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The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e sd a y June 5, 2002 - C3 Peter McCusker · Oakville Beaver The St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders, celebrating their 2-1 win over St. Mary's in the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference (G-HAC) championhip. are seeded #1 at OFSAA this week. Aquinas are ranked #1 at OFSAA this week By Lindsey Craig S P E C IA L TO TH E B E A V E R The Si. Thomas Aquinas Raiders senior girls soccer team have made it back to the provincial girls soccer championship where they are seeded first, and their goal is to improve on last year's result. Mind you. having won a silver medal last year, that can only mean one thing -- a gold medal. The Raiders earned their place in this week's Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (O FSA A ) tournament by beating St. Mary's 2-1 in last Thursday's Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference (G-HAC) final at Sherwood Forest Park in Burlington. Going into the game Aquinas had lost to St. Mary's twice before in tournament play. But then again, timely revenge wins are getting to be a habit for the Aquinas team who defeated Iroquois Ridge 2-1 earlier in the week in the Halton championship, after losing to them 5-2 in the regular season. "I had a feeling we would do really well if we tried our hardest." said the Raiders' grade 9 centre mid-fielder. Amanda Cicchini. "W e've got a lot of skill and when we work as a team it's amazing." Aquinas defender Kersha Walker credited the Raiders' win to their determination and intensity. "1 knew we could win if we played the best that we could and if we played with heart." Aquinas coach Dan Seixeiro felt his team was full value for their G-HAC title. " We played hard and deserve to be where we are today," he said. " It was a big thing that we had the wind in the first half. We put on lots of pres sure." Aquinas took the lead early in the game when strong winds helped send Karen Zmirak's corner kick into the far comer of the goal. W hile the St. Mary's attack also came on strong, the Aquinas defence worked hard to take possession and clear the ball from their end. Then, part way through the first half. Aquinas upped the score on a play in front of the net when Leanne Darosa popped one in to make it 2-0. "Once we got those two goals, I was confident we had the game." said Walker. Later in the second half, however, with the Raiders having controlled most of the play. St. Mary's put one in on a scramble in front of the net and increased their offensive pressure. The Hamilton team's luck ended there, howev er. as the score remained 2-1 for the Raiders when the final whistle blew. As for the upcoming O FSA A tournament, in which last year Aquinas lost in the championship to a team they had already beaten in the prelimi nary round. Walker said the team wouldn't make the same mistake twice. "W e're not going to underestimate any team, no matter what." she said. O FSA A play begins tomorrow (Thursday, June 6) in Hamilton with the final match taking place on Saturday. As they have all year, Aquinas will be without their star player. Kara Lang, a 1 5-year-old Grade 10 player, who did not suit up with the team because of national team commitments. Ironically, hours after the Raiders won their match 2-1 over St. Mary's at Sherwood Forest Park. Lang suited up for Canada's national U-19 team in a 4-0 win over their Italian national coun terparts, also at Sherwood Forest Park, in the first of a three-game series. Lang had a goal and an assist in the game. Earlier this year. Lang was actually called up to the national senior women's team where she real ly made the most of her first `caps' in a tourna ment in Portugal, scoring four goals in her first three games. In last year's O FSA A silver medal run for Aquinas, Lang, then only in Grade 9, scored 1 1 goals in the six O FSA A plavoff games. OFSAA BOYS Oakville, which had a very strong year in high school soccer, is also represented at the O FSA A boys championship. Iroquois Ridge is seeded tenth at the event which runs Thursday through to Saturday in Ottawa. The Ridge advanced Friday with a 2-1 win in the G-HAC championship game against host Cardinal Newman from Hamilton. Earlier in the week, the Ridge edged Q.E. Park 2-1 in the Halton championship. Top regional finishers advance to OFSAA The provincial high school track and field championships take place Thursday to Saturday in Belleville, and Oakville w ill send a sizeable contingent. The qualifying regional meet was held last Wednesday/Thursday at McMaster University in Hamilton. The top four qualified for this week's Ontario Federation of Athletic Associations (O FSA A ) provincial meet. Included here are all the top five fin ishes by Oakville athletes. Also includ ed is the event winner. For the complete results for the regional meet as well as the previous week's Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference (G -H AC) meet, log on to www.coppsindoor.org. F IE L D E V E N T S Junior Girls High Jump 1 Stefanie Burch 2 C h e ryl S ilv a Centennial S S S i. Thom as A quinas 1.71 1.53 Lewis and Kantor will suit up for