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Sports Oakville Beaver SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 17 Men's soccer team to play for eastern Canadian title Club wins Ontario Cup after 14-round shootout By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR EARLY BIRDS: The Oakville atom AAA Rangers got their hockey season off to a fast start last weekend, winning the London Junior Knights AAA Earlybird Tournament. Oakville posted five wins and a tie in its six games, allowing only one goal in each contest. The Oakville Fine Homes masters men's soccer team will shoot for an eastern Canadian championship next month at The Soccer Centre in Vaughan. Oakville qualified for the tournament by outlasting the Markham Lightning in the recent Ontario Cup final, a game that required a 14-round shootout to decide after the teams finished regulation in a scoreless stalemate. Lee Davison scored the final goal of the shootout for Oakville, which converted 11 of its 14 shots. Oakville keeper Dino Perri then turned aside Markham's last attempt to clinch the team's first trip to the eastern Canadian tournament. "We feel pretty strongly about our chances," said Oakville's Hunter Madeley, who scored twice in the shootout. "Markham pretty handily won the eastern Canadians last year, once they got out of Ontario. It appears that the strength of the eastern Canadian finals is in Quebec and Ontario." The eastern Canadian tournament will begin Oct. 9, with the championship game slated for Oct. 12. Other members of the Fine Homes over-35 team, mainly comprised by Oakville and Burlington residents, are Ryan Gamble, Cam Walker, George Sousa, Alan Darragh, Peyvand Mossavat, Carmine Issacco, Steve Ottman, Steve Brockband, Nico Zrno, Chico Rodrigues, Pat Brodie, Dino Lopez, Ray Wark, Lucio Ianiero, Jamie Parkes, Johnny Williams, Ricky Titus, Dana Peoples, Lyndon Hooper, George Kyriakakos and Tony Tavares. Craig Russell, Alan Hughes and Kevin Maven coach the team. Atom AAA Rangers start season with gold in London It didn't take the Oakville atom AAA Rangers long to earn their first gold medal of the rep hockey season. Robbie Giunta broke a 1-1 tie with three minutes to go in regulation and Christopher Elliot preserved the lead with a sliding save in the final seconds, lifting the Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Whitby Wildcats in the championship game of last weekend's London Junior Knights AAA Earlybird Tournament. Jacob Gower had the other goal in the game for Oakville, which finished the tournament with a 5-0-1 record. The 12-team competition included South Central Triple A, Alliance, Greater Toronto Hockey League and USA Hockey teams. In the qualifying round, Oakville defeated London Green 3-1, Sun County 3-1 and Windsor 5-1, and tied London Gold 1-1. The Rangers then knocked off the Burlington Eagles -- a team that Oakville had not been able to beat in six meetings last season -- by a 3-1 score in the semifinal. Colton Incze made several key stops in goal for the Rangers. Other members of the team are Ian Blacker, Spencer McLean, Dawson Garcia, Liam Kealey, Robert Proner, Kyle Kennery, Joey Berkopec, Josh Hiebert, Christopher Bassett, Marley Angus, Jacob Moro, Tol Gerchikov and Cameron McLean. Mark Moro, Darryl Ford, Andrew Kotulak, Mark Soubry, Gary Staats and Ted Blacker coach the Rangers. Judy Gower is the club's manager. National U20 soccer team goes Wilde And then there were six. eight years old. That team was very strong," Wilde When Mackenzie Wilde suits up for the said last week, shortly before departing for Cyprus Canadian under-20 men's soccer team later this to meet his new Canadian teammates. "It's obvimonth at the World Francophone Games, that ously a great honour to play for your national will make it half a dozen memteam. I've always wanted the bers of the Oakville Blue Stars "I've always wanted the chance. Hopefully I'll show well 1990-born team that will have chance. Hopefully I'll show enough and they'll keep calling worn national colours. me back." well enough and they'll Wilde joins William Hyde, keep calling me back." Wilde caught the attention Alex Semenets, Andrew of the Canadian coaching staff Barsalona, Shomesh Mackenzie Wilde this summer while playing for Choudhuri and Kyle Bekker as the Toronto Lynx in the former members of Phil Iafrati's Blue Stars to be Premier Development League. In the past, he's named to a national squad. Semenets will also played in three Super Youth League national play for Canada in the World Francophone championships and three U20 national finals. Games, which get underway next week in "I'm glad they finally came to watch," said Lebanon. Wilde. "I started playing for the Blue Stars when I was -- Jon Kuiperij