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Recruiting â€"â€"â€"~» because of a knee operation. Rick Beedie, a pitcher with Mount Hope last season, has also signed with CHYM‘rs to replace Bill Miller, who decided not to take cortisone shots for a back injury. Also gone from CHYM‘rs lineup are Brian Schott, Brian Hepburn and Ken Brooks, all retired. They‘ll miss the baserunning that Brooks gave them, especially if third baseman Darrell Edâ€" wards, another fast runner, doesn‘t return. WCI Vikings‘ gymnastics team enjoyed another great season. Musselman wasn‘t sure if Edwards would be back with CHYM‘rs this season. ‘‘We‘re not fleet of foot," said Musselman. ‘We‘re average at best and we‘re not going to count on someone who‘s not here. We‘ll consider it a bonus if Edwards comes."‘ Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Staff First comes the interview, After that, you think of what you should have said. Such was the case for Waterloo collegiate Vikings‘ gymnast Val Smith, winner of two gold medals in what might have been her final competition, the Ontario high school meet April 10â€"11 in Scarborough. She won on the balance beam with a score of 9.25 and followed that with a win on the uneven bars (9.40) and a third place finish on vault (9.15) after her second event, floor exercise, was cut short when she twisted her knee. She scored 7.90 although she completed just 30 seconds of a routine that could last a minuteâ€"andâ€"aâ€"half. After that, she was interviewed by a Toornto daily. Later, she thought of something coach Kaarina Tulisalo said years ago when she was in Grade 9. "K.T. said, ‘You can only strive to be the best that you can be,"" said Smith. ‘*You can‘t worry about anyone else.‘ I think that applies to me in school, gymnastics and everything." Smith twisted her knee coming down from a full twist that she‘d done more successfully at the Waterloo County meet. But she was able to continâ€" CHYM‘rs report just six signings but many of Smith was best she could be ) _ Lerrorencoppoy _ [ inmirrorencouron LIMIT 10 PER COUPON § . The above clip ‘n‘ save offer expires on April 25, ‘87. § This ad must be clipped to be vaild. Good only at your WATERLOO BEAVER STORE Râ€"20â€"6"x15"x50 sq. ft. CASH AND CARRY ONLY INSULATION | inSULATION last year‘s players are back in training camp, including Dean Musselman, Jake Miller, Mike Near, Steve Fessenden, Jim Snider and pitcher John Sykes. Carl Boomhower and Larry Lynch are among the new players in camp. Boomhower is an outfielder who moved here from Fort McMurray and Lynch is an outfielder from Port Stanley. John Moore and Paul Hornburg are two junior age players who will probably return to junior ball after training camp. Moore is a catcher from Baden and Hornburg is a pitcher from St. Mary‘s. CHYM‘rs exhibition season opens Thursday, April 30 when they meet Cambridge Gores at 7: 30 in Breslau. Saturday, they play host to Cambridge at 2 p.m. in Waterloo. She‘s a Grade 13 student and i her second of three terms she had a 91.8 average. She hopes to go on to systems design at University of Waterloo where there is no gymnastics program. ‘"I guess I could compete independently but I don‘t think so," said Smith. "I don‘t like to take things for granted. I like to say ‘I hope,‘ or ‘God willing.‘ ‘"I haven‘t decided whether to go into judging but I hope to keep on coaching. I enjoyed coaching the juniors on the team this year. I was so happy for them." Their exhibition season continues Thursday, May 7 when they play host to Owen Sound at 7: 30. "(Floor) was my second event," said Smith. ‘"‘There was beam first and I was glad to get it over. I was a bit shaky. "I did my best vault and best bars routine." Juniors such as Penny McDonald and twin sisters Hannah and Vivian Woodley received some coaching from the senior Vikings and all three were medallists at the allâ€"Ontario meet. 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