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D2 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday October 15, 2003 Oakville Soccer Club reports The Oakville Sting won the silver medal in the South Region Soccer League (SRSL) Cup championship. The Sting made their presence known in their first year, playing in the premier division and defeating highly ranked Sparta 1-0 in semifinal play to reach the final. The final was a back and forth affair which Oakville nar rowly lost 1-0 to the league leading Mississauga Falcons. The girls are still playing out the remainder of a very suc cessful season where they are still in the running for first place and a chance at promotion to the elite division. Players include Lindsay Gitto, Krista Michie, Megan McKellar, Lauren Garven, Laura Maganja, Stefanie Yeh, Kira Hanley. Andrea Dubravac. Eden GarTy. Tory Casy, Justine Bernier, Fiona Clark, Alana Wood and Ashlee Michie. Head coach is Kari Michie, assisted by Tracy McDougall and Ralph Tawfik. Manager is Ann McCulloch. Sheridan student steps up to the plate for the Blue Jays By A ndrew Lacasse SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Oakville Rangers rep hockey reports The O akville R angers m in o r m idget AAA rep team are off too a great start with four wins and a tie in their first five games. This year's team, under the coaching leadership of Bob Langley, has had many changes in player personnel but has come together quickly. Team members include: Steve Mason, Chris Wills, M ichael Topic, A ndrew T horne. M att Price. Jason Bortolotti, Sean Sertic, Kevin Lee, Frankie Grisonich. Mark Pawlowski, Anthony Gom es, Sean McMonagle. Brennen Taylor. G arret Ince, Spencer Taugher. Matt Binnington and Matt Hicks. Head coach Langley is assisted by Rob McDougall. Trainer is Bryan Baker and manager is Mark Bortolotti. OAKVILLE 3, Hamilton Bulldogs 0: goals were scored by Matt Hicks (2) and Kevin Lee. Assists to Sean M cM onagle, Andrew Thom e and Anthony Gomes. OAKVILLE 9, Welland Tigers 2: goals were scored by Anthony Gomes (3), Matt Price (2), G arret Ince, Kevin Lee. Matt Hicks and Brennen Taylor. Assists to Garret Ince (4), Anthony Gomes (3), Andrew Thom e (2), Matt Price, Sean M cMonagle and Michael Topic. OAKVILLE 5. Niagara Falls l: goals were scored by Andrew Thom e. Matt Price, Anthony Gomes, Brennan Taylor and Matt Hicks. Assists to Frankie Grisonich (2), Sean McMonagle (2), Thom e. Gomes and Taylor. Thom e, and McMonagle recorded a +4 rating for the game while Taylor was an impressive +3. A For the second consecutive year, the O akville Redgales under-11 rep soccer team won the Erin Mills Eagle Cup tour nament. Oakville won the championship game 3-0 over the London Forest United Flash. The Rash played a defensive minded game and managed to hold the relentless attack of the Redgales off for the first half. Oakville adjusted in the second half and got goals from Sara Clark, Kaitlyn MacNeill and Julie Maheu. Oakville goalkeeper Lauren Kadet kept up her tournamentlong shut-out in the championship game. Oakville edged Kitchener Spirit 1-0 in the semifinals. In the preliminary round, Oakville tied Kanata Wildcats 00 and defeated St. Catharines 6-0 and Darlington 5-0. The tournament which took place this past weekend in Mississauga was a well attended year-end showcase with 14 teams competing. The Oakville D iam ondbacks girls U -ll all-star soccer team closed out their 2003 season, losing a 1-0 heartbreaker in the semifinals to the host North Mississauga Panthers. The hometown North Mississauga Panthers edged Oakville when they broke a scoreless stalemate with less than one minute in regulation time. Oakville keeper Jodie Scoular kept Oakville in the game with an outstanding performance, repeatedly frustrating the Panthers' shooters. In Saturday's round robin play, the Diamondbacks were unbeatable. In their first game against Newmarket, they dom inated despite having only 10 players with the game ending 20. They followed up with a 5-0 trouncing of Mount Hamilton and ended the day with a 0-0 tie against a surprisingly strong Brams United side. (Oakville Toumey) The Diamondbacks claimed their second consecutive hometown championship, defeating their North Mississauga opponents 2-1 at the Oakville Regional All Star tournament over the Aug. 16/17 weekend. Oakville engineered a stellar comeback against their old friends and rivals with two goals by striker Katie Carre in the final minutes to overcome a 1-0 deficit. Keeper Jodie Scoular kept her teammates in the game, with several superb saves, setting the stage for the offence. Jessica Yee and Katie Carre were recognized as MVPs for their outstanding performances. Oakville won their semifinal game 2-0 over East York with both goals scored by striker Heather Bronzovich. In the preliminary round. Oakville defeated North Mississauga 2-0 (Alida Carlin and Lauren Crawford), Ancaster 4-0 (Lauren Crawford 2. Lauren Prolas and Elaine Birkbeck) and tied Bolton 1-1 (Heather Bronzovich). The team is coached by Loris Dumanian and Ted Yee. Players include Stephanie Pringle, Leah MacStravick, Jenna Seagrove, Lauren Crawford, Jessica Yee, Jodie Scoular, Alida Carlin, Lauren Prolas, Elaine Birkbeck. Francesca Lumer, Samantha Ryckman, Rachel Denman, Heather Bronzovich, Meghan Borthwick. Katie Carre. Chelsea