D 2 - The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e sd a y D e c e m b e r 11, 2002 Uneven Oakville Blades drop three to top teams By Sarah Elliott SPECIA L T O THE BEAVER Halton high schools standings & scores BOYS HOCK EY (Volpe) W L T Team GF GA P Q.E. Park 0 0 9 10 5 23 2 1 Appleby 4 28 16 9 OakvilleTrafalgar 4 10 8 1 0 20 4 29 17 8 Blakelock 2 0 2 Loyola 1 3 16 23 7 2 3 White Oaks 0 14 20 3 Iroquois Ridge 1 19 3 3 1 16 4 1 Milton 0 10 25 1 E.C. Drury 0 5 1 7 32 1 Last w eek's results: Iroquois Ridge 8, M ilton 2; Loyola 3. Appleby 3; Q.E. Park 9. E.C. Drury 0: O akville T rafalgar 5, B lakelock 4; Loyola 6. M ilton 1: Oak. T rafalgar 4, W hite O aks 2; Appleby 5, W hite O aks 1; B lakelock 7. E.C. Drury 0 ... B lakelock 5. L oyola 0; A ppleby 4. E .C . Drury 0; Appleby 4, Iroquois Ridge 0; Q.E. Park 4, Blakelock 3; O ak T rafalgar 6. E.C. Drury 2; M ilton 2. Loyola 2; Iroquois Ridge 4, W hite O aks 4: Q.E. Park 4, A ppleby 3. GIRLS HOCKEY (Volpe) Team W L T G F GA P W hite Oaks 3 1 0 8 6 13 Loyola 3 1 0 17 5 6 2 2 5 Georgetown 0 1 13 2 4 Blakelock 1 0 10 15 Iroquois Ridge I 1 9 I 10 3 1 1 14 7 3 Oak Trafalgar 1 2 5 5 Aquinas I 1 0 Q.E. Park 0 1 1 3 4 1 17 0 Christ The King 0 3 0 .0 2 Holy Trinity 0 3 0 13 0 Last w eek's results: L oyola 9, B lakelock 0: Iroquois Ridge 3, W hite O aks 2; G eorgetow n 5. Holy T rinity 0; O ak T rafalg ar s / c 'T K 0; A quinas 4, Q.E. Park 3 ... Oak T rafalgar 2, G eorgetow n 2; B lakelock 6, Iroquois Ridge 4; A quinas 3. C T K 0; W hite O aks 4, Holy Trinity 0; L oyola 2, Q.E. Park 1. LAST W E E K 'S O P E N E R S ... G IRLS VOLLEYBALL (Senior Volpe) Last Week results: Aquinas 2, Bishop Reding 1; Oak T rafalgar 2, Iroquois Ridge 1; Loyola 2, Blakelock 0; W hite Oaks 2, M ilton 1: E.C. Drury 2, K ing's Christian 0. (Junior Volpe) Last week results: Aquinas 2, Bishop Reding 1: Holy Trinity 2, Q.E. Park 0; O ak Trafalgar 2, Iroquois Ridge 1; Loyola 2, Blakelock 0; W hite Oaks 2, Milton 0; E.C. Drury 2, K ing's Christian BOYS BASKETBALL" (Senior Volpe) Last week results: Aquinas 55, Bishop Reding 38; Loyola 71. Blakelock 38; Iroquois Ridge 64. O ak T rafalg ar 47; E.C. D rury 60. K ing's Christian 19; Milton 57. White O aks 40. (Junior Volpe) Last week results: Holy Trinity 42, Q.E. Park 40: Oak Trafalgar 69, Iroquois Ridge 42: Loyola 52, Blakelock 48: Aquinas 49. Bishop Reding 45: W hite O aks 32. Milton 26; E.C. Drury 40. K ing's Christian 25. (M idget Volpe) Last week results: Loyola 56, Blakelock 39; Holy Trinity 55, Q.E. Park 47: W hite O aks 54. M ilton 39. " PROVINCIAL JUNIOR A WEST CONFERENCE GP W L T OTL GF 2 0 197 GA Pts GAA PMA BLADES SCORING RECAP G e o r g e to w n 6 , O a k v ille 2 (D e c . 6) P E R IO D 1 (0 :5 4 ) G E O (1 1 :3 9 ) O A K (1 5 :3 6 ) G E O P E R IO D 2 (0 :2 7 ) G E O (2 :0 8 ) O A K (7 :1 4 ) G E O P E R IO D 3 (1 6 :0 9 ) G E O (1 8 :5 5 ) G E O R y a n B u s b y (R y a n M c C a rth y . P e te r V e ltm a n ) P P HAMILTON 33 27 4 110 56 3.33 29.57 R o b T a ra n tin o (M a rk M e n c h e lla , M ik e R u b e rto ) P P The Oakville Blades uneven K y le Z e ttle r (B ra d N a y lo r) MILTON 32 26 5 1 0 181 2.91 17.82 93 53 season continued this past week R y a n B u s b y (A le x G re ig ) S H losing three straight, albeit to GEORGETOWN 31 22 5 2 2 183 108 48 23.52 J a s o n D o p a c o (W ill B a rlo w , S te v e P in iz z o tto ) 3.48 D a ry l K n o w le s (R ic k F e rro n i, P a u l S c a p ic c h io ) teams well above them in the BURLINGTON 31 19 10 2 0 151 125 40 23.41 4.03 standings. R y a n M c C a rth y (R ic k F e rro n i, S h a n e R e m e n d a ) OAKVILLE 34 17 15 2 0 150 147 36 4.32 34.92 V in c e L a is e (R y a n A n g e lo w , R ic k V a ro n e ) The Blades lost 6-3 on MISSISSAUGA 1 31 15 14 1 116 130 32 4.19 27.12 Monday night to the host G e o r g e to w n 4 , O a k v ille 3 (D e c . 