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D6 THE O A K V IL L E BEAVER W ednesday, M arch 29, 2000 See me before you purchase or lease your next vehicle G l en lev en C h rysler CHRYSLER · DOD G E · JEEP | 2388 Royal Windsor Dr., 845-7575 Sports By Kathy Yanchus OAKVILLE ®HONDA Sales, Service & Parts 191WYECROFT RD. OAKVILLE 9 0 5 -8 4 4 -9 8 3 1 tm iruj.oakuillebotuJsi.corn An Oakville Beaver Feature Editor: NORM NELSON Phone:845-3824, ext 255 Fax:337-5567 E-mail:nnelson@haltonsearch.com Y2sK8 kicks off this Friday! SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Y2sK8 you ask? The answer will be obvious this weekend for all those who wit ness the Oakville Skating Club's 32nd spectacle of fun and colour. Oakville Arena has been transformed into a giant computer, covering the complete width of the rink and rising 16 feet above the surface with a printer, monitor and a 26-foot long keyboard. \ Audiences will be `surfing the net' \ along with an array of lions and ele' phants, bees and butterflies and hundreds of other costum ed characters. With almost 600 kids partic ipating, it's no easy task, nor is it on the cheap side. Total budget is $110,000 with $15,000 of that figure spent on props and lighting alone. The major cost is ice TOP PHOTO: former three-time Canadian singles champ Josee Chouinard, photographed last year at the Burlington ice show, will be on hand this weekend for the Oakville Skating Club's ice extravanganza which features four performances from Friday through Sunday at Oakville Arena. BOTTOM PHOTO: Infinite Expression gave the Oakville Skating Club its first ever gold in the juvenile cate gory at the COS sectionals, and they will be skating at this weekend's show along with the club's `four star' and novice syn chro teams. Complete team list is included with the adjacent separate story. rental. "We move into the arena on Wednesday and w e're the sole tenant until Sunday," comments executive-producer, Greg Young, who is producing his fourth (and last) show. "We take over the Pine Room and the dress ing rooms downstairs." As of now, portable trailers are not need ed, but if numbers grow, they're a real pos sibility, chuckles Young. Despite the sheer number of hours spent organizing, the endless phone calls, "it's a labor of love," says Young, who has been involved in the sport for over 30 years as a (See Y2sK8' page D5) Gold at sectionals At the recent Central Ontario Section syn chronized skating championships, Infinite Expression won Oakville's first gold medal at the juvenile level in only its first year. The team was a combined effort with the Streetsville/Meadowvale figure skating club. The gold medal earned the club a trip to the provincial championships this past weekend and they settled for a seventh place finish. They'll be in action this weekend at the Oakville Skating Club's huge ice extravagan za, featuring Josee Chouinard, which features four performances Friday through Sunday. Also performing will be the Four Star and Novice synchro teams. The gold at sectionals marked a quick jelling for the first year team. Other notable results were: silver in the sil ver round of the Gold Medallion competition in Kitchener in the second week of January; silver in the silver round of Winterfest in Mississauga in the fourth week of January; and a bronze medal at Springfest in Newmarket over the March Break. SIGN UP A free skating session will be held on April 30 for next year's Ice Expression juvenile and novice competitive teams. The first set of try outs for the Ice Expression juvenile (8-12 years of age) and novice team (12-15 years of age) will be held on Saturday, May 6. TEAM PHOTO: here are the names fo r the team photo. Boldfaced names are Oakvillebased. BACK ROW: Laurie Klarner, Sabrina Simone, Erin Dodds, Laura Collins, Kristin Walker, Vanessa Rotundo, Laura M eeke, Carolyn Hyde (coach), Tara Testani, Angie Foresteri (coach) and Emily Merrick. MIDDLE ROW: Janine Klarner, Melissa Lei, Schenley Brown, Laura von Hagen and Vanessa Simone. FRONT ROW: Kristen Cacciotti, Andria Bianchi, Lisa Carrick, Carly Buttigieg, Melinda Carvalho, Michelle Egerton, Stacey Richardson and Julie Sykes. ABSENT: Christina Senese. Photo .by Peter C. McCusker Blakelock's Velimir Radinovic jam s in one of his teamhigh 13-points to lead his Volpe Division to an 82-72 win over the Richardson Division in the Halton Classic. Radinovic leads Volpe to win in Halton Classic By Matt Nim m o SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Blakelock High School's Velimir Radinovic was doubtful for this year's Halton Classic all-star boys' basketball show case with an injury. Thankfully, a spot opened up for him and he was able to showcase his size and talent. "I didn't expect to play. I had a hurt back," said Radinovic, commenting on his status prior to the game. "I wasn't 100 per cent." Radinovic, who had already inked a full scholarship to Ohio State before the high school basketball season kicked off, was happy to wear Blakelock colours one last time. Radinovic led the Volpe Division to an 82-72 victory in this year's Classic, which was played on his own home court at Blakelock on Friday night. He had a team high 13 points with teammate Dee Woodard chipping in 10 points as did a couple of Burlington Central teammates -- Adam Peaker and Kevin French. At six points each were Brandon Hale of Oakville Trafalgar and John Manlucu of Loyola. Volpe MVP honours went to Reynard Brooks of White Oaks who had five points. Lord Elgin's Ryan Park netted a game-high 17 points to lead the Richardson division and he was supported by Sean Gilgor of Pearson who had 11 points. Coming in at nine points each were Jon Behie of Nelson and Mike Maynard of E.C. Drury. Maynard also nabbed Richardson MVP honours. Two special events during the evening were the Slam Dunk and 3-Point competitions. Radinovic was also a late entry into the Slam Dunk con test, even though it was not his first choice. "I wanted to be in the 3-point competition. I didn't expect to be in the slam dunk contest," he said. The man who stole the show was Ian Robinson of Milton who won both contests. Very rarely will you see one person winning both a dunking and a long shooting contest. To start the night off, the junior game took place with the Richardson division defeating the Volpe Division 61-50. Nelson's Graham Dow, who earned MVP honours for his team, led the Richardson division with a game-high 12 points, while Pearson's Brandon M orphet and Acton's Shane Kilgour each had eight points. Boyon Jokic of Burlington Central led the Volpe Division with a team-high 11 points and he also garnered MVP hon ours. Oakville Trafalgar's Sean Seguin added eight points. 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