28 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday March 17, 2006 Midget Rangers on a roll entering SCTA championships By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR The Oakville midget AAA Rangers enter this weekend's SCTA (South Central Triple-A) championship tournam ent armed with plenty of momentum. Oakville, which struggled through a 7-13-2 start to the season, closed out its regular-season schedule with a 8-2-1 mark in its final 11 contests, finishing the year with a 1716-3 record. The Rangers now shift their focus to the SCTA champi onships, which began today My ambition (Friday) and continue until was, if they give Sunday at Dominion Twin Rinks. Oakville was slated to face the the effort and get Halton Hurricanes this morning the confidence, and will clash with St. Catharines why stop at the at 5:20 p.m. today. OMHAs?" The Rangers' round-robin schedule concludes tomorrow Oakville midget with a 10:30 a.m. game against AAA Rangers coach Niagara Falls and a 7 p.m. Chris Brennan . matchup with Brampton. The top two teams in each fiveteam division willadvance to the final round, where the victors willqualify for the OMHA championship tourna m ent in Clarington later this month. Oakville coach Chris Brennan, who attributes the slow start to many players' inexperience at the AAA level, has high hopes for the SCTAs and beyond. "My ambition was, if they give the effort and get the confidence, why stop at the OMHAs?" he said. "The next step (after OMHAs) is the regionals to go to the national championships. I fully expect we'll advance from the SCTAs HIGH HOPES: The Oakville.midget AAA Rangers hope to qualify for the OM HA championship tournament when they host the SCTA (South Central Triple-A) championships this weekend. Members of the team pictured above are (back row, left to right) assistant coach Mike Car, Brett Chandler, Mickey MacDonald, Ali Robitaille, M a tt Bertand, Mike Topic, Dan Hunt, Alex Corrance, Jordan Rogers, Derek Osbourne, Joel Brooks, Anthony Farrow, assistant trainer Mekash Lai, head coach Chris Brennan, (front row, left to right) Brett Runciman, Chris Readshaw, Kyle Morrison, Kyle Badham, Kris McCoubrey, Tyson Theaker apd Kellan Lain, . Not pictured are Paul Yager, trainer Eric Nabeta and manager Alan Corrance. and, if we win the OMHAs, we'll take an Oakville team to the national regionals in*North Bay." The coach credited the leadership of Mickey MacDonald, Kyle Badham and Mike Topic as a key to the turnaround, also citing the help of assistant coaches Mike Car and Mekashe Lai. MacDonald, Badham, Tyson Theaker, Brett Chandler and Joel Brooks are the main offensive cogs in the Rangers' well-balanced attack. Kris McCoubrey and Kyle Morrison have shared the goaltending load this season, but Brennan says McCoubrey will get the bulk of the work during the SCTAs. Oakville players are excited about the opportunity to play such an important tournam ent in their own town, "It's great for two reasons. From a traveling standpoint, we get to remain local in a venue that we're somewhat familiar w ith," said Brennan, "Secondly, we're playing so well right now that... we'll probably have a packed house." S.E.N.A.C.A. is pleased to announce the grand opening of their second Adult Day Program at 2521 Dundas Street West. S.E.N.A.C.A. Seniors Day Program Halton Inc. has been supporting families in their caregiving roles for over twenty-five years. We currently have spaces available in our adult programs for adults with special needs Monday through Friday, 8am to 6pm. For more information please call 905-337-8937 or 905-847-3394. Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Societe des loteries et des jeux de I'Ontario Supports Go smoke-free for April 2006 and you could w in a 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid or 1 o f 7 Sony W idescreen LCD HDTVs. WITHIN LIMITS in Oakville Register by March 31, 2006 at www.driventoquit.ca For local resources or m ore in fo rm a tio n , contact th e H alto n Region H ealth D e p a rtm e n t a t 9 0 5 -8 2 5 -6 0 0 0 or w w w .h a lto n .c a Presented by Problem Gambling Prevention M onth Gambling w ithout lim its is like driving w ithout brakes. Eb c ^ | J 1 Canadian Cancer Society Societe canadienne du cancer - * " N S alPHa Life is our life's work gg| LIMITS What are your limits? Visit www.responsiblegambling.org for m ore inform ation about W lTfcM jN in your com m unity. . ^ Association of Local PUBLIC HEALTH gam bling council The Driven to Quit Challenge prizes made possible through the generous support o f Pfizer. J J ,:- .' I J j ,1 ·.