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PAGE 26 -- WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WENESDAY, NOVEMBER 25. i”! Substantial bench strength paved the way Saturday for Bluevale Knights senior boys basketball team as they won their opening tournament of the sea- son at West Hill secon- dary school in Owen The eight-team one- day tournament format obviously favored those with the ability to send in fresh troops and by utilizing that strategy Knights waltzed past the bigger but sluggish Listowel high school 78-46 in the tourney final. "Everyone we put on the court did a good job in that final game, es- pecially the starters," Fresh tiodps aid BCI in cage title victory 14 Princess St We“ 8862900 or 886-2370 ' Fully Arr Conditioned Weekends 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Four Lanes Open Mondays a. 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In their opening game BCI romped 62-50 over oweasoundeolle- giate with Kenner hit- ting for 17 and Lamby H. In game two, Knights were dead- locked 24-24 with a small but hardy Wiar- ton club, then used their strong running game to pull away in TEAM Lents Red Wings Canadians Flyers Knights Call 886-6510 for additional information City League TO FULL & HALF DAY SENIOR KINDERGARTEN AND HALF DAY JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN IN JANUARY LIMITED NUMBER OF OPENINGS FOR ADMISSION No Prior French Required Minor Atom STANDINGS Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School the second half. Kenner had 15, La- zenby 12 and Mike Gas- sewitz and Rob "tti- hammer " each. Knights next action will be in two weeks in exhibition play against Brandon! St. John's, before BCI heads west for a trip to Winnipeg. 12 ll " I3 " " By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor Waterloo has been. and still is, his home town. But University of Manitoba Bisons are now very much Tim Harrold's home team. The former Waterloo collegiate Viking basketball star made his return to the local scene after a one-year hiatus in the company of Bisons last weekend during the 14th annual Naismith Classic at University of Waterloo. And while his team did not enjoy any particular amount of success winning one and losing two games. Harrold's on-court demeanor evi- denced that the complex, often enigmatic individual has found contentment in the wilds of Winni- _ hs it turned out, destiny was Just a phone call away. - "I came back here this summer fully intending to play for Water- loo," said Harrold, who took last year off school and went to Winni- peg with friends after spending one season with Don McCrae's Warriors. "But well, things looked awfully crowded (many good players) here. and with the situa- tion really tentative, I decided to contact Marty." "Marty" in this case was Mani. toba coach and former national team stalwart Martin Riley, who was a teammate of Harrold's on Winnipeg's Nicolett Inn national senior runner-up last season. A phone call did the trick. "Marty was really positive to talk to, I decided then it was in my best interests to go back. 1Univer- sity) Manitoba in many ways is very similar to Waterloo, same size campus and it also has a good tradition for basketball." One of the poorest-kept secrets around UW is that Hamid, an oft-spotlighted superstar in high school, was not satisfied with his playing-time role with Warriors and that that philosophy conflicted with McCrae's. Arguably. each is Tim Harrold returned to his hometown Friday for the Naismith Classic - in the brown and gold colors of the University of Manitoba Bisons, the team he has chosen to play for this season. On this play Friday, Harrold guards Laurier‘s Dave Byck. I H a r ro I d -ll n g h . S ret u r n entitled to his own opinion. “I am a lot more relaxed out there, I guess you could call it court maturity," said Harrold after Manitoba tripped up Laurier Friday. "The difference is I'm getting a lot of playing time and I know that if I make one mistake. I'm not going to be on the bench." "When Tim came here. he was an outstanding offensive player but at the time I felt he didn't play sufficient defense," said McCrae. "It's a part of his game he and I worked on for a long time. "This year he was fully intent on returning to Waterloo ... but he just didn't perceive we would play three small players, probably be- cause we hadn't in the past. And by the end of August he felt he had more of a chance to do more playing in Manitoba. There was no ill-felling, at least on my part, and I'm disappointed if he made com- ments (to that effect) after we had what I felt was a very up-front re- lationship..." Bisons during the course of the weekend displayed some inconsis- tencies. some up and down play that Harrold says can be chalked up to youthful enthusiasm. "We've got a good thing going, we've got a really good young team that's working really hard to improve itself and having Marty as coach has to be a bonus." he said. "We've got a lot of work to do, but hopefully by the end of the year we'll be beating some of the big teams." Almost as if fate dictated the draw. Bisons drew WLU and UW as their first two opponents - enhancing the scenario created by Harrold's return. "Waurier coach) Chris (Could:- ard) is a good friend of mine. and it looks like we'll be facing Waterloo in our next game." said Harrold Friday. “I was a little nervous for a while, my play was up and down and we (Bloom) had a few lapses. but we settled down. It's been fun coming back."