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ip Wà y Heads Up Each week, during August, a group of about 20 youths aged 11 and 12 participates in the Junior Firefighters' program at the Bowmanville Fire Station. Station. The students learn a variety of firefighting and fire safety skills, including including the proper use of firefighting equipment such as hoses and fire extinguishers. extinguishers. This game of "waterball" enables the junior firefighters to practice practice their hose-handling techniques, while having fun. The game is similar to a tug of war, only each team is trying trying to direct a ball, using just the force of water from the hose. Sounds like an ideal game for a hot day. There's no indication, however, that this will be a future Olympic demonstration demonstration sport. f - -<9m *e 1 . I j iiÊMjÜÊm. P /, y'//' W ki mm r * WmÊmmsi - ; $1 : \v.r / > »; * » New Coach For Eagles Former Player/Coach in East Coast League Takes Helm of Bowmanville's Junior A Team by Chris Rourke > Ryan Stewart, of Bowmanville, Bowmanville, is returning for his second year at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) in a couple of weeks, hoping to help his team defend defend their Division II national hockey championship. The UAH Chargers went undefeated en route to a national national title. Stewart said he would've like to contribute more to the team. "Being a freshman, I didn't play a lot, but my ice time was fair," he told The Statesman Statesman in a recent interview. Stewart, who is enrolled in pre-medical,, has three more years before graduation. He said it was a culture shock when he got down to Alabama. Alabama. "They play a different style of hockey down there. It's more of a European style," he stated. "They put an emphasis on skating and stick handling, where we play a tougher style (in Canada)." UAH played a 30-game schedule that was split between between playing Division I and II schools. They played teams like Maine (a former Div. I national champion), Penn. State, and Universities of Connecticut and Massachusetts, Massachusetts, among others.. Stewart's goal after being an Ontario scholar at Bowmanville Bowmanville High School was to get a scholarship down in the States so he could continue his hockey career. He received received a 90 per cent scholarship scholarship at the UAH. Stewart said that hockey is fairly new to the people in Alabama. "They don't know much about the game, but they love to see action and plenty of goals," he added. "We get about 7,000 to every (home) game." After he finishes the next three years he has plans to go to chiropractic college. If that doesn't work out, he said he would become a teacher. "My goal is to keep my GPA above three, so I have good enough grades to get into (chiropractic college)," the 21-year-old grad of the BMHA, said. Before accepting a scholarship scholarship to UAH, he toiled for two seasons with the Jr. A. Cobourg Cougars. His best year was his last season in Cobourg (two years ago). He scored 30 goals despite suffering a dislocated collar bone halfway through the season. The injury almost cost him the scholarship, but he got a favorable recommendation recommendation from teams and coaches coaches in the league. In his last season in Cobourg Cobourg he was voted the Most Popular Player by the fans and was the overall winner in the 3-Star Selection category. Stewart was one of three players from the Cobourg team that received a scholarship scholarship from an American school. The other two went to a school in Pennsylvania and Turn to page 4 ALABAMA BOUND - Ryan Stewart was a member of the University of Alabama hockey team which won the by Chris Rourke The Bowmanville Eagles have changed head coaches. Guy Jacob has been brought in to replace former Edmonton Oiler, Kevin McClelland, as head coach. Jacob has coached the Cobourg Cobourg Cougars in the Provincial Provincial Jr. A league and he was also a player/coach in the East Coast Hockey League for two seasons. His playing career included included three seasons with the Chicago Chicago Blackhawks in their minor minor league system. Jacob also had a distinguished distinguished junior hockey career. He was drafted by the Oshawa Generals before moving on to play with the Guelph Platers (now in Owen Sound). He also captained the Orillia Travelways to a Centennial Centennial Cup championship as a.20-year-old. In an interview last Thursday, Thursday, August 8, Eagles General General Manager and President, Mike Laing, said the coaching coaching change was made because McClelland was taking a different different direction in his life. McClelland suggested to Laing Laing that he find a new head coach. "There was some question whether Kevin would be back, so it gives us a chance to have him back in the organization," organization," Laing told The Statesman. "This has been coming for a month." The team has also brought in 30-ycar-old former Laval Titan defenceman Rene Ba- deau to serve as a defence coach. Jim Jackson and Curtis Curtis Hodgins will return as assistant assistant coaches this year as well. The Eagles training camp opens on August 19 at the Newcastle Arena, before shifting to the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex on Sept. 3. The camp will have 70 players attending, with only 20 making the team. General Manager Laing has been working hard in the off-season to improve the team from last year. He said the team needed to improve the defence, get more scoring up front, bring the goals against down, and reduce the number of shots that opponents lake. Laing has brought in two players from the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (RMJHL) in British Columbia to help out with the scoring. He has signed 19-ycar-old centre Dustin Kersey, and 20- year-old right winger Mike Kimmcl. These two have led the RMJHL in scoring the last two seasons. "With those two players, we'll have one of the best power plays in the league this year," he added. The training camp opens on August 19, and for the first three days of camp, they will be holding inter-squad scrimmages, with their first exhibition game being slated for Sat., Aug. 24 at 2:30 p.m. in Newcastle. The opponent has yet to be decided. The team will play Trenton Trenton in Newcastle on Sunday, Aug. 25, at 7:30 p.m., before leaving for a game in Slrccts- villc on Tues., Aug 27. Game time is 8 p.m. Turn to page 4 Local Girls Contribute In Fastball Championship Pg. 2 Courtice Man Plays in International Softball Tourney Pg. 5 Sun Shines on Optimists'Annual Car Show in Enniskillen Pg. 14&15 See pages 8 to 11