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Wednesday, June 23, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B7 Photo by Herb Garbutt MAKING HER PITCH: Iroquois Ridge pitcher Tanya Strus delivers a pitch in last week's Halton high school softball championship. Georgetown managed their third straight title with a 10-2 win. W ild e n c a tc h e s rid e a t th e M o lso n Indy File Photo special to the Beaver Kenny Wilden after last year's win in Cleveland. Oakville's Kenny Wilden will be back in Toronto for the Molson Indy, after all. Last year, he finished third in the Molson Indy 1998 KOOL/Toyota Atlantic Championship (K/TAC) event, but this year the series is not returning to Toronto. Wilden, however, announced last week, that he will make his first career start in the PPG- Dayton Indy Lights Championship Series on July 18 in Toronto. Wilden, who is ranked fourth in this year's K/TAC standings after five events, will drive a T97/20 Lola prepared by the Brian Stewart Racing team on the 1.721 mile Exhibition Place temporary street circuit near downtown Toronto. His sponsors are the same for his full-time K/TAC entry (he drives for the Michael Shank Racing team) and they are Newcourt and TrizecHahn Corporation. "I'm really looking forward to the opportunity to represent my sponsors, Newcourt and TrizecHahn in this year's Molson Indy," Wilden said. "It's a tremen­ dous event that gets bigger and bet­ ter every year, and as a native of the Toronto area, one that I enjoy more than any other in racing. "I'm also pleased that I will have the support of Brian Stewart Racing. Brian's team has a long history of fielding race-winning cars and a number of its drivers have gone on to race Champ Cars -- Paul Tracy, Bryan Herta, P.J. Jones and Cristianno da Matta, to name a few. So I feel confident that we'll be able to challenge the regu­ lar Indy Lights frontrunners for the win." Brian Stewart Racing owner Brian Stewart said, "I'm very happy to have Kenny driving for us in the Molson Indy. As a Toronto- based team, it has always been our goal to assist and help promote Canadian drivers, and Kenny is cer­ tainly one of the best in the Atlantic series right now. He will test with us for three days at Blackhawk Farms Raceway (near Chicago) in early July, so we should be fairly well prepared going into the race." (See 'Wilden' page B6) TALK PLAYERS BALL HOCKEY LEAGUE Rob Elis (Chiefs) 13 3 16 ADULT DavidDeSoussa (T/O M's) t l 5 16 (East division) Steve Parsons (Bandits) 6 10 16 Team G W L T GF GA P Rob Rath (Express) 7 8 15 Express 10 8 0 2 48 21 18 Geoff Spence (Storm) 6 9 15 T/O Mickey's 11 6 5 0 52 43 12 Matt Daly (Solar Bears) 6 8 14 OakvilleBandit 10 5 5 0 32 25 10 Mike Rows (Express) 4 10 14 Greyhounds 10 5 5 0 25 30 10 Greg MacLeish (Storm) 3 11 14 MeadowvaleM 11 0 11 0 15 87 0 Chester Yu (Express) 8 5 13 (West division) Brad Chapman (T/O M's) 5 8 13 Team G W L T GF GA P Darryl Curtis (Chiefs) 3 10 13 Solar Bears 11 8 2 1 54 25 17 MASTERS VicWestDevils 11 8 3 0 47 24 17 Team G W L T GF GA P Chiefs 10 6 4 0 48 31 12 NoPreserv 8 7 0 1 32 15 15 B/O Gypsies 10 5 3 2 54 31 12 Acrotum 8 7 1 0 29 7 14 Storm 10 3 5 2 43 39 4 Hawks 8 3 3 2 16 17 8 Degenerations 1- 10 --O t4 73 2 HeadlineSprts 8 2 6 0 16 24 4 TOP SCORERS Bull Dogs 8 2 6 0 16 30 4 Player G A P MtherTruckers 8 1 6 1 12 28 3 Mike Inglehart (Storm) 14 7 21 TOP SCORERS Jeff Dubblestyne (SolBear) 13 6 19 Player G A P Owen Underhill (BofG) 8 10 18 Joe Gallelleo (NoPreserv) 5 8 13 Joe Cucija (BofG) 8 9 17 Marco Salis (NoPreserv) 5 6 11 Bart Rolland (Acrotum) 4 Terry Renedios (Acrotum) 6 Julio Matos (Acrotum) 4 Jim Clarke (Acrotum) 3 Steve Wilson (NoPreserv) 2 Ron Moyer (Acrotum) 2 Anthony Gallello(NPreserv) 2 Drew Doyle (BullDogs) 1 Sal Medeiros (BullDogs) 4 Serge Simonivic (Hawks) 0 Chester Yen (BullDogs) 5 Scott Helcher (NoPreserv) 4 Mike Cairns (HSports) 3 Onofrio Loprieto (NoPres) 3 Alex Simonivic (Hawks) 2 Alec Hazel) (HSports) 2 Nick Servenis (Hawks) 4 JasonCunneyworth(Hawks) 3 Don Moen (HSports) 3 Dave Malbouef (NoPres) 3 Dave Arnold (NoPreserv) 3 Richard Storey (Acrotum) 2 (/.S. tourney 7 11 3 9 4 8 5 8 6 8 5 7 5 7 6 7 2 6 6 6 0 5 1 5 2 5 2 5 3 5 3 5 0 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 2 . 4 ' The Wiberg Oakville Cobras U-13 AA girls rep team took on older competi­ tion at the Erie Pennsylvania Flagship Cup. In their opening game against last year's champion Mentor Impact, the Ohio State champs, the Cobras lost 2-1. Laura The Wiberg Oakville Cobras U-13 A A girls rep team took on older competition at the Erie Pennsylvania Flagship Cup. In their opening game against last year's champion Mentor Impact, the Ohio State champs, the Cobras lost 2-1. Laura Bandy scored on a comer kick. The Cobras won their second game 5-0 against Rochester Ravens. Karen Zmirak had four goals with Laura Bandy adding a single. Katie McKenna earned the shutout. The Cobras set­ tled for a 0-0 tie in their third game against Penns Forest Rowdies-of Pennsylvania although controlling the play. Katie McKenna earned the shutout. W in The Oakville Rockets U-12A girls rep team shut out Cambridge 5-0 last Wednesday. Goals were scored by Giselle Panton- Brown (2), Tania Ganassini and Ali Warren. Great defensive work by Alicia Kuchma, Megan Kerr and Melanie O'Connor. Energetic midfield work by Janet Hink, Missy Kulczycki and Ali Warren. Laura Tacchi and Rachel Val lance shared the shutout. The final