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*SPORT.S Reding downs E.C. in Halloween clash Winter running clinic on soon Tise weatiser may be cooling down, but rnany tvid on isow to tvoid tise rnost cornron winter-related munnert are juat warnsing up. injuries. To tisat end, Oakville's Tise Running Company is Eacis rorning sestion - wisicis begins at aisout 9 once again offering its six-week winter weatiser mun- arn. - featuret a isaîf-isour lecture followed by a isaîf- ning chiei wisicis kickt off next Stturday, Nov. 11. isour devoted tosa slow pace tupervited runlwalk. Tise prograi ia geared toward beginners and focus- Tecii ot 4 e esn et on tise do't and don'ts of running in tise winter. Tecoeess$0prpmn Experienced munnems as well as guest lecturers will Tisose withing ta sign up or tlnd out rnore about tise cover ai tise bis of cold weatiser munning including prograin ctn caîl Greg McKinnon at Tise Running m rotivtion, proper choice of apparel, nutrition and tipa Comnpany at 815-1952. By MURRAY TOWNSEND Special ta The Champion E.C. Drury's senior girls basket- baIl team brought a few tricks with them to Bishop Reding for a Halloween day bash, but the final result was no treat for them as they lost 38-3 1. The Spartans definitely put a scare into tise Royals, however, especially wisen tisey jurnped out to an early lead and rnanaged to hold onto it for rnuch of the first isaîf. Witis a record of 1-4 going into tise garne, they rnay have thougist tisey didn't have a gist of a chance, but they showed a lot of spirit throughout tise conteat. Tara Jukes opened tise scoring for Drury wisen ase carved tise defense and tank tise purnpkin frorn 20 feet out. Tisen Heatiser Arbuekie drained one to give tiser a 4-0 lead. Slow start for Reding Tise Royais' sisooting seerned cumsed for mucis of lise first quarter, as they got in good position for sisots but were having a devil of a tirne getting tisern to go in. Amy Prisniak, BR's bedazzling point guard, finally ended tise frigistful scoring slurnp wisen ase went to tise foui uine and sunk two. Tisen tise Royals did a good job of rnasking their intentions on an inbound play and Chantai Detroches siselled out a goodie of a pass 10 Sarahs Venerna under tise basket lo tie tise gaine. Leslie Hicks cast a speil over BR to end tise first quarter by tcoring five points and gatisering in at least tisat rnany rebounds to lead tihe Spartans to an 11-6 lead. Tise Royals carne isack froin tise detd in tise second quarter - witis Prisnitk, Eva Sitarz, Joanna Sitarz and a blood tisirsty Carolyn Coates ail scoring isefore Laura Wellstead, nurnier 13 for tise Spartans, isad a mun of good luck and mattled off two baskets frorn long range. Michselle Merritt alto tank one from quite a distance out, wisics appeared to be tise Sparlans' strengts. Tisey rarely drove ta tise basket, but most of tise tirne were very patient ai working the ball around and finding the open shooter. When they missed, it wasn't by much. It got a litile scary at times late in the second quarter, with the tearns appearing to be bobbing for basketballs. During one sequence, the bail changed hands four times within about a two-second lime frame, temrfying ail four coacises. Royals take over Reding went into the second haîf with a 19-17 lead, with Sitarz continuing 10 have a monster of a game. Sise did a great job battling under tise boards and tigisting for tise bail] ail over the êourt, and looked ready to slay anybody who got in her way. Eva tise Vampire Slayer also rnanaged to sink six points and was involved in two spooky plays, befît- ting the occasion. One turne sise was mistaken for a purnp- kmn head when she was bit in the back of the noggin on an errant pass as se man up court, and one blood-curdling free lhrow atternpt seerned alrnost to be dloser to ber own basket tisan Dmury's. Tise Royals put a stake tbrougis the heart of tise Sparlans early in tise fourts quarter when Alicia New put on ber Superwornan costume and displayed an eerie scoring toucis. Sise scored eight straigist points, most of thern on sweet isandouts frorn Prisniak, and put Bisisop Reding well ahead by a 36-25 score. Tise Spartans woke up and returned frorn the land of tise zornbies, tigisting valiantly to recover froin the nigistmsre, but the closest they could corne was seven points. Tise problern for tisern was their outside sisooting, whicis juat died after being s0 effective etriier in tise gaine. The Royals appeared to be allowing tisem tise shot as long as tisey didn't tiy to penetrate their zone. Arbuckle led E.C. in scoring, followed by Jukes, wiso carne close to casting a deadly pal[ over the Royals, witis sisots that juat refused to faîl. The two tearna won't have to wait for next Hallowecn for their rernateis, as tisey face each other tonigist in the Aldershot Basketball Toumnarnent. I[18 Thompeon Rd., Unit #6, Milton 878 .7422