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Call now to sign up for your route: 519-895-5690 R 00 14 29 61 75 One Day a Week All Ages Welcome Monthly Rewards Win Prizes Carriers Waterloo Chronicle Voluntary Pay Contribution Program We Appre ciate Your Suppo rt! We ask you to consider contributing $30 per year towards delivery of your Community Newspaper. Many of our Readers have made the decision to show their support for the Waterloo Chronicle. It is our pleasure to provide the Waterloo area with a Community Newspaper. 630 RiveRbeNd dRive, UNit 104, KitCheNeR, ON N2K 3S2 fOR mORe iNfORmatiON Call 519-623-7395 ext. 260 Yes! I would like to contribute to the Waterloo ChroniclePlease find a cheque for $30 enclosedfor a 1 year contribution. Signature: Name: address: City: Postal Code: Phone#: CANADA 150 THERE IS STILL TIME TO VOTE We received hundreds of truly inspiring nominations for Canadian immigrants who have made a significant impact since their arrival. Now it's your turn to help choose this year's winners. Voting ends Monday, May 22 canadianimmigrant.ca/rbctop25 Thursday, May 18, 2017 • WATERLOO CHRONICLE • 31 Titans come up short in playoffs By Brian Totzke For the Chronicle It's an old cliché in team sports to say that players are a reflection of their coach. This adage may be time-worn but was alive and well at the Kitchener Auditorium last Wednesday night when the K-W Titans, the region's first-ever professional basketball team, did all they could to prevent their inaugural season from coming to an end. Like their head coach, Serge Langis, the Titans played with a boatload of passion and nearly staved off elimination before falling to the Windsor Express 105-104. "I love these guys. They played their hearts out," said Langlis, looking toward the dressing room door. "I'm really going to miss seeing them every day." As disappointing as the loss was for Langis and his squad, the owners of K-W's newest sports jewel can take some solace from how hard the team fought, not just for four quarters on Wednesday but throughout the series. The Titans were swept in three straight games by a more talented and expe- rienced Windsor team but with any luck at all, K-W could have won any or all three of the hard-fought contests. Despite playing a higher-ranked team on the road, the Titans gave the Express all they could handle in the first two games in the Windsor area, including forcing them to overtime in game two. On the night of the first home playoff contest, the Titans seemed to be chasing the game from the get- go, always trailing but never quite able to catch up to a team that has the ability to throw a lot of different weapons out on the floor. Led by former league MVP Logan Stutz, the game's top scorer with 26 points, the Express led by as many as 15 points partway through the second quarter. But Langis never stopped coaching or cajoling his guys to stay focused and they responded in kind by not quitting and eventually clawing themselves back into a game that lesser teams may have mailed in by halftime. Led by the steady hand of point guard Isiah Umipig who had one turnover in 41 minutes of floor time, and some great two-way play by forwards Adam Wing and Flenard Whitfield and timely late- game scoring from Jason Calliste on the perimeter, the home side finally took the lead late in the last stanza. Even better, the dogged determination of the Titans and their like-minded bench boss pulled the crowd of 1,500 plus fans into the fray. The hometown fans were in a frenzy and clearly emotionally invest- ed down the stretch, trying to will the team to victory. "We really appreciate these fans," said Langis in a postgame interview. "They've been awesome all year and really gave our guys a lot of energy tonight." Wing, who finished with 18 points, had a chance to win it at the horn but it came up short. Whitfield led the Titans with 22 points while Calliste added seventeen. Langis thought his team had some tough calls go against them in the waning minutes but despite the season-ending loss, was able to reflect on the bigger picture. "I'm very proud of what we've accomplished this year," he said. "We've established a culture but it's a process. "Next year's going to have a different kind of feel to it, and a different level of seriousness." The Titans finished their first season with an overall won-loss record of 18-25 while the Express have moved on to play the top-ranked London Lightning in the Central Division finals.