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WCI‘s Twin Towers still have something to prove Jaan Montgomery making strides : Gavin Horne one of Canada‘s best aan Montgomery has come a long way in the six years since he first seriâ€" ously took up basketball. It didn‘t hurt that his sixâ€" footâ€"11 frame decided to take the journey with him after a Grade 8 growth spurt left him an imposing figure on local basketball courts. The scary part is the man mountain still thinks he‘s growing, and he‘s confident he can top out at sevenâ€"footâ€" one by the time he‘s done. And Montgomery‘s onâ€" court ability is finally catchâ€" ing up to his body. His basâ€" ketball acumen has come so far in fact that he will be conâ€" tinuing to work on his basâ€" ketball IQ at Binghamton University next fall on a full basketball scholarship. With the future looking bright, he decided there‘s no time like the present to add some honours to his basketâ€" ball resume. They came with goldâ€"medal wins at the recent WCSSAA and CWOSâ€" SA championships. Now the provincial chamâ€" pionships are on his itinerâ€" ary, and he plans to make his presence known by playing Continued on page 25 pronsmps are on ms 100CI~ t C 1 I presence known by playing * es h EC Horne and his Twin Towers‘ Continued on page 25 Jaan Montgomery is off to Binghamton University in the fall. | Gavin Horne will attend West Carolina University in the fall. Continued on page 26 Hawks repeat as OUA women‘s hockey champs e Wilfrid Laurier Goldâ€" l en Hawks didn‘t have to be perfect to win their second consecutive OUA women‘s hockey title. They just played that way, shutting out their archâ€"rivals, the University of Toronto Varâ€" sity Blues. 3â€"0 in the finals after beating the Brock Badâ€" gers 3â€"0 in the semifinals. "It was a pretty good celeâ€" bration; there was some real emotion after that win," said Hawks® head coach Rick Osborne. "We really wanted to take another shot at the nationals." And playing Mother Goose to all those gaoase eggs was recordâ€"setting goalâ€" tender Cindy Eadie, who added two more shutouts to By Bos VRBANA By Bos VRBANAC Chronicle Staff _ Chronicle Staff her OUA regular season record of 10. She was also named the OUA‘s MVP headâ€" ing into the Ontario Final Fout last weekend in Toronâ€" to, but said the award was more of an indication of the way her team plays in front of her than her individual play. "It‘s something that the team can share because it was such a team defence award really," said Eadie. "Everything like that is based on stats, and my stats are cerâ€" tainly what they are because we play so well defensively as a team." The two shutouts helped solidify the nationally ranked No. 2 Hawks as the best defensive team in Canadian university hockey, allowing less than two goals a game. It also means Osborne isn‘t overstating it when he calls Cindy Eadie turns away a shot in recent action against Brock SPORTS Eadie "the best goalie in Canada," for always being there if there is the odd defensive breakdown for the Hawks, like against Brock in the semifinals. "Cindy, like I‘ve said all along. is the icing on the cake," said Oshorne. "It was 1â€"0 late in the game against Brock when we had a player catch an edge and trip and give them a clearâ€"cut breakâ€" away from centre. "That was the one major stop she needed to make and she was there. You could almost see the sag in them (Brock) because that was their one shot." Osborne said it gives his team a lot of confidence when they bave someone of Eadie‘s ability to backstop them, as she proved in the finals against the Varsity www.rwwaterloo.com CLICK HERE Yolkswagen New & Cortfied Preâ€"owned Cars ocal basketball enthusiâ€" I asts knew they were atching something special when Gavin Horne stepped on the court for the WCIVikings. Now the rest of the counâ€" try is going to get the same chance, as Horne was one of 20 high school players selectâ€" ed from across Canada to take part in the Adidas Allâ€" Canadian basketball game April 16 in Mississauga. The game will be broadâ€" cast across the nation on TSN, and will showcase the talents of the athletic sixâ€" footâ€"seven forward who is off to Western Carolina Universiâ€" ty in the fall on a full basketâ€" ball scholarship. But before getting his name in lights, Horne has other business to take care of. He leads his No. 5 ranked Vikings into the provincial high school championships in Hamilton this week. And he‘s hoping to add another medal to the gold medals he won at the recent WCSSAA â€" and CWOSSA championships. Blues, turning away 24 more shots. They‘ll be counting on Eadie‘s dependability at the nationals in Montreal startâ€" ing this Thursday, where the Hawks are hoping for a finals matchup against the No. 1 Alberta Golden Bears. "When you get down to the nationals, there‘s always a little bit of nervousness," said Osborne. "It‘s always a little tougher to focus and prepare sometimes because of all of the hoopla. "It‘s really nice to have a worldâ€"class athlete like Cindy who just has total concentraâ€" tion. If we have any kind of a breakdown, we‘ll be able to bend without breaking because she will keep us in there." Eadie, who returned to playing hockey in the fall Volkswagen Waterloo By Bos VRBANA Chrorticle Staff Continued on page 26