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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, April 17, 2015 | 34 Peewee Rangers rally for OHF bronze Oakville Marlins swimmer Bill Hickson won four gold medals at the Linda Hickson Invitational meet recently at Iroquois Ridge Community Centre. | Eric Riehl -- Oakville Beaver -- @Halton_Photog Marlins host Special Olympics swim meet Thirty members of the Oakville Marlins won at least one gold medal at the Linda Hickson Invitational Special Olympics swim meet recently at Iroquois Ridge Community Centre. Emily Boycott, Brandon Grove, Bill Hickson, Ryan Lamey, Jason McLaughlin and Ryan Works each won four events. Other gold medallists were Jamie Adam, Stephenie Anderson, Samantha Bandiera, Satwinder Dhillon, Dennis Gaul, Robert Hall, Christine Johnson, Erin Justice, Connor Mahoney, Michael Marchetti, Matthew McAuley, Scott Merrick, Adrian Nandial, Kaitlin Nesbitt, Kelly Perras, Kelly Pitcher, Gerry Rhodes, Ulli Schonrock, Cassie Senior, Lexie Senior, Mike Thomas, Catherine Vertolli, Andrea Wallace and Kristi Wright. Mary Novielli also represented the Marlins at the meet, which drew athletes from across the region. The Marlins will hold their annual swim-a-thon May 12. Organizers hope to raise $5,000 through the fundraising event, which helps to pay for pool times for the club's practices and competitions. Pledges can be made online at southcentral. specialolympicsontario.ca. The Oakville peewee AAA Rangers scored three third-period goals to rally for a 4-2 win over the York-Simcoe Express and win bronze at the Ontario Hockey Federation peewee AAA championships last week in Alliston. Luke Evangelista scored a breakaway goal midway through the third period to tie the game 2-2, Tanner Kelly provided the goahead marker with 4:48 remaining and Matthew Thompson added an empty-netter in the final minute. The Rangers trailed the game 2-0 before Owen Sage got Oakville's comeback started, tallying with six minutes left in the second period. Davis Tolnai recorded the victory in net for Oakville, and Jake Murray contributed two assists. The Rangers, who won their fourth Ontario Minor Hockey Association in five years earlier this season, were denied a chance to play for OHF gold with a tough 3-2 loss to the Eastern Ontario Wild in the semis. The Wild scored the game-winning goal with 1:18 left to go in the third period. Marcus Sang and Cameron Tolnai scored in a losing cause for Oakville. During round-robin play, the Rangers posted a 4-1-1 record. Oakville defeated the Wild 3-1, Nickel City Sons 4-1, London Jr. Knights 5-2 and Thunder Bay Kings 8-0, fell 3-1 to the Toronto Marlboros and tied the Express 4-4. Three Rangers finished in the top 10 of tournament scoring. Cameron Tolnai Rep Hockey scored five goals and added seven assists in Oakville's eight games, Kelly had five goals and six assists, and Evangelista collected five goals and four helpers. Gianmichael Vallorani boasted a 3-1 record and 1.93 goals-against average, while Davis Tolnai went 2-1-1 with a 2.08 GAA. Also contributing to the Rangers' success at the OHF championships were Ethan Ritchie, Nathan Ribau, Owen Luik, Jamie Langill, Ryan Brown, Robbie Strachan, Cameron Garvey and Zach Terry. Bantam AA Oakville's other representative at the OHF championships, the bantam AA Rangers, reached the semifinals before bowing out with a 2-1 loss to the London Jr. Knights. The Rangers went 2-1-1 in round-robin play. Oakville grounded the Timmins North Stars 9-1, blanked the Stratford Warriors 6-0, tied the Jr. Knights 1-1 and were downed 3-0 by the Mississauga Ice Warriors. Nolan Guertin paced the Rangers at the OHF championships with three goals and six assists in five games. Ben Ecclestone and Paul Franko also scored three times, Daniel Littlejohn and Lukas Radinovic each tallied twice, and Nicholas Ivanchenko, Jake Howden, Jeffrey Rice and Riley Fitzpatrick added singles. Local snowboarders compete at nationals the Snowboard Ontario series. Two Oakville residents were Matt Wilks finished 12th in the among five Milton Heights Race under-15 division, a feat made Club members to compete in the Canadian snowboard cross more impressive by the fact he is (boardercross) championships re13 years old and in his first season cently in Big White, B.C. of competitive racing. Wilks, who Eighteen-year-old Spencer attends Heritage Glen elementary Clough put in what he described school, was a bronze medallist at as "the best race of my life" to win provincials and earned multiple Spencer Clough bronze in the para category for podium appearances at Snowsnowboarders with a physical impairment. board Ontario and USASA events this year. The St. Thomas Aquinas high school stu"Riding a course of that level was a lot of dent won gold at provincials earlier this sea- fun and I am determined to make it to nason and collected four gold medals during tionals again next year," said Wilks. Soccer Player Development socceR pRoGRaMs that Develop plaYeRs InnovatIve technIques to Develop InDIvIDual skIll Game Based LearninG Brain Based LearninG Oakville Summer Registration Now Open! 905-467-2775 pRoGRaM DIRectoR: DIno lopez powered by www.apexfootylab.com Learn More and register at