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Aaron Johnson and Dylan Tippin sweep a stone in openingâ€"game action verybody loves an underdog E~ just ask the New York Giants as they handed the New England Patriots their first loss of the season in Sunday‘s Super Bowl. And there will be other giant killers at work in Waterloo this week during the 2008 TSC Tankard trying to knock off some of the biggest names in curling, including defending world and Brier champiâ€" on Glenn Howard, Wayne Midâ€" daugh and Mike Harris. Chief among them is Waterloo‘s Daryl Shane. The lifelong Waterloo resident and skip of the Kâ€"W Granâ€" ite Club rink, made up of Kevin "If I‘ve learned nothing else in 35 years of curling, it‘s to get good, young strapâ€" ping lads in the front end so they can make you look good." Shane rink wants to give fans something to cheer about NEW PATIENTS WELCOME For an appt. call 519.884.4200 Unit 17 â€" 279 Weber St. N. Waterloo (between Univeristy and Columbia) Serge Petrusic, Bsc, Dch â€" Daryl Shane Kâ€"W Granite Club curler ._’m By Bos VrBanac Chronicle Staff Chiropodist/Foot Specialist) & ORTHOTICS CLINIC Shane and his rink controlled every game they played except one. And since it was a double eliminaâ€" tion format, they had to lose twice in the finals to be eliminated. Fanjoy, Dylan Tippin and Aaron Johnson, earned his shot at an Ontario title by winning the recent Western Challenge. Unfortunately, he‘s playing in one of the most competitive provinces in the country with, perâ€" haps, only Alberta being a tougher test to qualify for the national men‘s curling finals. That hasn‘t stopped Shane and his rink from hoping though. And after winning the Western Chalâ€" lenge they come in with some conâ€" fidence. The only game they lost was in the first elimination game, but they bounced back in the final one to It‘s only the third time that the 49â€"yearâ€"old has made it to the Ontario championship, and he still has the same dream â€" to reach the Brier. "My whole family curled, so 1 basically grew up in the curling club," said Shane, who has been a member of the Granite Club since the lg()s‘ "And my dream every year has been to get to the Brier." "There were a lot of good teams in the challenge round," said Shane. "It was a bit of a crapshoot to see who gets out." Our services are covered under health benefits, extended health insurance plans, WSIB, DVA, Social Services. etc. SPORTS "If I‘ve learned nothing else in 35 years of curling, it‘s to get good, young strapping lads in the front end so they can make you look Together with Fanjoy, he repreâ€" sents the experienced voice on the team. Tippin and Johnson are the youngsters on the front end that do all the heavy sweeping. "We‘ve had a few struggles to overcome in a short period of time," said Shane. "But we‘ve conâ€" quered a lot." And the one thing that Shane has learned in the more than three decades that he‘s been involved in the everâ€"evolving game is that it pays to have a strong pair of young guns doing the sweeping. "We had to come back in the second game," said Shane. "We were more in control of that game." That‘s not bad for a rink that has only been together for a year and a half. Shane considered retiring before forming his new rink. earn their ticket to represent their hometown rink in the tournament being held in Waterloo for the first time in modern memory. Daryl Shane throws shot rock in his openingâ€"round game of the 2008 TSC Tankard, which started Monday. The Shane rink is representing the Kâ€"W Granite Club and is hoping for a lot of hometown support. o8 vaBANAC PHOTOS "And if you look at it that way, not many people are expecting us to do well or beat these big teams, but maybe that takes the pressure off us too." Chemistry is something else that the Kâ€"W Granite Club rink has managed to develop in a short time, and has put them in the posiâ€" tion to play in front of a hometown crowd this week. And Shane and his crew are in for a challenge. They know they‘ll have to beat the best to move on. But they don‘t seem to mind. "We‘ve played the top teams many times over the years, and had some success," said Shane. "As good as they are, on any given day anyone can get beaten. He also receives some backing from the hometown crowd with the Granite Club launching a butâ€" good," he laughed "We‘re all on the same page as to what we want to do and how we want to get there," said Shane. "Everybody is working together whatever the problem and solving it as quickly as we can." WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, February 6, 2008 * 23 "It‘ll be great," said Shane. "We‘ll have a lot of support. Shane started the week off right with a 7â€"2 win over the Rob Lobel rink and a 9â€"6 win over the Mike Harris rink to open Tankard play. ton campaign in support of the Shane rink. Proceeds go to support local junior curling programs, which are near and dear to Shane and his rink. "Hopefully it will work in our favour as the week goes on."