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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 15 Jul 2005, p. 23

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The Canadian Champion, Fniday, JuIy 15, 2005 - A23 c holding court once aga#-in )ntario basketball program Local cager shows strongly at Kentucky Hoops Fest AI Alilovic is no stranger to bigh- stakes basketball play. So it shouldn't be surprising to anyone that the 6'5" Miltonian came through in the clutch with Team Ontario's Under- 17 Junior team Iast weekend at the 80-tearo Eddie Ford Kentucky Hoops Fest. Having already helped bis provincial squad advance to the gold bracket with a 2-1 round- robin campaign, 16-year-old Alilovic scored two key double- overtime baskets off of big steals to allow Ontario to outdistance Indiana's Spiece North West Indy Alliance 89-84. Overali he bad 15 points in thc victory, which pushed the junior provincial cagers to the gold brack- et's second round - a feat their Ontario Under- 17 senior counter- parts weren't quite able 10 equal. "AI's not necessarily the most skilled player I've got, but be brings great effort and character, plus bis size defmnitely belps us on defense," said head coach Adamo Urbach. Added a modest Alilovic, "I tbink 1 did pretty good (in Kentucky)." A fair amount of dramna was also waiting in the gold bracket's sec- ond round, wbere the provincial juniors were edged 69-66 by Cincinnati's AAURED. The Milton forward collected Il points in the narrow loss. En route to tIhe playoff rounds, Team Ontario knocked off the Cincinnati Ail-Stars (62-46) and Wisconsin Force (89-77) after drupping their toumnament opener to Indiana's Spiece Indy Red 50- 39. Alilovic bad a weekend bigh 16 points and nine rebounds against Cincinnati. He and bis Ontario mates will be back in action at thse end of thse month as part of thse Great Canadian Shootout in Toronto. Big Leagfue Cup win for Magic The Under- 13 Magîc boys didn'i so much advance to ncxt month's League Cup semîifinaîs as buîîdoze iheir way into ihem. Establishing early pressure and mnainsaining the upper band presîy miucb from stars to finish, Milton brusbed aside Guelphs 5-0 Sunday morning in Hamilton. Yuma Tsuboi tallied twice in thse quarnerfinal blowout - delivering tIse only first-half deposit and padding tIse lead sbortîy after intermission -while aiding in the decisive win witb late singles were Nicbolas Garcia, Archan Bhandan and Adam Borrelli. George Kopas made some key saves througb the first Isalf before coming out aîsd setting up iwo goals to finish out a welI rounded performance. Bctween tIse pipes in thse second haif was Jason MacDonald. Fîrst-time sweeper Daniel Husarewych combined with Kevin Monk and Tyler Rioux to suffocate oppos- ing torwards, while winning the majority of one-on- one batties in tIse mid-field were Sanjay Moodie, Kyle Lynch and Dillon Paridis. Thse League Cup semnifinals will be played sometime in August. TIse Under- 13 boys sat third in tIse South Region Soccer League's Second Division at 4-2-2 prior to last night's rematch with Guelphs. Tuesday evening tbey host Oakville at Lions Sports Park. Ihoto by GRAHAM PAINE AI Alilovic la once again proving to be a valuable part of Basketball Ontario. GET A FRESH START. Get SOLUTIONS now for: Credit Card Problemns Loss ofiJob or [oved One Repossessions Major Cash Flow Problemns Wage Gornishments Evictions Persistent Bill Collectors Judgements, Law Su ils Student Loan Delinquent Taxes Foreclosures Dior ce Rel ni Finncin Problerns --Itnkrupt y con be avoided. Cali us No chargefor inil consutation! m *PADDON + Dy Appontaient Only. *YORKE INC.8 5 0 1 225 Main Street East (Main & Martin St>) Milton A better solution! STANDINGS AS 0F JULY 13, 2005 ___TEAMS G W L T PTS 1 ST. GEORGE'S 10 9 1 0 18 2 MILTON BIBLE 9 7 2 0 1"4 3 NEW LIFE "A" 10. 7 3 0 14 4 BOSTON 10 7 3 0 14 5 SOUTH SIDE 10 6 4 0 12 6 KNOX 8 4 4 0 8 7 HOLY ROSARY 10 3 7 0 6 8 HILLCREST 9 2 7 0 4 9 LST. PAULS 9 2 7 O 4 10 NEW LIFE "B" 9 0 9 0 -- el4P Next Day Installations *Finance fron, only S15.0O/month Free lu-hon,. estimates - Satisfaction Ouarante.d A PPLBEWGOD ýLr 1,-0 la CONDETONINS Milton Surrounding Areas 905-825-1950 1-888-788-8080 6% % 'Ri'f'l'Olt"I.-R lit',IIII)II-'IL'RS oi-,IIR (,IFAiNFRS IPIIR P1 R(.Hý1V

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