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Waterloo Eagles blaze the way ile Waterloo Minor Wgoccer puts some more skills devel- opment in place to compete against powerhouses from Oakville and Brampton, the Waterloo Eagles Under lil girls soccer team was already doing some lrailblazing the past season, winning the South Region Soccer [vague group championship. Formed last year by head coach Roy Paiva. a former s e m i - p r o player who "O show slaved inter- Lationally in a grea Portugal. the for St) girls have . e n j 0 y e d this some mete- -Ra oric success Headcrmch/ in knocking " teams that had been pre- viously unbeatable by local squads. They wrapped up their season with a tough 3-1 loss to Brahms United in the League Cup Sept. 11. some mete - _ Roy Paiva addition to a The Waterloo Warriors matched their 2004 win total in ' i r, - Lm, ' '7’ t . Pr . , oric success J Ieadcotach, Waterloo Fatgles number of only their third game of the season with a 27-24 overtime LT A: " a " r, in knocking tournament victory over the home-town Guelph Gryphons at Alumni ' 'e, r l ‘ , . off teams that had been pre- titles in its first year. Stadium on Saturday. A crowd of 2,500 was on hand to _", -- hit C, ._. " viously unbeatable by local This year was about tak- watch a game that lacked flow during the first Ia/f. but ' ‘ 'ii , R% squads. They wrapped up ing the next step, and testing saw the contest decided in overtime. Guelph butlta 13-7 a f , , 'ia "e _ their season with a tough 3-1 themselves against some of lead "" the first h.alf, and looked to have scored another P ', - " "ill 4 a... h _ loss to Brahms United in the Ontario's best. touchdown late in the second quarter before havrng the ua ”- a. , - "t , z aN League Cup Sept. 11. "In this age group we're 31%“? bad.“ Waterloo dominated 1T,tes1',? after . . . P = ' e- 1W3, ' 'cl , The summer included farther ahead than a lot of GZlPTE' (t'gtaatiti, Hastings: gowns by??? , I ' ' arcs). tournament victories in West teams in the province." said . aty (".9 .1) a arren s ' t o seer a 'iigii , ' .. , - a ' e " i _ Nia . s ltfl et nd Mid- Paiva. "If I had to om are par of TD's rn the game. A late fumble recovfry by 4 ”Her .. ' ' " tta 1 4 3 . gara. a e a C p Guelph and a untoward touchdown run movrng them F, " eli.ea $343.». . dlesex. as well as runner-up them to a lot oi/he other within two points of Waterloo with four minutes left to Hi " IB) Bl a, e _ . 4- , ' , V e status at a couple of others. squads ?u.t.,t,here In terms in to go in the game. A two-point convert led to overtime, M, " a, , " it c; “I tN " l. _ We deal with teams from terms of skills were probably where Guelph went ahead on a field goal. Ge0atly's sec- T, g 3 Pri .1 i, "i'ieES, 'l ' i t _ m Mississauga and Brampton, in the top three. and TD sealed the game, NED mam moms s I .44 5&90- tl5is'd 'Ill a - r r s which have much bigger Continued on page 27 wr l T . " .. xvii . :- " {m Siskins sputter in home ice debut against Brantford The summer included toumament victories in West Niagara. Saitfleet and Mid- dlesex, as well as runner-up status at a couple of others, The Junior B hockey club followed a 6-0 loss in Cambridge Saturday night with a 4-l loss to Brantford at Sunday's home opener at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Com- plcx. The shutout streak against the Siskins extended for more than five periods until captain Chris Golem finally got the home side on the board with 2:58 left to go in the third period against theGoldcn Eagles. he power outage that swept through I parts of Waterloo last week looked like it also affected the Waterloo Siskins offence in back-to-back losses on the weekend. It was a disappointing result for the Siskins. trying to make a positive first impression in front of one of the biggest home crowds lhcy'll we this season. And with l4 new faces in the lineup the "R" word r rebuilding year - - was bring whis, ps'md around the art-Ha. Ttw biggest disappuintttwr11 for Siskirts 166 Park St., Kitchergg Be Bots VRBANAKZ t Ihmn wk, Staff By Bus 11mm Ehrogle $111,, Cccr League The framework for the ship. tcam's surmss is melding a ear by head 1mm together out of a group a, a former of talented. individual play- " ers. And the It shows we have §uvrv§§ was "mm late as a greatfutu.re the team for soccer m {min Ir; . n eaguc an this area. cup titles in -Rov Pain"; addition to a population lmses" said Paiva about the league title his team won with a 19-2-l record in u runferuntc that features 26 of the top teams in Southern Ontario, “It's 300,000 vursua 99.000. and were competing against can. [res and clubs that have been around for a long time. "ll shows we have a great future for some: in this area." "In this age group we're farther ahead than a lot of teams in the province." said Paiva. "Ifl had to compare them to a lot of the other squads out there in terms in terms of skills were probably in the top three. Continued on page 27 This year was about tak- ing the next step, and testing themselves against some of Ontario's best. 'ijituiid'ttit'ttrbati w.......-....- R-12x15” Fiberglass Pink a.“ 1At"tt4htt0' Drywall ...............s14.97 R-2thtts" Fiberglass Pink. . . . . .1203! 'f2"tt4'ttttt' Drywan....-..-.F" R-13x15" Roxul ...................823.49 1/2”x4’x8' Moisture llama-ll Drywall $17.89 n-2lx15” Roxul. _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $23.4: werCamrAuStzesofDr3rwan8rmsulattttn _ _ I1aitttgptltgtt, Ji8t1tertlrr.A,.tr3gthqtth, Cf ‘mm The Siskins' Nick Gill tries to slip one past Brantford's Amir Dautovic in Sunday's 4-1 loss “an alum" more rookie head coach Al Kimmel was that he expected a better effort from his team after the shellacking they received the night before. "We got a goal and that was a little can solation out of the weekend." said Kimmel. "We struggled in both games. and there wasn't a lot of intensity. "l don't know if it was nerves. but we've got a young team and we're going to have to teach them how to win and play a full game." The team showed some signs that it was pulling together in the third period against Cambridge. hut those signs of life were absent in the first two periods against Brantford. Ht was a surprising letdown fur the home opener," said Kimmel. "We're pretty disappointed in the effort." But the one positive sign is that the Icam didn't innk like they were ready to arrow the loss lying down in the dressing room. “You can we ith, the expression of some Continued on page 26