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This year, about the only difference is that Flack is now back in the Sheridan fold as the head coach. Bruins begin hunt for national title Sheridan‘s nationally ranked men‘s basketball team begins its pursuit of a national college championship Monday as it hosts Seneca College in a sudden death, doâ€" orâ€"die playoff game. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at the Oakyville campus. Sheridan Coach Jim Flack conceded that for him the matchup "is full of all sorts of dramatic irony." Last year, Flack left Sheridan, where he had been assisâ€" tant coach for the previous two years, to coach Seneca College, and he managed to take the underdog team all the way to a national championship, along the way knocking off the highlyâ€"touted Sheridan team. Among them: * played singles at the Seoul Olympics in 1988; * won the SunLife Classic in â€" Winnipeg in 1988; * named Tennis Canada‘s most improved player in 1987; * reached the third round at Wimbledon in 1988; * reached the third round at the Australian Open in 1989; * won two rounds at the Player‘s international tournament in 1992; * member of Canada‘s Davis Cup Sheridan is still the heavy favorite, having posted an impressive 13â€"1 league record in the Ontario college loop‘s eightâ€"team west division. Seneca, on the other hand, almost missed the playoffs over in the eightâ€"team east division, needing a lastâ€"game win over Loyalist College to secure the fourth and final Since turning pro in 1985, he has hauled in more than $427,000 in prize money and climbed to as high as 75th in the international rankings in 1988. "I‘ve had some pretty good results over the years," he conceded. The 28â€"yearâ€"old Oakville resiâ€" dent, who is currently ranked 229 on the ATP Tour, announced on Thursday that he will retire after participating in one last major event. Last year, he earned more than $94,000 and was Canada‘s number two ranked tennis player, behind Greg Rusedski. he thing Chris Pridham loved the most about being an interâ€" R. nationally ranked, professionâ€" al tennis player ironically, is also the reason he is quitting. "I‘ m calling it quits the day after the Davis Cup (in late March, against Columbia)," he told the Beaver, in a phone interview from his Oakville home. And the only reason he is staying on that long is loyalty. The Davis Cup coach, he explained, is also his own personal coach and good friend. Chris calls it quits By NORMAN NELSON Oakville Beaver Sports Editor THE O/ He "thoroughly enjoyed" the entire experience and "wouldn‘t change a thing." The desire to play tennis, so evident in this file shot, is zone and Oakville‘s Chris Pridham says it‘s time to move on to something else. team since 1988 with a record of 3â€"4 _ nis and then the physical exercise â€" in singles and 0â€"1 in doubles; at least one hour." * ranked number one in Canada for The decision didn‘t come about most of 1992. He was also named overnight, but has been slowly Canada‘s male player of the year building since "after the U.S. Open that year.. last year." None of these entries in his impressive resume, however, are singled out when he is asked to point to a career highlight. Rather, his fondest memory is more the "whole process of competâ€" ing, and all the things that go with it." The travel, the people, the trainâ€" ing, and, of course â€" the game. On the other hand, he admits, that he‘s "lost the desire to go through the grind ... four hours a day of tenâ€" playoff spot. They‘re still very much the underdog team, hoping to again come together at the right time and work a little playoff magic. Season finale: the Bruins closed out the regular season at home last Tuesday with an easy 138â€"73 victory over Samia‘s Lambton Collece. National rankings: four of the top 10 colleges are from Ontario and include Algonquin (1), Humber (3), Sheridan (8) and Durham (9). Blades home opener on Sunday The Oakville Blades have their secondâ€"round Provincial Junior "A" home opener against the Burlington Cougars Sunday night. