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Gee, what a surprise. {â€". Oakville Trafalgar High School‘s senior rugby team, with a 10â€"0 victory "‘over Burlington‘s Notre Dame Secondary School on Friday, won the Halton « high school championship for an incredible 23rd year in a row. | OAKVILLE 297 Speers Road (at toman 845â€"4227 hPlayers from both Oakville fiafalgar and Notre Dame show some true grit in Friday‘s senior high school championship. The Oakville team is seeded fifth going into the 16â€"team provincial chamâ€" pionship which is being held in Sarnia this Thursday and Friday. _ "That‘s about where we should be this year," commented coach Greg Sora. Last year, the team, which was seeded second, lost in the provincial championship match, and settled for silver. The Longhorns next action is Saturday night in North Bay and their next home game is the followâ€" ing Saturday (June 11) against «Brampton (kick off is at 7 p.m. at «Bronte Field). =~â€"Some of the Longhorns apparâ€" zently failed to realize the season had ‘begun last Saturday night at Nelson ~Stadium in Burlington and the team "quickly found themselves down 14â€" * previous year, they had lost the bronze medal match and the year before that they won the bronze medal. ~. In short, they‘re a powerhouse. © . While the team obviously has a good cast of good players, led by captain fan Dann who represented Canada last year on the underâ€"19 squad, coach Sora 10â€"0 win over Notre Dame in Halton championship OT‘s rugby dynasty continues Longhorns overcome slow start to win season opener â€"The Oakville Longhorns kicked off their season on the right foot with a 28â€"21 home win over the Scarborough Crimson Tide Saturday night. * Fittingly, the season opener was a replay of last year‘s Northern Eootball Conference championship game, also won by the Longhorns 2§5â€"21. Decathlion All Season Radials 95 P165/B0R13 XNW Size / Free Rotation v Free Installation Eam AIR MILES on all Goodyear tires and service including the great values listed in this ad. Ask your participating retailer. Tire sale ends June 18, 1994. Call for additional sizes and sale prices. Savings may vary. Ask for details on our new credit payment system. The defence, however, managed to make a stand until the second quarter when the offence managed to close the gap to 14â€"12. Scarborough added seven points in the third quarter to extend their lead to 21â€"12 but the Longhorns, in the fourth quarter, once again came roaring back with a 16â€"point barâ€" rage to eke out the 28â€"21 verdict. 0 by the middle of the first quarter. Mikkie Miller doused any chances of Scarborough comeback with a timely interception with a minute and a half left on the scoreâ€" board. "We were a little slow coming out of the gate," agreed coach Tony Molnar. "They got going faster then we did." All Season Radials DISCOUNT IS OFF REGULAR "EVERY DAY LOW PRICE" As for the turnâ€"around, he said Size P155/B0R 3 795 XNW 4925 XNW 4875 VSB 4935 XNW 5975 XNW 5955 XNW 303 Upper Middle Road E. 338â€"0011 thinks an equally important pillar behind their success, besides talent, is fitâ€" ness. In short, they‘re fit as a fiddle. Practices have been held every weeknight since the March Break, and as sure as the sun rises and sets each day, team members run two and a half miles before each practice and do wind sprints after each practice. And none of they players are shirking practice. "I think our attendance is 95 per cent," he said. So while Notre Dame also boasted "a very strong team", he said Oakville‘s Trafalgar‘s fitness level may have tipped the scales. The scoring was taken care of by Tim Trentholme and Ian Lynch who each put through a try for five points. Oakville Trafalgar forwards were on the loose balls "faster and in greater number â€" we won most of the loose balls." there was no magic to it. "We went to work, started to play football." Oakville‘s two second quarter touchdowns, both on runs from inside the fiveâ€"yard line, came from Craig Mitchell. One of conversions was blocked and the other â€" a twoâ€"point attempt â€" was thwarted. Oakville also scored two touchâ€" downs in the fourth quarter â€" both came through the air with quarterâ€" back Mark Demerling hitting Will Thompson on a 