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Wednesday, June 21, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D1 July7-8-9. 2000 905"815"2022 w w w .ojkviU qazzfcjt.com Spoi`t& V e d n e s d a y U'll eat up our new menu! Mon., June 26 CHECK IT OUT! L IV EE N TE R TA IN 844-8703 Every Friday An O akville Beaver Feature Editor: NORM NELSON Phone:845-3824, ext 255 Fax:337-5567 E-mail:nnelson@ haltonsearch.com Here they are: athletes of the year The Halton high school sports sea son all but drew to a close last wee) with the annual barbecue in tribute ol the athletes of the year. The Oakville Beaver is happy t( present Oakville's distinguishec recipients. Please note, Iroquois Ridge ath letes (Logan Walsh and Zet< McKenna) could not attend the barbe cue and they will be highlighted in ; future issue. PATRICK DESSAULLES, Oakvill, Trafalgar. STATS PACK: age 19; gr. OAC; ht 6'3"; weight 255; class average 84% ... valedictorian, student of excellence. SPORTS PLAYED: at school... rugby, football, basketball, volleyball. Out of school... baseball, rep soccer, tennis, golf, competitive ski races/coach. HIGHLIGHTS In rugby ... was selected and toured with the 2000 U-19 national rugby squad ... played for Ontario in the summer of 1999, team placed third ... captain of school team which finished as Halton finalist... recipient of John Lloyd memor ial award for rugby; captain and MVP of school rugby team which finished as Halton finalist. In basketball... team made it to Halton semis In football ... team made it to division two semifinals ... was scouted by Canadian and American schools. NEXT YEAR: UBC or Western to play rugby. ACADEMIC: "to go through an under graduate degree in either science or kinesi ology and proceed on to medical school where I would like to be either an orthope dic surgeon or a sports physician. ATHLETIC GOALS: "to continue playing rugby and make the Ontario U-21 team and then to put in the effort to be able to represent my country again at the U-23 level and the men's team. Ultimate goal is to play in the 2003 or 2007 World Cup. LISA RO BERTSO N , Oakville Trafalgar. STATS PACK: age 18; gr. 12; class average 85% SPORTS PLAYED: rugby, field hock ey, ice hockey. HIGHLIGHTS: Halton champions in rugby and field hockey and semifinalists in hockey. Went to OFSAA for all three. NEXT YEAR. O.T.H.S. ACADEMIC GOALS: study medicine in university. ATHLETIC GOALS: play at a division one university for ice hockey; play on the Canadian national hockey team. JEN FOLEY, Loyola. STATS PACK: age 19; gr. OAC, class average 87% SPORTS PLAYED: field hockey, cross country, swimming, hockey, soccer. HIGHLIGHTS: Halton finalists in hockey. NEXT YEAR: Queen's University ACADEMIC GOALS: graduate Queen's, 5 yr. concurrent in science and phys ed. ATHLETIC GOALS: make the varsity swim team and compete in intramural sports. Photo by Riziero Vertolli Oakville's high school athletes of the year, pictured, here, at last week's traditional end of the year barbecue at Bronte Creek Provincial Park ... BACK ROW: Jason Lyall (Q.E. Park), Rob Conboy (Blakelock), Anthony Zicari (Loyola), Mark Soares (Aquinas), Jen Foley (Loyola), Patrick Dessaulles (Oakville Trafalgar) and Jomo Hamilton (White Oaks). FRONT ROW: Lisa Robertson (Oakville Trafalgar), Leslea Laughlin (Blakelock), Sally Carter (Q.E. Park), Alison Goodman (Blakelock), Alana Juzenas (Aquinas), Katie Turton (Blakelock), Tara Roszell (White Oaks). ABSENT: Logan Walsh and Zeta McKenna from Iroquois Ridge. aanaonAjcJ xi*x S E Photos by Peter C. McCusker The Oakville Junior Tennis Championships grew to more than 100 competitors this year. Showing grit here are David Parket (left photo) and Nathan Kennedy. Oakville Junior Tennis Championships attracted m ore than 100 com petitors Mother nature served up a variety of chal lenges to Oakville's young tennis players at the Oakville Junior Tennis Championships this past weekend. Friday's matches were marked by difficult wind conditions and Sunday's semis and finals started six hours late, due to rain delay. Saturday, however, was near perfect for tennis, warm and sunny, also ideal for the noon barbecue with Mayor Ann Mulvale shar ing in the hot dogs and ice cream and helping to distribute draw prizes to the young athletes. The tournament included more than 100 entries this year -- more than a 40 per cent increase over last year -- with boys and girls competing in five age groups, U-10, U-12, U14, U-16 and U-18. U-10 GIRLS Girls U-10 champion is Wallace Park's Brittany Wowchuk, who scored best in a round-robin series with Erin Radford (Bronte) and Gabrielle Applewhaite (Wallace). U-12 GIRLS Girls U-12 champion is Nathalie Ranger over Kara Wallik in an all-Bronte final. U-14 GIRLS In the Girls U-14 final Stephanie Schnobel defeated one of last year's champs Anna Douderina. U-16 GIRLS Sarah Burton won top honours in the U16 girls category with Amy Piotrowski runnerup. U-18 GIRLS Samantha Schnobel was top girl in the U18 category over runner-up Lana Burton. Samantha joined her sister Stephanie as an Oakville champion. U-10 BOYS Boys U-10 champion is eight-year-old Brandon MacDonald, defeating Wallace Park mate, Brett Mueller, in the final. Young MacDonald also prevailed in the Boys U-12 group, defeating Bronte's Braeden Patchell in a tie-breaker. U-12 BOYS (see U-10 boys) (See O akville' page D2) ANTHONY ZICARI, Loyola. STATS PACK: age 18; gr. OAC, heighl 6'1", weight 220, class average 70% SPORTS PLAYED: hockey, baseball and football. HIGHLIGHTS: 15-4-3 record in senioi boys hockey. Compiled 1.25 goals againsi average with six shutouts. NEXT YEAR: Loyola ACADEMIC GOALS: U.S. scholar ship in hockey, focusing on economics. ATHLETIC GOALS: continue work ing on hockey skills, possibly leading tc professional career (player or coach). JASON LYALL, Q.E. Park STATS PACK: age 18; gr. 12; ht 6'; wi 135; class avg. 83% SPORTS PLAYED: football, soccer cross country. HIGHLIGHTS: senior football mos valuable player; senior soccer most valu able player; senior athlete of the year scored five touchdowns and kicked thre< field goals in senior football. NEXT YEAR: Q.E. Park. ACADEMIC GOALS: seeking univer sities in the U.S. and Canada; looking tc go into business. ATHLETIC GOALS: looking for U.S soccer scholarship; would also like to play football at university. (S ee 'A thletes' p ag e 0 4 ) BUT STILL IN FASHION, CONSTRUCTION SIDEWALK SALE JUNE 22 -2 5. Pick up your free imitation construction hard hat at any customer service booth, (while supplies last) 24-hour information line (905) 279-SH0PI7467)