There‘s one thing that could stand between Oakville resident Lori O‘Sullivan and a national junior girls fiveâ€"pin bowling championship â€" a good friend. O‘Sullivan went on to again represent Manitoba in subsequent national championships, in the junior category, in 1992 and 1993. Her friend, Labelle, in the meanâ€" The Grade 8 student at Oakville‘s Holy Family School, who just turned 14 years old this month, is leaving for Edmonton today where she will represent southern Ontario in the singles competition at this weekend‘s Youth Bowling Council national finals. One of her opponents â€" Manitoba junior singles champion Chantal Labelle â€" "is one of my really good friends," she explained. Top bowler expecting friendly competition at this weekend‘s national championships In fact, up until this season when O‘Sullivan moved to Oakville, the two were constant fixtures on Manitoba‘s provincial team. They were teammates in 1990 when their fiveâ€"member bantam team first made it to the national championships. SPORTS By NORMAN NELSON Oakville Beaver Sports Editor AND RECREATION | Lori O‘Sullivan time, was improving her game to the point where she became Manitoba‘s top bowler and comâ€" peted for the individual title. Ironically, it took the move to Ontario for O‘ Sullivan to also rise to the top of the heap. She got off on the right track this season, posting the top indiâ€" vidual result at the allâ€"important club level competition (she bowls out of Burlington‘s Roseland Bowl). > Winning at the club level is important because only the top bowler can move on to compete at the individual level while the next five are banded together for the team competition. O‘ Sullivan also went on to post the top individual result at the zone level (which includes the Hamilton/Burlington district) and at the southern Ontario champiâ€" onships. The 12 provincial champions play each other twice and the bowler notching the most points (one point for a win, a halfâ€"point for a tie) â€" as opposed to the highest average â€" wins the nationâ€" al championship. At this weekend‘s Canadian championships, she explained that the format "is match play." Soft spoken and modest, she said she doesn‘t really know what makes her game .click to the point where her competitive average is now hovering in the area of 200â€" 207. "Just practice, I guess. I go in every tournament that comes up." Over the past few weeks she‘s bowled five games a day in prepaâ€" ration for the Canadian champiâ€" onships. One thing she‘ll have to rememâ€" ber in Edmonton, though, is not to come forward when the Manitoba team is called. fidden Pake _ C@awm;/w% TOR.: 338â€"4875 1137 #1 SIDEROAD, BURLINGTON L 36 CHAMPIONSHIP HOLES " DRIVING RANCH Halton‘s high school badminton championships were held this week at Burlington‘s Lester B. Pearson High School. The winners advance to the next step â€" the greater Hamilton finals â€" which will be held next Wednesday, also at Pearson. MENS SINGLES Kevin Munn (White Oaks) defeated Ceasar Cainuso (Loyola), 8â€"15, 15â€"12, 15â€"7. Kyle McLellan (Aldershot) defeated Mait Stevens Halton allâ€"stars lose grudge match It turned out to be a grudge match between the two teams after their first encounter two weeks ago â€" in the Metro Toronto Star Wars tournament â€" had ended in controversy with the Hamilton separate school allâ€"stars walking out in a huff at half time over a dispute they were using too many players from one particuâ€" lar school. Wednesday night, he conceded, was obviously a different story. With talented players, good coaching, two weeks to prepare, and his own controversial comments to provide a perfect motivational tool, it was not surprising, he said, that a much difâ€" ferent Hamilton team made an appearance. Jim Flack‘s words came back back to haunt him as the Halton high school allâ€" stars lost 74â€"59 to the Hamilton separate school allâ€"stars Wednesday night. Flack, the coach of Sheridan College‘s nationally ranked basketball team, remarked at the time that had the game gone on, his high school allâ€"stars would have won by 25 points, anyway. And he still stands by his words, saying that his team â€" which led 44â€"33 at the half â€" obviously had the momentum going that night. While the goal is always to come away with a win, he said the bottom line is that the game did what allâ€"star encounters should do â€" showcasc the players and proâ€" vide entertaining action. It was the championship game of a fourâ€"team, high school allâ€"star tournament in Hamilton. Halton made it to the final with a victory over the Wentworth allâ€"stars while the Hamilton separate school allâ€"stars had beaten their public board counterâ€" parts. Flack, an Oakville resident, was the only local flavor on the team with the players coming from Milton and Burlington high schools, including four from Bishop Reding, two each from M.M. Robinson, Nelson and Lester B. Pearson and one from Notre Dame. Badminton finals at Pearson 1137 No. 1 Sideroad John Boureau and Mike Lee (M.M. Robinson) defeated Chris Grimwood and Shayne Ferrier (Milton), 18â€"14, 8â€"15, 16â€"14. Steve Kay and T.G. Kotsopoulos (Queen Elizabeth Park) defeated Chris Foster and Dave Wright (Nelson) in the bronze match. â€" WOMENS SINGLES Paula Ashby (Milton) defeated Sabrina Ouellet (St. Thomas Aquinas), 11â€"6, 11â€"1. Amber Alderice (Assumption) defeated Jenn Symmes (Georgetown) in the bronze match. WOMENS DOUBLES Laura Baxter and Ginny Tough (Oakville Trafaiger) defeated Susan Hardy and Stephanie Hardy (Oakville Trafaiger), 17â€"14, 17â€"14. Karla Johnston and Jackie Shaw (Bishop Reding) defeated Cindy Merrit and Heather Partridge (Burlington Central) in the bronze match. MIXED DOUBLES Wendy Merrit and Derek Allard (Burlington Central) defeated Don Smulders and Michelle Mainard (E.C. Dury), 15â€"7, 15â€"5. Kelly Wong and Chris Watson (Nelson) defeated Dennis Snowdon and Jackie Snowdon (Lester B. Pearson) in the bronze match. (Nelson) in the bronze match MENS DOUBLES Burlington won the bantam girls triple "A" basketball championship last weekend â€" with a little bit of help from Oakville. Playing on the Burlington Hornets Rep basketball team, which defeated a Brantford Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) team 44â€"31 in the champlonshlp game, were Oakville residents Taraâ€" Lynn Bennett, Kate Richardson and Allison Hoy. Bennett also took home the threeâ€" point shooting contest from the champiâ€" onship weekend. Bâ€"ball champs Rep tryouts The Oakville senior touch football league is starting up again this season and is looking for teams to play in a 14â€" game regular season schedule this sumâ€" mer and fall. The competitive league, which will play under Canadian Touch Football Association rules, is open to men 2L years of age and over. 3 Interested individuals or team should call §844â€"5171 between 7â€"9 p.m as soon as possible. Spring training is about to get under way in Oakville. Oakville junior "rep" tryouts will b| held on the weekend of April 30â€" May (3 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday). Interested players (born in 1973/74 are invited to bring their bascball glovc' and try.out. Get in touch FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1994 Page 18