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Sports Oakville Beaver SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2007 41 Paterson's argo all-around gold leads young Oakville gymnasts C LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER THE VAULT: Brad Schnurr performs an aerial flip during his vault routine at last weekend's provincial artistic gymnastics championships in Oakville. ory Paterson left the floor at last weekend's secure his place on the Ontario team. Bollinger earned a silver medal on vault and Rogers Men's Artistic Provincial Championships a few pounds heavier than placed fourth all-around in the provincial Level 3, when he marched onto it with his teammates just 13-and-over division to earn a trip to New Brunswick. 15 minutes earlier. On the strength of a gold medal on high bar and As he walked off the floor at the Oakville Gymnastics Club, he had to reach down and hold a silver on pommel horse, Michael Buczkowski numerous medals with his hand to stop them from won the all-around silver in the Level 1, 10-12 yearclanking together with each step. Paterson won old division. Buczkowski also finished fourth on five event medals on his way to the all-around argo floor. Chris Rome finished third all-around in the title Sunday. Included in his medal haul were golds Level 2, 13-and-over division. He on floor, rings and parallel bars. earned a gold medal on rings, silver The Falgarwood Public School "We have a lot medals on high bar and pommel Grade 6 student said it was a thrill to more people horse and a bronze on vault. He was win the all-around title at his home cheering for us also fourth on parallel bars and fifth gym. here and it just on floor. "We have a lot more people cheermakes it more Other Oakville results from the ing for us here and it just makes it exciting." provincials included: more exciting," he said. Argo: Miles Little (5th rings, 6th Paterson's win qualified him for the vault, 9th all-around); Chase Norman Eastern Canadian championships, Cory Paterson (6th parallel bars, 10th all-around). where he'll be joined by teammates Level 4, 13-15: Alex Danahy (bronze rings, 5th Daniel Capstick (argo) and Stuart Bollinger (Level pommel horse, vault, parallel bars, 6th all-around). 3, 13-and-over). Level 3, 10-12: Camden Palkovic (bronze parPaterson edged Mississauga's Tariq Dowers for the all-around title. Dowers took first on the pom- allel bars, 5th floor, 7th all-around); Jordan mel horse and was second in four other events. Bollinger (4th vault, 5th floor, 10th all-around). Level 3, 13-and-over: Brad Schnurr (silver high Paterson, who also earned bronze medals on pommel horse and high bar, finished with a total score bar, 6th all-around); Jeremie Quek (8th pommel of 113.229, less than a point ahead of Dowers' total horse); Adam Kassam (8th high bar). Level 2, 10-12: Eric Mariglia (4th pommel of 112.431. Paterson will now look to defend his Eastern horse, high bar, 5th all-around); Christopher Canadian title May 3 in Saint John, N.B. and Hazineh (bronze floor, high bar, 9th all-around). Level 1, Under-10: Nathan Bollinger (4th improve on his fourth-place finish at last year's floor, 5th pommel horse, 7th all-around); Sam nationals later that month in Regina. Capstick finished eighth in the argo division, Tziougras (bronze high bar, 5th vault, 9th allearning fifth-place finishes on the vault and high around). -- Herb Garbutt bar as well as a sixth-place showing on rings to Brotherly love out the window in Donati showdown By Herb Garbutt OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Even before the puck dropped on the most important series of their hockey careers, brotherly love had been tossed out the window and the trash talk started. "Justin said he'll be buying me a plane ticket for a holiday," said Tyler Donati, the day before his Belleville Bulls opened the Ontario Hockey League Eastern Conference final Wednesday with a 3-2 victory over his twin brother's Sudbury Wolves. "Hopefully, I'll be able to give that back to him." Returned Justin, "I just said that to rattle him. I don't want to send him too far. Maybe I'll just send him to Niagara Falls so he can gamble." The two teams that bet on the Donatis this season have hit the jackpot. Tyler scored 54 goals and had 129 points to finish fourth in league scoring, and, on Monday, was named the winner of the Leo Lalonde Award as the league's best overage player. Belleville acquired the 20-year-old from the St. Michael's Majors in the off-season. Bulls' coach George Burnett coached both brothers in their rookie season and knew he was getting an offensive leader. "But did I expect 130 points?" he asked. "No. "The thing I'm most pleased with is he competed as well on the road as at home and he wasn't just beating up weaker teams. He had some big nights against some good teams." And that's continued into the playoffs. Despite playing with a separated shoulder and a charley horse, Tyler racked up five See Father page 42 Join Us For Golf This Season! Limited number of memberships available! 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