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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 28 Dec 1988, p. 28

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Sports Christine Hough and partner Doug Ledret skate to near perfection in Vancouver and capture the senior pairs title at the Canadian figure earns them a trip to the Calgary There‘s not enough space in this, or any, newspaper to list everything that happened in 1988, but just for the fun of it, let‘s take a look at what happened â€" week by weekâ€" in a very entertaining year of sports. dJan. 6: Fiftyâ€"six teams participated in the ninth annual Twin City Optimist Club Christmas Hockey Tournament at Waterloo Arena. Jan. 13: Five members of the Waterâ€" loo Siskins â€" goaltender Scott MacDoâ€" nald, defenceman Jamie Pegg, and forwards Dan Rintche, Mike MacKay and Shawn DuBois â€" are named to League‘s allâ€"star team. â€" Jan. 20: Wilfrid Laurier University‘s soccer team returns to Canada as heroes that is. During a brief tour of the island counitry, the soccer Hawks played well enough to earn a legion of Waterioo Siskins forward Mike Mackay proudly displays the Sutheriand . downed Bramalea Blues 6â€"3 to win the bestâ€"ofâ€"seven Ontario Hockey Cup to a boisterous crowd at Waterloo Arena in early May. The Sisks Association Jr. B final by four games to one. Mark Bryson photo 1988 The Year in review Olympics. Feb. 3: Waterloo Chipper Stumblers win the 10th annual St. Clements oldâ€"timers hockey tournament with thrilling 54 win over Niagara Falls. Gerry Dolff led the way by scoring six goals in four games. comes through with its promise of football team, signing Dave (Tuffy) Knight to a fourâ€"year contract. Feb. 17: Bluevale collegiate‘s senior boys basketball team loses its first game on the final eve of the regular Feb. 10: The University of Waterloo season and is forced to settle for third place despite a 12â€"1 wonâ€"lost record. St. Jerome‘s and Cameron Heights both checked in with 12â€"1 marks. Feb. 24: Siskins sniper Dan Rintche player in the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League. Scott MacDonald and Garry Robins take the trophy for best goalsâ€"against average. Mar. 2: Waterloo collegiate gymnast Robyn Jalbert turns in a spectacular performance and leads the Vikings to a firstâ€"place finish at the annual York University Invitational Tournament. Jalbert, who finished first in the floor. vault and bar, won the individual title at the Club Senior Level meet. Mar. 9: University of Waterloo guard Rob Froese is named to the CIAU allâ€" Canadian team at an awards banquet in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mar. 16 Blind athlete Mike Tyrrell collects four gold medals at the sevâ€" enth annual Royal Canadian Legion Windsor Classic International Indoor Games. He won in the 400m, 1,500m, 3,000m and shot putt events. Mar. 28: Waterloo Junior Tigerettes pull off a shocking upset at the provincial ringette championships as they skate to gold. The team had an up and down regular season. Mar. 30; Six local high school volleyâ€" ball players â€" Janice Awad, Nicki Campbell, Ann Sugrim, Jennifer Hume, Meredith Fuller and Brenda Fridel! â€" are named to the Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Apr. 6: Waterioo Siskins crush the Elmira Sugar Kings in four straight games to capture the Midwestern dJunior B Hockey League championâ€" ship. The Siske move on to face the Barrie Colts in the Ontario Hockey place at the Calgary Wateriloo skater Christine Hough made for Mh”““fl“mmmm HAPPY NEW YEAR Mark Bryson photo

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