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D2 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday A p ril 30, 2003 Nelia K u m ar National silver for Neha Kumar Chantal Ayotte ·Oakville Beaver WHAT'S THE BUZZ! after last week's trium phant 13-7 season opening win on the road in M a rk h a m , the O akville Buzz had their own home openers spoiled, losing this game Frid ay, 11-9 to M im ico and then losing on Sunday 12-9 to Halton Hills. In this photo, Dave Brock (#18) is set to make a play. Buzz drop two at home, look to rebound Monday Home wasn't very sweet for the Oakville Buzz who dropped both ends in their first weekend home stand in jun ior B lacrosse action. On Sunday, the Buzz were defeated 12-9 by Halton H ills Bulldogs and on Friday they were defeat ed 11-9 by M im ico Mountaineers. Ironically, the Buzz had won their road (and season) opener last Wednesday 13-7 over Markham. The Buzz w ill be hoping the road w ill be kinder to them as they travel to Barrie Friday night. Their next home game is a rare Monday night game (M ay 5), 8 p.m.. against London at Maplegrove Arena. The Buzz have another pro motion going on in the Hive that night, this time welcoming all Blakelock students by offer ing free entry. The move is to encourage more hometown crowds to cheer the Buzz who are looking fo r a first victory in the Hive. Blakelock students must bring their school ID cards to get in free, and to be eligible for a draw prize later in the evening. (S U N D A Y 'S G A M E ) O akville w hittled away a 50 opening lead in their 12-9 loss to Halton H ills. O a kville scoring: Stephan LeBlanc (3g.2a), Chris Butt (lg .3 a), Dave Brock (2g .la), Thomas M e tc a lf (3a). M ike K n igh t ( Ig . la ), Adam Hockaday ( Ig ) . Josh Smyth (Ig ). Chris Warren (la ), Bryan Johnson (la ). Reid Westmacott ( la ) and Craig Henderson (la ). Halton H ills scoring: Richard Haan (4g.4a), M att Lyons (3g.2a). M ike Dube (lg .4 a ). Travis Bland (lg,3a). Dave Ingram (2 g ,la ), Chad A rtem (lg ,2 a ), Jordan Armstrong (2a), Tyler Phillips ( la ) and N ick Black ( la). (FR ID A Y S G A M E ) The O akville Coyotes had their home debut spoiled on Friday night, losing 11-9 to M im ico. A bad second period cost the Buzz, who were up 3-1 after the opening period, but down 8-4 after the second period. The Buzz c o u ld n 't quite make up the deficit in the final period, outscoring Markham 53. "The penalties we took real ly hurt us," said O akville coach Derek Forbes. " The boys tried hard and never gave up, but still you can t w in too many games when playing shorthanded so often." Je ff Brownlee scored a hattrick for the second game in a row. including two o f them in the third period comeback attempt. " The adrenaline was Mow ing and we played undisci plined." said Brownlee. " In the third (period), we played a lot more disciplined and made it close, which is a positive." O a k v il l e S u m m e r M in o r H o c k e y L e a g u e May -August Schedule Including "vacation uvek" to assist with holiday pLtnning. O O O O O O Non-contact 14-gamc schedule No weekends or Fridays Prime time evening games Many games on Olympic size River Oaks surface Balancing o f teams Divisions lor boys & girls ages 5-15 ) Trophies & awards ) Certified officials ) Coaching & sponsorship positions available No fundraising Neha Kumar, a 15-year-old grade 9 Q.E. Park student, was seeded second in the U-17 category at the national ju n io r squash championships in Charlottetown last weekend -- and that's exactly where she finished. In the first round she beat Vanessa King o f B.C 3-0. In the quarter finals she beat Chrissy Arnold o f Toronto 3-0. In the semifinals she beat Tara Chawla o f Manitoba, who had earlier upset the third seed Alisha Turner o f Ontario in a hard fought 3-2 match. Kumar beat her convincingly in three straight, dropping only a few points in the match with her tight drops completely frustrating her opponent. However, in the finals against the older and stronger top seed Ashley Clackson o f B.C.. Kumar went down 3-0. Showing O akville's strength in squash. Neha Chawla o f Appleby College, also playing in the U-17 cate gory. lost in the quarterfinals o f the consolation rounds. Ruchi Chawla o f Oakville, playing in her first nationals in the U -1 3 cate gory. finished sixth. Applications available at Riser Oaks, ( lien Abbey, Mainway & Appleby College araias. For information or to receive an application. (9 0 5 ) 8 4 9 - 9 7 1 2 o r w w w .h n ih l.b iz la n d .c o m A STAFF WIT H SEVER/M. YEARS OF COACHING. OFFICIATING & LEAGUE ADMINISTRATION EXPERIEN CE GUARANTEES A W ELL ORGANIZED & QUALITY LEAGUE FOR YOUR CHILD. Coyotes tune up: loss and a tie The Oakville Coyotes junior A rep roller hockey team continued their preparations for the upcoming season with a couple o f pre-season tune-ups on the weekend. In the first game. Oakville had five different scorers in an 8-5 loss to Mississauga. They were Taylor Jenkin, Alex Pryde. Nick Randall, Ryan Kuri and Steve Lewis. In the second game, a whole differ ent crew tied Kitchener 4-4. Kelly Veitch led with a pair with single mark ers to Mike Collier and Reggie Carson. "Looks like it w ill be a great year," said manager Jay Labelle. "We had a surprising run in the playoffs last year with a very young squad. "This year we won't be surprising anyone." The league has expanded to 12 teams with Sarnia Bulldogs being the latest entry into the league. The league is now split into three divisions o f four. The Coyotes are in the Central division with Burlington. Hamilton and Brantford. The east is comprised o f Mississauga. Toronto. Bramalea and Brampton. And the west features Kitchener, Chatham, Sarnia and London. The Coyotes home opener is Sunday. May 11.2 p.m.. vs Toronto Tigers. REGISTRATION: SATURDAY, MAY 3 12:00 NOON-2-.OO P.M. AT RIVER OAKS ARENA P O W E R SKATING CHOSEN BY S T flm m C NEW YORK RANGERS ^ vNEW YORK ISLANDERS ~ _______ » ________ i LOS ANGELES KINGS S T flm m P £ ~ m UPCOMING CLINICS IN OAKVILLE D a te June 6 June 14-15 C lass Hours Size on Ice max 23 max 16 max 23 max23 6 6 Type of Clinic Technique training, stride development Resistance, overspeed & agility training Technique training, stride development Technique training, stride development July 1 4 -1 7 Augusl8-1Q Clinics developing quickness Si agility. Running from May to September. 4 Weeks, 1 Session per week. Peter McCusker ·Oakville Beaver the O akville Buzz have kicked off their season and so has the O akville M in o r Lacrosse Association. 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