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l or" it '.utstiiii..~ A .‘AA. . ‘ ”'3 in Hockey The Oakville Blades, who have a surprise 3-0 stran- glehold on the Burlington Cougars, can wrap their sec- ond-round Provincial Junior “A” series Friday night at Oakville Arena. Game time is 8 p.m. It was a very long and productive weekend for the Blades who won 7-4 in Burlington Friday night, 6-3 at home Sunday.night and 6-3 in Burlington Monday i. ni ht. gThe second game was marred by an ugly bench clearing brawl at the end of the second period that also involved the coach- es la) Frank lvankovlc .Oakville Blades general manager Murray Walker said the incident is “not one that we condone and one that will not be repeat .” The Blades are cooking up a successful second-round playoff series, said Walker, with a number of important ingredients. The key contribution, provided by Frank Ivankovic, is hot goaltending which is so important for teams who want to progress in the playoffs. ' The second staple, which all the players have added to the mix, is more _ BETWEEN I The Blades jumped out to an awesome start in their first two games of the second round layoff series a ainst Burlington. n both games ey took II to the Cougars winning convincm ly 7- 4 and 6-3. It seems the the Blades are on some kind of a roll. With each game they are getting well rounded scoring efforts and are growing stronger In the way they execute their system. allowed Burlington to sneak in two goals but, the 6-3 score actua Iy flattered the frustrated Cougars. Their frustration boiled over but, even then, the Blades dominated the extra curricular activities. The Late season acquisition of tough uy, Conrad Praamsma, has me e a huge difference to the Blades. His more physical resence instills confidence for is teammates and his excellent hockey shills have stren hened the defense. He has con nbutes night at Oakville Arena was a real treat. The Blades completely . . . _ dominated the Con are in every 9 paints in 7 games. Winning facet of the ame. hey skated Ways? You. bet And the fun is and moved t e uck extremely 1ust beginning. See you Friday well letting u on y in the last two or game four. minutes 0 the game. This Playoll Scoring #2: GordKa/veida #20 Mattlnferbartolo #22 Kent Williams #19 Mike Roberts #12 Jmon Slane Oakville defeats Milton 4 games to 2 Biliiiiilliitii _ liamsiliia OakVille 7 Burlington 4 Id‘od uni“ Gamma Oakville 6 Burlington 3 ’SPORTS shots and less dipsy doodhng. A third ingredient comes complements of the two most recent additions to the Blades â€" Conrad and Justin Praainsma â€" and that’s the ability to play a physical style of hockey, an aspect that used to be the team’s “Achilles heel.” “They both like to hit and it’s getting a little contagious. Guys who never hit before are starting to hit,” said Walker. . , Oakville’s greatest enemy, now, may very well be complacency but Walker is confident that won’t happen. He recalled one regular season game earlier this year when Oakville was up 5-0 on Burlington â€" only to end up losing 8-5. At this point, that game is turning out to be one of the most important of the year. in Precision Skating For the second year in a row, the Oakville Skating Club is sending all three of its eligible teams to the Canadian precision figure skating championships which get underway in Montreal at the end of this month. The club accomplished the difficult feat this past weekend with an out- standing perforrnance at the all-important central Ontario championships which were held in Markham over the weekend. The senior team led the way with a first place finish while the adult and novice teams both finish in second place. The top three teams in each age category earn the right to move on to the Canadian championships which run fiom March 31 to April 3. A fourth Oakville team that was entered in the juvenile category had to set- tle for a fourth place finish, missing out on a medal â€" and a trip to the provin- cial championships â€" by the slimmest of margins. The juvenile category is not represented at the national competition. Club executive Kim Warren said there’s a lot of excitement over sending such a large contingent â€" more than 70 skaters â€" to the Canadian champi- onships. Although the three teams have already earned a trip to Montreal, he said pride will be on the line when they compete in the provincial championships on March 13. The highly competitive central Ontario area, basically comprises a triangle with Oakville, Barrie and Pickering at the tips. The Brampton club also man- aged to qualify all three of its eligible teams for the national championships, he said. in Basketball The heavily-favored Sheridan College basketball team knocked off Seneca College 88-82 Monday night to make it the Ontario final-four tournament in Ottawa this weekend. ' Algonquin â€" the country’s number one ranked college â€" has also joined the elite club, easily disposing of Niagara College 102 to 60 last Friday. The two teams were awaiting the outcome of last night’s two other quarter- final games to determine their opponents. Humber and Durham were the heavy favorites over Cambrian and Mohawk, respectively. This would set up a fantastic final four, with all four colleges ranked in the country’s top ten, including Algonquin (l), Humber (3), Sheridan (8) and Durham (9). ' If it did pan out this way, Sheridan would get Humber as its semi-final oppo- nent Friday night at 6 p.m. while Algonquin would take