Lawnmower Service for most makes & models fro m wW+parts CURRENT POWER MACHINERY INC. 1661 Lakeshore Rd. W. Mississauga (2 block east of Southdown ^ Q O O A Road in Clarkson) A We can fix it! scq SPORTS Editor: Norm Nelson Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: nnelson@haltonsearch.com W ED N ESD A Y, O C T O B E R 9. 2(X)2 · Page Dl CO LLIS IO N COURSE! tier one senior football action from last Friday had an allOakville clash with the St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders (black jerseys) defeat ing last year's defending tier two champion Iroquois Ridge Trailblazers 2812. Oakville Beaver photog rapher Barrie Erskine caught some of the action in the trenches. See high school round-up inside. By Sarah Elliott SPECIA L T O TH E BEAVER PERIOD 1 HAM (2:45) 263 Speers Road, Oakville, Ontario 9 0 5 8 44 -8314 - Blades look to reclaim first place this weekend BLADES SCORING SUMMARIES Hamilton 7, OAKVILLE 6 (Monday, Oct. 7) 23 Jenkus ( Mazzetti, Soares) Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver The Oakville Blades will (6: 11) O A K M arc Pinizzotto (Rob Tarantino, M ike Ruberto) HAM St.Denis (W halen, Cam pbell) PP (8:44) have their work cut out for (14:07) O A K Will Barlow (G eoff Aselstine) them if they want to regain (16:08) HAM Soares (Walton, Mazzetti) first place at the top of the PERIOD 2 (0:58) OAK M arc Pinizzotto (Rob Tarantino, M ike Ruberto) provincial junior A hockey (7:47) HAM Ross (Jenkus) league's west division, (14:02) HAM Cam bell (W halen) SH PERIOD 3 which is very congested at (3:22) HAM Cam pbell (W halen, Walton) this point. (10:19) HAM Walton (Soares, M azzetti) PP The Blades, who fell out (10:57) O AK M ike Ruberto (M arc Pinizzotto, Rob Tarantino) (13:02) O AK N ick D odge (M ike Ruberto) SH of first place with Monday (18:45) OAK M ike Ruberto (M att Ruberto, Rob Tarantino) night's close 7-6 loss in Hamilton against the Kilty OAKVILLE 2, Buffalo 1 (Friday, O ct 4) PERIOD 2 B's, have a tough and busy (9:46) O AK Kevin Harvey (Steve Pinizzotto, Marc Pinizzotto) weekend schedule with (19:44) O A K Kevin Harvey (Steve Pinizzotto, Scott Russell) PERIOD 3 three games in three nights beginning Friday night with (14:24) B U FF G arren Riesw eber (N ick Thom as) the Mississauga Chargers in OAKVILLE 7, Brampton 7 (Thursday, Oct. 7) PERIOD 1 town. B RA Ryan Silveira (Vince Scott, Daniel Moon) ( 2 :02 ) Then there's an anticipat (7:37) B RA Vince Scott (Ryan Silveira, Jason Pitton) (8:35) O A K Rob Tarantino (M arc Pinizzotto, M att Ruberto) PP ed home-and-home series (17:00) O A K Paul D aw son (M ike Ruberto, Paul M etcalf) PP with the Burlington PERIOD 2 Cougars. The Blades host (4:49) OAK Dan Powers (Zak Diluca) BRA Brendan M cLoughlin (M att Beca, Justin Merritt) (8:26) Saturday night's game and (10:13) BRA Jason Pitton (Ryan Silveira, Steve Tobarro) PP then travel to Burlington (14:57) O AK Paul M etcalfe (M ike Ruberto, Matt Ruberto) Sunday afternoon for a 3:30 (16:55) O AK Steve Pinizzotto (Nick Dodge, Scott Russell) (18:12) BRA Ryan Ellis (Jesse Adair, Ryan Brush) PP p.m. start at Central Arena. PERIO D 3 Both Blades home (0:27) OAK M arc Pinizzotto (M ark M enchella, M att Ruberto) PP (2:58) BRA Steve Tobarro (Brendan M cLoughlin) games, as usual, are at Ice (10:16) BRA Brad Efthimiou (Ryan Ellis) Sports, 7:45 p.m. start. (16:48) OAK M ark M enchella (M arc Pinizzotto, Rob Tarantino) PP The last time these two teams met, Oakville won 4One of the teams in that pack is 1 and also sparked some controversial Hamilton which handed the Blades comments from Burlington coach Wes their second loss of the season on Wiseman who accused the Blades of Monday night. constant trash talk. The Kilty B's, who never trailed in If it keeps up, "it will come to a the game, broke open a close 3-3 tie war -- and you can print that," he with a four-goal, mid-game outburst said at the time. for a 7-3 lead. They then held on for Since that time, however, both teams dear life as the Blades just failed to have been on a tear, and they'll likely draw even with their own three-goal be more interested in