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Lawn and Garden Equipment Bsnaiisa n dP a rtsfa rM a stM ( jc p r r h b $ 7 0 fro in I ^+parts CURRENT POWER MACHINERY INC. 1661 Lakeshore Rd. W. Mississauga (2 block east of Southdown « ~ Q O O A O A A Road in Ctarfcson) *4 * I 1 Editor: Norm Nelson Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: nnelson@haltonsearch.com SPORTS J D Got Psoriasis? Interested in p a rtic ip a tin g in a clinica l tria l? Call G race @ 905-842-2262 x225 Two Oakville players make World Cup soccer squad Canada's roster for the upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States was announced Monday -- and there are two Oakville natives and members o f the Oakville Soccer Club on the ros ter. O f no surprise, is Kara Lang who already sports 20 goals, good enough for fourth place alj-tim e fo r Canada. And she w on' t turn 17 until next month. Since being called up to the senior national team early last year while still only 15years-old, Lang has been a mainstay on both Canada's senior and U19 teams. Both finished w ith very respectable silver medals at their main competitions last year -- the Gold Cup and FIFA U - 19 World Championships, respec tively. W ith the 19-year-old Jill Kitchener ·Special to the Beaver CUP CRASH! O a k v ille had tw o teams in the opening weekend o f the O n ta rio C up fin als -- both losing. T O P P H O T O : O a k v ille S to rm 's D arrelle Leem ing, one o f only three holdovers fro m last year's p rovincial and national cham pionship women's team, takes a sp ill w hile challenging fo r the ball. O a kville lost 4-3. B O T T O M P H O T O : the O a kville Angels' S tephanie J u n k in on defence. O a k v ille lost 2-0. K ara Lang and Diana Matheson are seen posing fo r a photo in 2001 at a soccer celebrity game in O akville -- and that was before they were called up to the national women's team! Matheson, however, she Australia. was overlooked for last Canada has played year's U-19 team and six World Cup games, had her first call-up to losing four and drawing the senior team earlier twice. this year. But she has Canada's preliminary stuck with the team, round games, all in proving that talent and Columbus. Ohio, are determination are not Saturday, Sept. 20 limited by size. against Germany; Canada w ill play one Wednesday, Sept. 24 final World Cup tune-up against Argentina; and in Kingston on Sunday. Saturday. Sept. 27 Sept. 14 against against Japan. Couple of Cup losses Oakville still has two more chances this coming weekend By Norm Nelson BEAVER SH O R TS E D ITO R Blades kick off season in Buffalo Thursday night, home opener on Sunday The Oakville Blades made it to the championship game o f the Ontario Hockey Association's eighth annual pre-season jun ior hockey tournament in Vaughan on Sunday only to lose 5-2 to an American team, the Albany Central District Selects. And now the Oakville Blades w ill have their chance to gain some imme diate revenge on another American team as they open their provincial ju n ior A season this Thursday (Sept. 11) in Buffalo against the Buffalo Lightning. O akville w ill play on the road Saturday in Mississauga against the Chargers and then w ill have their home opener Sunday, 8 p.m., at CanLan Ice Sports Oakville against the Bramalea Blues. The Blades w ill go into their first fu ll season under head coach Frank Camavale. a former player, who took over mid season last year. Last season, he guided the Blades to a fifth place finish in the regular season, followed by a first round sweep over the Burlington Cougars and a second round ouster at the hands o f the third place Georgetown Raiders in an excit ing seven-game series (actually eight games, i f you count the first one which was cancelled in overtime when a power outage h it the arena in Georgetown). In Sunday's 5-2 tournament champi onship loss, N ick Dodge was named O akville's MVP, scoring a goal and set ting up the second one by Jason Dopaco. O akville won its semifinal game 3-2 over divisional archrival M ilton Icehawks. Oakville, who built up a 3-0 lead, had goals by Tyler Woodisse, Paul Dawson and Charlie G iffin (game M VP). A ll o f the above players are returning veterans. Oakville only allowed one goal in the round robin, defeating Vaughan 2-1. New York Bobcats 3-0 and North Jersey 9-0. O FF SEASON H IG H L IG H T S ... Last season's major team award winners were as follows: Best Defence: M alt Ruberto Most Improved Forward: Steve Pinnizzotto M ost Im proved Defence: Paul Dawson G rit & Determination: Paul Metcalfe M VP Playoffs: Ryan Ellis M V P Season: Rob Tarantino & M ike Ruberto Rookie o f the Year: N ick Dodge and Charlie G iffin S C H O LA R S H IP S ... · Rob Tarantino to RIT Rob Tarantino has accepted a schol arship to Rochester Institute o f Technology. Rob is follow ing his older brother M ike, also a former Blade. · Will Barlow to Fredonia State W ill Barlow has accepted a scholar ship w ith Fredonia College. W ill played through the O akville M in or Oaks Hockey system then through the Blades for the past two seasons. G O L F T O U R N A M E N T ... The Oakville Blades annual G o lf Classic w ill be held this Tuesday (Sept. 16) at Indian W ells G o lf Club in B urlington, starting at 1:30 p.m. Contact Walt Dalziel at 905 849-4185 (h). 