7) P E R IO D 1 Hamilton Kilty B 's (see Friday's BRAMALEA 34 9 22 2 1 117 197 21 5.79 27.54 (0 :5 9 ) O A K S te v e P in iz z o tto (G e o ff A s e ls tin e , J a s o n D o p a c o ) (9 :4 7 ) G E O R y a n M c C a rth y S H paper for a wrap-up on this BUFFALO 31 8 19 1 104 132 20 3 4.26 19.15 (1 2 :4 3 ) G E O P a u l S c a p ic c h io (R ic k V a ro n e . D a ry l K n o w le s ) P P game), after losing both ends of P E R IO D 2 STREETSVILLE (8 :3 7 ) O A K J a s o n D o p a c o (M ik e S w in to n ) S H 30 6 18 2 4 109 181 18 6.03 21.64 a home-and-home weekend set (1 1 :0 8 ) G E O B re n t H u g h e s (T J M a n a s te rs k y , R y a n B u s b y ) P P with last year's nemesis, the BRAMPTON 31 6 23 1 1 134 200 14 19.27 P E R IO D 3 6.45 (1 1 :0 9 ) G E O S h a n e R e m e n d a (D a ry l K n o w le s , R ic k F e rro n i) Georgetown Raiders. * does not include Tuesday night games: Mississauga at Streetsville (1 5 :4 7 ) O A K W ill B a rlo w (R o b T a ra n tin o , M ik e R u b e rto ) P P The Blades, who went into _ the weekend on a modest five but managed only two on Friday mixed skill and grit with a bit of a bantam AAA hockey team last year, game unbeaten streak, have dropped mean streak and was able to stay night, Tarantino getting a goal and will be leaving on December 15 for all four games against Georgetown Ruberto an assist. stride for stride with one o f the Halifax to try out for the Belarus and have lost three of four against Saturday night, the Blades to their Junior team which will be competing league's fastest skaters." Hamilton. credit, changed their game plan which in the World Junior Championships. Once again, the Blades were miss Friday night was a fast paced led to a much closer game -- but still ing key players this weekend. They are being held in Halifax game. Georgetown coming out with a no win. between Christmas and New Year's, Friday night Matt Ruberto, Lane lot of speed. At times, it seemed as Oakville opened the scoring a and although Semenov will be missed Moodie and Nick Dodge were all out though the Blades were having trou minute into the first period, with a by the Blades for the time he is away, of the line up. And on Saturday, ble keeping up with the Raiders who Ruberto was back in the game, but goal by Steve Pinizzotto, his 14th for it will be a great experience for the led the game for the most part, after the season. young player. Marc Pinizzotto was sitting out with opening the scoring ju st under a an injury. A big part of the Blades' plan was "Demitri's a big strong steady minute into the game. to cover the Raiders' top player, Ryan While the Blades have struggled defenceman who improves with every Georgetown also managed to do a Busby. Rookie Charlie Giffin was game he plays," commented with keeping players on the ice this good job o f containing the Blades' given the assignment, and did a very season, it has given the rookies a Anderson. "He's not afraid to get his high flying first line of Marc impressive job. chance to shine. nose dirty. It'll certainly be a great Pinizzotto, Mike Ruberto and Rob `Giffin really showed a different experience for him and us. It will One o f these players is 16-year-old Tarantino. The top line usually gets Demitri Semenov. The rookie, who side to himself tonight," commented make him a better defenceman, which their fair share o f points each game, Blades coach Jay Anderson. "He played with the North York Canadians in turn makes us better." One shot away from gold, team settles for silver medal The Oakville Hornets bantam BB rep hockey team were one shot away from capturing the gold medal as they lost in a shootout that went seven shoot ers in the Peterborough tourney, over the Nov. 29-Dec. 1 weekend. Oakville thought they had broken a scoreless draw against the host Peterborough team in regulation time in the championship game but the whistle blew just before the puck crossed the line. Missy Kennedy, who scored in the penalty shot round, picked up Oakville's MVP honours. Here's a tourney recap. OAKVILLE 2, Etobicoke Dolphins 0: Megan Wanless picked up the first of her two goals near the end of the