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Wednesday, September 20, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER C3 High school sports in state of turmoil (C o n tin u e d fro m page C 1) Win som e and lose som e, Oakville Explosion discover The Oakville Explosion surrendered the first goal against Burlington B within 15 minutes but then stepped up their play to earn the 1-1 tie, and were quite unlucky not to win. Jen Pitkin scored. quite rebound, despite upping the intensity in the Against Mount Hamilton, poor com m unication. second half, losing 3-2. O akville's goals were cost Oakville the first two goals and they couldn't scored by Heather Lockhart and Sara Hay. the previous year, than you could transfer. So because W hite Oaks didn't offer senior football last year, at least a couple o f students were able to transfer over to Loyola and will be able to suit up for Loyola this season. But any members of the tier two junior football Halton championship team, for instance, would not be able to suit up for another school. O akville's tw o Catholic schools are both offering the complete slate o f all the above noted fall sports. But even for them, it may ju st be the calm before the storm as they are under the third and final year of a grand fathered contract that does not include the controversial extra class to teach. And that will kick in for the next contract, as dictated by Queen's Park. None o f the public schools can boast a complete pro gram. Oakville Trafalgar High School comes the closest, offering the full package except for boys football where it is fielding a senior but not a junior team (there was no junior team last year, either). Commented OTHS phys. ed. head Jeff Gruber: "W hen your job load has changed, it's hard for people to really realize how much it's going to entail and how much it's going to take away from the things they want to d o ... "In the fall season people are making decisions that will hopefully be correct for their own well being and also for the kids' sake so they can have a program for which to participate in. "But it's hard to tell at the beginning (of the school season), and I'm sure they've all made good decisions and they'll stick it out and they'll find out whether it was too much o f an extra load or not." Queen Elizabeth Park is offering complete programs in boys football (junior and senior), girls field hockey (junior and senior) but only the junior teams in both boys volley ball and girls basketball. Commented Q.E. Park phys. ed. head Bryan Camani: `T h e y (the coaches) made their own personal decision based on the increased workload that they have and their family commitments and their energy level and whether they have kids at home and all those other factors, and just ask them to make a decision based on all of that and those were the teams we were able to come up with." The only dark spot for Iroquois Ridge is girls field hockey. Other than it has both junior and senior football, both junior and senior girls basketball but just senior boys volleyball. "It's not the best of tim es," agreed Ridge phys. ed. head Ross Kleiburg. As o f our press time, the Blakelock phys. ed. depart ment could not be reached for comment, but here's what they're offering, based on what they've indicated to con venor Peter Moore. Blakelock had to can their complete girls basketball program after a last minute push for volunteer coaches from the community failed. They are offering girls field hockey, but a senior team only. For the boys, there is both junior and senior football but only senior volleyball. TH E CYCLONE OF C A SH . YOU COULD WIN Y O U R S H A R E O F F IF T E E N GRAND* WITH TH E G R A B OF Y O U R H AN D. The Cyclone of Cash has touched down at Ontario Slots at Racetracks until September 30th. Sit down at one of our slot machines and if your seat number is called, you could w in a chance to enter the Cyclone of Cash. Grab for as many prizes as you can to win your share of * 15,000 in cash and prizes. For more information visit the Slots at Mohawk Raceway, or call (905) 854-4053. C yclones w in g o ld - again The Sunoco sponsored Oakville Cyclones, boys U-13 rep team have won yet another tournament. The team coached by Matt M cAndrew won the O akville allstar tournam ent over the August 19/20 weekend. The team has entered seven tournaments this season. They have w on gold in Fergus, Clarkson, West Rouge, N ewm arket and Oakville, silver in Erin M ills and failed to get into the semis in Burlington by one goal The team is made up o f more than 20 house league players who come out to practice once a week and they are rotated in the tour nament circuit. This team has a very impressive record with 25 wins, six losses and tw o ties, outscoring the opposition 90-23. Coach McAndrew believes in devel oping as many players as possible who have dedica tion, desire and commitment. * total value of combined cash and prizes For complete come* rules and regulations or foe more information on how to enter, visit th r W inners C ircle Booth. No purchase necessary. Must be 19 years of age or older ^JRLINGTO/V P4 N 7 H B ?^ T he B urlington Panthers Basketball C lub provides com petitive basketball for H alton players. T he C lub is hosting an Inform ation Night and invites interested players and parents to attend. · This season we will have team s for Boys and G irls, ages 8 to 19 years. · Tryout schedules will b e available. · C om e and m eet our Coaches. COME SEE TEAM CANADA 7 6 VS. 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