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D2 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday May 29, 2002 Aquinas wins junior Haltons By Norm Nelson REAVKR SP O R T S EDITO R Lake Ontario Challenge The Lake Ontario 300 Challenge yacht race will be held Thursday, June 13. Organized jointly by the Oakville Yacht Squadron and the Port Credit Yacht Club, this year's race is hosted by the Oakville Yacht Squadron and will start in Oakville, just off the mouth of the Oakville Harbour. The course is an arduous 300+ miles and includes marks just off the Port Credit Yacht Club, Youngstown and Main Duck Island. First held in 1990, this year's event will be the 13th run ning o f this annual classic. Check out www.lakeontario300.org for more information. There w asn't much between them during the season and there w asn't m uch betw een them in the allO akville Halton ju n io r boys soccer cham pionship won by Aquinas 3-2 over Loyola Monday at Sherwood Forest Park in Burlington. Scoring for the victors were A quinas R aiders captain Gary B enendes, John M ark Ssennyonjo and Jason Silveira. Paul Ferri had both goals for Loyola in a losing cause. The teams were tied at 2-2 at the half and Aquinas managed the only A quinas captain G ary Benendes (left) goes up ag ainst an unidentified Loyola player in the H alton final. Peter McCusker · Oakville Beaver goal o f the second half. Aquinas opened the scoring early, and it stayed that way until a verita ble goal explosion late in the half with three lightning quick goals, first by L oyola to tie it up, then by Aquinas to regain the lead and then by Loyola to tie it again at 2-2. The tw o team s were also neck and neck during the regular season, shar ing identical 7-1 records. Loyola had actually won the reg u lar season encounter 2-1. "Very close gam e," said an elated A quinas Raiders coach Tim Bailly, follow ing the game. "I knew that one goal was going to decide it. "We knew playing against these guys in the final game o f the season that they were very good and we knew it was going to come down to one goal. "We were a little behind in the first half, but they cam e through in the second half and they pulled it off. He declined to centre out any player in particular. "The whole team came through. The guys were focused. They knew what they had to do. And everyone played their role, and they dug down deep." It capped off a banner year. "They played their hearts out in the games. In particular our captain Gary Benendes." Benendes termed it an "intriguing gam e." "It was pretty heated. We were both 7-1 (regular season records) and we ju st played our hearts out and we won. They beat us 2-1 last time, and we won 3-2 this tim e." "Last game it was really wet, it was physical and we lost a tough one. They popped tw o in after we scored. We were winning, they took the lead. We got overconfident." There wasn't much to say after the game for Loyola head man Mark Commisso. "See-saw battle, but som eone's got to win the gam e," he said, shrug ging his shoulders. "Their goalkeeping w as exceptional, they had a strong team. "It's unfortunate the way the out come o f the gam e turned out, but I think we put forth a good effort, that's all we can ask the guys to do." Indeed, although A quinas outchanced Loyola in the second half, Loyola did have their own gold en opportunity to go ahead in the second half, ju st m issing a gaping net. "You take your crack at it, and if it goes in, it goes in. You can't really look back," said coach Commisso. "But it was a strong showing, a good game, a good match. Both sides played w ell." Oakville SportsBoard It's a busy week in sports. This Thursday, as expected, the Halton senior boys rugby championship will be a replay of last year's. Perennial champion Oakville Trafalgar, which has won 30 of the last 31 playoff championships, will host Notre Dame, which put the blemish on the Red Devils' long running streak two years ago. The game is at Sherwood Forest Park, 3:30 p.m. The midget and junior Halton championships are today, also at Sherwood Forest Park, kicking off at 3 p.m. Oakville Trafalgar juniors are after their third straight Halton title against Notre Dame. In the midget final, however, it's a rare non-Oakville affair with Notre Dame taking on Georgetown. Georgetown won their semifinal by default as Appleby College withdrew. Notre Dame edged Oakville Trafalgar by one point in the other semi final. BASEBALL The Halton high school baseball final on today (Wednesday) is between Notre Dame and Pearson. In semifi nal action. Pearson edged Loyola 4-3 while Notre Dame beat Bishop Reding 14-1. O A K V ILLE BUZZ The Oakville Buzz host Barrie Thursday, 8 p.m., at Maplegrove Arena in provincial Junior B lacrosse action. O A K V ILLE COYOTES The Oakville Coyotes next home game at Oakville Arena is Sunday, 1 p.m., vs. Mississauga Rattlers in provincial junior roller hockey action. O A K V ILLE LONGHORNS The Oakville Longhorns kick off their season on the road on Saturday against host Milton Marauders Saturday, 2 p.m.. at Bishop Reding High School. It should be a baptism of fire for the Marauders into the Northern Football Conference (NFC) as the `Horns are the nine-time league and playoff champions. Milton marks the 10th team in the NFC. The `Horns home opener is the following Saturday (June 8), 6 p.m., at Bronte Field against Mississauga Wolverines in a reprise of last season's NFC playoff championship. HALTON INVICTAS The Halton Invictas football club kick off their regular sea son this weekend on two fronts. This Friday night, 8 p.m., at Nelson Stadium in Burlington, the U-20 Invictas host the Metro Toronto Wildcats. The Invictas boast a highly touted quarterback from Beamsville, James Michener. The junior varsity Invictas open their season on Sunday, 5 p.m., against the Metro Toronto Wildcats. Invictas teams are largely made up of Oakville and Burlington high school players. NATIONAL TEAM SO CCER Canada's national U-19 women's team is hosting its Italian counterpart in a series of three friendlies, the first of which will be held at Sherwood Forest Park on Thursday, May 3 0,7 p.m. Oakville has two representatives on the U-19 team -- Kara Lang and Janice McGann (recovering from an injury). Canada is hosting the U-19 world championships later this summer out west, with Canada playing all its preliminary round games at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. Optimist junior golf tourney approaches Have you driven a Ford... lately? Over $ 5 million in prizes available to be won! 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