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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday February 8, 2006 - 41 Appleby reaches final of Bur Bear tournament By Kevin Nagel SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER SOLEY EFFORT: Appleby College's Brendan Soley (left) pulls the puck around the extended leg of Notre Dame goaltender Scott Anderson during the 'A' final of last weekend's Bur Bear high school boys' hockey tournament. Soley scored on the play but Notre Dame downed the Double Blue 5-3. For 12 seconds in the second peri od, Appleby College held a 3-2 lead in the `A' championship game of the Bur Bear high school boys' hockey tourna ment Saturday in Burlington. Then David Little went to work: The Notre Dame Fighting Irish for ward tallied three times in 121 seconds to finish both the scoring and the Double Blue's chances as the Irish recorded a 5-3 win. Little had four goals in total to lead the Irish, which led 2-1 after one period but fell behind in the second frame. Little, averaging about two points a game since rejoining Notre Dame in December, scored his first goal late in the first period when he split the Double Blue defence and beat goalie Chad March. Appleby College came back with two quick goals midway through the sec ond period, taking the brief lead, before Notre Dame responded. "We were a little short in our line up," said Double Blue coach Dan Poliziani, whose team , lost one of its top forwards -- Austin Thomas -- in the first game because of a fight, "and we came up against a very fresh Notre Dame squad that had the luxury of being able to roll four lines all tourna ment. We made a couple mistakes, mistakes of attrition on our part, and they had a little more energy." Saturday's final was the Irish's, sec ond victory over Appleby College in three outings, with one game ending See Appleby page 42 Catholic schools shoot for all-Ontario volleyball title this weekend rivals and the teams will then be ranked with the top two playing for the `A' divi sion championship. Third and fourth The Halton high school playoffs are place teams will play for the `B' title and still a week away but three local teams fifth and sixth will compete for the `C' will vie for a provincial championship championship. Loyola and Aquinas both this weekend. qualified for the ` A' division playoffs last Holy Trinity, Loyola and St. Thomas year. Aquinas will compete in this weekend's All gold and bronze medal games will All-Ontario Catholic *Senior Girls be played at 6 p.m. Saturday with the A' Volleyball Tournament. division at Holy Trinity, `B' "We've got quite Holy Trinity and Loyola, division championships at along with Burlington's a few really Loyola and `C' division title Notre Dame, will play host strong teams games at Notre Dame. to the three-day, 36-team coming." tournament. The tournament origi All-Ontario nated in 1978 in North Bay. Catholic tournament The Loyola Hawks, seed At the time, few Catholic co-organizer Peter ed fourth in the toumahigh schools were making Szpakowski j ment,. haven't let their it to the Ontario Federation youth hold them back this of School Athletic Association (OFSAA) season. The team sports a 6-1 record, championships so a tournament was giving it a share of first place in the organized to give the schools a chance Halton Central Division, despite having to experience a provincial tournament. three Grade 10 starters. Loyola is a diffi It began as an eight-team tournament cult team to block because it has four and 29 years later, it's bigger than solid options for its attack. The team OFSAA. also has strong back-court defence. "We've got quite a few really strong "We feel confident but it's going to be teams coming," said Aquinas coach a very competitive tournament," said Peter Szpakowski, one of the tourna Loyola coach Toni Babic. "There are a ment's organizers. "The `A' division on lot of strong teams but we feel we can Saturday is always highly contested." finish in the `A' pool or high in the `B' Each team will play its five division pool." OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF By Herb Garbutt Loyola will play in the red division with Kitchener's Resurrection Catholic, Belleville's Nicholson Catholic, Bradford's Holy Trinity, Sudbury' s St. Benedict and Guelph's Our Lady of Lourdes. Loyola has not played any of those teams before but Babic thinks that can actually help. "Volleyball is such a momentum game. If you get into a game with a team you've beaten before you can start slow. There will be no preconceived notions. We'll just go in and play our game." it allows them to set up their attack. That's critical for a team that is short on tall players. The Raiders have been building momentum throughout the season, finishing fourth at their most recent tournament which included some of the province's best teams. Now the Raiders will be looking to improve upon last year's fifth-place finish at the all-Ontario Catholic tournament. `We always come back stronger after this tournament and we use it as a springboard for our playoffs," said Szpakowski. Part of the reason for that is the high level of competition at the tournament. The Raiders have proven to be capable of playing well against strong teams from larger schools. They See Trinity's page 42 St. Thomas Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas-blocks well and plays a strong defensive game. The key for the Raiders is their passing. If it' s on, N o tic e o f L iq u o r L ic e n c e A p p lic a tio n The following establishment has applied to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario for a liquor licence under the Liquor Licence Act: Toour valuedcustomers: W eapologizeforanyinconvenience caused by an error in our flyer dated: February 3-9. Product: Blanc Wireless G Router and 2 USB 2.0 Adapters. 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