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The Oakville Beaver, Friday February 3, 2006 - 35 O A K s w im m e r s c a s h in a t c lu b in v it a t io n a l m e e t Katie Fox and several of her Oakville Aquatic Club team mates cashed in at the club's invitational swimming compe tition, held recently at the Iroquois Ridge pool. More than 500 swimmers, representing 10 different swim clubs, competed in the meet, which was highlighted by `Eliminator 50s' -- a series of 50-metre races in which the winners were awarded $25. Fox took home the most cash, winning the 50m freestyle, breaststroke and fly in the girls' 13-14 age group. Teammate Rachel Petford won the other race in that division, the 50m backstroke. Other OAK swimmers winning money in the eliminators were Zac Odger (boys' 15-and-over fly and freestyle), Rachel Chan (girls' 15-and-over fly and breaststroke), Brody Dyson (boys' 13-14 backstroke), Cam Cummings (boys' 15-andover backstroke), Zack Chetrat (15-and-over fly) and Erin Assman (girls' 11-12 200m intermediate medley). High-point awards were given to swimmers in each age group that garnered the most points in their events, and OAK swimmers took four of the eight awards. Assman was tops in girls' 11-12 competition, winning seven events, while Fox took top honours in girls' 13-14, Chan was first in girls' 15-and-over, and Cummings won the boys' 15-and-over grouping. Other OAK swimmers to win medals, by division, includ ed: 10-and-under boys: Michael Seifert -- gold in 100m fly (club record) and 50m fly, silver in 50m freestyle, 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke, bronze in 100m backstroke and 200m backstroke; Jarrod Baddeliyange -- bronze in 50m breaststroke; 10-and-under girls: Michelle Carabetta -- gold in 50m backstroke, silver in 100m backstroke; 11-12 girls: Clara Armstrong -- gold in 50m breaststroke, bronze in 50m backstroke, 200m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke; Mika Spencer -- silver in 50m freestyle, 200m freestyle and 100m backstroke, bronze in 100m freestyle and 400m freestyle; Alison McEwan -- silver in 200m backstroke; Marni Oldershaw -- bronze in 100m backstroke; Avery Longmore -- bronze in 50m backstroke; 11-12 boys: Mackenzie Darragh -- gold in 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke, silver in 200m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 50m fly and 200m freestyle, bronze in 2 0 0 IM and 400m freestyle; Kent Kikot -- silver in 100m fly, bronze'in 50m free; Alex Plotnikov -- bronze in 50m breaststroke; 13-14 girls: Grace-Johnson -- silver in 200m fly; Rachel Petford -- bronze in 50m breaststroke and 50m fly; 13-14 boys: Dylan Kent -- silver in 50m breaststroke and 50m fly eliminator; 15-and-over girls: Caroline Gower -- gold in 400m freestyle, silver in 800m freestyle, 50m freestyle, 50m back stroke and 200m backstroke, bronze in 200m freestyle and 200m backstroke; Alex Loh -- gold in 200m backstroke and 100m breaststroke; Nicole Mackenzie -- gold in 200m freestyle, silver in 400m freestyle, bronze in 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke and 100m freestyle; Carissa Carrabetta --gold in 100m backstroke, silver in 50m backstroke; Poppy Sanders -- silver in 200mJbackstroke, bronze in 100m backstroke; Carolyn Antonsen -- silver in 200m fly; Alana Aird --bronze in 200m breaststroke; Christine Van Wamerdam -- bronze in 800m freestyle; 15-and-over boys: Zac Odger -- gold in 100m breaststroke, silver in 50m fly, bronze in 200m IM and 100m freestyle; Zack Chetrat -- gold in 200m fly, silver in 100m fly and 50m freestyle, bronze in ,200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle and 50m backstroke; Curtis Samuel -- gold in 1,500m freestyle, silver in 200m freestyle and 200m IM, bronze in 200m fly, 200m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and 100m fly; Jamie Loh -- silver in 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke; Sam Thrall -- silver in 50m backstroke and 100m backstroke; Luke Kikot -- bronze in 100m backstroke and 50m free. The Oakville minor peewee A Rangers celebrate after winning a recent tournament in Belleville. Minor peewee Rangers sweep first two series After posting an undefeated record in Tri-County league play this season, the Oakville m inor peewee A Rangefs have breezed through the first two rounds of the playoffs. Oakville, 21-0-3 in regular-season action this year, swept the Guelph Storm and Burlington Eagles in its first two playoff series. The Rangers' dominance this year is illustrated through several different statistical categories. Their 45 points were 11 more than their nearest competitor (Brampton, 34), their 122 goals-for were 19 more than any other team (Brampton, 103 and their 41 goalsagainst were 11 less than the nearest squad (Brampton, 52). Oakville also won the championship at a recent to u r nam ent in Belleville. The Rangers defeated Metcalfe 5-1, Peterborough 4-2 and Trenton 4-2 in round-robin