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Twitter rant wasn't Blades edge Georgetown in overtime football commentary SPORTSBRIEFS Continued from page 26 27 · Wednesday, November 28, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com the world's biggest sporting event, they were cheering for him. They were not cheering against Eirik Larsen (who took the gold) and they were not voicing their opinions on Norway, Larsen's home country. Without a doubt, van Koeverden would have been sadly disappointed if that were the case. Contrast that with van Koeverden's comments on Friday at the Vanier Cup. Had he wanted McMaster to clobber Laval, or suggested that McMaster is the better team or that the Rouge et Or had no business being on the same field, that is commenting on a football game. What van Koeverden tweeted has nothing to do with football. As someone who is so intensely proud of his school, how can he possibly not understand that Laval students and alumni (including Canadian Olympic Committee president Marcel Aubut) are also proud of their school and would be offended by him essentially extending his middle finger to their institution. Asked about his tweets Monday at McMaster's 150th anniversary celebration, van Koeverden told the CBC, "I refuse to talk about my tweets as news because they're not." Yet, van Koeverden has never hesitated to make news out of others' comments, as he did with Elvis Stojko when the former figure skater suggested Canadian athletes not attend the Beijing Olympics because of China's human rights record. Van Koeverden apologizing for the language he used is a start. But dismissing his comments about the University of Laval as simply as him being a competitive, passionate person cheering for his school's football team reeks of someone who still doesn't understand, or isn't willing to admit, what he did is wrong. When Van Koeverden finished eighth at the 2008 Olympics, he apologized to the country. It was an apology that was completely unnecessary. Now, Van Koeverden needs to recognize that he made a mistake; he crossed the line. He needs take responsibility for it and deliver an apology that is completely necessary. -- Herb Garbutt can be followed on Twitter @Herbgarbutt Patrick Chore scored 2:15 into overtime to give the Oakville Blades a 2-1 win over the Georgetown Raiders Friday at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. Chore's goal came 59 seconds after Georgetown's Anthony Marra took a high-sticking penalty. Len Fabbri also scored for the Blades, tying the game 1-1 in the first period after the Raiders' Brendan Woods had opened the scoring. Evan Buitenhuis recorded the victory in goal for the Blades, stopping 31 of 32 shots he faced. Oakville (16-6-3) now trails the St. Michael's Buzzers by two points for first in the Ontario Junior Hockey League's South Division, though the Blades own two games in hand. The Blades will be home to the North York Rangers this Friday (Nov. 30) for a 7:30 p.m. contest at Sixteen Mile. Sunday, Oakville will visit the Buzzers for a 2 p.m. start at St. Michael's College School Arena. The Hornets currently rank 16th in the 20-team league, but they are just five points behind 10th place Burlington and own five games in hand. Oakville will be home to the Cambridge Roadrunners this Friday (Nov. 30) at Joshua's Creek Arenas, beginning at 8:30 p.m., and then travel to Barrie Saturday for a clash with the Sharks. Aquinas quarter-finalist at two OFSAA tournaments St. Thomas Aquinas reached the OFSAA championship quarter-finals at both the double-A girls' basketball tournament in Barrie and the boys' volleyball competition in Stratford. The Raiders' seventh-ranked basketball team dumped Toronto La Citadelle Academy 52-48 and Midland St. Theresa 52-27 in its first two games before dropping a 56-43 decision to second-seeded St. Catharines St. Francis in the quarter-finals. Marisa Parsons led the Raiders in scoring against both St. Theresa (14 points) and St. Francis (13). Kayla Celestini struck for 15 points against La Citadelle and added 13 against St. Theresa. Melody Wyslobicky had 13 points against St. Theresa and 11 versus St. Francis, and Madison Cvetas chipped in with 13 against La Citadelle. In the boys' volleyball tournament, the 10th-seeded Raiders won three of four sets to finish second to Hamilton Sir Allan MacNab in pool play. Aquinas was eliminated in the first round of the championship playoffs, falling 25-22, 15-25, 21-25, 12-25 to second-ranked Essex. The Raiders' wins in pool play came over Dryden, Oakville Appleby College and New Liskeard Timiskaming. Appleby did not win a match at the OFSAA tournament, though the Blue Dogs did win the opening set of their contest against Timiskaming. Hornets win pair, have lost just one of past six After a slow start to the Provincial Women's Hockey League season, the Oakville Hornets are starting to buzz. Oakville defeated the Nepean Wildcats 3-1 and the Etobicoke Dolphins 2-0 last weekend, improving to 3-1-2 in its last six contests. The hot stretch comes after the Hornets opened the campaign with an 0-5-1 record in their first six. Connor Garagan, Jessica Prevette and Michelle Quick scored second-period goals for Oakville in Friday's win over Nepean at Joshua's Creek Arenas. Camille Leonard made 16 saves for the Hornets, carrying a shutout into the third period. Saturday, Prevette scored a power play goal midway through the second period and Quick added an empty-netter with five seconds to go in regulation. Kierra Lambertucci stopped all 33 shots she faced to earn the shutout. Reinders may have found football home in Toronto Continued from page 26 disappointing. I got cut in New York, which was disappointing. Then I was thinking of actually quitting football and was considering other options... but I just decided to stick with it, and it's worked out. "If I hadn't done that, I wouldn't have been here. I would have been at home watching, and full of regrets." And perhaps, finally, after a journey to the CFL that has been both long and short, Joel Reinders is where he was always meant to be. "I'm extremely happy with this team. I love the guys. They're like family, and it's only been a couple of months," he said. "At this point in time, I'm sticking with the Argos. 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