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w x 3 C & % % & % Z C & I = € y! 5 b Z ) Players make field hockey a family affair ylp Coulas and his B brother Trevor are proof of how far word of mouth can get you. espeâ€" cially if you listen to someâ€" one as persuasive as their friend, Nick HMignell. The elder Coulas was a classmate of Hignell when he and his father Phil made a â€" presentation _ about Olympic Held Hockey to his class at Our Lady of Lourdes school. At time the Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo Field Hockey Assoâ€" ciation could barely field a team with just 13 active members. Four years later Kvle and his brother Trevor are memâ€" bers of Ontario‘s Men‘s Underâ€"16 team â€" which placed sixth among the best Underâ€"18 teams from across Canada in Vancouver last weekend. And they now belong to an association that boasts more than 100 players, including nine members who also made it to the Ontario Underâ€"16 team. Kyle, 15, firms up the back line while his brother Trevor, 14, patrols the net area. Their buddy Hignell linked up the midfield for the team. while Waterloo‘s Chintan Nathwani. his ‘Big school‘ buzz surrounds Wildhawks‘ camp s one of only two A.t'( AA sanctioned basâ€" etball camps to be held in Canada, this vear‘s Wildhawk Basketball High School Invitational Elite Camp has a Jot of buzy surâ€" rounding 1. And mast of that buzz is sutrounding Devin Bren panâ€" MeBride. a sixâ€"foot nine 240 pound centre, who is already drawing interest Irom hig schools in the S Irke Michigan Stare. Durke and Nonre Dame ‘He‘s the one being recruited ty all the magor se hools." said Dave MacNerl, president of the Waterlon By Bos VRBANAC Chromicte Staff By Bos VRBANA« Chronicle Staff 92 Lodge Street, Waterloo 725â€"8643 Kyle Coulas, Nick Hignell and Trevor Coulas were members of Ontario‘s Underâ€"16 Olympic Field Hockey team that took on the nation‘s best Underâ€"18 teams in Vancouver last weekend brother Chirag and Henry Ciomplik offer support. _ The team is coached by father Phil Hignell, who has been instrumental in develâ€" oping the game at the local level serving as everything from founder to head cheerâ€" leader for the sport And if it wasn‘t for that enthusiasm, the Coulas would never have been involved. "They got me interâ€" based Wildhawk basketball organization holding the camp. "He plays at St Thomas Aquinas hugh school in Lon don iOnts and he‘s only going into Grade 11, but hes already being recruited by all of these big schools." "We are one of two camps to be certified by the NCAA," And with him come Dave MacNeil Wikdthawhs president Saturdays 10 â€" 11am & 2â€"3pm, Sundays 2â€"3pm TEST YOUR FAVOURITE STICK ON OUR INDOOR ICE PAD Mission * Bauer * Easton * CCM * Louisville and more the ONE PIECE STICK DEMOS firepres.emmivcx of those big schools who are just part of the NCAA â€" contingent expected to attend this year‘s camp at Waterloo‘s RIM Park, scouting out some of the best high school basketâ€" ball prospects in the province. ested." said Kyle In the short time he‘s been playing the version of field hockey that has been featured at past Olympic games, Kyle has been a steady influence on the defence, while little brother Trevor is one of the hottest goalie prospects in the nation. So what is it about the game he likes? Other Division I basketâ€" ball representatives include the head coach of the Virâ€" ginia Military Institute Bart Bellairs, who has already signed on Wildhawk and KCI grad Borko Popic for a fourâ€" year tour of duty, And a number of local basketball players are look ing for similar mterest from other schools attending like SPORTS Continued on page 19 ANP SKATES MANDATORY, . .. > ~ â€";*= Hefiind will be credited with purchase oft stifk * "There‘s no contact," said Coulas, talking about one of the â€" major â€" differences between the outdoor game and its distant cousin, ice hockey. "I never did play hockey, I was never a bigger kid. "And I had much more fun scoring and dribbling in this sport." â€" Of course growing up in the Canadian milieu meant WCI‘s Gavin Horne tries to get past a defender EOB VABANAC PrOTG the other game was much more predominant, and required him to learn the rules and the strategies involved with Olympic field hockey, but he has been a willing student. Se much so that he is already one of a golden genâ€" eration of players being developed in this area. "Ii‘s a pretiy good feelâ€" ing." said Kyle. who was also selected for last yvear‘s Ontario team. "When I went last year 1 just wanted to go again." That Ontario entry won bronze in their age group. They faced a much more difâ€" ficult route this year playing an age category up last weekend after the Underâ€"16 national tournament got scrapped because of the lack of entries. But with so many players from the local club, Kyle didâ€" n‘t think it would take them as long to gel. "It‘s going to be a little tougher . competition." â€" Nick Hignell player at the Wildhawks‘ camp Monday www.vwwaterloo.com CLICK HERE Yolkswagen New & Cortified Preâ€"owned Cors Volkswagen Waterloo Knowing each other‘s tenâ€" dencies should have also made them a tougher nut to crack "We look a bit better than last year," said Kyle. "We think we could win it." That â€" confidence _ is echoed by Nick, who is a chip off the old block, playâ€" ing the game with his father‘s support as soon as he could â€"_ "Everything I‘ve learned 1 pretty much picked up from him." "My dad‘s a field hockey guru," smd Nick,',H'_ 8 As have most of the other plavers that have been drawn to the game the past few years. Nick is enthused by the growth of the sport. and the opportunities that are coming with it. "It‘s going to be a little tougher competition." said Nick. "But it‘s going to be easier with all the other local players on the team. "Last year it was just me and Kyle from the Kâ€"W area. We had to step up our game to show we can play with all the Toronto guys, but this year a quarter of the team is from Kâ€"W. "It‘s really fun to watch the people you‘ve been playâ€" ing with in the city leagues come up and expand their game to a level that‘s wider than just Kâ€"W." MDAR 7 } 7 SPEED 4 . ANALYS1s /\ 2 4