The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, October 20, 2016 | 54 First shutout for Blades' goalie Elliot Chris Elliot made 40 saves for his first Jr. A shutout in the Oakville Blades' 6-0 win over Orangeville last Saturday. Elliot made 16 saves in the first period and Jackson Bales, Evan Brown and Chris BrillMorgan scored in a four-minute span to stake the Blades to a 3-0 lead. Despite Orangeville outshooting Oakville 17-9 in the second period, the Blades' Jack Jeffers had the only goal. Tyler Hildebrandt and Jack Ricketts scored in the third. Nicholas Turenko, Peyton Reeves and Drew Worrad each had two assists for Oakville. The win moved the Blades into sole possession of first place in the Ontario Junior Hockey League's South Division with a record of 104-1. Oakville plays its next six games at home, beginning Friday against Cobourg and Saturday against Burlington. Both games are 7:30 p.m. starts at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. Buren found bike portion of Hawaii Ironman both thrilling and terrifying continued from p. 53 he'd regained two spots as he began to feel the full extent of the conditions. "It's 42 (C) degrees with the humidity and the winds come off the ocean over the lava rocks that have stored up all this heat," Buren said. "You have 40 km/h winds and it feels like when you open an oven and get that blast of heat on your face." Reaching more than 50 km/h on some of the descents bordered on thrilling and terrifying. Around the 130-km mark, Buren faced a long climb and started feeling the effects of propelling his body forward with nothing but his arms for more than eight hours. "My biceps were screaming. Your arms aren't made to do that," he said. "But you have to tune it out. You have to go somewhere and focus on something else." Buren would complete the bike course in 8:15:59 -- slower than he hoped, but well ahead of the cutoff for continuing. Two other hand cyclists would not make the cutoff while Hollonbeck crashed, knocking him out of the race as well. Seeing his daughters, Chloe and Zara, after leaving the transition gave Buren a boost as he started the run course. As he reached the halfway mark, the sun began to set. With little chance of catching leader Jason Fowler, a five-time division winner at Kona, Buren eased his pace a little -- he would finish the final leg in 3:26:09. As he entered town, his daughters ran beside him as he made his way up one of the final hills. He felt another rush of adrenalin as he neared the finish and heard the announcing calling out the names of athletes as they finished. `Toughest conditions' racers ever faced "The crowds are incredible," said Buren, who high-fived people down the homestretch. "I trained incredibly hard, but it really is a family achievement. It's hard to maintain everything else with the training that I have to do. I'm just so grateful to able to get the opportunity to do this." Hearing from race veterans that it was the toughest conditions they ever faced, Buren wonders if he could better his time. But with his muscles still aching several days after the race, he's not sure there will be a next time. "I'll never say never," Buren said, "but I'm not in a rush to do it again. All the pain and suffering has to disappear first. Once it does, then I'll probably want to come back again."