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e Waterloo Siskins started their pursuit of the title of team of the next century Sunday night with a commanding 10-0 win overtheOrangevilie Crushers Complete Bike a: Skate score And head coach Jerry Harrigan thinks his young squad has enough talent to go alongwirh the hard work that he demands to be a con- tender for a top-four spot in the Midwestern Junior B It's been six years smce the team won its lith all-Ontario tide in 1994, known as the Sutherland Cup. and earned the distinction as the Ontario Hockey Association's Team of the Century. Siskins start a new century That lack of success prompted Harrigan to take on the GM duties of the dub last year in order to instill some of the tradition he enjoyed him- self as a player with the cham - pionship team in 1964. I Hester coached Cup win- ning teams in 1984, 1985, 1988 and 199t. So Harrigan refashioned the team in his image last year, with a focus on retaining players who combine gritty Waterloo Civitans win back- to-hack titles - -...9.F%"_s" W W.‘I.I.MW The Civitans' only blemish on their otherwise perfml record came with a 7-6 defeat to Pickvnng However, the strong "arty show, ing eamed the team a hyr In Sunday morning of the labour I My weekend where they faced Windsor In the finals e Waterloo Major Midget Civilans have done something that no other Watcrlno club has ever done at that level - win back. to-back all-Ontario Triple "A" titles at the recent baseball championships held in Toronto. They [ullmhed that up with a 6-l win over Ottawa, a IOM Win liver the Hamilton FJile team and a IO-b win over W indso r. Waterloo defeated Windsor IO-l to earn the gold medal behind the solid pitching of Scott Reynolds The Civitans operwd tlw murrta- ment with a 7-3 mn zm-r 1heTnmnto Playground team. Be Bott VllBANAC Chronicle Staff atpc Br BOB VRBANAC ourotticleftatr, 98 King Street. North [ammo 886-4340 hard work with an abundance of d1aracter. That combination clicked for the club down the stretch as the surged into the playoffs before bowing out to the Elmira Sugar Kings. The Siskins opened their home schedule with a 104) win. The biggest difference in this year's squad is that Harrigan has added some tal- ent and speed to go along with that character. But while the Siskins will be a more skilled squad, Pitching was the difference for the Civitans the whole mumament As the stafrofi%ck Hawes, Inhn Morhey, Mark Schmidth and Reynolds held the opposition m thrce runs a game The Waterloo Major Midget Civitans repeated as all-Ontario champions Harrigan promises they wont veer too far hom his vision for this team. "We still want to thrive on hard work." said Harrigan. "1 don't care how much talent you have, hard work will beat talent anytime. "If wie work hard every night, the breaks are going to go are way eventually" - - -- The bieakscameieariyand often for the Siskins against Orangeville at the Waterloo SPORTS _i%aAiA.aa9ag I [lift ..... I'll‘uml...‘ .O’l Field manager lawn Marciniak said it was a bigger challenge to repeal as champions this year hemuse so many of the teams play- or: were playing with provincial or 5"”th Hannah-“1..." “at b-br-h-Gr-tAr "i1heHh_.tiroi. On All Home Theatre Packages!' WE PAY Tlit ttp, Mime“. tsome-org-ST-r-Soi-gr-tters. CllRt)NI( Recreation Complex Sunday in the team's home opener. Waterloo Minor Hockey grad Colin Kropf opened the scoring on the power-play at 2:24 of the first period . and the Siskins built a 5-0 lead at the end of the first with goals coming from Brent MacDermid, Sean Costigan. Justin Riccardi and Linden Penner. Another Watering minor hockey grad,, Jehn Thiel.. The Siskins' veteran back- stop Ryan Baksh turned away 25 shots for his first shutout of the season. scored twice in the second period to go along with two assists. to put the game out of reach of the Crushers. Other goal scorers were Costigan with his second of the night, David Jackson and John Mitchell While the club showed flashes of brilliance, Harrigan said it will take a lot ofwork to knack of league powers that include Stratford. Kitchener and Elmira But he also thinks his dub is better than the sixth-place club he had a year ago. - 7 "I'd like to ihallerfge for the top spot. and try to be in the top four." said Harrigan. Marciniak said " ms! made the Civitans that much stronger when the travelling players returned to the team. "The expectations were high." said Marciniak. The only real disappointment the team had all year was not winning Aaron Homostaj played for Team Canada. while Ian Logan. Ryan Reader. Phil Shamz and Mark Schmidth played for Team Ontario. Cache; Phil Shantz also played for the Hamilton Thunderbirds in a special provincial league. "The only two toumaments we had a full team were the provincial eliminations and the tournament the Labour Day weekend," said Marciniak. "Every weekend we had only eight or nine guys and had to use call. ups national teams this year. "It wasnt necessarily a bad thing because in three of the fiw touma- ments we went m WE', went to the rmals That says a Int for the talent on this team." The Wilfrid Laurie: Golden Hawks battled through injuries and a fourth quarter deficit to beat the York Yoeman 17-13 at University Stadium on Saturday Hawks eke out win The Hawk trailed 13-2 late in the fourth quarter before Andre Talbot, pictured catch- Kitchener 4283 King St E 653-1099 Thefts why it was such a nice con- solation to win the Ontario Baseball Association title "To my knowledge we're the only team to ever win " back-to-back," said Marciniak "It said a lot for these Maminiak felt they were the best team there. and had a good shot at the Nationals, but the breaks just went against them, "They were devasoted they didnt qualify for the Canadian champr onships hut bounced back two days later against Guelph to wm a sudden, death playoff game to see whownuld represent the lntermunty at the labour Day tournamenC' the elimination tournament to quaIi fy for the Canadian Nationals_ . While s/number of players gradw ate from the club. Marciniak sad a "tttree-peat" tuit out of [he questo n. "I don't like to look at " as a rebuilding year. but as a year we need to repeat as all-Ontario Triple "A" baseball champions." he said. "That's the plan," www,thebrick.com I Alll MILES' ing a first-down pass above, hauled in a 30-yard Adam Lane touchdown pass ,_ The Hawks were still down 13-10 with 56 seconds to go when running back luslin Praamsma put the Hawks up for good. The Mn improves the Hawks' record to 2-0.