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T ■r Wednesday, April 7, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D3 Oakville Sports Scene The seventh annual A1 Nicholls Memorial Track and Field Meet will be held at Oakville Trafalgar High School on April 24th. The meet, organized by host Athletiques International Track and Field Club, will offer a variety of track and field events as well as relays for U-8, U-10, U-12 and U-14. Anyone interested in, gaining more information about the meet or coming out to a club practice is invited to phone Bruce Burton at 827-8725. □ □ □ □ Mississauga is hosting the southern region girls ringette championships at the Tomken, Iceland and New Hershey Center arenas Thursday through Sunday. Athletes range in age from 4 to 16. □ □ □ □ Nathan Cowan's campaign for gold annual fundraising event will be held Monday, April 19, 7-9:30 p.m. at the Avalon (next door to Philthy McNasty's). The purpose of the fundraising event is to help raise money for Nathan Cowan's 2000 Olympic Sailing Campaign. Proceeds from the cover charge ($10), pool tournament and silent auction will be forwarded to Nathan Cowan's Canadian Sailing Team financial assistance account. The longtime Oakville resident is now living in Burlington and an RVSP would be appreciated at 632-9499. □ □ □ □ Preparations for the last rugby season of the millennium are going quite well. In addition to off-season training continuing on Thursday nights, 8 4>.m., at Iroquois Ridge High School, the Oakville Crusaders Rugby Club has some other new stuff happen­ ing. The 'Five Nations' game broadcasts have been a huge success, and the club will be broadcasting many of this spring's 'Super 12' competition, as well. All rugby fans are welcome out. The schedule for these broadcasts, as well as the com­ plete schedule for all o f the Crusaders fixtures this year, can be found on the club's new web site (www.cgo.ca/-juliejoe/) The exhibition season kicks off with a friendly fixture against the Montreal Wanderers Club this Saturday (April 10th) at the Crusaders facility on 9th Line. From April 24 through to the end of May the Crusaders have a series of exhibition matches in preparation for both the men's and women's league schedule. Registration day is Saturday May 8th for all of the Crusaders many teams, including: four men's teams, +35 men's, +40 men's, women's, U-21 junior, U-18 junior, midget 10-a-side, and co-ed mini touch rugby. Call the club hotline at 338-7533 for more details regard­ ing any of these programs. The Crusaders welcome anyone interested in finding out more about rugby as a player or as a supporter. The club has teams that fit all levels of commitment and all levels of skill from national elite to newcomer. □ □ □ □ The Oakville 3 Pitch League is now accepting applica­ tions from teams and individual players for the upcoming 1999 season. The league plays the majority of its games on Sundays with no games scheduled on long weekends. For more infor­ mation, or an application, please call Peter at 825-0870. □ □ □ □ The Oakville mixed slo pitch league, which plays on weekends, is accepting both team and individual registrations. Call Jaye at 631-0087. □ □ □ □ Umpires required for upcoming slo pitch season in Oakville. If interested, call Andre at 469-5920. □ □ □ □ The Lakeshore Football Officials Association is looking for people interested in officiating youth and adult touch foot­ ball from May to October. Contact Peter Moore at 335-2626. Lefties world tourney on tap S , , 5!!? . The Lefthanders' World Curling Championships are on tap at the Oakville Curling Club Thursday through Sunday. The honour roll for the unique world curling champi­ onships is illustrious with past winners and participants includ­ ing Paul Savage, Shorty Jenkins, Bob Turcotte, Richard Hart and Ross Tetley. This year marks the 26th anniversary of the men's event and the 20th anniversary of the women's event. There are a total of 58 rinks entered -- 42 in the men's and 16 in the ladies. Generous sponsorship and a large and dedicated committee has kept the event going strong. Bronte Beach hosting Ontario m idget boys volleyball finals The Ontario midget boys tier one volleyball championship is