www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, October 8, 2015 | 40 Blades get back ontrackwithpairofcomebackvictories goals with20. lation ofcards) butstill nished theyeartiedforleague lead in Leading scorer FilipeVilela wasforced tositoutthegame(accumu- ers, scored for the Blue Devils in Saturday’s League1 season nale. that position,insteadofthechaser.” still rst. We were alwaystheteamtocatch.Iprefer beingin period. We hadthatcushion;we’dlostacoupleofgamesbutwere season gaveusanadvantagethatweneededtoseethrough that play severalgameswithoutregulars duetosuspensions. injuries nearthemidpointofcampaign,andteamhadto week. AnthonyDoranandcaptainTaylor McNamaraalsosuffered schools —includingthree leagueall-stars—inthespanofone concern,” saidWilde, whoseteamlost ve playerstoNCAA of 49points. which hasonegameremaining butcan nish withamaximum 53 pointsranksthemsevenaheadofsecond-placeWoodbridge, the seasonwithawin-loss-drawrecord of17-3-2.TheBlueDevils’ Oakville nished strong, going6-1-1initslasteightgamesto nish other 1-0loss,thistimeatthehandsofVaughan Azzurri.But 1-0 decisionagainsttheWoodbridge Strikers,wasfollowedbyan- rst 12leaguegamesbefore nally tastingdefeat.That rst loss,a was critical. and college teams, both in Canada and the United States. A fast start the leaguewouldloseplayerswhohadtoreturn totheiruniversity as wecould…Thatreally setthefoundation.” at the outsetwasascloseto a (Premier DevelopmentLeague)squad tion forthe2015campaign. quirements wouldbe,andwegotitright,”Wilde saidofprepara- son inearlyMay. league titlewasearnedbefore theteamevenbeganitsinauguralsea- Ontario men’s soccerchampionship. host ProStars FC, for theOakville Blue Devilstoclinchthe League1 It tookuntiltheir nal game,a2-0winSaturday inBramptonover in rst League1season Blue Devilschampions over the North York Rangers atSixteenMile overtime winner in a4-3Oakville triumph minutes left in regulation, then provided the Drew Worrad scored thetyinggoalwith ve into a7-5victory. Theprevious evening, host Toronto Patriots,turninga5-2de cit minutes ofitsgameSaturday againstthe League season. opening dayoftheOntarioJunior Hockey above the.500markfor rst timesince in dramaticfashionlastweekendtomove The OakvilleBladeswonapairofgames [email protected] Editor Sports Jon Kuiperij Wilde alsocredited thesteadyplayofleftbackAlJames(“Ican’t Doran and Tyler Wason, bothformerOakville Soccer Club play- “But having the con dence in the group from our rst half of the “(The middleoftheseason)wasonepart thatgaveusbig That’s what the Blue Devils delivered, going undefeated in their Wilde sawthewritingonwall.Bymid-season,many teams in “We had to recruit a powerful squad, one that what we thought “We satdownandevaluatedhowwesawitgoing,whatthere- To BlueDevilsheadcoachDuncanWilde, however, muchofthe Oakville scored ve timesin thelast11 and Tyler Rolloprovided aninsurance goal scored with1:38left to puttheBlades ahead, than fourminutes remaining, JoshKosack riod. JacksonBales tiedthegamewithless back Saturday, scoringtwiceinthethird pe- third straightwininnet. dan McGlynnmade28savesto record his alsotalliedfortheBlades,andBren-Garvey tied thegame1-1in rst period.Ryan hat trickfortheforward, whoseothergoal Sports Complex. Worrad alsokick-started theBlades’come- Worrad’s OT marker Friday completed a Quebec twoweekslater. host theopenerNov. 1atSheridan,withtheseriesconcluding in cer duQuébec)inatwo-gameaggregate series.Oakvillewilllikely They’ll takeonthechampionofPDLQ(Première Liguedesoc- pecially becausewe’dliketoopenaLeague1women’s clubaswell.” in this league. We’re much still lookingforlocalsponsors, es- very best game-dayexperienceintheleague. plus toSheridanCollege,andWilde feelsOakvilleoffers fansthe eld aswell,Wilde said.Theteamregularly attractedcrowds of300- — oustedtheBlueDevilsongoaldifferential. bol —whenWilde estimateshisteamoutshotitsopponent22-3 won its rst gameofthetournamentbefore a2-0losstoANBFut- being eliminated early in the League1 Cup playdowns. Oakville Lake ErieCollege)askeystotheBlueDevils’success. and AnthonyNovak(wholefttheteammidseasontoreturn to remember him being beaten on the outside all season,” Wilde said) The Blue Devils aren’t quite through with their 2015 season yet. “We’re fundraisinglike mad,” Wilde added.“It’s notcheaptoplay The BlueDevils’ rst seasoninLeague1wassuccessfuloff the Perhaps theonlydisappointmentofBlueDevils’seasonwas Oakville BlueDevils players celebrateafterwinningtheLeague1Ontariomen’s soccerchampionshipSaturday inBrampton. Sports Jr. Canadiens. end slate Sundaywitha visittotheToronto at 7:30p.m.Sixteen MileSports Complex. say MuskiesSaturday. Bothcontests willstart chael’s Buzzerstomorrow (Friday)andLind- games this weekend, welcoming the St. Mi- 38 shots. was thewinninggoaltender, stopping33 of in thegame for OakvilleandMichaelBotiz into theemptynet. Oakville will conclude a three-game week- The Blades(5-4-1-1)willhost a pairof Rollo andChristianRajicscored earlier — JonKuiperij “Connected toyourCommunity” Christian Kusiewicz Taylor McNamara 2015 OakvilleBlueDevils Judah Hernandez Christian Young Brandon Duarte Anthony Doran Chris Mitchell Karman Saini Tevin Wynter Macca Wilde Adam Gould Tyler Wason Hitesh Joshi Filipe Vilela Khody Ellis Gary Gif Gary n Nick Muth Al James Dr. Robert Gringmuth Glenn McNamara Anthony Novak Mbeki Johnson Chris Kara lov Max Hathaway Eduardo Filice Bradon Culver Adrian Butters Duncan Wilde Eric Crawford Roman Young Kim Ashton Brett Mosen Daniel Voci Billy Steele STAFF Drew Worrad scored scored Drew Worrad Oakville Blades to a Oakville Bladestoa the overtime winner | pair of victories last pair ofvictorieslast photosubmitted Friday, toleadthe games, including ve goals intwo Kevin Sousa— OJHL Images | photoby weekend.