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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday November 30, 2007 - 45 Sectional skaters River Oaks semifinalist in girls' v-ball playoffs River Oaks advanced the furthest of Oakville schools in the girls' elementary school volleyball Tier 1 playoffs, reaching the semifinals before falling 25-21 to Centennial Tuesday at Milton's E.C. Drury High School. Centennial went on to defeat crosstown rival Silver Creek in the final. River Oaks won four of its six games in Pool A play. In the extremely-competitive Pool B, Central Division champion Heritage Glen won three of six games to tie for second with Rolling Meadows. Rolling Meadows won a tiebreaker, 15-2. E.J. James, the East champion, won two games in pool play. Tier 2 The Tier 2 volleyball playoffs are scheduled to be played tonight, also at E.C. Drury. Pine Grove, Falgarwood, New Central and Heritage Glen are among the schools in the running for a boys' title, while Pilgrim Wood, Post's Corners, West Oak and Eastview are Oakville's representatives in girls' competition. Games will get underway at 4:15 p.m., with semifinals set for approximately 8:30 p.m. and the finals for 9 p.m. The finals were originally scheduled for last Thursday, but were postponed due to snow. MILESTONE APPEARANCES: Earlier this month, a club-record eight skaters represented Oakville Skating Club at the Central Ontario Sectional Figure Skating Championships in Midland. Making the milestone appearances were (left to right) Julia Mogus, Samantha Heard, Rebecca Bukovcan, Madison Thulien, Elise Hebburn, Gabrielle Bernier, Emma Nielsen and Emily Fox. SILVER STICK WINNERS: The Oakville minor peewee AA Rangers were a happy bunch after winning the Silver Stick regional hockey tournament last weekend in Whitby. Oakville went 4-0-2 in its six games, allowing only seven goals, and qualified for the Silver Stick final tournament. Minor peewees win Silver Stick regional Exceptional defense and balanced offense enabled the Oakville minor peewee AA Rangers to win the championship at last weekend's Silver Stick regional tournament in Whitby, qualifying the team for the Silver Stick final competition. The Rangers allowed only seven goals in their six games, posting a 40-2 mark. Oakville earned tournament gold with a 4-1 win over the Barrie Junior Colts, yielding the first marker of the game before responding with four consecutive goals of its own. Douglas Bertrand, Ryan Garvey, Theo Lewis and Joel Matson scored for the Rangers in the decisive victory. Bertrand finished the tournament with four goals and an assist, and earned tournament MVP honours. Ironically, Oakville's margin of victory in the championship game was far greater than any advantage it enjoyed in its other five contests. The Rangers scored three third-period goals to nip Scarborough 3-2 in their first contest, with Lewis providing the winner; played Aurora to a 1-1 draw; and rallied from a 2-0 deficit to tie Clarington 2-2, finishing round-robin play with a 1-0-2 record. In the quarter-finals, Bertrand was the overtime hero, breaking a scoreless deadlock with 1:42 to go in the extra frame. Patrick Shea, who had an 0.67 goals-against average in the tournament, earned the shutout. Two hours later, the Rangers were victimized by a bad bounce around their net and surrendered the opening goal against the Whitby Wildcats. However, Lewis scored a powerplay goal to tie the game and then Garvey converted a rebound chance to give Oakville a 2-1 win over the Wildcats, who are 13-1 in Lakeshore League play. Lucas Marek's play was another highlight of the tournament for the Rangers, as the goaltender had a 1.67 goals-against average in split time with Shea. Other members of the team are Connor Chambers, Christian Hayes, Zach Moll, Matt Norris, Logan Crozier, Chris Dumont, Tyler Hipple, Nicholas Caissie, Gordon Schneider, Jake Smyth and Callum Fryer. Dave Crozier, Dan Dumont and Kevin Gordon coach the team, which will play in the Silver Sticks final tournament Jan. 17-20 in Newmarket against other regional winners. Charlie Hayes manages the team and Ray Caissie is the trainer. ATTENTION COACHES! Oakville Minor Hockey is now accepting applications for qualified Town Rep coaches at the AAA/AA/A/AE levels for the 2008/09 hockey season. Applications are available on the MOHA web site www.moha.on.ca For further information contact the MOHA office at 905 338 9220 or info@moha.on.ca Deadline for applications will December 21, 2007