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•T he IFP• H alton H ills, Thursday, Septem ber 26, 2013 29 15 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. N., GEORGETOWN 905-877-2296 www.georgetowntoyota.com THE ALL NEW2014THE ALL NEW2014 LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORELIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE *$2,000 DOWN PAYMENT $19,900$19,900 COROLLACOROLLA LEASE FOR $99$99 Plus tax per monthfor 60months,semi-monthly* PLUSTAXES AUTO • AIR CONDITIONING SPORTS "Quote/unquote" 'The opening ceremonies were something I'll always remember. It was pretty nifty.'-- Andrew Groombridge... see pg. 32 The Georgetown Raiders will get a good test of their endurance this weekend with a run of four games in five days, including the Ontario Junior Hockey League's Governors' Showcase Sunday morning in Oakville. Sitting at the .500 mark with a 3-3-1 record, the Raiders are set to spend a lot of time on the bus in the next few days starting with a trip to Kingston to face the 4-2-0 Voyageurs Thursday evening. Georgetown will host the 2-3-1 Whitby Fury Sat- urday at the Alcott Arena at 7:30 p.m., with a quick turnaround before taking on the 4-3-0 Toronto Jr. Canadiens Sunday at 10:30 p.m. for the annual Gov- ernors' Showcase contest in front of major junior, post-secondary school and pro scouts at Oakville's Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. On Monday, they'll visit Buffalo to clash with their divisional-rivals, the 3-1-0 Jr. Sabres, for the first time this season. The Raiders broke out of a four-game losing streak Saturday with a convincing 5-1 victory over the guest Pickering Panthers. Ryan Smith, Anthony Marra, Kyle Allan, John Adams and rookie Andrew Court, with his first Jr. A marker, scored for the home side, with Steve Hladin and Liam Clare adding two assists each. Friday night, the Raiders paid their first visit to the new Duke Dome in Wellington. Michael Cour- voisier opening the scoring for Georgetown early on but the Dukes went on to a 4-1 win. NOTES: Local resident and former Raider Andy Bathgate has joined a pro team in Belgium after one year at the University of Guelph in which he led the Gryphons in scoring...Highly-touted defender Thom- as Welsh, who left the Raiders midway through last season to sign on with the OHL's Mississauga Steel- heads, is now at Brock University...Forward Nicho- las Dozzi has made the roster of the QMJHL's Cape Breton Screaming Eagles...Georgetown's Josh Sterk reacted well to his surprise trade from the Kitchener Rangers to Oshawa last week. The 18-year-old cen- tre had a goal and four assists in his first two games with the Generals and sits sixth in OHL scoring... Barrie Colts' first-round draft pick Matthew Kreis of Georgetown had a goal and an assist in his debut last week, a 7-4 win over Sarnia. Kreis, a 16-year-old centre, was named the game's third star. The weather co-operated nicely for the 774 elementary school runners who took part in last week's two-day Optimist Club of Halton Hills cross- country meet held at Cedarvale Park. Halton Hills Christian School won three of the six team points titles on day one of the competition, which involved students age 8-10. On day two, Centennial Middle School's Chargers were the overall champs for the 11-13 age groups with three team banners earned. Stewart- town's Stingers were tops in the 13- year-old age groups for boys and girls. Following are the top-three finishers in each of the age categories: Girls 8 yrs. 1.Olivia Meldrum, George Ken- nedy; 2.Jaime Barrows, Glen Williams; 3.Sydney Hood, Park Boys 8 yrs. 1.Easton Gougeon, Silver Creek; 2.Michael Moir, Gardiner; 3.Matthew Longmead, Halton Hills Christian Girls 9 yrs. 1.Sydney Vokes, SC; 2.Alyssa Prim- dahl, GK; 3.Daniel Blanford, HHC Boys 9 yrs. 1.Charles Winsor, GW; 2.Ben McKen- zie, Park; 3.Ron McDonald, Gard Girls 10 yrs. 1.Rachel Love, Georgetown Rockets; 2.Zara Menheere, GK; 3.Grace Melo, Park Boys 10 yrs. 1.Braeden Biggar, Gard; 2.Brendan Gardiner, Pineview; 3.Michael Caissie, GK Girls 11 yrs. 1.Silvana Flores, Centennial; 2.Kait Moms, Gardiner; 3.Samantha Brooks, Cent Boys 11 yrs. 1.Samuel Clarke, Post's Corners; 2.Nathan Bellsmith, HHC; 3.Tommy Woods, Cent Girls 12 yrs. 1.Teah Cook, Cent; 2.Mari Young, PC; 3.Naomi Chang, McKenzie-Smith Bennett Boys 12 yrs. 1.Connor Chandler, Gard; 2.Brandon Ponomarew, Gard; 3.Devin Guest, Cent Girls 13 yrs. 1.Payton Truyens, GR; 2.Shelby Ward, PC; 3.Emma Crosbie, Cent Boys 13 yrs. 1.Jeffrey Rice, PC; Josh Menheere, Cent; 3.Justin Knebel, Stewarttown Close to 800 elementary school students from around the North Halton area took part in the Optimist Club of Halton Hills's annual cross-country meet held at Cedarvale Park last week. Photo by Eamonn Maher The inaugural Open Hearts Charity Golf Tournament took place last week at the Hornby Glen course, with several for- mer Canadian Football League players teeing it up to help out impoverished women in Third World countries. The ourney raised approxi- mately $6,000 to support micro- finance projects in Nicaragua. In November, Lending Jour- ney founder Vince Vetro of Georgetown will take the funds to the Central American country to hand out to about 30 women for them to start up small businesses in their rural communities. The foursome of Josh Locke, Matt Locke, Luke Leblanc and Brett Hayes won the scramble event with a score of -6. Former Hamilton Tiger-Cat Chuck Ealey (top left) and ex-Toronto Argonaut Orlando Bowen (top right) join Lending Journey charity found- er Vince Vetro (bottom left) and his brother Bob for a picture. Submitted photo HHCS, Chargers dominate meet Lending Journey tourney raises $6,000 Raiders snap skid but now get busy