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WLU‘s Jeffries _ Sr. Knights come up short again named football _ Cmm _ | A lways the bridesmaid, A " y ““‘ Ub ® [3 u ‘.. coach of the year | . PÂ¥ " C YÂ¥g .. & Il couldn‘t happen to a nicer guy. Want proof? Even after accepting congratulations for winning the Canadian Interuniverâ€" sity Sports . Coach of the s Year award, Wilfrid Lauâ€" ds rier‘s Gary * Jeffries still gee credited his * a G o 1 d e n Hawks footâ€" * ball team for * putting him in the posiâ€" tion to win i \ the prestiâ€" Gary gious award. â€" "If it wasn‘t for the team, right from the coaching staff to the players it just doesn‘t happen," said Jeffries. "I accepted it on behalf of the entire program, from the administration to the alumâ€" ni, to that whole group who has been so supportive." > Heck, he didn‘t even feel like he should be mentioned in the same breath as the "ITw_v say you can never go home again And that‘s something Siskins head coach Dave Offi cer learned the hard way Sun day night in his return to Em ra Arena as his Waterloo Siskins dropped a 6â€"3 deasion to his former club, the Sugar like he should be mentioned "It‘s just back to work," | in the same breath as the _ said Jeffries Siskins struggle in Officer‘s return to Elmira It‘s been a year since Offiâ€" cer left the Sugar Kings pro gram, where he won the Sutherland Cup, for some time off. "I certainly have a lot of By Bos VrBanac _ Chronicle Staff Hear leading experts & adoptine families By Bos Vrnana Chronicle Staff share their insights, experience & advice Sunday, November 30, | â€" 4 pm Waterloo Memorial Rec. Complex 101 Father David Baver Drive Coring Homes For Orphan Children Gary Jeffries "They set the table years ago, it‘s just a matter Of keeping it going," said Jefâ€" fries. "I‘ve had the good forâ€" tune of working for 5e some great * coaches." & Jeffries l i started with f 6 . the program & as a stuâ€" 7 e dent/athlete % in 1970, and * has â€" been involved # with the p r o gr a m Tries ever since Ever the stuâ€" dent, he said the greatest thing he learned was never to get outworked. So how does the interim coach of a 1â€"7 team celeâ€" brate his team going 8â€"3â€"0â€" 1 this season? coaches who came before him, including Dave "Tuffy" Knight, Rich Newbrough and Rick Zmich. "That‘s what we‘ve all been able to carry on," he said. Dave Officer good memories of the place. and it was fun being back there because we won a Sutheriand Cup in that buildâ€" Continued on page 28 Ai:va_vs the bridesmaid, ever the bride. That‘s what some Bluevale Knights‘ supporters were thinking after the senior boys football team lost its fifth WCSSAA title in the last seven years Saturday afternoon at University Stadium in a tough 35â€"27 defeat to the Preston Panthers. But that‘s not entirely fair for a Bluevale Knights football program that has been a model of consistency over the past decade since they won the senior title in 1991. Maybe it‘s better to describe them as one of the bachelors from the nowâ€"famous Bacheâ€" lorette show. "I‘m incredibly proud of these boys," said runningback Bela Kosza, accepting his third finalist trophy in three years of playing senior ball. "No one really expected us to be here, but it was all will." fter losing the Battle of Axinerloo game earlier is season, the Bluevale Knights were lookang for a little payback against a Waterloo Vikings team that entered Satâ€" urday‘s WCSSAA Junior football finals undefeated Sure they didn‘t get picked to marry Trista, but that doesn‘t mean they won‘t get a show of their own if they keep putting themsetves in contention year after year. Jr. Knights earn their revenge over WCI There was not much sepaâ€" rating the two teams in their previous meeting, which the Vikings won 14â€"12 to hand the Knights their only loss of the season But it was a different Knights team who took the field Saturday, scoring three unanswered â€" touchdowns before the Vikings fin\afly got on the board. * The Vikings made it 20â€"7 on Jeff Labahn‘s pass reception, but Bluevale‘s Greg Preston put the Knights up to stay, scoring his second touchdown of the half to reestablish thag 20â€"point ©@C_ foto source NOW PROVYIDING DIGITAL LAL Bent’s foto source High Quality Digital Prints Kosza helped the Knights SPORTS 5x7 â€" $2.50 ea 8x10 â€" $5.00 ea 11x14 â€" $9.95 ea 12x18 â€" $9.95 ea By Bos Vrmanac Chronicle Staff from DIGITAL MEDIA 96 King St. Print From Compact Flash, Smart Media y SD, MMC, XD Cards, , _ CD Memory Stick, or & Floppy Disk get back into the game in the second half after they trailed 21â€"7 at the intermission. He had over 100â€"yards rushing in the game and added a 25â€"yard touchdown run. Bluevale‘s Matt Valeriote tries to keep Preston‘s Nathan Green out of the endzone Saturday Bluevale‘s Chris Flannigan chases down WCI‘s Ryan James We gave these boys (Pre Tel: 8846â€"1 320 ston) a good run for their money, but we just couldn‘t pull it through," he said. "But I wouldn‘t want things to be any other way. It was a major thing just to be here." Knights head coach Bob Serviss said there are a lot of other teams that just wish they were in the position to comâ€" pete for a championship. __"Some guys have never been here," said Serviss. "They would be thrilled to get here." Preston, who finished the day with more than 200â€"yards rushing, added two more touchdowns in the second half in the Vikings‘ 41 â€"20 lead. "We came here as underâ€" dogs." said Preston. "We just didn‘t want to let them in the game. "It‘s a great feeling especial ly winning against WCI." Bluevale‘s Kyle Lehmann added _ two â€" touchdowns against the Vikings. and was equally elated. The game was also a special win for Knights® coach Dennis Bailey, who was retiring from teaching after 12 years with the onship," said finish on top "WCI was a good team. but this was payback time and we had fun doing it." "We wanted to show them they got lucky that game." said Lehmann. "This was our "This is my fourth champi "It‘s nice to