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Winning the Central soci'oiii'ir',"a""i'oG",'io'lic'"ti', Western Ontario championship, the highest local award xenrer Cmdv Poag possible at the Jumor girl level So thev, without argument, l see Okay. throw out the pla are the best But you can t throw out all the When head coach Sandy deMontmnreney assembled her making Bluevale's season such a Thls was no ord nary team. the Knights It's an oft told story how they finished seventh In the Waterloo County " gue this year. and then went on to knock F,lrmra. Grand River and St Mary's on their collective fannles to wm their first-ever County title I thdn't have to talk to. or hsten to anyone All I did was pull up a bleacher seat and watch Gosh darn. Just when I get to thinking I know everything there IS to know about this business. someone always comes along to put me In my place With no shame, I adrmt I learned a great deal about the meanlng of sport m Its purest sense Saturday at John F" Ross collegiate In Guelph I can't really say too much about this collection of players. manager. coach and assistant coach. because I only saw them play three games this year You know the story Jumor girls basketball. who's got the time. all It is IS a hunch of females too young to remember lthe Beatles and too old to admit hkmg the Bee Gees, who flit around the court hke waterhugs and surprise surprise, even score a basket or two every quarter Got the picture" I thought ldld too Puhh Fat chance What I saw at .l F Ross Saturday made me regret that there Isn't 26 or 27 hours In a day sol could fit teams like the Knights into my schedule every week You can call 'em Bluevale Or you can call 'em Knights But whatever you do, you better call 'em champions Cause that's what they are. right down the line Waterloo County and CWOSSA champion Bluevale Knights junior girl basketball team proudly dis- plays the County trophy. Team members are front O-rl Martha Hobson. Les Trotter. Kim Crawford. Kerri Boehmer, Kathy Boehmer, Jeanine Rankin. Middle ll-r) are Jane Sdmerville (mgr), Patti Shane, Nancy Baumgart, Sandy Fisher, Kim Pong, Sue Diskic (timer). Top row (l-r) are Karen Snyder (asa't coach), Cindy Poag. Sue Munro, Pauline Droumtsekas and head coach Sandy deMontmorency. Way to go Knights! guess who Won? in celebration at Rick t1tttttttllttt1ll. She mentioned things like teamwork, physical advantage. dtsmplme. calmness and a Will to Witt as major factors liven went as far as to suggest that smce the school Is In the midst of writing exams. that Knights were so uptight about their academic tests they didn't have time to worry about their athletic ones Certainly It wasn't compltcated strategy that won ll “We‘ve only got about three plays." giggled deMont, morencv There was no one key ingredient m Bluevale's reelpe for success In fact. deMontmorency pointed out several as she. hke any good coach would do, heaped compliments on her players In perhaps an unjustified attempt to stay out of the spotlight “Another teacher at our school Peter Telford. always said he thought we had the ability to go all the way. but I had no Idea we'd end up getting this far," said the personable Blue- vale boss squad this year they Were all but a handful. rookies So Bluevale was at a decided disadvantage when it opened against tough opponents early In the schedule. and It showed in the standings But slowly and surely Knights put things together as a team. and only a costly loss to Cameron Heights In the final game of the season prevented Knights from finishing m the top four And of course. from that point the rest IS now history At courtsude Saturday. deMontmorency sat ttghthpped. a hint of a smirk showing. as she shook her head when asked If she thought her club could defy all odds and reach the end of the roundball rainbow “All we did was work the hall down court until we got It to someone In a good position to shoot," admitted leading worm Cindy Poag I see Okay. throw out the playbook But you can t throw out all the little things that went Into not of Jeanine Rankin Stamford North Park. success Things like Cmdy Bullseye Don/ha iusi love it" yatuloo Chrdnicle, Wednesday, November 28, 1979 - Page " “A bad pass. It's Just a bad pass, there's nothing you can do about It. so why worry"" said Saturday's hero "Besndos. we just play to have fun anyway '. When reminded of the play after the game. Cmdy Just chuckled diuavala's Kim Polo (45) had a key bask" lata in the championship gama,against Nonh Park. Here in first-half action she tosses a jumper while Lia Polyak of North Park tries to defend. But there was no hitching. no dirty looks no groans. no un- der-the-breath comments Ctndy Poag gave a understanding smile. so did Kim. and nothing but words of encouragement reverberated from the Bluevale bench as Knights continued about their husmess Poag's little clap-clap of her hands whenever she got a has- ket And Nancy BaumgarCs habit of tooting her bangs In the aIr after every play And Kim Poag's look of glee as she dramed a key late basket And Kathy Boehmer's embar- rassed look as she giggled after the 30footer she feathered In against North Park And Jeanine Rankln's “just try and lake It" attitude as she brought the ball upeourt And the cheerleading of coaches deMontmorency and Karen Synder, and every other player - all of whom played Saturday hy the way It's called spirit with a capital "S" But an Isolated play late In the fourth quarter of the charm pionship game gave the best Indication of why this outfit consists entirely of blue chop stock For one oT the few times during the day. Knights were havmg problems getting the hall to the basket and they lost a golden opportunity to score when a pass from (Indy Poag to her wide-open sister Kim was deflected wildly by another Bluevale player