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P R O U D I N P I T T S B U R G H 33 | Thursday, December 19, 2013 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com The Oakville Avalanche bantam MD hockey team recently defeated three American teams and a fellow Canadian squad to win the championship at the Pittsburgh Thanksgiving Tournament. The Rangers easily disposed of the host Pittsburgh club in the final, prevailing 7-1. Members of the Oakville team are Cole Winsor, Kevin Longhurst, Will Denton, Dan Kelly, Andre Freitag, Nico Pimentel, Jacob Ristivojevic, Griffin Cote, Matthew Corrente, Anthony Pisani, Robbie Costa, Elliot Windmill, Jake Proszek, Matthew DiSalvo and Nathan Harche. The team is coached by Rob Windmill, Chris Corrente and Jeff Longhurst, and Laura Atkinson-Corrente is the trainer. Players excited to expose Nicaraguans to new sport continued from p.32 tough and having some people there to cheer us on, rather than playing in an empty building, would be awesome," Young said. Brodie Merrill, the school's lacrosse director and a member of the National Lacrosse League's Philadelphia Wings, and other NLL players will be on hand to meet fans. While the main mission of the trip to Nicaragua will be to help build schools and support educational programs, the players also plan to introduce the students to lacrosse by taking along some equipment with them. Apers said people who don't play lacrosse in Canada are still familiar with the game, but in Nicaragua the Canadians will be introducing a completely new sport. "It will be so fresh for them," he said. "Hopefully it will bring a smile to their faces and bring some joy to their everyday activities." "You have the opportunity to play (in Canada)," Young added, "so it will be fun to go to a country where it's something they couldn't do without our help." For its world record attempt, the school does have sponsorship packages for businesses. Anyone wishing to get involved can contact The Hill Academy teacher Dan Noble at dan.noble@thehillacademy.com.