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Bluevale wins 4th consecutive track title WCl's Eric Xu wins the junior boys high jump, e circle remains For every athlete lost to unbroken with the graduation, like multiple- Bluevale Knights track medal winners Marni beeand and field program as the Josh Morrison, there's a Waterloo school has won its midget athlete like Elaine fourth consecutive WCSSAA Dunuswhostepsuptotillthe track and field tide. breech. And a big part of the con- Dumas was the Knights' tinned success of the program latest midget multiple medal- Senior Tigers break out against the Royals The Royals spoiled Mother's Day for the Trgers last year, beating the Tabbies 13-2 in their first return to Senior Intercounty play in more than a decade. Tiii, Waterloo Senior Tigers were looking for a little Mother's Day payback against the Guelph Royals Sunday at Bechtel Park And Waterlods Royal City rivals continued their pany-pooping ways in the post-season, knocking the Tigers out of the LC playoffs last year in a hard-fought five-game series. So there werent many pleas- antries exchanged between the two teams as they took the field in the rogers' home opener. _ "'iiis/ead the iabbies sent the Royal City side a message - you’ve got a different Tiger by the tail this year. The Tigers pounded DUI 12 hits and10 runs to earn their first win of the season, and even up the club's record at 1- l. -kGd" the TTgers' best all-around player, Jason Meier. proved to be the team's catalyst once again. SArtAMftXRfrtk5fAS 49tt wan St. n, Waterloo mom mszos Fax 3343641 Br Boa Vmwuc Olmru'de stat, 17:11:21» In (wry badyard Be BOBVm-uc 01:0ka Staff is that the baton continues to be passed from one genera- lion of athlete to the next. He had three hits in the victory, including a three-run shot off starter Casey Cooper in, the thud mnmg The rigers' Greg Stefan beats the throw to home to score the HE also' made a dazzling défen- sive play tossing out Guelph's Ttmor Churchill at third base to end the l, clearing ISS m, [15.x winning gold m the dis Cuts. javelin anti shot put, Dumas said she got Inter ested In track and fseld m Grade 4, and had that Interest peaked again when she ruined high school, "Bluevule th um awesome lor track." said 11 winded Dumas. after a 4X100 relay Dumas. amt-r " 4X100 relay "They have really excellent coaches. who really know what they're talking about." At the other end of the spectrum was OAC student Briton Dowhaniuk who was also a multiple individual gold medallist, winning the 200 m, the 400m, and the 400 mhurdles ilk' off by two gold medals in the relay5, the Jr- year-old won five gold medals at the two- day track meet held at kitchener's Centennial Stadium. Like Dumas, Dawhaniuk enjoyed success as a midget level track athlete at the school. She had some struggles in her intermediate years. but regained her form in time for graduation. u "IwasinabitofatUnk around Grade ll whenlfirst SPORTS sixth inning after the Royal City run- ner tagged up on a pop ity to centre field. mutuum.5.u..... u.” .w,... V“, m. -_'" _ _ net tagged up on a pop ity to centre After the game. Meier said he field. wanted to do whatever he could to Meier then dosed out the game give the Royals a taste of the humble for the Tigers. pitching three soore- pie they sewed up lastyear less innings to earn his first save of 'meowethem," said Meier, "They stepped up into junior after being a two-year midget," said Dowhaniuk "But I've been training really hard, and I med io make this Last meet the best one" Dowhamuk, a who also mum as a club athlete with the Laurel Creek Track Club, mm! the coaching support the athletes get at Blucmle has been the big key to the pro- grams continued success. "They really enforce team involvement and working together as a team," said Dowhaniuk, "They're really supportive, and let people try off to the University of Mndsor's track team next year, said that leadership makesit important tonmfor ' "No matter what you do they're always there for you," she said. Doug Carmichael, head coach of the Knights track and field team. said it's the athletes that have made the program a continuing suc- "You've got to keep Starr ing at the bottom," said Tabbies eighth run in a 10-6 victory over Guelph the season Carmichael "You've go! to get good midgets bemuse if you don't that carries through the eeeptsrsegoofroyngath- lete"s in the pinging." ttluevalet Briton Dowhaniuk takes the baton in the 4X100, Carmichael said that's got tougher over the years with all the recreation options that students now have. rYou basically have P , “a” Mou-Fn m. inerAsamery"Nmertanas Sa_Statll-6 m KingSt. s., Waterloo talked some trash to us to end the season, so we wanted to come out and prove to them that this year's club is a pretty good team." That emotion was evident in the clubhouse as starter Adam Homostaj tried to whip up the Tigers uHomostaj earned the win, giving up one run in six innings, striking out eight while gaming seven Royals "Some of the guys really nemem- bered what they said to us in the playoffs last year and I'm one of them," said Hornostaj. "We play these guys four times this year and I wantfourwins. -sit you told me we could play these guys in another seven~game series, I'd want them bad." _ Field boss Ian Buglass said he was just happy to get the first win of the season. But the Tigers skipper did break out a Cheshire cat-like grin when talking about the win over his former ball dub. "We just wanted to get that first win under our belts," said Buglass "I think we're going to have a healthy rivalry with Guelph, especially after the playoffs last year." "All you can do is try to hold on to the top three or four kids" said Cannidmel “Kym can do that; hopefully you get the right kids to win. “We've been fortunate that way in keeping our numbers up" -» The Knights begin their CWOSSA title defence this Wednesday at Resumxtion. T DAYS A WEEK BEER STORE