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The St. John's Green Eagles , ’_ as 2.25% beat the Assumption College Lions " ' in their Brant County qualifier. £19.: Sir lohn A. Macdonald. Water- I... ”a“ loo and Grand River are competing 5" _ . ~' .55 In; for spots in the junior boys tourna- " a“: ,. ”a" g , , . g .. ‘_ “#M‘& I; 3.3 ment. while Kitchener~Waterloo 9:. 1., ’“ ‘ W L 5| ' g. 3'}? "Y ' c 3'7 «Vic: ’ a. ' Collegiate is playing exhibition MWWWW .. 33"“ . . Waterloo Viki rd Zach Totzke. right. drives past John Efechoobor of . (heffigrlt‘foaglf‘;:anISRS’SQfX the Bluevale Knra‘gfigrouke had 14 points and Dani Elgadi added 24 as ch. Your conversation begins at MSCU. teams competing in volleyball. will]? a?“ hm CWOSSA quahfie' 6‘ 29‘ Efechaobor led Bluevale WW 6.1401, M 6% mt. Waterloo Collegiate teams faced WWW .. Southwood and SIAM in girls and boys curling respectively last Fri- Zach Totzke‘s 14. the Vikings pulled ‘lt's a last-case scenario for day at Westrnount Golf and Coun- away in the second half of a 61-29 most of our guys,” said Elgadi. a ,3 g __ “Ashley try Club in Kitchener. victory over the Knights. John one-sport standout who hopes to '38,] There is little room for error as a Efechaobor had 12 points and Savo play at the CIS level next season. * ,7 . ‘*’-' you. WWW result. ijisnik had eight for the Knights. "l'm looking to go to the next level. ‘ ' “ ' l d All four senior basketball teams There is a reason for the lack of Basketball is my lifeâ€" my bean and I 0C8 I secure I trUSte play qualifying games against each rust. though. The Vikings have still soul â€" and I practice every day at it. other. which wrap up Thursday managed to play some tournament “So it's Exciting to be back.” a when Waterloo hosts Grand River and exhibition games since the St. MaryssweepcDodtla m. and Eastwood visits Bluevale at Ontario Secondary School Teach~ The Sc Mary's Eagles swept the k} 3’ 3:30 pm. Grand River and Water- ers' Federation requested mem~ District 8 senior and junior boys loo got a head-start last Thursday bers refrain from assisting in extra» basketball titles last Friday at the with wins over Eastwood and Blue curricular activities in December. University ofWaterloo. - vale respectively. Later that month. the Vikings The senior Eagles held olfa per- But something is better than took part in a tournament in Ari- sistent Resurrection Phoenix team nothing as far as Elgadi is con- zona. a trip that was booked and 5760 after St. Mary’s won both reg- - corned, even though his Vikings paid for before ()SSTF labour ular season gamesbymorethan30 were one of the favoured local action in protest of the provincial pointsin each meeting. . a ~ 7 ; .9 . teams heading into the 2012-13 government's Bill ll5, which has St, Mary‘s advances f0 this ' . . . ll ' i ’ ’ season. since been repealed. weekend's (Ni/088A Quad>A quali- \ , . “We have two-plus players who Since January, the Vikings fier in Guelph. . can go to the next level in basket scrambled to find a half-dozen Resurrection. meanwhile. is ball, so it was definitely shocking." exhibition games and entered a awaiting word on a possible play~ when the season was shelved in tournament at Eden High School in game with the No. 2 Quadâ€"A WEEKLY SPECIALS December, lilgadi said. “it hurt. in St. (kitharines. team from Guelph's District 10. 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