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A T T E N T I O N : L O C A L S P O R T S G R O O P S HOUSE LEAGUE House league reports should be submitted » soon as possible after the game, and no later than the following week after a game to ensure publication. The sheer number of players m OakviBe's recreational leagues (the Oakville Soccer Club, alone, is almost St 8,000 players this season) makes jt Impossible to fondle out­ dated house league game summaries. There is some lew ay in the game reports. Traditionally, lo r sports like soccer and roller hockey, gojfeand assists are tabulated. But for some sports, Ste baseball (or for younger age groups in soccer), it's easier to pick an MVP or two for each team with a short explanation {such a s '. . . pitched a great game' or had his/her first multi-goal game' or ' ... made a game saving effort'). Rep reports have traditionally included the sconng summary with most teams also giving key highlights. We do get a lot of questions about what size the article should be, and again, there is some leeway. But generally, the more prestigious or more important or more note­ worthy the game or tournament is. the more that should he said about ft. Tpe reverse is also true. If i t$ 2 9 * 0 exhi&ftion rout over lightly regarded opposition then a simple, quick game summary will probably suffice. It's> lig e m e o f c a l Especially with multi-game tournaments, a choice sometimes has to be made about what to highlight because everything can't always get in. Some teams like to do a multi-game highlight package and this works oqt wefi as long it doesn't revert into goal by goal accounts that back a month. So good playin' this summer. And look forward to reading about it in the Oakville Beaver... % Ed Note: check today's sports section lor the latest house league ' scores ... The Board of Directors the Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) of Halton is p le a se d to in v ite yo u to a tte n d an OPEN BOARD MEETING March 17,1999 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Oakville Public Library Central Branch, Auditorium 120 Navy S t, Oakville, ON L6J 2Z4 For further information, call: Linda Ferras at (905) 639-5228 ext. 8921 or if long distance dial 1-800-810-0000 Future meeting dates and locations to be announced. HIGHLIGHTS OF AGENDA Service Provider Forum: Presenter: Mr. John Oliver President and CEO - Halton Healthcare Services Corporation f t CCAC H A L T O N THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, March 10, 1999 Tough losses in provincial series The Oakville Hornets peewee-A rep team, sponsored by Dafco, took a couple of tough losses in their provincial playdowns with Mississauga. In game three on March 1, Oakville lost l-O. The Hornets were edged 2-1 in game two on Feb. 26. Kateryna Rewilak scored the lone Oakville goal, assisted by Leanne DaRosa and Courtney Cherrett. The two teams opened the series on Feb. 22 with a 2-2 tie. Melanie Rampen and Leanne DaRosa scored. Assists went to Carrie Laughlin (2), Courtney Cherrett and Abby McMillan. Here's a recap of the Hornets other games. On March 3, they were edged 2-1 by Stoney Creek. Leanne DaRosa had the lone goal, assisted by Laura Lorenz. On Feb. 28 they tied Barrie 1-1 with Veronica Langvee scoring from Courtney Cherrett and Amanda Zaccaria. This unidentified Oakville Hornets peewee-A rep player (white jersey) takes a spill in a provincial qualifier game against Mississauga. The Hornets were edged 2-1 in this home game on Feb. 26. Photo by Peter J. Thompson Ontario squash champs An Oakville family is having a very large impact in Canadian youth squash. At the Ontario championships at Ryerson University on the week­ end, two sisters -- Ruchika and Neha Kumar -- won their respec­ tive provincial youth squash cham­ pionships, competing in the U-16 and U-12 divisions, respectively. The U-12 battle was actually an all-Oakville affair. Neha Kumar, a Grade 5 Heritage Glen student, defeated Neha Chawla in the provincial title match in four games (9-4, 9-5, 7-9 and 9-2). Both reached the finals without dropping a game. Neha Kumar, who won the provincial U-10 title two years ago, is the top ranked U-12 girls in Canada and she hopes to win the U-12 national trophy where her name would go along side that of her sister, Ruchika, who is a for­ mer U-12 national champion. Ruchika, a 14-year-old, Grade 9 Q.E. Park student, won the provincial U-16 championship with a four-game win over 15- year-old Casey Deserio, that had the viewer's gallery overflowing (both being known to be very skill­ ful and aggressive players). Despite being in her junior year in the U-16 division, Ruchika is top ranked in Ontario. In fact, she's actually ranked second in Ontario in the U-19 division, according to Squash Ontario. Ruchika had just flown back earlier in the week from a success­ ful stint with the Ontario's girls squash team at the Canada Games in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. As recounted in last Friday's Beaver, Ruchika helped the the second ranked Ontario team to the championship title over top ranked Alberta by winning her showdown in a full five games over archrival Kyla Grigg. Despite a year left in the U-16 category, Ruchika said she now intends to concentrate on U-19 in hopes of earning one of four spots on the Canadian junior girls team which will attend the world cham­ pionships in Belgium this summer. S ittier to v isit Hornets tourney The Oakville Hornets Girls Hockey Association is hosting their third annual hockey tournament this weekend from Friday to Sunday (March 12-14). A special feature this year will be a skills competition sponsored by the Toronto Maple Leafs which will kick off on Friday, 7:15 p.m. at Ice Sports, on rink number one. Leaf great Darryl Sittler is slated to be on hand. The skills competition for bantam and pee wee players (both 'A' and 'B' levels) will feature shoot­ ing, passing, skating and goaltending. Meanwhile, there will be more than 50 teams, both rep and house league, with more than 900 play­ ers participating, coming in from places like London, Barrie, Sault Ste. Marie, Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Peterborough, Exeter, Stouffville, Aurora, Scarborough, Hamilton, North York and Brampton. Oakville is fielding 16 teams. Age groups include novice, atom, peewee, bantam and midget, playing at Ice