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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday January 14, 2009 - 19 Blakelock still Peewees qualify for Silver Stick finals feels it's the best Continued from page 18 Bailey, who was especially sharp in the final period as Aquinas nursed a 3-2 lead. The Raiders salted the game away in the late going with empty netters by Josh Ruys (his second goal of the game) and Patterson Ferell. "He's just very confident in the net and played great for us," Aquinas coach Chris Alderson said of Bailey, a Grade 11 student. "Night after night, he comes to perform. He's saved our butts on several occasions." Blakelock captain Keenan Randall credited Bailey for having a good game, but felt the Tigers made it easy on the "When we've got Aquinas goalie as well. "He played well, but I it going like we did don't know if we took a lot before the of quality shots," said Christmas break, Randall, who had both we're definitely Blakelock's goals. "We the team to beat. I wanted to get (the puck) high on him, but we still believe we're ended up taking a lot of the strongest team shots along the ice." in the division. I Randall added that, don't doubt that." despite Blakelock's struggles the past week (the Blakelock coach Tigers also lost 4-2 Friday Ken Butler to the Loyola Hawks), he's still confident in his team. His coach felt the same way. "When we've got it going like we did before the Christmas break, we're definitely the team to beat," Butler said. "I still believe we're the strongest team in the division. I don't doubt that." Blakelock was a Halton finalist in 2006 and 2007, losing the title game both times to Burlington's Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The Raiders, meanwhile, now believe even more that they are also in contention for a Halton title. Aquinas (7-3-1) moved ahead of the Iroquois Ridge Trailblazers for second in the Richardson Tier 1 Division, although the Trailblazers had an opportunity to leapfrog back ahead when they played the Oakville Trafalgar Red Devils yesterday (Tuesday). "I think we've been believing since before the break that we had something good going here," said Alderson. "This sort of reinforces the fact that we are the real deal." Calvin Reynolds scored the Raiders' other goal. The Oakville peewee A Rangers will compete for a North American Silver Stick title later this month in Michigan. Oakville qualified for the finals of the prestigious tournament by winning the regional event recently in Brampton. The Rangers concluded a 4-0-1 showing at regionals by edging the Brampton Batallion 3-2 in the final. Oakville outscored its five tournament opponents -- the Toronto Avalanche, Aurora Tigers, Port Credit Storm, Innisfil Winterhawks and Batallion -- by a combined 20-9 margin. The North American Silver Stick tournament will be held Jan. 22-25 in Port Huron. The Silver Stick is considered one of minor hockey's premier tournaments at the A and AA levels for novice, atom, peewee, bantam and midget age divisions. Members of the peewee A Rangers are Reid Blackwell, Matthew Cochran, Daniel Cubric, Ben Everett, Seth Franceschini, Tyler Hipple, Conor Holly, Brad Johnson, Patrick Leon, Alex Marceau, Ian Mason, Zach Moll, Tyler Newton, Adam Power, Erik Rittershaus, Jacob Serensits and Jake Smyth. Dan Johnson is the Rangers' head coach, assisted by Gord Smyth. Frank Moll and Joe Serensits are the trainers, and Brian Leon manages the club. AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE HOUND DOGS: The Oakville tyke red Hound Dogs breezed to gold at the recent Beeton Stingers Christmas Tournament. Tyke red 'Dogs win championship at first tourney Overcoming nerves from competing in their first hockey tournament, the Oakville tyke red Hound Dogs easily won the championship at the recent Beeton Stingers Christmas Tournament. Oakville pounded Barrie Auto Trim 15-1 and Barrie GWG 9-0 to reach the final, where the Hound Dogs downed Richmond Hill 7-2. Top scorers for Oakville at the tournament were John-Franco Ionno (five goals, four assists), Matthew Wright (seven goals, one assist) and Andrew Meyer (four goals, three assists). Meyer was named MVP in the final. Hound Dogs goalie Curtis Goddard allowed only three goals in the three games. Other members of the team, sponsored by Hans Taal of Century 21, are Joshua Wood, Nicholas Roque, Justin Ferrari, Mitchell White, Jack Kanalec, Owen Merkley, Adam White, Anthony Tazbaz, Alexandre Moreau, Ryan Schoonderwoerd, Nicholas DiGennaro and Caleb Field. Paolo Sabatino and Eric Lupton coach the team, and William Charlton is the trainer. 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