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HELD OVER The BLACK HOLE TwoMM‘llO M.tt-t.BNet 29M STARTS FRIDAY 'THE JERK' my no”; By Rick Campbell Gimmick Sports Editor The only way Cameron Heights senior girls could have improved on last year's finish in the WLU Sun Life Invitational Volleyball tournament was by winning it. Gaels then had their mo- mentum slowed a trifle in the final when they dropped the first - 15-10 to Lon- don Banting. but then roared back to take the next game Isa, 15-11 to take top And they did. Altervfinishing third in the round-robin total point standings in the second an- nual Wtearn toumament at the WLU Athletic Complex last weekend, Cameron ad- vanced fo the semi-finals against highly-touted lam- don Saunders in one of tim semi-finals and schocked them in two straight games 15-0. Is-ti. Cameron Heights co-captain Cicily Steeb (14) Iunges forward to return a volley during Sunday's final match of the WLU Sun Life Invitational volleyball tournament against London Banting. Waiting to lend support are Steeb'a teammates Dawn Wéber (52) and Angie Kok (40). Steeb was named to the allvstar team and Cameron won the tourney with a 2-1 final victory. . (l. 7h au. lard Stanley Dining Lounge STANLEY PARK MALL One step up to top Cameron wins Sun Life Invitational The defending champs from KCI finished, fifth in ’point totals this year and so were eliminated from the playoff competition in the two-day event. . The victory was especial- ly sweet for Cameron coach Penny Kawalecki and her crew, most who were around last year when they were bridesmaids to Kit- chener-Waterioo collegiate in the inaugural event. Many on hand at the well- attended tourney, including Kawalecki and tournament coordinator Marion Leach of WLU were surprised at the ease that Cameron dis- missed Saunders, generally regarded as the team to beat even though they fin- ished second in point totals in preliminary play to Ha- milton Bishop Ryan. "Yes, we were more ner- vous playing Saunders than we were against Banting in Phone 893-7471 Licensed under LL80 the final." Confirmed Kawa- lecki. “but ironically Bant- ing was Just f' tough it not tougher. One we had bea- ten Saunders our kids got over-relaxed and played poorly in the first game against Banting (won by Banting 15-10). But in the se- cond game our girls realized they had to win to keep their hopes alive and got back to the form we. showed all wee- Raid.“ Kawalecki pointed to the depth on the Cameron squad as the key to victory in the final. which was super-ex- citing throughout and made onlookers regret that a win- ner (and a loser) had to be established. "If you notice in that last game I used two fresh subsi- tutes who both played ex- cellent volleyball. while Banting never made a sub- stitution. That gave us the extra edge. .. Banting had reached the final with a marathon 15-0, 5-15. 15-13 semi-final win over Bishop Ryan.~but didn't appear to tire mu! Cameron fortted ahead in game-two of thermal. Fatigue obviously played a factor in the demise of se- veral teams. All the schools involved are just beginning their respective seasons. un- like last year _when KCI and Cameron had the upper hand on ont-of-town schools since their season had already tinighed in the fall while others were just be- girytutg. v But Hui the alignment of the Waterloo County " Two Cameron players. Ci- cily Steel, and Angie Cavic were named to the all-star team along Linda Coulter of Banting, Lea Talvack and Kitty Krupp of Diana Cen- tral and Karen Ronsyn of Saunders. Notes: WLU coordinator of women‘s athletics Marion Lach, Sun Life rep George Rodney and co-sponsor the WLU Woman Athletic As- aociation'and its many vo- lunteers all did yeornen's service to bring off the event no tummy. Rod- ney indicated his company plans to continue its spon- aordilp of the increasingly- popular event, which ‘ac- cording to beach had ‘6 " firmative responses from canola this year! till the "We've got almost the same team we had last year and the girls we did add are all taller to give us even more of an edge" said Ka- walecki. ‘ At present, Cameron is tied with Eastwood and Glenview Park in the Wa- terloo County loop. all un- defeated with " records. tt available "That's why I'm so pleased about winning," said Kaivalecki. “We ha- ven't played as a team since a year ago November and played our toumament out of season. And Fe really needed the playing time sociation this "ear, voHov- ball hapbeenm red-bac s a winter term sport and so all teams were on equal footing.