' mamaomwwyzzmu-n l l r , O l I Top seeds continue to fall 0 Highlanders score second WCSSAA senior boys’ basketball upset over No. 2 WCI ‘ m boom Elm ' ‘ ' “ ' points from lacob Ramon. it was a (‘hrumrile ï¬â€˜i’l N, , ‘ - \ mews 1013 Of gOOd missed opportunity to contend for . m“â€" _â€" f. . ' , karma thereâ€" with mmwcssmmmm. ; he top seeds continue to {all M .t “a. them knocking of But it won't be the last for the ] by "10 wayNidv thanks to the ‘ is, ' ' . ‘ â€"' . . . . starting core, which features . s" ltthn r MacDonald my. W ' , Grand River and, then Ramon, Tome, Adam Mums, ‘ Highlanders ~ .. ' . . . ' toponios, Dani Eigadl and Mai- The SlAM senior boys‘ basket- m 5&5?“ Y , beating US. who Planar All ï¬ve will be back ballets scored another upset on â€N ’ “~ ff“ . ‘ f t pa, , y g . WNW next year and Nickel hopes their l Saturday. edging the Waterloo (“ol- -v ï¬rm?“ ‘., ’ \ “a“. -' ‘-" ' ï¬rm WClooach on theHighlanderx semiï¬nal berth will serve as a . legiatc Vikings 4] ..1() in the . in?“ J; -' "in“, ~ _ > ‘ WWW. w wassu semiï¬nals at Preston * v,~;‘,-‘~¢.,,_c “"~-a-..~ Otherwise. he was pleased with ‘ High School in (ktmbridge. M ' his team’s play despite missing losers of four straight games to " “W - ' f _""" we’ll keep pushing forward." Anagnostopoulos. their starting start the season. the sixthApIace m , Mindyou. theHighlanders have point guard. who was away for a Highlanders (76 in the regular """ b ' : beenhetebefore. volleybalitoumament. season) have erased the memories g i"? Q“ g†L - " last season, with three players “We executed our game plan l of their early season stmggles. win< ‘ if a“, r. ' 4- ~â€"" - pfâ€? on their current roster contribut- well.†Nickel said. “We came into 3 ning W of their last It games. ‘ . , ~' ~ *‘ ingot! SlAM'sstartingrotation,the thegamehopingtolimit Ben (Rey- ! which included playoff upsets of - _ .~ . , Highlanders were the third seed hani's) touches and we did that. l the No. 3 Grand River Renegades v v 2“ " ,. heading into the ï¬nals before a 58- Theirotherguys beet tut†‘ in thequarterï¬nals and thesemiï¬- "‘ f g a 48 loss to the Cameron Heights At the other end. the High- ‘ rial sinking of the Vikings' playofl , r a GoldenGeela landers were able to limit everyone hopes on Saturday. _. v 7 g ' ' ' - ‘ . s \& . ._ in 2010. the top-seeded Blue- but Ramon as the rest of the WC! They will look to continue their £31,155“ ~ » ’ - . â€"-:’ " vale Knights held off the second- starters combined to score 17 ; surge Wednesday at Preston High dktbg'g?“ ,' «f ‘ , . place Highlanders for their ï¬rst points despite leading 23-18 at ‘ School when they face No. 1 Forest rmfagggg , A ' ;' WCSSAA senior bays" basketball halftime ‘ Heights in the senior boys' ï¬nal “t ~ > °"'°""" "’ i “ ' _ ' championship. The Highlanders turned the starting at 8 pm. Both (mitts move . " f : t ' , ,, 1 ‘ e" in 2â€. the Highlanders repre- game around in the third quarter. i on to the (WOSRA quad-A cham- Q , †j -' ‘ ‘ 1 ~ at. . ._ sented the region at OFSAA as the scoring 16 points which included ‘ pionship Friday in Guelph. ' 5" , < ' r ' . £5: . _ CWOSSA quad-A champs four threeâ€"pointers, before holding l "There‘s lots of good karma ,, 1 ~‘» ». a, ï¬e," -‘ "'" =: Reyhani, one of the three the Vikings to five points in the l there A with them knocking oil ,--... , 1 y ‘ ‘ returning starters from last season fourthquarter. Grand River and then beating us,“ ' A1; 1 along with Theshawrt Barry and For that. they get the undefeat- Vikings coach Craig Nickel said. NA : â€471m .» "' . Turner. came back for one ï¬nal ed Trojans from Kitchener, who ‘They should give l'orest Heights a _ . _ '_}'_ 7‘f {ï¬f-ksf‘i: ' i “a; ,.,.... â€"- “a" a», .., kick at aWCSSAA crown and said eliminated the lacob Hespeier 1 good game." _. ,- †‘ "L" '†' g' ff: . ‘ " "f" 7 that was the team's goal all along Hawks 66-47 in the other semiï¬- Second-year post Quinn Turner t â€i. ' ï¬r" ' ‘. i “ii . despite their early shower. most- naL sealed the win Saturday without ‘, ~’~‘= _/ a ' ‘ ' ‘ (4,1;- 3 ' . ,r 7-123; ' ly due to injuries to players like Reyhani is looking forward to having to score a point. waiting (is ; 3 3“ ~ if ' .; _A Barry and fellow starter Connor another shot at Forest Heights, away a potential game-winning. ' L. , 5 J . ‘ a. “ ., 1a “ Bradley. which beat SIAM 61-57 during lastsecond shot by W(:I's Zach 4†v.*.jt:;r_ 7;- ; ’-‘ . ' ' “We still have some iniuries. but Monty regular season meeting Totzke. who spent most of the ' “f““ri ‘-‘. râ€"‘ti , . . it ‘ we‘ve beer; working ltarddlnI ptac- “We've already played Forest ame locking down the High- . . , ‘ tice and ocusing on e ence. andwewere up lSagairLstthem in [sanders top scoring threat in guard gfsnfncï¬gzgmï¬ngéfnmï¬ï¬hxï¬Ã©az mad†because that's what wins games.“ the third quarter." Reyhani said. Ben Reyhani. Highlanders TheViitings were up,“ 41 40mm AM said Reyhani. who scored seven “We had a couple injuries in that Nathaniel [illis led the High? ' ' WNW“, points on the night after dropping game and they came back and l Ianders with IS points, . 30 on the Vikings in their one and beat us in the fourth quarter. . Turner. a tirade ll studenl~ath- “The biggest block of my om. but at the same time we knew only regular season meeting â€" a “So we know we can beat them lete. couldn‘t wipe the smile off his career." said a beaming Turner. "It what we were doing. 56-55WCI win. and we’re going to come out strong ‘ face following the game. was very tense. l was pretty nerv- ‘Our goal was to win this and For the Vikings. who got 21 apinst them." J “ l sournuu onuato o i i |_| UIDATION March 30 - Aprll1, 2012 i l ;& U T E T . C3report Centre - Comer of Longwood Aberdeen, Hamilton ‘ i ‘ 1 , . Â¥ .- ; a . . - a . _ » 4. l‘ if» ‘ ’ “s? 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