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"Witchcraft" Chronicle Staff A dash of buzzard beaks, a pinch of dragon hair, an optional eye of newt and presto, you‘ve got the two wildâ€"card berths for the Canadian Interuniversities Athletic Association championships. _ _ _ _ At least that‘s the way University of Waterloo Warriors‘ head coach Don McCrae described things Monday after learning Sunday night his team had been snubbed by the sixâ€"man CIAU rankings committee. Linked by a crossâ€"country conference call, the committee had the unenviable task of picking two teams to round out the field of eight that will take part in the CIAU finals later this week in H‘alifax. i "I‘m bothered (that we weren‘t selected) but I don‘t blame the committee. I blame the coaches and athletic directors for not being able to set up the process better. "‘The top 10 committee is just using whatever witchcraft they can come up with because nobody has given them any peramaters to work within. I think witchcraft is a perfect way to describe what‘s going on," said McCrae, whose Warriors were ranked fourth or fifth in the country for most of the season and then dropped to eighth after losing the Ontario Universities Athletic Association West final to Western Mustangs last week. UW finished with an impressive 10â€"2 regular season record. University of Acadia Axeman and Saskatewan Huskies were awarded the final two spots Monday, leaving UW and University of Toronto Blues out in the cold. Toronto coach Gib Chapman called his team‘s plight a ""slap to Ontario basketball." sefi ae o io o e e Prince Edward Island‘s upset victory over highlyâ€"regarded Acadia and Saskatchewan‘s ability to push Victoria Vikings to a third game in the west were also factors working against the two Ontario schools hoping for an invitation. t sds C s % 2 mt qo n i oo p A d oig OE bibed adutes â€" Alntsinriiienn tollntact And ol t dntci McCrae feels the only way the process would become valid is for each conference across the country to adopt a similar playoff format, with postâ€"season play coming to a halt for all hopeful teams at the same time. "Saskatchewan took two weeks to play its playoffs and believe me, they got full credit for the way they were able to advance. The same process in the OUAA took 18 hours," he said in reference to the OUAA West format, which pitted the top four teams in suddenâ€"death semifinal matchups on a Friday night with the winners facing each other Saturday afternoon. "Without a doubt, it‘s the longest onâ€"going shemozzel that l have participated in at the CIAU level." Western defeated Carleton 77â€"71 in Ottawa Saturday, the Mustangs‘ first OUAA crown in 20 years. Both teams will advance to Halifax. Whalers reach OMHA finals Waterloo novice Whalers have reahed the final round of the OMHA playoffs following a threeâ€"game sweep of St. Catharines in semiâ€"final play. _ Water|oo won by scores of 4â€"1, 4â€"3, and 8â€" 3. They will meet Stoney Creek in the finals. â€" â€" Wolves rebound after layoff Sean Hiuser and Brandon Dietrich scored three goals each for Waterloo in the final two games of the St. Catharines series and David Rudney had two. Richard Paquette, Andy Miller, Mark Rowley and Jonathon Tsai collected singles. Sean Richardson, Todd Taylor, Joey Costello and Paquette played excellent defensive hockey Waterloo major atom Wolves rebounded from a twoâ€"week layoff to squeeze out a 5â€"4 victory over Stratford in the opening game of Hub League playoffs. Matthew Clarke scored a pair of goals to pace Waterloo and Tyson Milne, Jeremy Snider and Paul Bucking added singles Assists went to Josh Hiuser a id Daniel Sullivan with two apiece and Keith George and Ryan Taylor with one each Season‘s over for Wildcats Waterloo Wildcats saw their dreams of an OMHA title come to a crashing halt this weekend, dropping a 6â€"1 game to Guelph and a 54 overtime defeat to Woodstock Jeff Kuchma scored three goals for Waâ€" terloo and Ryan Painter added the other two. Paul Hannoush, Painter and Ryan Ironside had assists Panthers go down swinging Waterloo minor peewee Panthers pushed Kitchener Chiefs to the fifth and deciding game Saturday, dropping a 2â€"1 decision in the series finale. Kitchener had taken a commanding 20 series lead before Water|loo rebounded with a pair of 31 wins to force the fifth and deciding game. Unfortunately for the Panthers, a successful penalty shot late in the game by Dean Bisson was the only time they could score. UW coach fuming over CIAU method of selection Minor Hockey Nick Mantzios with two, Scott Mitchell, Darren Michlik, Jeff Heinbuck and Chris Fiedler scored Waterloo markers in the 3â€"1 games. Bruins bounce back against Stratford Facing elimination in the Hub League playoffs, Waterloo minor peewee Bruins bounced back to defeat Stratford 8â€"3 Chad Ricketts and Craig Young staked Waterloo to a 2â€"1 lead after two periods before the team exploded for six goals in the third. 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