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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 26 Oct 2005, p. 30

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Laurier's Ryan Lynch breaks a big run against the Guelph Gryphons in Saturday's 46-27 win. Hawks cap off perfect 8-0 season The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks capped off their second straight undefeated regular season with a 47-26 victory over the Guelph (hyphens at Guelph's Alumni stadium on Saturday. The Golden Hawks. ranked third in the nation, opened the scoring with a 28-yard Brian Devlin field gun! on their first possession of the game, 2 ac'f2Ljt"' C'ii"gyr: -' Guelph managed to con- Iain the Laurier offense until 4:18 of the second quarter, when Golden Hawk running back Nick Cameron pulled down a 23-yard Ryan Pyear pass for a touchdown. stretching their lead m 10-0. Guelph pulled within three points when defen- sive- back Andrew Ooster- huis recovered a Laurier fumble. and scampered ll Continued on page 3t um BE new.“ PHOt 3 'j7i'i,sii'au'oiimmttt .................s11.91 mans" alumnus m ..../uiiiitirr':' ia'hwtttor Drywall ...............i.BT n-zoaas” Fiberglass Pink. . . . . - . $23.33} 'A2'ht4'tt%t' Dr-lt...-.-..-- FI-13x15” Roxul................- tAt'ht4'tttV momma mm Drywall $17.53 R-21x15” Roxul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $23.49 We Carry All Sizes of Drywall lk Insulation Moment Delivery Is Available * . . Just Call Us! ' , _ Siskins still looking for some pieces to the filll roster puzzle he Waterloo Siskins I are still struggling for consistency, after passing the quarter pole of the their 48-game season with losses against Kitchen- er, Stratford and Cambridge in overtime on Sunday. The Siskins looked like they were on the verge of salvaging something posi- tive against Cambridge after suffering a terrible 3-0 loss against the Kitchener Dutchmen earlier in the week, and a 6-2 loss to Strat- ford in the Festival City, despite a much better effort. Warriors look to repeat at Naismith Against the league lead- ing Winter Hawks, the Siskins used the big ice at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex lo build a 3-0 lead before Cam- bridge eventually tied it up early in the third. Siskins' veteran blueliner Mike Wilhelm responded for the homeside with less than t looked like it was a tall Iorder for the Waterloo Warriors men's team m repeat as Naismith Champi- ons this year with all five starters gone from last year's club. But Christmas came early for head coach Tom Kieswet- ter and his crew when first- team all-star Graham Iarman and fifth-year players Gerard Magennis and f Ihris Edwards decided to relum for the final year of eligibility: Instead of coming in as underdogs to the 3am annu- al Naismith Classic basket- ball tournament, starting this Friday at the Physical Activi- ties Complex, they come in as prohibitive favourites against Ottawa, the Universi- ty of PE] and the Royal Mili- tary College. SPORTS BY BOB VRBANAC Chgnjrle Srafr BY Boa VRBANAC Ch roniciftaff, Siskins' captain Chris Golem tries to get the puck out front during overtime against Cambridge. m VRBMAUHOVC Especially if the Warriors 4-l preseason mark is any indication. They've already beaten Queen's. Simon Fraser and Acadia in l [ilti)iEi5liiiri0ll] preseason action. Their only loss was a two- point barn burner against the high-flying UBC Thunder- birds www.vwwaterloo.com Walkman Mu t Urtihd tero.md (as Volkswagen Wmerloo - five minutes to go in the game. He kept the puck in the offensive zone on a nifty play and misled a shot past the Winter Hawks' Lucas Lobsinger. But the Siskins got a first hand look at the scoring depth of the Winter Hawks as Evan Zych tied it up with 2:08 to go in the game on a shot that got by the Siskins' Colin Way. Cambridge com- pleted the comeback when captain Cam Watson lifted one over Way at 2:34 of overtime. giving the Winter Hawks a 5-4 win. The loss drops the Siskins to seventh in the 10 team Midwestern Junior B loop with a 5-6-2-2 record, and had head coach and general manager N Kimmel talking about adding more scoring depth. after the game. "Theyie been big fac- tors," said Kieswetter about his returning fifth-year trio. Those veterans know Kieswettere systems in their sleep, and act like another set of coaches when they're on the floor. "V "Weye still a few pieces short of the puzzle here," said Kimmel. "WeYe still "The chemistry is good and the basketball IQ is very high," said Kieswetter. "We can make adjustments on the fly and do a lot of differ- ent things." While the Warriors won't be as big inside with the graduation of players like Mike Sovran. they should make up for it with their out- side shooting and quick tran- sition game on defence. The six-foot-thee Edwards has been moved up to the Warriors' front court and hasn't looked (ml of place averaging a double- douhle so far this season. In Continued on page 33 Continued on page 32 CLICK HERE

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