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11 SPORTS & LEISURE January 26, 2010 Tuesday, Press, Independent & Free involved in a fi ght with another Sabre. In the shootout, all three Raiders, in- Raiders cluding the 16-year-old Rodrigues, were stopped, with Pat Conte beating Michael Nishi for the clinching score. ‘Buffaloed’ Jeremy Wick had all three George- town goals in regulation, marking the fi fth time this season the 20-year-old again by from Grand Valley has had a hat trick or better in a game for a total of 36 over- all. Junior Sabres On Friday night, the Raiders trailed 4-1 early in the second period and By EAMONN MAHER couldn’t recover, receiving markers from Dorian Peca, Sean Teakle and Justin Staff Writer Basso. If the Ontario Jr. A Hockey League Despite the team’s recent slump, Ro- playoffs were to start tomorrow, the Georgetown Raider Evan Rodrigues looks to have Buffalo Jr. Sabres’ goalie Derek Moh- drigues has enjoyed a superb freshman Georgetown Raiders would be relieved ney beaten during the shootout Saturday night but the rookie forward was foiled on his campaign in Georgetown, collecting 12 to know that the Buffalo Jr. Sabres deke attempt. The Jr. Sabres prevailed by a 4-3 score for their third win in as many tries goals and 28 assists in 43 games. wouldn’t be among the top eight teams over the Raiders this season. Photo by Eamonn Maher A 10th-round pick of the Ottawa 67’s to qualify. “We need to pick things up and start afterwards. in last year’s Ontario Hockey League The third-place Raiders have lost all bearing down on our chances because Georgetown trails second-place draft, Rodrigues won several champi- three games this season to the 10th-place we’re on a streak where we’ve lost four Oakville by six points with a game in onships with the Toronto Marlboros’ Jr. Sabres, including a 4-3 shootout deci- of our last six and we need to change hand on the Blades, who’ve won 18 of organization over a seven-year span and sion in Georgetown Saturday evening. that.” their last 21 starts. hopes to develop into a sniper similar Coupled with a 6-3 loss to the strug- After visiting the 12th-place Missis- The Raiders hope to have all-star to older brother Paul, a 98-point scorer gling Aurora Tigers Friday night, the 32- sauga Chargers last night (Monday), defender Nick Avgerinos back in the with Vaughan a couple of years ago who 8-3 Raiders have recently been plagued Georgetown faces the busiest part of lineup this week after taking a hard hit is now in his fi rst year at Oswego State by poor fi nishing around the opponent’s its regular-season schedule, beginning earlier this month, especially with rug- University in New York. goal. They outshot the Tigers 39-30 and Thursday in Brampton, with seven ged blueliner Patrick Moran incurring “It helps to be able to follow in his led Buffalo 2-0 in the second period Sat- games in a 10-day stretch. a six-game suspension for an incident footsteps and it would be nice to accom- urday before letting the visitors back They’ll also travel to Trenton Friday Saturday that happened at the end of plish what he’s been able to do,” said the into the game with a pair of goals 29 before hosting rival Oakville in Satur- the overtime period. Toronto resident. seconds apart. day’s Pink In The Rink fundraiser for Moran punched an unsuspecting “I just have to work on getting stron- “Buffalo plays tough against us and for breast cancer research, in which the Buffalo player in the head at the conclu- ger, building up my weight and balance. whatever reason we always choke,” said Raiders will be wearing special-edition sion of overtime, earning an attempt-to- It’s been a great experience to play at rookie Raider forward Evan Rodrigues. pink jerseys that will be auctioned off injure match penalty, and then became this level.” Girls’ night out Blue Jays sign Hill Amanda Nonis (14) of the Bramp- ton Canadette-Thunder is stopped The Blue Jays added yet an- and has spent the last fi ve sea- on this breakaway by Vaughan other pitcher to their training sons battling injuries and shut- Flames’ goalkeeper Kendra Fisher camp roster Friday, signing tling between the big leagues during their Canadian Women’s Georgetown’s Shawn Hill to a and the minors. Hockey League contest at the Al- minor league deal. His most successful major cott Arena in Georgetown Friday Hill, 28, went 1-1 in three league season was 2007, when night. The Flames were down 4-3 starts for the San Diego Padres he went 4-5 in sixteen starts heading into the third period but in 2009 before elbow replace- with the Washington Nationals, received goals from Meghan Aarts ment surgery ended his sea- and posting a career low in ERA and LaToya Clarke to pull off a 5-4 son in June. He’ll attend spring (3.42). victory in front of about 800 spec- training with the Jays but the Hill is a Mississauga native tators in the annual fundraising club doesn’t expect him to pitch who spent his teen years in game hosted by the North Halton competitively until midseason. Georgetown, graduating from Twisters’ Girls’ Hockey Association. Drafted by the Expos in 2000, Bishop Reding High School in Photo by Eamonn Maher Hill reached the majors in 2004 Milton. GEORGETOWN JUNIOR “A” GEORGETOWN JR. A RAIDERS GEORGETOWN vs OAKVILLE BLADES TOYOTA Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:30 pm GAME OF THE WEEK Mold-Masters SportsPlex (Alcott Arena) www.georgetownraidersjra.com.

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