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Sports Oakville Beaver By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2008 38 OMHA title highlights peewees' surreal year year's game against York-Simcoe, they had a little to prove. We got to the goldmedal game last year and our goal (this It has been a surreal 12 months for year) was to get back there and win the members of the Oakville peewee AAA gold. They achieved it." It wasn't without dramatics. YorkRangers. An OMHA finalist as a minor pee- Simcoe was awarded a penalty shot in wee squad a year ago, the rep hockey the second period, while the game was team participated in the prestigious still scoreless, after an Oakville player Quebec International Peewee Hockey was ruled to have covered the puck Tournament last month. Now, the with his hand in the goal crease. Rangers netminder Rangers have an OMHA Jacob Smith stopped the championship to their "We might not Express shooter, however, credit, and will play for an have had the 17 and Oakville's Ryan Burns all-Ontario title later this most-talented would later score the only month in Thunder Bay. kids, but the fact goal of the game, beating The local peewees went Express goalie Jack 4-1 at last weekend's they wanted to McDonald with a deke in OMHA Under Armour win more really the opening minute of the Peewee Championship in showed." third. Keswick, becoming the Once the Rangers got first Oakville triple-A team Coach John Guzzo the lead, their team to win an OMHA crown since the bantam Rangers turned the defence took over. "We might not have had the 17 trick in 2002. In doing so, the Rangers also exact- most-talented kids, but the fact they ed some revenge on an old foe. Oakville wanted to win more really showed," edged the York-Simcoe Express 1-0 in said Guzzo. "We allowed very few goals the championship game Sunday, (throughout the year), and scored avenging a 3-2 loss to the Express in when we had to score." Earlier in the tournament, the the 2007 final. "I could just sense, walking into the Rangers blanked Halton 2-0, got by room for our pre-game talk, that the Barrie 3-2 and tied York-Simcoe 1-1. boys were ready to go," said Rangers Ironically, their only loss of the cham See OMAHs page 40 head coach John Buzzo. "After last A helping hand AWARDWINNING COACH: Laurie Chambers, the director of recreational programs at the Oakville Gymnastics Club, puts Gym Mini Crickets student Eisha Bhatti through the paces Tuesday at the club. Chambers was recently recogniazed with an Ontario Coaching Excellence Award for her work in grass-roots recreational coaching. For more on Chambers, and the prestigious award, see page 40. LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER www.oakvillesoccer.ca REP TRY-OUTS Where: River Oaks Outdoor Artificial Turf Field Who: U11 (1997) ­ U18 (1990) Boys/Girls When: Monday March 24 ­ Sunday March 30 See Website for full details. SUMMER CAMP 2008 SHELL PARK Soccer Skills, Bowling, Movies, Pizza & And So Much More!! Register Online Now! STAY TUNED TO OUR WEBSITE AS WE INTRODUCE OUR 2008 TFC PACKAGE SOON! 504 Iroquois Shore Rd., Unit #11, Oakville, ON L6H 3K4 Tel: 905-849-4436 Fax: 905-849-3677 The Oakville Beaver A Proud Sponsor of Oakville Soccer Club