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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, October 19, 2012 · 30 Moving on Hornets to play first home game tonight The Oakville Hornets hope their first taste of home cooking this season also brings them their first victory. The Hornets will play their first two home games of the Provincial Women's Hockey League campaign this weekend. The Hornets' home opener will take place tonight (Friday), an 8:30 start against the Toronto Aeros, and they'll also be home to the Stoney Creek Sabres tomorrow (Saturday, 4:30 p.m.). Both games will be played at Joshua's Creek Arenas. Oakville fell 1-0 to the Sabres Tuesday in Stoney Creek, dropping to 0-2-1 on the season. Hornets goaltender Kierra Lambertucci took the loss despite stopping 35 of 36 shots she faced. Stoney Creek broke a scoreless tie with a powerplay goal at the 7:27 mark of the third period. Despite the slow start, the Hornets have been competitive in all three of their games so far. They opened the season with a 3-3 tie against the Kitchener-Waterloo Rangers, then fell 3-1 to the Mississauga Chiefs in their second contest. Pearson of the Oakville Trafalgar Red Devils (right) takes a penalty shot on the Christ the King Jaguars goaltender while Pearson's teammates look on Tuesday at OT. The Red Devils opened the senior girls' field hockey playoffs with a 5-0 win in the quarter-finals and were scheduled to face Notre Dame yesterday (Thursday) in the semis. The Halton final is slated for Monday. NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @HALTON_PHOTOG RED HOT START: Devon Local teen wins nationwide ski camp contest "This will be my platform in my local community to share my experiences from Austria and inspire young athletes to be Ally Dandy has a theory as to why she as passionate about skiing as I am." was selected to attend a special youth Dandy, who has been skiing since the camp at the FIS Alpine World Ski age of 10 and began racing a year later, Championships next year in said there are several reasons Schladming, Austria. she's so passionate about the "I found a $50 bill on the sport. floor at school. My friends were "I love going fast and the telling me to keep it, but I said adrenalin and the pressure and I had to give it in to the office," the snow, and how we're in said the St. Thomas Aquinas teams and the teams are like a Grade 9 student. "That afterfamily," she said. "When I was noon, I got the email that I'd 11, I was the slowest kid on the won (the trip). It was a little team, but I stayed positive and good karma there." at the end of the season I was It's more likely that Dandy's winning every single race. My Ally Dandy selection as one of two passion drove me up there Canadians who will attend the because I was never negative." camp was due to her passion for skiing And Dandy's particularly thrilled about and for helping others. the opportunity to view a race in a counThose qualities strongly resonated try where most people love skiing as through the essay the 14-year-old sub- much as she does. mitted to Alpine Canada for the nation"In Austria, their skiing is like our wide contest. Dandy, who has received hockey," she said. "When I (attended a awards for her positive and giving spirit World Cup downhill event in Lake Louise, from both the Halton Catholic District AB last year), there was about 30 people School Board (while she attended St. there and it was very laid back. From Dominic Elementary School) and the watching the videos on YouTube of skiing Milton Heights Racing Club, stressed in Austria, they're racing in front of that if she were granted the opportunity 30,000 or 50,000 people. It's just unbeto attend the camp in Austria, she'd be lievable." happy to share her experiences with her Dandy and Ottawa's Cole Rechan will peers. be Alpine Canada's representatives at the "This winter, I am eligible to appren- camp, which will take place Feb. 4-10 in tice with the ski club, which is the first Schladming. step in pursuing my dream of becoming a ski coach to younger students," Dandy -- Jon Kuiperij can be followed wrote. on Twitter @Beaversports By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR Track and field coaching clinic Local track-and-field club Athletiques International will host a three-day coaching certification course later this month in Stoney Creek. The clinic will incorporate the relevant sports generic and theoretical aspects of Introduction to Competition Module B (club). Certification will be granted following completion of the ethics module and evaluation. The fee of $160 will include a club coach reference guide, workbook, technical manual and CD. If coaches already have the technical manual, the cost is $130. The course will take place Oct. 26-28 at St. Agnes Catholic Elementary School. Friday's session will be 6-9:30 p.m., Saturday's will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday's will take place from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Registration deadline is Oct. 22. For more information, call 289400-8725 or email athletiques@hotmail.com. PHOTO SUBMITTED CONTEST WINNER: Ally Dandy skis around a gate during a race last season. The 14-year-old St. Thomas Aquinas student is one of two Canadians selected to attend a special youth camp at next year's world championships in Austria. Trinity grad stars for Seneca Holy Trinity grad Lauren McLaughlin was named the Ontario College Athletic Association (OCAA) fastball athlete of the week. The first-year Seneca Sting pitcher tossed a complete game in a 3-2 win over Conestoga that ultimately earned the Sting a berth in this weekend's OCAA championship tournament. McLaughlin, who struck out seven batters, also contributed three hits at the plate.