Oakville Beaver, 15 Oct 1993, p. 15

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FRIDAY: Q.E. Park at T.A. Blakelock (6:30 p.m. at Bronte Field); Loyola at Oakville Trafaigar; St. Thomas Aquinas at White Oaks. WEDNESDAY: White Oaks at Loyola; Notre Dame at Blakelock; St. Thomas Aquinas at Nelson (basketball); Loyola at White Oaks, Nelson at St. Thomas Aquinas, L.B. Pearson at 0.E. Park (volleyball) MONDAY: Oakville Trafalgar at White Oaks; Loyola at Q.E. Park (basketball); White Oaks at Oakville Trafaigar; Q.E. Park at Loyola; Nelson at Blakelock (volleybail). But now that Allison has passed the baton to Flack, the Bruins are expected to win both on and off the court. Not that there was anything wrong with the old one. Under coach Wayne Allison, the Bruins were among the best college basketâ€" ball teams in the country for 14 years. Welcome to the ‘90‘s era; the Jim Flack era. One where the number of season ticket holders is greater the average number of points the team scores; where player identity betters your typical member of parliament; where community involvement is more important than minutes played. They‘re talking of a new era for the Sheridan College men‘s basketâ€" ball team. ENIOR Blshop Reding Milton St. Thomas Aquinas Nelson A M.M. Robinson T.A. Blakelock M.M. Robinson Georgetown Queen Elizabeth Park Oakville Trafalgar Appleby College Queen Elizabeth Park Notre Dame M.M. Robinson L.B. Pearson Oakville Trafaigar Milton M.M. Robinson Notre Dame Loyola Oakville Trafaigar M.M. Robinson Nelson E.C. Drury White Oaks Assumption Appleby College Queen Elizabeth Park St. Thomas Aquinas Notre Dame The team now has seven corporate sponâ€" sors. Whereas last season the team was lucky to draw 100 fans, there are already that many season ticket holders. The team will be putting on youth basketball clinics and in And after a summer of behindâ€"theâ€"scenes work, Flack reports response has "mushâ€" roomed. Now everybody wants in." Allison, who resigned as coach in April to become varsity coordinator/assistant athletic director, and Flack, who replaced him after a sparkling season as coach at Seneca College, have formed a partnership they hope will bring the Bruins in step with the surging popâ€" ularity of basketball. wins $25.00 in Gift Certificates from the Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, 165 Cross Avenue. It comes down to marketing, Flack figâ€" ures. College basketball has long been recogâ€" nized as some of the best entertainment around but has gone largely unnoticed by everyone but players and coaches. "If we can‘t attract people to watch basketâ€" ball of this calibre in the centre of Oakville, than there‘s something wrong," Flack says. He was enthused that the team‘s first exhiâ€" bition game, Tuesday night at Porter Athletic Complex against Erindale College, drew a substantial crowd, despite little advance notice. January will host a big high school basketball tournament. FOO Karol Zmirak has got the St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders off to a flying start. She scored 25 points in the Raiders‘ season opening 60â€"30 win over Loyola, then added a teamâ€"high 22 in Wednesday‘s 66â€"17 victory over White Oaks. Aquinas is currently ranked No. 3 in Halton, behind Milton and E.C. Drury. LAWN GARDEN EQUIPMENT LTD. SALES â€" SERVICE â€" RENTALS 488 Morden Road, Unit 2 Oakville, Ontario L6K 3W4 SAT., OCT. 16, 9â€"5 SUN., OCT. 17, 11â€"5 TRY ONE OUT ON "REAL SNOW" BEFORE YOU BUY (CLIPU®S) Haven‘t you done without a Toro long enough?* AKUVILLE BEAVER The bestâ€"selling twoâ€"stage snowthrower in Canada. Powerful 5.0 hp engine. Throws snow up to 30 feet. Selfâ€"propelled with three speeds forward and one in reverse. ITALIAN In addition, a couple of big guns from Senecaâ€"â€"George Frempong and Shawn Collinsâ€"â€"followed Flack over. Frempong, a slick point guard, was merely the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association‘s second leadâ€" ing scorer last season and led the Braves into the Canadian championships. Sheridan won 129â€"77 and there should be a few more nights like 3 that because the Bruins are loaded. They have seven players back from last year‘s team and picked up a pair of hot recruits in Kenny Mitchell of Brampton and Wayne Mulgrave, a Toronto native who played at Northeast College in Nebraska. In fact, two players from last year‘s teamâ€"â€" Mark Ennis and Jeremy Dinningâ€"â€"were cut FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1993 PAGE 15 See BRUINS, Page 16 Q.E.W. 488 RS RD.

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