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Page,»., WhIby Foereus. W«ker~ey, Ocmi)ber14,'1992 Whibyplayers meet xpectations sLgonaie B Marlo Boucher Two Witby teens have skated their ,way te, junior A and are 'setting their sights even higier, on the road te saàrdom. Contre Brian Scott, 15, :and rigiit winger Paul Brooks, 16, woro chosen by coach Gil Hughes, to play for < thé Oshawa Legionaires lI tier IH junior A league lnstead, of 'playing midget hockey. «Theyhave alôt of potential with the smarts; and the athletic abilities te go far,»,says Hughes. .The. Lem-onalr es'- new coach says Brooks «caugiit my oýye» durng a developmont camp late lu Agus luWiitby while Scott iinpressed at the team's training camp. -They maynot éfe1.they'ro' doiug great right now but thder dolug everythingI expected of' tiiem so far andthey'ro certsinly rigit' on' target for ids' theïr ag,-"he says. Hfughes, says tiiey have tot usod te the faster speed at Mei junior A level as wellý as- tho strength and sizo of the bigger and older players ln the. bague. *Many teams carry 20-year-oids playors wio - are mentally and physically* more mature than young payors 1k. ,Brook s sud Scott, ho says. Hughes says 'the two players shouldbe more acclimatized te junior A -.play and improve ovon more in 'another' couple of months. BRIAN SCOTTr Junior A is a big midget hockey ana initial adaptation fa player, ho says. But Scott, a t 6 ft. lbs., and Brooks at 6 175 1bs., should on] cally strongér, 'an( potential te become solid p ro- spects in. tWo or three yoars,.-ho Sèta student atFather. Leo J. Austin, says* ho .has -been haznperod by a backin ijury> dur- îng Ii. development camp- lu - August'but'feels us pla>ymiring sÊIlîs aud size haeielped hÙÎ eana borth on the teani se fan. PAUL WÎtii.17 rookies on tii, team BROOKS, everybody i. «i thei.. same boat tryirig to maire the. team and fit change from in, ho says. there is an Thero is more hitting and the r any young spoed 18 much faster at junior A lovel, ho says. 1 in. and 190 Sco tt, who scored 31 gals sud 'ft. 1 in. and 32. assiste for 63 points'last year Y get physî. as a Whitby minoir bantam, says have the ho hopes te play in tii. Ontario Hockey League (OHL) or get*'a scholarship to play for a school i Canada, or, preferïably in the United States Brooks ls;ys h e, too, would likely accut àa scholarship te a achool « in£6e .S. unies. he is drafted, high in next year's OHL draft. "If ]Pm offered a full scholar- ship, it would l. eir hard te turn it down,» ho, says. Brooks, a student at Anderson CVsays, ho believes his, hard okdedication, .aggrssiveness and the many goals ho scored during the. development, camp holed hi maire the team.- «Ifeel 11ke I belong, on- the- SEE PAGE 27 ANDEB3SON CVI lias: started. a new program to assiet high performance athietes. From Ieft (rear)- are- Dan' Kearns, Shayne Bayford, teacher/coaàch- Gord Williamson, fTront) Jennifer Crowder and Kathy McBurney, four of the five athietes involved. Figure skater Tiffani Foster was absent when photo was taken. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whtby Fre Press New program for athietes By Elizabeth Hooper A 'new program has beon brought to Anderson CVI to help také the burden off top athletes ,whojuggle academice and sports. Phiysicaleducation coach and supervisor for programn, Gord Wiliamson hearcl>about the pro- gram two years ago, and dis- cussed it with principal Arend Dekirer and co-op teahor Diane Townson. They later decided to implemont the program.. Similar to the co-operative education program iin wwhich istu- dents gain.work experience from a job,' athietes, gain work experience from their particular sport. They learn the philosophy of coaching and competition at *a he p~ogram wiîî iie available both somosters of the school year and oach athioto will receive two crodits for theco"p.' There' are currontly five, Anderson athietes in thus pro- gram: Danny Kearns, 16, i oquestrian; swiimers Jennifor Crowder and Kathy McBurney both 17, Canadian, champion ro!- 1er: aksater Shayne BaYford, 18,. andfire *skater Tiffani Foster, 1M. Williamson explains that if an 4 athiet - has an upcoming com- petitionlho orshe.lge assignments and. projesfrom classes earlie., If they have tests thom earbier than other students or at the competition. 1lu order for. thé' athietes te taire tii. prograrn, thev have te be at the provincial level iu their sport work under a level 3 coach and rie at least 10 heurs a week training. 