Kevin Nagel, Oakville Beaver Sports Editor, knagel@burlingtonpost.com Sports decided nothing until the third extra period, w hen M ilton's M ike Balaban fed a breakaway pass to B urlington' s Steve Kuschei. His second goal o f the game started a wild celebration by the victorious Leafs. Halton earned the trip to New Brunsw ick by w inning the O n tario cham pionship last year in Burlington. The Leafs entered the nationals as second seed to New foundland. Led by former NHL first-round p ick Terry Ryan, Newfoundland defeated the Leafs 5-3 in prelimi nary play A 2-1 preliminary round record earned Halton a quarter-final berth, where it blanked Ontario 2 by a 3-0 score w ith Burlington' s Phil Goodson backstopping the win. The Leafs took a 3 -0 lead in the sem ifinals against defending na tional cham pion and No. 3 seed Alberta Havoc on goals by To ronto's Chris M orrison, M ilton's Je ff W hite and Kuschei, eventually w inning 4 -2 to advance to the fi nal. The In tern atio n al Street & Ball H ock ey F ed era tio n recen tly an "Connected to your Community" Halton Leafs win national ball hockey title in triple QT Victory qualifies team for world masters in Bermuda A 4 -3 triple overtim e victory at nationals has qualified the Halton Leafs for the world m asters ball hockey cham pionships in Berm u da n ext fall. The Leafs, formed in 1995 by Preston Dyer, has three members each from Oakville and M ilton and four from Burlington on its 22m an roster. Halton reached the national masters final in Saint John, New Brunsw ick against undefeated Newfoundland, w hich had handed the Leafs their only loss on the opening day of the tournament. Newfoundland led 2-1 in the cham pionship game w ith under five m inutes rem aining, but Otta wa' s R ick Roy and O akville' s Chris Chapman scored goals for Halton to put the Leafs ahead with under a m inute remaining. W ith ju s t a few seconds left in regulation time, Newfoundland scored the tying goal against Hal ton goalie Aaron Campisano (Ni agara Falls), w hose stellar play (and 45 saves in the final) had given the Leafs the chance to win a national title. The goal forced overtim e, w hich Two gilds for WU's Ensminger in 0UA rowing Yara Ensm inger earned two med als to help the W estern Mustangs capture their fifth straight Ontar io University Athletics w om en' s rowing title. The third-year engineering stu dent from Oakville was a member of W estern' s gold-medal winning w om en' s eights last Saturday in St. Catharines. Sitting in the key stroke position, Ensm inger and her teammates posted a 5.26-sec ond victory over M cGill Ensm inger also earned a silver medal by teaming w ith Eliza beth M cC onnell in the w om en' s heavyweight double. The duo finished 2.1 seconds behind the winning pair from Guelph. W estern m ore than doubled its nearest rival, scoring 6 2 2 points w hile second-place B rock (2 4 5 ). Burlington's Paige Adams and teammate Cassidy Deane earned Q ueen' s a gold in the w om en' s heavyweight pair, finishing the course in seven m inutes, 2 5 .3 0 seconds, 1.13 seconds ahead of Western. Members of the Halton Leafs celebrate a triple overtime victory in the championship game of the national ball hockey finals in New Brunswick. The Leafs now quality for the world championships in Bermuda in 2018. | photo submitted n ou n ced th at the ISB H F W orld M asters C h am pionship w ould be hosted by the B erm ud a Ball H ockey A ssociation Sept 2 6 -3 0 n e x t year, the first tim e a w orld cham p ion sh ip w ill be held ou t doors. It's also the first tim e the Leafs w ill p articip ate on the w orld stage. O ther m em bers o f the Hal ton Leafs inclu de B u rlin gton 's B obby Strain and Terry R oache, O akville's N elson Hilario and E ric Erazo, M ilton 's Je ff D ubblestyne, G uelph's M arc Petitpas, B ram pton's R aja Sohal, Rajw inder Sandhu and C h inkoo Sw atch, Toronto's Aish Esm ail and Arlindo Aragao and O ttaw a's Travis D uhaim e, E ric Beaulne and Jo ey M ongeon. Burloak Canoe Club's Pennyfather wins three medals at Pan Am Sprint Canoe championships Each year since she joined the Burloak Canoe Club, the national cham pionships have marked the end of the racing season for Kate Pennyfather. W ith the sum mer over, time on the water m eant a switch from focusing on speed to building endurance by paddling long dis tances. Those long distances were again part of Pennyfather' s O ctober schedule, but this time it was to continue her racing season. Two weeks ago, the 15-year-old teamed up w ith Nova Scotia' s Marlee M acintosh to earn three medals at the Sprint Canoe Pan Am erican Championships in Ecuador. On the second day of the event, they took the gold medal in the C-2 1 ,000-metres. "That was a good start to the com petition," Pennyfather said. "It definitely made it a lot better pad dling with som eone I knew." Pennyfather and M acintosh made their international debuts com peting together at the world ju n ior cham pionships in Romania in Ju ly where they finished 12th (2 0 0 m ) and 14th (5 0 0 m ). They extended their season with the Pan Am erican cham pionships, where they also won silver medals in the 500m and 200m events. "It was a lot different (compared to other seasons), but I took some time off after nationals to recover from the season and recharge," said the Oakville Trafalgar High School student. In preparation for the Pan Amer ican cham pionships, Pennyfather w ent to Nova Scotia to paddle see Chance on p. 21 First-step quickness Reaction skills Puck control Pow er & acceleration Explosiveness Puckwork implemented throughout the program An excellent studentto-instructor ratio SAT: 9am , 9:30am , 10am , 10:45am , 11:15am , 11:45am 11 w e e ks $ 2 4 7 .5 0 +tax N o v 2 5 - F e b 10 AGE & LEVELS DAYS TIMES PRICE Enter for a chance to win a 4-night 2 ir t A J tv « /r t4 -K ir « / - f W TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA! 8 -1 2 H L 8 -1 2 R ep 1 3 -1 5 R ep 1 0 -1 3 R ep Fri Fri Sat Sun 5:30p m 6:30p m 9 :0 0a m 9 :3 0a m $ 2 8 8 +tax $ 2 8 8 +tax $ 2 8 8 +tax $ 2 8 8 +tax P ackage Includes: G u id e d Fly Fishing, M o u n ta in Bike R e n ta l a n d a $ 1 ,0 0 0 USD Travel V o u c h e r! For a chance to win visit: Tra ve lA le rts.ca /N C C o n te st S U N : 9am , 9:30am , 11 w e e ks $ 2 4 7 .5 0 +tax 10am , 10:30am N o v 19 - F e b 11 M O N : 1pm , 1:30pm 9 w e e ks N ov 2 7 - Feb 5 $ 1 8 0 .0 0 +tax 1 0 -12 H L & R ep S a t 10:00am $ 2 8 8 +tax NDRTH CAROLINA W E D : 6pm , 6:30pm 11 w e e ks $ 2 7 5 .0 0 +tax N o v 2 9 - F e b 14 WWW.WAVEH0CKEY.CA Register. S05-336-3434 x10 or pragrams@wavahackey.nBt The Contest begins at 12 01 Plvl EST on October 15, 2017 and ends at 11 59 Plvl EST on November 15, 2017 (the "Contest Period") To enter the contest, access the Contest website at www TravelAlerts ca/Contest and read these Contest rules, follow the instructions to enter and submit a complete entry form during the Contest Period (a name, phone number and valid email address will be required)