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30 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday August 31, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Peewee A's edged at Lions-CNE ball tourney Oakville ousted by COBA rival Mississauga By Sean Durack SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER BEST IN BRANTFORD: The Oakville Avalanche, joined by Walter Gretzky (back left), pose for a team photo after winning the championship at a recent under-12 boys' soccer tournament in Brantford. U12 Avalanche champs in Brantford Ten months of hard work paid off for the Oakville Avalanche under-12 boys' rep soccer team. The Avalanche won the championship at a 10-team tournament in Brantford recently, the squad's first tournament title of the season after finalist appearances in its first two competitions. Oakville went undefeated in five games, clinching gold with a 3-1 win over London City in the final. Chris Bogias, Tyler Burns and Ryan Burns scored for the Avalanche. Oakville blanked its opponent in its first four contests, with Sebastian Sciarra earning all four shutouts. Tyler Burns (two) and Braden Dennis scored in a 3-0 win over Kitchener, Daniel Capstick converted a penalty kick for the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Gloucester, Sebi Smakosz tallied twice and Bogias added a single in a 3-0 triumph over London City, and Tyler Burns had the winner in a 1-0 victory against Guelph. Other members of the team are Sean Delacourt, Matthew Dingwall, William Clisham, Keiran Stevenson, Sean Lloyd, Michael Sahai, Onkar Bedi, Jon Anthony Cangemi, Scott Birkbeck, Michael Panza and Dylan Richardson. Nick Bogias, Paul Delacourt, Jimmy Sinclair and Gary Tennant coach the Avalanche, while Greg Burns and Lori Stevenson serve as managers. YAMATO Academy of Martial Arts The Oakville A's peewee baseball team was stopped in its tracks and turned aside at the Lions-CNE peewee baseball tournament by its Central Ontario Baseball Association Mississauga Majors rival, 2-1 Tuesday, ending Oakville's campaign for its first title at the annual rep series. The Majors, led by pitcher Scott Good, fended off a valiant last-inning push by the A's Tuesday, leaving two runners on base and striking out Oakville's star hitter, Doug Bonar, to end the game A's hurler Mike Teasdale was saddled with the tough-luck loss despite tossing six effective innings. Luke Spivak scored the lone Oakville run after Good issued a basesloaded walk in the third, while Jason Mitchell stroked a pair of doubles for the A's in a losing cause. Mississauga scored in the first and third innings to build an early 2-0 lead. The A's made a strong run at the long-standing single-elimination competition, knocking off Newmarket 7-3, Etobicoke 7-1 and Markham 4-3 before falling to the Majors. The Majors finished ahead of Oakville for first place in the COBA loop this season. Majors thorn in A's side A's head coach Ron Belluomini, who has been with the team since Rookieball, said the triple-A Majors squad has been a monkey on the back of the A's all year. In the more than ten sandlot meetings between the two southwestern Ontario rivals this season, Oakville -- which went a respectable 34-14 with two tournament victories and a silver medal this summer -- never got the upper hand on the Majors side. "We beat every team in the province, except for them," said the coach. "They're an awesome team; I mean, we're one of the top (teams), but they are at the very top." All the same, the players, aged 12 and 13, walked away from the Toronto Lakeshore tourney with their heads held high, the coach said. "In the four years we've been together they have come a long way," he said. "This year has been just outstanding for this team. I am very proud of them all." Majors general manager Stephen Peake said Oakville showed well all tournament and put up a good fight against his charges. The semifinal game, he said, truly could have gone to either team. "They are a very good team. It was a well-played game," he said. The A's team -- a team that will virtually stay the same for next season with nine returnees -- has typically sat around the .500 mark in recent COBA play. Provincials this weekend Both teams are also eyeing a title at the 12-team provincial championships, which take place in Brampton this weekend. "We expect to compete well there," the A's coach said of the double-elimination competition. "You need a bit of luck in that one, but we're expecting big things and hopefully we'll go five (games) deep." Belluomini, who also attended the CNE peewee tournament as a youngster, said the sport of baseball has taken a hit in Ontario, but that the downward trend in registration numbers locally in recent years is seeing an upturn. "Let's put it this way; it's growing again after declining for the last few years," he said "I don't know if you would call them record numbers, but they are huge...it's very encouraging." 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