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The Knights and Vikings battle for the ball last Thursday. And you needn‘t look any further than last week‘s Battle of Waterloo game between the WCI Vikings and the Bluevale Knights for proof. The Vikings went into the contest with a chance to clinch the league‘s regular season pennant with a win over the struggling Knights. e â€" title chase â€" in WCSSAA senior boys basketball promises to be a wideâ€"open affair. The Knights in turn had tumbled from second place to sixth with two straight lassâ€" But the Knights have a habit of coming up big at the Knights win annual battle {preploces TOobs By Bos VRBANAC Chronicle Staff right time this season, defeatâ€" ing the defending WCSSAA titlelists, KCI, in an earlier contest. The Knights made it two for two against the league‘s top two teams with a win over the Vikings on Valentine‘s Day. It was the Vikings‘ second tough loss of the week after dropping an overtime thriller to KCI Monday for WCI‘s first loss of the season. But Vikings‘ head coach Steve Maloney thought it was better to get the losses out of the way in the regular season than to come up short in the playoffs. __ "I think it‘s going to be a wakeâ€"up call for us," said Maloney. "We know we have Continued on page 19 Some of that playoff aniâ€" mosity was already evident Sunday â€" at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex as the Siskins skated to a 5â€"5 tie against the Greys to finish off the regular season. The Siskins‘ leading pointâ€" getter, the normally mildâ€"manâ€" nered John Thiel was thrown out for fighting in the third after taking on the Greys Kevin Volleyball Hawks go undefeated TeWatedooSiskinsnflght be heading to cottage country to open the first round of the Midwestem Junior B playoffs. And â€" the Siskins‘ most improved player Nathan Kloet gave the Greys‘ Tyier Michel a love tap at the end of the scoreâ€" less overtime that had the potential to spark of some postâ€" But it promises to be no vacation as they take on the Owen Sound Greys. While cooler heads preâ€" vailed, that bitterness could bubble over in the team‘s first game at the Bayshore Arena in e â€" Wilfrid _ Laurier Golden Hawks women‘s volleyball team capped off a perfect season last Friday with the help of a little homeâ€" cooking. That‘s been the recipe for success for a team that went 18â€"0 in the regular season, after outlasting U of T three sets to two last Friday at the Wilfrid _ Laurie: Athletic Complex. Six of the team‘s seven starters all graduated from local high schools, and played club â€" volleyball for the Waterloo Tigers. That Tigers connection continued _ when _ Dave Mcintyre took over the head coaching duties from Russ Wologhyn two years ago. Siskins off to cottage country SPORTS TEisnreThiiyiCentrie By Bos Vreanac _ Chronicle Staff By Bos VrBanac _ Chronicle Staff . Owen Sound this Friday, before the Siskins return home for game two on Sunday. With two games against the Greys to finish off the season, Siskins head coach said he expected some unpleasantries in Sunday‘s game. The Siskins‘ Eric Grenier fights off a Greys‘ defender Sunday. With the playoff seeding decided, the Siskins had nothâ€" Since then the former coach of the Waterloo Junior Tigers team has used his club connections to entice local players like Cathy Ingalls, Lisa Martin and Ashely Millen to stay home instead of taking The Golden Hawks finished the season with a perfect 18â€"0 record Friday with a win over Toronto RONMCH ing to play for during the last week of the schedule. Their only motivation came in playing the team they would face in the first round. We weren‘t as sharp and as keen as we will be next week," The Greys won the season series 1â€"2â€"2, and boast a veterâ€" their game on the road Coupled with other veterâ€" an players like Paula Watson, Nicole Paine and Hannah Snider, who also call the area home, the Hawks have only lost 10 sets all vear. HURRY Clearance ends Feb. 28th an squad that has four strong on the road. "Hopefully they just go out and play relaxed, instead of going out and wortyâ€" ing about playing in front of a homeâ€"town crowd," he said. "They have a good, experiâ€" enced hockey team, and we have to be ready to play," said The Siskins will be counting on their own veterans to carry the squad in the first round until the youngsters get over the playoff jitters. "Anything we get from the young guys will be a bonus," said Harrigan. "My veterans will really have to do the job." "Both teams have had their problems on the powerâ€"play, but specialty teams win hockey _ Harrigan said he didnt mind opening the playoff series "That speaks to the talent we have her locally," said Mcintyre. "And it all speaks to the quality of the Waterloo Tigers volleyball club, and how they‘ve managed to proâ€" Other keys will be to get some strong goaltending from 20â€"yearâ€"old veteran _ Ryan Baksh, and some timely goals from the powerâ€"play. "We need to get some good goaltending," said Harrigan. "And we need to improve on the powerâ€"play. Continued on page 20