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PAGE 24 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1983 Mark Bryson Chronicle Special That "little extra reason‘‘ can often go a long way in determining a team‘s success. Bluevale Knights‘ junior girls basketball team‘s extra incentive paved the way for their 41â€"29 victpry in the finals of the Central Western Ontario basketball tournament Saturday at WLU‘s athletic complex. The victory was extra sweet because they defeated the same Eastwood Rebel team that had beaten Bluevale in Waterloo County high school regular season action. Val Simpson and Lori Main led the Knights with 15 and 10 points respectively. Once again though, the statistics were not entirely indicative of the fine performances. Guard Steph Colmer played a key role in running the offence. On top of running the offence and setting up many baskets she also contributed eight points. Julia Neff was very strong on the boards and added seven points herself. Lisa Bater, while only scoring one point, was stealing the ball from Eastwood all afternoon and led the Knight deâ€" fence. Assistant coach Craig Nickel says that most of the credit has to go to coach Bev Hayes. ‘"‘There isn‘t any superstars on this team but coach Hayes molded them together. She spent many hours working on this team and it was worth it," said Nickel. Bluevale fell behind 8â€"2 in the first quarter before they got on track. By the time the quarter had ended Bluevale had surged into a 10â€"8 lead. They led 19â€"14 at the half. Similar to their morning victory over Guelph Collegiate, it was a strong team effort that was the key to the victory. Each girl played an important role in the game. Coach Hayes obviously saw something in the first half because Bluevale came out flying in the third quarter and built up a 34â€"20 lead. The Knights were content to exchange baskets in the fourth quarter and coasted to the victory. The senior finals saw North Park of Brantford defeat Kitchener‘s St. Mary‘s Blues 68â€"42. North Park reached the finals by defeating Waterloo collegiate 59â€"43 in the semiâ€"finals. Whoever said that a good team effort would beat a team of individuals anyday was proven correct in the junior semiâ€"finals when BCI handled Gueliph collegiate 52â€"38. Bluevale coach Hayes was full of praise after the game. ‘"I am so proud of the whole team. After a game like that it is not fair to single out key players. They all played so well." ' In parts of the first half it appeared that neither team wanted to win. It looked as though both teams were over anxious and the amount of turnovers reflected this. The m** ’ In the second quarter, Waterloo \ CR o centre Andrea Prescott started to . * e‘ shine and had some people believâ€" t M ing that a comeback might be y A e y 044 i possible. Everything she threw up eC f * se« Tuhice frng > :3 went in and the Vikings closed the * Kiiige ‘<Â¥ > MB A h gap to 27â€"19 at halftime. ‘The look® of disappointment is evident on the faces of WCI Vikings after their _ Despite her scoring heroics, courageous comeback fell short in CWOSSA senior semifinal action. Mark Bryson photo _ PTeSCOtt also got four fouls in the That little extra motivation paves way for champion Knights Vikings dig too deep a hole in semifinal CWOSSA loss *‘I told the girls during halftime that they would have to tighten up the zone defensively. We put two girls deep as safeties to stop their fast break. Offensively we tried to spread their zone and get the ball inside", said Hayes. _ The strategy paid off well. Julia Neff was strong on the boards as she pulled down offensive rebounds as though there was no one near her. She also accounted for eight points. Val Simpson began to control the tempo of the game in the fourth quarter and her fine ball control caused Guelph to take numerous bad fouls. She was responsible for setting up many of Bluevale‘s baskets in their strong fourth quarter. Steph Colmer led all scorers with 18 points. The other semi final saw Eastwood defeat St. John‘s of Brantford 58â€"51. It wasn‘t the same Bluevale team that came out for the second half, however. The rejuvenated Knights were simply too much for Guelph. Knights led 21â€"20 at halftime The eyes have it as Bluevale‘s Stephanie Colmer (21) waits for a rebound in CWOSSA action Saturday. Knights swept past Guelph collegiate and then upended Eastwood in the tourney final. Mark Bryson photo Mark Bryson Chronicle Special Someone should have told Waâ€" terloo Collegiate Vikings senior girls basketball team that there are four quarters in a basketball game. After a disastrous first quarter the Vikings faced an impossible task in their 59â€"43 loss to North Park Collegiate Saturday in CWOSSA semifimal action at Wilâ€" frid Laurier athletic complex. Vikings fell behind 20â€"2 in the first quarter armd were never in the game after that. They fell prey to North Park‘s fast break early and by the time they figured it out it was too late. Bluevale junior Knights, coached by Bev Hayes and assistant Craig Nickel, capped off a tremendous season by winning the CWOSâ€" SA championships Saturday at WLU. By the time the fourth quarter came Waterloo had thrown caution to the wind and played some good offensive basketball. However, this made it easy for North Park as they reâ€"established their run and gun offence. first half and spent the third quarter on the bench. North Park took advantage of the situation and regained their large lead. Despite the lobsided score, Prescott felt the game was much closer than the score would indicate. ‘"‘The first quarter killed us. Their fast break was working and we weren‘t. I took a lot of bad fouls. I think things could have been different," said Prescott. Vikings qualified for the finals of the Central Western Ontario playoffs by finishing runner up in the Waterioo County high school Vikings also got strong perforâ€" mances from Holly Border and Laurie Green who both scored six points. Prescott led all scorers with 29 points. championships . Mark Bryson photo