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24 Oakville Beaver W eekend Sunday, October 22, 2000 Rangers set Nov. 15 to freeze team rosters (Continued from page 23) High School scoreboard GIRLS BASKETBALL (SENIOR) Volpe Team PF PA P G W L 4 4 Aquinas 0 266 85 8 Oak Trafalgar 4 1 135 92 3 6 Georgetown 4 3 1 150 145 6 White Oaks 2 1 102 97 3 4 Milton 3 2 1 122 134 4 1 2 E.C. Drury 3 2 68 95 Bishop Reding 4 1 2 3 141 155 Loyola 3 0 61 166 3 0 Acton 4 4 0 60 135 0 Last week's scores: Milton 40, Oak Trafalgar 33; White Oaks 20, Acton 17; Bishop Reding 38, Loyola 18; Aquinas 63. Georgetown 30; Oak Trafalgar 33, E.C. Drury 14; Milton 51, Bishop Reding 35; Aquinas 50, Acton 9; Georgetown 41, Loyola 28. R ichardson Team G W L PF PA P 4 4 Notre Dame 0 232 105 8 Nelson 3 3 0 161 98 6 Pearson 4 3 1 198 161 6 M.M. Robinson 3 2 1 105 71 4 1 117 4 Iroquois Ridge 3 2 90 Assumption 4 2 2 168 136 4 Lord Elgin 3 0 3 43 107 0 4 4 115 242 Burl Central 0 0 Aldershot 4 4 0 79 188 0 Last week's scores: M.M. Robinson 42, Aldershot 16; Notre Dame 55, Assumption 32; Pearson 64, Burl Central 42; Iroquois Ridge 38, Lord Elgin 17; Notre Dame 48, Aldershot 14; Nelson 70, Burl Central 32; Pearson 46, Iroquois Ridge 32; Assumption 35, Lord Elgin 11. (JUNIOR) Volpe Team G W L PF PA P Aquinas 3 3 0 153 64 6 Oak Trafalgar 3 3 0 105 85 6 Bishop Reding 3 2 1 93 50 4 Acton 4 4 2 2 125 142 Loyola 4 2 2 126 134 4 Georgetown 52 135 3 0 3 0 4 4 White Oaks 0 70 115 0 Last week's scores: Acton 29, White Oaks 14; Loyola 21, Bishop Reding 19; Aquinas 51, Georgetown 16; Oak Trafalgar 23, White Oaks 20; Aquinas 41, Acton 21; Loyola 45, Georgetown 20. R ichardson Team G W L PF PA P Nelson 3 3 0 163 68 5 4 1 142 143 Lord Elgin 3 5 M.M. Robinson 3 2 1 85 78 4 4 2 2 158 149 4 Notre Dame Iroquois Ridge 3 1 2 102 88 2 Pearson 1 3 2 98 114 2 4 Q.E. Park 1 90 169 2 3 Assumption 4 1 3 121 194 2 Last week's scores: M.M. Robinson 28, Q.E. Park 21; Nelson 47, Pearson 29; Lord Elgin 30, Iroquois Ridge 29; M.M. Robinson 33, Notre Dame 26; Nelson 47, Q.E. Park 18; Iroquois Ridge 38, Pearson 19; Assumption 45, Lord Elgin 33. FOOTBALL (JUNIOR) D ivision one Team G W L T PF PA P Nelson 5 5 0 0 168 20 10 Loyola 5 3 2 0 69 55 6 4 2 3 0 75 110 4 Iroquois Ridge M.M.Robinson 5 2 3 0 61 116 4 Notre Dame 5 2 3 0 52 62 4 Assumption 5 1 4 0 46 73 2 Thursday's results: Iroquois Ridge 22, Notre Dame 6; Nelson 31, Loyola 0; M.M. Robinson 18, Assumption 6. guys at the end of practice ... "And he said, 'oh, I don't skate my guys at the end of practice. If I've run a good practice, they don't need to skate at the end of practice." It was the response Murray was hoping to hear. "That's basically what the whole philoso phy behind Mitron is. That if you run a good practice, the kids are moving and they're on the go the whole time and you don't need to stand there and skate them into the ground at the end." And Oakville actually got to demonstrate their own system, at the invitation of the O ntario Centre for Excellence, which is funded by the Toronto M aple Leafs. "We demonstrated our skill testing which we do with all the rep teams. We took the minor atom triples and the atom triples down to the ACC and they actually did their (skill) testing for the coaches that were in attendance for the festival ... "One o f the key people in the audience was Ken Dryden. He's really pushing for measurable outcomes, i.e., skill testing to become part of minor hockey ... He was really impressed with what we did." MOHA also put on a demonstration over at the ice-less M aple L eaf Gardens. "We took our peewee doubles, coached by Roy Gringmuth, down to the Gardens, which of course had no ice, and we demon strated our in-season dryland training pro gram (which all M OHA rep teams from minor peewee through to midget are involved in)." In addition to bringing in a comprehen-sive new skills system, the frequency of practice has also steadily increased. At the last coaches' meeting, Helen Ford, the league's tireless volunteer rep scheduler, had an interesting stat. "On average our rep teams had 56 prac tices over the course o f the season," said Murray. "I don't think there's another organization that can make that claim at the minor hock ey level. "And a lot of those practices were hour and twenty minute practices. We're really working to keep our practice to game ratios high. "And on top o f that the kids from minor peewee through to midget do their in-season dryland which, in effect, is an extra practice a week. "When the CAHA, last year, suggested going to two-to-one, or whatever, ratio, everyone immediately said how are we going to do that with ice (time)." But, he adds, "they never said it had to be on the ice. You know, it can be in the gym, it can be in front of a chalkboard, in a meeting room, in-season dryland or it could be shar ing ice." In particular, he said the novice and minor novice teams are sharing ice on occa sion "which gives them an extra practice a month." One of the toughest parts of his new vol unteer VP rep duties, he related, is oversee ing the rep