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A Guelph Bear tackles a Twin Cities Thunderbird in game action Sunday at University Stadium Kâ€"W Day brings out Jarrett Smith The Twin Cities Minor Tackle Football held their Kâ€"W _ day â€" at â€" University Stadium on Sunday. After each game TCMTFA recognized three players from each team and presented them with offensive, defensive and game MVP awards. Jarreft Smith, No. 34 of the Hamilton Tigercats, was on hand to hand out awards. The former Waterloo Wartior also did the opening kickoff for the TCMTFA Thunderbirds and Guelph Bears. In the Tyke Division, the Cambridge Mustangs beat the Twin Cities Talons 54â€"0. The yerceocn en Spas .& ts @ enity Rebels bring home silver from east coast he first Waterloo minor I softball club in 25 years to qualify for a Canadian _ championship has brought home a silver medal from the cast coast. The _ Waterloo _ Rebels Peewee fastball team capped off a surprising season . by reaching the tournament finals of _ the â€" Eastern â€" Canadian Championships, _ held _ in Windsor, N.S. The Rebels surprised the softball fraternity by earning a SAMARA POOLS & SPAS 490 Weber St. N., Waterloo Phone 884â€"5295 _ Fax 884â€"8641 The LEAFS are Re TORONTO MAPLE By Bos VrBanac Chronicle Staff _ ROOKIE TOURNAMENT September 6 â€" 9, 2001 offensive MVP was Mitchell Berenz for the Talons. The defensive award went . to Courtney Smith, while game MVP went to Kyle Van Deemnter. In the Atom Division the Brampton Mad Dogs took a bite out of the Twin Cities Falcons in a 40â€"16 decision. The Falcons MVPs were Richard Burke on offence, Ross Graham on defence and Evan Houston. The Wentworth Raiders beat the Twin Cities Warhawks 28â€"12 in the other Atom diviâ€" sion game. The Warhawks MVPs were Chris Fudge, David Mallot and James Dolby. in the Peewee division, the surprise berth to the champi onships at a provincial qualify ing tournament in June. And once they got on the bus, head coach Andy Schlitt said they boys wanted to prove they belonged to all their detractors. "The talk turned from it was nice to be here, to lets come home with a medal," he said. The Rebels did just that, sweeping through roundâ€"robin pool play with an undefeated record, including a win against the powerhouse Quebec team. The Rebels were down 2â€"0 in the top of the seventh, but Gueiph Bears outlasted the Twin Cities Thunderbirds 32â€" 22. The Thunderbirds game MVPs were Terry Horst, Mark Simon and Justin Nelson. In the other Peewee game, the Twin Cities Ravens salvaged some pride for the homeside defeating _ the Wentworth Vikings 32â€"0. The Ravens MVPs were Steven Demeter and Patrick Howell. The Twin Cities Screamin‘ Eagles finished off the day with a 20â€"0 win over the Cambridge Wolverines. The Eagles MVPs were _ James _ Wittackerâ€" Dumont., Josh Bannon and Derek Evans. "Once the game starts we figured that these guys were nothing special, and we took off from there," said Schlitt. rallied to win the game in extra innings 5â€"2. The Rebels made it all the way to the finals to face their provincial rivals, the powerâ€" house Scarborough team. The Torontoâ€"based team won 13â€"0, improving their record to 51â€"1 this season. But Schlitt said his team wasn‘t disappointed. "By the time the medals were put around their necks, that was all forgotten," he said. SPORTS Warriors‘ Bradley breaks mark in sloppy win over Golden Hawks e annual Battle of Waterloo game between the Waterloo and Laurier was more of a bumble than a rumble as the Warriors outâ€" lasted the Golden Hawks 16â€"7 Monday night in a mistakeâ€"filled contest at University Stadium. It was fitting that both teams opened their OUA season on Labour Day as both teams laboured to mount _ any _ sustained offence in a sloppy affair dominated by the respecâ€" tive defences. IRONMICIE Even normally sureâ€" handed Warriors‘ tailback Mike Bradley had trouble holding on to the ball, fumâ€" bling twice and missing a pitch from Quarterback Jordie Holton on his way to breaking the career rushâ€" ing mark at the Waterioo school. Bradley finished the night with 170 yards on 24 carries, eclipsing former Warriors® Jarrett Smith of 3,895 by 25 But instead of celebrating the career accomplishment, Bradley berated himself for all _ the _ mistakes _ he made _ in _ the _ closelyâ€" contested affair. The Waterloo Rebels won By BOB VRBANAC Chronicle Staff silver at the Eastern Canadian Softball Championships last week "It‘s something that I wantâ€" ed to do," said the fiveâ€"year veteran, coming off an injuryâ€" plagued season. "But I‘m still not happy with my game today. "I fumbled the ball twice, and dropped a pitch. We have a lot of work to do offensively. Without our kicker 1 don‘t know where wed be right Warriors‘ place kicker Matt Mike Bradley me L;.mm‘ e evermmt sror anil Â¥ S â€" Sat 9â€"6; Sun 11â€" 181 King St. S., Waterloo o He was also under presâ€" sure most of the night as the as Warriors effectively biitzed him off the comner, never allowing Pyear to get comfortable in the pocket. Laurier‘s only touchdown came on a fumble recovery by rover Kevin Taylor, who scooped up a Holton fumble and raced in for the major from 40 yards out. _ _ The â€" Hawks‘ _ defensive quarterback, Taylor, underâ€" stands that the defence will be counted on in the early going. "As long as we‘re better Continued on page 28 Armstrong accounted for all the scoring for the Warriotrs, hitting on four field goals while adding four singles. "I hate fumbling the football," said the contrite Bradley, taking no solace in the broken record. "If 1 fumble the footBÂ¥1l, that‘s a bad game for me." The story wasn‘t any better on the Laurier side of the ball as the Hawks‘ rookâ€" ie QB Rvan Pyear received his baptism under fire. He compieted just five of 15 passes for 50 yards, although he wasn‘t helped by a couple of early drops by â€" his _ inexperienced receiving corps, including one right on the Warriors goal line. 7 DAYS A WEEK BEER STORE