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Celtics the most balanced lineup this side ofWCl. "It's back to where it was in the early 1990s," said O'Brien, about the renewed The ground floor in this case was the Celtics lunior Girls basketball team, which he guided to a District-8 title last year. With the core of that group making the jump to senior, so did O'Brien reunit- ing him with star shooter Kim Devison to give the tis is the season the St. I David Celtics have been building for in senior girls basketball. And it shows after a 5-0 start which included a 39-20 win over defending District-8 champs, Monsignor Doyle, last Wednesday. It's also what brought head coach Tom O'Brien back to the senior girls has- kethall ranks for the rust time since 1981. Since then he's coached at the university level. before spending the last few years rebuildingthe Celtics basketball program from the ground up. Celtics on the cusp of greatness Amberleigh McCulligh gets tackled after going for the loose ball in last Thursday's 39-20 win over Monsignor Doyle. By Boa Vmwur t Jhronirle Muff That's good news, or bad news, depending on your perspective for the rest of the "We haven't had our IO kids all together healthy since the first 10 minutes of our first league game," said O'Brien. "Once we get all 10 back, I think we'll be OK." That was with a couple of key injuries to the team's front court either bubbling or out of the lineup. In fact, O'Brien said his entire lineup hasn't been healthy since the start of the season. And that might bedifficult after their dismantling of Monsignor Doyle Mustangs last Thursday in the Celtics' home gym. The Celtics never let the Mustangs get on a sus- tained run with a stifling defence, while hitting their open shots at the other end ofthe floor. The job now is not to let the girls get ahead of them- selves. The Celtics can't dis- count the rest of the league while they prepare to host the Triple "A" (M’OSSA finals this year. interest in girls basketball at the school. Continued on page 27 I0! MANAL New He's been separated from that side of the discipline since he came to Canada as a boy. Despite working in the families restaurant, The Red Papaya. he found it tough to keep up with his culture. But kung fu isn't all about competition for Waterloo's Ti-Seng Low. There is also a cultural, spiritual and histori. cal aspect to the martial art that originated in his home- land of China. e's proven himself in Hc,r)r,'i,?,iiii'ii,i' coming off his sick bed to win a gold medal in the last kung fu world championships. ‘ Learning at the feet of kung fu masters 7 "That's why I'm so much happier that I'm here in Watedoo." "They were at the univer- sities (University ofWaterkm and Wilfrid lander Universi» ty) studying computers and music." said Slokar, who picked up some of his Eng- lish on that trip. "It is and was my favourite place. That was disappointing for at least one of the newest Raptors. Uros Slokar, who fell in love with the Waterloo Region when he visited his relatives here more than l0 years ago. Slokar, one of the new international contin- gent on the Raptors from Slovenia. stayed with his uncle and aunt. Andre and Pia Brodnik. and their daughter Helene for a month and a half. doing all the typi- cal touristy things people do when they come to this part of the country. ttuthe will get that chance Tii, Toronto Raptors training camp in Waterloo was all busi, ness last week, not leaving any time for the sightseeing that Some of the players new to the learn and new to the country might have wanted to do. Waterloo a familiar stop for Raptor While other members of BY Boa Vmw Chum We 'Sutff SBCBTS By Burt Vim t Include Sm” ‘ -__' 777.77“ "*7, --- Kung tu artist re', the Raptors had out maps and guides to figure out where everything was, and the Toronto and national media worried that the site of the Saturday scrimmage was more than 20 minutes away One of the Raptors' newest acquisitions, guar Peterson as Jorge Garbajosa gets ready to set Seng Low shows off his form in the weapons (only if they took a horse and buggy), Slokar reminisced about all the sites he took in. The six-foot-l I forward, who played with Benetton Theviso in the Euroleague last year and was the Raptors guard Fred Jones, gets ready to blow past Morris . set a pick for his teammate. etrw.vwwaterloo.com Not that he needs the extra motivation. said his local teacher, Sigung Ron "ll's more peaceful over there to learn from them. which makes you more focused on it," said Low, a multiple black belt who trains locally out of Atado Tiger Kung Fu school in Kitchener. "It's more about the philosophy of it and the spirituality of it, which I thought would help motivate me a lot more." after receiving a once-in-a- lifetime invitation to train in the Shaolin Temple in Wudang, China for the next three years. It's an invitation few receive: even fewer from the western world ever get it. second-round draft pick in 2005, said he saw the CN Tower, Niagara Falls and of course Canada's Wonder- land. 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