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P990 " _ Wmloo Chlonich, Named-v, Hatch 7, 1979 Mad: Enchin (3) of Guelph Gaels no” high in the " to - a you by KCI's KCI's Scott Hannah you; Bet to hit on one of his fivo baskets during Friday's te Urouvic. The ttCt guard was douhkt-tqamed most of the time dating tho - Attempting to block is Matt Carlo (22). WOSSA tournev. __ . By Rick Campbell Not that he wasn't before. but Bob Hannah became an especially proud papa Satur- day. He was pacing in the last 28 seconds of the CWOSSA basketball final at the WLU fieldhouse. though _ And no. Hannah wasn't seen pacing that day at the K-W Hospital maternity ward. booting nties “These two teams have treated us to some great basketball and there was no real loser," said Waterloo County Board of Education physed consultant Gary Bong. Boug was more correct than he realized. Of the four schools competing at CWOS- SA. only Brantford collegia- te failed to qualify for the regional finals in Windsor this weekend. Either team could have won the game throughout as the lead was never more than six points in KCI's favor and in fact no more than two points for either team at quarter splits. KCI qualifies as CWOSSA No, 1. Preston No 2 and Guelph No 3 by virtue of their 74-57 consolation win over Brantford, The top two teams from the regionals advance to the all-Ontario finals in two weeks. also in Windsor " didn't think we were Despite the team's pleth- ora of hot outside shooters. it was the inside work of MacMillan in both games which boosted KCl to vic- tory. "We had no setplay - just to pass the ball to the open man - anyone could have taken it. I just told tDave) Christopherson and (Dave) MacMillan to hit the boards and stay away from the fouls." ' Despite his stimulating ef- fort. MacMillan said he was not at his peak " didn't happen often in Friday's rather sloppy game but KCl's Scott Hannah (45) connects with a pin- ooint pass to teamqnate Everton McDougall. going to get a shot away," “We're not playing to our Dougall had eight and seven - but it was our barn that go said KCl coach Jim Saddler potential, especially me," respectively for KCI. burned," said Preston coacl of the last second drama- he said. "We'll have toprac- Les Robertson of Preston Bill Hadley smiling weakt tics. _ tise really ha rd this week was high scorer in the game after the game. "We had no setplay - just for the regiomMs. with " while guard Frank KCI will have no eas Even more important was that the (Hi MacMillan con- trolled the boards. especial- ly in the first half against the tall Preston squad In game one he popped in I7 points as KCl easily got by Guelph 61-43 and he matched that total against the Panthers Saturday, Saddler was greatly more impressed with his centre's performance. Earlier this year he said MacMillan's improved play had helped the team immensely. and Saturday he echoed those feelings. "I don't think we took this tournament that serious, especially after we beat Guelph. We just weren't prepared mentally." “He iMacMillan) gives us the other dimension we must have tinside) His shooting percentage must have been great, and we also needed someone to re- bound because Preston is so big on the boards He took total charge in the first half" Hannah was next highest scorer with l3 while Bob Urosevic and Evie Mr- It was Sanfilippo's shot at the buzzer that drew Panthers to within 15-14 after one quarter and he re- peated that effort from eight feet at half-time to give his squad a 29-28 lead. Les Robertson of Preston was high scorer in the game with 18 while guard Frank Sanfilippo had 16. But KCI opened with downtown shooting in the se- cond half to score six straight. Down by two en- tering the fourth quarter, Preston went into a semi- stall to rest their players and did manage to tie 45-45 on Robertson's driving layup, Hannah swished from 30 feet to put KCI up 51-47 with 1 21 left but great steals by Peter Savich and Sanfilippo turned the game into a tie leading up to Hannah's bas- ket . “It was a real bamburner Notes: Hannah had 13 and Jerome Kerby 12 in Friday's win. "It was a lousy game for us." said Saddler “They slowed down the pace and our kids wanted to run." St Jerome's won the junior final easily 58-34 over Pres- ton with Roger Barbosa hooping 22. Area coaches were kidding about the Preston - KCl game being a Waterloo County cham- pionship - one year early - but it was our barn that got burned," said Preston coach Bill Hadley smiling weakly after the game. KCI will have no easy time at the regionals. Four Windsor teams were tied at 8-2 this year and all are re- puted to be powerhouses. Also entered is Samia Cen- tral. "We'il just go with what got us here," said Saddl “We'll also have the e! ment of surprise since Win sor Herman is the only school that's seen us"