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Up and down Hawks oust Tigers in senior boys basketball quarterâ€"final By TOM MICHIBATA Oakville Beaver staff t rying to figure out the Loyola â€" Hawks senior boys basketball squad this season? Well you may as well flip a coin. On Tuesday it was the brilliant version. Employing a styfling manâ€"toâ€" man defence and hitting on all cylinâ€" ders on offence, the Hawks overâ€" whelmed the Blakelock Tigers 73â€"36 in a Halton high school Volpe Division senior basketball quarterâ€" final playoff Tuesday at Loyola. The Hawks (5â€"4) will visit the Bishop Reding Royals (8â€"1) in a Volpe semiâ€"final today (3 p.m.). "It was a good win for us," said Hawk coach Reno Malisa. "The boys came out to play defence which we haven‘t done all year. "We‘re really hard to predict. When we‘ve looked good we‘ve realâ€" ly looked good." Wingman Steve Bryant was a pivâ€" otal figure for the Hawks. He did a stellar defensive job on Tigers‘ scorâ€" ing ace Rob Rusnov, holding him to 18 points and added a gameâ€"high 27 points of his own. Meanwhile. 6â€"footâ€"7 center Rob Barac dominated the paint, scoring 18 points. Tigers coach Jim Noble said TAB‘s ballhandlers couldn‘t handle the pressure tactics of Loyola. "They exploited one of our weakâ€" nesses which is ballhandling by our point guards," Noble said. "We aren‘t able to do that to teams on the other hand. If Rob doesn‘t get his 30 points, we have no chance to win. "They are better than we are. We deserved to lose." The Hawks bolted out to a 9â€"0 lead before the Tigers ran off eight straight points. The Hawks went on a 19â€"point run to take a 28â€"8 lead and led 33â€"12 at the half. Brad Niles and Chad Smith added 11 and 10 points respectively for Loyola. Jake Werstuck added nine points for TAB. â€" In other Volpe senior quarterâ€"final action Tuesday, a lack of composure was the Queen Elizabeth Park Eagles‘ undoing in a 72â€"68 loss to the E.C. Drury Spartans in Milton. The Oakville Trafalgar Red Devils (8â€"1) will host Drury (7â€"2) in the other semiâ€"final today (2 p.m.). The Eagles were slapped with four technical fouls including two in the final 3:20 after the Eagles had closed the gap to 59â€"57. Eacles coach Kerreich Ernst was (See ‘Eagles‘ page 20) By TOM MICHIBATA Oakville Beaver Staff Ithough their records were identical, the Queen [ MR.Elizabeth Park Eagles and White Oaks Wildcats senior girls volleyball teams were as dlfferent as night and day. Wednesday afterâ€" noon. WOSS Wildcat Jennifer Morris makes a valiant dive, but misses as the Queen Elizabeth Park Eagles score another point in their senior girls volleyball quarterâ€"final playoff victory, Wednesday. (Photo by Peter McCusker) Senior girls volleyball quarterâ€"finals Steady QEP Eagles soar past WOSS Wildeats The two sides, both with 5â€"4 regâ€" ularâ€"season records, hooked up in a Halton high school Volpe Division quarterâ€"final playoff at WOSS. While the Wildcats showed a lot of flash and promise at times, it was the Eagles who maintained a more evenâ€"keel approach in a noâ€"nonâ€" sense 15â€"9, 15â€"11 win. The Eagles advance to a diviâ€" sional semiâ€"final at. Oakville Trafalgar today (3:45 p.m.). But instead of folding up comâ€" pletely, the Eagles were able to reâ€" group, ride out the storm and then watch the Wildcats fumble away the On paper the Wildcats possess as much if not more pure talent than the Eagles led by setter/power Christy Wilson, who plays club ball for the Peel Selects juveniles, and hitters Jennifer Lett and Jennifer Morris. But the Eagles have the pluck and grit to hold together in adverse