D2 - The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e sd a y F e b ru a ry 12, 2003 Appleby grad helps Canada to sixth place finish By Steve Dominey S P E C IA L T O T H E BEAVER Halton high school BOYS BASKETBALL · final (Senior Volpe) \V PA P L PF Team 10 0 623 432 Milton 20 2 474 16 Iroquois Ridge 8 633 2 16 8 639 451 Loyola 14 3 591 470 Aquinas 7 4 501 12 E.C. Drury 6 479 Q .E Park' 472 5 5 512 10 494 498 W hite Oaks 5 5 10 6 O ak Trafalgar 3 7 472 539 8 4 Blakelock 2 2 Bishop Reding 9 1 0 637 K ing's Christian 0 10 220 Last w eek's results: Iroquois Ridge 67. Bishop Reding 49; Milton 53. King's Christian 35; Loyola 76. Oak Trafalgar 43; Q.E. Park 55. Blakelock 43; White Oaks 48. Aquinas 46; W hite O aks 48. Bishop Reding 40; B.C. Drury 58. Blakelock 54; Iroquois Ridge 67. Q.E. Park 48; Oak Trafalgar 50. K ing's Christian 16; M ilton 61. Loyola 56. M ON D AY 'S SEASON FINALE (scores unavailable): M ilton d fts O akville Trafalgar: Loyola dfts K ing's Christian: Aquinas dfts Q.E. Park: Drury beats Bishop Reding; W hite O aks dfts Blakelock. TUESDAY: sixth place tiebreaker between White Oaks and Q .E. Park. TODAY (Wednesday): Loyola hosts winner of White Oaks/Q .E. Park: Aquinas hosts E C . Drury. (J u n io r Volpe) W L PF PA P Team 0 722 328 Loyola II 22 2 448 9 18 Oak Trafalgar 651 614 Blakclock 8 3 501 16 14 7 4 Bishop Reding 578 460 14 7 4 599 508 Iroquois Ridge 12 6 5 548 505 Q.E. Park 6 10 Aquinas 5 503 523 491 5 6 486 Holy Trinity 10 6 512 540 10 W hite Oaks 5 4 9 541 Milton 2 382 624 10 352 2 E.C. Drury I 604 0 King's Christian 0 11 270 Last w eek's results: Bishop Reding 53. Iroquois Ridge 5 1; Holy Trinity 66. E C . Drury 33: Milton 36. King's Christian 33; Loyola 68, Oak Trafalgar 63; Q.E. Park 53. Blakclock 42: Aquinas 75. W'hite Oaks 65: Bishop Reding 53. W hite O aks 40; Blakelock 59. E C . Drury 30; Holy Trinity 47. A quinas 44; Iroquois Ridge 56. Q.E. Park 52. Oak Trafalgar 51; K ing's Christian 20; Loyola 72. Milton 30. M ONDAY'S SEASON FINALE (stores unavailable). Loyola dfts King's Christian; Oakville Trafalgar dfts Milton; Blakclock dfts White Oaks; Bishop Reding dfts E C . Drury; Iroquois Ridge dfts Holy Trinity; Q.E. dfts. Aquinas. TODAY (W ednesday) playoffs: Blakclock hosts Q.E. Park. Bishop Reding hosts Iroquois Ridge). (M idget Volpe) PA W L PF P Team 343 16 8 0 410 Holy Trinity 2 12 Aquinas 6 453 301 310 10 Oak Trafalgar 5 315 3 4 4 357 332 Loyola 8 4 368 4 W hite Oaks 435 8 s 4 4 358 372 Blakelock 5 6 King's Christian 3 294 311 2 Milton 7 379 1 266 7 2 Q.E. Park 1 279 375 Last w eek's results: King's Christian 25. M ilton 19; Loyola 45. Oak Trafalgar 31; Blakclock 54. Q.E. Park 31; Aquinas 59. White Oaks 39; Holy Trinity 52. Aquinas 50: K ing's Christian 33. Oak Trafalgar 27; Loyola 56. M ilton 33. s M ONDAY'S SEASON FINALE Oakville Trafalgar dfts Milton; Aquinas dfts Q.E. Park: BiakcltK'k dfts W'hite Oaks TODAY (Wednesday) playoffs: Loyola hosts White O aks: Oakville Trafalgar hosts Blakclock G IR L S V O L L E Y B A L L - final (S enior Volpe) Team w L P G Aquinas 0 10 10 20 2 Loyola 10 8 16 E C . Drury10 8 16 2 2 Oak Trafalgar 10 8 16 4 Iroquois Ridge 10 6 12 10 Bishop Reding 5 10 5 4 6 8 W hite Oaks 10 Milton 10 7 6 3 2 10 4 Blakelock 8 2 Q.E. Park 10 9 1 K ing's C hnstian 0 10 10 0 Last w eek's results: Inxjuois Ridge 2. Bishop Reding 0; Milton 2. King's Christian 0; O ak Trafalgar 2. Loyola I; Blakelock 2. Q.E. Park 0; Aquinas 2. Blakelock 0; Bishop Reding 2. White O aks 0; E C . Drury 2. Blakelock 1; Iroquois Ridge 2, Q.E. Park 0; Oak Trafalgar 2. K in g 's Christian 0; Loyola 2. M ilton 0. MONDAY S SEASON FINALE: E C . Drury dfts Bishop Reding: Ljoyola dfts K ing's Christian; Oak Trafalgar dfts M ilton; A quinas dfts Q .E. Park: W hite O aks dfts Blakclock. TODAY (Wednesday) playoffs: E C . Drury hosts Bishop Reding; O ak Trafalgar hosts Iroquois Ridge (J u n io r Volpe) W L P Team G Oak Trafalgar 0 22 II II W hite Oaks 3 16 II 8 Iroquois Ridge 7 4 14 II 4 14 7 Milton II Aquinas 6 5 12 11 6 5 12 Blakclock 11 6 5 12 E C . Drury II 6 10 5 Holy Trinity II 4 8 II 7 la>yola II 3 8 6 Bishop Reding II 8 6 Q.E. Park 3 0 0 King's Christian 11 11 Last week's results: Bishop Reding 2. Iroquois Ridge 0; E C . Drury 2. Holy Trinity I ; M ilton 2. K ing's Christian 0; Oak Trafalgar 2. Loyola 0; Q.E. Park 2. Blakelock 1; While Oaks 2. Aquinas 0; W hite