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976â€"432 The Oakville Blades didn‘t show up to play hockey Saturday night. And, wouldn‘t you know it, genâ€" eral manager Murray Walker wasn‘t the least bit ticked off. That‘s because his team, which finished in fourth place during the regular season, pulled off a surprisâ€" ing fourâ€"game series sweep of the Burlington Cougars with a 5â€"4 win on Friday night. So on Saturday night, many of the players went to Streetsville to watch the surprising Derby‘s, who finished way down in sixth place, register a 7â€"6 win over the Hamilton Kilty Bees, the league‘s regular seaâ€" son leaders. + Hamilton bounced back at home on Sunday night with a 3â€"2 win to even the series up a 3â€"3, with the seventh and deciding game played last night. On paper, you would think the Blades would be drooling for a chance to settle the eightâ€"team west division playoff championship with the Derby‘s, a sixthâ€"place team they didn‘t lose to all year. There‘s no chance, however, that Walker was going to say that. Not wishing to provide any ammunition for either potential opponent, he just issued a curt "no preference." What he did concede is that Oakville certainly isn‘t being hurt by the toughâ€"fought series going to the limit. BETWEEN THE esmm : cannot be said about the steady goaltending of Frank Ivankovic and the character leadership of Gord Kalverda (20 points in 10 games). Late season additions in the bodies if twins Justin and Conrad Praamsma has make a significant contribution to the Blades aspirations. Fondly nicknamed "Maximum Ice" for the powerful impact the?' can have on a game, both players have provided confidence Game four was a typical through their offensive and match between these two teams _ defensive abilities as well as the marked by close checking and Ehysical presence they bring to switching leads until the Blades the game. They‘re worth the finally prevailed on a goal by price of admission! Oakville native, Matt Swain set up nicely by Matt Interbartolo and Corey Waring. Enough @© o M To 2 / 2 #28 C j n _ Te .\ #20 Maitinterbartolo 10 6 8 14 Top Scorers So much for a tight series! The Blades handled the skilled Burlington Cougars without much difficulty on their way to the West Division Finals. They‘ll face either 1st place Hamilton or the feisty Streestville Derbys who have taken the Kilty B‘s to task in their second round playoff series. Sweeping the Cougars was a sweet accomplishment for the Blades against their long standing rivals from neighboring Burlington. #22 KentWilliams 10 8 5 13 #19 MkeRoberts 10 7 6 13 #12 JasonSlaney _ 10 8 5 13 Playoff tandings: Round Two: Game Four Oakville 5 Burlington 4 (Blades Win series 4â€"0) 9293 Team: . Andrew is yet another of Oakvilia‘s of L pl!yofs. A defenseman by %mm mm : ;mgwbmmmmmwtom very hard this season to some consistancy to his game. Watching him in the playoifs, he has shown the ability to rise to the occasion with increased consist on the blueling. Thus far he has contributed 5 points in 10 games from his defense position. to be a policeman, Andrew is a community He has volunteered his time this season Andmlsaloamodonudplakremhowmmm ' w::thohaskodlodo.flohm and _ losing. For Andrew the success of his team is all the glory . wants and so far, his dream and hard work are pa A sweeping success "No one can come out of a seven game series without a few bumps and bruises," he said. On the other hand, he said the Blades‘ weekâ€"long layoff should provide enough time for players to recover from their own bumps and bruises while at the same time not long enough to lose their edge. It also gives the players a moment to enjoy a wellâ€"earned series victory before beginning the next step, he said. BLADES BANTER * Friday is the Blades‘ preferred home night, and Friday is when Blades general manager Murray Walker hopes the next series â€" for the west division championship â€" will begin. He concedes, however, that it will take a bit of negotiating if Hamilton wins. The Kilty Bees would have to be convinced to give up the series opener in order to host the next two games in Hamilton. Check Friday‘s Beaver for the offiâ€" cial dates and times. * A big reason for Friday‘s win â€" and for the other three wins, for that matter â€" is the playoff goalâ€" tending the Blades are receiving from Frank Ivankovic. Although afraid he was beginning to sound like a dusty CD, Walker also pointâ€" ed to a couple other offâ€"stated facâ€" tors, including: an injection of physâ€" ical hockey to complement their fastâ€"paced game, the continuation of a recent trend towards getting more shots on net; and overall inspired team play. * Friday night‘s goal scoring for the Blades was well spread out with singles to Mike Roberts, Gord Kalverda, Cory Waring, Kent Williams and Matt Swain. A similar sharing of the wealth was also apparent in the assist department with singles to Roberts, Kalverda, Waring, Richard Raymond, Justin Ball, Mike Sikora, Andrew Shortt and Matt Interbartolo. J It‘s International baseball A second tryout is being held in Oakville this Sunday for youth interested in international baseball competition and travel. The Eastâ€"West Baseball Ambassadors, North America‘s premier international