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Oakville Arena. The two teams will go right back at it Monday night, playing their third game in four nights (including Friday‘s series opener in Burlington) back at Central Arena, locatâ€" ed on Drury Lane, at New Street, beginning at 7:30 p.m. To celebrate the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, McDonald‘s brings you a winning taste sensation ... Olympic Twist fries! Spiral cut and lightly battered in a tasty coating of zesty seasoning â€" they‘re a real taste event! So hurry in today, they won‘t last long! An Olympic taste sensationâ€"with a Twist! "I‘ m leaving my options open," he said. "I‘d like to stay in tennis. That‘s what I know the best, and I feel I can still offer Canadian tennis somethine." "I took some time off, as I usualâ€" ly do. And I just never recovered." "I played in two tournaments last fall; I usually play six or seven." For the next few weeks, it will be business as usual as he keeps himâ€" self in shape for Canada‘s Davis Cup team. After that, however, it will finally be time to begin the rest of his life. The decision didn‘t come about overnight, but has been slowly building since "after the U.S. Open last year." EAST > Championship final (Thursday): E.J. James 24, Montclair 22 OT Top scorers: for E.J. James, Becky Bousfield 8, Jessica Condon 6, Andrea Gardiner 6; for Montclair, Christine Hunter 12, Allison Hoy 6. Semiâ€"finals: Montclair 24, New Central 21 League championâ€"E.J. James received a bye TIER TWO Semiâ€"finals: River Oaks 54, Pilgrim Wood 29 Falgerwood recieved a bye Tier two finals: tier two champion Falgerwood versus River Oaks (this Wednesday, 7 p.m., at White Oaks). BANTAM RED (Feb. 12) Buonasera 3 (goals to Ted Provins 2 and Brandon Morrison 1; assists to Ryan McCallum 2 and Sean McCallum), McDonalds 3 (hattrick to Kevin Beatty; assists to Robert Murison 2, Darin Magee, John Valley and Mike Reddecliff). Thornton Marine Electric 7 (goals to Darren Webster 3, Andrew Jordan 2, Jason Andrade and Markus Pugi; assists to Paul Hickey 2, Ryan Gardiner 2, Darryl Sheepway, Sean Ruppel and Derek Woolam; shutout to Coel Kirby), Imax 0. Buonasera 3 (goals to Ryan McCallum 2 and Ted Provins; assists to McCallum, Provins, Chuck Palladine and Wesley DeJonge), MeDonalds 3 (goals to David Walsh, Kevin Beatty and Robert Murison; assists to Beatty, Murison, John Valley, Garry Rai and Mike Semiâ€"finals: W.H. Morden at Q.E. Park (Friday). Championship: league champion Pineland takes on winner of above match Tuesday, 7 p.m. at T.A. Blakelock. TIER TWO Semiâ€"finals: C.H. Norton at Eastview (this Wednesday). Tier two finals: tier two champion Brookdale takes on winner of above match (Monday, March 7, 7 p.m., at Lord Elgin). Nelson (Burl) 56, M.M. Robinson 50 Bishop Reding (Milton) 67, Pearson (Burl) 52 Tuesday‘s second round games: Nelson (Bur1) 57, Queen Elizabeth Park 52 Pearson (Burl) 61, Notre Dame (Burl) 46 JUNIOR St. Thomas Aquinas 47, Milton 43 Pearson (Burl) 56, M.M. Robinson 45 Tuesday‘s second round games: Notre Dame (Burl) at Pearson (Burl) St. Thomas Aquinas 66, White Oaks 43 MIDGET Central (Burl) 64, Loyola 48 Pearson (Burl) 82, Georgetown 