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www.insidehalton.com |OAKVILLE BEAVER |Thursday, October 19, 2017 |56 Tigers win battle of unbeaten teams Blakelock defeats Georgetown in senior girls' basketball showdown By Herb Garbutt Oakville Beaver staff Fillier's second goal gives Hornets overtime win Sarah Fillier scored twice, including the overtime winner, as the Oakville Hornets edged the Barrie Sharks 2-1 Sunday. Despite outshooting Barrie 36-14 in regu lation, Oakville trailed for m uch of the game until Fillier tied the gam e with 5:07 to play. Oakville continued to dominate in over time, holding a 10-3 advantage in shots. It w as the 10th shot of the extra period that Fillier fired hom e to give the Hornets their fourth straight win. M addy McArthur m ade 16 saves for the win. The victory m oved Oakville, 7-3-0, one point ahead of Toronto and Ottawa for first place in the Provincial W omen's Hockey League. Oakville plays in Brampton today (Thurs day) before returning hom e to host Toronto Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Jo sh u a's Creek Are nas. contribution to the town during the past year. More than 150 people will receive awards this year as nominated by their respective sports clubs. Four years ago, T.A. Blakelock High School put a senior girls basketball team on the court that included Grade 9 starters Alexa Duric and Avery Murray. Now with those veterans entrenched in the lineup, a new wave of Grade 9s is joining the Tigers and the results have been impressive. In a meeting of the only rem aining un defeated teams in Halton Secondary School Athletic Association basketball, the Tigers held off a late rally by Georgetown to win 38-30 and improve to 7-0. "We knew we had the (Grade) 12s, we ju st weren't sure what we had with the (Grade) 9 s," said Blakelock coach Scott Stevens. "W ould they be able to play at the senior level? They've had a great attitude, though. There's no intim idation." Blakelock has proven to be a stingy defen sive team, but that's also helped improve its offence by 11 points per game over last season. Despite leading the Tigers with 13 points, Duric's biggest contributions have been at the other end of the floor where Stevens said her shot-blocking ability has helped keep opponents at bay. Until handing Georgetown its first loss, the Tigers had not allowed more than 22 points in a game. "We've got a fast, athletic team so we have m ore fast break points because our defence leads to easy baskets," Stevens said. "Even when we're not shooting well, w e're always in the gam e with a chance to win because of our defence." In the only game the Tigers were held to fewer than 35 points this season, they kept their opponent in single digits, winning 32-9. In last Thursday's win over Georgetown, Jordan Merner demonstrated an ability to get into passing lanes to create turnovers Of Blakelock's four Grade 9s on the se nior squad, guard Jessica Dougall is the lone starter, joining sister Caitlin Dougall. The younger Dougall, who had seven points, won back-to-back provincial Division 1 cham pionships with the Oakville Vytis, earning MVP honours as the team defended its title by claiming the under-14 crown in April. Blakelock built a 15-point lead early against Georgetown, only to have its oppo nents go on a seven-point run. The Tigers quickly answered back with their own sev en-point run, highlighted by a Merner threepointer and followed up with a steal and la yup as she finished with 12 points. "They tend to handle pressure w ell," Ste vens said of his team 's ability to hold off Georgetown. That could be a very valuable trait when the playoffs begin next week. Sports Briefs The Weather Netw ork's Chris Mei returns as MC while Oakville Mayor Rob Burton represents the town. Form er Oakville resident Kyle Jones, once a m ember of the national triathlon team, is the guest speaker. Bill Sharp, a paddling athlete, coach and mentor, at age 80 still an inspiration to many, will be presented with a special award by Sport Oakville. Sheridan, Georgian clash Sunday The Sheridan Bruins m en's rugby team won its fifth straight gam e, setting up a show down for the division title. Sheridan got tries from six different play ers in a 43-12 victory over M ohaw k last Saturday. That leaves Sheridan and the Georgian Grizzlies tied atop the Ontario Colleges Athletic A ssociation West Division with 5-0 records. Sheridan and Georgian will m eet in the final game of the regular season Sunday in Barrie. 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