www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, September 18, 2014 | 36 HALTON TRANSMISSION 559 SPEERS RD., #UNIT 3 905-842-0725 www.haltontransmission.com Jon Kuiperij Sports Editor sports@oakvillebeaver.com Sports D E B U T by Jon Kuiperij Beaver Sports Editor "Connected to your Community" D Y N A M I C Holy Trinity Titans quarterback Nathan Rourke rolls out of the pocket during Friday's Halton high school senior football Tier 1 contest in Burlington against the Nelson Lords. The Grade 11 student threw three touchdown passes to Matt Creelman and ran for another score as the Titans routed their hosts 35-8 in the season opener for both teams. For a full story from the game, log onto bit.ly/1DjpT1w. In Friday's other Tier 1 contest involving an Oakville school, the T.A. Blakelock Tigers nearly upset the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, driving deep into Notre Dame territory in the final minute before coming up short and losing 13-9. Coverage of that game can be found online at bit.ly/1s6wQ33. | photo by Eric Riehl -- Oakville Beaver -- @Halton_Photog Oakville's U16 boys win eventful Ontario Cup final Team overcomes early red card to starting keeper Forced to play the majority of the Ontario Cup final down a man and without its starting keeper, the Oakville Soccer Club's under-16 boys' B team still believed. Matthew Soutar scored with six minutes remaining in regulation time as Oakville survived an early red card to goalie Tomas Tobak to blank the Burlington Bayhawks 1-0 in the provincial U16 boys' Tier 2 championship game Sunday at Oshawa's Civic Stadium. "We were almost hoping to get to penalties," said Oakville coach Greg Vagasky, who handed the goaltending chores to defender Nicolas Popov after Tobak's ejection in the 25th minute. "Fortunately, (Popov) had played four or five games in net this season, so it wasn't totally foreign for him. Even at halftime, we said to the boys we thought we were good enough with 10 men to beat them. We thought it would be either from a set piece or on penalty kicks." Instead, Soutar's goal came on a broken play. Burlington was unable to clear its zone after an Oakville throw-in, and Oakville's Joaquin Da Silva deked past a Bayhawks defender to move deep into Burlington territory. Da Silva played the ball into the box to Oakville captain Marko Vidovich, who backheeled a pass to Soutar for a relatively easy finish from in close. "Given the frantic nature inside the penalty area, (Vidovich) may have heard a call from Matt," Vagasky said. Popov ensured Soutar's goal stood up as the winner. The best Bayhawks chance in the dying minutes came off a long pass into the Oakville box that bounced high in the air. Popov bobbled the ball before securing it with a Burlington player standing next to him. Ironically, even though Popov's replacing of Tobak in net was hardly ideal for Oakville, it may have been an even worse break for the Bayhawks. Tobak was red-carded for tripping Burlington's Noah Bowen near the top of the 18-yard-box, negating what appeared to be a sure goal for the Bayhawks. Had the referee ruled Bowen was fouled in the box -- which he appeared to be -- Burlington would have received a penalty kick. Instead, the Bayhawks were awarded an indirect free kick that deflected harmlessly wide of the Oakville net. "No question (it's) a red card, because he prevented a goal-scoring opsee Ontario on p.37 As easy as checking the score, check car insurance rates online. Shop the best selection of car insurance rates in one place.