being hosted by Oakville's Bronte Beach Volleyball Club this weekend. Action runs Saturday and Sunday at Oakville Trafalgar High School. Bronte Beach is seeded second behind Oshawa's Durham Attack. Bronte Beach's pool includes fourth seeded West Side North (Brampton), sixth seeded Ganaraska Wolves (Orono), eighth ranked Tigers (Waterloo) and 10th ranked Tri-city Oaks (Cambridge). Preliminary round games will be held on Saturday (two-game matches) from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bronte Beach kicks off Saturday at 11 a.m. (time approximate) against Ganaraska. Playoff action beings Sunday at 9 a.m., con­ cluding with the bronze medal match at 2 p.m. and the gold medal match at 3:30 p.m. Playoff matches are best of three. Atoms defeat eventual OMHA champs (C ontinued from pag e D 1) ironically, was an inspiring 5-3 win against the eventual OMHA champion Peterborough Petes. And that nibble of success, combined with the disappointing result, will be more than enough to fuel the team's already formulated goal of getting back to next year's Tournament of Champions for what would be a fourth consecutive time. Here's a recap: Oakville opened the tourney with a 4-2 loss to last year's OMHA champs, the York-Simcoe Express. John Davitsky and Michael Galbraith scored. Assists went to Michael Maganja (2) and Eric Murray. In game two, Oakville fell 5-2 at the hands of the Whitby Wildcats. Steven Wheeler and Conor Kelly scored. Assists went to Craig Speers and Michael Galbraith.s Whitby and York-Simcoe were clear favourites going into the tournament. Oakville got on the winning track in game three with the 5-3 win against Peterborough, a tough scrap from start to finish. Goals were scored by Eric Murray (2), Craig Speers, Michael Manganja and John Davitsky. Assists went to Bryan Carey, Conor Kelly, Davitsky, Cory Martin and Steven Wheeler. The win proved costly, however, with two Rangers sent to - the hospital with tournament ending injuries -- Michael Galbraith with a separated shoulder and Murray with a sprained ankle. The injuries to Galbraith and Murray must have taken their toll as the Rangers next fell 5- 3 to the Burlington Eagles, a team they had beaten consistently all season. After having tied heavily favoured Whitby in an earlier game, the Eagles played like a team possessed, dashing the Rangers hopes and earning themselves a place in the bronze medal game (where they were quickly brought back to earth with a 9-3 loss to York-Simcoe). Goals were scored by Steven Wheeler, Conor Kelly and Ryan Badham. Assists went to Badham (2), Michael Maganja and Cory Martin. MINOR OAKS HOCKEY ASSOCIATION TRI-COUNTY FINALISTS The Oakville Rangers double-A minor novice rep team gave it their all. but ultimately succumbed to the Burlington Eagles in the tri-county championship series. Hot goaltending was the name of the game for B •' both teams throughout the series. Game two saw the Rangers outshooting the Eagles but losing the game 2-1. Ryan McMahon scored the lone goal from Matt Lorito and Jason Proias. Oakville came out flat in the third game as Burlington earned a 4-1 victory to take control of the series. Steven Merrick broke the Eagle shutout on a nice set-up by Darren Quan. The Rangers refused to die and earned a 4-1 victory in Oakville to even the series and force a fifth and deciding game. Leading the Oakville attack were Aaron Kachkowski with two goals, Merrick with two assists and goalie David Clement with several spectacular saves. Taylor Zeismann and Lorito also scored for the Rangers. Also earning assists were Mitch Ftllman and Jacob Legein. The fifth and deciding game, last Monday, proved to be an action packed, end-to-end battle. Grayson Douglas made several key saves to keep his team in it, but his Ranger teammates couldn't find the key to putting the puck past the Burlington rtetminder. In the end, the Eagles prevailed 2-0, claiming the tri-county championship three games to two. A special thanks goes out to all of the coaches and corpo­ rate sponsors for a great season. OAKVILLE HORNETS TOUGH 2-1 LOSS The Oakville Hornets novice-BB team, sponsored by Cl Mutual and JJM Sportswear, lost 2-1 to Stouffville in a recent league playoff game. Justine Bernier