team selection. Cutting or demoting kids, as you can imagine, is not exactly fun. But the long process, which began with the spring tryouts in April, is almost over. "We still have some work to do in terms of team compositions, ensuring that kids are playing where they should be playing, that if they're a triple-A kid then they should be playing triple-A and if they should be play ing double-A, they should be playing double-A. "To that end, this year, we've said that the rosters are not set until Nov. 15. So the rep committee and other individuals are watch ing games and they're making notes and if somebody's in over their heads or some body's dominating and should be playing triple-A, then we're going to be looking at making changes up until Nov. 15. "Because of this Nov. 15th (date), I was able to say to parents when they called with a concern, hey, because he's not playing double-A at this point, that doesn't mean he's going to stay there. We're going to have peo ple coming out and looking at games. "I was at a game last night and now I got to go look at the next level because there were a couple of kids that played last night that I think are too good for where they are, and then we'll make changes." But making the final rosters is always a tough and usually thankless process for the league's volunteer coaches and officials. The league, he said, is continually trying to make it a fairer process. For instance, he said coaches at the same level -- i.e. triple-A, double-A and single-A -- are now working more together. "And then when somebody's upset because somebody didn't make a team it's not a case o f coach X didn't want my son or didn't like my son, it's a case of three coach es got together and decided who the players should be." One of the strengths of the minor hockey system is the involvement by the players' families which can often be counted on for tireless hours of invaluable support, includ ing coaching. One drawback, when they serve in a capacity of volunteer coach, where they have decisions over player selection, is that, right or wrong, their objectivity is on the line. Certainly a coach has final say on the ros ter, confirmed Murray. But he now has a lot of opportunity for feedback. And one thing the league has done is to Catch a Rangers rep game Here's the Oakville Rangers rep hockey schedule for the following week. SUNDAY (at Oakville Arena) noon, minor novice AA vs Georgetown 1:20 p.m., minor novice AAA vs St. Catharines 2:40 p.m., novice AAA vs St. Catharines (at Glen Abbey) 4 p.m., minor atom AAA vs Brampton 5:20 p.m., minor atom AA vs Orangeville 6:40 p.m., novice AA vs Ancaster 8 p.m., peewee AAA vs Niagara MONDAY (at Glen Abbey) 9 p.m., midget AA vs Guelph (at River Oaks B) 6:30 p.m., novice A vs Fergus 7:45 p.m., bantam AAA vs Brampton TUESDAY (at Oakville Arena) 6:30 p.m., peewee AA vs Georgetown 8 p.m. minor bantam AA vs Caledon (at Ice Sports) 6:30 p.m., minor peewee A vs Woolwich (at Glen Abbey) 8:30 p.m., minor bantam AAA vs Guelph WEDNESDAY (at Oakville Arena) 6:30 p.m., minor peewee AAA vs Brampton 8 p.m., midget AAA vs Brampton (at Maple Grove) 6:30 p.m., atom A vs Fergus 7:50 p.m., minor bantam A vs Burlington THURSDAY (at Oakville Arena) 6:20 p.m., novice AA vs Burlington (at River Oaks) 6:40 p.m., minor atom A vs Brampton FRIDAY (at Oakville Arena) 7 p.m., atom AAA vs Stoney Creek 8:20 p.m., minor bantam AA vs Guelph (at River Oaks B) 6:30 p.m., peewee AAA vs Burlington 8:15 p.m., minor bantam AAA vs Stoney Creek prevent coaches from selecting their assis tant coaches until final roster selections have been made. "So if you guys are my two assistant coaches and you have kids on the team, you would not be part of the evaluation process," said Murray. "You wouldn't have any input on who's getting cut and who's making the team. And we've put those policies in place to minimize the number of times a parent can say, hey, the kid's not getting a fair shake." Also new this year -- or more accurately rejuvenated, since it's long been on the books -- is a rep committee. "So instead of one person making the decisions or policy, we're putting stuff through the rep committee and I think that's a good way to go." O f course, it's still not perfect, agreed Murray. "It's certainly an area we want to continue to focus on next year." Thursday, Oct. 26 games (all 3:30 p.m.): Loyola at Iroquois Ridge: Notre Dame at Assumption (at General Brock): M.M. Robinson at Nelson. D ivision tw o G W L T PF PA P Team 4 3 1 0 72 Burl Central 56 6 Aquinas 3 2 1 0 61 26 4 Lord Elgin 3 1 2 0 26 52 2 Milton 3 1 2 0 26 50 2 Q.E. Park 33 2 3 1 2 0 22 W ednesday's results: Burl Central 20, Aquinas 15; Milton 13, Q.E. Park 10. Thursday, Oct. 26 games (all at 3:30 p.m.): Aquinas at Q.E. Park; Lord Elgin at Milton · BOYS VOLLEYBALL, PAGE 25 "Attention, shoppers: We have found a 34-year-old man. Please retrieve him at the Mercedes-Benz kiosk." Come meet The New C at Oakville AMC 24 Theatres, from October 23 to 29 . w w w .a lln e w C .co m Mercedes-Benz The Future of the Automobile