2more wins for peewees Whitby's Mairsteel major p eewee AAA team romains undefeated lu the Estern AAA bop foibowlug vic.tories over Ajax- Pïckerngsd Contrai Ontario. ,On MnaAa-ikrn fell te an 8-2count. u frot ofethe staudup goaltending of Josh Evans, Witby's defence corps of MIeRobertson, Dan icica, Adamu MacCarl, Mke Cartwright aud- Luire Mckay stood tal sud limited A.jax-Picireing te 17 shots. Robertson aIse led the attacir with a goal, sud two assists. HI. point, total was matched by Bryan Crouch,, with, two. goals sud oe assist sud Steve Death a golansd Matt Capson- coutributed'two goals. with singies from Jason Hotchkis sud 'David Farquharson. Justin, Colins had a pair of assists - with singles from Cartwrighit MacCarl, McKay sud Mark Hayues. On, .Tuesday, the. Mairteoiers Central Ouro sud rsu tii. score up te 11-4. Death made most of the. noise au ho scored a hat'tricir sud five assios. Following cbéosely was Haynes wvith four, goals, aud two asssts. Wptcldço fl4ii , an Whit 'by soccer player heads south, of thebo«r'der ]ByyMario Boucher Whitby's Neil Henehan is hea- ded,,for the U.S., te play soccer because there are no, sehools in Canada that offerschoiarships in, tii. sport. «It 18 kiud of a shanie for the kids te have te, go te the United States for soccer but, the-.sport isn't as pula:r here Mie it is in Europe »hliesays. -ý Henlan, 19 a uai ted fromi Denis"O'Conuor HÎigh School lu Ajax this yoar 'and now works as a scout for the. American Sciiolar-' ship Assistance Programi based' in North York. He will .attend a pst-secoud- ary shool lu the. U.S. next yoar that wlll supply him with a full scholarsiiip te, play soccor. Henehan has already receive two offers from urniversities in Phuladoîphia and in New Jersey who have «great soccer pro- grams,n sud ,will play in a soccer teurnameut in Arizona- bats noit monti.' Hie has played lun the'. local, Moter City M en'League tiie last two summers. 'Tv. seen a lot of ~d talent from Dunham 1ýegionbeIng was- ted because théere is uowhere te ginCanada as far as schls lte learuand iniprove your soccer skils,» hesays. Heneha says the. program ho worirsfo tries te mfaire young players awaro of tii. poteutial that doos exist in tiieUnited Stateste study and eventuabby become a professionai -soccer player there or in Canada. Farquttarson ' each contibuted a pHenehan says. h sou1,dts goal and two assists.whiie Capson plaes awe 1tem1 and thonr had cune ofeach. Single h met wththm ndthi wen 1 Crtwigh, orso parents te inform them of the wn Col artrihtRob.nproorams available in the U.S.' aCns. " sedýi- e I tell players they need good Evan wat stedy a net7 grades te get'a scholarship 50 it and -was assisted in the fnal8 is2 a at motiaton frthem te minutes by back-up Dan sa wit soccer and possibly Fietcher. Together they turned ma-re it as a player,» ho says. a"de 29 shots. The future bodes well for the Co-#achability» is also an i- aatthe portant factor hi tting a scho- Mlaksteeiers as theyawiar larsiiip becauso JS. collge and roturn of three voterans whoar univorsity soce coaches loir for outwit irjures.playors who want to'learr and- Darryl Lewis wiU add bis deft wiio will be dedioeted improNr scorng touch and. hard-checking themselvos -and tof abililties te the, already potent team, ho says. attacir. Don- Camapbell will be «YuJgive the d that chance bacir- te anchor the, defenco and and he'll taire it snd improve, Tom Lawson will soon b. set te too," ho says. H!enohaný says Canadian soccor- .usually succeed because thoy agre determlned, moreso than many Of their American counterpst Whiintiiey "go south on their sciiolarsiiip. «They wsut te maire th« pm at ail cost's,» ho says. U.S. coaches often attend tour- naments-t sée potefitial candi-ý dates for schoiarships -'and maire luiquir*ijs with 'Canadian co#chésý or' th*Aii. Amrican Sciilarship Assistance Programn, ho says'. 1You cannot Êlay. profèssionally before attendinga school if you want a scholasih as Henehan says tii. port of soc- cor begins fOrau-àybôdy aged 4.te 9 in house-league.Fo.riridsaâged' 9 te 14Y, the. better playos r chosen te reprosent theIr towus and tii. best players te roprosent. on a relgional provincialsud' ,national bevels, lie says. An' kd interostod In playing, soccer in Whitby shouldcontact, the. Iroquols Soccer club, ho says.< «Tere la help eut tiiere for the. ,ids whe wsut te playsocrh this ares,» h. says.> ocri Henohan says sjocceý has an iuferior image when ut.eiscom-ý pared te other sports in Canada, particulsrly hockey. «If Canada is te get suywiiere i soccor, it has t éstart now sud it has te start wlth ýtie i.kdsho says. And iiaviug the Worid Cup in the. United States in 1994 may ho 'the «dkip eget -soccer notice here and increase, its popuisrity in the U.S., ho says. Tuer. is a need for botter opportunities for kidls te. play ln SEEPAGE27 Hmig h sehool footbafl .0 W L P Patu Dwyo 2 2 O 8 Heuystem ;2 2. O0 Plcka3n 82 -1 Tmmu aam awarddfrS pona Wisn whn plajing a t ueilu n a.