2 1 1 Friday November 3, 2 0 1 7 | O A K V IL L E B E A V E R |www.insidehalton.com Sheridan rugby men's first playoff win advances Bruins to OGAA sem ifinals The Sheridan Bruins built a big lead and then held off a second-half Algonquin College ral ly to earn their first-ever OCAA men's rugby playoff win. The 2 9 -1 4 victor)' advances Sheridan to the O ntario Colleges Athletic Association semifinals against Flem ing College. J.P. Munro scored two tries as Sheridan took a 22-0 lead early in the second half. Algonquin cut that advantage to 2 2 -1 4 as Sheridan was forced to play shorthanded but with the Thunder defence closing in on Owen Schim pl, he passed off to Ju stin Tota, w hose try sealed the win. Strong passing by Sheridan led to Jad The Sheridan Bruins men's rugby team scored four tries to win the first Ontario Colleges Athletic Association playoff Hamade's try in the 10th m inute. Hamade game in the team's history last weekend, downing the Algonquin College Thunder 29-14. then fielded an Algonquin kick and dished | Photo courtesy Sheridan Bruins to Munro for the Bruins' second try. Hamade added the convert for a 12-0 lead that Sheri dan took into the half. H am ade upped the lead to 1 5 -0 w ith a penalty k ick and M unro eluded a m aze of A lgonquin tack lers to increase the lead to 22 - 0 . The Thu nd er w ould take advantage of a shorthanded Sheridan side to score a pair o f tries in less than 10 m inutes to m ake a game of it. Still down a m an, Sheridan was under heavy pressure until clearing its end to set up its final try. Hamade added his third convert o f the day to finish w ith 14 points. Sheridan (6 -1 ) and Flem ing (5 -1 ) meet in Peterborough tomorrow at 4 p.m. with the winner advancing to the OCAA cham pion ship. Chance to compete internationally an incentive continued from p. 20 w ith M acintosh. Still, she wasn't sure how their extra work together would pay off in F.cuador. "The strongest countries are in Europe, so 1 didn't really know what to expect," she said. Pennyfather said it was great to get more experience at the international level and hopes there will be more opportunities in the future. The biggest o f those might be well down the road, but it provides incentive nonetheless. "It's definitely exciting having w om en's canoe in the O lym pics," Pennyfather said o f last year's decision by the International Olym pic Committee to add the sport to the 2 0 2 0 Games. "It's been growing every year. It definitely deserves to be there. I couldn't see any way it couldn't b e." Join Canada's fir s t subscription based investing service Traditional and hard to understand investment fees could be costing you up to 30% of your potential wealth.* Learn why Canadian are changing the way they invest their money V is it ie s tw e a lth .c o m < b Nest Wealth -- Herb Garbutt M ore C ontent, M ore C redibility, M ore C ustom ers. T ra d y o Turns Your C lu tte r Into C ash . < Q Chat Contact us today and Get YO UR B U S IN E S S FOUND! tra d yo Call orText Your Local Directory Lifejacket ®d by stool Gl $15 save 50 % V is it w w w .T ra d y o .c o m * metrolandmedia Bug a n d s e ll in y o u r n e ig h b o u r h o o d . 1 1 v J n J y I / "» v / CTOldbOOk.Ca · J ` m e t r o la n d m e d ia · * CurnHctiid ta your community 4 Call us a t: 1 -877 - 646-6701 o r em a il: m yup da tes@ m etrola nd .co m