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A big part of the WC! effort was when the notorious football while providing some physical play like they were in upset mode again ”Now we've only lost one game turned in by the Vikings' Davin factory at Bluevale finally for the Knights. No one gave the after knocking off favourites 51AM all year. We wanted to go into this Singh, who scored his club's only decided to field a rugby team four Knights much of a chance to win and Forest Heights to qualify for season as underdogs, and we fin- try. He also provided his team with yearsago their first title at the start of the the finals. ished on top of our division and a number of bruising runs until an For one thing, Zack Peats-Bond. season. At one point. the Vikings even second overall. That definitely gave ankle injury knocked him out late an original member of the squad, All the title talk was reserved for broke through the touchline for a little scare to everyone going into in the contest. said they didn't even have a field to defending champs, Sir John A, the tying score, but a great defen- the playoffs because Bluevale The Vikings had the toughest practice on. Macdonald, and traditional power- sive play by the Knights stripped came out of nowhere.” road to travel to the finals. and "I remember the first time we house, Forest Heights. But Peats- the ball before WCl could put it Heimpel heaped a lot of praise Singh said they weren't about to were playing we didn't have a field, Bond said they had no problems into touch, on cross-town rivals W(Il, which quit in the finals. we were out in the parking lot." he flying under the radar, Another long~suffering Knight, features his siep»brother. lamie "We had to work our butts off." \ id. “We're scanning the parking "It's a football factory. so team Captain lake Heimpel, said it Rooney. The Knights needed a last» said Singh. "They thought we were i for glass and syringes and just nobody was paying attention to was a sign of just how much the minute try from Corniel to finally going to lose. but we proved them l , mg to figure out what we were us.” he said. “And it was that way team has learned under the coach secure the win. wrong and we were very proud of doing." with the rest ofthe league as well. ing staff led by Eric Ciezar. who “You have to give them a lot of that.” But they've quietly been build- “It's so good to be on top. We‘ve also coaches university rugby for credit because they Showed they Singh said his team is still a ing a new tradition at the school been working for this for so long." the Waterloo Warriors. have a lot of heart." said Heimpel. work in progress and they're refinâ€" that culminated with the team In addition to Peats~Bond. “The first year we were all just "They never stopped comingat us. ing some things that might still winning its first senior rugby title Chris Albrecht and Thomas trying to figure out the rules,“ he and we never thought we had the make Lham at threat at CWOSSA ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE UPDATE .- a t - .' ' â€" - I â€"llllllllllll|lllllllll ‘3 ' ' I ‘» The month of May has shown a strengthening of longer to sell as 43 days is the count this year versus ‘ ’ ' . .h the housing market in Waterloo. 34 last year. W i ‘3 \ . an, a. , s ~F -. 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