Appleby clinches spot in OFSAA quarterfinals Abbey Park remains in hunt for playoff berth Andrew Tarasca scored twice to lead the Appleby College Blue Dogs to a 4-0 win over E.L. Crossley Wednesday morning. The win improved Appleby College to 3-0 in the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) boys' A/AA hockey tournament and clinched a spot in the quarter-finals. Tarasca scored just 1:32 into the game and that was all Avery Gobbo needed as he blanked Crossley. Evan Patterson and Tarasca extended the Blue Dogs' lead in the second period and Zachary Ribau capped the scoring in the third. Jonathan Watkin, Morgan MacDonald, Benjamin Sisokin, Matthew Mustard and Marcus Miller drew assists on the Appleby goals. Appleby was set to face Belle River in its final round-robin game Wednesday night. The St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders dropped to 0-3 following a 7-2 loss to Holy Trinity (Kanta) Wednesday morning. Trinity opened up a 3-0 lead before Andrew Kew's power-play goal got the Raiders on the board at the end of the first. Aquinas' Will Riekelmen cut the lead to 4-2 early in the second but Trinity scored three unanswered goals. The Raiders were shut out 4-0 by St. Charles College in Tuesday night's game. Aquinas was set to wrap up the round robin against London South CI Wednesday afternoon, however, with the loss to Holy Trinity, the Raiders cannot advance. In the OFSAA boys' AAA/AAAA tournament, the Abbey Park Eagles now sit at 1-1-1. After opening the tournament with a 5-2 win over Monsignor Percy Johnson, the Eagles got a quick start against Malvern CI as Foster Cuono scored four minutes into the game and shortly after set up Jackson Hulbert to double the lead to 2-0. 33 | Thursday, March 20, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com St. Thomas Aquinas goalie Lukas Marek sprawls to poke the puck away from a Holy Trinity (Kanata) opponent in Wednesday's round-robin game at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations boys' hockey tournament. Aquinas dropped a 7-2 decision to fall to 0-3 at the tournament. | photo by Riziero Vertolli -- Oakville Beaver The lead was cut to one before the end of the period and the lead held until Malvern scored a powerplay goal with less than three minutes to play to tie the game. Overtime failed to settle the score as the game ended in a 2-2 tie. Abbey Park played another tight game against Patrick Fogarty CSS Wednesday morning. After two scoreless periods, Fogarty scored what would prove to be the game's only goal in the opening minute of the third period. Abbey Park was scheduled to finish the round robin against St. Peter CSS. As of press time, the Eagles sat in second place in their division, one point up on St. Peter (1-1) and Monsignor Percy Johnson (1-2). The top two teams in each of the five-team pools advance to Thursday's quarter-finals. Semifinal games will be played between 1:30-6 p.m. The A/AA tournament bronze medal game is at 9 a.m. Friday and the gold medal game is at 1:30 p.m. In the AAA/AAAA tournament, the bronze medal game is set for 11 a.m. and the gold medal game is at 3:30 p.m. All playoff games will be played at 16 Mile Sports Complex. Curlew leads Blue Dogs to three wins at OFSAA girls hockey Amy Curlew had six goals as Appleby College won its first three games of the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations girls A/AA hockey tournament in Sudbury. Five different players scored in a 5-1 win over E.L. Crossley that improved the Blue Dogs to 3-0. Curlew, Meagan Laviolette, Melanie Forbes, Jennifer MacAskill and Julia Fitzpatrick had the Appleby goals. Curlew had a hat trick in a 6-1 win over St. Charles. Forbes, MacAskill and Emma Thompson also scored for Appleby. The Blue Dogs opened the tournament with a 6-0 win over Almaguin Highlands. Curlew had a pair with singles going to Jamie Bourbonnais, Maddie Sisokin, Julia Fitzpatrick and Kaitlin Saxton. The Loyola Hawks were shut out 6-0 by Saltfleet DHS in the opening game of the OFSAA girls' AAA/ AAAA tournament. Results from the Hawks' Wednesday afternoon game against Holy Cross Secondary School were not available at press time. 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