ISports Several of the top high school senior girl‘s basketball teams in southern Ontario will meet at Wilfrid Laurier University for the second annual Golden Hawk Invitational Tournament. Competition begins at 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, with the last game of the first round starting at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 20, the tip off for the semifinals will be at noon and 1:30 p.m., with the championship game scheduled for 7:30 p.m. All of the games will be played in the Athletic Complex on the Waterloo campus. Admisâ€" sion is free. The local entry is Waterloo Collegiate, last year‘s WCSSAA champions, with a 4â€"0 record in this season‘s league play. Female cagers set to tip off Coach McGrane leaves Spirit Warrior fate in hands of Hawks ‘"Many feel the reason I‘m stepâ€" ping down is because of my confrontation with George. I have (Continued on page 41) However, it was no secret that McGrane and Spirit president and coâ€"owner George Burns did‘t see eyeâ€"toâ€"eye on matters affectâ€" ing the club, but he noted that it wasn‘t the reason he stepped down. press conference held in Kitchenâ€" Spirit to the Eastern Canadian Soccer League finals in its first year and was considered by many to be the top general manager in the country. It was the first time that an expansion club ever made the CSL playoffs. do:n as Kitchener Spirit coach and general manager. ; The 37â€"yearâ€"old McGrane, who er yesterday, cited family comâ€" mittments and travel time as the main reasons for his decision to step down from his position. McGrane took the Kitchener It‘s now a game of mathematics for both the University. of Waterâ€" loo football Warriors and their crosstown rivals the Wildrid Laurier Golden Hawks. It‘s come down to this. In order to make the Ontario Universities Athletic Association playoffs, one of the teams has to win both of its remaining games and the Univerâ€" sity of Guelph Gryphons has to lose its two remaining games. Hawks and Warriors are sitting with 2â€"3 (wonâ€"loss) records tied for fifth place, but only in the standâ€" ings. Only the top four teams make the playoffs and both are hoping for the other to lose this Saturday when they clash at Seagram Stadium in a 2 p.m. contest. _ (Continued on page 41) John easy schedule so far. The easy schedule Hunter was referring to were wins over the Glenview Park Panthers as well as Resurrection Phoenix, both without a win so far this season, as well as a lopsided win over the (1â€"3) Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Raiders. Count ln%h school senior football season, Wltegoo iking head coach Gord Hunter admitted that his team lacked experience and depth. Some coaches thought Hunter was either playing possum with the league, or under estimated the abilities of his team. Tiis Thursdes the Vikings are looking to Ea&l:‘- (0â€"4) Forest Heights Trojans. t was thought to be a rebuilding year has turned into the best season the WCI crew has experienced in several seasons. Waterloo is currently on top and in a fourâ€"way tie with Southwood Sabres, St. Mary‘s Eagles and the Eastwood Rebels in the Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Association senior footâ€" ball standings On the other side of the coin, it‘s going to be pretty difficult for the Trojans, 42â€"0 losers to the resurging Bluevale Knights, to get motivated for this Thursday‘s game under the lights at Seagram Stadium. :J:noblen; at the beginning c itted Hunter, "but we‘ mance of Rob Sproat, powered to a 33â€"7 win over the winless Resurrection Phoeâ€" nix. Jody Catalan added six points while Steve Dean had nine. However next week, in their last game of the season, Vikes will be put to the test when they meet the Eastwood Rebels, which :foru the best defence in the league allowing only 27 points so far this We still don‘t know how good we really are. The jury is still out on us." The one thing Hunter knows is that when it comes to handling the ball, he has a triple threat in his backfield in Sproat, Catalan and Dean. Vikings, on the threeâ€"touchdown perfor Prior to the opening of the Waterloo "I really thought we were going to have problem at the beginning of the season," "At the beginning of the season, I didn‘t Fourâ€"andâ€"oh! 5â€"0 (won/loss) when they take on the id ruast wouk o it 1 aubi'tiï¬iï¬l CHCI by 14 over RSS GCI by 6 over GPSS GCi 13, SDSS 0 WCi 33, RSS 7 BCI 42, FHCI 0 EC1 16, GRCI 13 BC1 by 15 over KCi CHCI 25, KCI 0 we‘ve had a real Bluevale receiver Litke (87) is interferred with Forest Height Tnhnlnmndwmmdwymdqu&omzt:mtm know if Catalan and Dean were going to be back or go off to another school. Right now, with Sproat back there, we‘re really balanced and have three guys who can carry the football." _ At Bluevale on Friday, Benj Litke showed that he knew how to carry the ball scoring three majors while Chris Branov, start in years Surprising Vikes roll to its best rolled to a 42â€"0 score over the Trojans. Pete Cudhes photo WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1980 â€" PAGE 35 Adam Hewson and Mark Merleu added satakis kicked for five points while Dway: ne Chris added one point. Bluevale needs to win both of its remaining games (KCI and Grand River) if it hopes to make the WCSSAA quarterâ€" finals. Tied with Grand River Renegades and Waterlooâ€"Oxford Crusaders with four points each, Bluevale has the smoother road ahead as GRCI‘s next game will be against the undefeated Sabres The Galt Ghosts shutdown the St. David Celtic offence posting a 130 win in Waterloo. Kevin Mellow and Trevor Humâ€" phrey scored GCI touchdowns in the win.