The win advanced them to today‘s Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference (Gâ€"HAC) champiâ€" onship which is on tap at 3 p.m. at "Sherwood Forest Park against Hamilton‘s Barton Secondary School. In only their third year playing in the Halton high school field hockey loop, they have become the champions, knocking off defending champion Queen Elizabeth Park 2â€" «) Wednesday at Sherwood Forest Park in Burlineton. s Defending champion Queen Elizabeth Park and Appleby College again met up in the Halton high school senior girls field hockey championship, only this time it was Appleby which came out on top by a margin of 2â€"0. (Photo by Peter McCusker) By NORMAN NELSON Beaver Sports Editor Don‘t tell Appleby College that it takes years for an expansion team to become competitive. The winner advances to next week‘s provincial championships in Kineston. Last year they were finalists, losing 3â€"2 to Q.E. Park. "I thought we played a lot harder and were a lot quicker than in our previous playoff games," said Anthea Williams, whose nifty insurâ€" ance marker put the game out of reach shortly into the second half. The more aggressive stance meant the team was first on the ball and moved it around well. Appleby wins championship rematch SPORTS {back isBack! Wintario‘s Halfback is back at Coles. For a limited time, one nonâ€"winning Wintario ticket gets you $1 off selected books at Coles. Get up to $5.00 off! In both playoff games (2â€"0 over Bishop Reding in the semiâ€"finals and 1â€"0 over Assumption in the quarterâ€"finals), she explained that Appleby had tempted fate by leavâ€" ing it to overtime before getting on the scoreboard. Against the defending champion Q. E. Park, she emphatically Results for the Halton public school cross country championships, published in last Friday‘s paper, inadvertently left out a fine run by Sarah Dillon of Chisholm Public School who finished fourth in the tyke girls event out of 177 competitors. f The results listed the top three finishers as well as all Oakville runners who finished in the top 10. Our apologies, and here‘s the girls tyke cateâ€" gory again: Two Oakville Trafalgar high school students earned thirdâ€"place finâ€" ishes at Wednesday‘s Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference (Gâ€"HAC) championships â€" Claudia Rank in junior girls and Danny Lennox in midget boys. White Oaks student Sue Trimble finished fifth in the midget girls event. Runner is inadvertently left out A trio of Oakville runners have advanced to next week‘s provincial high school cross country championships in Ancaster. As well, Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar was the fourth place team in the midget boys event. 1, Laura Bandy (Pilgrim Wood); 2, Alicia Roza (Limehouse); Kathryn Matheson (Sunningdale) ... 4, Sarah Dillon (Chisholm); Charlotte Griffiths (Pine Grove); 6, Gillian Moffatt (Pilgrim Wood). Three Oakville runners advance C Wintario‘s Halfback is ba a limited time, one nonâ€"winning remarked that "we didn‘t want to go in to overtime." At halfâ€"time, with another reguâ€" lation time scoreless tie in the offâ€" ing, coach Catherine Raaflaub came up with the perfect motivaâ€" tional tool. "I told them to pretend it was overtime." * Check Wednesday‘s Beaver for a complete summary of the past week‘s high school scores and standings. It obviously worked, as they came out like gangbusters. Sarah Heinzman potted the first goal in short order capitalizing on a goalmouth scramble and Williams followed shortly with her superb individual effort. "It was a good game, really physical, really aggressive. That was a good play down in the corner that got them that one goal." "We played as well as we could." While the quick game sumâ€" maries usually just take care of the goal scorers, Appleby coach Kelly McCormack said the defence is very much apart of the team‘s sucâ€" cess, starting with goalie Courtney Billing who has considerable expeâ€" rience with the goalie pads in ice hockey. Q.E. Park coach Linda Saunders was philosophical about the loss. "I think we played as hard as we could â€" we just just got beat by a good team." Her defenders include Fiona Dutchie, Tara Duddeck, Nicolle Vincent and Liz Smart. It‘s a great way to play an old favourite" The following are the times for the various award presentaâ€" tions (players are asked to regisâ€" ter 30 minutes prior to the cereâ€" mony): 9:30 a.m., boys under 8, 13, 14 and 16 10:15 a.m., girls under 8, 16 and 19 11 a.m., boys under 9 and 12 11:45 a.m., girls under 9, 10 and 11 12:30 p.m., boys under 10 and 11 1 p.m., girls under 12, 13, 14 and senior ladies. The 30th annual Soccer Gold Awards will be presented by CHWO Radio and the Oakville Soccer Club Saturday (Oct. 29) at Hopedale Mall. The wellâ€"rested Oakville Blades, who haven‘t seen game action since blasting Royal York 9â€"2 last Saturday, are playing a pair this weekend. Georgetown visits Tonight (Friday) they host the Georgetown Raiders at Oakville Arena with the opening faceâ€"off set for 8 p.m. The Blades will be shelling out halloween treats, compleâ€" ments of Dare Foods, to kids aged 10 and under who are accompanied by an adult. As usual, the offâ€"ice events will include: the Meray Motors Volvo shootout, the Kelsey‘s Restaurants closest to the hole shootout, door prizes and Blades souvenirs. A loan pays off The Gold Awards An early season meeting between two league powerhouses boded well for Oakville‘s tripleâ€" AAA midget rep hockey team as they downed Burlington 3â€"0 Wednesday night at Oakville Arena. The key to the game, he said, was the shorthanded unit which killed off two penalties and goalie Peter Wishloff who "stopped two breakaways." On Sunday, the Blades shuffle off to Burlington‘s Central Arena for a 7:30 p.m. game against the Cougars. "Mike Robinson was on loan from the Blades," said assistant coach Bob Kapustic. "He brought the whole team‘s level of play up a notch." Mike Muldoon scored the winner (from Adam Richards and Rob Frankovic) with Rob Frankovic providing both insurâ€" ance markers (first one from Adam Richards and Jeff Wells and the second one from Adam Richards and Rob Muldoon). The game was closer than the score indicates with Oakville nursâ€" ing a 1â€"0 lead into the third period. Sponsored by Hopedale Mall and Anixter, Oakville played in Guelph last night.