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he: a season of highs Aiii, lows, the Waterloo agles Senior "A" women's hockey team fol» lowed up a provincial title with silver at the Central Canadian championships in Quebec last weekend. The Waterloo Eagles brought home silver from the Central Canadian championships in Quebec Starting the year still reel- ing hom the passing of one of the team's pillars, Kelly Grantham. the Eagles strug- gled to even ice a team at the While the picture crumbles around them. Ihery still look out fresh-faced as when the photo was shul. offering a glimpse of Waterloo), long sportinghistory _ Buluwho ire they? And what is their story? The details are sketchy. The information collecttxl suggesxs that there are one of the Rexall hockey learns from the early part of last century. sponsored by the popular local apother Looking to reclaim history And on the back is a list of names like Stanley Devin. Bill Schaefer, Arlie Uffelman. Norm Jacobi and Percy Roer Eagles earn their wings time, heir faces look out of the sepia-toned print. weathered and aged by By Bus Vme' - l 'lmfnide yew Br Bun VRBAW' ' .hmnirlvxmjl start of the season. That was compounded by the loss of another player, Kelly Contini, due m preg- nancy. It wasn't exactly a con- dition one would associate with the game. but another reality of life. But a funny thing hap- pened to this team ofwomen. ranging in age from 19 to 41. Instead of hanging up their skates after all the hard knocks that life had handed them, they instead used it as motivation. But two names are miss- ing, and the mystery men look out from position one stand- ing, and position two sitting with the hope they can be identified Those are just some of the questions the Walerloo Sports Parade of History selection committee hopes the public can answer before the picture ends up on theWaIl of Fame at the 1%terhro Memorial Recre- ation Complex her. with comrsponding num- bers from lwo to six l0 match. Or could the order be reversed. and the numbers rearranged? - They want to know if any- one recognizes the team, and more importantly recognizes the players so that they can Iinalty join the historical pan- theon of athletes assembled at the complex since 1995. That sense of purpose saw the Eagles win the Ontario Women's Hockey Association title in february. And they followed that up with another medal win in St, Jule, Que., where the bounces finally went against them in a 5-0 final against Quebec's top Continued on page 3t And by the end of the year they were more of a family than friends trying to pre- serve their love for a game that didn't embrace them until adulthood. The committee has worked hard to cut down on the num- ber ofhislorical selections over the years. making sure people are honoured before they pass away into memory. But unfortunately. them are people still left to be identitiN who have already left this mortal coil. One of them is Otto "Dinty" Stuebing. He was one of Waterloo's original hockey organizers, and always made susethekidshadahetofice lo play on at whal is now NA MacEUchem public school. If anyone can help the committee with their histori- cal pursuits, they are asked to contact the City of Walerloo's Howie Dietrich at 884-4851 But wha/the committee doesn't have is a good enough photograph to mount on the SPORTS CHWhNIClf. - Vikings kick off season . e the weather sug- Wsted that winter coats were still apro- pos, shorts were more in vogue on the fields of Water- loo County as local high schools kicked off their soccer season last week And the cold weather was- sit the only surprise, as the Waterloo Vikings Senior boys soccer team opened their sea- son with a 1-0 win over the heavily-favoured KCI Raiders The Raiders were tabbed as an early favourire to win the WCSSAA Senior boys soccer crown, but the Vikings served notice theyare also in the mix. Unfortunately, the Vikings followed that sterling first won with a dud on the wind- swept cow pastures of Baden, losing 3-2 to Watedoo-Oxford lastThursday The Vikings opened the scoring with the wind at their backs, but once they changed halves saw three wind-aided goals collect into their own net. _ _ m “The viihgs made it close with a late marker. but could- rit make up the difference for The Waterloo Sports Parade of History would like to add this historical photo to the Wall of Fame at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. If you have any information about the team in the photo, you are asked to contact the City of Waterloo's Howie Dietrich at 8844854 By Bustw‘ t 'yortieitulL Despite the setback, the Vikings showed flashes of what could make them a con- tender down the stretch with some solid midfield play. Leading a talent group of midtielders are the dynamic duo of laksa Panic and Johnny Vongsouphath. While Panic serves as the link player to the teanis attack, Vongsouphath is The WCI Mkings opened their season with a 1-1 record last week. theirfirstlossoftheseason. -w,Av.vwwaterioo.eom cucx HERE Velma! in ' UrtNd Prom-1nd (ms Volswagn Wand“ one of the team's most pol- ished finishers "We have more depth on this team,"said Panic, after last year's fourth-place showing. "If we dont let them get by us. I'm sure our forwards can get the job done" "We've got a lot of key guys on this team." added V0ng- souphath, who notched one of the markers.