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But a string of misâ€" fortune capped by Talaj‘s 20â€"footer off a jump ball scramble shut the lights out on Titan hopes for a reâ€" peat performance of last year. It was cerâ€" tainly one of those conâ€" tests where neither The bucket marred an incredible comeâ€" back by Titans in the superblyâ€"executed conâ€" test that allowed them to overcome a 15â€"point deficit at the half and rally for a fiveâ€"point lead with as little as 1: 39 remaining. Competing in the Inâ€" termediates in St. Catharines as top seed, Titans made their way to the finals with easy wins over Woodstock and Burlington, but hopes of a successful defense were dashed in the championship game when Toronto Drifters got a basket from former UW Warâ€" rior Ed Talaj; in the final three seconds to win 79â€"77. the end as they lost their Ontario Amateur Basketball Association Intermediate champiâ€" onship by the narâ€" rowest of margins Satâ€" urday. They faced adversity bravely, but it still didn‘t help Kâ€"W Mr. Stereo Titans much in Waterloo Minor Baseball Association peewee allâ€"star tryouts are slated to commence Saturâ€" day at Moses Springer Arena. Practice time is 3â€"4 p.m. all peeweeâ€"aged players are welcome to try out. Brave Titans fail in bid to defend MEMBER OF LANDSCAPE ONTARIO EST ‘75 GOV‘T LIC Service â€" Results â€" Satistaction A resident of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo for over 25 years Peewee tryouts Saturday e WEED CONTROL e INSECT CONTROL e CRABGRASS CONTROL e FERTILIZING COMPLETE LAWN PROGRAM TEFANSON LAWN PRA Y 884â€"3498 APPLICATION LAWN PROGRAM ASK ABOUT OUR CALL TODAY Waterioo And that is exactly what Mr. Stereo did, outscoring the Toronto club 31â€"10 at the start of the second half to take a sixâ€"point lead. That margin rolled back and forth until the final minutes of misfortune culminating in Talaj‘s basket. "I took the ball right from the net and looked up at the clock and saw there was only three ‘"In my opinion at least, that‘s the best game played in Ontario this year, including university," said Titan playingâ€"coach Mike Visser. "It was just so wellâ€"pilayed, not many mistakes at all (under 20 turnovers total) and the tempo changes made it just a super game to be in, or to watch." *‘*We decided at our halftime meeting that if any team could come back against the Drifters we could,"‘ said Visser. On their own merit, Drifters went up big in the first half to put Titans in a position they have rarely been in this year. They could have easily folded, but didn‘t, which was at least some consolation in the overâ€"all analyâ€" sis. team deserved to lose. Intermediate cage tourney seconds remaining," diagrammed Visser verbally. "1 wheeled and threw a baseball pass to Les Robertson on the run and he put up a shot that went around the rim and out â€" and that was it." 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