘s games Last week‘s recap: Appleby 8, St. T. Aquinas 7; Pearson 12, QEP 1; Notre Dame 27, Loyola 9; White Oaks 16, Oak. Trafalger 8; Blakelock 7, Nelson 5; Appleby 21, Loy ola 6; Notre Dame 9, Pearson 5; Nelson 19, QEP 9; Blakelock 17, Oakville Trafaigar 12; White Oaks 20, St. T. Aquinas 19. This week‘s games (Tuesday, May 24) Blakelock 14, Appleby 2 Pearson 12, Nelson 2 Oak. Trafaig. 15, Loyola 13 Notre Dame 19, St. T. Aquinas 13 To register, or for more informaâ€" tion, call Oakvilleâ€"based Doyle Canada at 842â€"1695. The average age of the Longhorns, which wipped the semiâ€" pro Buffalo Lancers 20â€"0 in an exhiâ€" bition match on Monday, is midâ€" twenties with the youngest player just turning 22 and the oldest player almost 40. Doyle baseball clinic Scarborough, Toronto, Sudbury, North Bay and Brampton) play each other twice in a home and home series. A oneâ€"day Doyle baseball and softball clinic will be held Sat. May 28 at Oakville Park for youth between 5 and 19 years of age. Participants who want to brush up on their hitting, throwing and fielding can chose either a morning (9 a.m. to noon) orâ€" afternoon sesâ€" sion (1 to 4 p.m.). GIRLS UNDER 8 "B" DIVISION Oakville Hydro 5 (goals to Samantha Swimm 2, Charlotte Moore, Cara Lio and Micheline Cabral), OSC Kickers 1 (Amber Jordan). Royal Lepage Channing Kickers 2 (Nikki Athertonâ€"Kotack 2), OSC Midgets 0. May Court Club 2 (goals to Kathleen Gillham and Andrea Morton), OSC Orioles 0. OSC Winners 3 (goals to Amanda Cicchini 3, Samantha Cicchini, Kathryn Longmoore and Tessa Young), OSC Greybacks 2 (Kaitlyn Izon and Alison Ryder). FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1994 PAGE 22 (Thurs.,May 26, first round playoft) Q. E. Park at Nelson White Oaks at Pearson * byes to Notre Dame and Blakelock JUNIOR GIRLS SOCCER (Thurs., May 26, Halton semiâ€"finals) Notre Dame (Burl) at Appleby M.M. Robinson (Burt) at Q.E. Park SENIOR BOYS SOCCER (Wed., May 25, Halton final) St. T. Aquinas 1, Q.E. Park 0 (shootout) (Fri., May 25, Gâ€"HAC final) Aquinas vs. McNab (Hamilton) (Fri., May 27, Halton final, 4 p.m Sherwood Park in Burlington) Notre Dame at Oakville Trafalgar JUNIOR BOYS SOCCER (Thurs., May 26, Halton semiâ€"finals) St. T. Aquinas at Assumption (Burl) E.C. Drury (Milton) at Loyola JUNIOR RUGBY _ (Thurs., May 26, Halton semiâ€"finals) Nelson at Oakville Trafaigar Milton at Notre Dame MIDGET RUGBY (Thurs., May 26, Halton semiâ€"finals) Nelson at Oakville Trafaigar Georgetown at Notre Dame