w w w .insidehalton.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, July 1 3 , 2 0 1 7 | 3 8 Buzz on the road tonight after tying Jr. B playoff series with Green Gaels The Oakville Buzz built an early 6-1 lead and held off a late rally by the Green Gaels to w in 14-13. Matt Anderson had five goals and Nate Braniff had nine points as Oakville evened its Ontario Jr. B Lacrosse best-of-five Eastern Con ference semifinal series at a game apiece. Game 3 of the series is tonight (Thursday) in Bowmanville. The Buzz took an 11-9 lead into the third but the Gaels pulled for a 13-10 Buzz advantage. The teams exchanged goals and the three-goal advantage held un til the final two minutes w hen the Gaels struck twice. Their final goal w ith 22 seconds to play cut the lead to one, but Oakville held on for the victory. The Buzz jum ped in front quick ly on its hom e floor. Anderson scored twice and Kyle Kennery added another to put Oakville up 3-0 by the 1:24 mark. W ith the B u zz up 4 -1 , B raniff and A n d erso n sco red p ow erp lay g o a ls 3 2 se c o n d s apart to e x te n d the lead. Braniff had three goals and six assists and Kennery had three goals and three assists. Jaden Walcot had a goal and five assists and Marley Angus scored and set up three more. T he G aels to o k the series op en er 10-7. K enn ery's pow erp lay goal p u lled O ak ville w ith in o n e w ith 2:29 to p lay but the G aels resp on d ed w ith goals 41 se c o n d s apart to seal the v ic tory. Kennery and Henry Follows each scored twice and Anderson had a goal and three assists. Braniff scored and set up two more while Jacob Martino had the other Buzz goal. Jaden Walcot had three assists and Kevin D ong picked up two helpers. w ithin one early in the period. Braniff and Austin Redding responded quickly, scoring 15 seconds apart Titans finish third, face K-W Velocity to open Sr. B playoffs Six Nations scored six times in the third period to down the Oakville Titans 14-9 last Sunday' to wrap up the Ontario Sr. B Lacrosse regular-season schedule. The loss left the Titans (10-5-1) just one point behind the Owen Sound North Stars for second place and a bye in the opening round of the playoffs. The third-place Titans w ill face the Kitchener-Waterloo Velocity tomorrow (Friday) at 8 p.m. at Oakville' s Toronto Rock Athletic Centre, Saturday at 7 p.m. in K-W and Sunday at 7 p.m. at TRAC. Oakville w ent 4-0 against the Veloc ity, outscoring the first-year team 57-21. Oakville beat K-W 10-4 Saturday. Tied 3-3 midway through the second, the Ti tans scored seven of the last eight goals. Keyan McQueen had two goals and two assists and Chris Lopes also scored twice. Cam Mancini and Gage Board each had a goal and two assists. Also scoring for the Titans were Jamie McMahon, Brendan Muise, Ryan Cal laghan and Cooper Del Zotto. Jordan McKibbon had two assists and Ryan Holinshead earned the w in in net. Against Six Nations, Callaghan had three goals and an assist for Oakville while Muise scored twice. Eddie Renaud, Mancini, Nolan Apers and Lopes also scored and McQueen had four assists. Blue Devils two points out of first after blanking Toronto Skillz A hat trick by Anthony Novak was more than enough for the Oakville Blue Devils, w ho blanked Toronto Skillz 5-0 in a League1 On tario M en' s West Division soccer match last weekend. Novak scored his three goals (27th, 47th and 50th minute) in a four-goal, 23-minute Blue Devils outburst, with Matt Santos (44th) and Logan Podrebarac (64th) accounting for the other Oakville goals. Keeper Matt George recorded the shutout. In firm control of the game, Oakville cycled in a run of substitutes for the last 30 m inutes of the match. "We have two big games com ing up against Woodbridge and Vaughan, two big cross-di visional games, and w e wanted to make sure everyone is getting som e football, getting a share of what w e're doing," Oakville head coach Duncan Wilde said. Late in the match Toronto Skillz' Andre Simmond and Adam Waithe were red-carded for violent conduct. "It' s difficult," W ilde said. "We are two teams that are at opposite ends of the table and w e dealt with that frustration a bit last year," he added. "It gets frustrating w hen you 're not getting your points but you just try and give the right advice to your players and hope they are lis tening to you ." Toronto Skillz are still without a point and in last place in the East Division after 11 matches, but head coach Leslie "Tiger" Fitz patrick said results are not the first order of priority for the organization. "Our m odu s operandi from the start is to b uild for the lo n g view ," said FitzpatLEAGUE1 ONTARIO Men's West Division standings W L T F Sigma FC Oakville Blue Devils 9 9 0 2 2 0 31 27 13 11 29 27 TFC III FC London Windsor TFC Stars North Mississauga SC Sanjaxx Lions ProStars FC 7 4 3 3 1 0 2 2 4 6 7 9 1 4 4 2 3 1 32 22 17 15 12 10 12 17 19 20 27 40 22 16 13 11 6 1 rick. "Essentially w e got into this league so w e had a platform to m ove players on." The Blue D evils' next game is against the Woodbridge Strikers on Sunday, July 16 at Sheridan College. Oakville players looking forward to second half of exchange in Attawapiskat continued from p. 37 The three games they played Sat urday and Sunday at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex were streamed on Facebook Live so families in Attawapiskat could watch. After Saturday' s games, the players w ent shopping at Oakville Place -- w hich gave each of the Attawapiskat players a $100 gift card. "That was a lot of fun," said Antonio Bevilacqua, a goalie in the Minor Oaks house league. "They don't have a lot of stores up there so it was fun helping them choose things they can't get. They got shoes and clothes and som e got new cages for their helmet. They were very happy. Their faces lit up." Heddle said she wants to have Hockey Cares registered as a charity so that similar exchanges can take place across the country. Last weekend represented only the first half of the exchange. The Oakville players w ill travel to At tawapiskat in November. "I'm excited to play hockey up there and see what their experi ence is like, because it' s a lot dif ferent because they're so isolat ed," said Bevilacqua, 14. "They hunt and they ice fish, and I'm excited to try that." In the meantime, Heddle hopes to see the relationships built this weekend grow in the com ing months. Bevilacqua said he has already been in touch with some of the players through social media since they returned home. "We don't want (the kids) to get hom e, get into their daily routines and forget," she said. "It' s important for us to keep the spirit up, keep them connected." But for Heddle, this weekend w ill be hard to forget. "One of the players, Junior (Jacasum), was a bit of a rascal," she said. "On the last day, he said to me, `Mama Sue, I'm going to m iss you.' It almost broke my heart." O A K V ILLE S O C C E R C L U B CampingTent $70 c a lly W eek Eight Photo Contest Winner: Photographer: John Angelis Age Division: Boys U12 HLDP A4 Kelly Green Optim ist Club at Oakville Visit www.Tradyo.com m A p p S to re I ^ G o o g t r p la y m e tro le n d Buy and sell in your neighbourhood. tra d y o Sponsored by: O a k v ille B e a v e r A Proud Sponsor of Oakville Soccer Club