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Sports Oakville Beaver TM SPRING CLEANING Call 905 842-MAID (6243) www.oakvillemaids.com SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007 43 West Oak Trails denied girls' title Undefeated season ended by John T. Tuck in hoops final By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR TIGHT D: Falgarwood's Grant McQueen (right) tries to wrestle the basketball away from Sir Ernest MacMillan's Sean Bozuk during Thursday's Halton public elementary school boys' championship game at Burlington's M.M. Robinson High School. McQueen scored five points in the Falcons' 4931 win, which capped Falgarwood's 50-3 season. BARRIE ERSKINE / OAKVILLE BEAVER BURLINGTON -- The West Oak Trails Wolves had dominated their elementary public school girls' basketball opponents all season, unbeaten in 39 games entering Thursday's Halton final at M.M. Robinson High School. That didn't faze the John T. Tuck Lady Cougars, however. Armed with a thorough scouting report on West Oak Trails' tendencies, the Lady Cougars smothered the Wolves' offense in the Halton final and hit enough shots of their own to pull out a 22-17 victory. Perhaps the best illustration of how well Tuck shut down West Oak Trails is the fact that the Wolves scored more points in the first quarter of their semifinal victory over Stewarttown (18) than they did in the entire game Thursday. "We knew they were a good team but we were hoping they hadn't been challenged too much yet," said Tuck coach Kevin Ridge, who benefited from a scouting report from friend and Nelson High School basketball coach Corey Trodd. "They were used to being up a lot of points and the game becomes a lot different if it's closer. (We wanted to see) how they would do with pressure and not being up a lot, because we knew we had good man-to-man matchups." Lengthy drought in first half The Wolves actually got off to a strong start, scoring the first two field goals of the game to build a 4-0 lead. West Oak Trails didn't score again, however, until a minute remained in the half, while Tuck scored nine points in between to build an 11-6 halftime lead. The Lady Cougars extended that lead to 19-10 after three quarters, and the Wolves were unable to get within less than four points the rest of the way. Talycia Dookie led Tuck with a game-high 10 points, while Lady Cougars point guard Sarah Ricciutti provided five points (all from the line), defensive tenacity and poised play from the point guard position. "Sarah's amazing," said the 13-year-old Dookie, who will attend Nelson next year. "She's really good at controlling the ball and communicating, giving (the ball) to the person who's open." Irina Petrovic (five points) and Haley Fenton (two) Falgarwood breezes to boys' win Falcons build early lead, cruise to Halton basketball crown By Kevin Nagel SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER See Zone page 44 BURLINGTON -- A first-quarter blitz by the Falgarwood Falcons ended any drama in the Halton public elementary school boys' basketball championship game at M.M. Robinson High School Thursday. Despite a boisterous crowd cheering for hometown Sir Ernest MacMillan, the Oakville school wrapped up an undefeated season in Halton play with a 49-31 victory. A 13-1 first-quarter run by the Falcons, featuring clutch shooting by Falgarwood and a plethora of double dribbles, giveaways and wild shooting by a nervous MacMillan squad, wasn't totally unexpected. MacMillan coach Randy Dimitroff knew he was facing a rep-laden Falcons lineup. "We have only one rep player," said Dimitroff. "They were beating teams by 30 or 40 so I told our guys to just stay with them and not let them run and gun." MacMillan recovered, being outscored by only six in the second quarter and playing Falgarwood even in the third, but by then the outcome wasn't in doubt. Falcons' coach Kevin Roseneck attributed teamwork for any success in 2006-07. "Everyone plays well together," he said of his charges, 50-3 overall this season. Dan Horne, the assistant coach, said it's the best performance by a Falgarwood team in 15 years. Falcons' co-captain Kevin Liu hit three baskets for six points by the end of the third quarter, then sank four straight free throws in the second half for a 10-point night. "My dad and the coaches are always forcing me to practise free throws," he admitted. Those points came in handy as MacMillan climbed to within 10 in the fourth quarter. "MacMillan's intensity was impressive," he added. "And the crowd was into it." The other co-captain, Frank Lake, like Liu heading to high school next season, was coming off a team high 11point game against W.I. Dick in a 48-32 victory in the Halton semifinals, adding two more against MacMillan while battling leg cramps. See Madesha page 48 N OO PE W N ! Voted Burlington's #1 Course (everyday after 2:00pm) Featuring On-Line Booking Reader's Choice Winner