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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, July 1, 2016 | 26 E C U D RE Buzz split games in Gloucester The Gloucester Griffins scored four unanswered goals, the last with six seconds to play, to edge the Oakville Buzz 11-10 Sunday. Oakville led 10-7 in the third period, but Gloucester rallied to even their best-of-five Ontario Jr. B Lacrosse series at a game apiece. The Buzz opened a 3-0 lead in the first ten minutes, but Gloucester pulled within one by the end of the period. The teams exchanged goals three times in the second period but the home side finally tied the game with six minutes left in the period. Oakville would restore its three-goal led with power-play goals by Adam Wolf and Foster Cuomo and another by Austin Redding made it 9-6. Four minutes into the third, Redding completed his hat trick to make it 10-7. The Buzz still led 10-8 with eight minutes remaining. Gloucester pulled within one with 7:06 left and then tied the game with 4:09 to play. It stayed that way until Cam Badour scored his fourth goal of the game with nine seconds left. Wolf had three goals and two assists and Redding also scored three times. Eddie Renaud had a goal and four assists while Matt Anderson, Cuomo and Patrick DeHueck also scored. Ryan Smith had three assists. Wolf and Smith each had four goals and two assists to lead the Oakville Buzz to a 12-5 win over the Gloucester Griffins in Saturday's series opener. Wolf and Renaud scored 30 seconds apart to give the Buzz a 2-1 lead and they never trailed again as they took the opening game of their best-of-five Ontario Jr. B Lacrosse playoff series. Smith, Wolf and Cuomo added goals in the first five minutes of the second period to extend the lead to 5-1. Gloucester scored three straight to pull within one but Oakville got all three back before the end of the period. Renaud had three goals and three assists and Cuomo had a goal and four assists. Matt Anderson, Jaden Walcot, Mathew Dilella, Colin Hunt and Bailey Brown each had two assists. Brown limited Gloucester to just one goal over the final 30 minutes to earn the win. The remainder of the series will be played in Oakville, beginning with Game 3 today (Friday) at 3 p.m. Game 4 will be Saturday at 7 p.m. and Game 5, if necessary, will be played Sunday at 2 p.m. All three games will be at Joshua's Creek recycle REUSE Olympic cyclist Kate O'Brien sits behind the wheel, giving a thumbs up as teammate Monique Sullivan pops up through the sunroof. Lexus of Oakville is sponsoring the Canadian athletes heading to the 2016 Rio Olympics, supplying them with a Lexus 2016 FSport NX 200t crossover for their training needs leading up to the games.| photo by Graham Paine-- Oakville Beaver SUMMER HOCKEY PROGRAMS SUMMER Programs Begin June 28th 2016 Berg nets four in Rock's win over Cobourg Wesley Berg scored four times to lead the Oakville Rock to an 11-8 win over the Cobourg Kodiacks Monday. Berg scored twice in the first period as Oakville jumped out to a 3-1 lead and the Rock extended its advantage to 7-2 in the second. Cobourg cut the lead to 7-5 but Oakville scored four straight in the third to go up 11-5. The Rock still had to weather a late storm when Cobourg scored three power-play goals in the final three minutes. Stephan Leblanc and Rob Hellyer each had a goal and three assists while Brandon Slade, Mitch Desnoo, Challen Rogers and Damon Edwards also scored. Nick Rose made 40 saves for the win. Oakville's next home game is July 8 against Six Nations at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre. Oakville well-represented on Canadian team Continued from p.25 he arrived at The Hill Academy, where he's a classmate of Inacio. "When I got there, everyone played attack," Kim said. "We were having a scrimmage against the junior team and we didn't have a faceoff guy so Pat Merrill asked for volunteers. I did it and I stuck with it and it's worked out." Kim said there was a learning curve and he initially took his lumps at the X, but he studied videos on YouTube, gathered advice from other players and practised in his basement. His skills have earned him a scholarship at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. Kim said the large local contingent of players -- Burlington's Lanchbury and Kyle Hebert are on the team as well -- will help the team come together quickly in a tournament setting. He also believes it reflects the strong minor program in Oakville. "It's exciting to be able to play with some of my best friends and to be able to represent your Get ready for try-outs & next season! CANLAN ICE SPORTS OAKVILLE 905.845.6989 www.icesports.com/oakville Follow us @IceSportsOak country and your town," he said. "Oakville is emerging as one of the best lacrosse organizations, up there with Brampton and Whitby." Kolwich will take on a different role than the one fans of the Oakville Buzz are used to seeing him play for the Jr. B team. While Kolwich averaged just under a goal a game for the Buzz, he'll take on the task of preventing goals as a defender for Canada. Kolwich says having experience in both roles benefits him in field lacrosse. "On defence, I try to think of what I would do on offence," he said. "If I've got an idea of what they might do, I can take that away." Kolwich has committed to the University of North Carolina, which won the NCAA title this season. "It's exciting," he said. "It makes me want to get down there even sooner." In the meantime, being able to win a gold medal on home turf might be a nice way to pass the time.