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D2 EC THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, March 1, 2000 What a comeback _ _ T he C anron R angers m inor novice triple-A rep team pulled off an incredible com eback to dispose o f the G uelph Storm in their second round O n tario M inor H ockey A ssociation (O M H A ) playoff series. Down tw o gam es, the Rangers won three straight to win the series and earn a'berth into the O M H A third round. T h e y 'll take on the first place Bram pton Battalion in a series that will provide one o f the five finalists to the T ournam ent o f Cham pions. T he Rangers, who also needed five gam es to dispose o f Burlington in the first round, w ould like to thank som e of their sponsors -- Canron C onstruction, M ultiplex Pioneer, Design Plus Intl. and Binne M echanical. H ere's the recap: G A M E O N E: G uelph cam e out fresh after an opening round bye and built up a 3-0 lead en route to a 5-1 ver dict. M att M cK eow n scored for Oakville, assisted by Joel Selinger. · G A M E TW O : O akville cam e out m uch stronger in the second gam e and the result w as m uch closer, although still a loss -- 5-3, with the final G uelph goal into an em pty net. D espite their stronger start O akville found them; selves dow n 1-0 after the opening ; fram e but the hard w ork paid off with three straight goals in the m iddle fram e. G uelph, how ever, cu t the O akville deficit to 3-2 with ju st over 'six m inutes left. Then, in the final 1:12, they scored the tying goal, the w inner (shorthanded) and the insurance m ark er (into an em pty net). O akville goals w ere scored by Selinger (from Daniel Purcell), Brad M orris (from M att Hand and goalie Joey Lepera) and Austen G regoris. G A M E T H R E E : history repeated itself in the third gam e but this time O akville m anaged to author them selves a m ore favourable ending. Up 31 in the third, O akville felt an eerie deja vu when G uelph closed the gap to 3-2. But this time that's where it stayed. O akville goals were scored by D aniel P urcell, Joel S elinger and M att M cK eow n. G A M E F O U R : the fourth gam e resem bled an N H L all-star gam e with the lead changing hands an am azing six tim es before O akville prevailed 9-8 in overtim e. Tyler K arius was the over tim e hero 1:11 into the extra frame, freezing a defender with a nice fake ^ jD e h in d the net, then taking advantage o f his reach to w hirl out in front o f the crease and fire a back-hand into the net. , .M att M cK eow n had the hat-trick `including his final tally, w hile short·handed, w hich tied the gam e up at 8-8 ' jto send it into overtim e. O ther goal Jscorers w ere E ric C hiasson, M ike [DeRenzis, Bryce M aCrae, Brad M orris a n d D aniel Purcell. 1 G A M E F IV E : back in G uelph, lOakville com pleted their gutsy com e -back with a 5-2 verdict. A fter a score less first period, thanks in no small part to O akville goalie Jim m y W helpdale, . otkiO.* · · · Aquatic club hosts another elite meet T he O akville A qu atic C lub hosted its 13th A nnual W inter Invitational recently. M ore than 300 sw im m ers from a num ber o f clubs including Toronto, E ast York, O shaw a, G uelph, H am ilton, L indsay and M arkham participated in the tw o day event. H ost O akville was the high point w inner in both the fem ale and m ale team scores. T he Toronto Sw im C lub placed 2nd and T oronto O lym pian S w im C lub placed third. T he second high perform ance m eet hosted by O akville this season, it provided an opportunity for these young athletes to com pete w ith their peers and to dem onstrate their sw im m ing prow ess to this com m unity. To jo in or to find out m ore about the O akville A quatic C lub, p lease call: 842-0903. H ere are the O akville m edallists: (Women 10 and under) Sam antha Townsend placed 1st in 400 free and 2nd in both 100 and 200 breast. (M en 10 and under) Sam Thrall took 1st in 400 free, 200 free, 100 free, 50 free, 100 back, 200 back, 50 fly, 100 fly and 2nd in 100 breast. Jam ie Loh placed 2nd in 50 breast and 3rd in 50 back. Sebastian M oench placed 2nd in 100 free, 50 free, 200 breast, 50 fly; 3rd in 400 free and 100 fly. Dinos San Pedro placed 2nd in 400 free, 100 back and 200 back. (Women 11 & 12) Jessica Plata took 1st in 800 free and 200 breast; 2nd in 400 1M; 3rd in 200 IM and 200 back. Ivana Corovic placed 3rd in 100 breast and 200 breast. (M en 11 & 12) Scott Samuel took 1st in 400 IM and 200 IM; 2nd in 100 back and 200 back; and 2nd in 200 fly. Kevin Jones placed 3rd in 100 free, 100 back and 200 back. David Landry placed 3rd in 50 free. (Women 13 & 14) . * Tiana D ay took 1st in 800 free, 100 free, 400 IM, 50 free; 2nd in 100 back, 200 back; and 3rd in 200 IM. Carey Swift won 1st in 200 breast and 2nd in 100 breast. Kimmi Labbett took 1st in 100 breast and 3rd in 400 IM. Candace W elsh won 2nd in 4 00 IM and 3rd in 200 fly. (M en 13 & 14) Joe Bajcar won 1st in 1500 free, 400 free and 400 IM. G areth C hander placed 2nd in 200 breast and 3rd in 100 breast. M arco M onaco took 1st in 200 breast; 2nd in 1500 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 400 IM and 400 free; and 3rd in 50 free. (W om en 15 & Over) K ristie Labbett took 1st in 800 free, 100 fly and 400 free; 2nd in 200 back; and 3rd in 100 free, 100 back and 50 free. Vickie Johnston placed 2nd in 4 00 free; 3rd in 200 free and 400 IM. M eghan Henderson placed 2nd in 200 fly. (M en 15 and O ver) lan Ford took 1st in 100 back; 2nd in 50 free; 3rd in 100 free, and 200 fly. Grant M cGuire took 1st in 200 fly and 2nd in 1500 free. Steve Okanyi took 1st in 50 free and 2nd in 200 back. D ave W assenich p laced 2nd in 200 breast, 100 breast and 200 IM. r r e * w a * % % ik .r .* * w » * .« !· .T 3 .- * a .» u t r * « 6 * * * .» Photo by Christine Smyth r..mjra 4 a v w . * . K n K * O akville A quatic Club sw im m er Stephanie Yager starts off another lap in the w om en's 11-12 100m backstroke at a high perform ance m eet recently hosted by her O akville club. Bruins open playoffs Thursday against S t Lawrence College I t's p la y o ff tim e for the d efen din g p r o v in c ia l ch a m p io n S h erid a n B ru in s w ho closed out the regular season F riday night w ith a 96-61 win over the D urham L ords in m en 's co l lege basketball action. T h e B ru in s, w ho had alre ad y w rapped up their third straight central d ivision title heading into the gam e, closed the books on an o th er fine reg ular season cam paign, at 13-2, and kept the m om entum going on their now 11-gam e w in streak (after they had opened the season w ith tw o w ins follow ed by tw o losses, to H um ber and D urham ). T h is y e a r 's O n tario C o lleg es A thletic A ssociation (O C A A ) p lay offs are b ein g h eld at H u m b er C ollege in Toronto and the B ruins open up T hursday, 4 p.m ., w ith a q u a rte rfin a l gam e ag a in st St. L aw rence (K ingston). If the B ruins win, th ey 'll play a sem ifinal gam e F riday at 4 p.m. T h e ch a m p io n sh ip fin al goes S aturday night at 8 p.m. The Bruins were slow out o f the gate Friday night, trailing 30-29 late in the first half to the last place Lords before scoring eight in a row to close out the half leading 37-30. 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