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The Oakville Beaver, W ednesday O cto b e r 23, 2002 - D3 Segin will likely get the call this Sunday against Winnipeg with playoff berth on the line (Continued from page D1) N ot for the O akville L onghorns senior m en's football team , w hich he has starred with for the past several years, and not for the St. M ary's football team w here he played his university ball from 1990 to 1995. Segin did everything he could do to m ake the C FL and follow in the illustrious line o f m adein-O akville kickers that currently includes two active N FLers, M ike V anderjagt and Steve C hristie. H e attended num erous CFL tryouts over the years, including w ith the form er O ttaw a R oughriders, the A rgos and the TiCats, but was never given the shot he coveted. "I alw ays thought I could play," he said. "But I w as pretty m uch resigned to the fact that my tim e w as over. "I w as ju st having fun playing in O akville." Indeed, the O akville L onghorns kicker and som etim e receiver has led the 10-team N orthern Football C onference (N FC) in scoring in tw o o f the last three years (having been edged this year by M ississauga W olverines running back Jon N edeljkovic). O ff the field, he had m ade a seam less transi tion to the business w orld, as sales m anager for D ana Precision M etal Fabricating in M ississauga (and, no, it's not nam ed after him -- ju st a coincidence). On M onday, the day after his auspicious CFL debut, he w as back in his office. It w asn't quite business as usual, though: the telephone w as ringing o ff the hook and CH tele vision cam eras w ere on hand for an interview. And, o f course, Segin w ill not be around the office m uch this w eek, either, as he attends another w eek o f Tiger-Cat practices from W ednesday to Saturday in preparation for Sunday's key hom e gam e against W innipeg. A win locks up a playoff spot for the TiCats. A loss opens the door for the Toronto A rgos in their season finale on Nov. 3 against the already elim inated Calgary Stam peders. Just how long Segin's rookie debut w ill last, will depend on O sbaldiston's injured right quadricep. A nd that's an arrangem ent Segin is quite at ease with. Q uite frankly, his day job pays more than the CFL. At the sam e tim e, he said he's honoured to be filling the shoes o f a longtim e veteran he has looked up to. "W hen O zzie (O sbaldiston) gets over his injury, he's the guy," said Segin. A nd w hile Segin is grateful to receive sup port from O sbaldiston, he w as able to give some advice back, having suffered "a sim ilar injury back in '92 (at St. M ary's)." W ith an obvious passion for the sport, Segin w as at Ivor W ynne S tadium w hen O sbaldiston suffered his injury on the opening kick-off in the 29-28 loss to the Argos. "It looked pretty bad," said Segin. A lso w atching the gam e, coincidentally, w as M ike O 'B rien o f G rim sby w ho took over O sbaldiston's punting duties. Both Segin and O 'Brien, ironically, w ere then back at Ivor W ynne the very next day, practicing w ith the TiCats. For Segin, the tim ing couldn't have been bet ter -- or w orse -- depending on how you look at it. L ast w eekend, w hile he w as m aking his m em orable CFL debut in M ontreal, he was sup posed to be w ith his O akville L onghorns team in Calgary to play in the C SFL national cham pi onship gam e at M cM ahon Stadium . Segin had been practicing w ith the L onghorns all m onth in preparation for the national cham pionship gam e. In fact, it w as basically the only reason he w as even in gam e shape w ith the N FC season concluding back in m id-A ugust. W hile Segin had practiced all last w eek with the TiCats, he only found out on Friday that he w ould be m aking the trip to M ontreal with the team. "On Friday I w as ready to go to Calgary (w ith the Longhorns) and then Mr. Lancaster said, you're going to M ontreal." A lthough the L onghorns and in particular head coach Tony M olnar w ere behind him 100 per cent, Segin said the decision w as bitter sweet. "It really crushed m e not to go (to Calgary). I played w ith those guys all y ear ... I sent Tony (M olnar) a fax w hich he read to the players." W hile the 'H orns w ere w inning their Saturday night national cham pionship at M cM ahon Stadium , Segin had scored som e tickets to the Leafs/H abs gam e at the M olson C entre in M ontreal and w as calling Calgary, to a team m ate's girlfriend, every 20 m inutes on his cell phone for updates. "I think my first C FL cheque is going to Bell M obility," he quipped. Halton High school scores and standings T eam Blakelock 6 6 0 12 Oak Trafalgar 5 4 I 8 Q.E. Park 5 3 2 6 Aquinas 6 3 3 6 2 2 Loyola 4 4 2 2 Bishop Reding 4 4 2 E.C. Drury 6 l 5 King's Christian 6 0 6 0 Last week's results: Oak Trafalgar 2, E.C. Drury 0; Q.E. Park 2, King's Christian 1: Blakelock 2, Aquinas 0; Aquinas 2, Bishop Reding 0; Loyola 2, E.C. Drury 0; Oak Trafalgar 2, King's Christian 0. Longhorns will seek 11th straight NFC championship next season (Continued from page D1) BOYS VOLLEYBALL (Senior Volpe) V V L G P (Junior