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wuuttoo utmm - Thur-day. December 13,2010 - a Last one standm' g Q l O ' The SirlohnA. Macdonald Highlanders are the last unbeaten team m Sr: boys basketball By Boanmc ; it ‘ ' a, if. x t pass from his hard-driving partner. Chronicle W 15 ' . . ‘, l s 5 And if that wasn't enough to disth their ., ii if opponents, they switch it up once in a while hen there was one in the battle to be .... Q. .._ ‘ 1 with Ame starting to develop his outside I the last senior boys basketball team to . i‘ * , ' ' , - shot while Reyhani drives the lane. remain unbeaten in WCSAA play last c .. 1,5”.- Th.) . - » he, ._ ‘ ' That has made last year's WCSAA finalist Thursday. ? ‘ i 5 {a f " "fl Q a favourite to get back to the big dance. Going into the contest between the Sir 5 1 ‘ . , ' > 1 Knocking oflthe Gaels wenta long way in John A. MacDonald Highlander and the ' ‘ solidifying their growing reputation as the Cameron Heights Golden Gaels the buzz ' 551. team to beat. and they came out running was all about the Gaels who knocked off t" against the Gaels, building an 18-8 first defending champs Bluevale 5749 earlier in “ «a g, .. «- ' quarter lead. the week. 3 at? ’ Ame said that was pan of the plan * to The Gaels did that by holding the league’s ti? ,_-' . ‘ g _ set the tone early on the confident Gaels defending Mike Moser award winner for _ . 159.4 ‘ ' "‘ t. “ "We just wanted to stop them becausewe league MVP. Stefan (Zvrkali, to just 15 points , - “ .. r." _. knew they were hot coming off beating Blue- in the contest while getting balanced scoring "* 1; ._ . j vale," said the 17-year-old. “if we do what we when they had the ball. ”a, r?“ - ~ can do in our house, nobody can stop us The Gaels were looking for more of the u; '. , ‘ “We just wanted to come out with inten- same against the unbeaten Highlanders in . ‘ ‘ sity and execute on offence." SJAM's refurbished gym to close out the pre~ 4L ‘ The Gaels made it close late in the con- holiday portion of the schedule, ’ ! t test with a late three pointer from Cameron's But the Highlanders had their own _i L leadingscorerAmjed Osmancuttingitdown ‘ dynamic duo to throw at the Gaels in the 3: to two with just a minute to go. contest, And SlAM's Edem Ame and Ben J a ‘ 1 1 That's when Ame took over, scoring five Reyhani combined for48 points in the High- ' f ' . w ' 5! straight points before eventually finishing landers 60-53 win over the Gaels V . i “ \ 2" off the Golden Gaels from the foul line. It wasn't hard to spot the Highlanders go- i . 3} at 7“ H g , _ “i just want to do whatever it takes out to guys on the floor. They were both sporting 1 {if 1 1 5 “a: ,, 3 there it takes to win,” said Arne. “i just want- an identical pair of royal blue shoes, /’ _â€". - fl ' ed to win because both teams were unde- But even with those blue Nike shoes if! ~ ' ' ‘ I avg... he; feated and I think it made a good state- flashing like beacons. the Gaels defence had ,. ’ ' , ' {is} ‘ merit." no answer for the dynamic duo in the first ~. 1 f'. ‘ So do the Highlanders have the horses it L half as they built a 37-29 lead on the strength A ‘ ; ‘~ \ 1 ' T 1 j u will take to recapture the senior boys basketâ€" of 17 points from Ame and 13 points from ~ ~ ..._.. ’ a _ \ j " . -' l: 1 ~ ball crown? l Reyhani. '... ', 1. 5 " ’ J 7: ‘ ' t" Ame seems to think so. . “It just our thing," said Ame. when asked \ 451”... -‘ xxfia} 5T ' \ _' mi ‘We work hard and we like to have fun," l about the colour co-ordinated foot wear. 0 w? (l) a A ; g ' ”I. . said Ame. “If we can continue to work hard i ‘People ask us about it all the time. . ' 1, 1, . " = .. “at . , . __ f'- ‘ . if and we‘re doing what were told to do than "l “They ask us who’s Batman and who's g ' ;~ “' 1 f ‘. ,;- ys, ~ "gefi 5”: t H ! we'llbesuccessful.’ ‘ Robin â€"â€" we get that a lot. The answer is. it » ' “ 3,557 ”2-3: "" l , _‘ v. ~, j ‘. lust then head coach Steve Maloney ‘ depends” gmwi“ M f m ' \‘ . é; ” r} {1 g" passes by to encourage those sentiments. On this day Ame went on to lead all scor- g? f team 4?" if . “5 1,353" a “5th 9 152. . f if “ ' if “Remember to thank your mach,’ he said as ers with 26 points while Reyhani poured in if?" ~ £0 ‘ ‘ .. ‘ ”""- F??? T: 1 i“ '. Ame laughs 22points. “re"? ' "* “(if 70 4 if" . Ame; ‘~9’*"‘ ' ' f The only thing that could stall the l And they both bring different things to M ' ' . b;=‘-:”-"¢'~‘â€"’f'1""‘ .. . a I, "‘""":â€" at“ momentum of what seems to be a pretty ; the court. Reyhani is the outside bomber , xâ€"r-fl‘lfif ' 1 ' sf.“ loose basketball club is the holidaybreak. dropping three-pointers on unsuspecting ”4 a ‘ "f"? Those two weeks can ravage a team’s defences , \;‘,P 39* chemistry and it can be difficult to find that Arne is the bull under the basket. whose ‘-' it} winning formula after. heavily-muscled physique allows him to ’ , ~ But Ame said he's not worried. bring down the rebounds and go up for the \ “w " 9 “lt's just keeping up the mental aspect of put-back against much taller opponents ‘ . -â€" ‘ M .. the game." said one of the emerp'ng leaders The Grade 12 student also has a quick» on the Highlanders. ‘We have to come in ness that allows him to blow past opponents The Highlanders Edam Ame gets set to 90 into the heart of the Cameron Heights Golden after the break focussed and 1 think that's on the way to the basket. while Reyhani hov- Gaels defence in SlAM's 60-53 win last Thursday to remain WCSAA‘s last unbeaten team. what we want to do. ers on the perimeter waiting for the kickout “M ”0” “Keep working hard during the break.‘ “a. i Get your true custom > ' O K w ‘ . ,, f . ., . , made orthotrcs at K-W J ‘ * 1 5, . ., 5 “ , - f f . 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