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“Muss and Shake do most of the digging to get the puck out of the corner; I just take my chances around the, net when they come." "l don't label myself as a checker or a scorer," said the WCl grad who is now taking a business course at Conestoga College. "Skating is my strongest point." Saunders had 15 goals last season and has over half that total this year at the one-third point of the schedule. He modestly attributes his outburst to "luck" plus the benefit of playing on a line with two workhorses, Brad Schnurr and Grant Musselman. That is not a totally fair assessment of the line's work, as Saunders is every bit the digger his mates are. In addition, his tireless checking techniques make things miserable for opposition left wingers. Siskins, who are 8-5-1, now embark on a three-game road trip which will see them visit New Hamburg, Elmira and Hespeler. The competition gets no easier when they return home Nov. 19 to play first-place Stratford, "We've been together since about the fourth game of the year," confirmed Saunders. "Shakey (Schnurr) is smooth and Muss (Musselman) is a real digger. Jack (coach Egers) has worked us hard in practice and it's paying off. Major Midget Schleutor Chevies vs London 9- 15 P M The energetic Waterloo Siskin right winger has scored eight goals in his last five games, including two three-goal games. He padded that total with two more on Sunday night as Siskins edged Owen Sound Kings 6-4 to extend their win- ning streak to four games. . By Rick Campbell Chronicle Staff Writer _ The way Dana Saunders has been cashing in on his chan- ces lately, he would be well-advised to try Las Vegas. Thursday, Nov. 9 Major PeeWee Tigers vs London 8:00 PM. No, by virtue of their 19-14 victory over Western Mustangslast Saturday in London, Hawks will be winging west with the express purpose of defeat- ing the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds in the Western Bowl Friday night. Should they succeed in that venture, Hawks will contest the College Bowl one week from Saturday in toronto against either Queen's or St. Francis Xa- vier, who play Saturday in the Atlantic Bowl. It would be Hawks first appearance in the College Bowl since There they will get on a plane that will take them across the golden flat Prairies, the panoramic Rocky Mountains, and on to the bustling metropolis of Vancouver. ' “The victory over Wes- tern made me very happy," said WLU head coach Dave By Rick Campbell Chronicle St." Writa Just before dawn tomor- row, Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football team will board a bus to Toronto ln- temational airport. They will not be there to sightsee. Saunders on warpath for Siskins - Games this week ;U Hawks beat Western jinx Friday, Nov. " Major Atom Tim Horton Cubs vs Kitchener 7:00 PM. Major Bantam Twin City Optimists AV vs Galt 8 00 (Tony) Knight, "not only because they beat us the last two years, but because it cli- maxed the progression of our team this year. “It's hard for me to re- member when a team from WLU came such a long way as we did. I'd have to com- pare it to our team in W." As a result of the victory, considered by many to be an upset, Hawks are now the No. 1 ranked college team in Canada. UBC is No. 2 while Western dropped to No. 5. The victory was especial- ly sweet for the Hawk players, who blew a 12-point lead against the same club two weeks ago to miss out on first place. In that affair, Western quarterback Jamie Bone riddled the Laurier se- condary in the final six min- utes to score two touch- downs. However on Saturday the Laurier defence gained re- venge, picking off four Bone passes in the second half, two each by gutsy Bob Sta- cey and Conrad deBarros, two of the smallest players on the Laurier roster. deBarros returned his first interception 41 yards for a touchdown which gave Hawks a 9-7 lead in Wild quarter. Then, after Jim Waterloo was missing Steve Graf who was injured in an 8- 3 rout of Hespeler Shamrocks Friday. Minor midget Mike Coppolino, only 15, turned in an excellent two-way effort in his place. Against Hespeler, Schnurr and Jeff Bender each clicked twice while Dale Wilson, Price, Ted O'Connor and Al Boi- leau had one apiece Referee Frank Martin ruled with a limp fist during the contest, which provided for fast-paced action. However, he let Brent Underwood of the Kings off easy late in the game when the Kings forward was only penalized five minutes for a vicious two-handed swing of his stick across the back of Frank's head. "Defensively, and I mean forwards too, it wasa bad game for us. We were lucky to score six goals. They (Kings) got us running around and we panicked. It's just something I'll have to work on this week." Kings were vastly improved over the team that lost t1-2 and 10-3 in earlier games to Waterloo. "They were more offensive and were outhitting