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pionships in August. The U-18
squad lost its first game to
Williams Lake 8-7 but took its
next three tilts — against
Ontario, Vancouver island and
Alberta — co reach the final,
where the team had some
revenge, beating Williams Lake
4-3 for bragging rights.

Quebec defeated the B.C.
rep wam 30-13 to take the
crown. atthe Canadian
Women’s Rugby
Championship at Klahanie Park
on Sept. 4. B.C. was ranked
third in the country heading
into the tourney. One player —
UBC’s Sabrina Celms — was
© part of the host squad that set-
tled for silver.

North Vancouver’s Barb
Haley rode to top spet in the
pro: women’s division at the
Canadian Mountain Biking
Championships held in Quebec
in July.

West Van’s Kenna Mansfield

was: part. of the: B.C, junior:

. team that placed sixth in_ the

show jumping portiun of the -

North American Young Riders’.
Equestrian Championship held
in Parker, Colo. in August.

© Four North Shore Indians

- lacrosse team members — Rick -

Mang, Frank Bolton, Al ‘fruant

and Heath Boudreau’ — were : 7

named «to the :West ‘Coast

* Senior Lacrosse League’s 2000 »

first and second all-star teams...

Truant also captured the MVP”

and top scorer awards, while
+ Wilson Williams got rookie of

~. the year, Bolton defenceman of.
the year, -Mang goalie of the’
year‘ and Harry Woolley was .

© named top manager. :-

2) North . Shore native Leslie
Calder :-° co-captained . the
Canadian _Women’s Ultimate

: team to a 10-0 finish and the
«Gold. medal’ atthe World
* Championships in Heilbronn,
* Germany. - in . August.’ The

Handsworth grad is part of the .

“Vancouver > Prime Women’s
team.. that. has been | the

= SPORTS
Cap College women win gold

NEWS pheto Mike Wakefietd

“THE Capilano Blues | women’s soccer team toppled

Quebec's FX Garneau 2-0 at the CCAA tourney in

November to take the gold.

both have spots on the roster.

Canadian champs for the past»

v five seasons.
<North Vancouver's Gail
Thurston ; won gold in. the
-women’s- masters’

individual |.

vkata ‘category at the 2000 -

National: Black *. Bele. Karate |

Championships. oe

“=. West: Van’s Caroline Hay
and.-. North’; Van's. Andrea
Engelmann: — both of : the
Norwesters “Track” and Field
Club —: each took home silver
* medals”: from. the» Canadian
juvenile“ championships ‘in
Cal; in’ September... Hay

“took second in the discus with ~
a. throw © of 36.70 | m, -while.,

Engelmann ‘recorded a leap of

11,39 m to take the silver in the
long jump. ~

North Van’s Colin Dignun
and Chris Winter finished one.
two.at: the -annual’ Grouse

rind Mountain Run Sept. 17-:

“with times of 27:43 and 38: 22
_ Tespectively. °

“North. Van “product ‘Paul:
Daily helped: the Vancouver ’
“ 86ers to a first-round overtime *.

. win against . the. San’ Diego.
“Flash on Sept. 9 when his goal
in the first half gave the team a

1-0 lead. The team went on to:

‘drop ‘its . best-of-two playoff
” series’ to”. the Minnesota
Thunder : by. a: total of 4-3,
however. : :
“The... Vancouver Griffins
; “pened their. inaugural season
the
Hockey. League with an” 8-1°
romp over the Global Rockets
‘on Oct. 5.The North Shore's
Alana? Gray and °Sherri- Pitre

National. Women’s -

81-year-old Olga Kotelko of
West Vancouver proved age is
no barrier to achievement

when she claimed seven gold.
medals at the Huntsman World

Senior Games at St. George,
Utah in October.

‘North Vancouver’s Reza
Amin Torabi won the overall
and heavyweight class tides and
an- IFBB pro card at the
Canadian Bodybuilding
Championships in October.

North Van kickboxer.

Mehdi Pouroskoui won the
Canadian Muay Thai cruiser-
weight tide with a TKO over
Toronto’s Rick Sanita Oct. 21.

Two local’ Capilano RFC
fixtures — coach Tim Murdy
and second row Ron Johnstone
— were named to the national
senior men’s rugby side that
went on a two-game tour of
Italy -in’ . November.” The
Canucks won out over the host
side 22-17...

The Argyle cross. country

team continued its dominance

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

: CHOYAL Brown of the Cepitano College men’s bas- —
- ketball team races around Okanagan’s Liam Cole to -

the basket at the. schoo!’s. annual Capilano Blues
Classic ‘Tournament in: October, Ca Bees dn qnother: pr

3a hs

won

‘ing utle on Nov.

by grabbing
second place
at the provin-
cial finals in
Beaver Lake.
The team fin-
ished with 31
points, only
14 behind the
champion
Oak Bay con-
tingent. West
Van grabbed
fourth spot.
T hee
Capilano
College Blues

swomen’s soc-

cer side cap-
tured) the
Canadian
Colleges
Athle & ics
Association
national title
Nov. 12 with a 2-0 win over
Quebee’s FX Garneau.

it’s the team’s fourth
national dde under head coach
Doug Abercrombie in six. vears
— the women won in 1995,
°96 and °98 and grabbed a sil-
ver in 97. Half'a dozen players
ended up with tourney awards:
Julia Chan, Catherine Judd,
Alisah McPhee and Sarah
Regan were named to the ail-
star team while McPhee also

was awarded the MVP awards :

and Ciara McLoughlin took
the top scorer aw:

The Carson Graham senior
boys soccer team claimed the
B.C. tite by — defeating
Nanaimo 1-0 on Nov. 18.
Carson went undefeated in the

16-team tourney, going 5-0.

and outscoring their opponents
by a total of 32. Ppe
Netminder Kevin Guidi,
centre midfielder Meysam
Solrani and centre back. Ben
Decosse all made the. all-star
squad for the event. Argyle
layer Kevin Iker was also pro-

~ moted to the all-star team.

Blake “the blade” Lirette
the - Canadian mid-
dleweight Muay. Thai kickbox-
18 in
Cloverdale. The Blade now car-
ries an amateur record of 9-1
into the professional erena,
where he begins Sparring in
January. :

North Vancouver ’ native

~and Carson Graham alumnus

Sean “diesel” Millington was

an. integral part of the B.C.-
Lions CFL squad that romped ”

to a 28-26 Grey Cup win over
Montreal in Calgary. in
November. Millington, who
previously. won a Grey Cup
ring with the Leos in °94, com-

* bined with the other half of the «

West. Coast Express, Robert
Drummond, for 221 yards on
27 carries in the game. During
the season, Millington. was
good for seven touchdowns

‘ while: rushing for 1,020 yards:

on.156 carries, earning him a
berth on the CFL all-star team.
He also captured . the CFL's
Most Outstanding: Canadian

. Award.

~ Asad note on Nov. 23, as

former. NFLer and longtime -

Gordon Sturtridge Football

’-League coach Frank “Pappa”
Frazier passed away at the age -

of 40. Frazier played offensive
tackle with the San Francisco

. 49ers and three USFL teams

before ending his career as part
of the > -Superbowl-winning

Washington Redskins team of”

1990.

“The Handsworth Royals

Grade 8 football team made it

to the B.C. championship but .-

was stopped short of the trophy
by. St.Thomas More 32-8 on

Sunday, December 31, 2000 - North Shore News - 21

championship tilt, the Capilano

-REC’s U-E8 A side was defeat-

ed in the B.C. final i7-13 by

NEWS photo Julie tverson

FIVE North Shore field hockey Olympians: winger Chris Gifford
(from left), keeper Mike Mahood, vice-captain/sweeper lan Bird,
winger Paul Wettlaufer and team captain Peter Milkovich. — :

Oak Bay at Klahanie Dec: 9

— with files from
Bob Mackin

NEWS photo hulle Werson

CAPILANO RFC's Ayan Stewart tries to. elude a .
Meraloma blocker at Kiahanie in September.

high school. .
atin letes of the week

NAME: Alex Langer

.- SCHOOL:
‘Graham
GRADE: 12 oo
SPORT: senior wrestling -

Carson

WEIGHT CLASS: 90 kg

COACH: Mike Lidstone

THE SCOOP: Four years .

after. giving up wrestling
halfway through his - first
season during his Grade 8
year, Alex returned to the
mat in style during SFU's

War on the Floor. tourna-
ment. He finished first in
his weight division of the
novice competition . by

pinning ail four of his |

opponents. He also places
sixth in the tourney’s elite
category and now has an
overall won-lost record of
8-2 on the season.

NAME: Chelsie Miller”
SCHOOL: Sutherland

’ GRADE: 12
.- SPORT: ‘senior basketball

POSITION: forward ;
COACHES: ..... Chris.
Weimer, Fay Wheatley and
Dan Nayebzadeh -

THE SCOOP: Chelsie
was .MVP. of. the 25th -
annual Shamrock Classic in
Vancouver as she led ©
Sutherland to an 82-51

. win over host St. Patrick’s

in the final. She had her
best game of the season in
the champion ship game as’
she racked up 34 points;
23 rebounds, eight steals
and_ five. blocked © shots,
She’s averaging 24 points
and 13. rebounds as the
Sabres. are 13-4 “to

- Christmas, a a

‘Selections are made by the North”
Shore Secondary Schools’ Athletic
Association based on outstanding
nances tn school competition.