905 822-5000 (b) or Eric Barlow at 905 845-5814. Oakville w ill not defend its national women's club championship this year. Missing most o f last year's players -- including Diana Matheson, who w ill actually play for Canada in the Women's World Cup later this month -- the Oakville Storm were edged 4-3 by Scarborough Azzurri Admirals in the Ontario Cup championship game Sunday at the Soccer Centre in Vaughan. Oakville looked to be establishing control o f a tight game after taking a 1-0 lead into halftime and then adding an insurance marker soon into the second half. But the wheels fell o ff with a fourgoal explosion by Scarborough. O a kville fin a lly managed to stem the tide and cut the d e fic it to 4-3 but co uldn ' t notch the equalizer. Afterwards; no one was complaining about the line-up woes. At the senior level, and even in the older youth age groups, it's common for some teams to have some pretty exten sive line-up changes heading into September, with many players heading o ff to their respective university or soc cer teams. Late season line-ups can often be rag tag. But clubs do it, out o f loyalty, to provide a summer home for returning players who are often long time club members. This year's Oakville Storm team only had four members returning from last year's Ontario and national champion team -- and one o f the four included Michelle Houchen who was behind the bench as head coach. Injury prevented her from taking to the field and her pres ence was surely missed as she had scored two goals, including the winner, in last year's 3-2 Ontario Cup win. Oakville goals were scored by Paula Sousa. Krista Ariss and Emma DiCesare. Denise Hosey replied with a hat-trick for Scarborough while Joanna Vitale added a single marker. " They (Scarborough) fought back, basically turned things around once they got that first goal," said coach Houchen. " They got some energy and started pick ing at us." A ll in all, though, she said the players had a tough act to follow, and she thought they did very well. " It was a whole new nucleus o f Oakville players -- bringing them back because they still have love o f the game." Given Oakville's strength in women's soccer, there's little doubt that the women's team w ill be strong again next year -- no matter who returns to play. O A K V IL L E A N G E LS U-18 The Oakville Angels also saw their hopes o f reaching a national champi onship dashed w ith a 2-0 loss to Mississauga Dixie Fury in the U -18 girls Ontario Cup soccer championship game on Sunday afternoon. The Angels were also in the same boat as the Oakville Storm women's team with the departure to university o f some key players, among them Kirsty Wilson. Edwina Haddon. Jena Sporta and Laura Richards. But. again, O akville coach Ron Wright wasn't buying it as an excuse and didn't raise the subject. Mississauga, he noted, was also in the same boat, missing a few players. The team was disappointed in that they had beaten Mississauga in their two previous meetings, and rather handily. 52 and 3-1. Unfortunately, for Oakville it was a different story in the Ontario Cup cham pionship game. Mississauga were by no means dominating, but they were in con trol, lim iting Oakville's chances to two very well executed comer kicks which narrowly missed. "They (Mississauga) outhustled us and shut our forwards down, didn't give us any chances," said coach Wright after the game. "You don't shoot at the goal, you won't score. They (Mississauga) were the underdogs and they just picked themselves up." Reaching the Ontario Cup champi onship game should prove to be a good experience, said coach Wright. And he p o in te ^ out that the experience just might come in handy next year as all o f the girls are under-age and able to again play next year in the U-18 age group. Meanwhile, the team is finished for the season -- but the race for first place in their regular league is not. Oakville are in first place and w ill finish that way unless London can win both o f their remaining games. T H IS W E E K E N D Oakville still has a shot at an Ontario Cup championship with two teams in action this weekend at the Soccer Centre in Vaughan. Here's the schedule. SATURDAY, SEPT. 13 11:30 a.m. the Oakville Demons w ill play the Ontario Cup U -13 girls champi onship game against Oshawa Kicks. SUNDAY, SEPT. 14 3:30 p.m. the Oakville Cobras w ill play the Ontario Cup U-17 girls final against Oshawa Kicks. N ic k Dodge (le ft) and C h a rlie G iffln nabbed M V P honours fo r the cham pionship and sem ifinal games, respectively, at last weekend's Vaughan pre-season tourney. 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