DENPSTER SEWS UP STELLAR SEASON The Florida Martins may be far from the postseason playoff race. but staff ace Ryan Dempster, who hails from Gibsons, can’t fault his personal stats. For the 2000 campaign Dempster, 23, went 13-10 with a 3.62 ERA over 226 innings of work. He finished tenth in the National League in ERA. tounh in strikeouts (209). eighth in innings pitched and seventh in walks allowed (97). “Jan-thrstion Sorensen _ Sparts Reporter Ssorensen@nsnews.com LIT’S open season for : high school girls ° field hockey on the = North Shore. JA aumber of North: and. “West Van school teams will duke it out in both the junior and senior ‘divisions this year. Six: teams “are looking to’ gain top spot on’ the junior side:. Argyle’s gold green squads; Collingwood; Handsworth; " Rockridge; - sJeague g. for. junior: girls goes:: tomorrow, with ~ & ‘Argyle : guid taking: on - Collingwood; Rockridge; against Handsworth; and~ Collingwood; : Vancou AN Argyle ¢ green player races for the ball during a field hockey ’ .. exhibition tit against Seycove last week. Regular Junir - league # ection n Beane tomorrow at Hugo Ray Park in West Van. . et f Carson Graham. * Last year Collingwood posted a 7-0-1 record to. ‘end the season knotted up at first place with Argyle, “NEWS photo Gindy | Goodman the pack ‘with 5-4-0 result, by. = 0 record, while Sutherland rounded out the top: of entraljand an 11-0 Tewowt of Bueeby North; % no“ less’ impressive . was: West “ Vancouver's '7- 6 vet ‘shutout of Sutherland and 2-0 victory at the hands Three senior division tilts are set for Hugo ‘Ray Park today at 3:45; Carson Graham takes cn Howe _ Sound; Collingwood locks horns with Sutherland; : and Handsworth does battle with Argyle. A pair of - games. are scheduled for, Burnaby. tomorrow: Wednesday, October 4, 2000 — North Shore News - 45 CAP TEAMS KEEP ON ROLLING Soccer teams at Cap College continued their winning ways on the weekend. The men went 1-1 in two games against Malaspina and Douglas College to push their season record to 4-0-2, second only to Langara in BCCAA league play. The women posted victories over both Malaspina and Dougtas to move to 4-2-0 and second place behind Douglas. Jan-Chiistian Sorensen Sports Reporter Sorcnsen@nsnews.cont CAP College. cagers will hold court this weekend in the 2000 Blues Classic Basketball Tournament. The 14-team event — the kickoff ro the British _Columbia Colleyes Athletic Association's bas- - ketball seasor. — will go -. from Friday to Sunday at =the school with action in both men’s and women "s : divisions. ‘the women’s. side while six squads lock _ horns in the men’s. Play begins on Friday at “. 9am and 10:15 a.m, for the women and ”. Men, respectively. The Capilano Blues men will share their division with teams from Kwanten; OUC; Douglas, UCFV; and Malaspina. The Blues women’s side will be joined by teams ftom - TWU; |. UCFV;.” Camosun; Douglas; Malaspina: Langara, and Kwanten. Women’s coach Paul Chiarenza said his team’s first tilt against Douglas College on” Friday will be 2 grudge match of sorts. Last year —~ Chiarenza’s firsr at the helm — the Blues took an 8-8 season tecord into the: playoffs, where, they lost their first: round matchup to their Douglas College ~ counterparts by only a three-pointer. though.’ “Their team is vastly di fferent, In fact, they have one player remaining from last, - - year’s team, I don’t think they're. that strong.” year" 's squad. : The team has been adhering toa rigor- ous practice “schedule as the tournament _ Cariboo last week to further get primed... “We look great,” said Chiarenza. “We’ : louse but we're getting stuff done.” learned from last year’s mediocre show- CAP College women’s - basketball head coach Paul Chiarenza. wo Eight teams will batde for che crown on Chiarenza didn't sound too worried, ‘Conversely, seven of the dozen Capilano. a ~ Blues players are roster returns from last ‘ all business, but we're very ‘upbeat, We fe ad having a lot of fun and the girls are really. : The most important thing the team. ing, said Chiarenza, is when to lay back * rewular season. “We understand - how “important it’s going to be for us to peak at the right... _ time this year and to build °- up. Last year we probably :. peaked in the first month of the ‘season and..we ~ don’t want. to make that." same mistake ‘again: this © year.” The big question: is this a’. : more solid team this time é ~ around? -.' . “Without a- doubr,” said _Chiarenza, “Everyone is; much more mature and a - lot more seasoned and I.” think our team dynamics a are a lot better.”. _ “On the court we're very -: skilled, [t's a very tight group and they want. : to doi it for each other and that goes a long . ‘When i it comes to the men’s side; “inead : coach . Paul :, Eberhardt..said “his . team: is . oo me, See Cap page 48 FOLLOWING is the event “schedule for the 2000 Blues . © Classic Basketball Tourney: ‘loser of os 4:30 p. “8 SATURDAY: loser of rts : OFel, 5: IS pms winner of #3 ner ‘of #4, 8:45 p.m. UNDAY: inner of #: * approaches. ‘They also played a trio of exhi- i bition games against ‘Trinity, Western. and _: ‘which posted the same regular season resiilt. - Seycove. plays Burnaby - Central while - West ‘West Van finished se second last s season wi rth a7-2- Vancouver faces Burnaby North.” . AN CANEAN S¢ CCER CENTRE Provincial/National High Performance Soccer Centre - Academy of Soccer Education - . ‘Coming this fall to the Burnaby ‘Performance Centre under the guidance of ‘facility, an indoor soccer arena : Head Coach Derek Possee will be a valuable to meet the needs. ‘of the soccer asset in the development of young talent i ins eomnmartY: : . the game. 29 I 0626 _ Canlan’s partnership with the British: . 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