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â€"Sport Waterioo Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Staff Waterloo Siskins are playing better hockey these days and their losing streak appears to be a thing of the past. _ ifi*ii?y“fiéé“l&s?i&dr' straight before Christmas, but that‘s all but forgotten since they‘ve rebounded with six straight wins, excluding their game in Kitchener Tuesday night. |______ _ | _ In: &’omg So. they made a sec'ond"place finish in the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League a virtual certainty. ____ Sunday nighf at the Waterloo arena, Siskins won 7â€"4 over Cambridge Winter Hawks, a team they‘ve often gone into overtime against in the past. e wUl“n“ti;avrohe':;\'i'rlie'rwgames this week, Siskins beat Listowel Cyclones 7â€"1 in Listowel and won 6â€"4 over Elmira Sugar Kings last Wednesday. "We‘ve been working hard in practice and going with a serious attitude," said Siskins coach Ross Yantzi. "Our goaltenders are playing well again. When we were losing our goalies weren‘t coming up with the big saves." Siskins hurt themselves in the first period of Sunday‘s game, giving up goals on breakaways to Jeff Neumann and Landry Smith of the Winter Hawks as the first frame ended in a 2â€"2 tie. "I thought we‘ve played better first periods before," said Yantzi. But Siskins got out of the period tied 2â€"2 and built up a commanding lead before Tim Karges scored the final two goals for Cambridge. Karges also assisted on the earlier goals. _ Steve Aebersold scored twice for Siskins, who had single goals from Scott McCulloch, Dominic Niro, Dean DeSilva, Bill Kuchma and Jeff Sittler. â€" Yantzi singled out the performance of defenceman Dale Roth in Sunday‘s game. Roth had been advancing on attacking forwards in the centre ice area to take away their room to skate. _ _ o ‘"He (Roth) is playing very well for us," said Yantzi. "He‘s gaining confidence in himself." â€" ‘Yantzxsmgled out several players for their improved play and heading the list was Roger Carlaw. s We Carlaw did not score in Sunday‘s contest, but he had one of Siskins‘ goals Friday night in Listowel while McCulloch and Greg Munroe each scored twice. Aebersold and Niro also had single goals., Siskins had a record of 24â€"10â€"0 going into Tuesday night‘s game with Kitchener Ranger B‘s. Stratford Cullitons, meanwhile, remain runaway leaders in first place at 31â€"2â€"0. Siskian ~travel to Stratford i"riday for the secondâ€"last meeting between the two teams in the regular seasons. Then on Saturday Siskins host Elmira Sugar Kings at 7 p.m. at the Waterioo arena. Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Staff Knights had no trouble defeating Renegades, a game but less experienced team from Grand River collegiate, 81â€"31 last Thursday at Bluevale. Waterâ€" loo collegiate Vikings had a bye that same eveâ€" ning. Bluevale basketball Knights have come to play in the New Year and the score of their first Waterloo County high school game in 1986 speaks for itself. Over the weekend, Knights won the fourth annual Preston Panthers invitational tournament with a 72â€"57 victory over Owen Sound West Hill in the championship game. Knights had beaten Eastwood Rebels 43â€"42 in the semiâ€"finals after winning 53â€"46 over Windsor Walkersville in their opener. A previous meeting between Knights and Renâ€" egades had ended with Knights winning by a considerably smaller margin of victory but they showed no mercy this time. Knights coach John McCarthy noted that Renâ€" egades used everybody in their lineup to give young players experience. All the same he also noted that his own players played with a great deal of intensity. Inexperienced Renegades no match for Knights in high school action Losing streak is replaced by winning streak Siskins get their act together ‘"When we played before they (Renegades) had a good game plan and created a lot of trouble for us,"" said McCarthy, "but when don‘t worry about the score and just go out and do what we‘re supposed to do the score will take care of itsalf. Rob Drasdo led Knights with a game high 29 points that went together with an equally fine defensive effort. Steve Seibert added 11, one more than Harry Kemperman. Frank Brown scored 12 for Renegades. Drasdo scored 17 points in the championship game of the Panther tournament and was named MVP of the event while teammate Tony Marshall was one of the allâ€"stars. Knights have a long break in their schedule due to exam time for semestered schools and Vikings have a bye on Friday. "Our pressure defence creates a lot of problems for inexperienced teams and its nice to see them do something with them;,." The semiâ€"final game went right down to the wire with Andy Hofer scoring the winning two points with 40 seconds remaining. Knights defended well after that to. secure victory and only allowed Rebels a 25â€"foot shot at the final buzzer. Scott Biggs of the Waterloo Siskins gets an arm up to ward off a high stick from Andy Stephenson of the Cambridge Winter Hawks. Richard O‘ ‘Brien photo WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Tough weekend for hockey and basketball Warriors Dennis Wygle, Steve Linesman, Neil Cameron and and Jamie McKee scored for Warriors. The basketball Warriors, unimpressive in a 78â€"70 win over Guelph Gryphons at home last Wednesday, dropped from eighth to ninth in national rankings with a 78â€"77 loss to Windsor Lancers Saturday in Windsor. In the loss in Windsor, Warriors blew a 17â€"point firstâ€"half lead and only made 21 of 40 free throws. Peter Savich led Warriors with 26 points and Paul Boyce had 16, one more than Randy Norris. Matt St. Louis led Lancers with 20 and Carlo Bonifero added 18. "‘Twentyâ€"one of forty free throws speaks for itself," said basketball coach Don McCrae." Actually, it was more like 21 {orâ€"45 if you include the missed bonuses."‘ e University of Waterloo Warriors hockey and basketball teams had something unpleasant in common over the weekend as they went down to defeat in their Ontario Universities Athletic Association games. The hockey Warriors fared no better over the weekend in Kingston, losing 5â€"4 to Queen‘s Golden Gaels and 10â€"6 to Royal Military College Redmen. Now 9â€"4â€"1, Warriors have given up first place to York Yeomen (10â€"3â€"1). _ * _ The hockey Warriors returned from the Christmas break to take a 2â€"1 lead over Golden Gaels in the first period on Saturday, but the lead didn‘t last. o _ _ Rob Froese scored 21 in the win over Gryphons and Savich added 19 while Boyce netted 15. â€" â€" â€" Warrior hockey coach Don McKee was unhappy with the refereeing in Kingston but he was also unhappy with the effort put out by some of his players. He says some will be suspended when Warriors host University of Toronto Blues Sunday at 1: 30 at Columbia Icefield but he declined to name them on Tuesday. The basketball Warriors will host Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks tonight at 8. Friday, they host York Yeomen in the Mike Moser game. 15, 1986 â€"â€" PAGE 19