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( BICYCLE REPAIRS | SPORTS WHY WAIT â€" DO IT NOW! The Bluevale Knights Senior Boy‘s basketball team felt the wrath of the league champion Galt Ghosts in WCSSA semifinal action, Saturday night. The Ghosts ran a tired Bluevale squad ragged downing them 68â€"51. The Ghosts were up 21â€"8 at the end of the first quarter, and were up 41â€"27 at the half. Bluevale never recovered from the onslaught of Galt‘s high pressure defense, despite the best efforts of players like Julian Radliein, right. Radlein and Thomas Hope had 13 each, while Reiza Khairullah had 15. Harry Kemperman said his team was confident it could handle the pressure,after facing the Ghosts in their first loss of the year. "They do a Bluevale haunted by loss to Ghosts in WCSSA semifinal hell of a job," he said. "We had spurts of hanâ€" dling it well, and we got spurts of ourselves from the first game." The Knights still had a chance to qualify for CWOSSA.They faced the Grand River Renegades, last night. Like most lads growing up Adam Duguay was enthralled by the acrobatics of the martial artists he saw on TV He remembers watching the mastery of Bruce Lee with fus Dad, and someday dreamed about pulling off some of the same moves. But unlike most kids, where dreams of karate fighting pass like so many other childhood fantasies, Duguay pursued his interest in the sport at the age of 15. And he soon learned it was about more than just fighting. "After spending a few months in there you realize how much more demanding it is than just fighting," he said. "It‘s a lot more mental preparaâ€" tion than most people realize. The level of concentration thats involved is just like any other sport that I‘ve ever been in. The 17â€"yearâ€"old flourished under the system, learned at Tsuroka Kai Karate Do. He quickly remembered the posiâ€" tioning and techniques that were key to mastering the sport. The Waterloo Siskins try to knock off the defend ing Sutherland Cup champtons, Elmira Sugar Kings in Midwestern Jumor B action tonight. The series apens in Elmira at7:30 pm . with the siskins returning for their first home game ol the series Friday night at 730 p m The Siskins will have to play a tightâ€"checking detensive game against the king af regulat seasom scoring Rob Collins. who won the league scoring race with 107 points. The Siskins will also have to keep an eye on Brandon Dietrich who was fourth in league scoting. The Siskins will be lead by Captain Louis Goulet who notched seven points, including two game winning goals, in the Siskins first round sweep of the Owen Sound Greys. Hell be helped by Kevin Jack who had a tornd first series scoring five goals and adding three helpers The series continues Sunday in Elmira, with the l_____________ Bb mt " series returning to Waterloo next Wednesday at 7: 30. The Siskins faceâ€"off against Elmira, tonight Within a year Duguay won Karate kid honored Siskins try to lick Sugar Kings Bob Vrbanac Chromile staff [ 100‘s of New Bicycles to choose from m# |~ 886â€"4340 his first tournament Under special training from the Sensets (Jeachers} at the club he was soon able to hone his Kada. a series of maveâ€" ments and techniques exerâ€" cised with specific timing, to a championship level "The idea is to learn how to defend against a series of â€" difâ€" ferent attacks," he said. "You have blocks and counterâ€" attacks to each movement that this imaginary opponent is throwing at you." He was such a quick study, he won his first gold at the Karate Ontario Provincial Championships last year. He was recently honored by the City of Kitchener with an award for his achievement. The Grade 12 Bluevale stuâ€" dent was surprised by his quick rise in the sport "I‘ve gone through preity quickly," he said. "With the time I‘ve put in I‘ve been able to catch on pretty quickly." At one potat he was training as much as four nights a week, for five or six hours a week. *You have to put the time in," he said. "There‘s no other way around it. The more time you put in the better." But he has also been served well by some natural talent Open Mon., Tues., Wed. 9 â€" 6; Thurs., Fri. 9 â€"9; Sat. 9 â€" 5 G N.; WATERLOO Â¥,, VFVAILALVAC ‘BRIDGEPORT RD.) . . â€" Adam Duguay that has allowed him to move through the progression of mulucolored belts. "I have a fair bit of natural ability," said the greenâ€"belt who has already moved through his white, orange and brown belts in two short years. He was also quick to give a lot of the credit to the instrucâ€" tors at the Tsuroka Kai Do "We‘ve had excellent instructors who volunteer a lot of their time," he said. All of them have been just great." The increased selfâ€"contrâ€" dence he‘s gained from the sport has also helped him in school and other pursuits. Duguay said he wants to continue in the sport as long as he can. "The saying is once you‘ve earned your blackâ€"belt, now you can learn karate." 17