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WW5; tdrloo I good idea-. . "At that time we're going to sit down and discuss the things that went wrong, the things we did right, toss them all out and pull back the ideas we think will benefit the league." "We're going to have a general meeting in two weeks," said YFW president Vie Chiasson at halftime of Sunday's championship game won by Columbia Alouettes 26-13 over Beechwood Roughriders. With one year now under its belt, Youth Football Waterloo is already making plans for the 1980 season. Jokingly referred to as a glorified Saturday mom- ing babysitting service. Youth Football Waterloo was initiated this fall to give boys 7-12 a chance to play flag football at a competitive level. It was great for the kids, and provided many excit- kg moments for the fans who did show up, but Year o.1 was not without its problems. "We originally planned for eight teams at the start of the year but ended up with four topheavy with 11-12- year-olds," said Chiasson. "What happened was that the T9-yearolds came out at the beginning of the year but when they saw the size of the older kids, they didn't come out anymore." Other complications that arose during the year in- cluded the size of the field, which had to be reduced from regulation size to increase scoring potential, a switch of sites due to poor field conditions, and prob- lems with the Beechwood club especially in fielding a team, which later was discovered came as a result of having several all-star hockey players in their lineup. But-no doubt one of Chiasson's biggest headaches came with referees. “The refs had problems, Ihat's for sure," he said. “The way our program was set up we had to use tackle refs and there's just too mach difference in the games for them to be expected to be consistent." But despite the hassles. the work of Chiasson. the YFW executive and the many volunteers cannot be crowded out of the picture as they afforded many youngsters in the community an opportunity to be Sa- turday's hero. Sunday's see-saw final at Seagram Stadium was a perfect example, Alouettes jumped into a 134) first quarter lead on touchdowns by Bryan Sehl and Martin Martin Min of Columbia carries the ball around and eluding the grab of Beechwood's Dan McKechnie during Sunday's final as Columbia quarterback Bryan Sehl looks on at left, YOUTH} FOOTBALL WATanLOO --that is bound to get better Mitt and a convert by Dan Cormier. Beechwood ral- lied with touchdowns by quarterback Dan McKechnie and halfback Jeff Siebert sandwiched in between Alouettes third touchdown by Cormier. But there was no scoring in the third quarter and Cormier's touch- down on a pass from Sehl clinched the game in the fourth. Dean DeSilva was a one-man wrecking crew in the preliminary game, scoring five touchdowns to lead Lincoln Argonauts to a 80-0 win over Lakeshore Tiger- Cats. . In that contest the Canada Trust Good Sports Awards went to DeSilva and Dave Reil of Lakeshore while Sehl and Beechwood's Kerry Jackson took the final game's awards. The top fund-raiser awards went to Neil McLeod of Columbia and Debbie Chiasson of the executive. Vic Chiasson, a director with the Ontario Amateur Football Association housed at Sport Ontario in Toronto is confident the local association can build for the future with the foundation laid this year. Next year plans are to have four teams at the 11-12 age bracket, four at the 10 and under, and eight spon- sors to cover all teams. Each club would be identified with a community in Waterloo. much the same way it was this year, but would also have a home field on which to play half its games. "The way flag football is expanding, our long-range goals include a regional playoff with towns like El- mira and New Hamburg," said Chiasson. “But that's well into the future, our main priority now is getting our own association off the ground." Story and photos by Rick Campbell . \WV' " ""T' v , v =' ‘w 't . QR 't . “I ' _ . * r?“ y) , Columbia running back Neil McLeod twisted his way past this uni dentilied Beechwood defender during second quartet action of Sun day's Youth Football final. Watarlopt1t1rttttig1?., Chronicle Sports Line 886-2830 Jeff Siobort of Beechwood Roughridors was one of the most prominent players in Youth Football Waterloo this your. ibthehtt, "mambo: " yon-1.215