Becker. Frances Ratelle, Rebecca Shutt and Alex Edgar. t a Blue Jays game against the Baltimore Orioles back on _ Sept. 12, it was Paul Brisebois who needed to be loosened up and massaged. Usually, it was the other way around for Brisebois, a Sports Injury Management student at Sheridan, who interned as an assistant trainer for the Jays this past season. Sheridan's Sports Injury Management program is one of only five in the country which leads to national certification. Brisebois was accepted into the program in the fall of 2001. after graduating with honours from the kinesiology program at Laurentian University. Before the game against the Orioles, the Jays held a ceremony on the field in front o f approximately 15,000 fans and presented Brisebois with the Toronto Blue Jays' Sports Medicine Scholarship, honouring him for his work throughout the season. "Paul did a tremendous job for us," said George Poulis, head trainer for the Jays. "We have always had great interns from Sheridan College, and when he came in, he fit that mould. He is very important for us, and we rely heavily on Paul. He's just out standing, I can't say enough about him." Among several other tasks, one of Brisebois' responsibilities was to warm up and loosen Jays right fielder Frank Catalanotto's back. "Paul has been outstanding. This is my seventh big league team, and he is by far the best intern I have had. He has helped me a lot with my back, helping me with exercises and getting me prepared for games," said Catalanotto. One o f the many things that Brisebois learned from his experience is that professional athletes tend to be superstitious. "Players will come to you to get taped or to get a rub down, and if they go 3-4, or hit a homerun, they will Paul Brisebois come back to you the next game, but if they go 0-4, it's on to the next train er," said Brisebois, chuckling. "I (only) let Paul tape my ankle this one time, but I went 0-5 with three strike outs," joked Blue Jays second baseman Orlando Hudson who added that "he does a lot of work with the guys around here and people rely on him -- he is a huge help." Brisebois was extremely apprecia tive o f the opportunity to spend a summer with the Jays. "This has just been a totally awe some experience, a once in a lifetime opportunity," said Brisebois. "I want to thank the Blue Jays for this opportunity. They have been a class `A' organization all the way through. It has been just an awesome experience." `T h e best part o f this experience is that it's fun, it's not work. Not every one gets an opportunity to do some thing like this. "When it becomes (work), then you know that you're in the wrong field. This is just a dream for me to come here everyday." Canada settles for fourth place with 3-1 loss to United States The Canadian W omen's World Cup Team placed fourth at the 2003 FIFA W omen's World Cup after losing 3-1 on Saturday in front o f 25,253 specta tors in the bronze medal match at the Home D epot C enter in C arson, California. This was C anada's best showing at the W omen's World Cup. In the prior two appearances in the World Cup Canada had not won a game, forcing them out after the first round. Two O akville natives -- Kara Lang. 16 and Diana Matheson. 19 -- were key players for Canada through out the entire tournament. Both rose through the Oakville Soccer Club, in fact as late as last year. Matheson won an Ontario Cup and national cham pi onship with the Oakville wom en's team. The U nited States scored first when Kristine Lilly sent a left-foot shot from 20 yards out over Canadian goalkeeper Taryn Swiatek for the goal in the 22nd minute. Canada evened the score in the 38th after Latham used her strength to keep possession of the ball from two U.S. midfielders and then fed a rush ing C hristine S inclair w ho easily taped the ball low past the goalkeeper Brianna Scurry to notch her third goal in the tournament. The United States regained the lead early into the second half when Shannon Box headed a Mia Hamm corner past Sw iatek in the 51st minute. Canada almost tied it up again in the 73rd m inute when C harm aine H ooper played a corner short to K ristina Kiss who sent the ball towards the net where Sinclair headed the ball only to hit the cross bar. Tiffeny Milbrett extended the U.S. lead to two in the 80th minute with a left foot shot into the left back com er o f the net from eight yards out. "We needed to finish our goal opportunities better than we did," said head coach Even Pellerud. "Overall, I am pleased with another consistent and even perform ance." "The team was mentally ready to perform which is not always a given," added Pellerud. In the previous 31 encounters, Canada had only defeated the U.S. three times. Call 1-800-905-0270 www.russellhockey.com Oakville Oldtimers Recreational Adult Hockey League For average & lower level hockey players. Individual or group registration. A social relaxed recreational atmosphere. llUSf&trdGCKEY Limited Space! ENTERPRISES Also registering for Adult Schools for Men & Women Russell Hockey Enterprises \v MEMBER CLUB O akvU lcSkatingGub LEARN TO SKATE CLASSES BEGIN NEXT WEEK / Parent 8- Tot Intro to Preschool CanSkate / Preschool CanSkate / CanSkate / / / Intro 1o CanPowerSkate CanPowerSkate Pre-Junior Adult Learn to Skate/FHness N T The O akville R angers