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Major bantams one step away from provincial finals Malvern coming to Oakville on Friday WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1994 PAGE 16 Game time is 8:30 p.m., under the lights. The two teams, between them, have nine players who will suit up for Canada‘s underâ€"17 team at the world championships. In a matchâ€"up of the province‘s best soccer teams, the Oakville Blue Devils underâ€"16 boys soccer team hosts Malvern from Scarborough Friday night at Shell Park South. Oakville‘s two players are Danny Gallagher and Paul Hayward. Malvern are the defending national champions (winning the underâ€"15 title last year) and are the fourâ€"time provincial champions. Oakville, however, currently leads the Ontario Youth Soccer League with 17 points. Malvern is in second place with 14 points, but with two games in hand. Beaver Sports Editor By NORMAN NELSON Both teams have advanced to the Ontario Cup semiâ€"finals and a win The Oakville A‘s major bantamâ€" A baseball squad defeated Clarkson 7â€"4 on Sunday to win the Central Ontario Baseball Association (COBA) doubleâ€"A baseball champiâ€" onships and to move within a step of the provincial championships. The Oakville Longhorns will defend their Northern Football Conference championship at home this Saturday against the Sudbury Spartans. i Ens es 1 _ Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students and $1 for children and seniors. The major bantam A‘s, comâ€" prised of 14 and 15 year olds, comâ€" pete in the 10â€"team loop. _ Oakville, which went through the regular season with a perfect 10 wins in 10 games to finish in first place, earned its third consecutive trip to the championship with an awesome 71â€"0 demolishing of the Brampton Bears in last Saturday‘s semiâ€"final game. The Oakville Longhorns were dominant both offensively and defensively in Saturday‘s 71â€"0 trouncing of Scarborough, and they‘re represented in both pictures here. Left photo Andrew Brown (51) gives chase to the quarter back. Right photo: Dan McAlonan is on the run again. (Photos by Riziero Vertolli) Longhorns are back in NFC championship Sudbury, which finished a distant second behind Oakville in the regular season, won its semiâ€"final game 48â€"27 over the North Bay Bulldogs. A rhatch-up of the leagfie’s top two teams throughout the regular seaâ€" son should produce an entertaining game for football fans although the Oakville Longhorns have to be acknowledged as the heavy favorites. The weekend playoff series (double knockout) involved Oakville, Clarkson, Streetsville and Milton. _ Perennial contenders, Sudbury got off to a slow start this year, dropâ€" ping two of its first three games (to Oakville and North Bay), but then rolling off five straight victories before meeting up with Oakville again. Oakville now plays a bestâ€"ofâ€" three regional championship against the Yorkâ€"Simcoe champion with the winner advancing to the provincial championships. An arsenal of excellent pitching, strong defence and clutch hitting powered Oakville over Clarkson. The game marked a key juncture of the season. While Sudbury was gaining momentum by the game, Oakville had come off its worst outing where they needed a lastâ€"second field goal against Brampton just to tie the game at 6â€"6 and send it into overtime where Oakville subsequently won Mike Lau pitched four innings, The Oakville Blue Devils underâ€"16 rep soccer team. Top row: Paul Pittman (manager), Peter Pink (assistant manager), Pat Luciani, Niki Budalich, Sean Preece, Brad Murray, Paul Hayward, Kory Jazbec, David Crane, Ed McMillan, Phil Iafrate (coach) and Mick Gallagher (assistant coach). Bottom row:Dan Gallagher, Eric Glaser, Matt Pittman, Peter Eskitt, Manuel Larrabure, Derek Woollam and David Pink. by each team would guarantee a Oakville, which has put together _ national Robbie tournament and 4â€"1 clash in the championship game. an overall record of 35 wins, four _ at a tournament in East York. Friday‘s game should guarantee â€" losses and one tie, has lost its only Oakville, however, is on a roll, to the victor a firstâ€"place ranking in two encounters with Malvern this _ having won 22 of their last 23 games. Ontario, perhaps Canada. year â€" 3â€"1 in the finals of the interâ€" A good crowd is expected. Rookie team just misses giving up three runs on four hits to get the win. Phil Dougherty pitched the final three to earn the save. The Oakville Minor Baseball Association‘s rookie ball team lost to Hamilton West Mountain 3â€"0 on Saturday, ending the team‘s bid to advance to the Ontario championships in Windsor. The loss was disappointing but the team had a very successful season. In league play within the Central Ontario Baseball Association (COBA), Oakville finished third overall in the 13â€"team league with a record of 11 wins and seven losses. In tournament play during the season, the team put together an 11â€"4â€"1 (won, loss tie) record which included a tournament championship in Toronto and a tournament finalist in Sudbury. Overall, the team finished the season with a record of 24â€"16â€"1. Congratulations to the ball players â€" Nathan Hendriks, Andrew Mackay, Adam Hendry, Evan McGrath, Drew Wilkinson, Daniel Warelis, Chris Westcott, Kris Reesor, Andrew Goodfellow, MIchael BAnanno, Tyler Wright, Kyle Dooley, Graham Tough, J osh Disher and Taylor Jenkin. Down 4â€"2, Oakville battled back _ SPORTS Kickâ€"off set for Against the upstart Sudbury team, however, Oakville proved it was still the boss with a convincing 43â€"22 win. But Sudbury picked their chins up off the grass and went right back on a roll, pointed out Oakville coach Tony Molnar. And now, in the most important game of the year, the Sudbury Spartans are hoping they have gained enough momentum