us for a while," said Egers. “But in the second and third periods we started taking it away from them." Despite the victory, Egers was alarmed by his team's inability to move the puck out of its own end. The winning goal was scored by Bongo Price midway through the third and Saunders fed Schnurr for the insuran- ce tally with two minutes to go. On that play the 16-year-old Schnurr made a brilliant shift at the blueline to beat defen- ceman Keith Hopkins and then drilled a low shot past Hodg- son from 30 feet. Other Waterloo goals went to Bruce Gill and Craig Frank. Todd Schaefer, Chris Bass, Paul Beimes and Doug Taylor replied for Owen Sound. Saunders opened the scoring in the first period while lying flat on his back as he shovelled a fourth rebound past King goalie Jim Hodgson. The right winger then gave Waterloo a 4-3 lead at 8:49 of the second when he slid a shot along the ice from the slot. "That Schnurr line played great and then Bongo scores the winner," said Egers with a smirk. "That's the secret to winning, you can't throw a checking line against any one line when all three can score goats." “If we don't have a play we just dump the puck in and force them into bad passes," said Saunders. "We create our own chances." Sunday night the Schnurr-saunders-cMusselman line created constant havoc for the Kings, bottling them up time and again. Reid had bowled over seven yards for the eventual wire ning score, Stacey and de- Dave (Tuffy) Knight ...came long way Barres squelched Western drives with pickoffs. “The secondary played CHRONICLE SPORTS-UNE 886-2830 Jeff Bender Al Boileau Dale Wilson Brian Price Dana Saunders Craig Frank Fred McConnell Brad Schnurr Steve Graf Ted O‘Connor Taul McSorley Wilf Rellinger Mica dMmeadgtt my, 'to-ttter 8.1978 - Fun " Paul Dahmer Brian Rumig John Nay Bruce Gill The University of Wa- terloo Warrior soccer sea- son came to an abrupt end on the Laurentian Voyageur pitch Wednesday afternoon when Vees handed them a 2- 0 defeat. The semi-final win put Laurentian into the OUAA finals Saturday against Queen's, Soccer Warriors lose 2-0 to Vees "Just like we panicked last time, I think Bone might have lost his com- posure," said Knight. "We got in a couple of good licks. The hitting was fierce. Kirby hit (Mike) Murphy and Richie Payne decked Bill Rozalowsky. They're still feeling those hits." . P Knight bashed in glory as he outlined how his team has come through the tough revised schedule after odds- makers had picked his young squad to barelymake Waterloo Grant Musselman Leading Scorers Games Goals Assists Poi-1s PlM Don MacLeod, OS 11 7 21 28 22 Dan Forget, Strat 10 2 23 25 24 Kent Norman, Elm 10 15 9 24 4 Grant Musselman, Wat 12 9 .14 23 _ 30 Paul Barton, Strat 10 7 16 23 12 Jeff Bender, Wat 12 5 18 23 . 0 Dale Williams, Kit 12 10 12 22 4 AI Boileau. Wat 12 9 13 22 12 Morley Bosomworth. Elm 10 9 12 21 14 Reid, who was the leading rusher in the game with 109 yards, revealed after that he has had a broken hand for two weeks. It is not expect- ed to be a factor Friday night. Despite Knight's devotion to the running game, it was the passing attack of quar- terback Scott Leeming to receivers Wes Woof , Dom Vetro and Dan Kirby which led to Reid's winning char- ge. going, but I was especially pleased with our three-man line of (Dave) Yurincich, (Jack) Davis, and (Pete) Hepburn. They - really crunched guys out there and put on a remarkable rush," said Knight. _ well, especially in the late Vees scored both their Statistics, November I goals in the first half. Win- ston Hackett redirected a cross from 12 yards for the opening tally while Nick Evagelopoulos upped the margin to 2-0 when his re- bound bounced off a Wa- terloo player into the net, Warriors pressed in the second half but could not find the range on several ex- cellent scoring chances. Should Laurier meet Queen's in the College Bowl, it will be the 10th anniver- sary of the teams' first meeting for the national crown. In 1968, in a game Knight would like to forget, Queen's walloped Waterloo Lutheran 42-14. "The big motivation fac- tor is that we're two steps away from a national cham- pionship. That should be en- ough to spur any team on. " "Yeh, it would be nice to meet them," said the Laurier coach. "We always like to pay our debts." "I'm worried about the ef- fect of the flight out there and the time difference," said Knight. Besides. after our big win Saturday you have to expect an emotional letdown. u Thunderbirds, who wal- loped Calgary 26-8 to take the Western Canada title. have much the same offense as lWestern, according to Knight. Laurier and UBC exchanged game films to prepare for Friday's en- counter. the playoffs. “Ours is the strongest conference in the country, with the toughest schedule. But here weare No. land I intend to keep it that way." 12 10 ll ll 12 12 12 ll 12 12 12 12 M 18 13 ll 15 ll 11 to 10 ll 1tt 12 14