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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 1 Jan 1992, p. 26

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The Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Kweens, getting some instructions from coach Kathy Mackowski, held a dress rehearsal at the Rink in the Park, Sunday in preparation for competition in Quebec later this month. - Butler captured the senior girls‘ gold medal while Schwan brought home the silver medal in the senior division. The pair also won a team silver medal as well. Earlier this season Butler captured her second consecutive junior Canadian Women‘s crossâ€"country championship in Halifax. NS Schwan finighad Mn esnt in Halifax, N.S. Schwan finished _ fourth. Both are members of a Canadian team which competed at the Young Women‘s Ekdiden Relays in Hawaii on Dec. 31. Honorable mention‘s at WCI goes to WATERLOO CI VIKINGS The dynamic duel of Kathy Butler and Angela Schwan are the top athletes for the first half of the school year at Waterloo C.L. Both, in their final year of high school, brought home allâ€"Ontario crossâ€" country medals from Horseshoe Resort in October. Some of the best from Waterloo high schools internationally Kweens on Ice kick off season Jody Mitchell is the top athlete out of Bluevale Collegiate during the first half of the high school year. A Grade 13 student, Mitchell was the heart and soul for the senior football Knights this past season enabling them to win the Waterloo County high school championship. The Knight running back collected the entire girls‘ crossâ€"country team and senior girls basketball team as well as the junior boys soccer and senior boys volleyball teams. BLUEVALE CI KNIGHTS 1 o m ooo ie e e on ie epnrany France, Belgium, Switzerland, the United States and, of course, Canada. The girls are also enâ€" tered in three other competitions in the new year and also anticiâ€" pate going to the Canadian championships being held this year in Regina. _The International Field anâ€" nounced for this year‘s Laval, The 26â€"member team will comâ€" pete again'gt‘t.e_amg from England, Kweens On Ice, the Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo skating club‘s elite preâ€" cision team have announced their competitive schedule for 1992 with their very first competition set for Laval, Quebec, from Januâ€" ary 3rd through 5th. 50% to 50% OFâ€"F SUITS + SPORTCOATS § “',S'P“" j OUTERWEAR MEN‘S | SHOPPE Alterations extra on ‘/ price merchandise. FREDERICK STRE] QUALITY + SERVICE â€" SELECTION KITCHENER 5755‘6%1' EVEN AT SALE TIME! iMiibaiirandit, Ariectiditâ€"rukban‘ competition is one more Honorable mention has to go to Knight quarterback Jason Meier and running backs Adam Hewson, Sean Fitzgerald and receiver John Harper, who along with Mitchell play for the BCI basketball team as well. KITCHENERâ€" WATERLOO CI RAIDERS Although they weren‘t the tops in the league, the Raiders‘ field hockey team got some pretty outstanding goaltending from its top athlete of the first half of the school year in keeper Leslie Lorentz. Lorentz, a Grade 13 student, had a banner year between the posts for the 10 touchdowns this season and also received the Doug Shuh Award for the top player in the 14â€"team league. This was Mitchell‘s last season of high school football, but he hopes to make his mark at the university level when he attends Wilfrid Laurier University next year.. It was originally designed as a recreational program within figâ€" ure skating that would provide young athletes with an outlet to pursue their sport in a team enviré)ix::ent. I‘?‘Lnee thel;). l;reci- sion ti wn by leaps and hmml;glnd %r\:' local Kâ€"W Club has been at the leading edge. From its invitation from the International Olympic Organiz ing Committee to join the Edmonâ€" ton Precision Team at the closing ceremonies of the 1988 Calgary Olympics to the 1989 trip to Gotheberg and Helsinki to comâ€" pete in a number of International indication that the world of preciâ€" sion skating is continuing its tremendous growth not only here in Canada, but worldwide. in a team then, Preciâ€" wn by leaps r local Kâ€"W the leading Fieagiart Raiders recording eight shutouts, including three in tournament play. What makes her accomplishment tops at the school, is that this was her first year of field hockey. Honorable mention goes to senior Raider running back Johnny Forte, who scored the lone touchdown in an 11â€"1 victory over the Waterlooâ€"Oxford Crusaders. It wasn‘t a great season for the gridiron Raiders, but Forte added a bit of light to what was a dismal season. ST. DAVID CSS CELTICS Team members from the Celtic senior boys volleyball and senior girls basketball teams get the nod as top athletes from St. David C.S.S. Both teams rolled to a perfect season followed by successful playoff records in District 8 play. Honorable mention goes to corssâ€" country runner Monika Melnchuk and Celtic quarterback Jason Hoch. Competitions, Kâ€"W Club teams have brought a great deal of recognition for the area in the International Skating World. The Kâ€"W Club has also had teams in every Canadian championship, actually hosting the National Competition in 1989. fundâ€"raising drive asking for Corâ€" porate support. This year‘s Junior Elite team has been working on their proâ€" gram (Spartacus) since May estimated that 9,000 skater and volunteer hours at a budgeted cost of $55,000 will be needed for the ‘92 season and the team is currently in the midst of a major ndee wnmenizanc + It‘s

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