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SPORTS (h $ sttz "y n : Saccer is a sport with a pedi gree The best players are marked by their international caps That‘s the number of games they‘ve played for their national team [ ~â€" m Even _ more impressive is the player who can recall his World Cup experiences, the year of the games and what country _ they played in. Carlos Rivas is q such a man. The F Chilean immigrant, who setâ€" tled in Canada in 1984, played for his national team at the 1982 games in Spain. It was the games made famous by the exploits of Italy‘s Paulo Rassi Rivas was remembered for his own daring exploits by his countrymen for notching the goal that helped Chile qualify. Rivas then turned a suceessâ€" ful nauonal team run into a job with the North American Socâ€" cer League‘s Toronto Blizzard. World cup talent comes to town Carlos Rivas gives a demonstration of ball control, Thursday. ments, he runs 3 soccer camps for Wi) younger players, os hivas and helps out teams like Waterloo‘s own Underâ€"10 Rep team, the Waterâ€" loo Lightning First involved with the Ontario team program, he has since been named an assistant coach to Canada‘s Underâ€"20 national team under Paul James And when his playing days ended he turned his attention to teaching the game he loved. But instead of returning to his native land he decided to bring some of his experience to his adopted land â€" Canada. "I‘m happy to be involved because we‘ve got so many young Canadian talents," he said. "We‘ve got so many playâ€" ers playing in Europe." "It‘s no surprise that we‘re going to see a couple of kids from this team play for the provincial and natonal team," said Rivas. Rivas has a soccer camp coming to town June 25 to June 31. For info call 886â€"6268 The team coached by Kaemmle, has become commodity in Waterl provincial saccer power. "It‘s no surprise that 1 coached by J has become a in Waterloo That includes a couple of players â€" he‘s coached in the past few years. In addition to his _ national team commitâ€" John i rare "Last year was a more throw together year," said new field boss Brian Bishop. "We only had nine or 10 players who wanted to come out and play. "Some of them got stuck in certain positions, but they still did a good job." j i x ““& c" ' This year‘s version of the Waterloo Junior Tigers has something missing from last year‘s team â€" depth. While a lack of depth usually means a poor season, the Tigers bucked the odds and built a 17â€" 4 regular season record. They carried that momenâ€" tum into the playoffs before being upset by their archrivals, the Kitchener Dodgers, in the semiâ€"finals of the junior interâ€" county playoffs. Tigers on the hunt for Iâ€"C title But with 15 bodies to pad the roster this year, including a number of veterans returning Chris Wolf Bluevale High School held its 15th annual awards evening and dance last Thursday at Federation Hall. at UW â€" Nominees for graduating athletes of the year were Steve Arthur, Kevin Moogk, Chris Wolf. Karen Thibodeau, and Rachael MacGregor. The honor goes to a male and female athlete who throughout their careers at Bluevale, have demonstrated athletic achievement and were good school citizens. Moogk was named the out standing male graduating ath Bob Vrbanac Chronicle staff Bluevale honors its athletes * 100s of new bicycles * expert repairs * helmets * in line skates * protective equipment * wheel & bearing upgrades They‘ve gotten off to a good start, compiling a 6â€"1 league record that included a convineâ€" ing 13â€"4 victory over the defending champs, the Guelph Junior Royals, last Thursday night.. Other honorees included April Gothard, Luba Krasno horsky, Sara Pinder, Derek C Nakluski, * Simon Lewis, . Tim Moffat, s Deanne Witt, Ryan Strachan, Kaye Hope, f Jenn Musselâ€" § man, Rachael s MacGregor, Nicole Consitt, Karen T from their U.S. college teams, the Tigers have high hopes that they can outlast the competiâ€" tion for this year‘s junior title. And Bishop, an assistant with last year‘s team, is already putting his stamp on the team. The grad of the Waterloo Expos was a fierce competitor in his playing days, and would like to continue that aggressiveâ€" ness with this year‘s team. "I like to be aggressive when the time is called for," he said. "We do have a very good hitâ€" ting team, so it‘s difficult to take the bat out of somebody‘s hand. "But if we need to steal or we need to hit and run we‘ll do it." The other strength of this year‘s Tigers team is pitching. Kevin Moogk lete, while MacGregor won the outstanding female graduating athlete Karen Thibodeau "Defensively we have to get a little bit tougher," he said, *and we have to execute more at the plate when we have to." The standouts on the Tigers Brian Bishop They should match up well against any other staff in the league. If theres any weaknesses on this year‘s team it comes in the area of defence and executing at the plate. "We‘re pretty deep in pitchâ€" ing," said Bishop. "We‘ve got a lot of guys who can pitch." Rachael MacGregor Stephen Hollinger, Steve Arthur, Gord Radlein, John Xaysy. Jason Furlong, Kevin Moogk, Chris Wolf, Fraser Sweet, Jen Doede, Dan Nelâ€" Thomas Hope, Susie Kelland, Chris _ Roth, Hilary Lawton, Adam Peterson, David Hageâ€" dorn, James MacLean, Elizaâ€" beth Kennedy, Jenn Mabee, son, Aaron _OPEN EVERY SUNDAY BREWERY 1 12 Noon â€" 6 p.m., incleding Holidays "Wahl‘s really good defenâ€" sively," said Bishop, "and he‘s a good leadâ€"off hitter with good speed and can get on base." team include a number of playâ€" ers who had big years last year, and are expected to do the same again The Tigers are in action again this Thursday, 7:30 p.m., at Bechtel Park. They take on Hamilton David Adair and Jason Conâ€" tant will spearhead the attack. The teammates battled each other for the league hitting crown and will provide a solid oneâ€"two punch in the lineup again this year. On the mound, Justin Divell will carry the load, and is expected to be one of the top pitchers in the league again. There are also a number of firstâ€"year juniors expected to make an impact, including Dave Young, Jim Wolfe and Darin Wahl. Steve Arthur Tara Velanoff, Bryan Wood:â€" disse, Frica Wheeler, Lisa Chaleunsouk, Reiza Khairulâ€" lah. Erin Budd, Jeff Neeb, Theresa Kanmacher, Lee Sayadeth, Briton Dowhaniuk, Mike Fehrenbach, Marni Lee, Craig Burkett, Sara Pinder, Becky Cameron, and Dave Maly. Honorees included: Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Boon, Mr. Hunsberger, and Mr. Saddler all retiring this year. The school also honored a number of departing coaches for their service. 181 King