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39 | Thursday November 9, 2017 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insidehalton.com A C A D E M Y C H A M P S Oakville U 1 5 Blue Devils first winners of Ontario Academ y Soccer League By Herb Garbutt Oakville Beaver staff Deryn Armstrong of the Oakville Blue Devils leaps to head the ball away from a Brampton Elite opponent in Sunday OASL final. The Blue Devils scored early and went on to a 4-1 victory to claim the boys' under-15 championship. | Photo by Martin Bazyl - Ontario Soccer M an y o f the O akville Blue D evils' academ y p lay ers w ere ch eerin g on the L eagu e 1 O n tario soccer team w h en it w on the league ch am p io n sh ip on Oct. 20. P laying on the sam e field in V aughan nine d ays later, they h ad their ow n reaso n to cel ebrate. B lue D evils' captain D esean B arth olom ew scored three tim es to lead the Blue D evils' under-15 team to a 4-1 w in over B ram pton Elite in the in au gu ral O n tario A cadem y S o c cer L eagu e ch am pion sh ip. O akville and B ram p ton finished 1-2 in the O A SL stan d in gs and sp lit their tw o m eetin gs this seaso n . In O akville's w in , the B lue D evils rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the final 10 m in u tes to w in 5-4. "T h is g ro u p h a s been p ro gressin g very w ell all se a so n ," said Blue D evils' League1 O n tario coach D u n can W ilde. "T h ese team s w ere pretty evenly m atch ed , b u t (the Blue D evils) scored early and I d o n 't th in k they w ere ever in danger o f givin g u p the lead ." B arth olom ew w asted little tim e givin g O akville the lead, fin din g the n et w ith a strik e from the left w in g in the seco n d m in ute. He in creased the lead to 2-0 in the 25th m in u te w h en h is cross w as in advertently tipp ed in by a B ram p ton defender. B artholom ew com pleted h is h at trick in the seco n d half, slip p in g p a st the B ram p ton defen ders before beatin g the Elite keeper w ith a low sh o t to the left corner. A B r a m p to n g o a l in th e 7 8 th m in u te s p o ile d B lu e D e v il k e e p e r M a rce l M aria k 's s h u t o u t b id a n d th o u g h tim e w a s r u n n in g sh o r t , O a k v ille d id n o t le t it s g u a r d d ow n . N o t w an tin g to give B ram p to n an op p or tun ity to avenge th at lo ss, O akville con tin u ed to p u sh an d w as rew arded w ith a p e n alty k ic k in the 8 2 n d m in u te that A lbert C am en zu li cap italized on to in crease the lead to 4-1. T he B lue D evils led the league in scorin g, p aced by D eryn A rm stron g, w h o top p ed the league w ith 19. C am en zu li (1 0 ), M arco A rezes (n in e) an d Sebastian M o llejas (six ) also finished in the top 10. O akville w as seco n d to B ram p ton in few est g o a ls allow ed, w ith M ariak finish ing sec on d in the league w ith three clean sheets. T he O A SL is a tw o-year p ilo t project of O n tario Soccer, p rovid in g U 1 3 -U 1 7 leagu es in w hich private acad em ies can com pete. "W e're an ticipatin g a lot m ore ap p lication s (for team s) n ext year," W ilde said. "It's an in terestin g con cep t an d h op efu lly it can con tinue p a st Year 2 ." Buckeyes' Field W CHA player of the week O a k v ille 's M a d iso n F ie ld w a s n a m e d the W estern C o lle g ia te H o c k e y A sso c ia tio n o ffe n siv e p la y e r o f the w e e k after sh e re c o rd e d fo u r p o in ts for the O h io S tate B u c k e y e s in a p a ir o f re c e n t w in s ov er St. C lo u d State. F ield set u p form er O akville H ornet team m ate E m m a M altais for the g a m e 's first goal an d 2 :0 7 later scored one o f her ow n in O hio State's 4-0 win. T he follow in g night, F ield scored the winner, tallying a pow er-play goal late in the first p erio d an d p ick in g u p an a ssist on a secondp erio d goal as O h io State recorded another 4 -0 win. It w as F ield 's team -leadin g sixth goal o f the se aso n to g o alon g w ith four a ssists in eight gam es. O h io State lo st its first gam e o f the seaso n la st w eeken d, a 3-1 se tb a ck again st N o. 1 W iscon sin , d ro p p in g the B u ck ey es' record to 7-1-1. W IN TE R BREAK 2018 SPEN D THE HOLIDAYS WITH THE HE n TO P H O CK EY CAMP IN OAKVILLE LLE i JANUA JA N U A R Y '"V 2-5TH ' V S jfe l i t s Stuart, Marriott best from Oakville in cross-country A pair o f stro n g fin ish es h elped Iroqu ois R id ge's E th an Stu art and St. T h o m a s A q u i n a s's R achel M arriott p o st O akville's best resu lts at the O n tario F ed eration o f Sch ool A thletic A sso ciatio n s cross-cou n try m eet in Petaw aw a last Saturday. S tu a r t, w h o w o n th e G o ld e n H o r se sh o e A th le tic C o n fe re n c e title w ith a str o n g fin al s p r in t, m o v e d u p fro m 7 2 n d at the h a lfw a y m a r k o f th e fiv e -k ilo m e tre c o u r se to fin ish 3 9 th in th e ju n io r b o y s ' race. S t u a r t 's fin al tim e w a s 19 m in u te s a n d 5 4 seco n d s. M arriott also gain ed p o sitio n s in the latter h alf o f the race, g o in g from 5 1 st to also finish 3 9 th in the m id get girls' race. She com pleted the 4 -km cou rse in 16:02. W hite O a k s' San d ra G u ga w as the only other run n er to crack the top 100 in races that in clu d ed m ore than 2 5 0 run n ers. G u ga w as 79th in the sen ior girls' race, coverin g six k ilom etres in 26:33. - H k if r lS CAMPS Ho CAN LAN Oakville Blades win two of three weekend games in OJHL play T he O akville B lad es travelled to Buffalo last S u n d ay for their third O n tario Ju n io r H ockey L eagu e gam e in three days, takin g tw o o f the three by defeating the Sabres 5-2. Satu rd ay in O rangeville, the B lades d rop p ed a 6-4 decision to the F ly ers, w hich follow ed a 4-0 sh u to u t o f St. M ike's B u zzers in T oronto last Friday. T he secon d -place B lad es, w h ich were sch ed u led to play again st the R aiders in G eorgetow n last n igh t (W edn esday), are b a ck in action tom orrow w h en the Sabres visit Sixteen M ile S p o rts C o m p lex for a 7:30 p.m . gam e.