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By JIM WILSON Beaver sports editor The story going around Sheridan College was that it was just an April Fool's gag. Wayne Allisord Resigning as basketball coach of the Bruins? Come on. And Oakville was award- ed an NBA franchise, too, right? But on Friday, the day after April l, the rumor became official: After 13 years and two national championships, Allison was hand- ing over the reins of one of the province's most successful basket- ball programs to a guy who helped mock the Bruins out of this year's title hunt. TAllison now becomes varsity co- oatdinator and assistant athletic director at Sheridan. And, ironical- If, his first job was choosing his qvn successor. He only considered one person, and fortunately, Jim Hack, an assistant under Allison for talc years before taking over at geneca College last season. agreed. 'i Allison says this year's strug- tli-r-iii, team lost three of its last four games to finish out of the dntario Colleges Athletic Association Final Four which Jheridan hosted-had nothing to d, with the decision. It's the end of an era at Sheridan f, "I knew back in October, November that l was getting near the end of the road," he said. "l w'anted to get out for a while." i The long hours-"l never even 1lhd an ofi-season"-and the fact that he and his wife Eileen's two dhildren-twins Michael and Marla-are now 2 l/2 years 'i-helped make up his mind. ', Still, no one quite believed it then Allison said he was quitting. beast of all Flack. f- "l kept asking him sure,m Flack said. 'eHe was. And, as Flack said in a Iplease connrming the move, the tie is a big one for not only heridan but basketball. i, "Wayne's long-standing contri- bution will be the precedent he set , establishing a true basketball trogram, rather than just fielding a cam year to year," he said. i And coaching college basket- ian, where turnover among stu- dents is vast and academic prob- 5Ems more pronounced than in uni- terpes, took its toll. u But Allison persevered. After a hte career that took the 6-foot- Hamilton native to a four-year icholarship at Wooster College in Ohio. and then the national team inc played in the 1977 World 'tudent Games), he landed a job as coach at Sherwood high school in hamilton and, finally, Sheridan. He ended up staying for 13 years. Fee ALLISON, Page 24 Sports trivia. Bot No, 5239 Sports picksHBox No. 5240 Sharldan Collage....To come t" ammo Blades. .....T0 come 9am!" 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Look for more results from the championship games in the Friday Beaver. ADDRESS MAIL TO: OAKVILLE BEAVER 467 SPEERS ROAD.OAKVILLE ONTARIO LbK 354 (Photos by Riziero Vertolli) A ,ra.itS" '.iii.'r:'i.:';.i..ii.ij..i).,iil.i, CHEQUE ENCLOSED, El omuggqgaue tr OAKVLLEBEAVER MASTERCARD! 7aitisa) MALCODE WMAu-. PHONE 72-514: .. "P.. F . 'ffi'('iji'ii'i'iii'iiti'i ' f min-13“ ‘ -:’ I $WgWt Racquetball ace claims another title' Former Oakville resident Wendy Naciuk will attempt to defend her Canadian M-and-over women's racquetball crown next month. Naciuk, 37, earned a berth in the nationals in Burnaby, BC., May 24-28, by capturing the women's 'B' division at the Ontario champi- onships in Brampton, recently. The resident of Burlington and former member of National Racquets (now Premiere Fitness), defeated Jennifer Southcombe of Toronto in the final, 11-5, 11-8, 10- ll, 11-5. Seeded first in the draw, Naciuk swept her first two matches en route to her fifth provincial title in the past six years. Last year her four-year string was interrupted when she was runner-up to Debbie Soberan of Windsor. Naciuk will also be defending the 35-and-over doubles title. Last year she won with partner Gail Sinicas of Toronto. The upcoming nationals, howev- er, will be Naciuk's last. She intends to turn professional right after and is eyeing the Canadian Pro-Am circuit, where weekend tournaments offer about $250 to winners. "There is no more competition for me at the national level," Naciuk explained. "l'm going to get whipped at the beginning (in pro) but that's okay. I'm looking forward to the chal- lenge." Naciuk's next tournament is the Ontario Masters (30-and-0ver) championships, April 23-25 in Mississauga. Spring sports fly 1nto actlon The shuttlecocks will be flying in the next couple of weeks in Halton high schools. In the opening of the spring sports schedule, the Oakville-based Volpe Division meet goes tomorrow? (Thursday) at Milton's E.C. Drury High School. Top four in each divi.s sion advance to the Halton closedJ championships, next Thursday. l Top four proceed to the Halton, open championships, April 22 and the top four from there move ont l the Golden Horseshoe champi onships, April 28 in Hamilton. Meanwhile, the Halton region all-star basketball team took o Peel Region in opening-mun action of the Toronto Star All-St Classic at Sheridan College's IM Porter Athletic Center, last nigh (Tuesday). Winner advanced to tomorrow’: (Thursday) semi-final at 8 p.m Loser plays in the consolation semi final at 6 p.m. at Sheridan. 9%? oar'"' l tora, I). l #NNit WHEN IT'S GONE, IT'S ALL GONE... TIL NEXT YEAR!