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Waterloo Chronicle Voluntary Pay Contribution Program We Appre ciate Your Suppo rt! We ask you to consider contributing $30 per year towards delivery of your Community Newspaper. Many of our Readers have made the decision to show their support for the Waterloo Chronicle. It is our pleasure to provide the Waterloo area with a Community Newspaper. 630 RiveRbeNd dRive, UNit 104, KitCheNeR, ON N2K 3S2 fOR mORe iNfORmatiON Call 519-623-7395 ext. 260 Yes! I would like to contribute to the Waterloo ChroniclePlease find a cheque for $30 enclosedfor a 1 year contribution. Signature: Name: address: City: Postal Code: Phone#: 26 • WATERLOO CHRONICLE • Thursday, May 25, 2017 By Brian Totzke For the Chronicle They say the toughest thing in sports is to repeat as champions and that fact wasn't lost on reed Cressman, head coach of Waterloo Collegiate's senior boys' rugby team. In a game Cressman described as "really tough", the Vikings downed crosstown rival sir John a. Macdonald 19-12 to capture their second consecutive Waterloo County title, once again finishing the season undefeated. "Our WCssaa league is one of the tough- est in Ontario and CWOssa is the toughest region for sure," said Cressman. "We've had five CWOssa teams ranked by rugby Ontario this year." On a blustery afternoon on their home pitch, WCI was trailing 12-7 at the break. "sJaM came out really fast and hard against us", said Cressman. "We were playing catch-up for a lot of the game but were able to grind our way back and take the lead." Lead by captain Mike diGravio on the front end and some gutsy running by Bryce scarrow and Mark Christopher from the backline, the Vikes were able to storm back to victory against a very hard-nosed highlander squad. "sJaM has a really strong program and has for more than a decade so we feel very fortunate to win this," said Cressman. Cressman also lauded Matt Teng and hayden harper for their work ethic and tackling ability. david Froome had both tries for the high- landers while Charlie anderson converted. In addition to those two players, sJaM bench boss Jim Montgomery thought Taylor Lenitzky and Jacob Cupryn had strong games for his side. In the junior final, Kitchener-Waterloo Col- legiate head man Nathan Millar couldn't say enough about star player Noah Graves who exhibited a whole other level of speed when he broke into open space, leading his raiders to a 29-0 blowout of the junior highlanders. "Noah was playing a new position today with much more responsibility put on him", said Millar. "But he rose to the occasion and was our man of the match. "Our guys were angry after getting beaten so badly by sJaM during the regular season when they knew they could perform better. They showed it today. We set a goal as a team to be back in the finals with the same 15 players we had last year." Millar also credited Zeeshan Irshad with strong play after battling through injuries all season long as well as Cam O'Brien who scored two tries for KCI. despite the loss, sJaM Jr. co-coach Merle shantz felt good about the future of his squad. half of this year's Jr. highlanders were Grade 9s who will return next spring. shantz cited sam ritter and Connor stone as players who had strong games for sJaM. all four teams advance to the CWOssa tour- nament in Brantford slated for Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Vikings repeat as rugby champions Waterloo Collegiate Institute downs SJAM 19-12 to capture second straight title