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"If something was going to happen I think it hapâ€" pened on Saturday," said Hawks head coach Gary Jefâ€" fries, who has seen his defending Vanier Cup chamâ€" pions in similar situations over the last two years find a way to win. "Every time something went wrong 1 thought I‘d never see that again. And the 6â€"2 Hawks are hoping that‘s the last of the black cats that crosses their path after they managed to hold on to second place and earn the bye week to prepare for their first playoff home game the week of Halloween. _ "Then something would happen on the very next posâ€" session. It was just one of Te Wilfrid Laurier Goldâ€" en Hawks have never seen as many bad breaks go against them as they did in the final quarter of their 38â€"29 loss to the Windâ€" sor Lancers Saturday in the border city. The Waterloo Warriors defeated the York Lions 13â€"8 in their final OUA regular season game, but came up one game short in clinching a playoff spot. Queen‘s officially knocked the Warâ€" riors out of the postâ€"season with a 28â€"9 win over Western. The Warriors showed a lot of fight after an 0â€"2 start and the departure of head coach Chris Triantafilou for a more senior posiâ€" tion at the university. Fifthâ€"year player Drew Haynes recovers a fumble against York (above) to turn the tide, and Shawn Cowie caught a touchdown pass from graduating quarterback Jon Morbey in the Warriors‘ win. sos vasanac roto Hawks get chance to rest after earning a bye week By BOB VRBANAC Warriors end season on winning note Chronicle Staff They still had a chance to complete the comeback with a little more than a minute to go. Instead, the Lancers quarâ€" terback and punter Dan It would have been an incredible comeback for the Hawks, who at one point were down 29â€"7 in the conâ€" test. The Hawks had just cut the Lancers lead to three with 11 minutes to go in the game and were driving the ball again when the first of four straight turnovers reversed any momentum they had against the Lancers. those games that happens in sports sometimes." Reâ€"elect GARY KIESWETTER Ward 5 Councilior â€" Waterioo Gary Jeffries A03 Kane Drive, Waterloo Phone: Home 885â€"007 Thank You While the Hawks would rather have gone into the postâ€"season on a winning note, they knew that if they kept the margin of victory to 15 points or less they would have secured the firstâ€"round bye and homeâ€"field advanâ€" tage for the OUA semifinals. The other major consolation is the bye will give the Hawks an extra week to rest up some key injuries, including startâ€" ing tailback Ryan Lynch, who went down with an ankle injury against the Lancers Saturday after rushing for 30 yards on seven carries. _ He joins fellow WCI alum Dustin Heap in the injury "He just ran down and got it," said Jeffries about Lumâ€" ley‘s surprising recovery. "That was five consecutive plays where we didn‘t put ourselves in a position to Lumley recovered his own kick, sealing the win for the 6â€" 2 Lancers. "That‘s really uncharacâ€" teristic for us. We‘ve usually been able to close the deal." SPORTS _ Continued on page 35 WCIVikings almost pay for taking Bluevale Knights lightly The Vikings came into the game undefeated at 8â€"0, and on an emotional high after an 11 point victory over the previously unbeaten Grand River last Tuesday. It was the Vikings most complete game of the season, and it estabâ€" lished Kaila Montgomery as the league‘s best player, as she scored 24 points in the 52â€"41 win. u can throw out the -i standings any time the Waterloo Vikings and Bluevale Knights get together to rekindle old acquaintancâ€" es on the basketball court. And that was the case again last Thursday as the Vikings took on the Knights in senior girls basketball action. e idea that sports T‘r'nedicine should be available to the wider community was just in its infancy when Dr. Forrest Caldwell founded the Waterâ€" loo Sports Medicine Centre in 1986. Waterloo Sports Medicine celebrates 20 years of helping Dr. Robert Lee of the Waterloo Sports Medicine Centre sets the sprained finger of the Kâ€"W Skating Club‘s Victoria Maidment, 12, in a demonstration of how the clinic works last Friday. B0B VRBANAC PHOTO Twenty years later, and more than 50,000 patients But if the Vikings thought By Bos VRBANAC By Bos VrBanac Chronicle Staff Chronicle Staff The Vikings‘ Shelby Kurt tries to keep the ball away from the pressure of the Knights‘ Rebecca Moss. s08 vrsanac ProTO they would have an easy time _ Thursday in their home gym, of it with the 5â€"2 Knights last Continued on page 33 treated, the centre has become the treatment spot for local eliteâ€"level athletes as well as people who maintain active lifestyles. And supporting people‘s active lifestyles is the area the clinic‘s current operators, Dr. Robert Lee and physiotheraâ€" pist Randall Helm, said the centre will be concentrating on over the next 20 years as the baby boomers age but www.vwwaterloo.com I will continue to enforce my surplus tax policy to help with tax relief. Dressed like they were right out of the 1980s for the centre‘s 20th anniversary celâ€" ebration last Friday, the throwâ€"back gear might have caused a few chuckles ,but it showed just how far fashion and sports medicine have come in the last two decades. Continued on page 34 want to continue the activiâ€" ties they‘ve done all their lives. CLICK HERE Volkswagen New & Certified Preâ€"owned Cars Volkswagen Waterloo Campaign Oath #9: