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Jr. players were: Bk. Row: J. Lang, B. Wy- pich, R. Ring, 0. Civiera. S. Draper, B. De- witt, R. Higdon, D. Haston, J. Hamilton, 3rd Row: R. Martin, M. Neil. M. Horvath. G. Kypur, T. Spies, J. Mead, B. Dunlop, A.
Troybridge, M. Robinson. S. Robinson, 2nd Row: M. VanCise. K. Nurcumbe, B. Dav- idson, M. Fawcett, C. Schell, G.Howard, T. Mutter. E. Monk, M. Schell. Coach Ed-
wards Fr. Row: A. Federe. J. Both, 0. McDermid, S. Conrad, J. Sneyd, K. Redd- ing, R. Wilson, T. Schorno, N. Lavers, T. Stall. Missing: D. King, S. Kerr
Tim~.has come to run, •the whistle blows.
I fef.ll a sensotionrcome ()Ver mybody, It .~tarts a t m y , f e e t a n d r u s h e s t o m y f i n g e r t i p s ; .I fly, Io the 40, to 30, to 20; I stand an~. listef) to the stlence. Itoverwhelms my body with
cold, and fear. The crowd roars~the.,pall is mine. and not even·the entire'.opposjng team can tpke this glo~ious feeling away from me: ,
My legs strainwith agon'{and excitement. Oh, iny pdrents willbe so proud of me! Faster and faster, a streak of lightening lpm tree. My dreams nave become reality, the game •
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By Sha~~ Hyndm~np
In September, 70 eager, hopeful players turned out for the first day of the Junior Fighting Owl's 1990 sea- son. Three days later after trying to run them into the ground, the coaches still counted 60 live bodies. Eventually uniforms were found for 50 players - our biggest numbers ever.
We had numbers and enthusiasm, but only 5 ex- perienced returners from the previous year's starting team. How well we would do, depended upon how fast the players improved.
Leadership surfaced early. Several players demon- strated the skill and desire needed to be a cham- pionship team and that's where we ended up- in the championship.
We had some ups and downs during the season, as players learned to play consistently with their emo- tions channelled into intensive play - not into temp- ers and penalties, but we were up more than down and finished the schedule in fourth place with a 4-2-1 record. We were awarded the Len Roque Trophy for winning the local Stayner-Collingwood game.
The greatest highlight was our semi-final victory over first place lnnisdale. Strong, disciplined defence and inspired offence allowed the underdogs to triumph. Everyone expected lnnisdale to win, but the day be- longed to the Owls.
We then met Bradford in the G.B.S.S.A. Champion- ship game. This marked the fifth appearance in the last 6 years for the C.C.I. Juniors, but the champion- ship trophy was not ours to bring home as Bradford won the contest.
Nevertheless being champions is not simply due to the score and Coaches Simpson, Rhodes and Ed- wards felt they had a championship team in 1990.
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