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"It‘s something that I trained pretty hard for the last couple of years," said firstâ€" time Olympian Button. "I‘ve Vipers derail the Express Parker Beletz also led the Vipers in scoring with three touchdowns, while Gutscher added two. Other majors went to Pressure lifted off of Waterioo‘s Olympic swimmers That‘s exactly what qualiâ€" fying for the 2000 Sydney Games at the Canadian Olympic Swim Trials last week did for Waterloo‘s Jen Button and Laura Nicholls. It gave the two Region of Waterloo swimmers some breathing room in their purâ€" suit of an Olympic dream. Qualifying also took the pressure of expectations off their shoulders. W’aler pressure can buckle a person like a tin can the deeper they go down. And any good diver knows it takes proper breathing to keep from getting the bends. The _ Triâ€"City _ Vipers derailed the Toronto Express 72â€"1 at a hot and humid University _ Stadium _ last Saturday afternoon. The Vipers put on a dazâ€" zling display of running as tailbacks Reid Parker Beletz and Gordon Radlein comâ€" bined for 229 yards rushing. Slotback Kevin Gutscher added another 82 yards on the ground. A Toronto Express ball carrier enters the Vipers‘ pit at University Stadium last Saturday. Pnd o * oakes. .. Make it easier for By Bos Vreanac Chronicle Staff â€" FUNERAL PLANNING 111864eHT Button took a year off her studies at the University of Toronto to devote herself to fullâ€"time training for the 2000 Olympics. Jen Button finally achieved that goal and now I‘m pretty relieved that the pressure‘s off. Adding to the offensive fireworks was quarterback Matt Hodge. The special teams also had a big day as kick returner Kevin Moogzoran a Toronto punt back 100 yards for the final touchdown. Strongâ€"legged kicker Ted Ballantyne also lit up the score board with two field goals, a _ rouge _ and Radlein, Ron Garcia and Sam Gardner. Hodge only played the first half but was good on eight of 12 attempts for 71 yards, while tossing one touchdown. I‘m ready to go to the A preâ€"planned funeral offers peace of mind in knowing that your family will not be faced with many important decisions Andrew _ Wagler, _ Joe Popkey and Jason Schmidt joined the sack attack with two sacks apiece. Leading tacklers for the Vipers were linebackers Jason Thomson, Ryan Groh and Lee Maggiacomo. The win improves the Vipers record to 2â€"0, good for first place in the Great Lakes Football League. The defensive effort that held Toronto to only one point was led by Zach Mason who had a fumble recovery and three sacks. She was relieved when she learned that her sacrifice paid off in an invitation to the enjoy _ everything," _ said Button. Nicholls, off to her second Olympic Games, admitted it nine conversiOns. "It wasn‘t pressure from anyone else, but just the presâ€" sure of knowing it was crunch time and now you had to do it," said Button. "It was tense on the pool deck for everyone who had a chance. "There‘s always the chance that maybe you weren‘t going to go." A relay berth took the edge off Button‘s provisional qualiâ€" fication in the 100 m butterfly. Earning berths in her speâ€" cialty, the 200 m butterfly, and another relay team made her feel like she belonged. sames "I could finally relax and The stress showed up for Nicholls earlier in the week when she was unhappy with her performance in the 400 m freestyle, which she uses as a warmâ€"up for her other events. "I just ran into to some problems, I wasn‘t riding property in the water," said Nicholls. The shallow Olympic pool in Montreal continued to bother Nicholls throughout the competition, where she also earned provisional qualiâ€" fications in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, her two strongest events. was also a relief to meet the Olympic standard in the 200 m freestyle, as well as two other freestyle relay teams. "It was a great stress relief," said Nicholls. Her bat did most of the talkâ€" ing for her in her third year of Stateside softball as she hit .330 with eight home runs and 36 runsâ€"battedâ€"in the Sunbelt Conference. Carey had a slugging perâ€" centage over .500, with 14 douâ€" bles, two triples and 97 total bases to go along with her eight home runs. "One coach used to slip pennies into our shoes," said Carey. "Of course when I broke my leg playing ball it was the shoe I had the penny in. "I‘ll never do that again." In fact the only talisman that the 21â€"yearâ€"old St. David‘s graduate needs is the heavy aluminum bat she carries to the plate. Dancing over the white chalk line, not talking to pitchâ€" ers during the game and sleepâ€" ing with her bat have never been a consideration for the slugging first baseman for the Florida International University Women‘s Softball The one time she gave in to the mysticism of the game she broke her leg. Whterloo’s Shannon Carey is one of those ball players who doesn‘t believe in the superstitions of the game. Have bat, will travel Nicholls is looking forward By Bos VReanac Those numbers earned her Chronicle Staff a nod as a conference allâ€"star and membership on the erloos Shannon Carey _ regional allâ€"star team. Laura Nicholls to the Canadian Summer Nationals in Winnipeg later this summer to secure the other two Olympic berths. The pool in Winnipeg is deeper and better set up for a speed merchant like Nicholls. _ "I definitely prefer swimâ€" ming in â€" Winnipeg _ to Montreal," said Nicholls. "I The transfer student also earned the Sunbelt Conference‘s newcomer of the year award in her first year with the Miamiâ€"based _ Florida International team after transâ€" ferring in from Lake City Junior Membership in that regionâ€" al allâ€"star team turned out to be an exclusive club that also earned Carey Allâ€"American Shannon Carey Not bad for an allâ€"Canadian girl that even has some of her teammates saying "eh" with the best of them. The Edward R. Good Funeral Home was established in 1946 and is the only independently owned and operated family funeral home in Kitchener and Waterloo 171 King Street South, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 1P7 745â€"8445 EDWARD R. GOOD Funeral Home Limited i ne Discovery Never Lnas 181 King St. S., Waterloo _ "We came here and had a job to do, so there‘s extra weight that comes with that. "They had to act like proâ€" fessionals and work their way through it." "Coming into the meet there were so many expectaâ€" tions," said Boles. "It‘s a relief more than it was super excitâ€" ing. was surprised not to get the 100 m, 1 set everything around it. "I just came up short." Nicholls said she won‘t be caught short a second. When asked if she can beat the Olympic standard in Winnipeg she said, "Definitely." ROW coach Dean Boles said it was a great for the two swimmers to get the doom and gloom of the Olympic triâ€" als behind them. "We used to pick on each other," laughed Carey. "I got used to being hit at a young Carey heads into her last year with higher expectations. "I don‘t mind the pressure," she said. " I actually love it." She attributes her apparent lack of fear of getting hit by a ball to growing up with an older brother. Although its been a whirlâ€" wind three years since she first accepted a schularship to the U.S., hitting has always been the constant for the big rightâ€" handed bat. College in the north of Florida. "I‘m stronger than a lot of people and I‘ve always had a quick bat," said Carey. "For me being a power hitter means putting the ball over the fence, or hitting doubles and triples into the gap. However, when Carey had a power outage earlier this seaâ€" son, she found out she could also make a difference with her _ "I like to get out there and challenge the batters," said the firstâ€"bagger who likes charging the ball. "If you‘re going to hit, hit it at me and see if you can get it by me." "Other people have to hit bloopers over the infield to get on base, I just have to hit the BEER STORE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Monâ€"Fn 10â€"8; Sat 9â€"6; Sun 1â€"6