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PAGE 20 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1986 (Contirued from page 19) they lend musical support to the various UW teams and their repertoire allows them to have a musical message for most occaâ€" sions. Need we say more? New Year‘s If Warrior band members share the above honor, here‘s another that cannot be claimed by just one individual. WCI senior football Vikings coaching staff gets the nod for its role in turning around a season in which they suffered three losses after an opening day win before going on a winning streak that led them into the championship game. As Fred : Grossman had to say, Vikings were a difficult team to play Against because they‘d Ieamé(: large variety of offenâ€" sive and defensive plays and credit for that belongs to Darv Easton and Gord Hunter and others who helped them along the way. Honorable mentions; COACH OF THE YEAR: Wayne Gowing, for his consisâ€" tent work with the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks hockey team, and Don McCrae, for leading his University of Waterâ€" loo basketball Warriors to the CIAU final four for the fourth time. QUOTE OF THE YEAR: ‘"If somebody could write a book to tell people the right thing to say at funerals and things like this to make people feel better he‘d make a million.‘"‘ That was Kitchener Ranger B‘s coach Jim Jenks after his club dropped a 3â€"1 lead in games to lose a Midwesâ€" tern Junior B Hockey League semiâ€"final series to Waterloo Sisâ€" CLEAREST CRYSTAL BALL: Pete Brill (left) and Gerry Harrigan made news back in June when they announced their return to Waterioo Siskins as managerâ€"coach team. The jury‘s still out on this one, but Siskins‘ forward Dean DeSilâ€" va is sticking to his guns on his prediction that the Midwestern league‘s top spots won‘t be won until the final week of the schedule. Looks good so far. Coach Cliff Barry announced in April that he would would be leaving the Region of Waterloo Swim Club to go to Pointe Claire, Que., for a job he‘d wanted for a long time. Said Barry: "I used to call them every year for a job and now it‘s costing them six times as much and they‘re happy to get me."" Soon after Barry left, Victor Davis left ROW to continâ€" ue training with him and Mike West and Jennifer McElroy reâ€" BYEâ€"BYE: tired from competitive swimâ€" ming. HELLO AGAIN: Waterloo‘s ringette belles gave up a late goal to lose 54 to Manitoba in the Canadian chamâ€" pionships last April in Regina. ONE TO WATCH: After a year‘s absence Pete Brill returned as Siskins‘ general manager and Gerry Harrigan returned as coach. OH SO CLOSE: and the Olympics in ‘88. They missed a trip to Moscow in December when Ladret was inâ€" jured in a fall in practice so let‘s hope they make up for lost time in the New Year. . ROLLING ALONG: Christine Hough, a 16â€"yearâ€"old figure skater, could be in the news in 1987. She and partner Doug Ladret hope to go to the World championships in March Kathy Alcock, a student at St. John‘sâ€"Kilmarnock and a memâ€" ber of the Hamilton Scooters, competed in the World roller Lisa Kueneman Saving the Tiger, the Waterloo Tigers, that is, is becoming something of an annual, behind the scenes winter event. This time when Tigers decided to suspend operations for a year it was Fred Kursikowski, general manager of the junior Expos, who decided to do something about it and sure enough, Tigers fielded a team again last sumâ€" mer. This céming year, with a lot of work channeled in the right direction, Tigers may become more competitive. Tigers‘ lateâ€"season drive for a spot in the Iâ€"C playoffs ended with an 11â€"3 loss to London Majors in early August. The fact that Majors scored all their runs in the top of the eighth serves to illustrate how Tigers often got into trouble they couldn‘t get out of during the season. skating championships in Bogaâ€" ta, Columbia in November. It was her first time competing at that level and she finished 14th in senior ladies figures. UNLUCKY ELEVEN: Waterloo CHYM‘rs didn‘t have the kind of season they wanted but infielder Darrell Edwards had one of their finest moments. He was on second base when Brian Schott hit a time consumâ€" ing high hopper to shortstop and he scored on the play, beating a throw from first base after Schott was thrown out. CHYM‘rs were playing Cambridge Gores that night in August and they won 3â€"2. Waterloo Athletics jumped into the first division of the Kitchener and District Soccer League by winning a threeâ€"game series with Torreenses, a team that was forced into the second division in the process. Athletics finished the season in good form as they also won the second division playoff championship. FLEET FEET: ON THE RISE: The national men‘s softball tryouts were held in June at Hillside Park before smaller crowds than industrial teams attract. Problem was, the tryouts weren‘t publicised and fans didn‘t know they had the opportunity to see the best softâ€" ball players in Canada. Included among them was CHYM‘rs outâ€" fielder Mike Pedersen. HUSH HUSH: NEVER SAY DIE: ParticiPacrion MAKES ‘ PERFECT _ semmama Happy New Year Al‘s sport &Â¥ Your PHARMACY @EADQUARTERS , S‘\'E P H4\£ Parkdale Plaza Albert and Hazel in Waterloo 884â€"3860 REGULAR