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24 Sports Oakville Beaver SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2008 Ridge rallies for another Halton girls' hockey title By Kevin Nagel SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER BURLINGTON -- Iroquois Ridge, a 5-1 loser to the Aldershot Lions in Game 1 of the Halton high school girls' hockey Division 2 championship series, came back to win its second consecutive Halton title Thursday at Mainway Arena. After Iroquois Ridge edged the Lions 1-0 to tie the series -- Aldershot's first loss of the season -- the two teams immediately played a 13-minute scoreless sudden-death overtime. Iroquois Ridge's Amanda Ruprecht then decided the issue with the only goal of the shootout, scoring on her team's second chance. "I didn't want to hear anyone saying where I should shoot (when her turn came up)," said Ruprecht, 17, playing her last high school game as one of the few veterans left from last year's team. "I saw the one side open and I tried to shoot it as fast as I could." Goalies stole the show for the most part Thursday, with Iroquois Ridge's Alia Tewari shutting out the Lions when one goal in regulation or overtime would have given Aldershot the Halton crown. Aldershot's Nicole Fox, Jenny Greenlee and Jenn Crawford all failed to beat Tewari in the shootout as the Lions, as home team, elected to shoot first. RON KUZYK / OAKVILLE BEAVER See Backup page 26 I'LL BE BACK: Iroquois Ridge's Amanda Ruprecht (right) is denied from close range by Aldershot goaltender Kristen Prince during Thursday's Halton high school girls' hockey Division 2 final in Burlington. Ruprecht, however, would later have the last laugh in the shootout, scoring the lone goal to give Ridge its second Halton girls' hockey championship in as many years. THANK YOU FOR MAKING GOLD BOOK #1 Video Commercials Talking Characters Phone Book Online Business Search Local Sales & Specials Celebrating 10 years of innovation