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"I‘m going back where I sat as a young boy and watched Bernie Faloney and all the great Hamilton Tigerâ€" Cats," said Serviss. "So I‘m really excited, it‘s going to be a great opportuâ€" nity." everybody told us to just be ourselves and do our own But with only three playâ€" ers back from last year‘s Alliance winners, Schilitt has had a veritable clean slate to work with. And that has allowed him to put his own stamp on the program. Major Midget Wolves continue winning ways Continued from page 28 "And I think there would have been more pressure if we had a big returning group from last year." TEAM OF THE WEEK The Waterloo Chronicle high school Team of the Week is the WCI Vikings junior boys volleyball team. The Vikings capped off a perfect season by winning the CWOSSA Quad "A" championship last week at the University of Waterloo. And it‘s one that seems to follow Schlitt‘s more calming demeanor, rather than Harâ€" bach‘s fiery competitiveness. "Randy‘s style was very effective and worked with the kids he had," said Schlitt. "It was a little more demonstraâ€" tive or vocal. "Our style as a group has been to create a pretty calm atmosphere where we laid out some ground rules and some expectations from the kids. The kids respect them and have worked very They faced Grand River in the finals after beating them in the WCSSAA championships, and swept them again. Members of the Waterloo Junior Vikings are pictured above after their WCSSAA win. hard for us." It‘s also confirmation that there is more than one way to get the best out of a group of teenagers. "Everybody has their own way of doing things." said Schilitt. "We‘re a very hardâ€" working group, and have shown that we‘re very balâ€" All three of our forward lines have chipped in offenâ€" sively and all of our defence have chipped in with some offence while taking care of their end. "I try to build all my teams with balance and depth in addition to hard work, and this group has really bought into that. On any given night it could be any given line that comes to the forefront, and 1 like a team where an oppoâ€" nent can‘t focus on one or two players." And it‘s been a smooth transition for returning playâ€" ers like Colin Way and Ryan Lawrence. "There‘s some really good chemistry on this team this year, and we can have fun with this coaching staff out on the ice," said Way. "Both coaches come from two difâ€" ferent extremes â€" Dave might not yell as much be he still gets his point across â€" and we play hard for Dave just like we played hard for Randy." "We want to keep it going," said Lawrence. "Last year we won a lot of games, and we haven‘t missed a beat with Dave." Refubiched top neme appflances, groat deais, low prices. Everything seid 894â€"5380