O aks 2. Bishop Reding 0; Blakclock 2. E C . Drury 0; Aquinas 2. Holy Trinity I; Q.E. Park 2. Iroquois Ridge I ; O ak Trafalgar 2. King's Christian 0; M ilton 2. Loyola 0. M ONDAY'S SEA SO N FINALE: E.C. Drury dfts Bishop Reding; Iroquois Ridge dfLs Holy Trinity; Loyola dfts K ing's Christian; Oak Trafalgar dfts Milton; Aquinas dfts Q .E Park: Blakelock dfts White Oaks. TUESDAY sixth place tiebreaker: Drury vs. Blakelock TODAY (Wednesday) playoffs): Iroquois Ridge hosts D rury/Blakelock; M ilton hosts Aquinas B O YS IK K KEY Volpe) W Team L T GF GA P 2 Q .E. Park 12 0 54 22 26 2 Blakelock 67 10 31 2 OakvillcTrafalgar 40 18 5 36 8 Loyola 6 4 40 17 5 33 Appleby 8 17 36 5 1 53 Iroquois Ridge 3 8 3 39 49 9 Milton 54 8 3 34 9 3 7 6 W hite Oaks 38 60 8 1 2 E.C. Drury 0 12 2 21 65 Last w eek's results: Blakclock 5, M ilton 0 ; Q.E. Park 7. W hite Oaks 2; Appleby 10. E.C. Drury 3; Appleby 4. Oak Trafalgar I; Loyola 3. E.C. Drury I; Iroquois Ridge 3. Loyola 1; Milton 3, Oak Trafalgar I. · schedule ends Friday; docs not includes this week's games G IR L S H O C K E Y (Volpe) Team W L T GF GA P White Oaks 6 1 1 26 16 13 Loyola 6 1 1 33 7 13 2 Georgetown 5 1 28 12 12 2 2 O ak Trafalgar 4 34 19 10 2 2 Aquinas 4 21 H) 22 Iroquois Ridge 4 7 15 29 3 1 2 2 Blakelock 3 22 h 30 4 17 Q.E. Park 1 3 16 5 h 0 Christ The King 2 1 1 35 Holy Trinity 0 0 19 8 10 0 Last w eek's results: Aquinas 2. Iroquois Ridge I ; White Oaks 4. Georgetown 3; Q.E. Park 3. Oak Trafalgar 3; Loyola 2. Holy Trinity 0. · schedule ends Thursday; does not include this w eek's games. Appleby College grad Scott Sandison, who regu larly lends a hand to the Oakville Field Hockey Club, helped the Canadian indoor field hockey team to a respectable sixth place finish at the World Cup in Leipzig, Germany this past weekend. Canada was the only non-European team to finish in the top six. Canada was actually undefeated at two wins and two ties before losing their final preliminary round game, not unexpectedly. 1 1-4 to Germany who went on to win the inaugural world indoor championship. Canada then lost a thrilling fifth/sixth place battle to the Netherlands, 5-4 in overtime penalty strokes. Sandison. who picked up three goals in the tour nament. has played field hockey since he was nine. He suits up as a midfielder, a key transition posi tion in charge of moving the ball from the defence to the forwards. The 5' 10" Mississauga native, who spent his high school years at Appleby College, couldn't pass up the opportunity to play in the first ever Indoor World Cup. even if it meant he would be playing indoor and outdoor hockey in the same year. Many of his national outdoor teammates skip the indoor game to practice year-round in Vancouver in preparation for their May to September season. The indoor season runs from October to April, so Sandison -- along with five team members-- w ill be playing field hockey non-stop this year. Still. Sandison considers it an honour to play indoor hockey for Team Canada. He was chosen for the team a couple weeks ago after attending a train ing camp in September and accompanying Team Canada to events in Germany and Scotland in November and January, respectively. Sandison describes field hockey as a sport that combines the movement and game strategy of soc cer with the skills of ice hockey. He said the indoor game is nothing like the more popular outdoor ver sion. Indoor hockey is played on a gym floor slightly larger than a basketball court while the outdoor sport uses an Astroturf surface that's about 10 yards short er and a bit wider than a football field. Games run 40 and 70 minutes, respectively, in indoor and outdoor, while the former is played with six players a side, as opposed to 1 1 used in the latter. The indoor version is fairly new. It was devel oped in the last 30 years so colder nations, such as Canada, could play the sport all year long. Not sur prisingly. Canadians are better in indoor, ranking #7 in the world, compared to a #15 ranking in outdoor hockey. Sandison said the indoor sport is faster and more exciting for spectators, averaging at least five more goals a game. However, he still prefers the tradition al outdoor game because the opportunity to play in the Olympics does not exist in indoor, as of now. It w ill be part of the 2005 World Games in Duisburg, Germany, where it w ill be evaluated