41 Tuesday‘s second round games: Pearson (Burl) 44, T.A. Blakelock 38 Loyola 63, Notre Dame (Bur1) 55 BOYS BASKETBALL (Thursday‘s semiâ€"final playoff results) St. Luke‘s 54, St. Marguerite‘s 43 St. Bernadette‘s 42, St. Michael‘s 40 Finals (Monday, at St. Marguerite‘s): St. Luke‘s versus St. Bernadette‘s (championship game, 4 p.m.), St. Marguerites versus St. Michael‘s (bronze medal game, 5 p.m.). (quarter final results) St. Bernadette 67, Our Lady of Peace 47 St. Marguerite 61, St. Matthew 40 St. Luke 40, St. Joseph 22 St. Mike 46, St. James 26 (Thursday‘s third round playoff results) SENIOR Minor Oaks Hockey Association Halton High School Playoffs Oakville Separate Playoffs Oakville Public Playoffs SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1994 Prage 17 * 1994 McDonald‘s Restaurants of Canada Limited Reddecliff). (Feb. 5) Buonasera 5 (goals to Jeremy Brown 3, Scott MacArthur and Wesley DeJonge; asgists to Jeremy Brown 2, Scott MacArthur 2, Greg Schneider, Ryan McCallum and Sean McCallum), Bell Phone Centre 2 (goals to Peter Bertrand and Jeff Almon; assists to Bertrand, Mike Dragosits and Derek Flint). Black OK Tire 5 (goals to Steven O‘Loughlin 2, Jeff Hennessy, Jeff Wolder and Rick Edelman; assists to Joh Niblock 2, Jacob Pleau and Geoffrey McCarney), Imax 1 (Steve Charbonneau from Andy Herridge and Rene Thibault). Thursday‘s game: St. Thomas Aquinas 3, Aldershot 2 OT Friday‘s game: Notre Dame at M.M. Robinson (Burl) Second round games from Tues, Wed: Notre Dame (Burl) 7, Nelson (Burl) 1 Aldershot (Burl) 2, Assumption (Bur1) 1 St. Thomas Aquinas 4, Pearson (Burl) 3 OT Robinson (Burl) 8, Appleby 3 SENIOR Georgetown 2, Nelson (Burl) 0 Oakville Trafalger 2, B. Reding (Milton) 0 Tuesday‘s second round games: Oakville Trafalger 2, Pearson (Burl) 0 Nelson (Burl) 2, T.A. Blakelock 1 JUNIOR Georgetown 2, White Oaks 0 Notre Dame (Burl) 2, M.M. Robinson (Burl) 0 Tuesday‘s second round games: Notre Dame (Burl) 2, T.A. Blakelock 0 White Oaks 2, Oakville Trafalger 1 Tier one semiâ€"finals (Friday): Pineland 46, Q.E. Park 39 Top scorers: for Pineland, Brad Saunder 11, Ryan Park 10; for Q.E. Park, Roger Crowcher 14, Sydney Wong 11. Finals: League champion Eastview takes on Pineland this Tuesday at T.A. Blakelock, around 8:15 p.m. (folâ€" lowing the girls championship game which begins at 7 p.m.) ® TIER TWO EAST Championship final (Thursday): E.J. James 34, New Central 33 Top scorers: for E.J. James, Ricky Robertson 12, Steve Carey 8; for New Central, John Hoog 10, Jason Hurd 8 and Pat Devitt 6) Tier one semiâ€"finals: E.J. James 37, Montclair 34 League champion New Central received a bye TIER TWO Semiâ€"finals: Pilgrim Wood 50, Falgarwood 41 Tier twoâ€"finals: tier two champion River Oaks verâ€" sus Pilgrim Wood this Wednesday at White Oaks, around 8:15 p.m. (following the girls tier two final which begins at 7 p.m.). CENTRAL Championship final (Thursday): St. Marguerite‘s 28, St. Bernadette‘s 16 Bronze medal final (Thursday): St. Matthew‘s 29, St. Luke‘s 17 * top three teams will move on to the eightâ€"team, Halton system finals this week. Semiâ€"finals (Thursday): St. Marguerite‘s 37, St. Matthew 14 St. Bernadette‘s 38, St.. Luke‘s 37 (quarter final results) St. Marguerite 49, St. Ann‘s 20 St. Bernadette 36, St. Michael 19 St. Luke 45, St. Joseph 21 St. Matthew 25, St. John 19 Semiâ€"finals: Brookdale at W.H. Morden (results unavailable). Tier two finals: tier two champion C.H. Norton takes on winner of above match Monday at Lord Elgin, around 8:15 p.m. (following the girls tier two final which begins at 7 p.m.). (See ‘Scoreboard‘, page 18) GIRLS VOLLEYBALL ASKETBALL