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22 Sports Oakville Beaver www.orlandoinfo.com/canada 800-551-2006 SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006 Field hockey Devils off to OFSAA Penalty flicks decide GHAC final as OT stuns Notre Dame By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR T he Oakville Trafalgar Red Devils must like their chances as they prepare for the provincial high school girls' field hockey championships. After all, the Red Devils have already eliminated one of the main contenders for an Ontario title. OT earned its berth in the upcoming Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) tournament by defeating Burlington's Notre Dame Fightin' Irish 2-1 (20 in penalty flicks) in Thursday's Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference final, a contest played in Milton. Notre Dame has won four of the past five provincial titles and blanked the Red Devils 2-0 in Monday's Halton championship game. "The girls were really happy about it," said OT coach Jim Groen, whose team knocked off Hamilton's Bishop Ryan Wednesday to earn the right to challenge the Irish for an OFSAA spot. "It's nice to finally beat Notre Dame." The Irish has won the past five Halton championships, defeating OT each of those years. "It's hard to beat the same team three times in one season, and it's twice as hard to beat them (twice) in the same week," Notre Dame coach Mieke VanderKooy said. OT got off to a strong start Thursday, scoring four minutes into the game as Candice Hawksworth knocked the ball in after a scramble in front of the Notre Dame goal. It was the first goal the Irish had surrendered in nine games. Notre Dame rallied to tie the game early in the second half on a well-executed penalty corner. Katie Roganowicz banged in a loose ball after OT goalie Nyrie Israelian had stopped a shot by Kristen Altenhoff. OT controls play late The Red Devils carried the play down the stretch and through the 10-minute overtime session, but were unable to break through. That meant penalty flicks were required to determine a winner, with Jenna Bull and Fiona Clark converting for OT while Israelian stopped all the Notre Dame attempts. "It's too bad it had to go down to penalty strokes," said Groen, "but I guess the game can't go on forever." Though Notre Dame was the home team, the game was played at E.C. Drury High School because of the school's field hockey-only pitch. "It's 10 times better than Oakville Trafalgar's fields and there's no comparison to our fields," VanderKooy said. "It's the best field we've played on this year." The OFSAA field hockey championships will begin Thursday in Scarborough, concluding Saturday. -- With files from Kevin Nagel, Special to The Oakville Beaver LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER HEAD TO HEAD: Tara Campbell (left) of the Oakville Trafalgar Red Devils jousts for positioning with Notre Dame's Katlyn Murdza during Thursday's Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference field hockey final in Milton. OAK swimmers set pace at Fall Classic seconds, more than a second faster than previous recordholder Erin Assman. She also won gold in 100m and 200m breaststroke, adding a fourthplace finish in the 50m fly and fifth-place showing in 800m freestyle. Mika Spencer also enjoyed an impressive meet for OAK, winning eight golds and a silver. Spencer finished first in the 11-12 girls' 50m, 100m, 200m and 800m freestyle, 50m and 100m fly, and 100m and 200m backstroke, while placing second in the 200m individual medley. Mackenzie Darragh was the club's top male performer, earning four golds and five silvers in 11-12 boys' competition. Darragh won the 100m fly, 200m backstroke, 800m freestyle and 200m breaststroke, coming second in the 100m and 200m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, 100m backstroke and 200m IM. Winning their age classes were Mitchell Gour (seven medals, 10-andunder boys), Jose Miguel Lozano (seven medals, 13-14 boys), Curtis Samuel (six medals, 15-and-older boys), Michelle Carrabetta (five medals, 10-and-under girls), Tera Van Beilen and Assman (three medals each, 13-14 girls) and Katie Fox (six medals, 15-and-older girls). OAK had 137 swimmers at the event, held at Iroquois Ridge Pool. More than 400 swimmers competed, including 14 members of Bermuda's junior swim team. Athletes from Mississauga, Guelph, Newmarket and Pickering also attended. Following is a list of all other medal winners from the Brad Townsend Fall Classic: 10-and-under boys: Evan White (gold in 100m breast, 400m free, 200m breast; silver in 200m free), Mackenzie Martyn (bronze in 100m back); 11-12 boys: Jack Cavanagh (gold in 400m free; silver in 200m breast; bronze in 200m back, 100m back, 50m fly, 200m IM), Tristan Ruse (gold in 50m breast; silver in 200m breast), Alexander Smith (gold in 50m back), Michael Seifert (silver in 50m back, 400m free, 50m fly); Michael Ramsey (bronze in 100m breast, 200m breast); 13-14 boys: Brody Dyson (gold in 50m free, 200m back, 800m free; silver in 50m back; bronze in 100m back), Alex Plotnikov (gold in 50m breast), Kent Kikot (silver in 100m fly; bronze in 800m free), Graham Fink (silver in 800m free; bronze in 50m free), Reid Scarrow (bronze in 50m breast, 50m back, 200m breast); 15-and-older boys: Zack Chetrat (gold in 200m free, 100m fly, 50m free, 100m free; silver in 50m fly), Luke Kikot (silver in 50m free; bronze in 50m back), Dylan Kent (silver in 800m free), Jamie Loh (bronze in 100m breast, 50m breast), Brian Gilmour (bronze in 200m breast); 10-and-under girls: Alyson Smith (silver in 100m breast); 11-12 girls: Marni Oldershaw (gold in 20m IM; silver in 800m free, 200m back, 100m back, 200m breast), Holly Olsen (silver in 50m breast, 100m breast; bronze in 200m breast), Bridget Jordan (silver in 400m free); 13-14 girls: Alana Boffa (silver in 800m free), Veronica Davis Freeman (bronze in 200m breast), Sydney Clarke (bronze in 50m back); 15-and-older girls: Jennifer Wilson (gold in 200m breast; silver in 400m free; bronze in 100m breast, 50m breast, 200m IM), Christine van Warmerdam (gold in 800m free), Rachel Sousa (silver in 100m free), Nicole Mackenzie (bronze in 200m free, 50m free, 400m free), Caroleene MacLennan (bronze in 200m breast). BARRIE ERSKINE / OAKVILLE BEAVER RECORD-SETTER: Clara Armstrong set an Oakville Aquatics Club record at last weekend's Brad Townsend Fall Classic.Clara Armstrong set an Oakville Aquatics Club (OAK) record in the 11-12 girls' 50-metre breaststroke, highlighting the club's overall points victory at last weekend's Brad Townsend Fall Classic. Armstrong posted a time of 36.82