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Oakville Beaver, 8 May 2013, p. 25

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Jon Kuiperij Sports Editor sports@oakvillebeaver.com Sports N O P A S S Saturday, Oakville surrendered the opening four goals of the game en route to a 9-7 loss to the Halton Hills Bulldogs. Greg Campbell had four goals and two assists in a losing cause, with Neeb scoring twice and Sullivan adding a single. Wales had three assists and Noseworthy took the loss. The Buzz will host a pair of teams from the Ottawa area this weekend. The Nepean Knights visit the TRAC Saturday for a 7 p.m. start, and the Gloucester Griffins are in town Sunday for a 2 p.m. contest. The games will be the first two of a five-game homestand for Oakville, as the Buzz isn't scheduled to play on the road again until May 26 at Newmarket. 25 | Wednesday, May 8, 2013 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com "Connected to your Community" I N G F A N C Y Buzz wins debut at new home The Oakville Buzz split its first two games of the Ontario Lacrosse Association junior B season last weekend. Oakville won its home opener -- and first-ever game at its new home, the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre (TRAC) -- Friday before falling in Georgetown the following night. Foster Cuomo had two goals and an assist and Sam Neeb added three helpers in the Buzz's 6-5 win over the Mimico Mountaineers Friday. Mitch Wales, Ryan Sullivan and Tyler Bender also tallied for Oakville, which scored the first five goals of the contest. Brent Noseworthy recorded the victory in net in his junior B debut. James Hinchcliffe (centre) whoops it up with Marco Andretti (left) and Takuma Sato after winning the Sao Paolo 300 Sunday in Brazil. | photo courtesy Chris Jones -- IndyCar Hinchcliffe earns second IndyCar win Oakville driver first in every race he's finished this season by Herb Garbutt Oakville Beaver Staff Foster Cuomo (right), pictured fighting off Mimico Mountaineers opponent Jahmal Shears, had two goals and an assist Friday to help the Oakville Buzz win its season opener. | photo by Michael Ivanin -- Special to the Oakville Beaver Poor third period costs Sr. B Titans The Six Nations Rivermen scored five unanswered goals in the final eight minutes of regulation time to defeat the visiting Oakville Titans 9-8 Saturday in Ontario Lacrosse Association senior B action. Oakville carried a 7-3 lead into the third period and led 8-4 with 7:49 to go before the Rivermen went on their run. Six Nations' Holden Vyse scored the winner with 59 seconds to go, his third goal of the period. Ken Coulson scored twice for the Titans and Simon Desousa and Cody Simpson each had a goal and two assists. Sean Gillies and Mack Abbott both had a goal and helper, with Dan Hamlett and Kevin Harper notching Oakville's other markers. Anthony Caputo, Mike Gillan and Jef Sehl all contributed a pair of assists, and Jay Preece took the loss in net. The Titans (1-2) will try to even their record Friday, when they host the Norwood James Gang for an 8:30 p.m. start at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre. There are 825 turns at Brazil's Sao Paolo 300, and James Hinchcliffe didn't lead the race heading into any of them. But the Oakville native still managed to take the checkered flag Sunday, earning the second IndyCar victory of his career -- and second in four races this season. Hinchcliffe pulled off a pass on the final turn of the 75-lap race, squeezing by Takuma Sato on the inside and holding him off over the final 300 yards for the victory. As he crossed the finish line, Hinchcliffe pumped his red-gloved fist in the air. "To win a race on the last corner of the last lap is one of the coolest feelings," said Hinchcliffe, whose first career victory came at the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in March. "It's races like this that people remember. It was a good show right from the start of the race till the end, a lot of passing, changes in strategy, things like that. I think, to make a last-corner pass, that's something I'll remember for a long time." Hinchcliffe took a run at Sato down the final straightaway, trying to move past him on the inside, but when Sato moved over, Hinchcliffe darted to the outside. As the two drivers reached the final corner, Sato broke late and slid wide. Hinchcliffe took full advantage, diving to the inside to get by Sato with the finish line in sight. "He was doing such a good job making it wide, making it difficult to pass going into the last corner, I didn't think we had it," Hinchcliffe said. "Going into the last corner, he overshot it. It wasn't really until I crossed the line that I realized we got it." Hinchcliffe qualified fifth for the race but at one point was running as far back as 20th. He moved back into the top 10 when several cars had to take an extra pit stop to ensure they had enough fuel to finish. Hinchcliffe had worked his way up to the front of the pack when the day's final caution flag came out, but on the restart with 16 laps left, he lost two spots. With eight laps remaining, he passed Simon Pagenaud to move into third. With Sato and Josef Newgarden waging a battle for the lead, Hinchcliffe was able to close the gap. With four laps left, he got by Newgarden to take over second. "That last restart, I started second with Takuma there and lost a few spots. That was tough. I knew we didn't have that many laps left," Hinchcliffe said. "Luckily the car was good. We were taking care of those Firestone red tires pretty well. I was able to get by Pagenaud. Thankfully, Takuma and Josef were racing. Without that, I don't think we had a shot. Once I got around Josef, I knew I had more overtakes than Takuma did and thought, `This might be possible.'" After his win in the season opener, Hinchcliffe did not finish either of the next two races, going out on the third lap at the Grand Prix of Alabama and then being knocked out just before the midway point in Long Beach. Sunday's victory moved him from 10th in the overall driver standings to fourth. "The joke is that we've won every race we've finished," he said. "If we can keep doing that, we'll be alright." The next stop on the circuit is the Indy 500. Hinchcliffe finished sixth there last year. "Certainly you want to win that one. If there's one race you want to win, it's Indianapolis," he said. "We had a strong car there last year... We'll see. There's just so much that can happen in a 500-mile race. The team was good. The Go Daddy car was strong last year. Hopefully, on lap 199, we're in a position to be at least battling for that win."

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