Canada in series Led by veterans Dan Lewis and David Kantor, of Oakville, Canada's national men's volleyball team is playing host to Argentina in a series of exhi bition matches that will take place next week (June 10-14) in Kingston. London and Toronto. Both Canada and Argentina w ill be competing in the F IV B 2002 World Volleyball Championships in Argentina. September 28 to October 13. These June exhibition matches will be an impor tant warm-up for Team Canada, leading into the world championships. Canada will be in for some tough competition as Argentina is ranked seventh in the world while Canada has seen their world ranking fall to 18th. Here's the schedule ... · Monday, June 10, Kingston (Queen's University); · Thursday, June 13, London (Western University): · Friday. June 14, Toronto (York University). To order tickets, please log on to www.ontariovolleyball.org. BRAKE SPE C IA L 50 From ( SAVE 50% ON MEINEKE BRAKE PADS & SHOES Must present coupon. Regular Price Not valid with any other discount. Expires June 12/02 M UFFLER i p I I EMISSION SOQ95 "r #INSTALLE INSTALLED I I · 1L Fits m ; cars. Pipes, clamps & ^rs extra. Must present coupon Expires June 12/02 2 8 l PleJw All coupons must De presented before work is started TEST 1 Pair of early season wins for minor midget A's The Oakville A's minor midget baseball rep team saw their record improve to 2-1 with wins over the Mississauga South West Twins and Stratford during the week of May 20. Oakville 6. Mississauga S.VV. 5: in a game that featured four lead changes, the A's delivered a solid team effort, rallying to win when Jon Nicholl raced home on a passed ball in the top of the 7th inning. Nicholl set up the winning run with a two out walk and stolen base. A's starter Mike Burgess was touched for a pair of first inning runs but avoided further trou ble when third baseman Trevor Jones made a div ing stop to retire the Twins with runners on the comers. The A's stormed back with three in the 3rd courtesy of back to back doubles from Jones and Vic Oreskovich and an R B I single from Dustin Whitcomb. The lead see-sawed back and forth with the A's running their way to their final three runs. Ryan Reiter stole home on the front end of a double steal while Greg Salema scored the A's fifth run on a short passed ball in the 6th. setting the stage for Nicholl's 7th inning dash. James Bateman earned the win with I 2/3 Junior Boys Long Jump 1 icssc Agyckum-l)aiK|uah Heart Lake S S 2 Russell B ru vn s Loyola 6.10 6.09 32.34 28.63 Junior Girls Javelin I Meghan Hartwell 5 \fart\nu Dukimits 1 Marlon Nangle 3 Sheldon NIcFurlanc D IS T A N C E E V E N T S St. Joseph S S Iroquois Ridge I I S Senior Boys h m g Jump St. Francis X avier 6.45 St. Thom as A quinas 6.02 Midget Girls 400m I Sherelle Solomon 4 K a te Ruediger St. Joseph S S W h ile O aks S S 58.64 61.20 49.26 Midget Boys 4(Htm Bishop P.F. Reding 1 Ian Butcher 5 M ik e M cL a u g h lin W h ite O a ks S S 54.13 2:22.5 Midget Girls SOOm I Eleanor Rubincam 3 Natasha Cheong 4 Kiitlinn Malhrson Cawthra Park S S <)ak\illc T rafalg ar W h ite Oaks 2:23J 2:23.7 Midget Bovs SOOm I Luke Christie 4 Scott Em berley St. Aloysius Cion/aga 2:05.0 S i. 1'homa.s \quinas 2:08.8 St. Paul H S 4:19.0 S i. Thomas A quinas 4:23.3 47.93 49.37 2:20.5 2:30.4 9:08.1 9:15.8 2:00.0 2:01.3 9:27.6 9:30.8 Midget Boys 1500m I Tim Scrre 3 Scott Em b erlev \tidget Girls 300m Hurdles 1 Stephanie Forestell Beam sville D S S 2 Alex Y u rich u k St. Thom as A quinas Mites win silver in Mississauga The mite division of the Oakville Girls Fast Pitch Softball Association, who are sponsored by Dairy Queen (Dorval & North Service Road) and Sithe Energy, won silver at the Mississauga tour nament. May 24-26. They have now brought home one gold and two silvers from the three tournaments they've entered, so far. In the championship game against Mississauga North, Oakville came up short in a 7-1 loss despite 1 1 strikeouts from Oakville's Sam Davis in only 5 innings of play. Nicole Paniccia earned game M V P honours for her fly-out catch in the sec ond inning. They went 4-0 against Brantford. Chinguacousy. Halton Hills and Mississauga North before advancing to the championship game against Mississauga North. Here's the summary. Oakville 11. Brantford 4: strong hit ting from everyone combined with thir teen strikeouts from pitcher Lauren McLaughlin. Oakville 14,Chinguacousy I: Sam Davis pitched a beauty. Oakville 14. Halton Hills 2: home runs from Lauren McLaughlin. Kirsty Grant and Nicole Paniccia. Oakville 10, Mississauga North 4: Lauren McLaughlin who hit tw o home runs and Sam Davis had 11 strikeouts. Junior Girls SOOm I Caitlin Pauls Sir Winston Churchill 5 IIavU<> Yuccaricllo Loyola Junior Boys 3000m 1 A.P Batllogarcon-Sm H oly Cross H S 3 K y le Jones Q . E P a rk Senior Boys 800m 1 Brent Schmidt 3 Ja m es Kozak West mount Q .E . P a rk St. Thomas More Q .E . P a rk Senior Boys 3000m 1 Ryan Polowski 3 R ichard Ciarton 1 Joseph Konu 5 K a b ir M ano 1 Ryan Lacquemcnt 2 R ichard G a rto n S P R IN T E V E N T S Senior Boys 400m Hurdles Port Credit S S 60.03 Si. Thumu.s \quinas 63.30 Clarkson S S Q .E . P a rk 6:32.0 6:32.9 innings of one hit relief. 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