7 •The IFP• Halton Hills, Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Several er er Submitted photo 1st Qualifi 2nd Qualifi Following are the results The last time the Bulldogs Peterborough 4, Halton Hills Halton Hills 4, Six Nations GAMES GALORE: from the qualifying weekends in Whitby. round games on Sunday. had a team represented at the Ontario Summer Games was in 2006. 3; Halton Hills 4, Oakville 2; Hal- ton Hills 2, Clarington 2; Halton Hills 6, Whitby 4; Orangeville 4, Halton Hills 3; Newmarket 6, Halton Hills 2 3; Halton Hills 1, Burlington 1; Halton Hills 4, Centre-Welling- ton 1; Halton Hills 5, Mimico 4; Halton Hills 4, Kitchener 2; Brampton 9, Halton Hills 4 other Halton Hills residents will Ontario take part in this year’s Summer Games this week at var- ious venues around the Greater Area, including: Keri- Toronto Copeland, Britney Dortona, Lyn Emma Fender (swimming); Sa- mantha Spencer (golf); Emily Carlos Moreno (soccer); Fisher, Kieran Smerdon, Jessica Dela- ney (rugby). dence at rst game in the pre- rst game in the eld, David Kiss, Adam Elinesky, Brodie Briscoe, Theo Dol, Brodie eld, David Kiss, Adam Elinesky, oor at the MasterCard ed for this weekend’s Ontario Summer Games Ontario Summer Games box lacrosse ed for this weekend’s nished second after the ers if not for breakdownsers if not The Bulldogs will get a boost Their fi Halton Hills actually would Consisting of a 50/50 mix of rst-and second-year midget has helped build confi the minor level. tourney with for this weekend’s the return of the versatile Tea- been out most gan Gilian, who’s of the season with a shoulder injury. liminary round is against Or- angeville on Friday at 9 a.m. and Halton Hills will play two more games that day and twice on Saturday before the medal- we’re playing all of our games on a big fl most tal- the Centre. This isn’t ented team but they work hard and we’re proud of them be- cause nobody thought we’d be where we are now.” have fi qualifi in a loss Peterborough and ties against Burlington and Claring- ton. fi players, several Bulldogs, in- cluding netminder Drayden have been called up to Patey, Cs for their the Halton Hills Jr. Dance said it run and playoff nal dent they’re peak- Staff Writer Staff ers in Whitby, the ers in Whitby, nally learning how to win By EAMONN MAHER By EAMONN “It was just a matter of this really think that the “I don’t It might seem as though the Seeded 12th out of 13 teams rst-place Clarington on the way berth for the OSG, which runs Friday to Sunday at the Master- Card Centre in . team fi and getting used to winning be- cause before they were just hap- py with being mediocre,” said head coach Kevin Dance, who himself played in the OSG as a teenager. other teams will be able to keep up the pace with our guys and that will be important because Halton Hills midget A Bull- dogs are the decided underdogs Ontario heading into this week’s Summer Games lacrosse tour- nament in Etobicoke, but their coach is confi ing at just the right time. heading into the recent provin- cial qualifi Bulldogs played their best la- beating sec- crosse of the year, ond-ranked Whitby and tying fi to clinching the sixth and fi Dowell, Marty Burwell. Back row: Cory Highfi Dowell, Marty Burwell. Back row: Reid. Absent Adam Charalambides, Chase Pries, Cody Menzies, Matt Hodgins, Dylan Campbell Parker, Lance Reid, Steve Fink, trainer Mitch LeBlanc, photo: Head coach Kevin Dance, assistant coaches from Cam Downey (AP). manager Angela Mayner, earn berth Midget Bulldogs Games in Ontario Summer The Halton Hills midget Bulldogs have qualifi (left to Second row Goalie Drayden Patey (forefront). members are: tournament Team in Etobicoke. Michael Reece Clare, Adam Dobis, Jacob Hector, Allonby, Gilian, Bret Teagan right): Connor Mayner, gure

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JADE KOVACEVIC At 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds, Kovacevic has represented The Northmen will also face The 20-year-old Kri, a transi- The 20-year-old Dance had fi ve goals and 11 assists in 13

past season with the OLA Sr. past season with the OLA Sr. collecting B Oakville Titans, fi games. B with the Andrews played Jr. before moving on to the Brampton A Excelsiors for three sea- Jr. sons. Canada previously at the 2010 Cup World Women’s Under-17 & Tobago. in Trinidad Aug. 27, with all preliminary- broadcast round matches to be on CBC. has been an imposing fi back line as on Orangeville’s circle. well as in the faceoff host Whitby on Sunday eve- ning in the preliminary round and Alberta on Tuesday. on the B.C. representative. and forward Dance, tion player, 19, were key members of the B Bulldogs’ Halton Hills Jr. squad that won the Canadian championship in 2010. assists during the Northmen’s 11-2 post-season run, while the 6-foot-2, 200-pound Kri Knighthawks, but spent this the third round of the 2011 NLL Draft by the Rochester

nal. SPORTS & LEISURE & SPORTS KYLE ve games ANDREWS

With the win, Orangeville With

The Northmen won the best- Acton’s Bradley Kri and Acton’s

The Georgetown’s Kyle An- Georgetown’s

Canada is set to play an ex- The 18-year-old Acton Dis- The 18-year-old

Ballinifad resident Jade Ko- Ballinifad resident

rst-place Arrows. rst-place

on Aug. 23 and North Korea on

nadians will also play Norway

Argentina on Aug. 20. The Ca-

World Cup with a game against Cup with a game World

begin the group stage of the

Japan today (Tuesday) and will Japan today (Tuesday)

hibition match against host

team tournament.

Canada at the upcoming 16-

chosen to play fullback for

returns from Japan, has been returns from Japan,

soccer scholarship when she soccer scholarship

siana State University on a siana State University

who will begin studies at Loui- who will begin studies

trict High School graduate, trict High School

of Soccer later this month. of Soccer later this

Women’s Under-20 World Cup World Under-20 Women’s

an team that will play in the an team that will

as a member of the Canadi- as a member of

vacevic is in Japan this week vacevic is in Japan

noon when the Northmen take

which begins Saturday after-

onship tournament in Whitby, onship tournament in Whitby,

Minto Cup Canadian champi-

earned a spot in the four-team earned a spot in the four-team

in the league playoff semifi in the league playoff

Whitby Warriors in fi

ing the defending-champion

of-7 series 4-1 after also beat-

fi

Nations Friday night over the

title with an 11-3 victory at Six

Ontario Jr. A Lacrosse League Ontario Jr. geville Northmen captured the

each scored a goal as the Oran- Jordan Dance of Georgetown

headed for

Northmen’s Kri, Dance

was taken in

defenceman

22-year-old 22-year-old

campaign.

for the 2012

ronto Rock

League’s To- League’s

al Lacrosse the Nation-

contract with

drews has inked a one-year

Andrews signs with Rock Andrews signs

Canada’s under-20s Canada’s Kovacevic named to named Kovacevic