on Durham. Spearheading the Sheridan victory was James Rogers with 23 points and an even more impressive nine rebounds.Also chipping in with the offence were Wayne Mulgrave (19), Chris Watson (13) and George Frempong (1 l). in Volleyball Sheridan College’s unparalleled volleyball dynasty continues with the Bruins picking up their sixth straight Ontario college championship this past weekend. The team also picked up tickets to Calgary where they will be headed next Wednesday for the Canadian college championships which get underway on Thursday with the opening round matches and conclude Saturday with the championships. Sheridan, which went undefeated through both the regular season and in (see Volleyball“, page 21) (al/quZ/i/‘ii/i/yiJZVi/lp/iW/s f lanes ,1 17/7/77 I/ ’ /////l/////( / :25: , I/J/ Alertrw 'J 57th Edition W 7 //////'7////////_/ added attraction F RE for ticket holders only! See the animals backstage! CIRCUS MENAGERIE opens 1 hr. before until 15 minutes before showtime! THU. 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(till Him 34 l 22:75 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 19 ‘ 1.- Page] PLAYOFF Scoreboard BOYS BASKETBALL (Tomorrow's league championship games at Sheridan College, Oakville campus) SENIOR (6:30 p.m. approximate) Bishop Reding (Milton) vs. Nelson (Burl) last Thursday's semi-finals: Nelson (Burl) 56, MM. Robinson (Burl) 50 Bishop Reding (Milton) 67, Pearson (Burl) 52 JUNIOR (4:45 p.m., approximate) St. Thomas Aquinas vs. Pearson (Burl) Last Thursday's semi-finals: St. Thomas Aquinas 47, Milton 43 Pearson (Burl) 56, M. Robinson 45 MIDGET (3 p.m. start) Central (Burl) vs. Pearson (Burl) Last Thursday's semi-finals: Central (Burl) 64. Loyola 48 Pearson (Burl) 82, Georgetown 41 Oakville championship final (Monday): St. Luke's 39, St. Bernsdette's 35 Bronze medol iiuol (Monday): St. Michael‘s 50, St Marguerite's 30 Bolton system quarter-limb (niesday night) St. Luke's vs St. Mark's (Burl) St. Raphael (Burl) vs St Peter (Milton) Our Lady of Victory vs St. Bermdette's Holy Rosary vs St. Michael's Bolton system semifinals (Ihursday at St. Marguerite's in Oakville) Bolton championship (Monday, Bishop Reding in Milton 8 p in.) ' m KETBALL CENTRAL Central championship final (yesterday): Pinelond vs. QB. Park Central semi-final results (Monday): QB Park 23, WE. Morden 20 league chamion Pineland received a bye Bolton system quarter-finals (Thurs, 7 pm): central champion vs north champion. mm TWO Central semi-limb: CH. Norton at Bastview (today). Central Tier No finals: Tier Two champion Brookdale takes on winner of above match (Monday, March 7. 7 p.m. at Lord Blgin). EAST East championship final (Thursday): EJ. James 24, Montclair 22 OT Bolton system quorter finals (Thurs, 7 p.m.): EJ. James vs west champion HER TWO East Tier Two championship (today at White Oaks Secondary School, 7 p.m.): Folgerwood vs. River Oaks Last week's semi-iimis: River Oaks 54, Pilgrim Wood 29 Falgerwood recieved a bye MINOR BANTAM AA Orangeville 9, Oakville 2 (Feb. 26, playoff): the OakvillefirstChoicel-Isireuttersllsngersdidnot play badly in dropping the second game of the best-of-five OMHA provincial semi-final series, butthey’re goingtoncedssuperiorefi'ortfmm everyployeraswellssalittlehitofluckifthey hope to turn the series around. Orangeville chalked up four straight goals before Oakville fought back with two goals. Orangeville, howev- er, then whipped of five unanswered goals. Jeff Elia and Justin Miller scored for Oakville with Dave Dunn, Craig Gilmore, Brad McDonald and Kent Wallace picking up assists. Orangeville 6, Oakville 2 (Feb. 22, playoff): in the opening game between the league's two top team, Oakvillereboundedwiditwogoaistotake a 2-1 lead That was it, though, as Orangeville fired in five unanswered goals to win the first OCKEY (Yesterday's league championship game) MM. Robinson 5, St. Thomas Aquinas 3 Last week's semi-finals: St. Thomas Aquinas 3, Aldenhot 2 0T MM. Robinson 6, Notre Dame 2 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL (Yesterday's league championship games) SENIOR Oakville Thfolger vs. Georgetown Last Thursday's semi-finals: Georgetown 2, Nelson (Burl) 0 Oakville’lhhlserl B. Reding(Miiton)0 JUNIOR Notre Dame (Bin'l) vs. Georgetown last Thursday‘s semi-finals: Georgetown 2, White Oaks 0 None Dame (Burl) 2, MM. Robinson (Burl) 0 GIRLS BASKETBALL Bolton system quarter-finals (Monday night) St. Morguerite's 44, Holy Rosary (Burl) 26 Our Lady of Victoly (M) 30. St. Mark's (B) 22 St Peter's (Milton) 29, St. Bernodette's 26 St. Timothy (Burl) 48, St. Motthew 28 Bolton system semi-finals (today): St. Marguerite vs Our Lady of Victory (Milton) St Peter’s (Milton) vs. St. Timothy (Burl) Bolton championship (Monday, Bishop Reding in Milton, 6:30 pm) - Oakville's champiomhip final (Thursday): St Marguerite's 28, St Bernadette's 16 imflf‘z‘s‘f’ili‘ifidil” BOYS BASKETBALL CENTRAL Central championship final (yesterday): Eastview vs. Pineland Central semi-final results: Pinelsnd 46, QB Park 39 league leading Esstview received a bye Bolton system quorter-finobfl‘hurs, alter girls): central champion vs north champion TIER TWO Central semi-finals: Brookdale at W.H. Morden (yesterday). Central Tier Two finals: Tier 'No champion C.I-I. Norton takes on winner of above match Monday, March 7, at Lord Blgin, around 8:15 p.m. (following the girls tier two final which begins at 7 p.m.). EAST Eat chompiomhip final (Thursday): EJ. 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