12 - Friday, November 30. 1990 — North Shore News

West Van Highlanders take
B.C. high school football trophy

THE GHOST OF the 1990 Grey Cup still haunts che cav-
ernous confines of B.C. Place Stadium.

Or so it seemed Wednesday
night when the West Vancouver
Highlanders won their first 8.C.
single A high school football
championship 37-7 over the Bur-
naby Central Wildcats.

Faded CFL and Grey Cup logos
on the artificial turf were a
reminder of the Winnipeg Blue
Bombers’ surprisingly lopsided
50-11 defeat of the Edmonton
Eskimos in this year’s Grey Cup.

And just like the CFL champi-
onship, empty seats were plentiful
and the anticipated classic mat-
chup became an exhibition of of-
fensive force and defensive inep-
titude.

Perhaps the Highlanders were
destined to win the game: they
occupied the dressing room which
only days earlier was the site of
the Bombers* victory celebration.

“For us it was the single A
Grey Cup,”" said West Van head
coach Gary Schwertfeger. **Win-
nipeg used this dressing room and
got lucky. Maybe this is special ...
maybe the Lions ought to make
this the home dressing room.”’

The championship is Schwert-
feger's first in a 16-year career
with West Van, although he came
close 12 years ago. He guided the
Highlanders to their only previous
championship appearance in 1978
— a heartbreaking 9-6 double
overtime loss to Notre Dame.

Gavin Murgatroyd, selected the
outstanding running back in
Wednesday night’s final, picked
up where he left off in the semi-
final with an 11-yard touchdown
run two minutes into the game.
He bruised his ribs on the opening

By Bob Mackin Jr.
Contributing Writer

drive but remained in the game to
compile a painful 83 yards rushing
on 26 carries.

“He came off holding himself
and he couldn't breathe,’’
Schwertfeger said. “‘He said he
didn’t want to come out of the
game. He gave a very gully per-
formance."

Schwerifeger was confident
Murgatroyd's injury wouldn't
jeopardize his team’s chances.

“There was no one hero. Peo-
ple say Gavin is a great athlete —
and he is — but we came together
as a (eam.

“This isn't a one-person team.
We had five individuals who we
relied upon heavily."’

One of them was championship
MVP Rick Strong.

The safety/defensive back/
kicker/punter had 13 points in the
game, including a 28-yard field
goal and an 82-yard interception
return for a touchdown.

**He had no responsibilities on
(the interception),’’ Schwertfeger
said, ‘‘so when the quarterback
was being sacked he read that and
came over, and was in a beautiful
position to catch the ball. And
away he went!"’

West Vancouver’s QB David
Wright completed six of 15 at-
tempts for 108 yards passing. His
only TD toss was a 3!-yarder to
Mike Enns in the second quarter.

Rob Grey finished West Van’s
scoring when he rushed 32 yards
for a fourth quarter TD.

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But Burnaby Central spoiled
West Van's shutout bid with 3:34
left in the game.

Wildcats’ QK Deve Robertson,
who was a dismai one for I4 for
20 yards, pitched tte ball to ELT.
Marcello near midfield. The rinn-
ing back threw a 43-yard rainbow
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was too late for a comeback.

Alex Reid. Burnaby Central
head coach, wished his team could
have used the spectacular play to
win the game, rather than merely
prevent a shutout.

“Its in our playbook and we
haven't thrown it all year,’ he
said. “It's too bad we had to use
it in desperation te try to get some
points."°

In Schwertfeger’s opinion, West
Van's option to play single A this
year after competing among the
ranks of AA for more than a de-
cade shouldn't diminish his team’s
achievement. Especially since
many teams in both leagues have
rosters of 40 players, while West
Van has 26.

“Single A or AA has nothing to
do with the ability of players or a
team's calibre. It has to do with
school enrolment. coaching
availability and other ivgistics.

“As Eve said, [ don't care if
it’s A, B, C, D or E. The boys
worked hard and they deserved
it."

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