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Continued from page 27 for the Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks women‘s hockey team next year. She‘s also proof that all you need for a good badminton player is a good athlete. "Overall this is the most outstanding group of female graduating athletes that we‘ve had in my 18 years at Bluevale," said Weber. "Not to take anything away from the‘other groups but these girls are pretty amazing." Both girls started off their badminton career as singles players but decided to combine forces this season. They both play squash and tennis and brought those skills to the small badminton court. "It‘s a lot like squash with the quick footwork and the flick of the wrist you need to make a shot," said Muirhead. "And I think playing singles the past three years helped us get the skills down. "This year it was just about working together and figuring that out. Luckily, we already had a pretty good bond." _____ _ o And to top it off there‘s Beney, who blew everyâ€" one away on the way to the school‘s first junior boys badminton CWOSSA title. A gifted receiver on the football field with the Knights and the Predators football club, he was a rare combinaâ€" tion of power and speed on the badminton court. "Everybody kept saying, ‘C‘mon he‘s not a junâ€" ior boy, 1 want to see the birth certificate," " said Formerly known as Pollock & Williams/Pharmacy Still independently owth the same credible, knowledgeable.staff that take\pride in their neighbouthood. Everything is still the sate...where your tbtal health is 0 rgoal, 373 Bfidge St. Waterloo, ON â€"â€"(d))>â€"â€" TotalHealth Beney wins school‘s first junior boys title P _ _H__ _A â€"R_ _ _M_ _ A__C__Y rmerly known as Pollock & macy l1 independently own ith the same credi E.staff that Weber. "They couldn‘t believe that he was in Grade 10. "And at CWOSSA he had the most power of any of the players that were there and that could be an intimidating factor for the smaller kids that move really well. A big smash comes out of nowhere and they‘re like, ‘Wow.‘ " That power display was so impressive that Beney was beating club kids whose sole sport is badminton versus his obvious first choice in athâ€" letics â€" football. "It was just a sport I wanted to try so I tried it in Grade 9," said the 15â€"yearâ€"old student. "I never thought I‘d go this far, 1 just showed up at practice looking to get better each day and see how I did at WCSSAA and CWOSSA. "And it was hard. There were a lot of great playâ€" ers I had to go through to get there, so it was pretâ€" ty exciting after I won." _ > _ _ _ _ â€" Benevaas down a set in his CWOSSA final but powered back to win the next two to claim his second title of the year. â€" h â€" "It was close right down until the end," he said. "The shots could have gone either way but they lucked out in my favour." â€" â€" . "The fact that he played his way through so many kids that this was their No. 1 sport I found to be very impressive," said Weber. "He beat all the club kids. "He‘s just a highâ€"school athlete who works really hard over the course of the season." The 23rd annual Waterloo Roadbreakâ€" ers tournament took over the Seagram Drive parking lots last Saturday with more than 1,000 local boys and girls taking part in the annual charity fundraiser. There were more than 500 road hockey games played by kids of all ages including action in the eightâ€"yearâ€" old boys division. it was an intense batâ€" tle between the Bucking Bulls and the 99 Roadrunners with Luc Patton, left, battling for the ball against Will Martin Local winners included "RoadKill" in the bantam boys division consisting of Josh (Duke) Dlugokecki, Brett Young, Jonathan Witt and Jordan Witt. The teams now move on to the first annual MasterCard Memorial Cup road hockey tournament on May 24. it features a roundâ€"robin tournament with the teams representing clubs that make it to the Memorial Cup in the Kitchener Aud parking lot. Record breakers 808 VRBANAC PHOTO kwymca.org 519â€"743â€"5201