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Ridge laments missed opportunities continued from p.30 selves in the foot in the top of the attack, scoring Blake Donaldson seventh. Ridge drew four walks with a two-out single in the third and had a hit batsman in the frame, inning and adding a two-run dou- but scored just once after the leadble in the fifth that gave White off man strayed too far from first base on a fly to Radigan and was Oaks a 5-2 lead. The Wildcats' other runs came doubled off. In total, the Trailblazers stranded when Eric Kingston scored on a 13 runners -- seven Ridge throwing erof them in the final ror in the third, tying three innings. the game 1-1, and "(White Oaks) on McLeod's steal defensively played of home to put the really well. You look Wildcats ahead 3-1 up at the scoreboard in the fourth. and we had more Ridge had no hits than they had, shortage of opportubut they had more nities, stroking eight runs," Ridge cohits and drawing 10 Nancy Anstett walks. But the TrailIroquois Ridge co-coach coach Nancy Anstett said. "We left too blazers, who opened the scoring on a White Oaks many men on base." Donaldson earned the victory throwing error in the top of the third, were victimized by otherwise for the Wildcats, scattering two excellent defence by the Wildcats hits and three walks to allow one and some dubious baserunning de- run in three innings. Jamison Higa pitched in and out of trouble in the cisions. McLeod made a difficult running final four frames to record the save, catch near the left-field line with a striking out seven. Nathan Halliday took the loss runner on second and none out in the third inning. Then, in the sixth for Ridge, allowing five hits and inning with the bases loaded and three runs in four innings while one out, White Oaks centerfielder fanning four. Hafshin Irani drove Dallas Taylor made the play of the in the Trailblazers' second run game, robbing Troy LaCoste of a with a double to right field in the hit with a shoestring catch and fifth, cashing LaCoste to pull Ridge then throwing to second to double within 3-2. The Trailblazers, also gunning off a Ridge runner. "That kind of sealed the deal," for their first Halton title, finished the campaign with just two losses said Prokopec. The Trailblazers also shot them- -- both to White Oaks. 31 | Thursday, June 13, 2013 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com We left too many men on base. Cayde McKinstray, seven, displays some of the moves that helped him become the youngest North American to qualify in all three disciplines for this week's King of the Groms international skateboarding competition in Minnesota.| photo submitted Skateboarder youngest Canuck at international meet Sunningdale Public School student Cayde McKinstray, age seven, will be the youngest Canadian competitor at this week's King of the Groms international skateboarding competition in Minneapolis, Minn. McKinstray, who has skateboarded since finding a board under the Christmas tree three years ago, is also the youngest North American competitor to qualify for all three disciplines: street, mini ramp and bowl. The youngster earned his spot at the King of the Groms meet by earning three coveted `Golden Tickets' at the Canadian qualifiers last fall at CJ's Skateboard Park in Etobicoke. Competing in the 12-and-under category, McKinstray held his own against opponents twice his age in his first-ever organized competition. McKinstray's father, Ian, attributes much of Cayde's early success to the number of skateboard venues in Oakville, particularly the outdoor park at Glen Abbey Recreation and Community Centre and the indoor park at Kinoak Arena. Cayde has also trained at skateboard parks in Whistler, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton during family trips for brother Jake's hockey and lacrosse tournaments. The King of the Groms begins today (Thursday). Ability to excel in both short and long distances makes 800m perfect fit for O'Neill continued from p.30 Unfortunately, so too did London Central's Jessie Fleming (4:28.41) and Malvern Collegiate's Allison Anderson (4:32.13). O'Neill was simply focused on staying with the leaders throughout the race and didn't realize they were setting a blazing pace. "I didn't think it was that much harder than the previous race," she said. The 15-year-old also teamed up with her sister Bridget -- who turned in top-10 finishes in the senior girls' 800m and 1,500m -- Dayna O'Hanlon and Pamela Sanchez to reach the final of the open girls' 4x400m relay. They finished eighth, but all four will return next year. O'Neill has now won three OFSAA medals in just one year of high school. She also earned a silver medal with Loyola's hockey team to give her a complete set. Although she had won the 1,500m at the Golden Horseshoe meet, O'Neill wasn't necessarily counting on a medal at OFSAA. "I didn't know what to expect. My goal was to finish in the first half (of the field) but when I was staying with the pack, I knew I could do better." And she did even better in the race she had not run until last month. O'Neill had run the 1,500 and the 400m (she also qualified for OFSAA in the event but chose not to run it) in the meets leading up to GHAC. The 800m has proven to perfectly suit her abilities, though. "I'm good with long distances and I have the benefit of being able to sprint and that came into play in the 800m more than the 1,500m." Celestini has had to harness that desire to sprint. O'Neill likes to take the lead but her coach had to convince her to stay with the pack for the first lap of the 800m at OFSAA. "She's very coachable. Her tendency is to go out and run as fast as she can, but if you tell her to do something, she'll do it, whether she agrees with it or not," said Celestini. "As soon as she hit the bell lap, she just took off. And I could say she didn't look back, but she did." Now Celestini is looking forward to what O'Neill can achieve in the years ahead. Narrow misses T.A. Blakelock's Zaria Armstrong missed out on an OFSAA medal by the slimmest of margins. She finished fourth in the midget girls' 100m with a time of 12.33, just one one-hundredth of a second out of third and three one-hundredths out of second. Abbey Park's Devyn MacKenzie also finished just off the podium, placing fourth in the senior girls' high jump. MacKenzie cleared her first four attempts ranging from 1.45m to 1.60m without a fault but couldn't clear 1.65m on her three tries. Blakelock's Kaleigh Jeffrey finished fifth in the midget girls' 80m hurdles with a time of 12.61 seconds. That took a third of a second off her time from the south regional meet, where she finished third. OAKVILLE SOCCER CLUB Week Three Photo Contest Winner: Age Division: B-U9 (Ford) Sponsored by: and A Proud Sponsor of Oakville Soccer Club Photographer: June Jenner