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Wednesday, November 8, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D1 YOU WOULDN'T TRUST JUST ANYONE TO DRIVE YOUR CAR, SO W HY TRUST JUST ANY COMPANY TO INSURE in Andrew Heideman 8 2 9 -0 0 1 8 Art O akville B eaver Feature Editor: N O R M N ELSO N Phone:845-3824, ext 255 Fax:337-5567 E-mail:nn elso n @ haltonsearch.com OSC members on long road to national championships The long road to the national figure skating cham pionships kicked off over the Oct. 28-29th w eekend for som e O akville Skating Club members with the C entral O ntario sub-sectionals being held at M ississauga Iceland Arenas. M any skaters, how ever, advanced directly to the sectionals w hich w ill also be hosted at M ississauga Iceland this weekend (Nov. 11-13th). Tickets are on sale at the door during the competition. Top skaters from this level advance to the eastern Canadian divisionals, w hich is one step below the nationals. The O akville Skating Club fielded several skaters at the sub sectionals, with one skater advanc ing to this w eekend's sectionals. Sarah Yundt, with an overall fourth place finish in the novice ladies division, advanced to next w eekend's sectionals. She will join a contingent o f O akville Skating Club m em bers that is led by O akville's Sean Rice and his longtim e pairs partner Jodeyne Higgins from Stratford. The two have com peted at num er ous Canadians and have been to the w orld cham pionships tw ice where they finished 14th and 10th. Included here is the com plete list o f skaters who will represent the O akville Skating Club at this w eekend's sectionals; and the results o f O akville Skating Club com petitors at the sub-sectionals ... ROSTER FOR SECTIONALS NOVICE LADIES: Sarah Yundt JUNIOR LADIES: Ashleigh Lockwood SENIOR PAIRS: Sean Rice and Jodeyne Higgins JUVENILE PAIRS: Courtney Andison and Eric Von Hagen JUNIOR DANCE: Jon Lane and Debbie Allworth. NOVICE DANCE: Tommy Dzamba and Denise Fung; Ian Richards and Jennifer Court; Geoff Deeth and Laura Stoveld. SUB-SECTIONAL RESULTS Sarah Yundt, 4th (4th in short program, 4th in free skate) Lauren Sule, 11th ( 14th in short program. 10th in freeskate) Katy Kellner, 13th (12th in short pro gram, 14th in free skate) Stephanie Strahl, 14th (12th in short pro gram, 14th in free skate). PRE NOVICE LADIES Lisa Telebar, 14th (11th in short program, 14th in free skate) PRE JUVENILE LADIES Kaylen Shimoda 6th, Katie Bonar 9th and Victoria Johnstone 11th JUVENILE LADIES QUARTERFINALS Kristen Robinson 9th, Krysten Becker 12th, Amanda Raponi 12th, Courtney Andison 12th, Lauren Burke 13th, Madeleine McCann 14th, Jenna Preston 14th, Jacobi Elliott 15th. Photo by Riziero Vertolli The road to the national figure skating championships where the likes of Elvis Stojko compete is a long one for our Oakville skaters, and it starts at the sub-sectional s, on to the sectionals, then the eastern Canadian divisional, and, finally, for the very lucky few, the nationals. This photo represents the Oakville Skating Club's national stream con tingent. BACK ROW: Tommy Dzamba, Denise Fung, lan Richards, Jon Lane and Geoff Deeth. THIRD ROW: Ashleigh Lockwood, Stephanie Strahl, Krysten Becker, Jennifer Court, Debbie Allworth and Laura Stoveld. SEC OND ROW: Lisa Telebar, Eric von Hagen, Courtney Andison, Lauren Sule, Katie Bonar, Lauren Burke, Jenna Preston, Amanda Raponi and Sarah Yundt. FRONT ROW: Kaylen Shimoda, Victoria Johnstone, Kristen Robinson, Madeleine McCann and Jacobi Elliott. ABSENT: Katie Kellner, Sean Rice and Jodeyne Higgins. Ivor Wynne date for Loyola seniors next Thursday L oyola earned a date at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton next Thursday (Nov. 16), at noon, with a 15-8 overtime win over cross town rival St. Thom as A quinas in last Friday's tier one senior boys consola tion football final. Loyola will meet up with Bishop Reding who defeated O akville Trafalgar 41-13. A missed field goal by Loyola in the last play of regulation time sent the teams into overtime (two fiveminute halves, not sudden death) tied at 8-8. Loyola, however, were able to turn the missed field goal into ju st a footnote when they scored a touch down in the final minute o f overtime. "It was exciting to watch," agreed Loyola coach Keith Boyd. "But it's a different perspective on the side lines." / FOOTBALL Division one (SENIOR) S E N IO R T IE R O N E C H A M P IO N S H IP , th is Friday (Nov. 10), 1 0 :30 a.m . a t Ivo r W y n n e S ta d iu m : N e ls o n v s N o tre D a m e . W in n e r a d va n ce s to M etro bow l co m p e titio n . Nov. 3 s e m ifin a l: N o tre D a m e 4 4 , M .M . R obinson 7; N e lson 41, A ssu m p tio n 6. C O N S O LA T IO N C H A M P IO N S H IP , T h u rsd a y (Nov. 16), noon, a t Ivo r W y n n e S ta d iu m : B ishop R eding v s LO YO LA Nov. 3 