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Oakville Trafalgar girls win OFSAA rugby By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR For the first time in history, the Oakville Trafalgar Red Devils are provincial girls' rugby champions. OT earned the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) AAA/ AAAA title yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon with a 24-12 victory over Ottawa's Ashbury College in Ottawa. The Red Devils built a 10-0 lead before the game was 20 minutes 22 Sports Oakville Beaver old, carried a 17-0 advantage into halftime and then added an insurance score after the Colts narrowed the margin to 17-12 midway through the second half. "It's pretty surreal at this point," longtime Oakville Trafalgar head coach Dan Valley said, shortly after the gold-medal game concluded. "This has been a lot of years in the making for this group. We have a big group of seniors who put their work in for four years, so to see them be rewarded for that is very nice." Valley said the Devils, who won OFSAA bronze last year and finished fourth in 2010, felt going into the tournament that this might be their year. "Every member of the coaching staff and team knew we were very capable if we put the work in and showed up ready to play," Valley said of his squad, which was seeded second. "At the same time, we weren't coming in cocky. We were coming in with the right degree of confidence." Maddy Seattle scored a pair of tries for the Red Devils in the final, while Charlotte Dunn contributed nine points and Claire Newman added five. Four-time OFSAA champion Ashbury, the fourth seed in this year's tournament, upset top-ranked Barrie 13-12 in the semifinals Tuesday, while OT blanked St. Peter Secondary 17-0. Daniela Deschamps, Seattle and Newman each scored a try versus St. Peter, with Dunn booting a convert. More coverage of Oakville Trafalgar's OFSAA win will appear in Friday's edition of the Beaver. SPORTS EDITOR:JONKUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 432) Fax 905-337-5571 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012 White Oaks student ready for another shot at gold Several medal contenders at OFSAA track and field mark to earn another medal. But that's not out of the question at this year's OFSAA meet OAKVILLEBEAVERSTAFF (which begins today in Brockville), given her ST. CATHARINES -- With a steady rain track record. "Around this time last year, I wasn't falling throughout the day, you couldn't blame Fatim Ammor for just wanting to get throwing this far," the 17-year-old said. "Throwing 11.01m in this weather it over with. is pretty good." Last year, the White Oaks shot Last year, Ammor won the putter delivered a personal best on GHAC title with a mark of 9.52m her final throw to win a provincial and improved that to 9.86 while high school silver medal. Friday, finishing second at regionals. She she dispensed with any such dratopped the 10m mark twice at matics. She delivered a toss of OFSAA and then eclipsed 11m 11.01 metres on her first attempt, with each of her final two throws. a heave that stood up through the Also heading back to OFSAA in rest of the senior girls' competition search of another medal is Abbey at the South Region Track and Park's Devyn Mackenzie, a bronze Field Meet in St. Catharines. Fatim Ammor medalist in high jump last year. She led by more than half a Mackenzie won the regional metre until Kayann Henry of meet by clearing 1.50m, seven Mississauga's Ascension came centimetres below her winning through with 10.83m on her final jump at the GHAC meet, but a attempt to mount the only serious good showing in the rainy condichallenge. tions. "I came in with a high goal. I For a while, it looked like no wanted to hit 11," Ammor said. "I one would even make it over the just missed it at GHAC (the Golden 1.50m mark. With the field whitHorseshoe Athletic Conference tled down to seven, none of the championships) with a 10.97 so I remaining competitors were able was going to go all out and just go Devyn Mackenzie to successfully clear the height on for it right away." their first attempt. Mackenzie Ammor's personal best of 11.22m would have placed her sixth in last made it on her second try. On the final year's Ontario Federation of School Athletic attempt, the first two jumpers failed but the Associations (OFSAA) senior girls' competi- final three were all successful. With their tion, so she will likely need to surpass that See STA, page 23 By Herb Garbutt GRAHAM PAINE / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @HALTON_PHOTOG VERSATILE: Loyola runner Bridget O'Neill, pictured competing at the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference championships earlier this season, will compete in three events at this week's provincial high school track and field championships. O'Neill is just one of many local athletes who qualified for the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) meet in Brockville.