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S O C L O S E Rangers teams in OMHA playdown finals at River Oaks Recreation Centre, beginning at 4:30 p.m. The minor atom AE and minor bantam AE Rangers both carried 1-0 series leads into last night's action. The minor atoms hosted New Tecumseth and the minor bantams were home to Peterborough. The peewee AE 2 Rangers look to take the lead in their series with Barrie tonight at Joshua's Creek, a 7:30 start. Oakville lost the opening game 3-2 last Thursday before bouncing back with a 5-4 overtime win Sunday in Barrie. 25 | Thursday, March 21, 2013 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com continued from p.24 The minor midget AA Rangers were tied 1-1 with Ajax going into last night, when they visited the Knights. Oakville claimed Game 1 Saturday in Ajax by a 3-2 score, but the Knights squared the series with a 1-0 win Sunday at Joshua's Creek. The atom AE and minor peewee A Rangers are both tied 1-1 in their respective series. The atoms are home to Flamborough Friday at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre, beginning at 6:20 p.m. The minor peewees, after splitting a pair of games in Napanee last weekend, host Game 3 Saturday at River Oaks (6 p.m.) and Game 4 Sunday at Joshua's Creek (noon). King's, Loyola show well at OFSAA girls' hockey Making an OFSAA appearance in their firstever season of girls' hockey, the King's Christian Cavaliers accounted for themselves quite nicely. King's handily won its first two games at this week's provincial high school A/AA tournament in Orillia and advanced to the championship quarter-finals before bowing out with a 7-3 loss to St. Stephen's Secondary. The Cavaliers, seeded last in the 16-team competition, defeated Holy Cross 6-2 and Almaguin Highlands 6-1 in their first two games. King's was denied a first-place finish in pool play with a 1-0 loss to Smiths Falls. The Halton champion Loyola Hawks, meanwhile, enjoyed an even better start at their OFSAA tournament, the AAA/AAAA competition also being contested in Orillia. Loyola posted three straight shutout wins, blanking St. Joan of Arc 7-0, St. Charles College 5-0 and Ursuline College 3-0. The third-seeded Hawks were slated to face Holy Cross Catholic yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon in the championship quarter-finals, a game that concluded after the Beaver's press deadlines. If victorious in the quarter-final, Loyola would face Father Leo J. Austin in the semifinals today (Thursday) at 9:30 a.m. The bronze-medal game will be played at 12:45 p.m., followed by the gold-medal contest at 2:30 p.m. Oakville atom AAA Rangers player Luke Evangelista (in blue) tries to solve Niagara North Stars goaltender Matteo Lalama and defenceman Blake McGowan during OMHA tournament action Friday at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. | photo by Eric Riehl -- Oakville Beaver -- @Halton_Photog Injury hindered Alderson as OHL sophomore continued from p.24 and he's a good fit," Pryor said. "He's a hard guy to play against and if he continues to develop, he'll be a good young prospect." Alderson will finally get a chance to attend his first NHL camp with Cousins, who the Flyers drafted in 2011, in the fall. If that seemed like a far off proposition at the beginning of the season for a player who had never recorded 20 goals or 40 points in a season, it seemed even more unlikely after Alderson's second season in the OHL. He was coming off a 30-point season with the Sarnia Sting, only a marginal improvement upon his numbers from a promising rookie season. However, Alderson had been hindered by a wrist injury he suffered while working out prior to the season. "There was pain, but I thought I'd just work through it and I kept playing," Alderson said. At the end of the season, he got a CT scan, which revealed a complete tear in the tendon in his wrist. That summer Alderson had surgery, in which the tendon was shortened by four millimetres and reattached using a six-inch plate attached to the bone. He was looking for a fresh start with a new coach in Sarnia. Instead, he got that fresh start in Sault Ste. Marie, which acquired him that summer. Despite the injury, Alderson was recommended to Greyhounds GM Kyle Dubas by Wes Clark. Clark, an Oakville native who now serves as the Greyhounds' director of player personnel, had assisted Alderson with his recovery from the injury. In his second season with the Soo, Alderson delivered on the potential the Greyhounds saw in him. Now, both team and player are reaping the benefits. "Playing pro hockey is what everyone dreams about," Alderson said. "That's one of the reasons I went to the OHL. It's more of a fast track to pro hockey." Perhaps not as fast as some of his peers, but every bit as effective. -- Herb Garbutt can be followed on Twitter @Herbgarbutt Minor Ball Hockey In Oakville 8TH SEASON WITH 650+PLAYERS AND OVER 40 TEAMS. GAMES PLAYED IN LOCAL ARENAS Members of the Ontario Ball Hockey Association, the largest association in Canada Register in person at National Sports on Saturday March 23rd from Noon until 2PM. Largest kids ball hockey program in the area with proper age groups for ages 3 to 20 years old. 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