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Richud O'Brien Chronicle Staff It started with two, went down to one and then there were none. That's how it went as both local senior high school basketball teams went down to defeat in Waterloo County playdowns Thursday and Saturday. First there was a meeting of the two teams from Waterloo as Bluevale Knights hosted and beat Waterloo collegiate Vikings 8&58 in sudden-death quarter- final action. But that win only kept Knights alive for two more days as they lost to the Cameron Heights Golden Gaels 64-60 in the semi- finals Saturday night at Cameron Heights collegiate. Knights were down 35-24 at halftime and hadn t even taken a free throw at that point in the game. But if things were going badly for them, the pattern started early when starter Harry Kempennan took sick and was forced out cf the game after scoring just two points. "We just didn't have the bench strength to replace Harry Kem- perman," said Knights' coach John McCarthy, "and they (Gaels) did a real job on us on the boards." Gavin Slethaug stood out as one of Knights' hardest workers and led their scoring with 18 points. Anthony Marshall was also in double figures with 16. Andy Zeinchuk led Gaels with 19. Brett Marchand and Marc Boterman each scored 10. Knights mounted a comeback in the third quarter, outscoring Gaels 12-6, but were outpointed 23-22 in the final frame. Gaels' coach Roy Dahl admit, ted he was concerned about his opponents from Bluevale: "After they beat Waterloo by 30 I thought, 'Can we really play with these guys?' We had trouble with Waterloo (during the season). "We kept out of early foul trouble," Dahl added, “If we press and take fouls, we're done." Vikings were simply out- gunned in their meeting with Knights, A -- .. "We played as well as we could but (Knights) have a lot of experience and height," said Vikings coach John Zdrahai. SUPERIOR MEMORIAIS FOR SPRING INSTALLATION "III Imam saw K DIME]! I" 528 Victoria St. N.. Kitchener (m Westo- mules) use]: LARGE INDOOR SHOWROOMS Knights trip Vikes, only to stumble But if Vikings were dropped early from the Waterloo County playdowns, they have more pleasant memories from their third-place finish in the Coal Bowl Classic tournament in Nova Scotia. Vikings beat Halifax West 64-60 in the third-place game. All told, they lost two of six games, including a loss to the eventual winner, St. Pat's of Sarnia. An rive Viking starters, Rob Bong, Craig Wicken, Brian Tan- Les Robertson of Cambridge has been named Conestoga Col- lege Athlete of the Week for the third time this season. The varsity basketball sharp- shooter continues to hold second spot in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) in- dividual scoring race. Last week, in two Conestoga losses, he led Condor scorers in each game, hitting for 22 points against Fanshawe Falcons and for 26 against Sheridan Bruins. Waterloo's tweens. juniors, belles and debs ringette teams will represent this district in the provincial championships to be held in Kitchener March 10-16. The tweens, juniors and belles had best two-of-three playoffs with London to determine the district representatives. Donna Ellen Trefunovich, Soprano; Richard Lawrence, Violin Saturday, larch 1, 1986 Breithaupt Community Centre Doors open at 7:15 p.m. Concert Starts at 8:00 pm. Admission: $8.00 Adults $6.00 Students/Seniors Kitchener-Waterloo Community Orchestra placenta Evening in Vienna Wine and Clheeggdljgps Concert Conestoga a gm. K-W f C,,. one o E Artisttsy A display of watercolours, oil paintings, pen & ink drawings and sculptures by members of the Kitchener-Waterloo Society of Artists, Thursday, 27 February to Sunday. I} April Opening Reception: Thursday, 27 February IUW Armtxsmgentre} Ringette with guest sotoists' ner, Greg Weir and Chris Coulter, were in the top 25 in scoring throughout the tourna- ment. Bong. a grade 11 student, was second in scoring and was named to the tournament all-star team. ln junior action, Forest Heights Trojans stopped Knights 52-45 to advance to the Waterloo County finals with Grand River Renegades. Trojans and Ren- egades will both advance to CWOSSA as well. A graduate of Preston High School, Robertson is currently enrolled at Conestoga's Cam- bridge campus in the Production Planning and Inventory Control program. Waterloo's tweens beat London 10-6 and 6-1 and the juniors scored wins of 5-2 and 8-2. The belles also needed just two games, winning 9-5 and 8-3. The playoff hopes of Conestoga Collegis's varsity basketball squad received a rude jolt last week as Condors lost two games to drop to 6-10 in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) standings. 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