novice AAA hockey team has been very busy over the past few weeks as their regular season kicked into high gear and they participated in two tournaments. (London toum ey) To begin, the Rangers traveled to London to participate in the London Jr. Knights Early Bird Tournament. The Rangers posted a perfect 4-0 record in the preliminary round, with wins over host London, Clarington, Whitby and Hamburg. Oakville then advanced to the semifinals where despite outplaying their opposition, they tasted defeat for the first time this season, losing a 3-2 heart breaker in overtime to the Orland Park Vikings from Chicago. (Regular season) In regular season action, the Rangers picked up their third win o f the season, knocking off the Brampton Battalion at home 4-1. In a game marred with numerous penalties, the Rangers special teams cam e to the fore as Danny Beaver scored two shorthanded goals. Also con tributing to the offence were defenceman Brenton Chilton with a blast from the point and winger Conor McGlynn off the rush. Solid between the pipes was goalie Jacob Smith. The Rangers next action was against the Bulldogs from Hamilton and in another penalty filled gam e, Oakville came up on the wrong end o f a 5-3 score. This time O akville's penalty troubles cost them as Hamilton scored three power play goals. Tallying for Oakville were Greg Campbell on' a great end to end rash, Kristyn Capizzano who banged one in from the edge o f the crease and Cole Cassels with a late goal to make things close. Hamilton and Oakville renewed acquaintances just 48 hours later and in a well-played, fast paced game, the two teams skated to a 1-1 draw. Scoring the lone marker for Oakville was Cole Cassels on a hard shot from the left face-off dot. Stellar in net for the Rangers was Jacob Smith who made several outstanding saves. (Thanksgiving toum ey) T his past w eekend the Rangers took part in the Markham Waxers Thanksgiving Tournament. The Rangers won their opening game 2-0 over the Flint 95's from Michigan. Full value for the shutout was Ranger goalie Mathew Kaslik who was excellent all game long. Doing the dam age on the scoreboard for the Rangers were Connor Stack on a lovely feed from Danny Beaver and Kevin Guzzo with an insurance marker late in the third. Oakville then met the Richmond Hill Stars and in an entertaining game came out on top 4-2. Scoring for the Rangers were Cole Taylor, Danny Beaver with two and Greg Campbell. In this one, the Rangers jum ped out to a 40 lead and them hung on as the Stars poured it on in the third. Backstopping the Rangers to victory was Jacob Smith. In game number three o f the tournament the Rangers met the Whitby Wildcats, the team that ended up winning the London tournament. In an action filled game the Rangers outlasted the Cats 3-2 to advance to the sem ifi nals. Scoring for Oakville were Conor McGlynn with two and center Kristyn Capizzano with the game winner on pass from winger Cole Taylor. Picking up the victory in goal was Matthew Kaslik. Sunday morning the Rangers met the Buffalo Regals in the semis and just like the London toumey, the Rangers came up just a bit short falling 3-2 to the Regals. The Rangers fell victim to a team that played excellent posi tional hockey and made the most of its limited scoring opportunities to com e away with the victory. Danny Beaver and Conor McGlynn provided the goals on the day. Player of the game honours for Oakville went to Ranger stalwart defencem an Austin Kosack. As tough as the loss in the semis was to take, the entire team played very well all weekend long against some very good competition and their strong play only bodes well for the rest o f the season. INFORMATION 905-257-7771 River O a k s Recreation C e n tre 2 4 0 0 Sixlh Line. O a kville O N 0 * 9 L6 H 3 N 8 Hi m y name is Emily THIRSTY PENGUIN BAR & GRILL OPEN FOR LUNCH Weekdays Open at 11am! Starting October 6th LO C A TE D IN ICE SPORTS 2 3 0 0 C o rn w a ll Rd., O akville I enjoy being a papergirl for The Oakville Beaver. I'm saving my points for something big! My volunteer work includes raising money for the school trip to Quebec, jumping rope for Heart, the Terry Fox Run and I am an alter server at the church. At St. Marguerite D'Youville I take art, music and drama. I enjoy dancing and soccer. For fun on the weekend my friends and I go to the mall, eat pizza, and hanq out. 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The `AA' tournam ent was well fought with O akville sporting a 1-2 record but with all games decided by one goal -- a 3-1 win over host Peterborough which was sand wiched by an opening 3-2 loss to Kanata and a closing 2-1 loss to North Toronto. Oakville won the `A' tournament with a 4-1 cham pi onship win over Warren Park after preliminary wins over Port Credit, Applewood and West Mall Lightning. The minor midget `A' Rangers for the 2000-04 season are: goaltenders M att Rodgers and Tom as Z elazny; defencem en M att H iggingbotham , Brendan Farrer, Brennan G regoris, Ian C ollins, Kevin Parkin, Kyle Thomson and Joel Carroll; and forwards Carson Shold, Andrew M archand, Peter Robinson, Kyle Brodie, Fraser Milligan. Adam Fiddler, Michael Lorenz, Chris Cherrett and Kris Bonnell. Head Coach Gary Gregoris is joined by manager Carla Shold, trainer Keith Brodie and assistant trainer Rick Robinson. I) *