as a potential Olympic sport. Sandison hopes to play for Canada's outdoor team at the 2004 Olym pic Summer Games at Athens, Greece. He said the Olympics are his ultimate goal and the reason why he chose to live in Vancouver from Sept. 2001 to Sept. 2002. "I decided to go out there for a while because Team Canada's coach is based there," he said, in an interview before that took place just before he left for the World Cup. "It helped me develop, get noticed and have a real chance to make the team." His west coast rendezvous resulted in Sandison making all three tours-- friendly matches against other countries played overseas-- last year and feels he has a great shot at making the final roster. " I've made big strides and I 'm really happy with the way things are going," he said. His success in field hockey is strange when you consider the sport was a distant third on his activities list as a teenager going to Appleby College. "I liked soccer and baseball a lot more and didn't enjoy field hockey right away," said Sandison. "Bui I kept al il and eventually had the chance to travel with the Ontario Under-18 team and that really hooked me in." Sandison is now trying to attract others to the sport. After the World Cup, he plans to drop by at the Oakville Field Hockey Club (O FH C ) which practices indoors throughout the winter. His ties with the club go back to its 1997 begin nings. Sandison's father introduced O FH C founder John Picone to the sport and invited him to the Toronto club where he played for two years. Picone said the family fueled his interest in the game to the point where he decided to start his own club in Oakville. "Scotl and his dad acted as consultants and were always very supportive of getting something going in Oakville," he said. "They have great passion for the game and are extraordinary gentleman when they play." Sandison is looking forward to re-establishing the bond he had with the club before his brief stint in Vancouver. "I'm going to help out umpiring or coaching Scott Sandison is pic tured in action at last su m m er's Com m onw ealth Gam es. The Appleby grad represented C anada this past weekend at the world indoor cham pionships. Photos Special to the Beaver/ Van Huckendubler whenever I can." he said. "It's important to me to help out and give back to the community and people who support us." The Oakville club, which has about 100 members of all ages and levels of experience, sponsors Team Canada's field hockey teams. Indoor memberships are $50 for adults and $30 for juniors. The outdoor season -- $140 and $80, respective ly -- w ill begin in May and potential members are encouraged to sign up by April I . After dropping first two games of 0MHA series, Oakville roars back with two wins After dropping the first two games of a best-of-seven series lo the St. Catharine's Sabres, the Oakville Rangers m inor peewee AA A rep team have roared back to win games three and four to even the series at 2-2. On Monday night, February 10. ai Glen Abbey arena, the Rangers opened up the scoring dam and defeated (he Sabres 6-1 . Stephan Thompson led the parade with two goals and one assist. Justin Pereira, Michael Mirabelli, Adam Fogione and Matthew Mckeown added the singles. Mark Bennet had two assists and Kelly Barehan. Jamie Elliot, Daniel Purcell and Justin Periera had one apiece. Andrew Mcquire was steady in the nets, and Bryce Mcrae was impressive on the wing with his energetic impressions of the energizer bunny. On Friday, Feb. 7. Oakville beat the Sabres 6-3 on their home pond. The Rangers were down 2-0 in the second period when Bradley Morris broke the ice with a goal assisted by Matthew Mckeown. Daniel Purcell tied the match 2-2 with helpers from Barehan and Mirabelli. Late in the second period, Stephan Thompson potted the first of a hat-trick to take the lead: Mark Bcnne( assist ed. Early in third frame Periera recorded the eventual game winner, Bennet and Thompson assisting. Thompson scored the insurance goal and an empty netter to close the scoring. The hard fought game was, curiously, without a penalty on either side. The series continues with game #5 in St. Catharine's Burgoyne arena on Thursday night and game #6 will be in Oakville arena, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, February 14. 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