play, doubled Oshawa 4-2 in the semifinal and then whipped Peterborough 11-0 in the championship game. Players on the squad include Jordan Mosca, Michael Hucko Jr., Jonathan Bertrand, Michael Swanson, Doug Bonar, Matthew Voyce, Scott ";Enm an, Jarrod Anstey, Zack Mulvale, Cody Baugh, Minjae Cho, Alex Routhier, Dale Stevens, Tim Berberian, Mark Kraft, Sam Jakubauskas, Kieran DeFilippis, Ryan Stanton, John Keatings and Ryan Mullins. Kevin Anstey is the Rangers' coach, Glenn Voyce and Michael Hucko Sr. are assistant coaches, Ray Routhier is the trainer and Kathy Slinger is the manager. BEPHOCKEY opening m inute of overtime to lift the Rangers to a 2-1 win. Martone had the other Oakville goal, with assists going to Marko Jugovic, Alex Webster, Tim Molloy and Chris Martin. Patrick Shea recorded the win in goal. The teams played to a 2-2 tie in Game 2, followed by 4-2 and 1-0 Caledon victories. Docherty (four), Joel Matson, Webster, Nicol, Kew and Martone had the Rangers' goals in the first four games. Among those earning helpers were Chris Dum ont and Gordon Schneider. Minor atom A Rangers riding momentum Riding the m om entum of their Richard Bell Memorial tournam ent championship in December, the Oakville m inor atom A Rangers have since won two OMHA play off series and were semifinalists at the Silver Stick tournam ent in Newmarket. Oakville dominated the Dundas Blues in the opening round of the OMHA playdowns, outscoring Dundas 23-2 and winning all three games. The Rangers then won a tightly-contested series against the Woolwich Wildcats, going 3-1-1 in the five games (three of which went to overtime). At the Silver Stick, Oakville defeated Clarington 5-2 and Walden 3-1, then fell 4-2 to Southpoint and 4-3 (in overtime) to eventual tournam ent champion Dallas. Douglas B,ertrand, Reid Blackwell, Nicholas Caissie, Alex Cox, Logan Crozi^r, Patrick Enman, Ben Everett, Callum Fryer, Logan Gauer, Eric Gordon, Tyler Hippie, Andrew Howarth, Luke Mascotto, Zach Moll, Zach Murray, Nicholas Rein and Zach Varao have all con tributed at least one point for the Rangers so far in the OMHA playdowns. Blades collapse late in loss to Streetsville Allowing two goals in the final two minutes of the third period, the Oakville Blades fell 3-2 to the Streetsville Derbys Tuesday in Provincial Junior A Hockey League play. The Blades built a 2-0 lead after two periods, but Streetsville scored early in the third and added the two late goals for the come-from-behind victory, the winner coming with 1:08 remaining in regulation. Luke Moodie scored a pair of powerplay goals for the Blades. Jesse Adair, Kyle Frieday, Lane Moodie and Paul Conter earned assists. The Blades' loss could prove to be a costly one as the team attempts to lock up home-ice advantage in the opening round of the upcoming playoffs. With two regular-season games remaining, Oakville sits fourth in the West Conference with 54 points. The Burlington Cougars are two points behind the Blades and own a game in hand, while the Derbys are three points back and also have three games remaining. Streestville visits the Blades tonight at Dominion 'Twin Rinks, and Oakville wraps up.the regular-season tomorrow with a home contest against the Bramalea Blues. Both games are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. starts. Suspenseful win for minor atom AA Rangers There was no shortage of drafna or suspense in the Oakville minor atom AA Rangers' recent OMHA playoff series victory over the Caledon Hawks. After opening the series with a 5-2 victory, the Rangers failed to win any of their next three games and found themselves down 5-3 in the total-points series. With the first team to six points being the team to move on, Oakville needed to win the final two games of the series. The Rangers managed to do exactly that, with both victories coming in overtime. Mark Martone scored the decisive goal in the sixth game, pouncing on a loose puck in front of the Caledon net after some strong forechecking work by Scott Docherty and Luke Nicol. Docherty had tied the game 22 with 2:54 remaining in regulation, while Conor Holly potted the other Oakville marker. A.J. Smith made sever al difficult saves throughout the game and earned the victory. In the previous contest, Andrew Kew scored in the Tyke AAAs start playoffs with victory After a disappointing loss to Meadowvale last week in exhibition action, the Oakville tyke AAA Rangers rebound ed to down Stoney Creek in their first playoff game. Four days after being blanked 1-0 by the Hawks at Canlan Ice Sports, Oakville hit the ice Monday at Dominion T\vin Rinks and easily defeated the Warriors 51. Will MacQueen sparked the Rangers with a hat trick, while Matthew Danner and Kyle Potts added singles. Nicholas Randell and Trevor Furgiuele each earned a pair of assists and Jonathan Donville, Matthew Milford, Daniel Moll and Danner also contributed helpers. The Rangers return to action this weekend in the BMO West London Tournament.