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30 Sports Oakville Beaver Griffiths wins OFSAA gold PAGE 34 SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2008 An Oakville senior boys' soccer sweep PHOTOS BY CHRIS KORNACKI / OAKVILLE BEAVER THE TRIFECTA: Oakville schools won the Halton boys' soccer AA, AAA and AAAA championship games held Thursday in Milton. Left, King's Christian Collegiate player Matt Castillo (3) leaps to avoid St. Thomas Aquinas' Mitch Saluk during KCC's 3-1 win. Centre, Blakelock's Kyle Joyce (10) fends off Loyola's Rich Cenedese as the Tigers prevailed 2-0. Right, Abbey Park's Piero Fortunato (11) shields the ball from Christ the King player Justin Moth in Abbey Park's 3-2 overtime victory. Local schools win all three Halton titles up for grabs in Milton Forward scores three times to lead KCC past Aquinas By Adam Johnston SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Blakelock remains undefeated with blanking of Loyola By Herb Garbutt OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Late-goal specialist strikes again as Eagles edge Jaguars By Adam Johnston SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER MILTON -- Apparently, good things do happen in threes. They do, at least, for Cameron Eisses. The King's Christian Collegiate forward shouldered the entire offensive load for his team in Thursday's Halton high school senior boys' AA soccer final, netting three goals in the Cavaliers' 3-1 victory over the St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders. That wasn't the first time that he has carried his team offensively. In fact, Thursday afternoon's showing was the third hat trick for Eisses in as many weeks. He accounted for all nine goals his team scored throughout the playoffs. Eisses scored three times in KCC's 3-2 victory over Burlington Central in the Halton quarter-finals two weeks ago, and added three more goals in the Cavaliers' upset win over first-place Milton District in the semis to advance to the championship. But instead of basking in the limelight, Eisses chose to defer the credit to his teammates. "I attribute it (my success) mostly to the team," he said. "We had Marco Ilao in the midfield. He played great sending balls through and everything. It wasn't an individual effort at all." MILTON -- The T.A. Blakelock Tigers may not fall into the category of traditional soccer power. But, while the tradition might not be there, this year's edition of the senior boys' soccer team is determined to establish the Tigers as a force to be reckoned with. Blakelock capped an undefeated season Thursday by winning the Halton AAA championship with a 2-0 victory over the Loyola Hawks in Milton. "Winning OFSAA is the main thing, but winning Halton shows a lot," said Kyle Joyce, who got Blakelock rolling with an early goal. "Before we got (to OFSAA) there was one thing we had to do. We had to show we deserve to be there by winning Halton." And coach Ken Butler says, given the strength of the AAA league in Halton, there is no disputing his team earned its way to next week's provincial tournament in Thunder Bay. "My personal opinion is that the AAA is stronger than the AAAA. Five of the six teams in our league could have gone to OFSAA," he said. But it will be the Tigers who will represent the region MILTON -- Some athletes fold under extreme pressure, while others excel when the game is on the line. Abbey Park's Jordan Rakhra appears to fall into the latter category. Thursday, for the second consecutive game, the Grade 10 student ended a must-win game with one swift kick. And this goal was one of the highlight reel variety. "That goal was one of the dirtiest goals in soccer," said Abbey Park coach Mike Komljenovic. "Top corner, 40 yards out; it was pretty sweet." Rakhra's strike came against Christ the King, in the final moments of overtime, to give the Eagles a 3-2 win in the Halton senior boys' AAAA soccer final in Milton. An errant shot ricocheted off a defender and came out to Rakhra -- who also scored the game winner the previous week in a 2-1 upset over the Holy Trinity Titans in the Halton semis -- and he bent a shot past the keeper and into the upper-right corner of the net. The whistle blew immediately after the ensuing kickoff to signal the end of the game. "I took one touch and then, bam," Rakhra said of the See Third page 31 See Tigers page 32 See Victory page 34