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SPORTS & LEISURE Four Impact teams medal at OVA championships Four Georgetown Impact Volleyball Club teams earned medals at the recent Ontario Volleyball Association finals and one is headed for the national championships next week in B.C. Ranked second in the 24-team Division I girls' draw going into the provincial tourney at RIM Park in Waterloo, the under-18 Impact advanced to the semifinals despite a straight-set loss to the top-seeded and eventual-champion Durham Attack Black in the power pools segment of the schedule. In the semis, Georgetown faced the Scarborough Titans and lost in the tiebreaking set 15-8, resulting in a matchup with the Maverick Shotguns of Ottawa in a bronze-medal matchup. The Impact rolled to a 25-16, 1525, 15-10 victory and will be Ontario's third-seeded entry for the 96-team Canadian Open tournament in Abbotsford, B.C. May 14-16. Hillary Banks, playing in the libero position, was named to the tournament all-star team at the Provincial Championships for the under-18 girls' division. Impact team members are: Sarah Chapin, Sarah Traynor, Lindsay McCabe, Tory McCracken, Arissa Fogolin, Alicia Combe, Nicole Arthurs, Banks, coaches Patty Hall, Kevin Hughes. Georgetown's under-14 girls' Impact was the only team to go undefeated through the round-robin and playoff qualifying matches at the provincials in Waterloo with an 18-0 record, setting up a clash with rival Durham Attack for the Division I championship. The Impact took the first set 25-16, then dropped the second 25-22 and lost in the tiebreaker 15-9. Team members are: Elizabeth Deakin-Poot, Jillian Ivany, Bailey Davis, Sarah Kimber, Olivia Keast, Jessica Gormley, Rachel Gorjup, Emily Skilling, Jacqueline Tanguay, assistant coach Chantelle Tanguay, coach Tim Davis. Also at the provincials, the Impact under-16 girls competed in the under17 age group and collected bronze medals for placing third Tier I Division II, good for 11th overall, while Georgetown's under-17s scored gold for winning Division IIII in Tier 1, finishing 25th. 23 Independent & Free Press, Thursday, May 6, 2010 Mitch Racinsky of the Georgetown Rebels attempts to punch his way in for a try Monday against the Abbey Park Eagles in the late stages of their Halton high school senior boys' rugby match at GDHS. Teammate Jason Henschel did score a try shortly after, but the Rebels lost 29-17. Photo by Eamonn Maher Breakout season sparks Sting to take a chance on D'Oliveira ondary schools. The second time around D'Oliveira was taken turned out to be the in the 11th round, 202nd charm for Georgetown's overall, and was one of Alex D'Oliveira as the 17just a handful of 1993year-old defenceman was born players chosen in drafted by the Ontario the OHL's Priority SelecHockey League's Sarnia tion, which is conducted Sting on the weekend. The 6-foot-1, 210on-line. pound Georgetown DisHe played a prominent trict High School student role in helping the Reps was passed over last year earn an OHF title last ALEX in his first draft-eligible month and the team went D'OLIVEIRA season largely due to inon to finish second at the juries, but a breakout Telus Cup in Quebec, the campaign with the Misbest-ever finish for an Onsissauga midget AAA Reps drew the tario qualifier in over 30 years at the interest of OHL clubs and post-sec- national championships. Tough lessons for Rebels By EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer Moving up to the top tier of senior high school rugby in Halton region was bound to come with some growing pains and the Georgetown Rebels are trying to keep pace with the big boys. The Rebels slipped to 0-3 on the season after a 29-17 defeat to the visiting Abbey Park Eagles Monday, but firstyear GDHS coach Garth Serjeantson feels the team is making strides to becoming more competitive in the fourteam Tier I loop, that also includes powerhouse Oakville-Trafalgar and Burlington's Nelson. "I thought we were the better team for a lot of the game today and that's the best we've played," said Serjeantson, a community coach who plays for the North Halton Highlanders' men's club team. See REBELS, pg. 24 HALTON HILLS FIREWORKS FESTIVAL - Sponsored in part by the Georgetown Hospital Association SATURDAY MAY 22, SUNDAY MAY 23, MONDAY MAY 24 - Opens Daily 10 am GEORGETOWN FAIRGROUNDS - 3 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS OF FIREWORKS AT 9:30 PM *Ken-Jen Petting Zoo *FREE Children's Craft Tent *Conklin Supershows, Midway and more FREE PANCAKE BREAKFAST EVERY DAY UNTIL NOON! FREE ADMISSION WITH 3 CANNED FOOD ITEMS FOR THE SALVATION ARMY DAILY 10 AM TO NOON ONLY Admission: Adults $5 Children 2 - 12 yrs. $2 Under 2 yrs. FREE