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W ednesday, January 26, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D1 An Oakville Beaver Feature Editor: NORM NELSON Phone:845-3824, ext 255 Fax:337-5567 E-mail:nnelson@haltonsearch.com Skaters at nationals Three Oakville entries lace up in Calgary this week C anada's national figure sk at ing cham pionships kick off today in Calgary and O akville will be well represented w ith three entries in the ju n io r category. Eric R itter from M ississauga's A R C Skating A cadem y is in m en's junior. Ritter earned a berth by virtue o f a third place finish in the ju n io r m en's freeskate at the 2000 Bank o f M ontreal E astern D ivisional Cham pionships held last m onth in Laval, Q uebec. In ju n io r d an ce, the O akville Skating Club is represented by two duos, w ho are retu rn in g to the national cham pionships. L ast year, they were entered in the novice division and O akville's Ju lie M acD o n ald and her N ew m arket dance partner M ichael Faw cett collected a national silver m edal w hile O ak v ille's D ebbie All worth and her Scarborough dance partner Jon Lane finished sixth. T his season, they m oved up to the ju n io r category, and finished in fifth and sixth place, respectively, at the eastern divisionals w hich is ju st one step below the nationals. N ot quite high enough to directly qualify for the nationals (top four earned direct berths), they had to anxiously w ait before being added to the field by the CFSA. (See 'OSC page D2) High School gs and scores (Does not include Tuesday's games) GIRLS VOLLEYBALL - Volpe division (SENIOR) Team W L P G 4 Oak Trafalgar 1 8 5 Blakelock 4 1 6 3 4 1 3 6 Iroquois Ridge 2 6 Aquinas 5 3 4 4 2 2 White Oaks 4 4 Burlington Central 2 2 4 Assumption 5 2 3 4 1 2 Loyola 5 Q.E. Park 5 0 5 0 Results: Loyola 2, Q.E. Park 0; White Oaks 2, Burl Central 0; Aquinas 2. Blakelock 0; Oak Trafalgar 2, Assumption 0; Iroquois Ridge 2. Q.E. Park 0; White Oaks 2, Assumption 1; Aquinas 2, Loyola 0; Oak Trafalgar 2, Burl Central 0. (JUNIOR) W P Team G L Aquinas 5 5 0 10 4 1 Iroquois Ridge 3 6 Blakelock 4 1 3 6 Oak Trafalgar 5 3 2 6 4 4 Q.E. Park 2 2 4 Loyola 5 2 3 4 Burl Central 1 2 3 4 1 3 2 White Oaks Assumption 5 0 5 0 Results: Loyola 2, Q.E. Park 0; Burl Central 2. White Oaks 0; Aquinas 2, Blakelock 0; Oak Trafalgar 2, Assumption 0; Q.E. Park 2, Iroquois Ridge 1; White Oaks 2. Assumption 0; Aquinas 2, Loyola 1: Oak Trafalgar 2, Burl Central 0. BOYS BASKETBALL - Volpe (SENIOR) Team G W L PF PA P Oak Trafalgar 5 5 0 332 255 10 4 1 215 156 6 3 Burl Central 4 White Oaks 3 1 203 179 6 Blakelock 2 1 173 149 4 3 4 Loyola 2 2 200 226 4 4 1 Assumption 3 128 191 2 Iroquois Ridge 3 0 3 91 123 0 5 0 5 223 287 0 Aquinas Results: Burl Central 55, White Oaks 39; Blakelock 67, Aquinas 50: Oak Trafalgar 80, Assumption 56; White Oaks 56, Assumption 42; Loyola 58, Aquinas 45; Oak Trafalgar 58, Burl Central 48. (JUNIOR) Team PA P G W L PF Oak Trafalgar 4 1 213 192 8 5 4 1 213 160 6 Burl Central 3 Loyola 5 3 2 200 226 6 Aquinas 5 3 2 216 185 6 Assumption 5 3 2 185 161 6 4 Q.E. Park 2 2 173 175 4 4 1 White Oaks 3 139 166 2 1 Iroquois Ridge 4 3 167 179 2 Blakelock 4 0 4 125 200 0 Results: Loyola 53, Q.E. Park 31; Burl Central 42, White Oaks 21; Aquinas 56, Blakelock 32; Iroquois Ridge 44, Q.E. Park 42; Assumption 43, White Oaks 36; Loyola 53, Aquinas 50; Burl Central 53, Oak Trafalgar 42. (MIDGET) Team G W L PF PA P Iroquois Ridge 5 5 0 284 204 10 Loyola 5 4 1 243 231 8 Oak Trafalgar 5 4 1 267 221 8 White Oaks 5 3 2 202 174 6 Q.E. Park 5 3 2 214 198 6 Aquinas 5 2 3 230 245 4 Appleby 5 2 3 170 178 4 Assumption 5 2 3 210 241 4 Burl Central 5 0 5 161 276 0 Blakelock 5 0 5 218 260 0 Results: Iroquois Ridge 60, Appleby 43; Loyola 45, Q.E. Park 40; White Oaks 58. Burl Central 25; Aquinas 50, Blakelock 46; Oak Trafalgar 50, Assumption 37; Appleby 48, Blakelock 44; Iroquois Ridge 56, Q.E. Park 36; White Oaks 68, Assumption 65; Loyola 41, Aquinas 34; Oak Trafalgar 48. Burl Central 28. · Michael Fawcett and Julie MacDonald. Photo by Ron Kuzyk Debbie