youth baseball organiâ€" zation, and Doyle Baseball School, Canada‘s leading instructional baseball school, are teaming up to conduct the tryouts for interested players between the ages of 11 and 20 at the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre from 1 to 5 p.m Europe and the United States. There are three levels of competition, ranging all the way up to select. For more information on the tryouts and the Eastâ€" West Baseball Ambassadors, call Doyle Baseball at 842â€"1695. Big Brothers curling Reports of the Big Brother‘s sixth annual curling bonspiel being held at the Oakville Curling Club last weekend were very much premature. In fact the popular event runs this Saturday with a full compelment of 28 teams hoping to match last year‘s total of $20,000. The good news about the erroncous news is that people can still contribute to the very worthwhile FEATURING HEAD COACH INSTRUCTION BY: PROGRAM * MORNING _ +WARMâ€"UP DRILLS * SKILL DEVELOPMENT LUNCH BREAK â€" BRING YOUR LUNCH * AFTERNOON + * SHOOTING COMPETITIONS Address: Postal Code: Health Card #: All players will receive evaluation from the Doyle Baseball and East West staff coaches, as well as inforâ€" mation about the international baseball programs which will feature trips to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, MARCH BREAK WEEK 14thâ€"18th 9:00 a.m.â€"4:00 p.m. at SHERIDAN COLLEGE TRAFALGAR RD., OAKVILLE THERESA BURNS HEAD COACH â€" McMASTER MARAUDERS WOMEN‘S BASKETBALL INSTRUCTION GEERED TO ABILITY LEVEL * INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM INSTRUCTION "HOOPS MARCH BREAK CAMP ‘94" wame: °_ _ _ "; O ME L221 _ Lk n _ _ Age: Please make your cheques payable to: "HOOPS BASKETBALL" Mail this form along with payment to HOOPS BASKETBALL 3214 GREENBOUGH CRES., or bring with you Monday moming to Registration # Happy? You bet. Members of the Oakville Trafalgef High Schbol senior girls‘ volleyball team are seeded fourth at the provincial chamâ€" pionships which get underway in Hamilton today. _ (Photo by Bars Ersking) OTHS at allâ€"Ontarios Most of the Oakville Trafalger High School senior girls‘ volleyball team are returning next year, and coach Mario Seto thinks they could evolve into a force to be reckoned with. With a fourth place seeding at this year‘s 16â€"team provincial high school championships, however, tournament organizers obviously think they‘ve already arrived. Helping their climb up the charts, no doubt, was Friday‘s twoâ€"game sweep of Hamilton‘s St. Jean de Brebeuf for the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference (Gâ€"HAC) championship. Oakville Trafalger had previously earned the Halton title with a straight twoâ€"game victory over archâ€"rival Georgetown. The provincial high school championship runs today and tomorrow at McMaster University. ON FRIDAY Local high schools excelled in recent provincial swimming, provincial wrestling and Halton high school skiing championships. See Friday‘s paper for complete results. on tap, Oakville cause, either by stopping in at the curling club this Saturday or by phoning Big Brothers at 847â€"7267. Among the participants are CFNY‘s Humble and Fred, Oakville Mayor Ann Mulvale and teams from Ford, the Oakville Beaver and both the police and fire departments. There‘s at least two other ingredients that will also help make the event an even more tasteful expeâ€" rience â€" Kellog‘s is contributing breakfast and the Olive Garden, along with its team, is sending lunch for everyone. The Oakville event has become such an annual success that the Big Brothers organization is introâ€" ducing a sister event in the north part of its district. It will run next weekend at the Georgetown Golf and Curling Club with six teams signed up. Martial Arts symposium The Martial Arts Academy of Japan is presenting a classical martial arts symposium in Oakville this Saturday (March 19). Leading the symposium will be Dr. Hiroyuki Hamada Hanshi and he will be assisted by a number of black belts who are coming in from California, Kansas, New York, Ohio and Virginia, and who are experts in different martial arts disciplines, includâ€" ing Jiujitsu, Karate, Kempo, Aikijitsu, Aidido and Kendo. The symposium is being held at the Ontario Centre for Martial Arts on North Service Road, beginning at 1 p.m. Attendance is limited and by registration only. For more information, phone 844â€"8750. Notice of Wachamacalit‘s BEGINNER THROUGH ADVANCED {including outdoor area) COST $75.00 INCLUDES Tâ€"SHIRT For more information call address and telephone number. Submissions to be sent to: City: Phone #: Male/Female: Fax: (416) 326â€"0308 BURLINGTON, ONT. L7M 3B2 Liquor Licence Application The following establishment has applied to the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario for a liquor licence under the Liquor Licence Act: Application for a Sale Licence 125 Cross Ave., Oak Queen Mall, Oakville Any resident of the municipality may make written submission as to whether the issuance of the licence is in the public interest having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents. Submissions must be received no later than April 9, 1994. Please include your name, Note: The LLBO gives the applicant details of any