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n some middleâ€"school circles, being a Igymnasl might incite more ridicule than praise. But two local gymnasts, twin brothers Jon and Ben Zinken, have become heroes to their classmates. The Grade 8 students put on quite the show at last month‘s provincial champiâ€" onships, with Ben winning first overall and Jon finishing second. Ben racked up three gold medals â€" in pommel, rings and parallel bars â€" as well as two silvers, in vault and high bar. _ o The twins have been preparing all year for the meet and said they were glad when it was finally over. â€" o "I was just relieved that the competition was over and that I had won," said Ben. While the boys certainly had some butâ€" terflies in their stomachs before the provinâ€" cial competition, it was nowhere near as nerveâ€"racking as the qualifying events, he added. Jon beat out his twin for the gold medal in the high bar, and finished right behind Ben for a silver in pommel and rings. _ Although the twins have spent much of their young lives participating in gymnastics o) 3 597 King St. N., Waterloo 519â€"880â€"1828 Registered trademarks of Boston Pizza Royalties Limited Partnership, used under license. © Boston Pizza International Inc. 2005 Highâ€"flying twins medal at provincial gymnastics finals The Waterloo Chronicle Team of the Week is the Waterloo atom MD Ice Wolves hockey team. The Ice Wolves recently won the Alliance hockâ€" ey title going 4â€"0 in the championship tournaâ€" ment. They opened the tournament against the West London Hawks and won 1â€"0. Adam Colquhoun earned the shutout while Nick Goran scored the winning goal, assisted by Brenden Henriques. In game two the Ice Wolves faced the Hamilton Phantom and won convincâ€" ingly 6â€"1. Nathan Huchn opened the scoring, with singles going to Henry Marlow, Jacob Babâ€" stock, Henriques, Nathanial Edwards and Brenâ€" ner Strickland. In game three the Ice Woives faced the host team, the Hamilton Spitfires. It ‘proved to be a tight affair with the Ice Woives coming back for a 2â€"1 victory. Hamilton opened the scoring before Waterloo‘s Blake Mastin responded. Late in the game, Huehn pounced on a rebound to scored the winning goal. The Ice TEAM OF THE WEEK "We were happy for each other. And we were happy for ourselves, too." By Grec MacDonaL» Chronicle Staff _ â€"Jon Zinken Local gymnast ¢ 4 & V ® 2 0 / presented by Wolves Webster Steel made a number of key saves to preserve the victory. That set up a championship matchup against the West London Hawks. London opened the scoring in the secâ€" ond period and it wasn‘t until early in the third that Adam Schefter walked in from the point to tie the game 1â€"1. The goal sent the game into overtime where Babstock threw a pass out in front of the net to Marlow whose shot trickled by the London goalie. Members of the Waterloo atom MD Ice Wolves, pictured above, are: Henry Marlow, Andrew Kopacki, Nathan Huchn, Brenden Henriques, Connor Galvin, Jacob Babstock, Nicholas Goran, Tanner Matthews, Steven Ens, Blake Martin, Adam Schefter, Nathanial Edwards, Brenner Strickâ€" land, Adam Martin, Mitchell Voralek, Adam Colquhoun and Webster Steele. The coaches are Brian Steele and Steve Babstock. Brad Martin, Paul Henriques, Scott McLeod, recreationally, this year was the first time they‘ve moved to a comâ€" petitive level, so the first qualifier was easily the most frightening, Jon said. Both boys said they were proud of the other, and both believe that their competition against each other makes them stronger gymâ€" nasts. "First, second and third qualiâ€" fiers made me more nervous," he said. "This time we sort of knew how it was going to be." 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