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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, Ju ne 7, 20 18 | 48484 Halfway through the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference semifinal, the King's Christian Cavaliers held a slim 1-0 lead. The fact that King's had held the Assumption Cru- saders chances to a mini- mum wasn't that surpris- ing to the Cavaliers' coach- es. "Our back line really sets the tone," said Dmitri Lee, who coaches the se- nior boys' soccer team with Mike Zietszma. "They're very strong and they push the ball up the middle of the field." Anchored by centre- backs Ben Cates and Santi Balkowski, the Cavaliers allowed the fewest goals, surrendering just nine on their way to a league-best 7- 1-0 record. But Lee wasn't shocked by what transpired in the second half of the game against Assumption either. Needing a win to earn a re- turn trip to the OFSAA AA tournament, the Cavaliers struck for five goals to seal a 6-0 win. "Even though we have strong defence, we can score goals, too," Lee said. "We scored 47 goals during the season so we're strong on all ends." Garth Webb was the on- ly team to hold King's to un- der four goals in a game this year, blanking the Cavs 2-0 in the second week of the season. King's Chris- tian avenged that loss by beating Garth Webb 3-1 in the Halton final. The Cavaliers extended their winning streak to eight games with the victo- ry over Assumption. Robbie Cleary, one of several Grade 9s on the team, had a pair of goals and Matt Walraven also scored twice. Quintin Benn-John and Jack McCay had the other goals while Tyrese Hyacinth re- corded the shutout. The Cavaliers reached the quarter-finals at OF- SAA last year, and hope to take another step forward and contend for a medal this time around. "Our focus right from day one was OFSAA," said Lee. "We always have big expectations." While the Cavaliers have a young team well po- sitioned for the future, for the group of graduating players - Cates, Jack McCay, Tim Arsan, Mario Iskander and Jack Little - they will be looking for the school's first boys' soccer medal since winning the A championship in 2012. The OFSAA tourna- ment will be held June 7 to June 9 in Windsor. Two-way play has King's Christian returning to OFSAA HERB GARBUTT hgarbutt@metroland.com St. Thomas Aquinas' Marcus Nandlal won the senior boys' 400 metre hurdles at the South Regional Track and Field Meet to earn a spot at this week's provincial championships at York University. Nandlal went into regionals seeded fourth, but he knocked more than 4.5 seconds off his time from the Golden Horseshoe meet to finish in 56.62 seconds. That gave him a comfortable victory of more than a second. Abbey Park's Ben Currier finished in 58.19 seconds to take third. Nandlal went on to add a silver medal in the senior boys' 400 m with a time of 49.51 seconds. Oakville Trafalgar's Matthew Tint beat Brampton's Kenneth West by one centimetre on his final jump to win the junior boys' triple jump. After winning the Golden Horseshoe title with a jump of 12.96 m, Tint said his goal at re- gionals was to break the 13-metre mark. West set the bar on his first jump, with a leap of 13.34 m. Tint crept closer to 13 m, but had yet to break it heading into last attempt. With one jump remaining, he pulled into the lead with a jump of 13.35. West fouled on his last attempt as he looked to better Tint. Loyola's Tamia Noel turned in second place finishes in the senior girls' shot put and discus, finishing behind Welland's Trinity Tutti, who established a new meet discus record of 50.04 m. Noel turned in a throw of 33.32 m on her final throw to edged Brampton's Ashley Assam by three centimetres. Noel topped 10.5 m in five of her six attempts in the shot put, finishing with her best throw of 12 m in the final round. Loyola teammate Nic Legaspi finished sec- ond in the junior boys' 300 m hurdles in a time of 40.75 seconds. Abbey Park's Elena Colussi-Pelaez was sec- ond in the senior girls' pole vault, clearing 2.90 m to finish 0.10 m behind Niagara Falls' Maya Fetic. Eagles teammate Yihang Qin was second in the senior boys' triple jump, leaping 13.27 m to finish just behind Brampton's Oluchi Ugoh (13.42 m). SPORTS Nandlal, Tint earn wins at South Regionals HERB GARBUTT hgarbutt@metroland.com Matthew Tint, shown competing at the Golden Horseshoe championships, won the South Regionals triple jump title by one centimetre, edging Brampton's Kenneth West on his final jump. Tint eclipsed the 13-metre mark for the first time, securing the title with a jump of 13.35m. Herb Garbutt/Metroland