Oakville Beaver, 6 Mar 2013, p. 27

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Trinity playing today for OFSAA basketball medal The Holy Trinity Titans boys' basketball team will play for a provincial medal today (Wednesday) in Windsor. Trinity was scheduled to face Father Henry Carr last night (Tuesday) in the OFSAA quad-A semifinals, a game that began after the Beaver's press deadlines. If victorious, the Titans would play for gold tonight. A loss would have sent Trinity to the bronze-medal game. The third-seeded Titans won their first three games of the tournament in decisive fashion. Trinity defeated Holy Names 50-29 in the first round, downed St. Joan of Arc 67-53 in the second round and beat St. Edmund Campion 57-40 in the quarter-finals. Regis Ivaniukas and Trevon McNeil each scored 12 points against Holy Names. Ivaniukas led Trinity with 12 points, Nolan Mackenzie added 11 and Lucas Orlita scored 10 against St. Joan of Arc. McNeil led the way against Campion with 13 points. The bronze-medal game is slated for 4 p.m. today, followed by the gold-medal game at 7:30 p.m. Oakville contingent helps Oswego St. win SUNYAC Luke Moodie scored twice as Oswego State blanked Plattsburgh 4-0 to win the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) hockey championship Saturday. Moodie scored in the final two minutes of the second period to extend Oswego's lead to 2-0 and added another goal eight minutes into the third to make it a 3-0 advantage. Moodie, who also scored in Oswego's 5-2 semifinal win over Buffalo State, leads the conference with 22 goals in 27 games and is second in scoring with 41 points. The win guaranteed Oswego a place in the NCAA Division III tournament, including a first-round bye. They will meet Adrian in the second round. Oswego State made it to the national final last year, losing 4-1 to St. Norbert. Oakville's Chris Muise assisted on Moodie's second goal in the championship game. He also had a pair of goals in the semifinals to earn a spot on the SUNYAC all-tournament team. The senior forward is second in the conference with 23 assists and has 32 points this season. Tyler Farris and Kyle Badham round out the Oakville contingent on the Oswego roster. Farris, a senior defenceman, has a goal and six assists in 27 games for the Lakers while Badham, a junior forward, had a goal and four assists in 23 games. The Oswego team also includes former Oakville Blades Tyler Leimbrock and Nick Rivait. Oswego State edged Plattsburgh for first place with a 14-2-0 record in conference play and was 23-4-0 overall. 27 | Wednesday, March 6, 2013 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com The Oakville Venom bantam under-13 girls won a pair of recent basketball tournaments. Two tourney titles for U13 Venom girls The Oakville Venom bantam under-13 girls' team recently won a pair of Ontario Basketball-sanctioned tournaments. Oakville went unbeaten in five games at both the Caledon Cougars tournament last month and a Kitchener-Waterloo competition in January. The Venom, third in the province last season, appears on its way to another strong showing this year, winning 19 of its first 21 games. Members of the team are Aryn Sidhu, Madison Trpcic, Claudia Cuciani, Freya Morrison, Aleyxa Gates-Julien, Lauren Boers, Christina Morra, Arianne Soriano, Jessica Angelini, Tori Cramm and Payton Hughes. Mike Hughes, Brandon Trpcic and Glen Julien coach the Venom, which is sponsored by First Pro Professional Collison & Paint. Givoanni and Lisa Morra are the club's managers. Titans also contending for OFSAA volleyball medal Trinity's girls' volleyball team was also alive for an OFSAA medal going into last night's action at the quad-A tournament in Mississauga. The Titans were 3-1 through four games of pool play and needed a victory over another 3-1 team, Grand River, last night to guarantee a berth in the semifinals. Semis will be played this morning, with the bronze-medal game set for 3 p.m. and the gold-medal contest at 5 p.m. Championship playoffs are being held at Sheridan College. Local players competing in CIS women's hockey championships Emily O'Neill and Sydney Cudmore will vie for a national title at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) women's hockey championship this week in Toronto. Both Oakville players helped their teams win championships last weekend. O'Neill, a rookie forward, and her University of British Columbia Thunderbird teammates beat the University of Calgary Dinos 5-2 Sunday in the deciding game of the Canada West championship. The Dinos, led by national team captain Hayley Wickenheiser and ranked No. 2 in the country, took the opening game of the series 4-1. UBC battled back to tie the series with a 5-4 double overtime victory Saturday. The win marked an incredible turnaround for the Thunderbirds, who finished last season with a record of 1-21-2. UBC improved to 17-7-4 this season, finishing third in the Canada West standings. They have won 16 of their last 19 games. O'Neill had two goals and six assists in 28 regular season games and the Loyola grad added two more goals in UBC's eight playoff games. UBC swept Manitoba before going three games with Regina, winning the deciding game in that series in triple overtime. Cudmore and the Queen's Gaels won the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) title with a 5-4 win over the Western Mustangs Friday, completing a two-game sweep of the championship series. The Gaels, third in the OUA with a 20-42 record, defeated Windsor in three games in the first round of playoffs. Queen's then swept Guelph, which had won 16 straight games heading into the series, in the semifinals. Cudmore, a rookie defenceman who joined the Gaels from T.A. Blakelock, had two assists in 33 games for the Gaels this season. King's wins first two games at single-A basketball King's Christian Collegiate was seeking a spot in the semifinals of the single-A basketball tournament yesterday afternoon in North Bay. The sixth-seeded Cavaliers took a 2-0 record into a quarter-final contest with third-ranked O'Gorman. If victorious, King's would advance to today's semifinals. The bronzemedal game is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and the gold-medal contest follows at 7:30 p.m. The Cavaliers pounded Elmvale 77-17 in their opening game, then edged North Dundas 46-44 in their second contest. Michael Panza had a game-high 24 points for King's in the opener. Friday Mar 8 at 7:30 PM at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex (Game 6) Wednesday Mar 6 at 7:30 PM at Herb Carnegie (Game 5) Sunday Mar 10 at 3:00 PM at Herb Carnegie (Game 7) Sign Up At oakville.ca/culturerec/march-break-camps.html HOME GAMES: AWAY GAMES: Don't Miss Out On Our March Break Camp! Adults $10, Students/Seniors $2, Kids FREE Any MOHA/Hornet players FREE, All MOHA/Hornets Coaching Staffs $5, Oakville Blades Alumni $5

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