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It's hard to beat a team when they‘re in the zone. That‘s what the Sir John A. Macdonald Highlanders discovâ€" ered when competing for the Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Association boys senior title last Tuesday. The Highlanders took on the Forest Heights Trojans in a hardâ€" fought battle for the regional title. In a tight first half, the teams traded baskets almost equally, but SJAM eked out a twoâ€"point lead to take into the break. But the Trojans‘ halfâ€"time change in defensive philosophy from manâ€"toâ€"man to zone surâ€" prised the Highlanders at the beginning of the third quarter. The Trojans smothered the Warrior‘s inside game and walked away with a 62â€"52 win and the WCSSAA championship. "The zone defence in the secâ€" ond half just killed us," said SJAM forward Justin Thomas, who scored nine points in the "We had a hard time playing through it, but we were up two at the half. We were right up there the whole game," he said. * The game remained tight in the third, with the Highlanders retreating from the post and relying more on threeâ€"point jumpers. Unfortunately for SIAM, the Trojans also got hot from behind the arc and the quarter ended with the teams trading longâ€" range shots. The Trojans broke the game open in the fourth quarter when Highlanders get zoned out By Grec MacDonain Chronicle Staff guard Darnell Garrick was able to blow past SJIAM and cut inside repeatedly to extend the lead. Garrick finished with 13 points. On the other end, the Highâ€" landers‘ threeâ€"point shooting went cold and a suffocating defence forced some costly turnovers. Sir John A. Macdonald‘s Dejan Stajic looks for the open man while Forest Heights‘ Will Bradbury defends during last Tuesday‘s WCSSAA championship game at Cameron Heights. es e "We went into a trap and just wanted to put some hard presâ€" sure on them," Garrick said. The Highlanders fought hard to stay in the game but were unable to come up with anyâ€" thing to stymie the Trojan‘s defence. "This feels tremendous," Garrick said after the win. "Myself and some of the other guys came back for a fifth year for this. We wanted to go out as champs." Forest â€" Heights â€" coach Cameron Thomas said the Continued on page 35 GREG MACDONALD PHOTO The Waterloo Chronicle Team of the Week is the Kâ€"W Lightning underâ€"13 bantam girls basketball team. The Lightning recently won the Belleville Spirit bantam girls basketball tournaâ€" ment. The tournament was their second of the year. The gold medal win follows a silver medal won in their first tournaâ€" ment earlier in the season. The Lightâ€" ning faced the host team in the finals, beating the Believille Spirit 46â€"24 to take the tournament title. Natalie Bishâ€" op led the Lightning with 14 points, while Blair McNaughton had 11 and Olivia Nelles had seven. The Lightâ€" ning‘s only real scare of the tournament came in the semifinals against the Kingston Impact. It was a back and The Twin City Jaycees have asked The Lions Club of ._ Kitchener to carry on with this important tradition in our community. We graciously accepted and thank them for their outstanding involvement over the last 50 years. The Lions Club EomfzKitchenef are seekng nominations for the 51st Annual Citizen of the Year from Kitchener Waterloo. TEAM .MGL Nominations can be Submitted in one ofwms. You c at: mmmm 4 or you.can me & of the nominees accomplishments C 597 King St. N., Waterloo 519â€"880â€"1828 g? 4 ag “‘ t# Déditetormm‘msis:wwh 17th, 2008 %ontact Charlie Davis (Chairman} 519â€"741â€"5795 WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, February 27, 2008 * 27 ONETHEWEEK | CHROMCH us 7 ed D m ~ ~ e Lions Club of Kitchener zen of The Year Committee .0. Box 1001 Station "C" Kitchener, ON N2G 4E3 o teVear I %@fi Lions Club of Kitchener forth affair with the Lightning down by eight in the third quarter. But they manâ€" aged to battle back for a 36â€"34 win with Nelles leading the way with 14 points. McNaughton had 11 points, while Ana Milanovic chipped in with six. In earliâ€" er action the Lightning opened the tourâ€" nament with a 53â€"21 win over the Pelâ€" ham Panthers. McNaughton led the way with 24 points, Jillian Reiter had eight and Bishop had six. The Lightning then beat the Peterborough Power 45â€"33 to reach the playoffs. McNaughton led the Lightning with 10 points, while Nelles had eight and Bishop added six. Memâ€" bers of the Kâ€"W Lightning underâ€"13 bantam girls basketball team, coached by Al Hachn, are pictured above.