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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 4 Oct 2006, p. 21

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golf "We do skill work and activity work with no down time for the kids. We make it so that skilled and nonâ€" skilled kids can coâ€"exist." The program focuses on seven prominent sports â€" hockey, soccer, baseball, basâ€" ketball, volleyball, tennis and "I think we put kids in overly competitive situaâ€" tions," Rosettani said after introducing Sportball to Waterlo0. "We don‘t focus on scores. F Spoits pportball helping kids to get active Mattias Hulka, 1 dler program at â€" and incorporates indi tags teve Rosettani simply wl 1 > ags his progran{r;; good kids just loving By Biu. Doucet For the Chronicle , 1, chases some bubbles at the at Emmanuel day care. P Rosettani said the secret behind Sportball is getting the appropriate coaches to instruct the sports. Coaches are generally between the ages of 18 to 35, and are studying or have degrees in physical education, early childhood education, kinesiâ€" ology, and recreational manâ€" "Active Healthy Kids pubâ€" lished a report card and (Canada) received a D. 1 believe that a thinkâ€"tank organization like that looks to people like us to fill the void," he said. GARY_J(I g;wgnm "Hard Work Makes v1l/â€""0"" also ties in nicely with initiatives across the country that are geared to battling child obesity. vidual as well as group instruction, while offering positive encou ragement. The goal is to improve balance, strength, coâ€"ordinaâ€" tion, selfâ€"confidence and lisâ€" wning skills, while preparing children for sports teams if they want to play on one. Rosettani added that Sportball also ties in nicely Continued on page 25 ENNiFER oriston prot Sportball tod Ings was a mistake. After a 24â€"7 loss to the Highlanders, maybe their exclusion from the "A" division wasn‘t a misâ€" take, playing teams like twoâ€" The Highlanders rolled up 24 points on their home turf last Thursday on a good KCI Raiders team looking to prove that their inclusion in the "B" division of the new highâ€"school divisional rankâ€" ings was a mistake. After a 1 ols to running for daylight at the control of the team‘s highâ€" powered offence this year. Bellew has het;rr;l-l;;.rc: for it all, running for his life in the team‘s first year in the league D w 1 hy And the Highlanders‘ quarterback/kicker David r.l "The Sir John A. Macdonâ€" ald Highlanders have gone from staggering to swaggering in they three short years since the first fielded a senior boys football team. Highlanders ready to take a run at title "We lost focus due to the officiating which is not Those goals, with a guy in the sin bin, cost the Siskins in a 4â€"3 loss Friday night against Elmira and a 7â€"3 loss against Brantford Sunday afternoon at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. Even when the Siskins had the man advantage against Brantford Sunday, they gave up a shortâ€"handed goal that turned a 2â€"2 tie after the first period into a rout. Kimmel promises to address his 1â€"4 club‘s special team woes in practice this week, and urged his club to play with more discipline. If they didn‘t, he promised to dole out some discipline of his own. v ties called against v them in weekend losses to Elmira and Brantâ€" ford, the Waterloo Siskins have proven they know their way to the penalty box. Now head coach Al Kimâ€" mel is asking them to prove they know how to stay out of it t0o, after giving up seven powerâ€"play goals in two games. Siskins need to be Chronicle Staff SPORTS By Bos Vreana Chronicle Staff th 34 minor penal time defending champs Bluevale and perennial powâ€" erhouse Preston. "We‘ve come a long way," said Bellew, who had six of his team‘s points converting three touchdowns and adding a field goal. "We knew EECAERL L ____ SJAM‘s Arthar Zia gets ready to put the big hit on KCI‘s Marc Fernandes last Thursday. 808 vreanac rmoto «.. All The Difference" "My personal style is sitting down . with constituents, listening, then rolling up my sleeves and getting to work." With the new two referee system in the Midwestern Junior B league, Kimmel said he knew that there would be more of a focus on the speâ€" cialty teams early in the seaâ€" acceptable," said Kimmel. "There‘s things that have to be addressed and we‘ll be addressing that at practice next week." The Brantford Golden Eagles Blake Dool. SJIAM‘s turnaround start ed last year when the High landers qualified for the play coming in that KCI wanted to show they deserved to be in the "A" division, but we wanted to show them what it was like to step up." son. He just didn‘t know that his team would be spending most of it on the penalty kill, and thought his team would have made the adjustment by now. "We‘ve tried to emphasize work ethic, skating hard and keeping our legs moving," said Kimmel, as a possible counterbalance to all the more disciplined Scherer stretches out to make the save "We‘ve had the same core for three years, and now we‘re developing into a Highâ€" lander team that will be known around the league." No one embodies the Highlanders® development on the football field as much as Arthar Zia. Coming from a rugby background, Zia only took up football since comâ€" ing to the school, And the Highlanders‘deâ€" Continued on page 24 Campaign Oath #3: As I go door to door, I promise to follow the sidewalk... offs for the first time in the school‘s short history, and won a 10â€"7 thriller against Preston before bowing out in the semifinals against Cameron Heights. But the Highlanders are no longer a surprise team this season, being mentioned in the same breath as Bluevale as a favourite to win it all. "We‘re looking forward to the rest of the season," said the Highlanders® 18â€"yearâ€"old pivot. "We‘ve all developed so much. "But obviously that hasn‘t sunk into our players. "Pretty much every game this year we‘ve had a lapse where we stopped skating and got into penalty probâ€" lems." obstruction penalties called. Instead of firing up his Continued on page 23 {h on the Siskins Craig BOB VRrANAC prc being

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