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PAGE 30 â€" WATERLON CHARONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1995 PORTS ' It‘s only fitting that a high school teacher along the fastball path until there was no after two or three tournaments and 10 to 12 from Resurrection catholic high school would janior fastball in Waterloo for her to play. In league games under our belts. Then, maybe, resurrect the Waterioo ladies junior fastâ€" T‘ll have an idea where we fit in." ball team. A Phoenix rising from the Throughout the minor fastball system ashes, of sorts. s the divisions are broken down into twoâ€" After eight seasons in hiatus, coach Garâ€" nSIde year periods, with the exception of the Ghosts, a team of talented, but young gi l-ts â€"year period for the junior division is an (age 19 to 23) from Waterloo and surâ€" SL Mbb:pmdrhhhllfita mm&ngmAthgGvdph.hm longer period time as well as encourngâ€" Arthur, Cambridge and Ayr. Peter Cudhea img more jumior teams. And young is the key word when "I felt that there. were enough girls describing the Ghosts. Rooney realizes around to warrant some more teams and that this season will be tough and someâ€" m we should have one in Waterloo giving the what discouraging for most of the players f Waterioo girls, who are coming up through who are graduates from last year‘s midgets â€" the past most juniorâ€"aged fastball players the system, something to look forward to including, pitcher Dana Rooney (his daughâ€" mm»mmâ€"-w- instead of going elsewhere." $3 2C ae es ols ae l MALD L ETE 40 Hh â€" lrve uks ©.6..0, AAbJ anmen inamor ts nitebriner Waterloo Ghosts hit the field after eightâ€"season hiatus ter); Shannon Beck, who can either cover third base or pitch; short stop Angela Papalambropoules and first baseman Sandra Gutscher, who last year topped the league with a .520 onâ€"baseâ€"average. "In the final two games last season, Sandra. went eight for eight with four triples, two doubles a single and home run. They just couldn‘t get her out," Rooney said of the heavy hitter who will be challenged this year by junior pitchers. The veteran coach, who guided last year‘s Waterlico midgets to the fourth best team in the province, has not only followed the career of his daughter, Dana, he also coached her Ladies Jr. fastball returns W Gpach Garnet Rooney and :* /‘ h bnsanene mac wan iD ) arf)| V "AQ@E. Joside [X & ports Peter Cudhea ye the past most juniorâ€"aged fastball players either went to the Kitchener Kieswetters or Kâ€"W Civitans. Also coming up to the junior ranks with Rooney are assistant ¢oaches wmmmumv«- "Since it (the division) is a fourâ€"year age group we‘re going to be competing against wnomdfoumnm.‘fld . "It‘s going to be a struggle, but the *khnbmfiau&hmdum :&nnyac’hnmditvm a little i w-mm-ffiu "I figure it‘s going to take half the season for them to catch on to the pitching. I‘m ';-bâ€";".i-{"'bf'fi&fiad-h' » what we‘re going to be like until the end of June: *Cd %0£ on ing more junior teams. "I felt that there.were enough girls around to warrant some more teams and we should have one in Waterloo giving the Waterioo girls, who are coming up through the system, something to look forward to instead of going elsewhere." § Rooney added some power to the pitching mound last week when he signed former Guelph midget chucker Ann Hamilton. _ Hamilton is in ber first year of a fastball _ echolarehip and pitches in the NCAA league for University of Michigan. "Beck was going to be my second pitcher, but now she‘ll be my relief pitcher behind Hamilton and Rooney." ‘The team will be competing in the sevenâ€" hn nrotasinia in db isb ihaamint is ihdrcnneoneonstntatincdighet teams from Chirigacousy. Last season the 11 a.;. â€" 6 p.m., Including Holidays 181 King St. S., Waterloo Open Sunday C 0 M P a N Y Siskins hire new coach is suminaias s ut linic i)b iegarlyacthew s Rob Hooper to head team for 95/96 season Peter Cudhea Chronicle Staff Another season, another coach. Waterloo Siskins have hired their third head coach in as many years with the appointment of Rob Hooper as the new man to direct the team for the upcoming 1995/96 Midâ€" + H o 0 per , who saw his St. Thomas Stars fall four straight to the Stratford Cullitons in the provincial junior B finals, replaces Brian Hayton as the head coach. Hayton, whose fourthâ€"place Siskins get bounced out of the first round by Kitchener Dutchmen, replaced Geoff Ward, who led Siskins to the 1993/94 Sutherland Cup Ontario championship. At the age of 25, Hooper doesn‘t feel that his youth will work against him while coaching a team with some of the players five to six years his younger. "I look at youth as an advantage because I can understand them and hope to build a solid rapport ;.i}hthm.'nid}hopudww This past season Hooper did a spectacular job with the Stars in taking a last place team from the 1993/94 season to first place in the "Coaching here (with Siskins) is going to be a challenge." â€"Siskin Coach Rob Hooper