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22 + WATERLOO CHRONICLE * Wednesday, July 11, 200 record number of local A-lr'nulbull players will be epresenting western Ontario in a national tournaâ€" ment this week. Predators send 10 to Canada Cup The KW Twin Cities Predaâ€" tors is a local football team made up of some of the best highâ€"school players. The area has become a hot bed for footâ€" ball talent, with many going on to play at the next level. So for coach Russ Hughes, it wasn‘t a surprise when 10 of his players made Team Western Ontario this winter "Last year we had two, and a few years ago we had six or seven," he said. "But this is a record number." The underâ€"17 Football Canaâ€" da Cup was developed in 1992 and features the best highâ€" school and midget football players from across Canada. Hughes and his wife started By Laura MEinyCK Chronicle Staff _ The Predators Jesse Collins, Garit Post, Tyler Loveday, Alex Sakzin,Tay lor Cook, Josh Meier, Andrew Thibaudeau, Bryan Chatten and Delâ€" mar Miller are off to the Canada Cup in Quebec this weekend. the local team in 2002 Since then they‘ve been recruiting football players from high schools in Kitchener and Waterloo. This year, 79 highâ€"schaol football players tried out for the Continued on page 24 LauRa MEWYCX mOTa