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20 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, December 14, 1999 SLUMBERVILL Ait sizes G Ail types 31 -ROT S MON vSpartans corne close, but can' t m .cait. hang on to tournamnent titieflti21 os By STEVE LeBLANO a TVE1eLN The Champion TeCapo Winning a titie is hard, but hanging onto it is CnrlAm otnf ob ahrwnPtn eu almost always tougher. frteJ.AMrhRs The E.C. Drury Spartans learned that the bard way over the h WsCofrnetot-umhaeb roiwl weekend, as they failed to defend the consolation crown lit their uigtpsoBrlno.Adth eaOte own senior boys basketball toumament. Lattm u hygv nepcal w efrac Despite a gutsy performance and an exciting comeback bid, the WiPU host hoopsters wound up surrendering the secondary champi- dii rýrospudn n ehee arydcn fot onship - falling to the Brampton Centennial Bucks 54-52 Saturday. sae -1 The single basket defeat capped a double whammy weekend à 1Iudtela lb's fistdefewna doze game for the locals, who were eclipsed by Orchard Park 43-42 on a rather fluky final buzzer shot in round one Friday. This kept them adcmte odnopruiyt anaohrpito fmom going after the more coveted title for the second year in a scn-lc ereon h row Telmcm ihu kpe al ilasn h "It was definitely difficuit to swallow," remarked head coach wsotn usn h l.AssatGe as ikdu Kevin Hovldcroft, of two such narrow loases to open the season. TeMrhns(3---)creeteeycoet en "However, I was pleased with our overaîl showing." - . The Spartans' bench boss was especîally happy wîth the improved-defensive play of Cam Ivens and the continued emer- b h vnulntoa hminSuhSre als gence of captain Mike Maynard as a premier scoring threat. He said, "Mike's the kind of guy who is very generous with the 1f~ bail. But he's so talented that-he should be taking it <to the net) gos g ihjs vrfu mntslf opasepn himself more." 'Mscm <é- w oe thrsoswr ttwiid aside Maynard - whose alley-oups and field goals drew ra-fe and a afdznpwrlycane eesuneeJ reviews fromn spectators in the consolation finals - was a dniving Ça*niW~n414 anMa~~0 BbgZ force behind the rally against Brampton Centennial. He scored 10 fourth-quarter points and finished with 22 overall. ae-t ephitâmaeswtintrkgdsao, Along with robust efforts fromn Ivens and spark plug Bobby Buff l5tn Trevor Tris4r sak th game *Iwirbot MacDonald, Drury managed a great deal of turnovers and seveII m inu nto tIhe thid period while the ho',ital~a matched the winners in terms of speed and play making. th g~sos cmond ltn msusby visiing dfeto However, rebounding at either end of the court was where tIhe men gas.in nba*tmice yvsii~ltnB locals fell short and essentially dropped the gaine. Mdobate og nthr The Spartans quickly recovered from their toumament openinglwsolg firadsodtsehem tdwlngluao heirtbreak with a couple of decisive wins to reach the consolation Ligbtsdrng 3-O. adstndtebseetdelig-ufl finals. Lighiting t0. t hct etre oui fot A well-balanced attack, plus sensational second and fourth- fromboting kies s -wc fitat e er jsoruout efoort- quarter performances, helped them topple Humberview 65-47. ~l ao nhn asal From there, they carried the inferior Georgetown Rebels for te grth-srngo tarshall. p îppdai 5 ht much of the gaine hefore finally puling away and spanking them 56-35. They outscored their regional rivais 22-4 in the last quarter fie iswy Noww~~ith thîree utarts uider is belt, the lancy~ netminder remaiuas uniteaten with a goals-against average of to engineer the blowout. Buffalo showecl a lot of hustie and continues t> be quite Maynard hit double-digits in three of the four gamtes, as did MacDonald. Adam Bisenz, Adam Fredricks and Tim Salvado cosapetitive for a la*tplace club. Rookie Merchant R~ichard gave strong supporting efforts over the weekend. Peverkey scored his-teop-leading tiflt gaine winner 8:12 Sitting out with injuries for the hosts 1were Ryan Brooks and Photo by GRAHAM PAINE ino thiesecond perWd while Pitil Basrski and ftyan Carrigan Mike Sinclair. Spartans Mîke Maynard (3) and Bryan Gent (25) cover ade insrc inodie final frame. The Burlington Central Trojans were the grand champions Georgetown Rebel Scott Graham Saturday ln tournament Th sut ou.........................seson pene Saturday. They survived a late uprising by Markville to win 51 - play. E.C. won the game but bast ln the consolation finals. ~ainst Ivisssua iti$oed the rtuft of injured vetema Mutag7.rebu The 17-year-old sank 33 points in the teamn's only victory - a Rya .~ Mito wa a efc 0-o 0i penlt ln Mustang marvelous 64-62 decision over Woodlands in which hie had 16 points in the ovrteweedan -. 14mnts atwe ihu 'Me Milton District Mustangs didn't make much of an impact opening quarter alone - and netted two dozen points in a 754 iig paga - U their longes vi4Csunlofthe yaj at the toumament, although they enjoyed the distinction of having first round humbling by Westdale. teBLs c M ia <ajos Milto sfireWns itis rigis the top individual performer. Robinison averaged 31J3 points a game on the weekend, which acthbe tder twô level _'Ro ?Metuloff is expecteti to retumt Ian Robinson - a veteran point guard who's still eligible to* was tops titis year. later hi. mnt ... rTe.Metotants.ar i . *fesvl tojght. play junior - led weekend scoring with 94 points in three gamtes, The Mustangs and Lord Elgin exploded for a whopping 59 andi finish out their 1999 regiuiar soason scitedule at home includîng a high of 37 in round two' s 64-60 bass to Burlington's combined points in the opening quarter of their conteat - also a aint Oakville Friday. Lord Elgin. high for the I 6-team toumament. DON'T DELAYII OFFER ENDS DECEMBER 31, 1999 20010 AMYCELEASE OPTIONS ~$ 6.% 367"' $1,000 S344T $3,000 ' M