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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, May 10, 2012 · 30 Figure skaters finish winter season on the podium Many Skate Oakville members recently concluded the 2011-12 figure-skating season with podium appearances. Club skaters combined to win 14 medals, including four gold, at a pair of recent spring competitions. Scarborough meet Eight of those medals came at the Spring Fun Competition in Thornhill, where Skate Oakville sent many of its introductory and pre-preliminary STARSkaters and competitive dance teams. Hana Cho collected gold (PrePreliminary Flight 3), while Natalie Walker earned silver (PrePreliminary STARSkate Flight 2). Individual bronze medals went to Keith Dinda (Introductory A Flight 1), Victoria Toscano (PrePreliminary A Flight 1), Victoria Morgado (Pre-Preliminary B Flight 2) and Abigail Leinweber (Pre-Preliminary STARSkate Flight 2). Other top-five individual finishers included Taylor Cantelon, Shelby Sondej, Wendy Xu and Rebecca Stevenson. Skate Oakville's competitive dance program, new to the club this year, added two medals in the Preliminary Ice Dance Couples category. Rebecca Stevenson and Jamie Stevenson teamed up to win silver, with Kaitlyn Chubb and Alexander Moses claiming bronze. Sondej and Dinda were fifth in their debut performance. Scarborough meet More recently, Skate Oakville's competitive and STARSkate skat- PHOTOS BY MICHAEL MCARDLE / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVER SHARP FINISH: Skate Oakville members Hana Cho (left photo) and Chelsea Lachine both won gold medals at recent meets. ers travelled to Scarborough for the Ursula Lehming Scarboro Skate Competition. For the competitive skaters, the meet was actually the first competition of the 2012-13 season, allowing programs to be debuted and testdriven gearing up for summer and fall training in preparation for qualifying events this fall. For STARSkaters, the meet was the final competition of the 2011-12 campaign. Gold medals were earned by Mina Mercetic (Pre-Preliminary A Flight 4), Anna Nemcsek (PrePreliminary B Flight 2) and Chelsea Lachine (Junior Bronze STARSkate Flight 3). Silver medals went to Julianne Lee (Preliminary B Flight 1) and Celine Dubroy-McArdle (Silver Interpretive). Hailey RoselandBarnes added a bronze (Preliminary A Flight 3). Also cracking the top five were Zoe Defrang, Olivia Ferrari, Emma Dinda, Jenna Rolland-Mills, Claire Buechler and Megan Segeren. Skate Oakville skaters now turn their focus towards their summer training programs. For more information on the club's summer camp and training programs for all levels of skating, log onto www.skateoakville.ca. HERE IT COMES: Grade 9 twins bring enthusiasm to Hawks Continued from page 1 Loyola Hawks player Sam Medeiros pitches to a Notre Dame opponent during Halton high school baseball action last week at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre. Loyola defeated the Irish 5-4 in a rematch of the past three Halton championship games. HERB GARBUTT / OAKVILLE BEAVER experience in games like today, they can watch and learn," the Loyola coach said. "We've had a tradition of a never-say-die attitude. We've had some epic comebacks over the years. Today, after the grand slam, they could have laid down." Among that group of Grade 9s is Sam Medeiros, who pitched four shutout innings, allowing only three hits and a walk. He gave up consecutive singles to start his final inning but came back with two strikeouts and a flyout to get out of the inning. Twin brother Jake Medeiros had three hits, including a pair of doubles. "Those two have been bugging me about baseball all year," McNamara said. But that's the kind of enthusiasm the Hawks coach likes to see. It could also be the ingredient needed to get a young team back to the final again. -- Herb Garbutt can be followed on Twitter at @Herbgarbutt