The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday July 30, 2003 - C7 Oakville players help provincial team to national championship By Jon Kuiperij OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Good week in Oakville for Thunder Bay team After nearly being `m ercied' by a hard-hitting Orleans Red Sox team (15-8) in the first gam e o f the Ontario Little League Junior C ham pionships in O akville on Sunday afternoon, the T hunder Bay W estport Junior Internationals roared back in the second gam e and won a `m ercy' 11-1, in five innings, behind the strong right arm o f 14 year old Travis O leksuk, who m aintained great con trol o f the game throughout. On top o f that, his first inning, tw o-run, inside-thepark home run really got the ball rolling for the Westforts. He made two great plays with two line-drive catches and a fly ball for three outs on his own. Add in seven strike outs, and it was just a great day at the ballyard for Travis. O ther notables included a two-run triple to Ryan W inters and RBI singles to catcher Cody Sm ith. Brendan W illis, Andrew A gom bar and Evan M atson. Robert Bortuzzo closed it off in the fifth, for the championship win. "This is my third trip to the O ntario's," said Thunder Bay M anager Bill O leksuk. " It was ju st great to see the boys put the ball in play, and score the runs. All the aches and pains o f the past have gone. The boys really deserved their w in." For the O rleans Red Sox, it was tough loss, as they had handily taken it to W estfort in the opener o f the cham pi onship series. Being a double knock-out form at, however, they need ed to hand the previously undefeated Thunder Bay team two losses -- in the same day. And that proved too much. H ighlights o f that opening gam e on Sunday for O rleans were triples to M ichael Foucault and Michael G ollops, five R BI's to Adam New ell, and two hits and three RBI's to Brad Allenby. The Westfort team left O akville on M onday, for La Plaine. Q uebec, for the Canadian Junior Little League cham pionship. A win there would put them in the Little League ju n ior World Series, in Taylor, M ichigan. The Team Ontario U -15 boys soccer team saved its best for last. The squad, which features Oakville 15-year-olds Ju lian Fabiani and Kyle O liveira, got off to a slow start at last weekend's national championships in Regina before going on to win the Canadian title. Ontario opened the tournament with a sluggish 2-1 victo ry over Nova Scotia before hammering Saskatchewan 7-0, blanking Alberta 4-0 and edging Quebec 3-2 to claim the championship. "Our coach said we'd had our bad game of the tournament (after the Nova Scotia game) and he thought the rest would be really good." said Fabiani. a centre midfielder. "He was right. We did play really well our next three games." Fabiani, who also plays for the Etobicoke Energy, marked one of the Quebec snipers throughout the final game's sec ond half. Oliveira scored a goal at the championships despite being utilized as a central defender. Also a member of the Oakville U-16 Red Devils, he leaves this weekend for a five-week trial with the Blackburn Rovers in England. The former most valuable player at last year's Ian Rusch Tournament in Wales. Oliveira hopes to latch on with the English Premiership team 's youth academy and eventually play professionally with the Rovers. Oakville resident R ob ert M einert. a 14-year-old keeper with the Energy, will al$o make the trip to England for the trial. Oakville well represented in Ontario Cup playdowns The O akville D em ons U-13 G irls A A rep team became the 10th Oakville Soccer Club team to keep the Ontario Cup dream alive for the 2003 season as they advanced to the quarterfinals after winning their round robin tourna ment in Sarnia over the July 19/20 weekend. The Demons will now play Brams United of Brampton in the quarterfinals on A ugust 9. The Demons outscored their opposition 20-1 in winning all four games, 4-0 over M arkham Lightning, 7-1 over Sarnia Spirit, 7-0 over N iagara Falls and 2-0 over Woodstock Green Devils. Here is an update on the other teams: · U-12 boys: O akville E nergy play in quarterfinals vs Niagara Falls On August 9; · U-14 girls: O akville H u rric a n e , play in quarterfinals vs Aurora on August 9; · U-16 boys, tier one: O akville Red Devils won their round robin tournam ent over the July 5/6 tournament to advance to the sem ifinals o f the O ntario Cup on Saturday, August 23 vs the winner o f Brampton and Wexford (who will play Saturday, Aug. 9); · U-16 girls: O akville Phoenix won their round robin tournament over the July 5/6 weekend to advance to the quarterfinals of the Ontario Cup on Saturday, August 9 vs North M ississauga Panthers; · U-17 girls: O akville Explosion won their round robin tournament over the July 12/1 3 -weekend and advance to quarterfinal action on Sunday, Aug. 10 vs Niagara Falls! The winner o f that game advances to the semifinal on Sunday, A ugust 24 against O shaw a Kicks; Also, the O ak v ille C o b ra s won their round robin tour nament over the July 12/13 weekend and advance to sem i final action on Sunday. August 24 against M ississauga Dixie Domi'nators; · U -18 Girls: the O akville A ngels won their round robin tournament to advance to the quarterfinals o f the Ontario Cup on Sunday, August 10 vs London Shooting Stars; · Women: the O akville S to rm defeated Oshawa Kicks 2-1 on a golden goal in third round action on July 6 and will now face Hamilton Sparta in the quarterfinals on Sunday, August 10; · Men: O ak v ille A lfield U n ited defeated London Benfica 1-0 in third round action on July 6 and will now face Scarborough GS United in the quarterfinals on Sunday August 10; (A nother town team, O akville CN SC L ivno also won their third round game, defeating Vaughan Azzurri 6-2 and advance to the quarterfinal round on Sunday, August 10 against W indsor Rose City). Harrison Smith · Oakville Beaver SLIDE! the throw to O akville's Scott D eG root is not quite in tim e to get the base ru n n e r in F riday n ig h t's O n tario playdow n gam e. See story C8. Couple of one-run losses ends senior's drive Two heartbreaking losses ended the Oakville Little League senior (U-17) team's drive for a provin cial championship last week in Orleans, near Ottawa. Head Coach Mel Swinton and assistant coaches Dave Ware and Rich Stokes brought together a team that has tremendous poten tial. Swinton is optimistic about the future of the ball club. He is aiming to launch an elite U-19 club in the prestigious CEBL (Canadian Elite Baseball League) in the spring of 2004. He will announce a tryout schedule in August. The Oakville club is particular ly appreciative of the contributions made by a number of important sponsors this season, including Arby's Oakville, Investors Group, Comic Connection. Dorel. Teknion, Pro-Ply Custom Plywood Inc, Ragazzi Ristorante, Cummins Ontario Inc., Oakville Toyota, Transcontinental. Coldwell Banker - Anell Francis Real Estate, Talon Systems, Oak-Land Ford Lincoln and major team sponsor Center Fire Protection Limited. Here is a toumey recap. LASALLE 2, OAKVILLE 1: After escaping a bases-loaded, none-out challenge in the bottom of the first inning. Josh Ware opened the second inning with a double but could not advance. Oakville played the home team on even terms through much of the contest, tying the close affair at 1-1 in the sixth inning when Joel Paterson scored on a beautiful squeeze bunt by Jessie Chiasson. However, Turtle Club scored a 'jffl Oakville Little League senior team . BACK ROW : M ichael C larke, Assistant Coach Dave W are, Andrew D urdin, Jessie Chiasson, K erry Barchan, Michael Burgess, B rad Leeming, Anthony A rnone and Head Coach Mel Swinton. FRO N T ROW : C hris Langlois, Joel Paterson, Josh W are and Russell Gilroy. run of their own in the bottom of the sixth inning, to grab a 2-1 lead. In the top of the seventh and final inning, Oakville had a runner on first base with two outs when Brad Leeming hit a drive to leftcenter. The runner advanced to third but Leeming was thrown out at second base on a disputed call to end the tight contest. Paterson made the play of the game in center field, a no-hop toss to Chiasson at home to prevent a run for Turtle club. Right-hander Russell Gilroy went all the way in a fine performance for Oakville. OAKVILLE 11. PEMBROKE 0: Kerry Barchan set the tone, leading off the game with a single and scoring the game's opening run. Oakville never looked back, led by Anthony Amone's shutout performance over six innings. Russell Gilroy had three singles, Brad Leeming had a big hit in the contest and Chris Langlois knocked home two runs with a double. GLOUCESTER 2, OAKVILLE 1: Gloucester hit a home run in the top of the first inning to grab an early 1-0 lead. Oakville couldn't quite find their offensive legs against an outstanding right-handed pitcher. Michael Burgess hit a towering drive to center field in the fourth inning that just failed to go over the 360-feet marker and went for a double. After falling behind 2-0, Oakville pushed a run across in the sixth inning. Andrew Durdin led off the inning with an infield single and eventually scored on an error. In the bottom of the seventh. Oakville stranded the tying run on third. It was another fine pitching per formance by Russell Gilroy, who went all the way in the loss. The locals played hard and had contributions from the entire 11man roster, including key hits from outfielder Mike Clarke. Catcher Jesse Chiasson was outstanding behind the plate throughout the tournament. But in the end, they didn't man age enough timely offence in two close contests. Oakville Wild back on track The Oakville Wild U-15B girls rep soccer team bounced back from their first loss o f the season to win their two most recent games, pushing their record to 8-1 to sit atop the SRSL U-15 elite division. Oakville 4, Cambridge 0 (July 17): Lauren Burke picked up the only goal the Wild would need in the first half. Three unanswered second half goals by Effie Petrou, from a com er kick, Andrea Corkum and Kirsten Passmore rounded out the scoring. Michelle Smiciklas picked up the shutout. Oakville 1, St. Catharines 0 (July 23): call-up Carly Martin picked up a goaL midway through the first half, showing good hustle in creating the opportunity. Michelle Smiciklas was sharp in earning her second consecutive shutout. In improving their record to 8-1, the Oakville Wild sit on top o f the SRSL U-15 elite division. The Oakville Wild would like to thank their sponsor, RBC Capital Markets. Oakville Longhorns cap off perfect season, but still need tiebreaker to secure first place The Oakville Longhorns wrapped up their third perfect season with their 38th straight victory in Northern Football Conference action on Saturday, defeating host Tri-City Outlaws 44-7. Interestingly, though, the 'Horns still need ed a tiebreaker to be declared first place cham pions and receive a bye through this week's quarterfinal round. That's because there was another team with a perfect 8-0 record -- the Sault Ste. Marie Steelers. With an eight-game schedule in an 11 -team league, the `Horns and Steelers obviously did n't play each other. The tiebreaker was fewest points allowed, which the `Horns easily won, giving up 28 points (while scoring 351). The Sault gave up 87 points while scoring 244. This week's quarterfinal matchups have the Sault Steelers (2nd) hosting Tri-City (7th); Mississauga Wolverines (3rd) hosting Mega City Maddogs (6th); and North Bay Bulldogs (4th) hosting Oshawa Hawkeyes (5th). Oakville will host the lowest-place survivor in a semifinal game on Saturday. August 9, 6 p.m. at Bronte Field. Third year for badminton club Bronte Badminton Club for juniors is starting its third season this fall. 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