OAKVILLE NORTH NEWS Friday, May 14, 1993 â€" 16 Oakwlle _â€" North News SPORTS Northern LIGHTS It all comes down to this. weekend and next for Jeff Toms. The former Loyola Secondary School student is now a key member of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhoundsâ€"â€"one of four teams set to begin battle for the Memorial Cup national junior hockey title. The Tampa Bay Lightning draft choice scored his team‘s only goal in the deciding game of the Ontario Hockey League championships last week. Greyhounds lost the bestâ€"ofâ€" seven series in five games to Peterboroughâ€"â€"the team they beat in the OHL Super Series to earnâ€"the right to host the Cup. aogod Antoinettes Gymnastics Club is hosting its annual Spring Classic, Sunday. The awards presentations (2 and 5 p.m.) will be handled by Anna Fraserâ€"Sproule, a former member of the national freestyle ski team. The club is located at 461 N. Service Rd. BR o $ Save 25% on Prepaid Subscriptions The Oakville Beaver publishes 3 times weekly, Wednesday, Friday Sunday. To enjoy home delivery please calll our Circulation department at 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 j NAME: ; I ADDRESS: MAIL TO: OAKVILLE BEAVER 467 SPEERS ROAD OAKVILLE, ONTARIO L6K 354 A DAY AT THE RACES Photo finish. This Loyola runner (left) can‘t quite onships, Tuesday. Action at Nelson Stadium in catch Oakville Trafalgar‘s Tim Knapp in action â€" Burlington continues today (Friday). from the Halton high school track and field champiâ€" Halton Track and Field Championships (Photo by Peter McCusker) Loyola can‘t tame the ‘Cats White Oaks Wildcats tripped Loyola Hawks 3â€"1 in Halton high school senior boys soccer action at Loyola. Guido Brusoni, with two, and Ovando White connected for White Oaks, now 2â€"2â€"1. Loyola‘s Chris Van De Mosselaer got credit for a White Oaks own goal. "If we played like that all season we‘d be in a much better position," said Wildcats coach Stuart Miller. The Hawks were missing key defenders Brian Capin and Dominic Orsini and coach Ed Ponikvar felt their absences were noticeable. "White Oaks was really pumped for the game," he said. "They kept coming at us and eventually our defence cracked." Loyola downed Oakville Trafalgar 7â€"5 in high school baseâ€" ball action, Monday at River Oak. Stephano Kim was the winning pitcher in relief for Loyola. Kim also scored the winning run in the sixth inning as the Hawks rallied from a 3â€"0 deficit. Kevin O‘Flaherty went 3â€"forâ€"3 and scored three runs. Mike Horgan took the loss. Matt Martin collected two hits for the Devils. \Phil finally gets a break By TOM MICHIBATA Oakville Beaver staff BURLINGTON â€" You have to hand it to Phil Doucette. Beset with the worst luck one can imagine on the high school sports scene last year, the 17â€"yearâ€"old Loyola student refused to let the past destroy him on the championships. Stadium first day of the 1993 Halton high school track and field Doucette won the open boys 2,000â€"metre steeplechase title for the second year in a row, posting a time of six minutes 50.4 seconds, Tuesday at Nelson This after tripping over the second last barrier at last Special Offer Prepay by VISA, MASTERCARD, or CHEQUE and Save 25% ($15.00 per year) Your subscription is only $45.00 per year, Regular $60.00 Offer expires May. 19th/93 mmm-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"1 PHONE: residence business POSTAL CODE: VSA #: Expiry dote: MASTERCARD#: Expity date: CHEQUE ENCLOSED. Cheque payable to: OAKVILLE BEAVER Yearty $45.00 year‘s regional championships and breaking his left arm. He still finished third and qualified for the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association champiâ€" onships, where, with his arm wrapped in a tensor banâ€" dage, he finished 21st out of 24 runners. Turning his attention to crossâ€"country this past fall, fate wasn‘t with him again. He mistakenly gave a pint of blood at the school the day before the OFSAA chamâ€" pionships. The oxygen level in his blood was so low it resulted in a 96th place finish. "I‘m still pretty confident of getting to OFSAA," said Doucette, who won the Halton midget boys 3,000m crown in Grade 9 two years ago. "I‘m hoping to make it into the top seven." Doucette said his winning time was nowhere near his personal best because he wanted to pace himself for the junior boys 3,000m later that day (he finished fourth in 10:16). "Actually, I still went faster than I really wanted to," said Doucette, who trains with the Burlington Track and Field Club Still, he blew away the rest of the field. Runnerâ€"up Todd Fuller of Bishop Reding was more than 13 secâ€" Doucette‘s result isn‘t bad for someone who tried steeplechase on a whim and just happened to like it. "Another kid from the school (Phil Grimves) was doing it and I found it interesting. I was in high jump at the time. I like jumping things. I like jumping over the water. It‘s a challenge of jumping and not getting your feet wet." And, says Doucette, his body size (5â€"footâ€"11 1/2, 155 pounds) is ideal for the event. "It‘s good to be a little tall," he said. "You can get over the hurdles a little easier." He‘s now hoping to earn a scholarship to a U.S. uniâ€" versity. Doucette was one of two Loyola athletes to win gold. Jason Cowan captured the senior boys 110m hurâ€" dles in 17.0 seconds. Top six in each event from the Haltons advance to the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference champiâ€" onships next Thursday at Hamilton‘s McMaster University. Day two of the Haltons is today (Friday) at Nelson Stadium. Georgetown won the team title with 203 points. Burlington Central was second with 146 points. White Oaks was third with 116 points. Silver medals went to Kojo Aidoo of Loyola in midget boys 100m hurdles (16.13 seconds), Mandy Singh of White Oaks in junior girls 300m hurdles (51.5 seconds), Tariq Sheikh of WOSS in senior boys 400m hurdles (1:03.3) and Suzette Jeffers of WOSS in senior girls shot put (8.74m). Bronze medals went to Wendy Johnson of WOSS in midget girls 100m (13.63 seconds), Barry McCann of Loyola in junior boys 110m hurdles (18.4 seconds), Christine Scott of WOSS in senior girls 400m hurdles â€" (1:26.0), Mary Ann Siriunas of WOSS in midget girls javelin, Lydia Zaliauskas of Loyola in junior girls high jump (1.42m), Amy Kosmalski of WOSS in junior girls long jump (4.20m) and Jennife of WO Morti in