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i WAmwoamum-Mmobamou-ai k’ p I O I f Semar gers basketball team m top shape, hopes for even more success RYAN-Mason . . new 1, -. 432%.“ ( ChronicleStafl' ' , , ,_ j i K ., 2, ;~ 3 T‘his could be the season for the Waterloo Colle~ ‘ ‘él , l giate institute Vikings senior girls basketball “or. , i team. ' i The squad. made up with much of the 2013 Cen- «a , tral Western Ontario championshipâ€"winning (and . ’ a provincial consolation winner) squad. looks strong ‘ , -" , 7 ‘- so far in the infancy of the season, but there is some . ' . ‘ competition. a 3 WC] lost a bean-breaking thriller to the Grand “ , River Renegades last Tuesday by a score of 56-54, ‘: ‘ but the team hasn't given up its fight, says captain , Kaylee Anagnostopoulos, who notched 26 points in ‘ ‘ that game, ‘ Anagnostopoulos. a star WC] baller. appears to ; he [ls-bound with her basketball skills once she l finishes this year. t The Vikes did bounce back â€" in a big way. They 3 thawed up and spit out the Huron Heights Huskies ; by a merciless score of 71-16, Anagnostopoulos , scored l6 of those points , . “(Grand River) is the best team we‘ve played so :33; ’f" 3 far and they have a lot of skillful young gins who are "‘ , 1 only going to get better," said Anagnostopoulos. # , . a ; “Hopefully we’ll see them again and it’ll be a dif~ : . t ft-rent result in the WCSSAA finals." she added with i“‘1 > a smirk. 2"“ . last year. wcr didn't quality for the WCSSM fit. finals. but since the team finished high in the standâ€" ' t lugs, they qualified for (WOSSA regardless 1 "We're just kind of coming together like we did Last year." said Anagnostopoulos. adding that some or“ players. who have transferred into basketball in no other programs are making some adjustments "i think we can get a lot better and play a lot bet- lt‘t than what we‘ve been so far." said Anagnos- if. , iopoulos. ~33? The Vikings have shown that they can be a force ' tlt'li-iisively, but on the offensive side of the ball. , ‘ , ‘1 ”WW Is \(lnlt‘ nork to be done. says AnagnostOpour ’ ., ‘ . x , his ’ . 'l wryorir isill put ”)0” heart and soul into n * tlt'll’ll( P but smut-times when we gm into the often my. 7“,,“ M. (”mm to ("may she said A grow aim Cm W Viking Mk) II! Hum W Hilda: (bun). light for the Dd ”the Pinkie: not during a Cnntlnuedonplge33 98me WClwonhandity,7l~16. mum-ammw UW ‘has no plans to cut its football program’ despite report Br Arum [M [SON to ensure that they remain sustainable and But even if the rumours are untrue. a result of instability with the pmgmm. whit h t from“ h- \rufl (t)l]lrlh|llt' to a vibrant strident experience. Waterloo football legend says the damage can be linked back to former administration We are taking steps In all varsity athletics to has already been done, In 2010. after several players failed drug hr llniwrsiii oi Waterloo football torn-aw efforts in the areas of athlete 'l‘ht‘se nimotirs will alft‘i‘i recruiting in a tests and one player was Charged with sell I program not going .inyvvhi-rt- for recruitment. coaching support. partnerships huge way,” said David “Tuffy' Knight. who ing steroids, then alhll‘llt‘ din-t tor Bob now at lt'ihl and fundraising,” said Webster, a former ('oached the Watt‘rlterarriors to one ofthe Copeland pulled thv plug on lht‘ program Despite a report plllllhllt‘d .it vwvw ( aria laurier staffer who took over the job aftrr school's four Yates Cops in l9‘l7. t'fif‘( tivt-lv for the season tlldlllUlllhalk hat tom Whit h rimmed lhrt‘t’ Hob (opt-land resigned, in a press release. rebuilding a team that had set a retard mth l'hat was thi- mill in the tome for it tinim soon m tonfirmi-d that llll‘rl‘ was a mot-ting ”Students at Waterloo are among the an 0-16 mark “Rumours like that get to the that had altt‘.lll\ llt‘l'n struggling \«lltl “guiding the t'lltl of the program. newly world's brightest and most motivated Our high school kids. than all of a sudden. you Knight mintrd alhlt‘lil s lllt(‘( tor Roly Websti'r mus \arsity studt‘ntathlt'ti-s deserve to have a don't have quality recruits," "When thaw did that [said it would lw .in lllt'fi‘ are no plans to fold then-am rewarding rapt-ricotta and we on- tumor” Knight, known more so as lofty during Plghlry’l‘uif problem," said the TR \‘t‘ill old "We keep all of our student recreational ted to adopting strategies nervssary to con his (‘oachingdays with laurier and Waterloo. ()hio natiw from his home in Kitt‘hener .iiid athlt-tit's wry“ vs under constant mums strutting stit‘ressful programs for them.” said the team's current stniggles Come as 3 Continued on pop 33