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37 | Thursday, May 4 , 2 0 1 7 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | w w w .insideH A LTO N .com Kevin Nagel, Oakville Beaver Sports Editor, knagel@burlingtonpost.com Sports "Connected to your Community " Teammates rush to celebrate a Halton boys Catholic elementary school basketball title after Liam Murphy (29) scored the win ning points on a rebound at the buzzer. Murphy's two points gave St. Andrew a 33-32 win over St. Raphael. The night turned into a sweep for St. Andrew when its girls' team defeated St. Marguerite 17-15 in the other Halton final at St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School last Thursday. | photo by Nikki Wesley - Oakville Beaver St. Andrew Avengers win Halton boys' title on a buzzer beater The play that coach Jason Tallevi planned for his St. Andrew Aveng ers to win the Halton Catholic el ementary school boys' basketball title didn't go exactly as planned, but the result still ended in his team' s favour. St. Andrew, on a buzzer-beating basket by Liam Murphy, nipped Burlington' s St. Raphael Hawks 33 32 to win one of the two trophies up for grabs at St. Thomas Aquinas. The girls' title was almost as close, with the St. Andrew girls making it a sweep for the Millbank Drive school by defeating St. Mar guerite 17-15. St. Andrew accomplished the feat of winning both titles in the same year in 2013 as well. In the boys' final, the players started to hit their shots in the sec ond half after the two teams played to a 10-10 tie in the first half. Coach Tallevi's team was trailing by one with 4.6 seconds remaining in the game. During a time out, he drew up a play to free St. Andrew' s top scorer, Augustas Brazdeikas, for the winning shot. Brazdeikas' s potential game winning shot failed to drop but Liam Murphy grabbed the rebound and hit the winner as the buzzer sounded. "We've had six playoff games and five have been decided by one or two points," said Tallevi, who has coached the team for 14 years. St. Raphael's Trey Robinson looked to be the hero of the game when his two-pointer from just inside the three-point line gave St. Raphael the one-point lead with 4.6 seconds left on the clock. Guard Brazdeikas led the Aveng ers with 18 points while Murphy, a forward, contributed six more. Both are in Grade 7, along with guard Dubem Obilio, another start er, so St. Andrew should be fighting for the title again next year. The team's other starters are in Grade 8 -- forward Jure Tutina and point guard Nedas Kibildis. Others who contributed to the championship included Connor Johnston, Robbie Persaud, Ryan Taylor, Kenneth Yap, Lucas Coletta, Aaron Mohamid, Tristan Malboeuf, Marcelo Chaman, Reggie Lewis, Jorge Valdes and Niko Tokic. Tallevi' s coaching staff includes Shawn Mailett, who was on the 2013 staff as well, and Jordan Spence. St. Raphael's undefeated season came to an end on that final shot. "It was a very tough way to lose a championship game," said St. Raphael' s Llewelyn Phillips, who along with John Dietrich coached the Hawks to the Burlington title. Andrew Dietrich led the St. Ra phael scoring with 12 points. Five of the team's players will head to Assumption Secondary School in the fall. · A story on the girls'fin al will ap p ear at a later date. -- Kevin Nagel PRE-SEASON POOL HEATER SALE Beat cash emergencies with a Cash Advance. Available in-store, online, and wherever you're reading this ad. For details, visit us at: w * S o lv in g P r o b le m s 250,000 BTU POOL HEATER ON & $1,769 MODEL:PR266AMN, NG 2460 Neyagawa Blvd 905-257-1917 198 Speers Rd 905-338-6000 UNTIL MAY 10, 2017 (Installation Extra) W e c a n h e lp . S in c e 1 9 8 2 905-845-0701 Email: scott@gasfix.ca MONEY MART® is a registered service mark of National Money Mart Company. © 2015 National Money Mart Company. All rights reserved. Specializing in Sales, Installations & Service of: Raypak - Pentair - Sta-Rite - Hayw ard - Zod iac - Jandy