to go over the top this time and hand the Horns their first loss. Sudbury‘s deadliest weapon is running back John Miller who led the league in rushing and points again this year. "If he‘s not the best running back in the league, then I don‘t know who is â€" he‘s done it for 10 years," said Molnar. "Their offence revolves around him." On the other hand, Molnar quickly pointed out that Oakville‘s own runâ€" ning back Dan McAlonan, new to the league this year, isn‘t exactly chopped liver. Another Sudbury star is Dave St. Amour who is actually a firstâ€"string receiver for Queen‘s University but has had to take up quarterbacking duties for Sudbury. "I think it‘s g(;ing to be a tough, intense game," said Molnar. "Sudbury is not going to lay down without a fight." s The Hormns are again fortunate to be going into another playoff game with a virtually intact roster. Perhaps of most concern is the status of kicker Michael Jackson, a in the bottom of the fifth to score four runs. With the bases loaded and two out, Grant McLaney cracked a sinâ€" gle to drive in two runs. Dougherty then drove in two more, including the winning run. Oakville added an insurance run in the sixth when Glen Kwon drove in David Norman with a double. Kwon was fourâ€"forâ€"four, Norman and Derek Gibb were twoâ€"forâ€"four. Mike Muldoon, who played a strong game at short, and Rob Donio were oneâ€"forâ€"two. Oakville didn‘t make the COBA playoff easy on itself, losing their first game 2â€"1 against Clarkson in a wellâ€"pitched, strong defensive effort by both sides. A Shaun Weekes‘ single allowed Kwon to score in the top of the sevâ€" enth, but that was the extent of the rally. The loss meant the A‘s had to win four in a row, and that‘s exactly what they did, defeating Milton 9â€"4, Streetsville 11â€"1 and Clarkson 6â€"4. y, 7 p.m., at Bro model of consistency this year. Jackson, the league‘s second top scorer, was removed from Saturday‘s game with a pulled hamstring, and is dayâ€" toâ€"day. Also in that category are full back Steve Taylor and corner Al Campbell. Molnar said the routine will not change this week as the Horns prepare for the championship, and that means practices "on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday like we have had all year." OAKVILLE 71 Brampton 0 (synopsis) d The domination was so complete in last Saturday‘s game against Brampton that the Horns defence actually outscored the offence. Oakville was up 51â€"0 en route to the victory. The scoring summary makes War and Peace seem like a short story. First half Single point (1â€"0): Michael Jackson on the opening kickâ€"off. TD (8â€"0): Jamie Wootton returns a punt 81 yards. TD (15â€"0); Quarterback Mark Demerling hits Jamie Wootton on a 21â€"yard pass. Single point (16â€"0): Michael Jackson on kickâ€"off. TD (23â€"0): 85â€"yard run by Dan McAlonan. TD (30â€"0); Vernal Mayers runs back a 27â€"yard interception. TD (37â€"0): Demerling hits Mike Dingsdale. TD (44â€"0): Brett Fitzpatrick blocks a punt and returns it 13 yards for a major. TD (51â€"0); McAlonan on a oneâ€"yard plunge Second half TD (58â€"0); Vernal Mayers runs back a 60â€"yard interception. TD (64â€"0): Stafford Wilson recovers fumble and runs 17 yards into end zone. Loui Lalos, subâ€" bing in for the injured Michael Jackson, misses the first convert of the game. TD (71â€"0); Third string quarterback Tim Davidson on a oneâ€"yard plunge. Loui Lalos makes the convert. * final league stats will appear in Friday‘s paper. Dynamos win Kitchener tourney The Oakville Dynamo underâ€"13 boys rep soccer team captured the prestigiou Kitchener International Soccer Tournament on the weekend. The tournament featured 20 of Ontario‘s best teams in the underâ€"13 division. Oakville started off a grueling schedule of six games in two days on the righ foot with a 2â€"0 victory over Peterborough (goals by Andriy Rewilak and Larry] Mucha and a shutout for Alex Frenke). Th; Oakville Xpress underâ€"11 girls rep soccer team played superbly during th recent National Capital Invitational Tournament in Ottawa. Superb effort in Ottawa tourney Competing in the underâ€"12 category, the Oakville Xpress won two matches (4â€" over Pickering and 4â€"0 against North Bay), tied one (1â€"1 against the underâ€"13 tean from Nepean) and lost a 1â€"0 quarterâ€"final heartbreaker to the New Jersey Laser select team. Coach'i-an Frasier credited a strong defensive effort from Courtney Smyth Claire O‘Connor and Melanie Celentano for the very low goalsâ€"against perfor mance of the Xpress. l ooo i _ in the semi-finafs, it was another comeâ€"fromâ€"behind victory with Oakville down 1â€"0 before Mike Gahr leveled the score in the second half and Ricky Venditti drivâ€" In regulér 'I'eague action the previous week, Oakville played an exciting socce match against their Burlington Flames counterparts, coming away with a 6â€"2 deci sion. The game featured solid goaltending by Katherine Brown and Elena Sterling as well as considerable offense. Scorers for the tournament were Laura Pomeroy (3), Erin Dodorico (2), Daniell Bucciachio (2), Diana Matheson and Elena Sterling. dn oo _ Coach lan Frasier had high 'préise for both the defensive and offensive effort saying that the team was coming together very well, developing a strong, fast breaking passing attack. M ""H?ghlightsr included a hatâ€"trick by Danielle Bucciachio plus singles by defende Claire O‘Connor, forward Erin Doderico and striker Elena Sterling. . The Oakville Express underâ€"11 girls rep soccer team. Front row Diana Matheson, Melanie Celetano, Danielle Bucciachio, Brown, Alicia Hough, Katie McCarter and Erin Dodorico. Back row: Clare O‘Connor, Laura Pomeroy, Jennifer Amodeo, Elan: Sterling, Melissa Palmieri, Courtney Smyth and Jackie Kendrick. (See ‘Archâ€"rival‘ page 20) YoU DECISION