Woodman‘s in the zone Mark Woodman was a member of the goldâ€"medal winning Team Ontario at last week‘s Nationals. aybe it was Mserendipity or maybe the planets were in alignment, "but everything seemed to be going right for Waterloo‘s Mark Woodman on the socâ€" cer field last week. How else do you explain that every time he touched the ball it turned into goals. butiiiotoindiiasininnichaiicptall ~ itmatitd w hi dï¬ is hanidvaleabaid ioi eficndv lt uen en d enmiae on PFIIRC OHPPUCT UIAEATOTATT T n 2: L A striker with Team â€" ondary school. "Some days warmup how nlly touch is (Qnmkeflw[impimmeissue‘ really put us in the hole at the Bradley was even less forâ€" Ontario‘s Underâ€"15 team, â€" it‘s there and" some Continued on page 21 _ he said the men in blue took beginning of the game," said Continued on page 20 Ranieri does some classical studies while playing in Egypt have for sightâ€"seeing at the onships in Egypt over the next two weeks But she said there‘s no way she‘s going to miss seeâ€" Not that the member of Canada‘s National Underâ€"19 team won‘t have enough pyraâ€" mids to look at with the tourâ€" nament brackets and seeding all set up that way. She just hoping that she‘s not so busy that she‘ll miss seeâ€" Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Feb 13 Feb. 20 Feb. 27 Feb 27 Mar 6 â€" Mar 13 2 â€" Penny Kinghorn 9 â€" Nancy Ransom 16 â€" Gary Martin 23 â€" Diane Henneby By BB VRBANAC By Bos Vrranac Chronicle Staff Paul Byerman â€" Russ Batfour â€" Greg Weiler fiterloo‘s Miranda Ranieri doesn‘t know how much time she‘ll â€" Ed Nowak Mickey Cherevaty *Dave Bos Deb Rochon 2003 CALENDAR LOTTERY WINNERS up until July 31/03 WATERLOO CHIPPERS Woodman helped lead his squad to the National chamâ€" pionship in Regina, Sask. last Athletes talk about being in a zone â€" a zenâ€"like state where talent meets execuâ€" tion. But Woodman said he never felt so good in a comâ€" petition. "I have my on and my off days, it doesn‘t really come naturally," said the Grade 10 student at Resurrection secâ€" ondary school. "Some days it‘s there and some ing the rea! pyramids in Giza if she can, in what she‘s calling a once in a lifeâ€"time experience. "I‘ve never travelled that far before â€" it‘s taking three stopovers just to get there," said Ranieri. "I‘m looking forâ€" ward to seeing the pyramids and doing that whole sightseeâ€" ing aspect. 1 just don‘t know how much of that we‘ll be able She also promises to do her best on the squash courrt to see if she can‘t bring her own goldâ€" en antiquity home from the team and individual "But I‘ll do my best because you can‘t go to Egypt everyâ€" Mar 27 â€" Bo Mcintyre Mar 27 â€" * Jim Lettan Apr. 3 â€" Sherry Weiss Apr 10 â€" Jim Rodgers Apr. 17 â€" Nicole Detzier Apr. 24 â€" Mike Moher Apr 24 â€" *Lorraine Suska May 1 â€" M. 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SPORTS Tony Bairos Jim Moisse *Dave Macleod t was a story of what could Ihave been for the Waterloo Twins at the Canadian Junior men‘s fastpitch chamâ€" pionships last week at Hillside After struggling out of the gate and losing their first two games, the Twins won seven straight to earn a doubleâ€"life in the playoff round starting last Thursday. And the same controversy over illegal pitches that cost the Twins manager Barry Musselman early in the tourâ€" nament, reared its ugly head again in the Twins‘ final loss to of the tournament for arguing the interpretatign of the rule. _ And three more illegal pitches called in the first inning of last Friday‘s contest rattled starter Dan Bradley The Twins went on to give up six ryns in the first two innings in a 7â€"1 loss to boys from the Rock. After the game interim manager Graham Snyder thought the issue over ilegal pitches had been settled, and said no one had invoked the rule in the Twins‘ five previous _ While Snyder didn‘t want to make the umpires the issue, he said the men in blue took Musselman was tossed out By Bos VrBanac (eatâ€"in only) Ranieri is currently the secâ€" ondâ€"ranked player in Canada, and will be one of four team members who makes the trip. The tournament is strucâ€" tured in a Davis Cup tennisâ€" type format with an individual event, to see how she stacks up against the world, and a team event that will see where Canada ranks on the squash away any momentum the Twins had heading into their "I don‘t think I‘ll get into any great diatribe about the umpiring, but I thought that really put us in the hole at the beginning of the game," said And at the top of that pyraâ€" mid is the Egyptians, who won the individual title two years keeping in contact with the Canadian team coach through A Twins‘ infielder tries to turn a doubleâ€"play Friday at Hillside Ranieri, who has been 886â€" Snyder. "They had been very lenient since the incident on Sunday night... and I find it a little hard to betieve that in the fours days in between that the illegal pitch rule is back." e-mail.saidsiTe's'beeâ€"ns}urp» ening her game against male players at Northfield Racquet them all, she‘s wori her share which should be a good test against a lot of players she‘s never seen before. "I‘m trying to play people who will beat me or give me a "That will be the worst part of it. That‘s why my fitness is so good game," said the 17â€"yearâ€" old KCI student about ber recent training, "I wanted to be pushed because in Egypt we‘ll play two matches a day, so I‘ll be so tired. And while she hasn‘t won