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Eadie joins Canadian squad team. But this summer she‘ll be hoping for a big hit as she hanâ€" dles the hot comer for Canada‘s Eadie said some of her teammates could tell she‘s a goalie just by the way she catches sometimes. ut TBS SUERIET SME M DC . MEWD COIICTATIIDS MJIMLEOIU! TRTeNVE Te eeoiP mt RiRAnCUIees MHNLERES . S : it â€" hoping for a big hit as she hanâ€" _ the Memorial Auditorium in _ Sports of Waterloo Region, the NOW. as he returned home â€" stop the fight until they Done right, and the comâ€" dies the hot comer for Canadas _ Kitchener, Eadie was one of _ fiveâ€"day visit will also feature a _ from the Canadian Junior _ cleaned up the mat." petition leaves their cookies national womens softball _ threelocal players who donned . free fastball skills clinic for local Nationals in Nova Scotia He thinks it set the tone _ on the floor. And the bucket team. ‘Team Canada‘s colours during _ boys and girls aged 12â€"14 June with his second gold medal _ for the entire competition. _ brigade was on call quite a Eadie said some of her _ the press conference. 5. More than 1,000 local eleâ€" â€" in the last three years â€" His competitors started to _ few times last week in Dartâ€" teammates could tell she‘s a in addition to Eadie, who _ mentary school children will _ "Killer Mike". . say, "Oh, oh, Michael‘s comâ€" _ mouth as he finished undeâ€" goalie just by the way she _ now calls Waterloo home while _ also get a chance to visit with So why did he go from _ ing. feated in the Super Fin B catches sometimes. she completes her school comâ€" _ the team during the camp. something so genteel to A firstâ€"degree blackbelt _ division competition with a "I‘ll catch a ball just like a _ mitments, Kitchener‘s Rachel Eadie chose to attend Lauâ€" _ Obviously aggressive? Just ask _ and member of the new Flite â€" perfect 4â€"0 record. goalie save and they‘lltellme to _ Schill, a Resurrection secâ€" _ rier because it gave her the _ the competitor he faced in _ Martial Arts Club, training The classic counterâ€" go put the pads on," laughed _ ondary school grad, and Continued on page31 _ is second match at the â€" out of Cambridge under Continued on page 28 he time is now for the I Waterloo Junior A Braves Lacrosse team as they open up their season Friday night against Peterâ€" borough. The team went with a youth movement a few years ago when they blew up the club and started all over again. And youth will be served this year. said head coach and general manager Corey Hallman, who expects his team to challenge for a league title after a disapâ€" By Bos VrBanac _ Chronicle Staff Holding â€" simultaneous news conferences in B.C. and the Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Eadie was one of three local players who donned In addition to Eadie, who now calls Waterlco home while she completes her school comâ€" mitments, Kitchener‘s Rachel Schill, a Resurrection secâ€" ondary school grad, and pointing firstâ€"round playoff exit last year. _ 8 To help take his club to the next step, Hallman said he‘s hung up his stick with the Senior B Kâ€"W Kodiaks, and focused all of his attenâ€" tion on the Junior A club after taking over the GM duties from his dad, Lawrie, earler this year. To prove he was serious, he made a couple of big splashes in the offâ€"season, acquiring some scoring punch in Duncan Ross and Richard Haan, while adding Ryan Dryburgh to help backstop the team along with Mike Poulin. the Peter Hallman Ball] The Braves‘ Stephen Cormack, right, sets up the play in an exhibition game against Burlington last week. SPORTS Michae! Urschel won his second gold at the Tae Kwon Do nationals last week in Nova Scotia Urschel shows killer instinct ey used to tease him | by calling him "Big Mike" because he was the littlest competitive memâ€" ber of his Waterlooâ€"based Bauer‘s Tae Kwon Do club. But they have a new name for Michael Urschel now, as he returned home from the Canadian Junior Nationals in Nova Scotia with his second gold medal in the last three years â€" "Killer Mike". So why did he go from something so genteel to obviously aggressive? Just ask the competitor he faced in his second match at the By Bos VrBANAC _ Chronicle Staff | nationals from Newfound He scored a decisive 14â€"0 victory over his eastâ€"coast competition, including a devastating back kick that had him doubled over in "I did a back kick and the kid started to throw up," said Urschel. "They needed to stop the fight until they cleaned up the mat." He thinks it set the tone for the entire competition. His competitors started to say, "Oh, oh, Michael‘s comâ€" ing." That veteran experience, with Ross and Dryburgh both having played for the Minto Cup, should compleâ€" ment an already solid team that features players like Ryan Benesch, Luke Pinder and defensive stopper Allan Downey. A firstâ€"degree blackbelt and member of the new Elite Martial Arts Club, training out of Cambridge under And he said age is no longer an excuse for his team, as they possibly have the most talent of any team in the Ontario Lacrosse Association‘s Junior A loop. But with youth comes inconsistency and that‘s what‘s plagued the Braves in the last few years. They were a good defen Shaker Abuâ€"Shamat another former protégé of Bauer, one of his favourite weapons. The 12â€"yearâ€"old Grade 6 student at Laurelâ€" wood public school said he lulls his competition into letâ€" ting their guard down before striking with precision and Urschel said the back kick is sive club, but couldn‘t score enough goals to give the team any real breathing room. That should change with the club‘s high powered offenc; while Haliman insists nothing‘s been sacriâ€" ficed on the defensive end with some of the additions they‘ve made. "With the horses we have we should put more balls in the net." said Hallman, whose team last year had to play with too many oneâ€"goal leads and had little margin for errors. "We have five, six, seven kids who can also watch our back door and Continued on page 30