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Editor: Norm Nelson Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: nnelson@haltonsearch.com WEDNESDAY. M A R U i ", 2(X)3 · Page; D1 SPORTS Herb Garbutt · S p e cia l to the O akville B eaver Georgetown's Alex Greig is checked by Oakville's Jason Dopaco. Dopaco scored Monday night's winning goal. Game six went last night. DATE 25-Feb 26-Feb 28-Feb 1-Mar 3-Mar 4-M ar 5-Mar VISITOR Tuesday Wednesday Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday BEST OF 7 SERIES SCORE HOME Oakville 6, Georgetown 3 Georgetown 7, Oakville 0 Oakville 3, Georgetown 1 Georgetown 3, Oakville 2 OT Oakville 4, Georgetown 2 GEORGETOWN @ OAKVILLE OAKVILLE * GEORGETOWN TIME 7:45 8:00 Peter McCusker · O akville B eaver The Oakville Rangers triple-A peewee rep team needed a 3-2 w in in the eighth game to finally subdue Brampton in their Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) series. TOP PHOTO: an alignment of the combatants. BOTTOM PHOTO: Spencer Metcalfe celebrates a goal. Blades hosted game six at Ice Sports last night, were up 3-2 in the series By Neil Becker S P E C IA L T O T H E liE A V E K No time to celebrate eight-game win over Brampton After a lengthy eight-gam e playoff series against Brampton Battalion the victorious Oakville Ranger peewee AAA rep team are in tough against league leading Halton Hurricanes, down 2-1 in their Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) series. Here's the recap. OAKVILLE 2, Halton Hills 1: it was playoff hockey in every sense of the word with fast skating, crisp passes and on-ice plays that only skilled teams can execute. Period two ended with Oakville up 1-0 courtesy of Tyler Stothers' tough slugging in front, after Patrick Marsh and Spike Metcalfe worked to free the puck for him. After Halton tied the match early in the third Andrew Neuwald and Anthony Scalia combined to setup Jeff Peel for the winner on the next play. Halton Hills 4, OAKVILLE 3: in the first period, Anthony Scalia tied matters at 1-1, Jeff Peel assisting. Goaltender David Clement played a great game keeping the contest even until period three which featured five goals -- three from Hurricane sticks. Finding the scoresheet for Oakville were Mark Borcsok (Ig ,la ),. Patrick Readshaw (2a), Steven Guzzo (lg ) and Grant Kozlik (la ). Halton Hills 3. OAKVILLE 2 OT (March 3): Oakville held a one-goal lead until late in the third period when the hometown Halton Hills Hurricanes potted the tying goal then went midway into the overtime period before coming away with a 3-2 win. Scoring for Oakville were Patrick Marsh from Tyler Stothers and Spencer Metcalfe; and Steven Guzzo unassisted. Oakville Trafalgar High School soccer star signs with Ball State O akville's Edwina Haddon, an O akville T rafalgar High School student, has signed a letter o f intent to attend Ball State U niversity and com pete for the w om en's soccer program. "I feel she has the ability and tactical aw areness to make an im pact for us early in her career," said head coach Ron Rainey, in a press release. " Her club, the O akville Soccer Club, has given her a tremendous, base o f soccer know ledge. " Haddon has gained her soccer experience through the O akville Soccer Club and the O ntario Youth Soccer League. "As a defender, she has helped her team to the O ttaw a N ational Soccer Tournam ent title for six straight seasons. Her youth soccer team captured the O ntario Cup cham pi onship in 1998 and 1999. " It was a familiar face for Raider fains who came back and haunted them with three points, including a highlight breakaway goal which paced the Oakville Blades to a 4-2 victory in Georgetown on Monday night. "I heard that they (the Blades) were pretty embarrassed," said former Raider Ryan Ellis who was referring to his former team 's sweep of the Blades in last year's first round playoff. "We definitely want to show (Georgetown) that w e're a great team." The Oakville Blades, with a 3-2 series lead, had a chance to wrap up the series last night (Tuesday) on home ice in Oakville. The game went beyond our press deadlines. If Georgetown managed to extend the series then game seven is slated for tonight (Wednesday), 8 p.m. at the George Alcott Arena in Georgetown. Showing their mental toughness by putting game four behind them on Saturday, where they lost 3-2 in over time (which tied the series at 2-2), Oakville's so called Red Line grabbed the early momentum. Charlie Giffin, who had at least a half dozen shots on net, capitalized on his first, as he swept the puck home from in close range to give Oakville the all important 1-0 lead. "It's a great momentum booster to score early in the playoffs," said Ellis who was credited with an assist. With Canadian hockey icon Don Cherry looking on from the stands, he saw the lethal Oakville powerplay connect as Will Barlow scored on a wraparound to double the Blades lead to 2-0 after one. Refusing to roll over, Georgetown, came out with a surge of energy in the second period, and scored five minutes in, during a power play, cutting the deficit to 2-1. The Gods weren't on Oakville's side in the middle period, as Mike Ruberto, who enjoyed an 87-point sea son, just missed an open net, and a couple of plays later Corey Eastman missed by inches after getting a golden shorthanded opportunity. To compound things, Georgetown scored 38 seconds into the third peri od, tying the affair at 2-2 and, with a boisterous home crowd urging them on, were pressing for the lead. "We were playing well at the begin ning, taking a 1-0 and 2-0 lead," said Blades coach Frank Camevale. "Then the referee called five straight penalties and we began to struggle." With the possibility of overtime staring the players in the face, the Blades were presented and capitalized with the game winner on the power play. Their sizzling power play executed for the 3-2 lead, as Jason Dopaco shoveled home a juicy rebound in the midst of a goal mouth scramble. "We talked about turning the tide (after their overtime defeat), and every kid on this team deserves so much credit and the work paid off," said Camevale. Sensing a stunned opponent, Oakville went in for the kill minutes later when Ryan Ellis, who is having a playoffs to remember, did his best imi tation of Wayne Gretzky on a break away, as he scored to make the final read 4-2. "It was a great pass by Charlie (Giffin)," said the modest Ellis, giving credit to linemate Charlie Giffin on the pass. "I wasn't feeling myself tonight in the first (period), then I got some lucky breaks and things began falling into place." 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