scored Oakville's goal, assisted by Melissa Kennedy. The Oakville Rangers triple-A minor peewee rep team, sponsored by Polywheels, fell just short in a tune-up to their OMHA Tournament of Champions playdowns. Even though the Rangers and Sun County (Windsor) Panthers had already qualified for the OMHA championship final, the teams were obliged to complete a best-of-five divisional championship series. The home teams were successful in holding their home ice advantage through the first four games of the series, setting the stage for the fifth game in Oakville on March 28. It was a real barnburner, won 2-1 by Windsor in overtime to take the tune-up series 3-2. The visiting Panthers came out of the gate with all guns blazing, blasting net- minder Chris Rowan with 29 shots through the first two periods of game five. However, it was Oakville that got on the board first, midway though the second period, on a Nick Prescott goal, assisted by Nick Dodge and Brad McKenzie. But the lead was shortlived with Windsor drawing even on a power play marker a minute later. Then the fingernails took a beating as the third period ticked by scoreless and 2:29 into overtime before Windsor man­ aged to squeeze one by a super human Rowan for the 2-1 decision. Oakville traveled to Windsor for the first two games, and dropped both of them by one goal, 4-3 and 3-2. Nick Dodge, Tyler Donati and Nick Davis bent the twine for the Rangers in game one. Brad McKenzie, Andy MacDonald, Daniel Ringwald, Justin Donati, Geoff Pearce and Dodge helped out. In game two, after falling behind by three goals, the Rangers turned the heat up in the third period with goals by Brad McKenzie and Nick Prescott but ran out of time with the extra attacker. Helpers went to Nick Dodge (2), Geoff Pearce and McKenzie. With their backs to the wall, Oakville found home to be sweet, indeed, and they got in the win column with a close 2-1 win. Oakville opened the game with one of their most spirited periods of the sea­ son, outshooting the visitors 11-1. Still it wasn't until the second period that Oakville got on the board with Nick Dodge pushing one by a sprawling keeper. Nick Davis and Geoff Pearce earned the assists. After surrendering the tying goal early in the third period, on a power play, the Rangers increased the forechecking pressure until Brett Lain, from Dodge and Davis, picked the comer with 6:47 left for the 2-1 victory. In game four, with the adrenaline pumping and a red hot Jonathan Allen between the pipes, the Rangers blazed to the biggest win of the series, 7-2. En route to victory, Oakville held period leads of 3- 0 and 6-0. Goals were scored by Justin Donati (2), Brett Lain (2), Nick Prescott (2) and Michael Gomes. Assists went to Nick Dodge (2), Brad McKenzie, Daniel Ringwald, Gomes, Ben Heersink, Jeff Nabeta, Tyler Donati and Connor Farris. O A K V I L L E S O C C E R P LA Y E R S Boys & Girls Skills Clinics Full day, 1 week programmes July - August • Skills/Games/Modified tournaments • Ages 7 - 14 by division • Swimming • Therapist • Nutrition • BBQ lunch \ A World Cup Experience! 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Tryouts will be held on the following dates: NOVICE (Born 1989/901 Saturday, April 10th 9:00am - 10:30am Appleby Monday, April 12th 7:00pm - 8:00pm Appleby Tuesday, April 13th 7:30pm - 9:00pm Kinoak Wednesday, April 14th 6:00pm - 7:30pm Kinoak PEEWEE (Born 1987/881 Saturday, April 10th Monday, April 12th Tuesday, April 13th Wednesday, April 14th 10:30am - 12:00N Appleby 6:00pm - 9:00pm Kinoak* 6:00pm - 7:30pm Kinoak 7:30pm - 9:00pm Kinoak This session is a clinic for all Peewee registrants playing House League and those trying out for the rep team. Come and learn new skills/ renew old ones - and be ready for lacrosse season. This session is $10. BANTAM (Born 1985/861 Monday, April 12th 8:00pm - 9:00pm Wednesday, April 14th 7:00pm - 8:30pm MIDGET (Born 1983/84) Monday, April 12th 9:00pm - 10:00pm Wednesday, April 14th 8:30pm - 10:00pm Appleby Appleby Appleby Appleby Full equipment required. Arrive 1/2 hour prior to scheduled floor time to sign in. Tryouts for the Tyke Hawks Rep team will be held week of April 19th. Dates and times T.B.A. •s X 1 http://www.cgo.ca/-juliejoe/