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Men‘s hockey league gears up for season High school teacher hosts bâ€"ball clinic The Oakville Wildcats girls underâ€"12 rep soccer team showed great determinaâ€" tion and grit in the recent National Capital Invitational in Ottawa, losing 2â€"1 to Burlington on a goal in the second overtime period. In the preliminary games, Oakville defeated Gloucester 8â€"0 (Anneâ€"Marie Silvestri 3, Leslie Mariott 2, Alexis Lampert 2 and Janice McGann), Massachusetts 3â€"1 (Lindsay Ince, Justine Brooks and Anneâ€"Marie Silvestri) Kanata 5â€"0 (Anneâ€" Marie Silvestri, Yolanda Kolodziej, Melissa Welsh, Lyndsay Zeller and Janice McGann), and West Rouge 1â€"0 (Anneâ€"Marie Silvestri). This advanced them to the semiâ€"finals where they locked horns with Mid New Jersey. Allâ€"star team wins Grimsby tournament Home Court offers summer bâ€"ball camp After a scoreless tie through regulation time and two 10â€"minute overtime periâ€" ods, Oakville finally prevailed in the shootout with goaltender Lyndsay Zeller stopâ€" ping all shots that came her way while both Renu Grautam and Melissa Welsh managed to score for Oakville. In the championship game, Burlington came out fast and scored early. Oakville‘s Anne Marie Silvestri tied it up just before the first half. The score held up through the second half, sending the game into overtime where Burlington notched the winner about two minutes from the shootout. The two teams battled back and forth through regulation time with a 1â€"1 result and the two subsequent 10â€"minute, sudden death overtime periods failed to resolve the stalemate. Oakville‘s goaltender, Julie Pradad, then made the difference in the penalty shootout. Goal scorers for Oakville were Lindsay Dold, Nadia Manes, Jacquie Cox and Natalie Di Croce. Oakville high school teacher and head coach Jim Noble is again holding his weekâ€"long summer basketball clinics, and there‘s still room in the second and final Oakville‘s Home Court Basketball is offering weekâ€"long basketball camps throughout the summer. Hosted by Carol Hamilton Goodale, former national and Olympic basketball team member, the camps run each weekâ€"day at the Oaklands Regional Centre from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a oneâ€"hour supervised lunch break. The cost is $99 with discounts for additional weeks and for families. The sessions are as follows: Aug 15â€"19 (boys, 12â€"14 and 14â€"17); Aug 22â€"26 (girls, 7â€"17). The Oakville underâ€"11 all star girls soccer team captured first place in the 11th annual Grimsby soccer tournament. Oakville won the championship game 2â€"1 over Niagara Falls in a sudden death shootout. In preliminary rounds, Oakville went undefeated, beating St. Catharines 2â€"0 (Heather Sullivan and Lindsay Dold), Grimsby 3â€"0 (Heather Sullivan 2 and Lindsay Dold) and Beamsville 6â€"0 (Heather Sullivan 2, Lindsay Dold 2, Kristina Melhuish and Candace Kawiuk. This sent Oakville on to the semiâ€"final match where they defeated East Hamilton 3â€"0 (Lindsay Dold 2 and Heather Sullivan). The basketball sessions have been running in Burlington, where he is an instructor and coach for the Burlington Minor Basketball Association, for the past 17 summers â€" and all have all been sold out. The program was expanded to Oakville two years ago. For more information, call Jim Noble at 336â€"6669. Home Court Basketball offers a variety of yearâ€"round basketball programs, catering to all ages, including instructional dayâ€"camps, organized competitive leagues and various tournaments. For more information, call 825â€"4117. Open to girls and boys between the ages of 10 and 17 years of age, it will be held at T.A. Blakelock â€" where he teaches â€" from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2. Instruction begins at 9:30 a.m. and continues until 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Cost is $70. Few openings remain in sports program Appleby College still has room in some of its summer sports programs. The tennis program (suitable for ages 8 to 14) and exploring the sports program (suitable for ages 7 to 12) have openings available in all remaining August weekly sessions. The cost is $209 and $189, respectively, with discounts for additional weeks. The hockey school is only accepting goaltenders at this point. For more information or to register, phone 845â€"4681, ext. 266. Registration for the Halton Mens Hockey League is under way for men over the age of 23 who want to play recreational, non contact hockey in Oakville. _ All games are in prime time with a choice of night games or Sunday morning games. Individual entries only, no full teams are permitted. For registration information, call 849â€"9712. Wildcats are finalists at Ottawa tourney Introducing the freshest taste to come out of California in years ! Two all beef patties, with a slice of processed cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, onions and our special California sauce. It‘s the California Double. And it‘s M McDonald‘s Taste of the Month for Qv McDonald‘s _ The California . Double August. So enjoy it while you can, Dude! Now available at McDonald‘s, Dude. Oakville players help hand U.S. its first ever tournament loss As if two Blue Jay World Series victories weren‘t enough, four Oakville baseball players helped Ontario win for the first time at the annual underâ€"18 world youth baseâ€" ball classic. Held earlier this summer in Binghamton, New York, the American hosts had never lost in ten previous tries at the prestigious 14â€"team tournament. Oakville‘s fab four, all members of the Oakville A‘s juvenile rep team, included pitcher/right fielder Cory Pike, second baseman Jamie Dent, pitcher/first baseman Clint Lawrence and left fielder Russ Bloomfield. The provincial team finished second in its pool with a record of four wins and two losses, sending it up against the firstâ€"place team from the other pool, Hartford, Connecticut. Ontario pulled off a 3â€"1 upset, earning a berth in the finals against Rhode Island which had edged the Montana State champions 3â€"2 in the other semiâ€"final encounter. An exciting game saw Ontario win 3â€"2 in their final atâ€"bats. Lawrence started the final rally with a walk, subsequently advancâ€" Oakville‘s Colin Ellis took the gold medal in the tricks event at the Eastern Canadian Water Ski Championships in Orangeville last weekend. Ontario skiers swept the medals with Ryan Bush of Brampton in second place and J.J. Woodley of Richmond Hill in third. At the recent Ontario Water Ski Championships in Orangeville, Ellis picked up silver and bronze. A graduate of Oakville Trafalgar High School, he took the silver medal in the tricks event, narrowly outscored for the gold by Bush who is his training partner. In slalom, Ellis came in second for a silver medal behind Tom Muir of Hamilton. J.J. Woodley was third. A strong performance in slalom resulted in a third place finish behind Jeremy Kovac and Tom Muir. Due to a knee injury, Ellis is not competing in the jump events. OTHS grad strikes gold in tricky event Prior to the provincials, Ellis SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1994 PAGE 17 Oakville players (left to right) Clint Lawrence, Russ Bloomfield, Jamie Dent and Cory Pike helped end U.S. domination. ing to second on an error and third on a fly ball. Norm James of Kitchener proâ€" vided the heroics with a gameâ€"winâ€" competed in two invitational tournaâ€" ments â€" the Lake Walmead Record in Milledgeville, Georgia, and the Bond Lake Invitational in Richmond Hill. He is now setting his sights on Colin Ellis the upcoming national champiâ€" onships in Edmonton. Sponsored by O‘Brien Skis and Mica wetsuits, Ellis has completed his freshman year at Georgia College. ning RBI single Both Oakville pitchers â€" Lawrence and Pike â€" won their games. Quaker State Quality 260 Speers Road