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S P E C I A L O L Y M P I C S T O U R N E Y Lakeshore Football Officials' Association hoping to develop high school, minor referees The largest of ciating association of its kind in Canada is seeking an increase to its membership. The Lakeshore Football Ofcials' Association, established in 1963, currently has 130 active members who of ciate high school football in Halton, Peel and Niagara regions and all minor football in Mississauga, Halton and Niagara. It also offers Football Canada Certi cation Programs, rules and positioning clinics and a personal mentoring program to assist in the development of all of cials. Those who advance may have the opportunity to of ciate in such leagues as the Ontario Varsity Football League, the Ontario Football Conference, the Northern Football Conference, Ontario University Athletics and the Canadian Football League. The LFOA currently has a number of members who of ciate in the CFL and the OUA. These of cials assist the LFOA in the development programs that are offered. This year the association is making a concerted effort to recruit individuals who, in addition to having some availability during the summer months to of ciate minor football, might be able to of ciate high school football from September to November, the busiest time for the organization. High school football games are played Tuesday to Friday with most doubleheaders kicking off at noon, 1 p.m. or 2:30 p.m. Males and females 16 and older who wish to become an LFOA ofcial may contact the recruiting co-ordinator at lfoa-recruiter@hotmail.com. All new of cials must complete a Level 1 Football Canada Of cials' Certi cation Program, which is scheduled for Saturday, April 9 in Burlington. 33 | Thursday, February 18, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Marco Lorio of the Oakville Cougars sends the ring toward the Simcoe Wildcats netminder at last weekend's Peter Moore Invitational Special Olympics oor hockey tournament at the Haber Centre in Burlington. The Cougars were one of many teams to compete at the third annual event, which was hosted by Special Olympics Burlington. The Cougars won the game 7-4. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Burlington Post Winning streak ends after Blades clinch OJHL South Division crown A 5-2 loss to the Burlington Cougars on Monday snapped the Oakville Blades' seven-game winning streak in Ontario Junior Hockey League play. Phil Lagunov had a natural hat trick to lead the Cougars to the win at Central Arena. Lagunov had the only goal of the opening period and added two more in the rst ve minutes of the second to give Burlington a 3-0 lead. The Blades cut the lead to 3-2 on a second-period goal by Patrick Kudla followed by a power-play marker by Bryce Misley 1:10 into the third, but couldn't pull even, falling to 33-16-2-1. Nathan Gomes and David Thomson added the nal two goals as the Cougars won their eighth game in nine outings. In the Blades' 5-2 victory Sunday over the North York Rangers, Tyler Rollo's shorthanded goal in the third period broke a 2-2 tie and Ryan Garvey added ONTARIO JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE South Division standings W 33 27 26 26 17 9 L 16 16 16 22 26 38 T 2 3 2 1 1 0 (after Feb. 16 games) Oakville Blades Toronto Jr. Canadiens North York St. Michael's Toronto Patriots Mississauga OTL 1 5 6 1 6 2 Pts 69 62 60 54 41 20 two more. Brendan McGlynn made 38 saves for the win as the Blades clinched the OJHL South Division title. After a scoreless rst period, North York took the lead twice in the second. Goals by Josh Kosack and Daniel Jelic pulled Oakville even each time. Rollo's shorthanded goal 5:27 into the third gave the Blades their rst lead of the game and Garvey made it 4-2 ve minutes later. He added another into an empty net to seal the victory. Christian Rajic had three assists for the Blades. The Blades' clash with the Buffalo Jr. Sabres last Friday featured the league's two highest scoring teams, but the goalies stood out in a 3-1 Oakville win. McGlynn turned aside 39 shots to lead the Oakville Blades. Jelic had a goal and an assist, clinching the win when he scored on a breakaway with 2:20 to play. Goals by Rajic and Drew Worrad in the rst period were all the Blades needed. McGlynn stopped 28 shots in the rst two periods before Buffalo scored on a power play early in the third to pull within one. The Blades host the Toronto Jr. Canadiens tomorrow (Friday) at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. Game time is 7:30 p.m. Daniela Paniccia moved into second all-time on the Provincial Women's Hockey League shutout list when the Oakville Hornets blanked Etobicoke 4-0 on Saturday. Goaltending partner Nikki Cece recorded a shutout of her own in the Hornets' following game, Tuesday night, in a 3-0 win over the Leaside Wildcats. Paniccia turned aside 23 shots for her sixth shutout of the season and the 14th of her career. Only Jackie Rochefort, who played between 2010-13 for Durham West, has more career shutouts with 16. In Tuesday's win, the Hornets used goals by Emma Maltais in the rst period and powerplay efforts by Jessica Digorolamo and Annie MacDonald in the middle frame to earn the two points in the standings. Cece stopped 24 shots as the Hornets Paniccia climbs shutout list with No. 14 upped their record to 22-8-4. Maltais had the only goal of the opening period in the win over Etobicoke. She then set up Sarah Fillier three minutes into the second. MacDonald, with her fourth goal in three games, made it 3-0. Jessica MagDaniela Paniccia gioni had the only goal of the third period, scoring for the third straight game. The Hornets are back in action tomorrow (Friday) in Kingston, play an afternoon game Saturday, Feb. 20 in Nepean, then travel to Ottawa for a Sunday, Feb. 21 game that wraps up the regular-season schedule.