Underdog Trailblazers need win over the Irish today to win Halton girls' hockey title The Iroquois Ridge Trailblazers continued their unlikely run to the Halton high school girls' hockey championship, upsetting the previously unbeaten Georgetown Rebels in Tuesday's semifinal. Georgetown seemed bound for the finals. The Rebels finished first in the regular season with a 12-0-2 record while Iroquois Ridge was sixth with a 5-7-2 mark. Georgetown came into the semis having allowed just four goals in its past eight games. But the Trailblazers matched that in a 4-1 win, led by Gillian Day, who scored twice. Zoe O'Neill and Amanda Molyneaux also scored for Iroquois Ridge. Ridge began its playoff run by knocking off third-place Abbey Park. The Eagles built a 3-0 lead in the opening period but the Trailblazers stormed back with goals by Jaime Brioux, Gennie Cloutier, Molyneaux and Day to take the lead. Abbey Park tied the game 4-4 but Shannon Fenwick scored with a minute to play to give Ridge a 5-4 win. Iroquois Ridge's opponent in Friday's (today's) Halton final, set for 10:30 a.m. at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, is the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The Irish had its own close call in the semifinal, edging the Christ the King Jaguars 2-1 in double overtime. The Jaguars controlled the play but Irish goalie Katarina Smith held off the CTK attack until Alyssa Biase scored for the Notre Dame in the second overtime. Alexa Fraser had Notre Dame's other goal. Notre Dame finished second during the regular season with a 10-1-3 record. The Irish and Iroquois Ridge tied 4-4 when they met in early January. Two weeks later, the Irish scored with three minutes to play to edge the Trailblazers 4-3. 25 | Friday, February 26, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com b l a k e l o c k sr . champi o n Halton Hurricanes capture Grand Prix event in Burlington The Halton Hurricanes Black squad didn't get a chance to avenge its only loss in tournament play last weekend, but it didn't really matter. After losing 2-1 to Aurora's Storm Vortex in pool play in the girls' division of the 17U Grand Prix volleyball tournament at the Haber Centre on the weekend, the Hurricanes stormed back to win the championship. LVC Intensity ousted Vortex in the semifinals, but had to settle for silver when the Hurricanes defeated the London-based team 3-1 (25-23, 25-22, 21-25, 25-14) in the final. The tournament features the top teams in the province and is a scouting location for the Ontario Volleyball Association's new identification program for potential invitees to provincial team tryouts in May. The Hurricanes, national champs in 2014 and 2015, finished pool play 2-1, defeating Storm Typhoon in straight sets but needing three to take out Ottawa's Maverick Gold Jaime Thomas of the Halton Hurricanes Black 17U team gets set to deliver a spike against the Storm Typhoon during pool play at the Grand Prix volleyball tournament at Haber Recreation Centre last Saturday. Hurricanes won 2-0. | photo by Nikki Wesley Oakville Beaver Rush. They advanced to quarter-final play where the Hurricanes defeated the Storm Typhoon 2-1. A straight sets win over GTA-based Pakmen advanced the Black squad to the final. Pakmen defeated Storm Vortex in five sets to win the bronze medal. T.A. Blakelock Tigers' Maya Reid celebrates a point won for her team, which went on to win the Halton Tier 1 senior girls' volleyball title at Sheridan College gym on Thursday afternoon. The Tigers defeated St. Thomas Aquinas 3-1 (25-21, 17-25, 25-15, 25-22). The Aquinas junior team also had its Halton title hopes dashed, dropping the Tier 1 final 25-14, 25-15 to Abbey Park. Beaver reporter Herb Garbutt's stories on both championship games can be found at www.insidehalton.com/oakville-on-sports. There is also a photo gallery of the senior game on the website.| photo by Graham Paine Burlington Post All-star hockey game to feature top Halton high school boys Some of the top talent from 21 Halton high schools will participate in the Boys' Varsity Hockey All-Star Showcase on Thursday, March 24 at the Appleby Ice Centre at 3:30 p.m. Players will stock a North and South team representing the Halton Secondary Schools Athletic Association Tyke 3 Rangers win Bradford tourney Dilan Kauzlaric scored the first two goals of the game and tournament MVP Hudson Caldwell recorded the shutout in the Oakville Tyke 3 Rangers' 3-0 win over Bradford to win the recent Bradford Blue and Gold Classic hockey tournament. The event was held earlier this month at the Nottawasaga Resort in Alliston. The Rangers opened the tournament with a 6-1 win over Stoney Creek, Evan Malloy scoring two goals, then dumped North Toronto Green 8-2. In Game 3, featuring a pair of 2-0 teams, Oakville defeated host Bradford 4-1, getting a hat trick from Adam Broglio. Other members of the Rangers team include Noah Kim, Ashton Craig-Gill, Joel Zahary, Alexander Pospisil, Jack Luciani, Jeremy Freeman, Spencer Kerr, Kale Stenback, Cole Alikakos, Mark Luciani and Cooper Diamond. Kuljit Gill, Mark Pospisil, David Luciani and Frank Broglio make up the coaching staff.