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28 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday January 11, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Oakville junior rink just misses playoffs By Tim Gall SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Dolphins win 11 medals in Montreal The Dolphins Swim Club earned 11 medals, including three golds, at the CAMO meet in Montreal. Sinead Russell, 14, earned a pair of golds, taking first in the 200-metre freestyle and the 200m backstroke. She also won a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke. Twelve-year-old Lauren Dixon claimed the club's other gold with a victory in the 50m breaststroke. She also won silver medals in the 200m freestyle and 200m breaststroke and a bronze in the 50m freestyle. Alex VanOmmen, 16, won a silver medal in the 50m breaststroke. Maggie Burns, 11, won a bronze in the 200m breaststroke while 14-year-old Joey Weatherill took bronze in the 200m freestyle. An Oakville Curling Club team was one win short of making the playoffs at last weekend's Ontario Junior Curling Championships. Matt Mapletoft, Scott Howard, Jake Walker and Jamie Parker concluded the championships in Coldwater with a 3-4 record. In order to advance to the semifinals, the four teenagers needed a victory in their final game of the round-robin to force a tie-breaking playoff. However, the rink was thwarted by a powerful Ottawa squad which made it to the final before losing the title to a St. Thomas foursome. The St. Thomas rink earned the provincial junior men's title and a trip to the Canadian championships next month in Sault Ste. Marie. A Burlington team claimed the junior women's crown. Mapletoft, the skip of the Oakville team, admitted it wasn't the rink's best performance, but the players are looking forward to trying again next year. "We'll keep going from here and build on it," he said. He added the team, which is in its first year together, will learn from the experience and move on. He said they will use a few more events this season to help improve their game. "It's all about getting ready for next season now," he said. Though the team came up empty in its quest for the provincial championship, it is the reigning Zone 9 champion and was also successful in claiming a regional championship. All of the players on the team have been curling for about ten years. Mapletoft is an 18-year- Deinhart wins fencing gold in Newmarket TIM GALL / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVER ROCK STEADY: Oakville's Jamie Parker delivers a rock at the Ontario Junior Curling Championships in Ottawa.The Oakville rink, which also included Matt Mapletoft, Scott Howard and Jake Walker, posted a record of 3-4, coming up just one win short of qualifying for the playoffs. old student at Wilfrid Laurier University. The vice-skip on the team is Scott Howard, the son of reigning World Champion Glenn Howard. Jake Walker is a high school student while Jamie Parker is the only Oakville resident in the group. Parker has been a finalist and medalist in several provincial or high school championships since 2005. The team is coached by Parker's father Gord, a nationally-certified Level 3 curling instructor. Michael Deinhart won a gold medal in men's epee at the Provincial Challenge Circuit Tournament in Newmarket. Deinhart's medal was one of three won by Oakville's Canadian Fencing Academy members. Rick Behnke won a bronze in veteran's foil and was fifth in men's open foil. Claire Illingworth also earned a bronze medal in open women's epee. Dave Murray placed sixth in veterans' foil. Hornets blank North Halton, Waterloo The Oakville BMO Financial Group Atom B Hornets recorded back-to-back shutouts on the road, blanking North Halton and Waterloo in Lower Lakes Female Hockey League play. Fresh off a silver-medal performance at the Mississauga Holiday Tournament, the Hornets' Triple D line of Alex Daniel, Tegan Duncan and Sydney Davison scored five of Oakville's goals in a 6-0 victory over North Halton. Daniel had the hat trick while Duncan scored a pair of shorthanded goals. Christina Scanlon scored the final Hornet goal. The next day, Oakville faced a stiffer test against the Waterloo Ravens. The game was scoreless until Scanlon's solo effort in the second got things rolling. The Hornets poured it on in the third. Mackenzie Sutherland made it 20 and Duncan finished off a tic-tac-toe passing play from Davison and Daniel. Davison added her second of the game for a 4-0 final. Hornets' goaltender Lia Widell earned her ninth and 10th shutouts of the season. OFFICIAL NOMINATION ENTRY CARRIER OF THE YEAR! 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