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The Bluevale Knights proved to be too much for the Jacob Hespeler Hawks last Thursday in a 66-17 win. "rr, _ m: w,tt ' Ve "t" z Dynamic duo arm the young Knights 0y grew up together, played rm the same team. and in I more recent years fared each other for a provincial duh basketball title. Nuw theyic [mining [mu-s again to we if the Bluevalc nghls armor girls basketball Ieam ran break up the dynasty the Wf I] Vikings min); in W( ISSAA league play, But Rum-(Ta Moss and Megan White said it might be a lil- th. too early In call thvir Knights giant killers. With only three players graduating at the end at the season, next year may be their wan "We'll have it strung team tu'xt year," said Moss, a Grade 10 student making tht' jump In the sonim tram. "This is still a building ycar." Hntil Ihvn. the/re dmng their stI In fill up the net from tho outside, while Cmding nlu-n lmmmauw down low. Moss had 20 points In the Knighls' my IT home win Last Thursday "wt the lamb Noun-kw Hawks. while Whiu- (hipped in with rt. TVe hum Lnuw how mu h other plays," and Mov,. "It was By BOBVRBANM: f It mmrle Staff (hntinued on page 29 Ithuugh Cyanadis Allun‘kcy heroes have yet to hit the ice, it wasn't hard to find some real local heroes at RIM Park lastweek. And the first annual 911 Emergency Services hockey tournament. featuring local EMS, firefighters and police officers, was held in honour of Amanda Finch, who was a 21-year-iold local para- medic with Waterloo Regional Emergency Ser- vices before she tragically passed away last year. "With what happened with Amanda last year it just seemed appropriate to hold a memorial tournament." said Luke McCann, one of the tournament organizers and a former colleague of So to remember the pop- ular paramedic who every- one considered a "little sis- ter", local EMS workers started up the Amanda Finch Memorial Bursary Fund going to support a stu- dent in the second-year of the paramedic program at Conestoga College. 9 l 1 tourney honours local heroes After losing three in a row, including a 5-2 loss to Brant- ford on Friday night. the Siskins looked for any break they could get in Mid-western Junior B play on the weekend. t's amazing how a visit Ifrom the last-place club can change the fortunes of a strugglingteam, The Siskins scored early and often in a 9-3 win, with captain John Thiel opening thc scoring at the 4l-sccond mark ofthe first and ending it at 1505 of the third. Siskins back on the winning track They got it when the ()rangeville Thunder rolled into town on Sunday after, noon. Fortune was also smiling on the club with the mmm of offensive dvfenceman Tyler 'lhwnsvnd In the lineup. Hal- lllng smm- early season In: injuries, Townsend CHUM' SPORTS By Bun VRBANAI l h mnu le Muff Br Bonme Chroyirlf self 1'iiii - - - 'ir as , . _jf,.t.; ‘4 u w 'tiii..?:, ., :8 Finch, "From there the City of Waterloo got involved and has done a lot of work to bring the tournament here." Jana Blythe. involved with program delivery for the city, said they saw the potential for the tourna- ment to be something more than a pickup tournament for people who put their lives on the line. It had the potential to be an annual event celebrating the contrio bution these people make to the community. And the community has The Waterloo Firefighters Oldtimers took on the Guelph Fire Department in the semifinals John Thiel looks for a loose puck in front of the Thunder net, hack mamm- agoal and notch hluclinc every time he an assist for the Siskins Sun- touched the puck, day. That offcnce from the And he gaw the Siskins a lvgllimalo threat from thc T..? . R Russ: 'f, responded in kind with a number of sponsors coming on board to support the event. That bodes well for the future of the event that also featured a banquet and a hospitality lounge for the players, "The plan is to bring in as many teams as we can," said Blythe, of the mid-week tour- namenl. “It's perfect for them because their weekends are during the week because of the shifts they work. "It was nice to fill the That oricnce from the dl-[rnce was so contagious that rvargvard Mike Wilhelm www.mutedooxom place for the week," Donations included tro- phies for competitors in both the recreational and competitive divisions. The trophies were handed out by the Finch family, and a cheque presentation was made to them in support of the bursary fund. McCann said there's a healthy rivalry between the services and between the centres with teams from Guelph and Toronto joining Townsend. who also starred for the KW Rage In- line hockey learn this sum- mer, has displayed a lot of stickhandling ability in addi- tion to his smooth skating since he joined the Siskins last year. He also wears No. 4 Mr you know where his loyalties Lay when heh on the ice "l was a big Boston Bruins fan." Townsend said about wearing Hobby flrr's famous number. He said the in-line experi- ence has made him more confident with the puck. Con- lident enough to admit that it was power skating and figure skating that have made him the player he is today __ a player being heavily recruited by I I .5. college& also added two goals and an assist in the Sisldns' win. "That helped me know my edges." said Townsend about his skalingahility Continued on page 27