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They managed to rally back on the strong shooting from veteran Mike Mallon, who had 23 of his team‘s 31 points. For _ the _ rebuilding Knights, last Thursday‘s loss was a bit of a moral victory after getting down by almost 20 at one point in the annual Battle of Waterloo contest. Jerry Pilon is at the other end of the scale. The veteran black belt, who instructs at his own club in Strathroy, has been retired from comâ€" petition for more than 10 years while he and his wife Knights adjusting to loss of veteran players Continued from page 26 "I‘m more comfortable because I know what‘s going to happen," said Potts. "I‘m fast like a cat." Continued from page 25 been perfécting her short tiger form in time for the competition. "We‘ve been playing catchâ€"up the whole year," said Voisin. "Now that we‘re finally there, hopefully we‘ll stay up there and never go below .500 again." Team putting a lot of energy into preparing for Goodwill Games That winning streak included a 6â€"5 overtime win over leagueâ€"leading Camâ€" bridge last week, and a 7â€"5 win over the Owen Sound Greys Friday night. Voisin said the Siskins hoped to use the win as a launching pad for the rest of the season. More importantly, the Waterloo club has reached the .500 mark for the first time since the start of seaâ€" son, improving the Siskins record to 14â€"14â€"0â€"1, and solidifying their hold on fourth place in the Midwestâ€" ern Junior B loop. Continued from page 25 of our game." Power play sparks Siskins 4â€"game win streak NUCLEAR ENERGY. YOU WON‘T PAY _ _ MORE. NEITHER WILL _ THE ENVIRONMENT. _ The Power Workers‘ Union has a better plan learn more visit www.abetterenergyplan.ca "We‘ve just got to work on a few things like boxing out on rebounds," said Mallon. "It‘s a pretty young club," said Mallon. "We lost all of our starting lineup and our fifthâ€"year players, so we‘re down to a whole bunch of Grade 11s." But he said the potential is there for the Knights to improve this season. energy that _ (2y 00 L opu oyiw C Pilon has S h a m u o0 n SitCC@SSflll In ltfe, never been brought to on a real the competiâ€" no,t Only a,t, honeymoon tion _ and this event. with his wife, wantedftotl])e â€"Tom Shamuon so. he (s:ald part of the Director Fear Canni going to Canâ€" team. cun attracted "I‘m just him to the getting back in to competiâ€" _ event. It might not be you‘re tion," said Pilon. "This is â€" typical idea for a second He _ was impressed with the energy that S h a m u o0 n brought to the competiâ€" tion and wanted to be part of the team. were raising their family Voisin, who is second among all defenceman in the league with 31 points, said his team is playing with more confidence. And that confidence was And sometimes we get a bit The Siskins‘ Justin Lacey gets a shot through traffic against the Brantford Golden Eagles Sunday night. _ sos asanacmoro "I want them to be Stuccessful in life, not only at this event." As for his big game, Malâ€" lon, who is looking to play basketball at the university level, said sometimes it just feels righi. "I just wanted the ball and felt confident I could put them in," said the fifthâ€" year player. "But we have some good athletes who can work well together, but today it just didn‘t flow right." disorganized something I love, and the energy here is just aweâ€" om tn iha some." on display against Camâ€" bridge as they scored with 10 seconds left in the conâ€" test to tie it up, before winâ€" ning it in the last minute of overtime. "We‘re going to treat this like our honeymoon â€" just 10 years later," said Pilon, who is also instructing two of his athletes at the games. "And the energy here is just awesome." "That‘s why we put so much energy back into the athletes," said Shamuon. "I want them to be successful in life, not only at this event." honeymoon, or even a first one for that matter, but his wife is firmly on board. "My goal is to help the team out on the offence and in the defensive zone," said Voisin. "I like to take care of my defensive responsibiliâ€" ties first, but if I have a chance to jump up and be a fourth forward, then that‘s part of the plan." HYDROPOOL He wanted to be a part of the Siskins‘ turnaround, and is happy to contribute in whatever way he can. As for his role with the club, the 18â€"yearâ€"old blueâ€" liner said he returned to take a leadership position with his homeâ€"town club. "It was a big confidence booster for us, and we‘d like to keep our little win streak going until the Christmas break." 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