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Waterloo Mayor Lynne Woolstentroft honours my” vol- unter Carolyn Fedy of the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club. Waterloo honours 55 minor sports volunteers The first season was a struggle to ice enough players, and to get the team up to the competitive level where that they all wanted to play at. The Eagles managed to be oom- petitive, but that's when they suf- The Eagles were formed last year by a group of women who grew up playing the game and weren't quite ready to give it up. Looking for ice, the City of Waterloo gave them a chance to play. Team captain Jackie ()ulahen said that no matter what happened to the team off the ice, it was all for- gotten when the Eagles were on it. And the team. Which has mem- bers ranging in age from 19 to " has had a lot to deal with. And the Eagles. who have become more like a family than your typical team due In all the trials and tribulatimts, are hoping to do one more thing together this season. They wani to%ring home the Central Canadian Women's hockey title from St. lule. Que. this weekend. ife, or something like it, is what I the Waterloo Eagles women's ueniur hockey team has been dealing with for the Last two years, Between the death of one of the team's founding members to the birth of the team's newest member. the senior "A" team won its first provincial championship last month, beauingThunder Bay 2-1 in the Ontario finals. Waterloo Eagles soar to new heights Large selecnon N Fly-lyln'g & 1nstructonal tistung supplies :omses 70" ttstmt mum-n Accessunes 10 [1mm Rut, Unit 4, ltMerigo 145-2650 srs1NBfllU" SPO R P, S CELEBRATE fillilB)llll,5 DAY I BY ll IB Vanna: I 'hrumrlr VII]? "She knocked on my door and asked me iff wanted another goal at playing and I said, 'Why not,'" said Oulahen about the missing heart and soul oftheteam.“Wesetagoal for the team to be competitive, and play the best that we can, and very, very quickly we were successful. Kelly Granthem, one of the founders of the team, and a key member on the ice was diagnosed with cancer. She succumbed to the disease latter that year, fered their first major setback. The Waterloo Eagles are playing for the Central Canadian Senior "A" women's hockey championship this weekend. 'she played with us up until Enjoy special savings throughout the mall. Register at Shoppers Drug Mart See sures for details. Join us tomorrow at Waterloo Town Square to Thirty-year recipients include the skating club's Helen Eowell and Linda Letvenuk, and Waterloo lanes Youth Rowling's Fred Clark and Bob Howie. Twenty-year recipients included Waterloo Lanes' Tom Clayfield, Ken Buckley. Bath Buckley and Debbie Clark, Carolyn Fedy of the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club led the way. receiving a special 40-year award for her more than four decades of work with the club. The City of Waterloo hon- cured 55 people for their contributions to local minor sports last week at the 38th a n n u al M in o r Sport Volunteer Recognition Dinner at RIM Park, Other 20-year recipients SPORTS hockey ali their-lives." said tiuiatien, during the Eagles last practice at RIM Park. "Either they played with Oulahen along with goalie Cheryl Campbell, Tracy Cobham. Kelly Contini. and Catherine McClausland joined together to keep Granthem's hockey dreams While the enthusiasm for the team was sucked out by the loss of Granthem, five members of the team decided to come back this year to give it another go, (Ihrispnas time last year." Tveryrody, here has played The city also honoured 10 people with more than 20 years of volunteer service to minor sports. were the skating club's Mari- Minor Baseball's Rob Divell Chris Campbell. Doug lyn Johnny, Don Johnny, were also honoured for 20 Carder. Doug Coombs, left Fred Joyner, Ruth Sinyard. year of service. Ireland and Herbert Weigel Joanne Kuntz and Virginia Ten-year recipients were also were honoured for In Gilham. Waterloo lanes' Leo Gallant years of service. Waterloo Minor Fastball's and LindaGrieshjemer. The K-W Skating Club's Dave Orsini and Waterloo Waterloo Minor Hockey's Continued on I'm 25 Early season losses piled up because there weren't enough bod- ies to go around. Those numbers dwindled even more when (Domini. a star forward from Guelph, found But getting enough players to bring the Pages together for anottr 'T season also proved to be a strug- their brothers or played road hock- "They come from the time that there wasnt any organized women's hockey. Now the game has taken off, and you can see that in the team here." ,arww.vwwiGrToo.com "If they come with the same effort they had at provincials, they won't end up with anything but the gold," he said. Tony Schmaiz, a founder of the women's minor hockey system in Cambridge. and a voluntary coach with the team thinks they have a shot, One idea has been to add anoth- er medal to the collection by carry- ing the momentum the Eagles' have into the Central Canadian champi- onship. "We're just trying to figure out what to do with it." "For us it was special." said ()uluhen, about all the returning veterans who have gone through so much in the past year. "We request- ed a medal in Kelly's (Granthem) name. and have one. "l 'm just honoured that they held a spot fur me, and what a privi- leg- it isto play. For them to hold on and stick to it With great." “That’s life." said Contini, about the newest addition to the team. "We didn't exactly plan the preg- nancy according to the hockey schedule Women in sport just have to play around that motherly schedule. She's just happy the team man- aged to gel in time for the provin- cials. to give a her a chance to play at nationals. out she was pregnant Her first baby Jessie was born in January, but the cesarean-section surgery meant she would miss the provincials. CLICK HERE Volkswagen In 1 Urttmd Prcrmd [on Volkswagen Wanda