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Wildcats flying high Oakville to be represented well at U18 hockey nationals Oakville will be heavily represented on the two Ontario hockey teams that will compete at the national women's under-18 championships next month in Dawson Creek, B.C. Five local residents and two more players with Oakville connections were named to either the Ontario Red or Ontario Blue squads. T.A. Blakelock student Camille Leonard, Appleby College's Kristyn Capizzano and Abbey Park's Sydney McKibbon will suit up for Ontario Red, as will Oakville intermediate AA Hornets player Kristin Gilmour. Countering for Ontario Blue will be King's Christian Collegiate student Victoria Bach, Oakville Trafalgar's Kristen Miller and local resident Brittany Smrke. In addition, intermediate AA Hornets coach Bradi Cochrane will serve as head coach of the Ontario Blue team. The national women's under-18 championships will also feature teams from Atlantic Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec. The tournament will begin Nov. 7. 35 · Friday, October 12, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com STEVEN DER-GARABEDIAN / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVER KILL SHOT: Alex Dodds of the White Oaks Wildcats goes up for a spike during Wednesday's Halton high school senior boys' volleyball contest at White Oaks. The Wildcats defeated the T.A. Blakelock Tigers 2-0 to improve to 4-1 on the season, remaining a game behind 5-0 Georgetown for top spot in the Tier 1 standings. Maple Grove, Pine Grove lead way at cross-country meets The Halton District School Board recently held five crosscountry meets for its elementary school students. Following are details about Oakville's top performers at each meet: Amos meet The Amos meet saw Pine Grove win three division titles and three other Oakville schools add pennants as well. Pine Grove claimed the tyke boys' A, bantam boys' and junior girls' divisions. Forest Trail was the tyke boys' B champion, Joshua Creek claimed top honours in the atom boys' B grouping, and Forest Trail was the winner in bantam girls' action. Maple Grove's Megan Dixon (tyke girls' A), Pine Grove's Josh Ford (tyke boys' A), Jackson Weber (atom boys' B) and Tyler Ford (bantam boys), Forest Trail's Ben Other (tyke boys' B), Clara Healey (atom girls' B) and Sarah Campbell (bantam girls), and West Oak's Robert Scott (intermediate boys) were Oakville's individual champions. Second-place finishers included Forest Trail's Teagan Thomas (tyke girls' B), Adam Taylor (tyke boys' B) and Mark Benn (atom boys' A), W.H. Morden's Andrew Latham (tyke boys' A) and Brendan Wimsatt (bantam boys), West Oak's Kiana Martin (bantam girls), and Pine Grove's Kiera Latham (junior girls). Finishing third were Pine Grove's Michael Bienhaus (tyke boys' A), Forest Trail's William Snider (atom boys' A) and Matthew Huyani (intermediate boys), Joshua Creek's Ryan Graham (atom boys' B), and W.H. Morden's Caroline Zhang (bantam girls). McBay meet Five different Oakville schools won division pennants at the McBay meet. River Oaks led the way with two titles, claiming the tyke boys' A and bantam girls' groupings. Pilgrim Wood (tyke girls' B), Heritage Glen (intermediate boys), Brookdale (senior girls) and Falgarwood (senior boys) were the other local champions. Eastview was second in four divisions. Local individual winners included Abbey Lane's Tara Blackburn (tyke girls' B), River Oaks' Tyler Davis (tyke boys' A), Falgarwood's Brodigh Maadag (tyke boys' B) and Eastview's Amelia Smith (bantam girls) and Alex Dickson (intermediate boys). Second-place finishers were Montclair's Dylan Lee (tyke boys' A), Heritage Glen's Lauren Beattie (bantam girls) and Leah Kramer (senior girls), Eastview's Jacob Judson (bantam boys) and Emily Klamp (junior girls), River Oaks' Katelyn Kingston (intermediate girls), Pilgrim Wood's Ben Currier (intermediate boys) and Falgarwood's Rowan Ecclestone (senior boys). Third place went to River Oaks' Cameron Hodsen (tyke boys' A), Montclair's Kelsey Lee (atom girls), and Heritage Glen's Isabel Lynch (junior girls) and Jack Shaw (intermediate boys). Harrison meet Maple Grove claimed four pennants and finished second in another division at the Harrison meet. The school swept the boys' and girls' titles in both the bantam and junior divisions while posting a runner-up finish in atom boys' A competition. E.J. James won the tyke boys' A and atom boys' B titles. Post's Corners was the other local division champion, claiming the intermediate boys' crown. Munn's was second in four divisions, and Sunningdale had four top-three finishes. In individual action, Oakville winners were Maple Grove's Olivia Gardiner (junior girls), Dylan Greenhalgh (junior boys), Anna Bremermann (intermediate girls) and Hannah Treadway (senior girls), E.J. James' Matthew Day (atom boys' B) and Brett Varey (intermediate boys), and Sunningdale's Jennifer Fairley (bantam girls) and Tristan Fowler (senior boys). Emily Carr's Calum Morrison (tyke boys' A), and Colden Reay (atom boys' A), Munn's students Jacqueline Tomacic (bantam girls) and Ryan O'Hara (junior boys), and Post's Corners' Griffin Dubbeld (senior boys) were second-place finishers. Bronze went to Emily Carr's Max Pettersson (tyke boys' A) and Ethan Huffman (bantam boys), Post's Corners' Anden Alexander (tyke boys' B) and Jeff Rice (intermediate boys), E.J. James' Tim Haluk (atom boys' B) and Gillian Groth (junior girls), Munn's student Emily Hutter (bantam girls), and Maple Grove's Zach Gardiner (junior boys) and Bridget Peros (intermediate girls). Bandy meet Gladys Speers won a division title and added five more topfive finishes at the Bandy meet. The school's bantam boys' team totalled a low score of 23 to easily win its group, 39 points ahead of Maplehurst. Gladys Speers was also fourth in the tyke girls', atom girls', junior girls' and junior boys' divisions and fifth in the tyke boys' division. Full names of Gladys Speers' top individual performers were not provided. Bero meet In the Bero meet, New Central's bantam girls and junior girls both won division pennants. New Central's boys added a second-place finish in the bantam division and a third-place effort in the junior division. Individually for New Central, Liam Richardson won the junior boys' race, Lauren Sparling was second in the bantam girls' run, Chelsea Codece finished third in junior girls and Sabrina Joakim (junior girls) and Chris Merrick (junior boys) posted fourth-place showings.