14â€"yard pass and Jamie Wootton on a 27â€"yard pass. One of the touchdowns was conâ€" verted while another twoâ€"point attempt was again thwarted. Kicker Mike Jackson completed the scoring with a field goal. Other highlights included: Workhorse Light Truck Van Size 235/75R15 OWL â€"104.00 215/85R16 OBL _ 108.95 225/75R16BSL _ 120.95 875R165 OB 121.95 235/85R16OBL _ 122.95 31X1050R15 OWL ©124.95 245/75R16BSL _ 132.9 / 4 Oakville Velebit soccer club opened its Ontario Soccer League season with a 6â€"1 drubbing of Barrie City Saturday night. John Sola picked up the hatâ€"trick with singles to Stipe Curic, Tony Curic and Matt Honchar. _ The team‘s next game is also on the road, on Friday June 10, against Woodbridge Soralazio. * Dan McAlonan picking up 77 yards on 11 carries. All the more impressive, considering the rest of the Oakville running attack accuâ€" mulated an additional two yards on 17 tries. He also turned two pass receptions into 65 yards; * Jamie Wootton caught five passes for 100 yards, including one touchdown; * veteran quarterback Mark Demerling was good on 15 of 26 pass attempts for 280 yards. He threw two touchdowns and one interception; Great start for Oakvill * Safety Doug Steringa was "strong in the middle", picking off one pass; * backâ€"up quarterback Jason Molnar acquitted himself well as an emergency defensive back. The other season openers had Sudbury Spartans surprising the North Bay Bulldogs 31â€"13 and the Toronto Eagles dumping the Brampton Bears 20â€"9. The six teams play each other twice in a home and home series. The much anticipated home opener, against North (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) Upper Middle Rd. G OLF CL U B *Country | Club pleby L Field of dreams turns into nightmar St. Thomas Aquinas senior soccer team didn‘t find their field of dreams in Hamilton on Friday. It was more like a nightmare. A 2â€"1 loss to Hamilton‘s Sir Allan McNab high school left ~St. . Thomas Aquinas, which had won the Halton high school title two days earlier in a thrilling 1â€" 0 overtime shootout over Queen Elizabeth Park, one step short of a trip to the provincial championships. St. Thomas Aquinas couldn‘t nurse a 1â€"0 lead that Mario Saric given them on a penalty shot and allowed the Hamilton team to co back with two secondâ€"half goals. At the same time, he wasn‘t about to give credit to the offici responsible for preparing the field which, he said, was "not prop lined." "You have to give them (Sir Allan McNab) credit," said coach M Iannetta. "They came back." He said he made his views known prior to the kickâ€"off that he di feel the field was in game shape. And, sure enough, it later dire impacted the game when a St. Thomas Aquinas goal â€" which wo have given them a commanding 2â€"0 halfâ€"time lead â€" was called ba and called back because of a line call. ITannetta said the goal came on a crossâ€"over kick deep in Hamilton‘s school end which was headed in. The referee initially signaled a goal. But the Hamilton players w protesting that the ball had gone out of play before it was crossed 01 After consulting the linesmen, the referee disallowed the goal. Particularly in such an important game, Iannetta said he felt the pl ers on both teams deserved a better prepared field. As far as the game, he thought his team "played well" and that outcome might have been different if they had managed to convert s eral good chances, particularly in the first half. Longhorns quarterback Mark Demerling (foreground) plays a li deferce after giving up his lone interception to Wayne James. Do You Play Between 10+100 Games? We Have A Membership To Suit You. York Hearts, is on tap for Sun., June 12, 7 p.m. Oakville decided to move up to the top division year after a playoff championship in their second division last year. The 10â€"team league includes Oakville, Bar Woodbridge, North York, Aurora, Bramal Scarborough, Brampton, Guelph and Peterborot (which was also promoted this year). Millcroft Continues to Offer It‘s Members the Best Value! St. Thomas Aquinas, pictured in last week 2â€"1 victory over Queen Elizabeth Park, d n‘t find their field of dreams in Hamilton. Now AvaLABLE EARLYBIRD GREEN FEE SPECIAL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1994 PAGE 20 . s