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Jim Reid hands off his school rushing record to Derek Medler during last Thursday‘s Quarterback Club. And that torch looked an awful lot like a football as Lauâ€" rier‘s allâ€"time leading singleâ€" season rusher Jim Reid finally had to hand over the ball to the school‘s new record holder Reid and Medler an odd couple AWilfid Laurier Quarterback (Club. ¢ By Bos VRBANAC Medler broke Reid‘s 1977 school record of 1.078 yards Derek Medier ie Waterloo Siskins T\mm trust spelled it out for their team Fnday night Win the next two games against league powers Stratford on the road and Owen Sound at home and you‘ll be in first place by Monday The Siskins did just that. making their coaches look like geniuses in the process. by beating the Cullitons 4â€"3) Friday. before returning home to beat the Greys 3â€" 1 Sunday aftemoon. Siskins surprise league powers to climb into first place tie 7 was the proverbial passing of the torch at last week‘s Not that those wins By Bos Vrrnaw (Bsromicle Staff came ('dsy. The Siskins climbed back from a 3â€"1 deficit hnâ€" day before Bryan Fitzgerâ€" ald scored the gameâ€"winâ€" ner in the third to beat the firstâ€"place Cullitons. And he continued his heroics on Sunday, scorâ€" ing a powerâ€"play marker with 6:17 to go in the game, and with the Siskins just finished killing off three consecutive twoâ€" man advantages. "It felt like we were short handed for half or three quarters of the game." said Fitzgerald. who now leads the league in scoring with 12 goals and seven assists. "It just last week against York, rushing for 173 yards to improve his season total to 1,090 yards. And while the object of the day was to study game film, it was really a study in the conâ€" trasting styles of two runners who have meant so much to Laurier‘s football program. The study in contrasts begins simply in the size of the At sixâ€"four and 240 pounds the old joke was that Reid would simply have to fall over to pick up five yards. And with The Siskins‘ Eric Martin coses in on a big hit against the Greys® Taylor Royle Sunday the number of times that Dave "Tuffy" Knight ran him in those days, that‘s pretty close to the where he rushed 37 times against Guelph, and he laughed with his old coach about how he ate up most of the clock in the fourth quarter. "All records are meant to be broken," said a circumspect Reid, who starred in the CFL for 10 years. "Back when I played, we ran the ball 90 per Continued on page 23 Reid remembered SPORTS Vikings don‘t miss a step with new additions HRONICLE |@R h four of the five Warters graduated from the WCI‘s twoâ€" time provincial bronze medal senior girls basketball team, the Vikings finally seem vulnerâ€" able to the rest of the local high school league they‘ve dominatâ€" ed for the last five years. But not so fast, argues head coach Doug Ranton, who thinks he might have the most athletic squad he‘s had since he joined the program in 1998. A good group of junior grads, who made it to the WCSSAA junior finals last year, have made the jump to the big team this year. And there‘s enough depth left from last year‘s squad to give anyone a They proved that to Southâ€" wood last Thursday beating the Sabres 48â€"37 with a combiâ€" nation of defensive intensity "They don‘t shoot the ball as well as last year‘s team," said Ranton. "But our outside game is coming along," â€" with the ability to drive the ball to the basket. Helping to stretch the defence is the club‘s last remaining starter, Andrea Durst, who had 18 points for the Vikings. While they‘ve lost some experience, Durst said Is there anything they don‘t By Bos VRBaNac Chronicle Staff â€" Waterioo Wildhawks. WCI‘s May Kotsopoulas drives past two Soutwood defenders. the majority of the team has _ added 17 points against the played club ball with the _ Sabres _ "We‘re holding our own," said Durst, who has taken on a leadership role with the team. The club has also been heiped by the play of rookie guard May Kotsopoulos, who seemed that every time 1 _ bit ashamed in that, askâ€" got off I was right back out _ ing the guys for discipline. there. "But we needed to get "It felt good to get the _ some balance in the calls. winner after killing off all _ | needed to clarify it and those penalties. As soon as _ he thought I was being a "It felt good to get the winner after killing off all those penalties. As soon as we killed off those penalâ€" ties the momentum was on our side." In total the Siskins drew 15 penalties to the five handed out to Owen Sound. It got so bad at one point that the normally evenâ€"tempered Dave Offiâ€" cer had a few choice words for the referee. which led to a bench minor for the Siskins. "I‘ve never taken a bench penalty before," said Officer. "I felt a little www.vurwaterloo.com CLICK HERE Yolkswogen New & Cortified Preâ€"owned Cors Volkswagen Waterloo "The jump up has been pretty easy because 1 already knew haif the team." said Kotâ€" sopoulos. "Our school is known for good defence and working hard. We have the team to win WCSSAA again." little abrupt." But the challenge had the desired effect as the Siskins drew the next penalty and scored on the ensuing power play. "It was huge," said Offiâ€" cer of the Fitzgerald goal that propelled his team to the top of the league standings with a 7â€"3â€"1 mark. tied with the Strat ford Cullitons. "They‘re playing that sacrificeâ€"type hockey they need to to win games."