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The Vikings kept the Call Ghosts' Ju-tst-saliva-ins-, Lack, inn Forde, in check Friday. The Waterloo Vikings did a little Ghost busting last Friday night to earn a 20-6 victory over Gall in the WCSSAA senior boys football champi- onship game at University sta- dlum. And they drdnt need a Ouija board to figure out a way to stop the high-flying Ghosts, who had knocked off the undefeated St. David Celucs 32-28 the week before. All they had to do was con- Iain Galt's outstanding run- mng back, Ian Forde, for four quarters by burying him under an sea of blue jerseys. Outside runs became a graveyard for the normally productive back, as the Vlkmgs strung out his blocks to gate him In. When Forde med to run mside he was hit by a few more branches ofthe boneyard tree. The Vikings eventually gave up a few big gamers lo Forde late In the game but kept the eluswe Ghost off the score sheet. lt wasnt until the lhlrd quar- ter that the rest of the Ghosts were able to mount a sustained Vikings win football title Bob Vrbanac Ckmmcle su4 scoring drive to put their fast major on the board. But it was too little too late as the Cum- bridge team already trailed 2ih Vikings head coach Bob Tay- lor said that shutting down the explosive Forde was the key to the Vikings victory. "He san-welt bui our defence did the job they were trained to do all week," said Taylor. "Basrcally we were trying to keep him inside and contain him," said linebacker Greg Steele, who also scored a touchdown on offence. "Once we gal him inside we got some extra help," 0n offence, the Vikings used their own hard lo catch speed- Stet Ian Logan and a couple of long tosses by serum quarter- bask Joe Stewart to ughl and Mike Salter to soften uperhd- mg Ghosts defence, jWe controlled the ball well, and we were well balanced." sud Taylor. "We took a iot of mm of the clock m the second half when we had to." The Vikings went Inlo half with a 17-0 lead With maprs coming from Logan and the bruising running of Steele. Kick; ChafGernme0 fin, Shed the Ctrst half sconng with two converts and a field goal. Gemmell also put the Gal nail in the Ghosts' coffin late in the third quarter hitting a 25- yard field goal to put the Vikings up 20-0. The Giiosts also dug their own grave with a couple of costly lumovers, including an fumble that set up the Vikings second touchdown. "In a game like this one or two turnovers usually decides it," said Taylor. "lt was an out- standing ' from the whole team from the players to the coaches to the managers." It's the Vikings first senior football championship since the early runeues, and sweet revenge over a couple of teams that haunted them earlier thus season. The exomsm started with a HO wm over KWIcrloo- Oxford Crusaders in the first round of the playoffs, avengmg the Vikings earlier loss agamsl the boys from Baden in the fifth week of the season. And the Vikings were finally able to shake me ghost of the Blucvale Knights last week with a 42-20 Mn m the semis. "Beating Bluevale was the best," said Ian Logan. "Knock- mg them out was great." The Waterloo Warriors' magic cnrpet nde to the Vanter Cup came to a crashing hall Saturday after they were upended by the St, Marys Um- verstty Huskies Il-iq lit the Atlantic Bowl, The Yates Cup champions looked good on their opentng drive tn Halifax, eating six mm- utes of clock before quarterback Ryan Wilkuasort rut receiver Chns Kretbtch for a 27-rard touchdown pass. A Tony Rtha convert gave the Warriors the early 7-0 lead. A hobbled punt by St. Mary's on their next drive gave the Warriors the ball on the Huskies Exam! line. The Warriors drove to the ball to the Huskies one bucwere turned back on two successive goal-line stands. The Warriors finally let the genie out of the bottle on the next play when Wilkinson threw for his rust of three inter- The Waterloo “kings looked like they wen ctoitw ing to their second consecutive undefeated season in WCSSAA senior girls basketball action when they ran into a speed bump named the Waterloo Oxford Crusaders Oct. 19. The Vikings erased the only blemish on what would have been a perfect record last Wednesday when they beat the Crusaders 45-36 to repeat as senior girls basketball champs. “No loss 15 a good loss but it was an awakening for us," he sad "ll made us realize that we have to Crght when we play these kids." _ Head" coach Doug Ranloh said the earlier 48-44 loss to the Crusaders was the wake-up call his young charges needed as they headed down the stretch. And fght is exactly what the Vikings did at Preston Heights last week. Trailing II-IO at the end of the Ma quarter, the Vikings went on a 12-O run to lead 2bll at the half. The Crusaders made II close in the third culling the Vikings kad lo 26-21, but WCI put ll away in the founh on free throws by Julie Devenny and senior gum Elms Kamphuis. v The Vikings git a big performance from Devenny who poured in 21 points, Senior Amanda kieswetter The Vihin P, Hint Kan hub turns the chipped In with mm and kate McCrae aided six. “a. on the Cumulus 45m Inst "aim"- Huskies nip Warriors Vikes repeat as basketball champs Bob Vrbanac ( Mom. le Maj} Bob Vrbanac C humid: Staff That goal line stand was the proverbial TSN turning point, according to Warriors head coach Chris Ttiantafilou. Chris Triantardou cepuons on the day The ball was Intercepted in the end zone and returned to the one, The Huskies went up 10-7 before the half, and opened the lead to 2l-7 m the second half before the Warriors got on the board late in the fourth quarter. The Huskies took the ball on the ensuing dnve and marched It 109 yards lo the Warriors goal to knot the game at 7-7. "Wtthout a doubt that would 181 King St. s., Waterloo Sun "t have given us al-H) lead and really taken lhe crowd out of the game." he sud. "it would have given us a cushion going mio that hun's den," Tnanufilou also sud that he Warriors were hurt by some questionable calls, "You can can sunieihing almost every play," he sad "h seem that every time we made a positive gain there " as some- dung called. “It seemed a lulle bit comm- dental that anylhlug long seemed to always come back." The Huskies now face Laval for the Vamet Cup at the Sky- Dome m Toronto Saturday. But the Warriors were still happy mth their second Yates cup in the last three years. "We were a better football team than a lot of people gave us credit for," said Triantaftlou. Trraniafdou sald hrs team enjoyed playing m the dog pound-like atmosphere at St Marys, but were disappointed that they couldn't muzzle the Huskies. EVERY SUNDAY, [0(le Hui-dam Maan ttr8. Sal Fb,