Em ilyCarr, Palermowin Halton hoop titles The Emily Carr Thunderbirds start ed quickly and hung on to win the Halton elementary school girls' bas ketball title last week in a narrow 2 7 -2 6 win over Florence Meares at Burlington Central High School. It was the first of two champion ships games, with Palermo giving Oakville a sweep by winning the boys' title over Milton's Bruce Trail. Led by Rheyna Steinauer and Mia Ingaldson, Emily Carr led 7-2 early and stretched the lead to nine with a 19-10 advantage at halftime. Defence took over in the second The Emily Carr Thunderbirds won the Halton public school girls' basketball championship last half and when the Thunderbirds got into foul trouble, Meares took advantage to narrow the gap. Two of Emily Carr' s top players fouled out and Meares tied the game at 2 6 -2 6 with 1:14 remaining. Ingaldson sank a free throw to break the deadlock. Keith Kennedy and Jessica Black coach the Emily Carr team. Other players on the team in clude Madison Norville, Olivia Green, Trishia Fields, Madeleine Lowes, Casey Fleming, Katrina Mascherin, Jill Andrade and Clarisse Calderon. In the boys' final, Palermo de feated Bruce Trail 50-42. The two teams were tied 23 -2 3 at the half and Bruce Trail led by three early in the second half. With six minutes left Palermo tied the game, then took a sevenpoint lead until Bruce Trail an swered with a rally to trail 4 3 -4 2 with less than two minutes to play. Foul trouble proved problematic for Bruce Trail as Palermo capital ized at the foul line to score seven straight points to ice the game. 47 | Thursday, April 2 7 , 2 0 1 7 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.lnsldeHALTON.com week at Burlington Central High School. | photo submitted Follow Halton sp o rts on Twitter: @postbeaversport Atom Predators Orillia tourney champs The Oakville Predators, a Minor Oaks Hockey Association atom white team, won the Canadian Tire Orillia tournament championship in convincing fashion recently. F a cin g the N ickel C entre Jets in the final, the P red ators w on 1 0 -0 . Not only did the Oakville team record a shutout in the final, it re fused to allow more than one goal in any of the tournament games, going 4 -0 overall. The Predators defeated Howick 4 -1 , Barrie 5-0 and Stayner 2-1 to advance to the final. 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