www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday July 5, 2008 - 23 Dangerous JV Invictas Dan heading rout Mississauga to Boston Strong play on both sides of the ball helped the Oakville junior varsity Invictas to a 27-6 rout of the Mississauga Dan Dawson is a wanted man. Warriors last weekend in Ontario Minor Football League For the second year in a row, the 26- action. year-old Oakville native was taken first The Invictas got touchdowns from AJ Singh, Ashton overall in the National Lacrosse Rochester, Wayne Doyley and Steve Kofi-Akuffo. Matt League’s dispersal draft, this time going Laidlaw’s hard running up the middle turned several long- to the expansion Boston Blazers. yardage situations into first downs, and quarterback Josh It will be the third team in three Adams completed three passes for Oakville. years for Dawson, one of the league’s Adam Powell was good on three of four conversion most prolific scorers. After four seasons attempts. with the Arizona Sting in which he Meanwhile, the Invictas defence managed to limit averaged 87 points — including a Mississauga to one major. Maro Michetti, Marcus career-best 107 in 2007 — Dawson was Simopoulos and Steve Davitsky all had interceptions, with claimed by the Portland Lumberjax Michetti’s pick and ensuing 40-yard return helping set up an when Arizona suspended operations. Invictas TD. Dawson helped lead the Lumberjax Jordan King helped force one of the interceptions by pro- to the NLL final, scoring 31 points in viding pressure. King later sacked the Mississauga quarter- three playoff games, but when Arizona back and recovered a fumble. Steve Falconi also contributed announced it would not return to the a sack and Matt Toppan recovered another Warriors fumble. league, the Sting’s former players were Another defensive highlight was a play by Nick Testani, once again entered into a dispersal who prevented what seemed to be a sure Mississauga touch- draft. down by knocking down the ball in pass coverage. “We are pleased to add a player of The win was the second in three games for Oakville, Dan’s caliber to the Boston Blazers,” which earlier in the month fell 35-28 to Tottenham and then said Tom Ryan, the Blazers’ head coach pounded the Toronto Jr. Ti-Cats 61-0. and general manager. “He is a proven Rochester had three touchdowns and Tim Doyley added winner and one of the brightest stars in another against Tottenham. Kofi-Akuffo had three touch- the league right now.” downs and two runs of 70-plus yards versus Toronto, with Dawson will be holding a lacrosse OAKVILLE BEAVER FILE PHOTO Rochester contributing four majors and Te Nguyen and camp at the Glen Abbey Recreation MR. POPULAR: Oakville native Dan Dawson (centre) is accustomed to drawing a Michetti also reaching the end zone. Centre July 14-18. Players, from tyke to lot of attention while out on the lacrosse floor. He has also recived plenty of attention in The Invictas are off this weekend and will return to action midget, can register at http://revival- the National Lacrosse League’s dispersal drafts the past two years, being the first player Sunday, July 13 against the Halton Hills Wildcats. Kickoff is lacrosse.com. picked in both. Dawson will play for the expansion Boston Blazers next season. slated for noon at T.A. Blakelock High School. Thirteen Canadians in Open ■ Continued from page 22 Knight (Calgary). unlikely event he even plays in this “Glen Abbey Golf Club is full of year’s Canadian Open. Singh played memories for me,” said Weir. “The the 11th hole at 7-over par in 2004 other Canadian players will under- (including two triple bogeys) but stand when they join me at the amazingly still managed to win the Abbey for the RBC Canadian Open tournament in a memorable playoff this year and experience not only over Mike Weir. Weir, of course, was the golf course, but the incredible trying to become the first home- fan support.” grown talent to win the tourna- Hopefully this year, that incredi- ment since Pat Fletcher won at ble fan support does not include Vancouver’s Point Grey Golf and being steamrolled on the way to the Country Club in 1954. 11th tee, as Weir nearly was by an No less than 13 players will try exuberant fan in 2004. Weir had to end that drought at this year’s just drained a birdie putt on 10 to Canadian Open, led by PGA Tour take a three-stroke lead over Singh players Weir, Calgary resident in the final round, but bogeyed Stephen Ames and Oshawa native three of the next six holes to set up Jon Mills. the eventual playoff. Joining them will be the top six Confirmed PGA Tour regulars Canadians on the Nationwide Tour include two-time defending money list, as of June 10. That list Canadian Open champion Jim includes Guelph’s Bryan DeCorso Furyk, Retief Goosen, Fred Couples, — champion at the South Georgia Boo Weekley, Ryuji Imada, Sean Classic earlier this year — as well O’Hair, Scott Verplank, Bob Tway, SUCCESSFUL IN SMITHSVILLE: The Oakville under-10 Cyclones were crowned champions at a as Aurora’s David Morland IV, Mark Calcavecchia and Chris recent boys’ soccer tournament in Smithsville. Manotick’s Brad Fritsch, Victoria’s DiMarco. There remains a possibili- Jim Rutledge, Brantford’s David ty for more, as players will have Hearn and Cambridge’s Ian Leggatt. until six days before the tourna- Rounding out the Canadian por- ment to commit. U10 Cyclones blow away Grimsby tion of the field — at least for now, To coax more players into com- The Oakville under-10 Cyclones boys’ soc- Lourenco, Christian Tremblay, Jordan Grist, depending on Monday qualifiers — ing to Oakville, I could offer them a cer team won the championship at a recent Brian Veloso, Frank Bosco, Quintin will be 2007 Canadian PGA club couple more tips on how to avert tournament in Smithsville. McCleary, Scott Fishman, Brandon Logan, professional championship winner disaster at Glen Abbey. Like staying Oakville blanked Grimsby 4-0 in the final Hamish McNeill, Callum MacDonald, Eric Landreville of Quebec and out of the sand. Or the water. to claim the title of the West Lincoln compe- Christopher Schmidt, Josh Widman, Canadian Tour money-leader (as of But I’m only going to give one. tition. Grimsby had won its previous four Joacquin Torres and Matthew Mac. June 10) Wes Heffernan of Calgary, They don’t need the help. games in the tournament without allowing a Acacio Veloso and Dago Torres coach the as well as amateurs Nick Taylor After all, it’s like the PGA Tour single goal. team, with Michael Grist serving as manag- (Abbottsford, B.C.) and Michael slogan says. These guys are good. Members of the Cyclones are Bryan er..