second period after Missy Kennedy won the draw deep in the Dolphin end. Brittany Parkyn fired on net, and Wanless cashed in the rebound. Wanless then iced the game by notching an empty net goal with just 24 seconds left on the clock. Justine Bernier picked up the lone assist. Peterborough 3, OAKVILLE 0: well deserved win by Peterborough. OAKVILLE 2, Burlington 0: knowing a win assured them of a place in the championship, the Hornets went hard and often at the Burlington net, only to be stymied time and again by the Barracudas' hot goaltending. Justine Bemier picked up the winner three minutes into the game when she banked a shot off a Barracuda defender. The lone assist went to Megan Cordeiro. Missy Kennedy added the insurance marker with just over three minutes remaining when she was able to get around the defence and beat the goalie from in close as she got it up over the goalie. Tenille Clarke picked up the assist. LEAGUE PLAY Etobicoke Dolphins 3, OAKVILLE 1: Megan Wanless got the Hornets on the board midway through the first period as she converted a nice cross-ice pass from Justine Bemier. However, the Dolphins tied it up before the period ended, and added two more in the second period to seal the win. The bantam BB Oakville Hornets would like to thank their sponsors: Halton Signs, Tim Hortons & Royal Bank. Denman, Eustace, Hadfield are strong defensively in 5-1 win Here's a recap of recent action for the Oakville Hornets atom AA rep team. Brampton 3, OAKVILLE 2 (Nov. 29): Oakville was outplayed in the first period but still managed to open the scoring in the second period. Brampton replied with three straight and Oakville scored with one minute left to make things interesting. Oakville goals were scored by Hayleigh Cudmore and Erika Iosue. Assists went to Hayley Good and Mia Favretto. Brampton outshot the Hornets 27-10. OAKVILLE 2. W illowdale Red Wings 0 (Nov. 30): Brittany A ldworth notched the shutout while goals w ere scored by A shley M cC arthy and Hayleigh Cudm ore. Assists went to Sara Stewart, Lindsay Grigg and Darcy Breakey. O akville outshot W illowdale 27-4. OAKVILLE 5, Bradford 1 (Dec. 1): Oakville goals were scored by Hayley Good, Lindsay Grigg, Sara Stewart, Hayleigh Cudmore and Erika Iosue. Assists to Darcy Breakey (2), Erin Burgess, Courtney Power, Lindsay Grigg and Alex Cieslowski. Strong defensive games from Rachel Denman, Kelley Eustace and Kelly Hadfield helped preserve the Hornets lead. The Hornets out shot the opposition 16-8. Overtime heroes After rolling through the round robin portion of the recent Weston Hawks tourney with relative ease, the Oakville Rangers atom A rep team needed double over time in their semifi nal game and a last minute goal in the tournament champi onship to claim the title from a rejuve nated Applewood team. The return engagement with the Applewood Cree was far more wor thy of a champi onship game than the one sided round robin game won by Oakville. The Applewood netminder and both Oakville goalies stoned all attempts to gain the upper hand, and as the teams tired in the third period it looked like another overtime nailbiter was imminent. However, this time game MVP John Nardozzi got to be the hero, as he rifled home the win ner with only 60 ticks left on the clock. Wesley Brown earned the assist as he smartly kept the puck in at the point, leading to the winning score. The semifinal game went into dou ble overtime before Oakville managed to eke out a 3-2 win over host West Hawks. It was the only lead of the game for Oakville. Daniel Tavares (assist to Dalton Newsom) and James Smith were the only Rangers able to solve the Weston netminder in regulation time. In the first over time. the play was all in the Hawks end, but still no one could pot the win ner. Teams were reduced to four skaters for the sec ond O.T., and it only took Josh Wiley 14 seconds to become the hero, banging home a rebound on a blast from Adam Davis. 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