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Viking Todd Smith drives the lane against Scott Curtis (5) and Randy Kipfet of Forest inergotjc T091318" Ily Pl Vikings goes high for a jumper while Heights Friday. By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor Forest Heights Trtr jans only got a peek last Tuesday of how awe- some Waterloo Vikings can be when they are on top of their game. Friday. Trojans had the best seat in the house as WCI submitted a splendid 'to-passengers effort to sweep their Wa- terloo County high school senior boys bas- ketball semifinal with a thorough 57-42 victory at lt_’s Vikings and CamerOn! ] The Witt. coupled with Vikes' 67-59 win in game one last Tuesday. advan- ces WCl into the County final against league-win- ning Cameron Heights. who disposed of Preston also in the minimum number of games. The final series is slated to begin today and win or lose. both Vikings and Cameron are guaran- teed a spot in the Cen- tral Western Ontario playdowns to follow. FHCI While Vikings' play was a trifle spotty in game one of the best-of- three semifinal. they left no doubt Friday of their ability to play high- quality ball both on of- fense and defense when each player fulfills his intended role. As expected, Mike Bielak and Fred Rede- kop led the points parade with 21 and 18 re- spectively. but it was the spirited hustle of the supporting cast of “The coach (John Zdrahalt defines for each player what our as- signment is." said the well-spoken Hall, who spent his floor time frus- trating Trojans with ferocious rebounding enthusiasm. "And when players like Tom Hall, Doug Green. Dan Fitz- gerald. Dave Light and Todd Smith that gave Waterloo the extra edge to maintain the 32-minu- te intensity they show cased, Tuesday Vikings were on top for only three minutes and spare chan- ge of the fourth quarter, Friday. they parlayed strong shooting into a 22- " lead after one quarter. maintained their consistency in the second stanza to lead 32- 27 at the half and then pressured Trojans into e" many turnovers in the we carry them tassign- ments) out the way we should, we win the ball game." Trojan Tom Oxland (12) defends. tWATERLOO Ctota0ttCcE.WEt2$0"ttAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1.1 - PAGE " "Tonight I think it was a case of the guys con- centrating more before the game than we did on Tuesday." said Hall. "And the bench really did a super job for us tonight too." second half to gradually pull away. The final match-up be- tween Cameron and Wa- terloo is a natural, since the clubs have traded nailbiting victories prior to this confrontation. Hall thinks Vikings 53-52 Game two of the series will be Friday. "Most of all I thinkit‘s reassuring for our guys to know they have bea- ten them (Cameron) be fore, we really think we can win it (finait. But we must play our kind of disciplined ball game and take their tempo away from them. We have to play it on our terms." win in preliminary playoff action did much to further wcrs cause.