Oakville Soccer Club 1520 Pine Glen Road Dundas and Third Line (905) 849-4436 A proud sponsor of the Oakville Soccer Club For full details, please visit our website. www.oakvillesoccer.ca REGISTRATION DEADLINES FALL SEASON SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 WINTER SEASON DECEMBER 19, 2010 2010 Fall/2011 Winter Indoor Soccer Space is limited in certain age groups! 41 Friday , Septem ber 3, 2010 O A KVILLE BEA V ER w w w .o akvillebeaver .co m By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR Eight Oakville residents helped the Central West girls basketball team win gold at the recent Ontario Summer Games in Thunder Bay. Central West won all five of its games at the tournament, with the closest one being a 70-62 victory over Tri-County in the championship contest. Balance was a key for Central West at the competition as five different players were game-high scorers in the tournament. That was really great, said 15-year-old Danielle Nafekh, a St. Mildreds-Lightbourn School student who paced Central West with 14 points in a 60-52 win over South Simcoe in the semifinals. Sometimes on your rep team or club team, not everyone is as strong, but on this team everyone was really great. You felt really good when you passed to someone that they would make a good decision and you could count on your team. Nafekh was one of three Oakville Vytis players on the squad, joined by Lauren Jamieson and Devyn MacKenzie. Rasheeka Gunn, Sarah Traynor, Emily Wilk and Leah Fleming represented the Oakville Venom on the team. Despite the local divide, lack of familiar- ity was not an issue for Central West, partic- ularly after practicing together for nearly 40 hours in preparation for the Ontario Games. One way or another, we all knew each other, said Gunn, who had 12 points for Central West in a preliminary-round 68-59 win over Niagara. It wasnt hard for us to get along. At the practices, once the team was chosen we just stuck together and we were good. Gunn and Nafekh agreed the teams overall height was an advantage at the Ontario Games, allowing Central West to dominate the rebounding. We got off more shots because we knew if anything went wrong, we could just get a rebound and lay it back in, said the 14- year-old Gunn, a student at Abbey Park High School. Central Wests other wins at the tourna- ment came over Huron (55-39) and Capital (91-25). Allan Marcy, who coaches basketball at White Oaks Secondary School, was Central Wests head coach. Local basketball players golden at Ontario Summer Games Speak up! You can comment on any story in todays Oakville Beaver at oakvillebeaver.com. Four Halton Cowboys teams kicked off their Southwestern Ontario Football Association of Leagues seasons last weekend, with two of them posting victories. The tyke Cowboys blanked Cambridge 24-0 and the bantams shut out Twin Cities 26-0, while the atom Cowboys fell 31-7 to Cambridge and the peewee Cowboys dropped a 25-6 decision to Twin Cities. For the tyke Cowboys, quarterback Mason Arruda ran for a pair of scores while lineman/tight end Michael Rochon recovered a fumble and returned it 80 yards for another major. The defence, anchored by Daniel Rhooms, was solid throughout the contest. The bantam Cowboys got off to a quick start by recovering Twin Cities fumbles on the first two kickoffs of the game. Jordan Mealand and Brandon Roberts reached the end zone to give the Cowboys a two-score lead before the game was four minutes old, and the Cowboys defence made it stand up by allowing only two first downs in the entire game. The atom Cowboys were tied 6-6 at half before Cambridge pulled away in the second half. The peewee Cowboys lone score came on an 80-yard drive, capped by a 30-yard touch- down run by Jordyn Gallardo. Quarterback Dante Iacoviello completed passes to Lucas Montgomery, Alex Kew and Elliot Laferte in the loss, while Jack Berczi, Brandon Davis and Montgomery contributed big hits on the defen- sive side of the ball. Registration is still open for the fall season, with space available for players ages five to 13. Tyke, bantam Cowboys open with wins ITS A PASSION...VOLLEYBALL PUSH YOUR LIMITS! The Halton Hurricanes are not only the youngest club in the area but also the largest volleyball club in th region supporting 144 members this season. We pride ourselves in the quality of our certifi ed coaching y y g g y staff and the number of teams who earned their spot to compete in OVA Tier # 1 events last season. g pp g p q y Come out and compete! Halton Hurricanes Vololleyball Club yball CHalton Regions Premiere Volleyball Regions olleyba bH l y olleyball Clu for Girls ages 11 to 17.for Girls 17 g TRY OUTS START SEPTEMBER 13TH For more information please visit our website www.haltonvolleyball.com