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32 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday August 8, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com 32 Sports Oakville Beaver TRANSMISSION WADE SEYMOUR HALTON www.aplushomes.ca SPECIALIST Adam Campbell Broker of Record 905-844-4444 559 SPEERS ROAD, UNIT 3 905-842-0725 BROKERAGE I N D E P E N D E N T LY O W N E D A N D O P E R AT E D SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2007 Airborne Longhorn Longhorns rout Bulldogs, advance to NFC semifinal By Herb Garbutt OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER CATCH OF THE DAY: Oakville Longhorn receiver Vaughan Swart is upended by a North Bay's Brian Samson but hangs on to the ball. Swart caught four touchdown passes in the Longhorns' 41-12 Northern Football Conference quarterfinal at Bronte Park Saturday. Vaughan Swart shredded the North Bay Bulldog secondary for 258 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Oakville Longhorns to a convincing 41-12 victory Saturday, moving the team within one win of the Northern Football Conference final. "With (Vaughan) it's the yards after the catch. He'll catch a 25-yard pass and turn it into a 60 or 70yard touchdown," said Longhorn coach Barry Emo. "He possesses excellent vision and he's a strong physical kid so when you put the ball in his hands, good things are going to happen." And it didn't take long for the Longhorns to figure that out. Just 95 seconds after North Bay opened the scoring on Anthony Gauthier's 10-yard interception return, Swart caught Tommy Denison's pass and went 50 yards to the end zone to tie the game. Oakville would dominate the second quarter, putting up 21 points on a two-yard run by Dan Seymour, another 50-yard TD by Swart and a fiveyard reception by Will Mayhew to send Oakville into the half up 27-6. Swart would add two more majors (60 and 65 yards) in the third quarter to put the game away. "We watched a lot of game film and came up with a game plan that suited our type of offence," Emo said. "We felt we had athletes that matched up well with their secondary." The game plan was executed to near perfection as Denison completed 16 of 21 passes for 380 yards. Oakville was also effective on the ground, averaging more than five yards per carry as the Longhorns finished with 102 rushing yards. Oakville's defence was equally as impressive, allowing only a touchdown with less than three minutes to play. Mike Borisenko and Stafford Wilson each had eight and a half tackles and a sack. Borisenko also blocked two extra points and forced a fumble while Wilson recovered a fumble. The Longhorns defensive unit will need another strong effort as Oakville will meet the first-place TriCity Outlaws in Saturday's semifinal. The 7-1 Outlaws blanked Oakville 25-0 in the final game of the regular season. The Longhorns were missing several players for that final game due to previous commitments. Oakville was originally scheduled for a bye that weekend until Sudbury dropped out of the league, forcing the NFC to redraw the schedule. Among those missing were three starting offensive linemen, which hindered the team's ability to protect Denison. With the full lineup ready for the semifinal, Emo is confident in his team's ability to keep Tri-City in check. "You take the score out of the equation and look at all the other stats, you wouldn't think it was a 250 game." The most encouraging thing for Oakville in that game was that the defence contained the Outlaws' See Longhorns page 33 INDOOR SOCCER SEASON ONLINE REGISTRATION LAUNCHES WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8TH FOR OSC MEMBERS ONLY!! FALL SESSION: STARTS WEEK OF OCTOBER 1 WINTER SESSION: STARTS WEEK OF JANUARY 7 SPECIAL FALL/WINTER PACKAGE DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE 2007/2008 FALL/WINTER DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS BOYS & GIRLS - U8-U9-U10 SPECIALIZED GOAL KEEP TRAINING ALSO AVAILABLE OPEN REGISTRATION INDOOR FALL/WINTER DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2007 OAKVILLE SOCCER CLUB 9:00AM ­ 12:00PM 504 IROQUOIS SHORE ROAD, UNIT 11 Oakville Soccer Club www.oakville-soccer.on.ca The Oakville Beaver A Proud Sponsor of Oakville Soccer Club Sponsored by: