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Don Button Chronicle Special Waterloo Warriors would have been better off staying at home on Saturday after losing to the Univerâ€" sity of Toronto Varsity Blues 38â€"8 in a game highlighted only by misâ€" takes and a lacklustre performance by the Warriors. Warriors head coach Bob McKilâ€" lop was worried about the tendency of the Blues to explode early in the game. "I think that if we can stay with them until the half, we have a chance," said McKillop. As it turned out, the Warriors ‘stayed with them‘ for only three minutes until a 40â€"yard touchdown pass gave the Blues the lead. > Laurier running back Jamie Catton (24) searches for another hole as this Gueliph defender provided a sufficient detour during Saturday‘s game. _ _ _ _ _ _ Toronto was all over Waterloo both offensively and defensively and four minutes later were once again in the Warrior endâ€"zone falling on a blocked punt for the second major. Blues ended the first quarter, which they had dominated, with a 53â€"yard touchdown pass capped off by a brokenâ€"play two point converâ€" sion. Wes Olmstead replaced Stan Chelmecki at the helm of the Warrior team for most of the second quarter. Cheimecki went back in the game to start the third quarter and found Art Heier in the endâ€"zoneVor Waterioo‘s lone touchdown. ( UW outclassed by Varsity Blues Vic MacBournie photo The game was Toronto all the way and coach McKillop was underâ€" standably not happy with his team‘s performance. Heier finished off the Warrior‘s scoring with a two point conversion catch. Toronto added another touchâ€" down and two point convert and a single to round out the scoring. â€" **All we can do now," he added is to go home and regroup and hope to do better next week. We‘re going to give it all we‘ve got against York." The Warriors are going to have to do much better than the 237 yards total offence they managed against Toronto. UW played two good games against Guelph and Laurier before falling apart in Toronto and they need to regain that stature in next Saturday‘s encounter with York. *‘*We got beaten physically in the first half and we got beaten menâ€" tally in the first half. We got whumped. There‘s no excuse, we simply got beaten," he said. If the Warriors can put on a good performance at Seagram Stadium in the season‘s final game, they will do more than entertain the Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo‘s homecoming crowd â€" they will show that this years‘ rebuilding efforts have not been unsuccessful. Have to regroup, says McKillop Vic MacBournie Chronicle Staff Wilfrid Laurier Goldâ€" en Hawk head coach Dave Tuffy Knight walked over to Guelph Gryphon coach Tom Dimitroff to offer him the usual congratulaâ€" tory handshake after Gryphons handed Hawks a nearâ€"shutout 22â€"1 in Saturday‘s Uniâ€" versity football game at Seagram Stadium. But Saturday‘s hand shake was more diffiâ€" cult than the others Knight offered this seaâ€" son. It wasn‘t just conâ€" gratulations Knight was giving Dimitroff, but a good luck wish for the Gryphons in the playoffs. Knight and the Goldâ€" en Hawks wouldn‘t be there and no one knew more than Knight what Saturday‘s game meant to Hawks. If Hawks could have pulled out a win against Gryphons it would have been Dimiâ€" troff offering Knight the congratulations and the good wishes, but instead Knight and the Hawks saw their playoff hopes evapoâ€" rate. It‘s the first time Hawks have not made the playoffs since 1971. Writing is on the wall; Hawks to miss playoffs It was a sad way for Hawks to end the seaâ€" son after they shocked the Toronto Blues in the league opener. It may have been Hawks‘ wishbone offence that surprised the rookie Toronto team but it didn‘t fool Gryphons who gave up only a single point and a total of 244 yards to Hawks‘ offence. For Bill Byckowski, who has run the wishâ€" bone for his three years as running back, it‘s (wishbone) not the ofâ€" fence for Hawks, at least not this year. "It will work if you throw in some reverses and a lot of passing but you can‘t run it every time. ‘"If you keep running the ball you just run out of ways to block peoâ€" ple," he said. Byckowski‘s words have echoed through the stands and at quarâ€" terback club meetings all year. Without a good passing threat Hawks have difficulty establishing the runâ€" ning game. Defensive half backs have been keying on the run all year and can afford to neglect Hawks aerial attack to shut down the option Gryphons showed how it was done Saturâ€" Hotly pursued by a Toronto defender, Wateriloo Warrior quarterback Wes Oimstead scrambles for safety during Saturday‘s 38â€"8 loss to Blues. Lo Gueliph loss ouster day. *"‘There was no runâ€" ning roomr at all today," said Byckowsâ€" ki. ‘‘Our quarterbacks (both Jeff Maslanka and Mike Wilson) were getting tackled before they even had a chance to pitch the ball. I don‘t know if it was the line missing the blocks or what it was, but there was no where to go." Dimitroff said the wishbone offence is a real challenge to the defence. ‘"We â€" bent but we did not break. We let them hit but we didn‘t give them the home run,"" said Dimitroff. Gryphons‘ defence bent enough only to allow Hawks 238 yards on the ground and an embarrassing 18 yards through the air on two receptions. Byckowski led the rushing with 11 carries for 59 yards. Gryphon quarterâ€" back Mike Eykens passed for 297 yards, completing 23 of 34 passes. His main reâ€" ceiver was tight end Mike Hudson who pulled down 11 passes for 157 yards and a touchdown. On the ground Gryâ€" phons picked up 138 yards to give them 435 yards total offence compared to Hawks‘ Offensively Knight criticized Hawks for poor blocking. Defenâ€" sively he said the team did not take away the inside passing game. Although Knight admits there is no Bluevale senior girls basketball coach Barb Sjonnesen can believe in her team now. | â€" Sjonnesen knew she had a good team but she was never sure just how good they were until they stood tall against Grand River Renegades, the only other undefeated senior girls basketball team in Waterloo County and defeated them 34â€"28 Friday. It took an overtime period to do it but Knights vaulted four points ahead of Renegades with the victory. The win gave Knights an 8â€"0 record and left Renegades with a 6â€"1 record. "I think they showed just how good they really are," said Sjonnesen. o ‘"They played a really good game. Our defence played exceptionally well," added the excited coach in her rookie year at the helm. o Bluevale forward Nancy Baumgart led Knights to the win scoring 14 points. _ °> Pauline Droumtsekas and Cindy Poag both scored eight points and Patti Shane added four to account for all the Knight‘s scoring. Cage Knights league boss after victory chance of Hawks makâ€" ing the playoffs this season he says he will not change his offence. *‘We‘re not going to do anything different. We are going to try and right the things we have been doing wrong all season," he said. Don Button photo