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Sunday, November 12, 2000 Oakville Beaver Weekend 19 S p o rts A n OakviUe B ea ver Feature Editor NORM NELSON Phone:845-3824, ext 255 Fax:337-5567 E-mai!:nne!son@ haltonsearch.com NAME M. Stover, J. Nedney, S. Christie, R. Longwell, M. Gramatica, G. Anderson, J. Hall, M. Vanderjagt, A. Del Greco, 0 . Mare, · team BAL CAR BUF GB TB MIN NYJ IND TEN MIA NFL TO P TEN KICKERS PAT m ade % 12 12 100.0 11 11 100.0 17 17 100.0 16 16 100.0 26 26 100.0 23 23 100.0 20 20 100.0 26 26 100.0 19 19 100.0 21 22 95.5 (by points) FG made 27 25 24 27 20 23 20 22 16 20 16 17 21 16 14 15 16 20 15 16 % Long 92.6 51 88.9 52 87.0 48 90.9 51 80.0 55 94.1 49 76.2 51 93-5 45 80.0 46 93.8 48 Pts 87 83 77 76 74 71 68 68 67 66 White Oaks grad Mike Vanderjagt (left) and Oakville Trafalgar grad Steve Christie have both had memorable weeks. Oakville Beaver File Photos Oakville NFLers kicking up a storm It has been quite a w eek for O akville's two NFLers, both placekickers -- M ike Vanderjagt for the Indianapolis Colts and Steve Christie for the Buffalo Bills. Vanderjagt, a W hite O aks grad, becam e the highest paid placekicker in the NFL, with a new five-year contract extension that will pay him a reported $7.75-m illion over five years. And C hristie, an O akville Trafalgar grad, scooped up AFC player o f the week honours (for special team s) for his key contributions in the B ills' 16-13 win over New England last Sunday. Vanderjagt, in his third year in the league, w as p rev io u sly p o ck etin g the league m inim um , $358,000. He originally signed up with the-then cellar dw elling C olts in `98 after a couple o f Grey Cup winning seasons with the Argos in `96 and `97. Since then, it's been smooth sailing -- right through the uprights. Despite an uncharacteristic slow start last season, in which he hit only two of his first five field goals, Vanderjagt's overall total now stands at 75 o f 84, an 89 per cent efficiency rate which is a club record. The NFL record, with a minimum 100 field-goal attempts, is 82 per cent held by Jacksonville's Mike Hollis. D espite last seaso n 's slow start, Vanderjagt went on to lead the NFL in scoring with 145 points. And he's still on the same roll, having made 46 o f his last 48 attempts. T hat includes this season's totals -- which currently stand at 14 out of 15. He is currently tied for fourth in the AFC in scoring (and seventh in the NFL) with 68 points. He has never missed a point after in his NFL career with the streak currently at 92. Vanderjagt has also picked up AFC player of the week honours (for special teams) once this year, for a game-winning 45-yard field goal with no tim e left on October 1st that gave the C olts' an 18-16 win at Buffalo. It was the fourth gam e winning kick of his career. Christie, in his 11th year, m eanwhile, pulled off a dynamic double last Sunday. His 48-yard field goal with four seconds left sent the game into overtim e at 13-13 and then his 32-yard field goal in over time won the game. It was the second time this year he has pulled off such a `double', tying the game on a late field goal and then winning it with a field goal in overtime. And it m arked his seventh special teams player o f the week honour, includ ing three times this year, the other two being in wins over Tennessee on opening week and over San D iego on Oct. 15. Four o f the the B ills' five victories this season have com e off the foot o f C hristie, who is the B ills' all-tim e leading scorer. Over his career, C hristie has notched 13 gam e-w inners in the final m inute of regulation or overtim e, and his seven overtim e field goals ranks him second in NFL history only to Jim Breech. A nother Bills player, linebacker Sam Cowart also picked up defensive player of the week honours, m aking it the first time in Bills history they had two players so honoured in the same week. If you want to catch them in action this Sunday, the Bills host the C hicago Bears at 1 p.m. while the Colts host the New York Jets in the Sunday night gam e (8:35 p.m.). Check t.v. listings. O H A finalists undefeated in league play this season The Oakville Rangers minor bantam triple-A rep team which won their Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OM HA) championship and finished as Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) finalists are picking right up where they left off last season. They are undefeated in league play and have lost only once, in the Tim Hortons Thanksgiving tournament. The high flying Rangers have won their first 15 regular season games, outscoring their opposition, on average per game, 5.8 to 1.4. Over all, they are 26-1-1. The team is headed up by returning head coach Scott McKenzie, with manager Rob Ringwald and assistant coaches John Davis, Tom Giffin and goalie coach/trainer Mark Rowan. The team is on the ice an average o f four to five tim S a week and participates in the Oakville Mitron off-ice con ditioning program for another two hours each week. The time commitment put in not just by the players and team staff, but by the parents is extensive. However, it's (See 'minor bantams' page 20) --------------------------------------------------------------------- r BLT Breakfast Bagel Crispy strip bacon, lettuce and tomato on a freshly baked bagel A miIi N *it pit[K ip e fin qM tD o n e ld 'stn liu r ie fs Plus tax 0 200 0 McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Limited- For the inclusive use of McDonald's Raslaurants of Canada Limited and its franchisees ·