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ose expecting fireâ€" ’Porh between Waterloo‘s two high school hockey teams in the finals last Thursday weren‘t disappointed, as the St. David Celtics won a suddenâ€"death shootout to claim their first WCSSAA hockey title. One game up in the best of three series, the Celtics and the WCI Vikings were knotted up at one at the end of regulaâ€" tion at Albert McCormick arena on goals by the Vikings‘ Trevor Schutt and the Celtics‘ Scott Schmidt. A _ 10â€"minute suddenâ€" death overtime decided nothâ€" ing as Celtics‘ goalie Scott McDonnell _ and â€" Vikings‘ goalie Brian Munro put on a clinic and kept their respecâ€" tive teams in the game. Both goalies also came up big in the first portion of the shootout only allowing a goal apiece, with Schurt scoring again â€" for the Vikings and Mike Beach scoring reat expectations were et with poor effort as the Waterloo Siskins were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs by the Cambridge Winter Hawks last Thursday. Celtics win hockey crown The Siskins were one of the hottest teams down the stretch, knocking off league powers like Owen Sound in the final week of play. But the team failed to clinch second place with a 2â€"1 loss to Stratford to close out the season. That set up a much tougher opening round series for the Siskins as they faced the Cambridge Winter Hawks, the defending Sutherland Cup champions. The Siskins were unbeaten against the young Cambridge side during the regular season, but came out flat after winning the series opener 2â€"1. Cambridge won the next three games 5â€"1, 2â€"1, and 5â€"0 Siskins bow out of the playoffs SAMARA FPPDOOLS & SPAS 490 Weber St. N., Waterloo Phone 884â€"5295 Fax 884â€"8641 By Bos VRBANAc By Bos VRBANKC _ Chronicle Staff 884â€"8558 Chronicle Staff a little oasss in every backyard Both goalies were also stelâ€" lar in the suddenâ€"death shootout until the Celtics‘ Pat Carson, his team‘s ninth shooter, finally forced one past Munro. The Vikings‘ Brian Munro makes another big stop against the St. David Celtics last Thursday. for the Celtics. _ McDonnell then turned aside the Vikings‘ Brandon Maddek for the victory. â€" "I just stood my ground and waited for him to make the â€" first â€" move," _ said The Siskins got their best effort of the series in game five, but it was too little too late as the Winter Hawks won the contest in doubleâ€"overtime 6â€" A controversial charging call on Rick Huneault put Cambridge on the powerâ€" play to set up the mustâ€"win game for the Siskins at the Rec Complex. The Siskins‘ Simon Watson tries to put one past Winter Hawks‘ goalie Frank Doyle last Thursday. 4 â€" * Reemmemt "ly Game Af, One free kids meal with the purchase of an adult entré | YY IRM20KL D P V C Plus 2 free video games per kid 2 (or 1 Taj i6 To 10¢ Jome of...DONOVAN BAILEY, JARRETT $MITH, JOANNE MALAR, MIKE MORREALE, STEVE RICE, PAUL MASOTT, MIKE OSHEA, VAL ST. GERMAIN, STEVE STAIOS, MIKE VANDERJAGT, CHRIS GIOSKOS, JEN BUTTON, AND COLIN DOYLE *) KID$ EAT EREE It was the second consecuâ€" tive year that the Celtics‘ stymied the Vikings‘ playoff hopes, and WCI head coach Dan Rintche said his squad didn‘t get the break they needâ€" ed to make the difference. McDonnell after the victory celebration. "After that 1 just reacted to what he was doing." "We just needed that one extra goal," said Rintche. with 1:31 left to go in the game and trailing 5â€"4. the second overtime. That spoiled a threeâ€"goal effort by Siskins‘ captain Simon Watson who looked to have scored the winner 6:35 into the third. Cambridge scored the equalizer, and went on to win the game at the 4:03 mark of Siskins‘ head coach jerry SPORTS Every Wonday & "/ "Maybe they‘re just waiting until next week at CWOSSA to score some goals." Celtics‘ head coach Dave Beaton said his team was on a mission to erase last year‘s memories of a finals defeat against Grand River. "Our goals were set on getâ€" ting further," said Beaton. "We wanted to get to this point, and we‘re happy we achieved that goal." "We seemed to go on a tailâ€" spin after we found out we couldn‘t get second place," said Harrigan. "We never really got back on track until tonight. Harrigan blamed his team‘s poor play for the early playoff exit, more than on any bad breaks they suffered. _ "If we played the whole senes like this one, we‘d still be playing." 5 pm â€" 9 pm Vikings win volleyball title _ The Vikings‘ Laura Strauss gets ready for a smash at CWOSSA. r I Turnabout was fair play last week as the Waterloo Vikings upset the heavily favoured Preston Panthers to win the WCSSAA senior girls volleyball title. The Panthers had only dropped one match in two years of league play before the finals, although the Vikings came close to handâ€" ing them their only other loss in the teams only previâ€" ous meeting of the year. The Vikings were up two sets to none in that regular season contest, before the Panthers stormed back for a fiveâ€"sets victory. The Vikings proved that they also had that comeâ€" fromâ€"behind ability after trailing two sets to one in the bestâ€"ofâ€"five WCSSAA finals played at Forest Heights. By Bos VRBANAC Chronicle Staff WEDMNESDAY $ 2 (or 1 Tazitas ItlD$ DAY Trailing late in the fourth set, the Vikings‘ centre hitter Julie Devenny came up with two big blocks to send the match to a fifth set. And the Vikings‘ power hitter Jen Sulpher had three of her 21 kills in the final frame to help power the Waterlooâ€"side to a 15â€"10 vicâ€" tory. "We were the underdogs coming in, and we just used that to our advantage," said Sulpher. "We had nothing to lose and we went for it." Another _ block _ by Devenny in the fifth set was the deciding point for the Vikings, as the graduating OUA student celebrated her second WCSSAA title of the year after an earlier basketâ€" ball win. "Everybody just did their job today," said Devenny. "It was pretty nice I must say." Continued on page 22 H+1 10