objections. Licensing and Permits Branch Liquor Licence Board of Ontario 55 Lake Shore Blvd. E., Toronto ON MSE 1A4 Â¥ Ontario WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 199 Page 20 MIDGET "AAA" \ ,J The Maple Leaf Food Rangers, which hav bolstered the Oakville Blades Provincial Junior A hockey team with players several times this year, have made it to the provincial semâ€"finals, and are awaiting the winner of a | series between Burlington and Oshawa. Unlike past years, when only the Ccntra]‘ Division‘s top four teams participated in OMHA playdowns, this year an eightâ€"team tournament took place. T It turned out to suit Oakville â€" which ended up in first place in the regular season with a 30â€"4â€"2 record â€" just fine. Oakville 7, Streetsville 0: David Curtisl picked up a hatâ€"trick with single markers to Kevin Cole, Ryan Smith, B.J. Hamilton and: Mike Hanson. Assists went to Mike Robinson (2), Ryan Buttaro (2), Marcel Kars, Andy Deviin, Brent Strike, Hamilton, Hanson and Curtis. Dan Bottrell was in goal for the shutout and had a relatively easy time with only five shots on net. Oakville 6, Brampton 1: Smith and Hanson fired a pair of goals each while Joey Geffros and Kars added singles. Hanson also picked up two assissts with singles going to Ryan Goncalves, Deni Terenzio, Smith, Robinson, Cole and Curtis. Oakville 5, Halton 1: the final game of the roundâ€"robin saw Oakville shut out for most of the first two periods until Marcel Kars finally broke the ice with just two seconds left, assists going to B.J. Hamilton and Cole. The old sports adage is that you don‘t allow a goal in the dying seconds and Oakville proved it true as they came out flying in the final frame, . outscoring Halton 4â€"1 on goals by Goncalves, . Smith, Hanson and Robinson. Picking up assists on those goals were Strike (2), Hanson and Terenzio. Bottrell and his defence corps played textbook hockey. The roundâ€"robin confired the regular season standings as Oakville, Chinguacousy, Halton and Barrie â€" which finished in that order â€" all advanced to the semiâ€"finals. ‘ Oakville 7, Barrie 2 (semiâ€"finals): Oakville‘s | game against Barrie proved that a good | offence, together with a strong defence, is a tough combination to beat. Smith sparked the offence with a hatâ€"trick, Cole fired a pair and singles went to Curtis and Brian Bendig. Bendig also had two assists while single helpers went to Goncalves, Hanson, Curtis, Strike, Hamilton and even goaltender Ron â€" Ellis who was stong in net for his second win â€" of the tournament. Oakville 2, Chinguacousy 1 (championship): the game was a real crowd pleaser with Oakville opening the scoring in the first period on a goal by Darryl Curtis, assisted by Brian Bendig and Kevin Cole. The score remained 1â€"0 until Chinguacousy Scored on a power play with only 3:17 remaining in the third period to send the game into overtime. The overtime period packed in some great back and forth action until, with just under a minute remaining, Bendig carried the puck from his own end, over the Chinguacousy blue line, stopped, made a quick turn, and let a blis tering slapshot go that found its mark. Oakville then hung on for the win. BANTAM "AAA" The Hopedale Mall Rangers recently played in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) tournament playoff in Guelph, makâ€" ing it all the way to the finals where they lost 4â€"1 to Chinguacousy. That‘s the same score Oakville beat Barrie by in the previous semiâ€"final game. Oakville got there by winning its division with a 2â€"1 record in the round robin. The record included a 4â€"0 win over Halton, a 3â€"0 win over Guelph, and a 4â€"1 loss to Windsor. The team now resumes play in the Central Division loop for the league championship. Here‘s the game by game details: Chinguacousy 4, Oakville 1 (championship): Oakville killed off five shortâ€"handed situations in the first period, thanks to a strong, good effort by the penatly killers and goalie Peter Wishloff. In the second period, Oakville could not buy a goal with Kevin Woit hitting a goal post and Adam Richards, Steve McGibbon and Mike Muldoon all missing open nets. With less than a minute left in the second periâ€" od, Chinguacousy got a break on the faceâ€"off, finally scored to break the ice. In the third period, penalties were again Oakville‘s nemesis. The team not only performed admirably to become a regional OMHA finalist but over achieved on goals set at the start of the year. Not bad for a team that has missed the OMHA playoffs the last few years. Oakville 4, Barrie 1 (semiâ€"final): Rob Mederios fired in a pair of goals with singles to Kevin Woit and R.J. Carr. Assists went to Mike Muldoon (2), Kevin Woit (2), Bryar Vines and Andrew Smith. Peter Wishloff regâ€" istered another strong game. (Roundâ€"robin) Oakville 4, Halton 0: Peter Wishloff was outâ€" standing. The two teams were scoreless in the first two periods before Oakville caught fire in the final frame on goals by R.J. Cart, Adam Richards, Marc Varteressian and Jamie Trull. Assists went to Adam Richards, Brad Moyer, Andrew Smith, Jeff Wells and Steve McGibbon. Oakville 3, Guelph 0: Wishloff registered a second straight shutout. Goal scorers were R.J. (See ‘Rep Hockey‘, page 21)