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Reports were either called back to their associated universities or colleges or, in cases for male athâ€" letes, to minor league teams. a¢ Today, player agents are using College Prospects of America Inc. to get their players recognized by scouts thousands of kilometres away. Based in Logan| Ohio and with offices throughout Ontario, CPOA is an international marketing service that provides detailed profiles on promising young studentâ€"athletes to more than 1,800 colleges and universities in Canada and the United States. Just by typing wwwcpoa.com on the internet, coaches can learn the player‘s age, position, abilities, ratings, what the parents say and what their hometown coach says, and no doubt their shoe a Nm%nqhq:bwmfihmlh”h # years he has saved parents in the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo and u) surround areas over $4,000,000 in university tuition. 4 _ Since 1992 Woods, the Regional Director of College Prospects of America (CPOA) Inc., has opened the doors toâ€"Over 500 area athletes helping them to receive scholarships to universities in the United States and Canada. 8 _ in the past there were trickles of Waterloo athietes headed to T United States on athletic scholarships, now the trickle has become :z a Nlood mpWaterioo athletes pack their bats, balls and gloves (as Z well as their suntan lotion) after athletic and academic xmmm-fl.zhhuum Three members of the Waterloo midgets giris softball team, Krista Lambier, Julie Murray and Shannon Carey all received scholarships and are Florida bound through the efforts of Woods and the CPOA. Meanwhile, Waterloo juvenile baseball player Luke Potwarka, has accepted a package to attend Olivet College in Olivet, Mich. through CPOA. Although not through CPOA, the Waterloo Tigers junior baseball team will be secing six of its members going to American universities from Michigan to Texas Y# Drayton Festival Theatre, Stone Crock a’" hosted the successful *"FOREVER PLAID" DINNER & THEATRE and express sincere thanks to Schart Fealty Ltd. Chronicle Staff Sports & Scholarships _ .. Tim Hortons 1996 Canadians ./ “"._"l"..{!'.'_"”""" £ Piller Sausage & Delicatessan Kennedy‘s Village Tavern Link with Home Travel M & T insta Print Merry Hill Golf Club (Continued on page 26) Tp junevenile scores included a pair of 77s by Hare and MacKenzie and a 79 by Preston Cicchine. h‘mfim&mhmm.ly-nm with an 85 and Jason Dodd with an 86. MacKenzie, won the juvenile title firing a seven over par 77, while the bantam winner was Andrew Gallo with a score of 78. Leveck fired his hole in one on the par three sixth with a seven iron. Other top junior scores were turned in by Alex Thorton with a7l.kd5§flh'ibnndly-mfiul-w. A holeâ€"inâ€"one by Mark Leveck on sixth hole enabled the young plquun:jdwwhndbydum Golf and County Club last week. Leveck turned in a threeâ€"under par 67 in the event which fea tured 32 golfers competing in junior, juvenile and bantam diviâ€" sions. Jim Morris, who was in a tie with Andrew Hare and Greg Four members of the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Diving Club â€" back row, Griffin Heilwig, Kirsten Bruggemann, Brett Mcinâ€" tosh; front row, Rebecca Barras â€" competed at the 1997 Canadian Championships held in Victoria B.C.. Brent Mcintosh brought home two medals for the KW club with a second on the oneâ€"metre board and a third on the threeâ€" metre board. 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