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(Ivrkali had tee water in his veins that day long history ot pimlot ing some of the u as well sinking two tree throws to give his region‘s top basketball talent l‘rom Sean Van ,‘ ' . ’ Knights a 5148 mn “ l‘hey tame dose and Koughttett‘ ulto starred at the lliiit‘ersity of \ g I: ‘ . 5» got the lead down to two or three. but the Waterloo, to lbomas Hope, who went on to \ *‘ 5" . " free throws definitely closed it off," said the plat Nt..\.\ l)l\‘|\1(tll l basketball at Wright ' , _ ldvyearrold point guard who is drawtiig \ttittn the sthool‘s basketball stars were ret» f' ,. M interest from a t‘tillplt' of Nl‘.x\:\ Division 1 ogiii/ed \\']lll the .\lllst‘ Moser award for the * ‘ A programs areas top basketball player, . ’ ; " ‘ kor Beney, who was on the other end of .1 But none of them had a tlitinipionship .41 l number of nice dishes front tlvrkiily it was until the latest lilttilltllt‘ to Wlll the Mike ( a" 1 Q ‘ 34;. ‘ , all about stepping up when the Highlanders Most-r award Stefan t \'rkaly led his Knights :1 ‘ ,. ~h5§x£5Â¥ . were trying to shut down the Knights main to El 4"» mn over the detending t‘ltilnips Sir y ' ,. I A 115’“- » ~ , \("Ul’lnglhl'k‘dli lobii A Slatdonald last week at the ' 1’ . ’ J " . ~ K _ "They were overplaying (Ill so I went to (Latin-ton Heights gsntnasiuttt K. \i '2 - _ a‘ the to the top of the key a few times and mth ' - ’ ~ i . - a v. t “ ~ , , ' e- v t “l was inst proud to be part of the team . : .. l A: , m xâ€" , lSlAMs] lake Robinei detiding to stay lots I that finally did that said (Ivrkal), as chants ‘ v Q; 62-3 ‘v by A instdeaded l was going to shoot it of “M\'l‘ rained down lrom the stands ‘v I. .;..,. wot-13am . a '7 A few ofthose shots wentin soliust kept ”That‘s Just a t‘redit to all our playera who v 1 i y .. " ‘ . doing it" played zinia/mg the entire season and they ' - I My; \ For Knights head coach Doros l'heo- definitely showed ii lot of heart and hard 3“” dosiou it had come full Circle. He was a work in the end “ / l 1:51.. i' ‘ teammate ofVan Roughnett's on the Knights Cameron Heights was the site of much A\ -vi when they lost in the finals in the late ”80s heartbreak in the past tor the Knights, losing ‘ ‘ . - ‘ s57 and was glad that Hltievale finally had its a ilttllllpltilisllllp final to St leromes high ‘7‘ *7 . I \ R 1‘3. titlew 1k h A“ h l sc tool there in t to past - 4 1‘ c ' W “ “ e ta a otit it t 8 time tow many And the Highlanders didn‘t make it easy ‘ ' '( ' ' i , a 3 great teams we‘ve had" said Theodosioti, "In for the knights in front ot a pat ked gym split . ‘ f3 t a the last in years we probably have one of the evenly between siitiptirtt-rsottlit- two Water- } ’ ‘ ’v 5: highest thning percentages as a teatn in loo schools l V - ~14. ' '; WCSSAA basketball. [be two teams new tied 16» lb at the end 9 yaw}? “s “For 38 years} we‘\ e thought about this of the first quartet but liltievale took charge / x ’4‘ {it"gflrg day, and rwe‘did it With a group that a lot of of the game in the set ond with an 8-!) run ‘ t t t ’:.«~"L£’,~5'u,_‘”‘ " people didnt think we could do it With. But The knights extended that lead to 15 points ‘3’ ’5 é 243?: v x if p the IQ. guys and three coaches that are here late iii the third quarter thanks to the killer , 4 ' . " ibtkg» ’ all believed that we t‘otild do it ‘ tombo o1 ( s'rkal] and \ndrew Benev, who , " ' The t'hanipionship run Continued on Sat poured in a gaitte-higli Jotmints ' ,1 ‘7’ ' urdtiy at the CWOSSA quad A thampr But a furious lotirtli quarter effort by the v J a? ’ onships played at Hi‘Klll’l’f‘t‘llOn Catholit' See lhghlatidi-rs t tit that lead down to rust two ' ' ondary .‘vf‘hooL ‘ points Will] I“ 4 st‘( onds left to play l'hat's llie knights won their first (TthhNA title when (.trkalj hit a totiple of tltitt‘h free ‘ in school history by beating (,uelphs )ohn k tlirotts on liis way to an lHrpoint effort. to Ross 46738 in thefinals ll 0 theganie , Beney led the way again in the tlidlttpl ‘I wanted to (lo islittlt'tt'l it takes to Win." ' onship final with 25 points. , ‘ said! trim]; The Bluevale Knights Stefan Cvrkalj tries to keep Sir John A. Macdonald’s Brian Reitet at bay The win secured the Knights their first ”l don‘t i-wii lsll‘HS liHH main points l m the waning moments of last week's WCSSAA Championship final The Knights won their berth to the all-Ontario basketball thampi had and l ilont t an» first senior boys basketball title in 92th history With a 5145 win onships to be held Mart'h 8 to Marrh it) all V‘flANAt ”to“ l o o o k ‘ Discover the value of German engineeran _ Vol swogen Waterloo ’ l f ’ '\ m | ‘ «A /.A Q. ’ , - l ,W. you»: ~ : I a »â€"-â€"- i ‘5. 4 - ( I l ' t l A, - ‘- - _ v ‘\ _ \. ._ I e I (A 1- V“ ‘ e ' AV . ’ - I r t w 550 Weber St N Waterloo ‘ 7°“) "”" mo """" N“ 519â€"884-7470 sales@vwwcterloo.:om Visit your award winning Waterloo VW dealer now www.marerlooatom W 7 , M