Oakville Crusaders rugby teams won four provincial titles at the Ontario Junior Championships recently in Markham. The Crus under-8, U10, U12 and U16 teams were crowned division champions at the provincials, which were contested at Fletchers Fields. Oakvilles U15 girls and U14 boys also made the playoffs in their divisions, but were eliminated before the championship games. Under-8 The depth of the Crusaders under-8 program shone through at provincials as both the clubs U8 clubs met in the provincial finals. The Crus B team downed the A squad 7-2. Members of the U8 B team are Charlie Finerty, Finlay Biggar, James Topping, Joey van Wonderen, Liam Bowman, Paul Doherty, Quinn Vorster and Sebastian Brenderrs. Under-10 The U10 Lions downed Burlington 8-3 in the championship game to earn the Crusaders fourth straight provincial U10 title. Oakville had a total of three teams and 30 players representing the Cru in the U10 division. Players on the team are Charlie Biggar, Sela Caskenette, Rafael Colley Aquino, Andrew Easson, Conrad Erasmus, Declan Finerty, Aiden Muldoon, Nathan Schooling, Mathieu Walker and Mitchell White Under-12 The Crusaders were certainly well represented in the U12 division, sending five teams to provincials. The U12 Arrows won all their games in a tough pool, with two vic- tories being decided by two points or less, before convincingly routing the Markham Irish 9-1 in the final. Members of the Arrows are Andrew Wilson, Connor Fitzgerald, Cole Smith, Lucas Smith, Noah Bussmann, Anthony Ivakhnenko, Louis Sharland, Joshua Petitjean, Austin Valentini and Kate Chalmers. Under-16 The U16 Arrows concluded a per- fect season with a stylish but hard- fought 34-19 win over Lindsay in the provincial final. The Arrows actually allowed the first score of the game, but rebound- ed to take a lead into halftime. After Lindsay tied the game early in the second half, the Arrows picked up their intensity and put the game away with two late scores. Captain Sawyer Herron, fly half Toby Sharland, Jake Yuen and Adam Lee particularly shone in a team effort from the Arrows. Wylie Malcolm, Ross Brown, Eddie Perez, Jason Valencia, Scott Gauer, Chris Woodhead, Angelo Rogas, Thomas Edwards, Bobby OShaughnessy, Joey Scrivo, Alex Delecq Marguerie, Jacob Zawisza, Joe Sloan, Johnnie Scrivo, Brett Davis, Mariano Stasiak, Zack Mulvale, Shem Roberts, Brian Gregatti, Patrick Olszewski, Dan Podell, Sean Lau and Djustice Sears- Dru also contributed to the win. 35 Friday , Septem ber 24, 2010 O A KVILLE BEA V ER w w w .o akvillebeaver .co m Crusaders teams win four championships at rugby provincials