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en she was in Grade W‘;, Katelyn Doerbecker was a volunteer hostâ€" ess for the national ringette tournament that was held in Waterloo. The young athlete saw women from around the counâ€" try come to compete for the championship in the fastest game on ice. But she never imagined that one day she would get a chance to play in the national tournaâ€" nlgi)l, $s ue uo on e n ts ~It was eyeâ€"opening to see how popular ringette was, but I never saw myself going to the nationals," said Doetbecker, who worked as a water girl durâ€" ing the tournament. That prediction looked about right after Doerbecker‘s current team, the Cambridge Turbos, missed a berth to the national tournament after placing outâ€" side qualification in the provinâ€" cials. What she didn‘t count on was impressing the tournaâ€" ment‘s top team so much that they invited her to join them for the national championship. In league rules, contending teams heading into the nationâ€" als can strengthen or pad out their rosters by picking up playâ€" ers. The Nepean Ravens were such a team and started to look for players to help them down the stretch, Doerbecker said. The Turbos had faced the Ravens twice during the seaâ€" son and lost both times, so Doértbecker knew they were Ringette star gets her shot Lâ€"A4A47 By Grec MacDonaLp Chronicle Staff _ Katelyn Doerbecker is heading to the national ringette tournament in Ottawa later this month. The 15â€"yearâ€"old Waterloo resident will play with the Nepean Ravens. She didn‘t know that the opposing team‘s coaching staff was asking about the young defender and would make an offer for her to join their team. a strong team. "I got a call out of the blue, it was really surprising," Doerâ€" becker said. The Ravens were looking for two forwards and a steady defender to bolster their squad, and Doerbecker fit the bill for the latter, she said. "They had a need for some ATOYOTA SPORT defence and that‘s me. I‘m not really defensive at all, I hang back and keep the other team out," Doerbecker said. While playing at the national level might be daunting to some athletes, it‘s not what was worâ€" rying Doerbecker. She was more concerned about meeting and gelling with a new group of girls in a short period of time. "I‘m a little nervous, but I‘m Continued on page 36 GREG MACDONALD PHOTO Registered trademarks of Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership, used under license. © Boston Pizza international Inc. 2005 The Waterloo Chronicle Team of the Week is the Waterloo Wolves minor midget single A hockey team. The wolves recently won the Pittsburgh Presidents‘ Cup in Pittsburgh, Pa. It was their second major tournament win after winning the Grimsby Fall Classic Hockey Tournaâ€" ment in 2007. The Wolves started off with a 6â€"4 loss to the Haverford Hawks (Philadelphia). The rest of the roundâ€" robin play consisted of a 5â€"2 win over the Dallas Penguins and an 8â€"1 win over the Flyers Youth Hockey (Philadelphia). The team had accumulated enough points to put them in the semifinals against the Dallas Penguins. Waterloo came up big with a 1â€"0 win. In the finals Waterloo TEAM fihiodeighhy WEEK The Crefarion Deseriment WATERLOO CHRONICLE Fax: 519â€"886â€"9383 _ 270 Weber St.M., Suite 20, Waterioo, ON N2J 3H8 TS e e eA ie oc { g _ O Pieass find a cheque for $28.00 enciosed for a 1â€"year contribution. ...Contribute To Your Community Newspaper! Signature: The Value of Voluntary Pay. 597 King St. N., Waterioo 519â€"880â€"1828 Readers receive courteous, responsible delivery Advertisers see the level of support for the Together, we‘re helping to build a better (D) Please find a cheque for $26.00 enclesed for a 1â€"year contribution. I‘d like to pay by C VISA D) MASTERCARD WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, March 19, 2008 + 35 presented by beat the Haverford Hawks 4â€"3 after two overtime periods and a shootout. Dylan Douglas and Jason Watchorn scored in the shootout and goaltender Matt D‘Aâ€" gastino received the MVP award. Memâ€" bers of the Waterloo Wolves minor atom single A hockey team, pictured above, are: Kensuke Kobayashi, Jason Oliver, Brandon Bak, Jason Watchorn, Matt D‘Aâ€" gastino, Nik Lubezynski, Dominic Caiazâ€" zo, Sean Keinapple, Mack Forristal, Dylan Douglas, Ben Martin, Josh Barber, Alex Jutzi, Ryan Ludwig, Danny Ostapiâ€" ak, Nolan Smith and Tanner Pollock. The coaching staff are Norm Taylor, Tim Forsyth, Jim Barlow, Doug Wendorf, Jack Barlow and Brad Forsyth.