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love of baseball has earned a A:Walerluo coach a provincial oaching award. Dave Jantzi, the coach of the Waterâ€" loo bantam AAA baseball team, was honoured by Baseball Ontario as youth coach of the year earlier this month. Jantzi has been involved in baseball in the community for two decades, in both house league and higher levels. "It feels really good, of course. It‘s nice to be recognized for my years of service," he said. Jantzi, 55, didn‘t get the opportunity to play much baseball when he was a kid but has always loved the sport. He‘s more than made up for that as an adult, both playing and coaching the sport. â€" â€" o _ "I love everything about baseball," he said. "No. 1 is being in a ballpark. It‘s pretty relaxing, it‘s outdoors." _ _ "It‘s not in here," he adds with a laugh, gesturing to his office in Kitchenâ€" er. Local coach gets provincial award "It‘s the timelessness. There‘s always an opportunity till the last out, anything can happen," he said. _ _ But it‘s not just the pace that draws Jantzi to the sport. His bantam team didn‘t have a staâ€" tistically good year in the 2007 season, finishing with a .500 record, but Jantzi said he was happy with the output. We were in a tough division and we got to the Ontario eliminations, which only the best teams in the province get to compete in," he said. Jantzi will have a shot with some of the same players next year when he takes over the reins of the midget team. "I‘ve coached all but two of the kids before, so 1 think we‘ll do all right," he He‘s already started prepping his By Grec MxacDonaLp Chronicle Staff _ players for the 2008 season. "We‘ve started strength and conditioning for the team and indoor workouts will start in January," he said. Waterloo‘s Dave Jantzi was named Ontario‘s baseball youth coach of the year. GREG MACDONALD PHOTO Jantzi‘s commitment to his teams doesn‘t leave him much time to follow Major League Baseball, but he says he tries to Continued on page 37 6)Boston Pizza 597 King St. N., Waterlioo 519â€"880â€"1828 Registered trademarks of Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Parnership, used under license. © Boston Pizza International Inc. The Waterloo Chronicle Team of the Week is the Waterloo Wildfire Novice B ringette team. The Wildfire recently won gold at the Exeter Ron Ferguson tournament. The Wildfire opened the oneâ€"day tournament by facing the home team, and skated away with a 10â€"9 win. Jordyn Hartison led the way with a hatâ€"trick, while Erin Markle added two goals. Singles went to Cassidy Speck . Talia Dufresne, Mackenzie Boland, Olivia Kupferschmidt and Annaliese Bromberg. The Wildfire‘s next challenge came from Chatham. Waterloo opened the scoring in the first 30 seconds of the contest on their way to an 8â€"0 win. Alexa Corrado TEAM.QOEILHEWEEK With Drew Harvey M.Sc. C.K. CEP, One of Canada‘s Leading Weight Loss Experts What others are saying... He didn‘t say ‘Eat this, Avoid that‘, rather he explained how to get on the right track in a realistic stepâ€"byâ€" step way. I felt inspired because he understood my problems and was exactly what I was looking for and exactly what 1 needed. Julie R, Waterloo 7:15 PM Wednesday January 2nd, 2007 At RIM Park. $25 fee includes a professional grade pedometer ($23.95 value) and online food, mood and activity tracker. Space is limited. Reserve at Healthy Weights.ca Waterloo‘s only Health First‘" approach to weight loss. Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, Sun Life Arena Sunday, January 6 â€" 7:30 p.m. JUNIOR HOCKEY CLUB vs. GUELPH WATERLOO CHRONICLE * Wednesday, December 19, 2007 + 29 presented by was the game star with four goals. The final game for the Wildfire was a matchup against a petite team from Tara, Ont. Despite being twice the size of the Waterioo Wildfire girls, the local squad won a nailâ€" biter 4â€"3. Members of the Waterloo Wildâ€" fire Novice B ringette team, pictured above, are: Erin Markle, Jennifer Miller, Cassidy Speck, Jordyn Harrison, Sierra Dowling, Samantha Panchaud, Alexa Corrado, Talia Dufresne, Mackenzie Boland, Annaliese Bromberg. Olivia Kupferschmidt, Melanic George and Maddie MacLean. The coaches are Sher Markle, Jim Hartison, Deeâ€"Anne Miller and Phil Panchaud