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Wednesday, March 10,1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER C1 SportsWednesday An Oakville Beaver Feature Editor: NORM NELSON 845-3824 (Extension 255) Fax:337-5567 The Donovan Bailey documentary is slated to appear on CBC's Life and Times this Monday (March 15), at 9 p.m. Documentary on Bailey Monday night "When I step on the track it's war," says Donovan Bailey. And that war on the track, as well as the war of words off it, are dramatically presented in a comprehensive one-hour documentary which is slated to air this Monday (March 15) at 9 p.m. on CBC's Life and Times. "Donovan is on top of tactics, the enemy and what has to happen," says Dan Pfaff, now back as Bailey's coach after a brief separation. "He's a natural bom warrior." But the film goes beyond Bailey's epic battles at the Olympics and his mil­ lion dollar showdown with Michael Johnson in Toronto. The candid documentary takes viewers behind the scenes, to contrast the sprinter's brash public persona with an easy-going family man who describes himself as "a shy, gentle guy with a big heart." Directed by John Curtin of Kaos Films of Montreal, who also did the Life and Times installment on Margaret Trudeau, he follows Bailey on a Grey Cup weekend in Winnipeg, to his sur­ prise 31st birthday party and home to Oakville where he is caught in more mundane tasks such as tidying up his living room with the same ferocity he displays on the track. "I'm a very hard person to live with if you're not as meticulous as I am," says the double gold medalist. Called Olympic Warrior, the film chronicles one of the most tumultuous years of Bailey's life: from a horrific car accident in 1997 in which he was lucky to escape with minor bruises to a career-threatening Achilles tendon injury last fall. The documentary presents the only images of Bailey's remarkable rehabili­ tation which takes him from crutches to the track in ten weeks. Cameras also follow Bailey in Europe and North America last year, prior to his season ending groin injury. He is seen suffering a stinging loss to American archrival Maurice Greene in New York, only to demolish him a week later in Paris. "When you get to the top, the target is on your chest," says the Q.E. Park grad. "Every day you have to be prepared to be number one." Bailey shows remarkable resilience and reveals a complex personality struggling for balance between a quiet home life and the highly aggressive world of power sprinting. As the countdown begins go the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Bailey is undaunted by the idea of win­ ning gold again. He plans to become the only runner in history to cross the finish line first in two Olympic 100-metre finals. "I've always set my sights real high," he says. "Sydney is going to be beautiful." Provincial champions! St©V© W a llfP f SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER The Sheridan Bruins made it two in a row as they successfully defended their Ontario college men's basketball championship with a heart stop­ ping 77-76 win over Humber Hawks at Mohawk College in Hamilton Saturday night. Mike Alleyne sank two free throws with 15 sec­ onds left to give the Bruins the lead and got the big rebound as Humber missed a lay-up with three sec­ onds left. "That was the best Ontario final that I've ever seen," commented losing coach Mike Katz of Humber. Humber has seen its domination give way as they won six straight provincial championships from 1990/91 through to 95/96, often at the expense of Sheridan. Durham College actually broke the string with the title in 96/97 and Sheridan finally pushed it over the top with the provincial title last season (97/98). Sheridan head coach Jim Flack was happy to make it two in a row and he gave all credit to his troops. "The players made it happen. I didn't. I just knew it was going to be close all the way so I just made sure they were on an even keel." In a way it was a fitting final with Sheridan and Humber going into the provincial final-eight tour­ ney as the highest nationally ranked teams at third and fourth, respectively. Sheridan now heads to Edmonton for the eight- team Canadian play downs March 18-20. Third ranked, they open up on Thursday, March 18th against sixth ranked Caribou from B.C. The winner of this game meets up, in a semifi­ nal match-up, on Friday, March 19 against the win­ ner of second ranked Dawson (B.C.) and seventh ranked Lethbridge (Alberta). Humber actually gets to go, having been allot­ ted one of the two wildcard entries, and they're on the other side of the draw. The fourth ranked Toronto college will meet up with fifth ranked Grant MacEwan (Alberta). The winner of that game meets up with the winner of top ranked Langara (B.C.) and eighth ranked Mount St. Vincent, representing the Maritimes. Sheridan controlled things early in Saturday night's championship game and led 40-29 before Humber scored six in a row to close out the half trailing only 40-35. With tremendous outside shooting, Humber ripped off seven in a row to begin the second half, taking a 42-40 lead. From there, it was a dogfight with five ties and six lead changes. With Humber leading 71-69 with just under four minutes left, the Bruins pounded it inside to Alleyne who was fouled three times in a row. The cool Brampton centre sank six free throws to give the Bruins a 75-71 lead with 90 seconds left. But Humber came right back with a 17-footer from Adrian Clarke and a three-point bomb from Isaac King to take a 76-75 lead with 25 seconds to go. Sheridan came right back to Alleyne who got (See 'Bruins' page C3) World's fastest man was 'sixth man off the bench' It's rather fitting to have the Bruins' second provincial championship story alongside one on Donovan Bailey, an avid basketball fan who suited up one year for the Bruins. In fact, Bailey's Achilles Tendon injury occurred while he was warming up to play pick-up basketball at Sheridan. "We were ranked number one in the country," recalled Bailey, "We lost to somebody -- a heartbreaker." "Any time I see Wayne (Allison) we sit and talk about stuff. (Former coach Allison, a teacher at the college, still helps out with the team). "He says, I wasn't that good of a basketball player. According to him, I was such a good athlete he couldn't cut me." "Always a forward,", Bailey, who also spoke of fond memo­ ries of his high school basket­ ball career at Q.E. Park, said he saw plenty of action. "I played every game. I might have started. I think I was probably the sixth man coming off the bench." The Sheridan Bruins won their second consecutive provincial championship Saturday at Mohawk College in Hamilton with a thrilling 77-76 win over archrival Humber College. Clockwise... Chris Williams (#33) makes an aggressive move to the basket... MVP Bryan Harris in action... all-Canadian Shane Bascoe clutches the provincial championship trophy. Photos by Peter J. Thompson It's not polite to stare. But it is understandable. ► E-CLASS. When confronted with its pristine beauty, you should be prepared to set aside the basic rules of etiquette, for at least a few moments. The E-Class however, is far more than simply one of the world's most beautiful automobiles. Experience the E-Class first hand. Come in today and take one out for a test drive. Meray Motors & Collision Ltd. QEW & Dorval Drive 845-6623 www.m eraym otors.m ercedesbenz.ca Mercedes-Benz http://www.meraymotors.mercedesbenz.ca