times. Case in point came in game two when White Oaks rallied from a 5â€"2 deficit to take leads of 9â€"6 and 10â€"7 thanks mainly to the hitting of Lett and QEP passing errors. game and match. Eagles coach Cheryl Colizza says veteran players like Leslieâ€"Ann Graham, Courtney Strong and Susan Dalgleish have been through a lot together so Wednesday was no different. "The girls work really well together," Colizza said. "They are strong communicators. They really pump each other up." Colizza said losing some aggresâ€" siveness at the net was the reason behind the secondâ€"game lapse. _ The Oakville Soverewn Life Rangers AA peewees dropped a 6â€"0 decision to Hamilton in an Ontario Minor Hockey Assomat;on s:x~pomt' series series opener Sunday in Hamdmn e se Game two goes at Mapie Grove Arena Saturday (4â€" p m. ) ; The locals were coming off a threeâ€"game sweep of Bmmptcm m the previous round, capped by a 5â€"2 win in Qakville. . ie (2), Joey Renella and Jeff Elia were the Ranger r men.. Assmts went to Kevin G;bbons (3), Renella (2}, Crais Gilm Jesse Barlow and Ryan Laughlin. _ Lo _ Peter Zambosco was the winning. netminder _ _ _ _ _ The Rangers won games one and two by scores of S 1 in Oakwl]e andJ 5â€"1 in Brampton. . _ | f Glen Kwon (2), David Van De Laar, Kent Wallace, Elia, Gibbons, Moyer and Renella were the marksmen in game one. Helpers went to David Dunn (2), Brandon Gale (2), Elia (2), Glbbens (2), L ugiflm Kwon, Renella, Barlow and Gilmore. Zambosco posted the win in goal. . _ Renella (2), Dunn (2) and Wallace scored in game two. E}unn (3) Moyer (2), Wallace (2} and Renella notched helpers 5 Darry] Munson was the winning goalie. _ . _Pee Wee Rangers dropâ€"first playoff game against Hamilton FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1993 PAGE 19 "We tend to back down," she explained. "Once we got it (aggresâ€" siveness) back we were fine. We‘re «a great offensive team with good hitters." Wilson said White Oaks could have won but could have and did are two different stories. "We didn‘t jell enough," said the 16â€"yearâ€"old Grade 11 student. "We beat them earlier in the season and maybe we assumed we would win today." Wilson and WOSS coach Trish SPORTS PREDICTIONS........... (Box 5240) SPORTS TRIVIA (Box 5239) SHERIDAN COLLEGE ............ (Box 5243) OAKVILLE SOCCER CLUB.... (Box 5246) OAKVILLE BLADES ................ (Box 5242) Raithby said the team couldn‘t maintain its fine edge after taking the 10â€"7 lead in came two. "We started to let it get to us," Wilson said. "It‘s more of a mental thing. We started to get down on ourselves and take it personally. We didn‘t come together. "It has to be a team thing (to regain composure). As a player you try to get back into it and encourage the others." "We didn‘t have an attack going," Raithby said. "We gave up a lot of free balls. We had a lot of difâ€" ficulty keeping the momentum going â€" it was more panic. "QEP has improved a lot over the season." 3 "We did okay this season but for the potential we had on the team we didn‘t come through," Wilson added. WOSS coach Trish Raithby said it was unfortunate the team couldn‘t go further because five of the playâ€" ers will be cone next season. In the other Volpe quarterâ€"final, the Blakelock Tabbies were swept by E.C. Drury 2â€"0 at TAB Tuesday. Drury will visit the Bishop Reding Royals in the other divisional semiâ€" final today (4:30 p.m.). In Volpe semiâ€"final games today, Milton is at OT (5 p.m.) and White Oaks travels to E.C. Drury (3 45 p.m.). JUNIOR: In Volpe junior quirâ€" terâ€"final playoff action Wednesday, White Oaks shaded QEP 2â€"1 and Milton dumped Reding.