preliminary round game saw Oakville win 4-0. Karen Zmirak scored three goals and Heather Lockhard added a successful penalty shot conversion Kelly McBoyle claimed the shutout. Playing stellar games all weekend were sweepers Erika Taugher and Adrienne Johnstone, defenders Alexandra Skinner and Helen Halbert and midfielders Amanda Cicchini and Leslie Martin. League action In recent league action, the Wiberg Cobras won a very close exciting game over previously unbeaten Niagara Falls 1- 0. Karen Zmirak scored on a rebound off the post from a Jessica Povilaitis shot. Playing a great game for the Cobras were defenders Katie Capron and Laura Lorenz and midfielder Stephanie Muldoon. D e a d l i n e t o S u b m it : W e d n e s d a y J u n e 2 3 r d The Oakville Beaver 8 4 5 - 3 8 2 4 We want your photos! Get your team photo published in The Oakville Beaver! Soccer... Or lacrosse, or baseball or ball hockey or football .... The Oakville Beaver will help celebrate your teams season with a special section dedicated entirely to the boys and girls of winter sports. The special section will feature plenty of action shots snapped by our award winning photographers throughout the fields of Oakville. And we're also extending an invitation for teams to submit a colour team photo of themselves. We'll print all the names under the photo (list names right to left, back row to front row) and briefly tell us the highlights of the season so far and what the team has accomplished this year. And yes your photos can be returned to you. This is the fourth of many special sections The Oakville Beaver will bring to you, focusing on the wonderful world of sports at the grass roots level. Meanwhile, be sure to read the Oakville Beaver for regular reports on our house league and rep teams. ABOUT TOWNE Re/Max Aboutowne raises $5,000 for LIFE Hike fundraiser RE/MAX presents a check to support LIFE Hike. Left to right: Augy Carnovale, broker, RE/MAX Aboutowne; Helen Lightbody, sales represen­ tative, RE/MAX Aboutowne; Cathy Mulvale, founder, Strategies for LIFE and LIFE Hike; and Barbara Jackson, assistant to Augy Carnovale. Under normal circumstances, Re/Max Aboutowne Realty Corp. Broker/Owner Augy Carnovale would not take kindly to being asked to 'Take a Hike." But since this particular hike meant raising funds to combat the insidious flesh eating disease (necrotizing fascitis or NF), Augy eagerly participated in the first LIFE Hike in Canada. LIFE Hike is the fundraising arm of Strategies for LIFE, a non-profit organiza­ tion that plans to raise at least $ 10-million over the next 10 years for research, pro­ fessional education and public awareness of strep bacteria and related illnesses. Cathy Mulvale is both the founder of Strategies for LIFE and a survivor of NF. Her connection to Re/Max is through Helen Lightbody, a real estate representative with Re/Max Aboutowne and president of the Oakville Milton & District Real Estate Board. Helen approached Augy about the hike and the wheels soon sped into motion to involve Re/Max agents as major participants. A total of 14 agents and support staff took part in the hike, held on June 12th in the trails of Glen Abbey, and between pledges and donations, Re/Max raised a total of $5,000 for this most worthy of causes. "Re/Max was by far the leading cash sponsor and that was a huge surprise for me," says Cathy Mulvale. "I think it's great, because I know so many of the agents there and it was great to see all those friendly faces on the trails. It was also a huge boost for the LIFE Hike as Re/Max is everywhere; they're the number one real estate organization in Canada." Barb Jackson, Augy's assistant, organized Re/Max's participation in the hike. "It felt very good being part of something that's so brand new and something that can affect anybody," said Barb. She said Re/Max Aboutowne wanted to give the first LIFE Hike a good kick-start and ensure its success. "Cathy Mulvale is such an inspiration and she was quite emotional that day. It was gratifying to have so many people come out for the hike," Barb added. Cathy admits she was very emotional that day, not just because of the tremendous turnout (363 participants), but for deeper reasons. "I'm so happy to be alive and I have a glowing, rosy outlook, but what I was­ n't prepared for was the number of people out there who have lost husbands and wives and children to the strep bacteria. There were 12 survivors on the walk and all of that made me very emotional." Cathy said that as she thanked the people for being there. She felt overcome by the magnitude of everything involved - being a survivor of NF herself, having her two beautiful children and loving, supportive husband by her side, seeing the other survivors who had the courage to go on the hike, and thinking of those who hadn't survived and the loved ones they left behind. But this intensely spirited young women is always the optimist and not one to dwell on the dark side of life. It was this spirit and optimism that prompted her desire to "give something back" and start thinking about Strategies for LIFE the day she left the hospital, and she never stops planning ahead. Using the generous sponsorship of Re/Max as an example, Cathy can confidently approach other com­ panies to sponsor future hikes. Already, some have come forward to help, she said, and she is enormously grateful to Re/Max Aboutowne for their tremendous gen­ erosity.