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25 | Friday June 2 3 , 2 0 1 7 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | w w w .insidehalton.com Kevin Nagel, Oakville Beaver Sports Editor, knagel@burlingtonpost.com Sports H D S B ' S S P E C i A L A T H L E T "Connected to your Community E S " Photos by Nikki Wesley Oakville Beaver Emily Carr's Mark Ivakhnenko, 12 (far left photo), races past fans during the Halton District School Board's 30th annual Special Athletes track and field meet at Garth Webb Secondary School on Wednesday. In near left photo, Captain R. Wilson's Trinity Lazerte, 10, cheers on her teammates after competing in T-ball during the meet. This year's event attracted more than 300 participants. The first meet in 1987 featured 12 athletes. Students competed in 50-, 100- and 400-metre races, softball throw, wheelchair and ambulatory slalom and long jump, precision throw beanbag, precision and traditional bocce, T-ball and Frisbee throw. The meet is for athletes with physical and developmental challenges. Area Optimist Clubs donated hotdogs, hamburgers, drinks and freezies for the meet. Penguins' Scott Wilson to get name engraved on Stanley Cup - `I can't wait' By Herb Garbutt Oakville Beaver staff Eleven letters. He sees them every day - w hen he picks up his mail, on his credit card, above his stall in the locker room. But they will never look the same as w hen he sees them engraved in silver later this year. Scott W ilson will see his name join the greats of the game, from Wayne Gretzky to Bobby Orr to Mario Lemieux, on the Stanley Cup. "This one, I can't wait to look ," W ilson said after w inning his sec ond Stanley Cup with the Pitts burgh Penguins. "It' s just crazy for me and m y family that it' s going to be on there." Scott W ilson lived every hockey player' s dream last season, having the opportunity to skate around the ice w hile lifting the Stanley Cup above his head. But there was som ething missing. Let' s face it, there' s no bad way to w in the Stanley Cup. But nobody dreams of w inning hockey' s m ost famous trophy watching from the sidelines. W ilson was leading the Ameri can Hockey League in goals and was among the first call-ups for the Penguins last season. He was just establishing him self as an NHL regular, scoring five times in 24 games, w hen an ankle injury end ed his season. He could only watch as many of his former Wilkes-Barre teammates, subbing for injured Pens including W ilson, suited up for the Pens during their Cup run. And it left him 16 games short of the requirement to have his name added to the Cup. This season, after so many rook ies had proven themselves during the playoffs, W ilson entered the season having to re-establish him self. And he did just that. Combining his scoring ability w hile delivering a consistent phys ical presence, W ilson produced 26 points while finishing third on the team w ith 167 hits. He continued that in the playoffs, scoring a vital insurance goal in a 4-1 victory in Game 2 of the final against Nash ville while finishing fourth in the league with 66 post-season hits "Last year was tough. It was bit tersweet," W ilson said. "To be able to do it this year, it was incredible. It' s how you want to win the Stanley Cup. It' s what every kid dreams of." see Watching on p. 26 Despite having only 103 NHL games under his belt, Oakville's Scott Wilson has raised the Stanley Cup twice already with the Pittsburgh Penguins. | photo courtesy NHL Info N ight - 2 0 1 7 /2 0 1 8 Season! Contact us by email: info@fieldhouseathletics.com Train with Fieldhouse with lessons and classes to get ready for summer! Phone: 905-639-3421 5230 Harvester Road fieldhouseathletics.ca High Performance Softball Teams High Performance Baseball Teams Independent Travel Baseball Teams