Sports, Glen Abbey, Maplegrove and Appleby College, the latter of which is the home arena. Appleby and Maplegrove will jointly host the finals of all divisions Sunday afternoon and early evening. The Oakville league encourages any families who might want to have their girls involved in hock­ ey to take in a game or two or to watch the skills competition Friday night. For more info, call the Oakville Hornets Girls Hockey Association at 847-1400. Triple-A teams make OMHA third round ... Major atoms face Windsor or Guelph The Oakville Rangers triple-A atom team are unde­ feated through the first two rounds of their Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) playdowns. Sponsored by Newcourt Financial and Erin Mills Volvo, the Rangers now meet either Sun County (Windsor) or Guelph in a best-of-five series to deter-, mine who will represent the Central division of the South Central Triple-A league at the OMHA champi­ onship tournament in Bradford in April. Oakville won three straight against Brampton B and then Halton. Here's a recap: Oakville continued their regular season domina­ tion of Brampton B in the first game of the first round with a 14-2 win. In the second game, Brampton refused to roll over and played their best game of the season, bowing to Oakville 4-1. Goals were scored by Conor Kelly (2), Craig Speers and Eric Murray. Assists went to Craig Speers (2), Conor Kelly, Thomas Karthaus, Ryan Badham and Murray. In the third game, a 7-1 Oakville victory was marred by 20 minutes in penalties assessed to a disap­ pointed and frustrated Brampton squad, 12 minutes of which were taken in the last two minutes of the game. Michael Maganja netted a pair of goals and single tal­ lies went to Badham, Michael Galbraith, John Davitsky, Kelly and Murray. Assists went to Davitsky (2), Chris Hunt, Bryan Carey, Zack Shepley, Murray, Kelly and Corey Martin. The Rangers began their second round with a 6-2 win over visiting Halton. Martin had the hat-trick, Murray a pair and Stephen Wheeler a single. Assists went to Shepley (2), Davitsky (2), Albrecht, Murray and Kelly. In the Hurricanes' den, Oakville emerged with a close-fought 3-1 win, the final goal into an empty net. Goals were scored by Murray, Martin and Wheeler (empty netter). Assists went to Davitsky (2) and Martin. Back at home Oakville finished off Halton 3-0 in another tough fought game. The first period saw no scoring and Oakville finally opened up in the second with the eventual winner. The Rangers found the net twice in the final frame. Goals were scored by Wheeler, Badham and Kelly. Assists went to Hunt, James Albrecht, Murray and Speers). Russell Brownell earned the shutout. ... Minor novices meet up with Brampton 'A' The Oakville Rangers triple-A minor novice rep team swept the Halton Hurricanes in three close games this past week in their sec­ ond round Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) playdowns. This week the boys square off in their third round, best-of-five series with Brampton 'A', with the winner advancing to the OMHA championship tournament. Brampton 'A' will make for a strong third round opponent as they finished the regular season second to Oakville and have swept both Guelph and Windsor in their first two rounds of the playoffs. The large ice surface at River Oaks and Halton's short bench worked to Oakville's advantage in the opener March 1. The fast paced, yet scoreless game seemed destined for overtime until Scott Tanski took a pass from Ian Paradis, skated the length of the (See 'm inor novice' page C3) Thursday is do or die for Hatton champions The Halton champion Iroquois Ridge senior boys hockey team will play for the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference (G-HAC) championship game this Thursday, 2:30 p.m. at Oakville Arena. The winner earns a berth in the provincial OFSAA play­ downs while the loser, as they say, goes fishing. Their opponent was determined in a game that went yes­ terday afternoon at Central Arena between the Halton final­ ist Pearson of Burlington (who lost 4-1 to Iroquois Ridge in the Halton final last Thursday) and St. Thomas More, the Hamilton separate board champion. So, Iroquois Ridge, who were ranked second in last week's Metro Star survey, may very well have to meet up with Pearson again. Ridge coach Ed Kirsten said he obviously planned to scout the game. Good run at O FSAA Blakelock's Kevin Stewart, 16, lost his first match at the OFSAA wrestling championships in London last week and then proceed­ ed to reel off five straight victories before losing in sudden death over­ time. That knocked him out of the medal round. He went on to lose his 5th/6th place showdown to the same oppo­ nent that defeated him in the first round. He is now preparing for the Canadian Juvenile (age 16 and 17) championships in St. Catharines next month. After a 4-0 loss in the opening bout of the 32- man double knockout style tournament, he staved of elimination for five consec­ utive matches against some of the best high school wrestlers in the province. Kevin Stewart saw Stewart spot his oppo­ nents three-point leads before mounting come­ backs. This led to an extremely exciting and entertaining seventh match against highly ranked Rich Le Clair of Lindsay. For most of the match, Le Clair held the lead on Stewart, twice having three-point advantages. But with 20 seconds left, Stewart tied the match and then took a two-point lead himself. Le Clair countered with two points with only sec­ onds remaining but Stewart added what appeared a sin­ gle point and the victory at the buzzer. A five-minute discussion with the three referees determined the match was tied and sudden death overtime ensued. Unfortunately, for Stewart, he failed to score the first Three of these victories point. We guarantee results... Not on the playing field unfortunately, but we do guarantee your results will be published in THE OAKVILLE &AVER, if you follow these tips: Results should be dropped off at the Beaver (467 Speers Road) or faxed to (and take note of our new fax number) 337-5567. Be sure to leave a name and phone number for follow up. Reports should be typed, if possible, or at least neatly hand written. Messy hand written reports are especially hard to make out over the fax and usually result in mis-spelled n a m e ^ __ The Oakville Beaver Sports Winner of Best Sports Section in Ontario (OCNA 1997 awards)