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ass the mayo is probably a Pjoke that Waterloo‘s Jake Mayo has heard hundreds of times. But when his Waterloo fastâ€" ball team folded last season, and he was asked to pass along his softball skills to a team of 14 year olds in Stratford, he jumped at the chance. He would be just the right ingrediâ€" ent for a team looking for a catcher and a utility player to back up third base and left field. "It was a good decision," he said. What turned into a chance to continue to play softball, a game Mayo obviously relishes, became a national champiâ€" onship experience for the Grade 9 WCI student. He helped backstop the Stratford Memorials peewee rep fastball team to a win at the OASA qualifiers, catching star pitcher Michael Legaceâ€"Root in the elimination tournament and beating rivals Napanee twice on the final day to secure the Ontario Team No. 1 ranking. "We had a good hitting team and our pitcher (Legaceâ€"Root) was ranked No. 1 in Ontario," said Mayo. "That helped." And once you get a horse like that on the mound you ride him for a while. The Stratford Memorials used that battery of Mayo and Legaceâ€"Root to reach the finals of the Eastern Canadiâ€" an Championships at the end of August in St. Croix, N.S. Mayo brings home the gold "I just read the batter and By Bos VRBANAC Chronicle Staff Waterloo‘s Jake Mayo won a national title in fastball while playing for the Stratford Memorials in August. susnatreo moto check what he‘s doing," said _ River, N.B., 15â€"0 and their rivals Mayo, about the game he calls Napanee 7â€"0 in the doubleâ€" behind the plate. "Then 1 let _ elimination tournament. him do all the work." ‘Stratford met Napanee again Stratford opened the tournaâ€" ment with a 12â€"5 win over the West Hants Thunder, and ran the table after that beating Waterford, Nfld., 17â€"1, Bass ‘Stratford met Napanee again in the finals winning 3â€"0, and Mayo had a prime seat playing left field and going oneâ€"forâ€" three at the plate. Continued on page 35 ns e a e ve n ce e p e en tb e a es be bavrn in t b e en n & o 4 5 &)) Boston Pizza Registered rademarks of Boston Pizza Royaites Limited Parinership, used under license. © Boston Purza internahonal inc. 2005 RESTAURANT & SPORTS BAR "You‘re Among Friends" 597 King St. N., Waterloo 519â€"880â€"1828 The Waterloo Chronicle Team of the Week is the Waterloo FC underâ€"11 boys soccer team. The Waterloo FC are the Intercity League champs, and set a record by becoming the only team this year to win every single league game. The Waterloo FC played a total of 15 league contests against Kitchener, Cambridge, Stratford, Fergus and Gueiph. They finished the seaâ€" son as regular season champs, and folâ€" lowed that up to win the league title. Memâ€" bers of the Waterloo FC underâ€"11 boys TEAM OF THE WEEK WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday. September 12, 2007 * 29 presented by soccer team, pictured above. are: (bottom row, from left) Karndeep Kahlon, Jordan Tiplerâ€"Corpuz, Sam Tiedemann, Braden Gallant, Octavio Harris, Wesley Martin, Nevan Whiteside, Nicholas Ciulet, (middle row) Niall McCrossan, Devin Brown, Leonardo Inojoza Ir., Connor Gorrie, Tack Van Damme, Dominik Valincic, Benjamin Caldwell, Brysen Tippe, Jonathan Dhanaâ€" pala, (back row) coach Leonardo Incjoza Sr., head coach Dilk Dhanapala and team manager Debbie Gallant.