se m ifin a l: LO Y O LA 15, A Q U IN A S 8 (in o v e rtim e ); B is h o p R e d in g 4 1 , O A K V IL L E TR A F A L G A R 13. Division two S E N IO R T IE R T W O C H A M P IO N S H IP , T h u rsd a y (Nov. 16), 10 a.m ., a t Ivo r W ynne S tadium : S E N IO R T IE R T W O S E M IF IN A L S , th is Friday (Nov. 10), 2 p.m .: A ld e rsh o t at Q .E . PARK; M ilton at B urling to n C entral. Nov. 3 se m ifin a l: A ld e rsh o t 2 5 , IR O Q U O IS R ID G E 13; M ilton 28, L ord E lg in 0. (JUNIOR) Division one JU N IO R T IE R O N E S E M IF IN A L S , th is T h u rsd a y (Nov. 9), 2 p.m .: M .M . R o b in so n at N elson; N otre D am e at LO Y O LA Nov. 3, p re lim in a ry ro u n d p la y o ff re su lts: N otre D am e 28, A ssu m p tio n 12; M .M . R obinson 20, IR O Q U O IS R ID G E 14. Division two J U N IO R T IE R T W O S E M IF IN A L S , th is T h u rsd a y (Nov. 9), 2 p.m .: L ord E lgin at B urling to n C entral; M ilton a t A Q U IN A S Nov. 3, p re lim in a ry round playoff results: Lord E lgin 19, Q .E . PARK 0. Loyola's Marc Medeiros makes the catch to set up a touchdown in senior tier one semifinal football action last Friday. Loyola went on to win 15-8 in over time over crosstown rival S t Thomas Aquinas. Photo by Peter C. McCusker Revamped Bruins 11-2 in pre-season The Sheridan College men's basketball team will certainly have a different look heading into the upcoming season. For the first time in four years, they enter the season without Shane Bascoe who capped off his final year of eligibility, last season, by being chosen as the Canadian college player of the year. With one year of university eli gibility available to him, he is suit ing up this year for Guelph. Bascoe, who was an early national basketball camp invitee, earned a number of other honours last season which included the Ontario inaugural male college athlete o f the year and being named to the all-millenium provin cial college team (the only active player to be so chosen). But time moves on and so has Bascoe and other stalwarts. In fact, only three players are back from last year's squad which were upset by archrival Humber in the provincial championships. The good news, though, is that the three returnees are all starters, and that the traditionally strong Sheridan program has attracted some talented freshmen. The three returnees are point guard Elvis Dennis, forward Hugh Bent and centre Ricardo Edwards. Sheridan's 11-2 pre-season record indicates the torch has been caught by the new line-up. The team has two more exhibi tion games lined up -- traveling to Algonquin and St. Lawrence -- before opening the season at home on Friday, Nov. 17 against Centennial at 7:30 p.m. Meanwhile, the team recently finished third in the tough Dawson tournament in Montreal with two wins over Dawson (74-58 and 7361), Montmorency (80-66) and Vanier (86-60). Sheridan failed to advance to the final after blowing a 17-point second half lead and losing a tough one to SAIT (Alberta), 90-89. "Our inexperience showed in that game," said Bruins head coach Jim Flack, who has also become Sheridan's manager of athletics and recreation. "But it's something we can definitely learn from." The Bruins also fared well in the Laurentian University tourna ment, losing 86-79 to the hosts and beating Lakehead University from Thunder Bay 93-82. Sheridan won their annual pre season tournament -- the Bruins Bash -- whipping St. Clair 81-55 in the gold medal game. The Bruins broke a 20-20 tie with a 23-11 run to end the first half, and never looked back. Hugh Bent, a tournament allstar, led the way at both ends of the court with 14 points and seven steals. Freshman Vance King, the tour nament MVP, added 13 points along with another newcomer, Yuri Browne. Ricardo Edwards was a force defensively throughout the week end, grabbing eight rebounds and adding four blocks. He was also named an all-star. "It was a nice win," said Flack, "but we're not where I want to be if we want to contend. We can be better defensively." In round robin action, Sheridan defeated Cambrian 81-64 (Bent 16), Edward Monpetit 94-64 (freshman Kevin Dennis 23) and Champlain 77-60 (King and Browne each with 13). File Photo by Peter C. McCusker The Bruins Ricardo Edwards is one of only three returnees this year. But the squad still has high hopes. L 7 UPPER OAKVILLE SHOPPING CENTRE Upper Middle at 8th Line < * J A Here's what we'll do: · Drain transmission fluid · Replace transmission fluid and pan gasket · Replace or clean filter Fees for used autom ate product dspoeal may apply See store for detafc. OAKTOWN SHOPPING PLAZA 550 K e rr Street L o o k fo r i o u r f ly e r ' in^Friday's O a k ville B eaver I I 849 - 847 ? V> S ta r e H o u rs ; 844-0202 Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Sat. 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. I I