Allworth and Jon Lane LIFT OFF: C urtis M orris o f the O akville Trafalgar Red D evils and this unidentified defender for Burlington C entral certainly rose to great heights in this senior high school basketball gam e last Thursday. T he first-place Red D evils won the gam e 58-48. SEE STA N D IN G S A N D SC O R E S. Bruins back on track with third win in a row A lot o f team s w ouldn't m ind a .500 record, but as a tw o tim e defending provincial college cham pi on, it's not w hat the Sheridan Bruins m en's bas ketball team is accustom ed to. A fter a tw o-gam e losing skid in w hich they evened their record on the young season to 2-2, the The Bruins Ricardo Edwards is closely guarded in this 70-47 win over Centennial, which ended a mini two-gam e losing skid. The Bruins went on to record wins over G eorge Brown and Seneca. They repaid the visit to Seneca last night. Photo by Peter C. McCusker Bruins have since rebounded to a m ore typical 5-2 record, w hile playing their best basketball o f the season. T he Bruins were hoping to continue their w in ning ways with a rem atch at Seneca last night (Tuesday). It w ent beyond our W ednesday edition press deadlines. On Friday, Sheridan continued their fine play with a 73-57 hom e court win over Seneca. The gam e was close early as the B ruins and Sting fought hard and were tied 33-33 at the break. (See 'Bruins' page 02) hockey standings, see page D2 Injury bug grounds defending NCAA champ By Norm Nelson BEAVER SPO R T S ED ITO R T h e N eb rask a H u sk ers w on an N C A A n atio n al b ro n ze m edal in m en 's gym nastics last season, led by L oyola S econdary School grad and form er C anadian national team m em ber Jason H ardabura. H ardabura w rote him self into the rec o rd boo k s o f the p o w erh o u se N ebraska gym nastics squad, capping his sensational season w ith not one but tw o N C A A titles, the all round and the floor exercise. As he starts only his ju n io r (third) year at the school, he has already becom e one o f the m ost accom plished g y m n a sts in school history. A nd N ebraska is a pow erhouse w ith eight N C A A national team cham pionships to its credit, one short o f the record nine shared by Penn State and Illinois. N ebraska, how ever, until last y e a r's bronze m edal, had been shut out o f the N C A A cham pionships since its last national title in 1994. T his year th ey 're aim ing to change the colour to gold from bronze, and th ere's no doubt that H ardabura will be a key peg. "I think that we are going to be one o f the team s -- if not the team -- to beat in the country this season," said N ebraska head coach Francis Allen. "In H ardabura, w e've got the guy that everyone w ants to beat, and w e've got a very experienced group that know s how to w in." T hat group, w hich is ranked third in the country behind N C A A cham pi on M ich ig an and ru n n er-u p O hio State, also includes another national N C A A cham pion. S enior M arshall N elson (Greeley, Colo.), who missed last season w hile rehabilitating from knee surgery, won the 1998 and 1997 N C A A parallel bars title and was the 1997 N C A A horizontal bar cham pion. T heir quest for a cham pionship sea son kicked off on the right foot last w eekend as they won their opening meet, the Rocky M ountain O pen in C olorado Springs, w ith a 222.975 score. T h at bettered second place O klahom a (ranked fourth in the U.S.) w ho cam e in at 222.875. H ardabura, how ever, saw very lim ited action, unable to com pete in the all-around (for w hich he is the defend ing national N CA A cham pion). He penciled him self in for ju st two events, the floor exercise and the still (See 'Hardabura' page D3) -- * File Photo by Peter J. T hom pson Jason Hardabura was an NCAA cham pion twice over for the N ebraska H uskers last season in the all-around and floor exercise. The new season kicked o ff this past w eekend, but injury all but grounded the Loyola grad. LDJJJ. Friday, Jan. 28 · 7:30pm BUFFALO LIGHTNING x vr * I* OAKVILLE BLADES at Oakville Ice Snorts Centre m vs ^ llJ i