the battle for first outburst in the final 10 minutes. place then in the war of words. In other action from the past week, Burlington and Oakville aren't the the Blades managed three of four only ones off to a good start, however, points from a couple of teams off to with the top six teams separated by a slower starts, edging Buffalo 2-1 at mere three points (see standings). (See 'Giftin' page D3) PROVINCIAL JUNIOR A WEST CONFERENCE STANDINGS GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts GAA PMA BURLINGTON 1 1 17 4.00 21.48 10 8 0 60 40 OAKVILLE 11 8 2 1 56 17 3.27 37.80 0 36 MILTON 11 7 3 1 0 49 38 15 3.45 20.10 HAMILTON 8 6 1 1 0 47 37 13 4.63 32.20 MISSISSAUGA 9 6 2 1 0 41 24 2.67 27.28 13 GEORGETOWN 10 5 2 1 2 60 43 13 4.30 24.72 STREETSVILLE 12 3 6 0 49 3 75 9 6.25 29.33 BRAMPTON 9 3 5 1 0 50 66 7 7.33 24.73 BUFFALO 12 2 7 1 7 4.17 2 39 50 16.23 BRAMALEA 52 10 3 7 0 0 29 6 5.20 37.73 * does not include Tuesday night game: Hamilton at Streetsville Oakville Sports Council presenting forum on violence in sport October 23 The Oakville Sports Council is presenting a forum on violence in sport on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7-9 p.m. at Oakville Town Hall (rooms one and two). The distinguished panel of guests include: · Dr. Peter Donnelly, Ph.D. - Professor, Faculty of Physical and Health, University of Toronto; · Colin Hood, B.Sc. - Executive Director, Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA); · Dr. Greg Malszecki, Ph.D. - Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University; · Brian O'Boume - Hockey Consultant to the Toronto Maple Leafs. This forum is being presented by the Oakville Sports Council to any interested person at no charge. Special thanks to the Town of Oakville for their sponsorship of the Oakville Sports Council. Through the allocation of funds received from the Town, the Sports Council can continue to present interesting educational workshops to the Oakville sporting community. For more information on this free workshop, contact Darcy Brioux (416) 978-3031 or by email darcy.brioux@utoronto.ca. X-C O U N TR Y! more than 1700 elementary public school students competed in the annual Oakville cross country championships last Friday. TOP PHOTO: five of the senior division winners included (1-r): Rory Stack, Katie MacDonnell, Jenna Bull, Corinne Smith and Kellan Lain. Absent from this photo was Kyle Bekker. Check story for their school and division. BOTTOM PHOTO: E J. James won three of the six senior meet pennants. Ron Kuzyk · Oakville Beaver Cross Country check-up Oakville public elementary schools held their annual cross country championships last Friday at Sherwood Forest Park in Burlington. In the team category, River Oaks topped the junior meet with four of eight first-place pennants while E.J. James was tops in sen ior with three of the six pennants. The Amos Halton championship runs Wednesday, Oct. 16. Here's the meet round-up (see Friday's issue for full top five): INDIVIDUAL WINNERS JUNIOR MEET Tyke girls: Erin Queenan (Pilgrim Wood) Tyke boys: Matt Wowchuk (Linbrook) Atom girls: Alley Jarvis (Pine Grove) Atom boys: Willy Pigott (Pine Grove) Bantam girls: Christine Wood (Pilgrim Wood) Bantam boys: Nathaniel Green (Post's Comers) Midget girls: Jennifer Hyland (Pine Grove) Midget boys: Chris Ruediger (Post's Comers) SENIOR MEET Junior girls: Corinne Smith (Abbey Lane) Junior boys: Kyle Bekker (Falgarwood) Intermediate girls: Katie MacDonnell (Montclair) Intermediate boys: Rory Stack (W.H. Morden) Senior girls: Jenna Bull (E.J. James) Senior boys: Kellan Lain (Eastview) TEAM STANDINGS JUNIOR MEET Tyke girls (8 yrs): River Oaks Tyke boys (8 yrs): Pine Grove Atom girls (9 yrs): River Oaks Atom boys (9 yrs): Pine Grove Bantam girls (10 yrs): River Oaks Bantam boys (10 yrs): Post's Comers Midget girls (11 yrs): Pine Grove Midget boys (11 yrs): River Oaks SENIOR MEET Junior girls (11 yrs): E.J. James Junior boys (11 yrs): Pilgrim Wood Intermediate girls (12 yrs): Montclair Intermediate boys (12 yrs): Eastview Senior girls (13+): E.J. James Senior boys (13+): E.J. James 1