Volpe) W L Team G P Holy Trinity 8 8 0 16 Oak Trafalgar 8 14 7 l 2 Milton 8 6 12 Blakelock 8 5 10 3 White Oaks 8 5 3 10 Aquinas 8 4 4 8 E.C. Drury 8 3 5 6 Iroquois Ridge 8 6 3 5 2 Bishop Reding 8 6 4 2 Q.E. Park 8 6 4 2 Loyola 8 6 4 King's Christian 8 0 8 0 Last w eek's results: W hite O aks 2, Bishop Reding 0; O ak Trafalgar 2, E.C. Drury 0: Holy Trinity 2. Iroquois Ridge 0; M ilton 2, Loyola 0; Q.E. Park 2, King's Christian 0; Blakelock 2, Aquinas 0: Aquinas 2, Bishop Reding I : Loyola 2, E.C. Drury 0: W hite Oaks 2, Iroquois Ridge 1; M ilton 2, Blakelock 0; Oak T rafalgar 2, King's Christian 0; Holy Trinity 2, King's Christian 0. T hey w on the right to represent O ntario back in A ugust by easily w in ning their unprecedented 10th straight N orthern Football C onference (N FC) c h a m p io n sh ip 34-6 o v er the M ississauga W olverines. G rabbing the m ost press this past w eekend, w ith headlines in the m ajor dailies, w as the perform ance o f the L onghorns' D ana Segin, an O akville product. A nd he did n 't even suit up for the Longhorns! Instead, at the age o f 31, he m ade his belated C FL debut an im pressive one, knocking dow n five field goals for the H am ilton Tiger-C ats as they kept their p layoff aspirations alive with a key 29-26 w in over the M ontreal A louettes on Sunday. Segin, w ho w as filling in for injured T iCats kicker Paul O sbaldiston added tw o touchdow n conversions to up his total to 17 points. " I knew he co u ld do it,"said L onghorns head coach Tony M olar, w ho quipped that "h e's never been that productive for m e." T he inside jo k e, o f course, is that the `H orns are usually so dom inant in their 10-team league, w hich plays fourdow n ball, that S e g in 's field goal opportunities are lim ited. Still, Segin has led the N FC in scor ing tw o o f the last three years (edged out this year by M ississauga's Jon N edeljkovic). The other dom inating perform ance last w eekend was turned in by exTiC at D ave D innall -- arid he did suit up for the `Horns! He nabbed an am azing 546 all-purpose yards, including a w hopping 381 yards rushing on 28 carries, including five touchdow ns. He also added 165 yards on five kick-off returns. "H e w as the story o f the gam e for us," said coach Molnar. Tied at 39-39 after three quarters, the `H orns finally m anaged to pull aw ay in the fourth quarter w ith tw o straight touchdow ns, both by D innall, for a 14-point lead (53-39) -- their biggest o f the game. True to form , Calgary cam e right back w ith their ow n touch dow n with less than a m inute and a h alf rem ain ing. But Calgary w ere not successful on their ensuing short kick-off attem pt and the 'H orns w ere able to close out the scoring on a safety, fittingly booted in by back-up quarterback Dom enic Cam astro. C am astro did an adm irable jo b fill ing in for Segin. He w as good on all six o f his converts (the `H orns got a two point conversion on the other one) and connected on one o f three field goal attem pts. N aturally, he d id n 't get the distance off the kick-offs that Segin does, but then again Segin, more often than not, kicks them right through the en d zone. Calgary received their ow n com m and perform ance from their veteran quarterback, Darryl Leason. Leason is no stranger to national ch a m p io n sh ip s, reach in g th e U -23 national cham pionships tw ice w ith the R egina Ram s and reaching the Vanier C up o n ce w ith the U n iv ersity o f Regina. And he was right at hom e in the C SFL final. W hen he w asn 't ripping the `H orns defence through the air -- com pleting 25 o f 54 passes for an astounding 499 yards -- he w as dart ing around them on the ground, with 104 yards on nine rushes, including a 30-yard touchdow n rush. "He did a great jo b ," conceded coach M olnar. "H e w as one o f the best quarterbacks w e faced in a long, long tim e." » L ea so n 's to p rusher, Jason N ovakow ski only m anaged 22 yards on three carries. M ind you, he did carry all three into the end zone for touchdow ns. His top receiver w as H ughes A udet with 217 yards on eight receptions, including one touchdow n. B ack to the 'H o rn s, besides D in n all's five touchdow ns, the other tw o cam e from a 25 yard rush from M ike M allot (w ho w as the second leading rusher w ith 73 yards on 10 car ries) and o ff a 4 1 -yard touchdow n reception by C olin G rant (he was top receiver w ith 61 yards on three recep tions). The w est not only dished out great opposition for this y ea r's national title gam e, but they also dished out some great traditional w estern hospitality, said coach M olnar. The gam e w as also a success for a local ch ild ren 's charity, as the A lberta Football League donated o ver $2,400 to D ream s Take Flight. T h e fled g lin g n atio n al ch a m p i onship is adding lustre to senior m en's football in C anada, an d certainly has n 't hurt the N F C 's grow th to 10 teams this past season from a low o f four team s ju st three years ago. T he Alberta league is also expecting further expan sion. 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