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Continued from page 27 after clearing her zone in the final minute. She said they treated every game like it was their last game, and it served them well. Golden Hawks shake off the Pandas shadow "Obviously if you want to win it all, you want to beat every team you face." said Stephenson of the Hawks‘ disciplined play throughout the tournament. "We wanted to beat everybody to prove we were the best team in the tournament." And the Hawks were tired of being Wiarton Willie and playing in the giant shadow cast by the Pandas. "The entire week all the media attention and all the focus was on the Pandas," said Stephenson, whose Hawks were ranked No. 2 for much of the season. "We were tired of being in their shadows this entire season. "We didn‘t have anything Finals MVP Amanda Joseph and tournament MVP Ashley Stephenson show off the Hawks® newest trophy. to lose going into that finals, _ there was no better way to go where they had everything to _ out. lose." "We‘ve been working four Stephenson, who is also graduating this year, said meineke "We‘ve been working four years for this," she said. "I wanted that gold so bad and The Grand River Renegades followed up their fourth consecutive WCSSAA title with the CWOSSA champiâ€" onship last week. The Reneâ€" gades were the tournaâ€" ment‘s top seed after knockâ€" ing off the Bluevale Knights in two straight to win WCSSAA. The Knights fell just short of a rematch against the Renegades after they lost to Orangevilie 7â€"6 in the semifinals. The Reneâ€" gades went on to beat Orangeville 6â€"1. I knew we had it in us this year" Head coach Rick Osborne thought his team bought into the program. And if they continue to do so they might build a dynasty in Waterloo like they did in Alberta. "This was a breakâ€" through," said Osborne, who took over the team midâ€"way through last season. "We‘ve gone from a good team to a great team in a very short period of time. "We wanted to close the gap as soon as possible. This was the strongest team the Pandas ever had, so you can‘t say Laurier snuck in the back door for this national chamâ€" pionship." Renegades roll over the opposition 808 vrsanac PHOTO 16 King St. South, Waterloo 886â€"2990 "Your Uptown Hardware Store" t B Ceme Home jor Spring Gardening Spring is here and ‘sow‘ are the seeds S » * cituor "The Region‘s Premier Indoor Call for tee times! 747 â€" 2222 NORTHEIELD DR KYMAN RO See us for an inâ€"depth selection of vegetable & flower seeds Golfing Location 10 Wyman Road Amuym 0K