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The Canadian Champion. Tuesday, January 18, 2005-19 lS ort Host Royals take third at b-ball tourney Cap weekend with big comeback victory showdown - mounting a 10-2 cushion in the opening quarter while their hosts were stuck in By STEVE LeBLANC eigbt-îeam tournament in style. neutral. But the Royals wouid pick up the pace, and The Champion 'We dtdn't core in prepared and got a wake- their depth, laie suffocation of Mount ishop Reding's basketball up caI early on, but in the second baîf Wa seniors were prevented pas-said I2tb grade sli l sroy ah feer ane senor wer oumete a s- power forward Sean Mathé, a catalyst lgîsproiya h retrwfn sage to in the bronze-medal tuomaround witb provd be an insurmoutable championship finals, but wouldn't be Il third-quarter points and some skI Mathé and AI Alilovic sbared the denied in the battle for third place. lar tiion play. overaîl scoring iead witb 15 points Overcoming their trademark slow star this Added co-coach Mark Freeman, apiece, white Marcas Gray also past weekend. the Royals delivered a fierce "Our defensive intensity wasn't bone with some huge steals and third-quarter uprising against Mississauga s t-ups. Joey MacSwcen, Lance Mount Carmel Crusaders Saturday moming and things up and managed 10 pusb through Codner and Lce Mathe sbowed strong- kept the pedal down the rest of the way en route theru (Mount Carmel sometbing we bavent y in the win as weii. to prevailing 47-35. been able 10 do mach bis year.' Reding's he mn was cut down in the semiti An authoritative press and renewed sense of White somewbaî short-staffed and missing nais Friday atemoon, as the eventuai champion purpose after half-time propelled BR to a deci- Provincially-ranked star Jordan Henry, the St. Francis Xavier Tigors of Mississauga hung sire comeback vicîory 1 close out the two-day". Crusaders looked pons' d to win the third-piace on trough an espcially tense fourth quartcer to shade them 51-48. The Royals drew within a basket on four sep- arate occasions in the final frame, but just could- n't close the gap. Field goals by Gray and Codner heightened the suspense, while Alilovic fueled the semifinal clash with 21 points. Preceding the semifinal heartbreaker was a 53- 47 first-round decision over Guelph's St. James Lions, who'd defeated Reding in last year's Resurrection Toumament. The pay-back victory was highlighted with an 18-point effort from Sean Mathé and some key foui shooting. MacSween and Lee Mathé aiso hit double digits. Xavier would just barely hold off Oakville's Loyola Hawks in the championship - winning 54-51 - while in an all-Oakville consolation final, Oakville Trafalgar tumed back Holy Trinity 57-45. GENERAL REPAIRS • PEFORMANCE EXHAUSTI ie._ _ 4FREE EXHAUST INSPECTION * THEBEST SOUND IN TOWN Mon -oMMain 9 0-1,0(905) 8lHm3lm 5v ŽJC L LY L - - - - - - - - - - - - - New Une IVERSAL, FIT 'f)1j LER PRODUCTS $2(;99 lus Installatio n I sleblanc@haltonsearch.com -Cross- town court clash St. Peter's Panther Alex Riemenschneider (left) gets boxed in by a pair of Holy Rosary Hawk defenders - including Rosalle Bell (right) during girls basketball tour- nfament play at Holy Rosary Saturday morning. The host Hawks won 18-6 and finished first at the six-team showcase by virtue of a points for and agaînst tiebreaker. Guardian Angels and St. Peter's also won four of their five round- robin games to place second and third respectively. Holy Rosary's tournament win was due in large part to the reli- able shooting of Carly Fullerton and top-notch play- making by Alex Schroder. Photo by GRAHAM PAINE a .1