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The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday September 30, 2006 - 31 Rangers win Markham Earlybird tournament The Oakville atom A Rangers edged Cobourg 3-2 to win the Markham Waxers Earlybird Tournament. The Rangers won five straight games to claim the championship. The Rangers took first place in their pool with shutout victories over Markham and Nobleton-King and a 6-5 win over Cobourg. In the semifinal the Rangers topped Lasalle 4-1 to reach the final. The Rangers posted another victory, opening the Tri-County season with a 4-0 win over Brampton. Atom AAA Rangers Goalies Matthew Gwillam and Josh Morton allowed just one goal as the Oakville atom AAA Rangers opened the season with back-to-back victories. Gwillam stopped two breakaways to earn the shuout in a 6-0 season-opening win over St. Catharines. Mark Martone, Luke Hatfield, Conor Holy EARLY BIRD CHAMPS: The Oakville atom A Rangers went undefeated to win the Markham Earlybird Tournament. Team members are: James Bauer, Nicholas Caissie, Victor Christiansen, Ben Everett, Logan Gauer, Christian Hayes, Tyler Hipple, Brandon Hughes, Brad Johnson, Troy LaCoste, Theo Lewis, Lukas Marek, Tim Molloy, Adam Power, Erik Ritterhaus, Will Santangeli, Zach Varao and Coaching Staff: Glen LaCoste, Raymond Caissie, David Santangeli and John Vara. and Foster Cuomo each had a goal and an assist and Alex Riche and Luke Nichol also scored. Alex Webster had two assists with singles going to Andrew Howarth, Antoine Brouchu, Ryan Garvey and Connor Chambers. Riche had three points, scoring on a pair of breakaways including one in which Welland had a two-man advantage, and setting up Cuomo in a 3-1 win over Welland. Brochu and Marko Jugovic also picked up assists. Morton made two key saves with the game tied 1-1 in the third. Novice A Bryant McKeon scored three times and set up another and Kyle Bernat Riddle and Braden Leedham combined on a shutout as the Oakville novice A Rangers opened the TriCounty hockey season with an 8-0 win over Guelph. Jake Tomkowiak scored twice and set up another and Jacob Patriquin had a goal and an assist. Jayden Wiggins and Jospeh Serrao also scored while Jacob Zedor, Liam Coderre, Kyle Harvey, Jason Stanbury and Luke VasilarosWilson drew assists. Trail blocker Local paddlers to compete in prestigious outrigger race Five local athletes will take part in the treacherous Molokai Hoe next Sunday. Derek Schrotter, Larry Cain, Peter Buday, Tamas Buday and Kyle Jeffery will be part of the nine-member Team Pogue that will compete in the 41-mile open ocean race that begins on Molokai Island and ends in Waikiki, Oahu. More than 1,000 of the best male canoe paddlers from around the world will compete in the race, which is regarded as the world championship of long-distance outrigger racing. "It can be calm or there can be 15 to 30 foot swells with high waves," said Cain, an Olympic gold medal canoeist. "I've raced it in both, and either way, it is a great adventure to be in the race." Also on Team Pogue will be Marton Buday, the current European outrigger champion, and Aaron Napolean, the singles outrigger canoe record holder in the Starbucks Kaiwi Channel Relay. The other members of the team are Jonathan Hollins and Jason Roussel. www.oakvilleminorbaseball.com Email: omba@canoemail.com 905-847-5545 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THURSDAY OCT. 12TH AT 7PM Oakville Minor Baseball Association Annual General Meeting Thursday, October 12, 2006 7:00 p.m. Town Hall ­ The Oakville Room 1225 Trafalgar Rd. LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER ROAD BLOCK: Sarah Graham (4) and Addie Matos of the Iroquois Ridge Trailblazers step between Nelson's Tyla Campbell and the basket in Wednesday's Halton junior girls basketball game. Nelson won 45-28.