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The Siskins' Brent MacDermid lets a hard shot go to score his nth goal of the season Sunday. return to health of the Aiiskins' defensive corps as the hometown side on a roll after a 7-4 win over Listowel Sunday night at the Rec Complex. And the biggw spark in the last week has come from veter- ans Derrick Schultz and Chad Yamzi who have returned to the club in time to see the Siskins run off six in a row. leaving them in a virtual tie for third place with Elmira Siskins win six in a row Schultz has added some toughness and feistinessto the Siskins' blueline since his return from the Kitchener Rangers. Yantzi. in turn, has contributed his usual solid otski' The WCl grad, who won OFSAA gold in cross-country skiing in 1995. will now represent Canada at the Worid University Championships in Zakopane, Poland Feb. 9-17. local cross-country skier ready to take on the world places. The former Canadian junior ski champ has faced international com- petition while competing in the US. but she's never uavelled overseas to SAriAMrtXX5SSfAS 490 Weber St. N., Waterloo Phone 884-S295 Fax mm: BY BoaVRmNAc Dunnide smf Werloo's Megan McTavish's passion for skiing comin- ues to take her to faraway a Mir mm m an» backyard BY BOBVRBANAC Chrom‘de Staf , T"""-""'"."] to' ”(V Game “" defensive play in from of goat tender Ryan Baksh in his return from a shoulder injury. The Tavistock native said the team has an easy formula to follow when playing in from of one of the league's best goalies "We know Basher IBaksh) is going to make the first save, all we have to do is make sum he sees the shot and well be fine" saidyantzi. As an added bonus the six- foot-four rearward, who tuw- ers over his five-foot-nine goalie on skates, notched his first two goals of the season against the scrappy Cyclones in his second game back from a month-longlayoff. "I have ik idea the last time I had two in a game," said Yamzi, who was just as sur- The 23-year-old said it will serve as good training as she finishes up her studies in engineering at [alrehead University in Thunder Bay. McTavish plans to continue racing and training on her own when she graduates, and hopes someday to ski on the World Cup circuit. Taking on skiers from more than 30 countries at the World University Championships should help her reach that goal. take on a predominantly international CrekL "Ml be' a very good iriiemationai experience, which is hard to get in Canada" said McTavish "We're hm so swarm. 28/01 "dt'/d'SN,'ll',','lu" prised by his sudden offenshe output as his teammates The i8-year-old OAC student at Watedrxrodmd had only one goal last year " dont think I’m going to tum into Bobby Orr or any- thing" laughed the jolly giant, "Defense is what I concentrate most on." Head coach Jeny Harrigan liked how his club stood up for each other. "I was wry happy to see them support each other as a team," he said. The Siskins' next home game is a fksperbowl special Sunday at 2 pm. versus first- place Owen Sound. The game against the Cyclones also featured an okr fashioned five-on-five tussle between the dubs. SPORTS Megan McTavish W -ggut,gt"jgaiit, , "tttta; $iHJtlilatf' 4 m Celtics still unbeaten in pursuit of a title e tA, David Celtics' can lain Chris Dietrich sure knows how lo celebrate his 19th birthday The offensive-minded blueliner scored his club's first two goals to pace them to a 5, 4 win over the St, Benedict Saints last Thursday at the I Iespeler Arena. When Dietrich was asked if he did any1hing special for his birthday bash against "Benny's" he said. "I just went out and played the same hock, ey game I always do." t biemch said that most of the celebrations were defeated to that night. - - The same might be true for the rest of the team as they'd like to defer any celebrations until the end of the playoffs. The Celtics would like to make up for a fmals lose against Grand River that saw the Renegades take home the WCSSAA senior boys hockey title. Dietrich, a member of last year's squad, said his club will settle for nothing less than the hockey crown. "Everybody was upset when we lost last year in the finals to Grand River," said the minor hockey grad who came back from a broken leg to play for his school team. "All the relumees this year just want it that much more, and we're teaching the new guys what it's IOOTHS AND TABLES Be Bun VRBANM Chronicle slg Healthy. after battling injuries all of last season, she felt the upcoming race would be a good gauge of her develop- ment in the sport far away from everyone' "it's good to see what it's like," said McTavish. "l think going to the University will help me see what it's all about, because it's much bigger in Europe "fa see what it's like lo be involved inan event like that itll probably teach us a lot of things' M A McTavish Emed to travelling to far " places to improve her skiing She chose to attend lakehead to min with Their only blemish on a otherwise perfect record going into the exam break this week was a 3-3 de against the sec- ond-place Waterloo-Oxford Crusaders last week The Celtics almost dropped another point against the Saints last Thursday. after the Cambridge club skated back from a 4-0 deficit to cut it to 5-4 with less than a minute to go. The Saints thought they 50 Weslmoun! Rd, (We-"noun! Plaza Shopping cm") The umeNeve‘r limb LG It" Kill; St. s., Waterloo the Canadian Development centre for cross-country skiing. and has been a part of the university's team that has won a number of national deampi- onshjps. Ndwshe’s ready to strike out on her own and get a feel for her own style of However, because of funding cut- badts at the national skiing assockr tion. McTavish is on the hook for the $3.000 it will take to compete in Poland Anyone who wants to make a tax deduaable donation to the team can mil the Waterloo Region Nordic Sports Club at 746-9950 N. WATERLOO 884-: Cyrltics' head coach Dave Beaten said his learn was just playing it out at the end as they prepared for another two- week break, Beaten said his club has been more consistent than not during their unbeaten stretch, and expected the Celtics to be there at the end. "We like the position we're in at this point," he said. "Hopefully, we can get it going again and finish it off." 8558 'Ei'taiF'1'ul BEER STORE OPEN , DAYS A WEEK Monan 108, N0 SUCKS ALLOWED! "Ill Sun li-O