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As of Monday, Knights 3nd Vikings were in the process of evaluating players, many of them rookies and unknown quantities. Greg Simon. Jeremy Hall, Ben] Litke and Sheldon Gilchrist can expect to see action in Knights' offensive backfield. Lucien Tm is a returning linebacker and Chris Faulds adds experhme to the offensive line. Peter Brunette and Eric Weilehz have returned to the defensive line. Knights m 2-3-1 last season and one of their highlights was a tie “Vikings. who were finalists in the Waterloo County warships. This year, Vikings are rebuilding and going, 24 starters to get more players in the game. . I. Returning starters for Vikings include linemen Tarrant Waye and Dave Reitz. Also among the returnees are Chris Koch and Steve Lodge. Mike Prescott. last year's quarterback, has graduated to the senior VI... leaving junior head coach John McIntyre and his assist." with the task of finding a new quarterback to work with a new offensive baekiieid. Some candies had asked that the season begin a week later on Sept. 29 to allow junior teams more than nine days of practice but the request was turned down. "We got a ruling from the WCSSAA executive not to change it.“ said convenor Brian Totzke, adding that requests for such changes could have come sooner and could lead to further scheduling difficulties. "We have good athletes at skill positions with one year of experience behind them," said Mike Mack, a Knights' assistant coach along with Rich Peirson. Dave Hannah is head coach. Forget anything you may have heard to the contrary. The Waterloo County high school junior football season remains scheduled to start on Tuesday, Sept. 22. At that time, Waterloo collegiate Vikings will play host to Southwood Sabres and Bluevale Knights will have Grand River Renegades as visitors. The season for senior teams opens Friday, Sept. 25. The junior Knights have eight returning players but will be young overall. Richard O'Brien Chronicle Staff Jr. football season going as scheduled Richard O'Brien Chronicle Staff The sun never shines on the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football team when it comes time to play the Western Mustangs in London. Newbrough wasn't about to blame a poor offensive display on a cloudburst. Not when his Golden Hawks turned over the ball five times on fumbles and three more times on interceptions to allow Mustangs to become turnover farmers. Laurier coach Rich Newbrough always hopes for clear skies and a win when he takes his team to London, but once again he came up with neither as Mustangs won 23-9 in the first Ontario Universities Athletic Association game of the season for the two teams. "Any time they have a drought problem all they have to do is call a football game and we'll come down and get them some rain," said Newbrough. That was his one and only joke about what happened Saturday afternoon in London. Sometimes the boys from WLU don't do themselves any favors, either. "in my 20 years I haven't seen a more pathetic offensive display," said Newbrough. "I can't find one bright thing we did on offence. We had tt couple other fumbles we recovered ourselves." Laurier quarterback Rod Philp completed " of as passes. one I touchdown strike of II yards to Joe Nasusiuk. A field goal by Steve Rainey accounted for the rest of Lender's scoring. Cloud hangs over rainmaking Hawks in loss to 'Stangs "That Western team is not the same Western team we've seen in the past," said Newbrough. “Jon Jurus is a good quarterback but he's no Samways. When you think about the pressure We put on our defence..." Ray Macoritti accounted for It of Mustangs' scoring points. He kicked two field goals, three singles and two converts. Two of his singles were on missed field souls. 7 Mustangs led 100 at halftime and the fact that the score wasn't higher was a credit to Golden Hawks' tight defence. WLU's specialty teams also played well with the exception of one play in which they allowed Rob Stewart a 49-yard punt return. Stewart was Mustangs' leading rusher with 68 yards on 15 carries. He scored one touchdown and his long punt return set up another by wide receiver Mark Regan. "The only thing that kept us in the game was the net change on the punting game," said Newbrough. Ken Evraire had 143 yards on punt returns and Rob Kent ran for another 85, just three yards short of Mustangs' output in that department. Mustangs were without last year's potent combination of Steve Samways, a skilful quarter- back, and Blake Marshall, a steamrolling fullback. John J urns has taken over the lead role as quarter- back. 7 J urns engineered an attack that gave Mustangs a net offence of 340 yards. Golden Hawks made lust 159 yards, It2 by passing. 7 7 Golden Hawk} meet University of Waterloo Warriors Saturday at 2 pm. at Seagram Stadium.