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Thursday evening intermediate-to-competitive level league play
“this fall. Games will be held at the Sentinel secondary school
: stath gym (around the back of the school) from 8 p.m. to 10
p.m. each week. All new members and drop-ins are welcome

to attend. For more information, shone David at 922-9732.

_Men’s team suffers 96-84
loss to grab second place

“: Jan-Christian Sorensen
Sports Reporter joorensen@nsnews.comt

AN ili-timed dry spell left the host

*Capilane men’s team on. the losing end of
. the championship game at the 2000 Blucs
Classic Basketball tourney this weekend at _
Cap College. . °

2 The men were up 84. 81 on Douglas College i in
the final bur.went scoreless in the fast three-and-a-half
ininutes to end up dropping the tlt by a final of 96-

4.

"'*It was very disappointing,” said head coach Paul
’ Eberhardt of the game. “I felr we, were there for
sure.” .

The team won its opener over Kwanten 104-89
on Friday and defeated Okanagan 104-94 on
Saturday. to reach the final.

“There's not going to be any easy games in the

league chis year,” said Eberhardt. “ Even Kwantlen — |

Which .was one of the weaker
- teams — is much improved ~
this year.”
~ “We- were pleased
with the game against
Okanagan. -They’re

ivery. tough: and
experienced and we:

“Played them well.”

‘With — the - loss, .
“Douglas grabbed first
‘spot at the tourncy and
“ Capilano ended up in sec-
ond. Rounding out the six:~. :
team= pool: was Fraser’. Valley,

" Okanagan, Kwanten and Malaspina.

“4. , Meanwhile, the women’s team ended up fourth in

sal very competitive cight-squad pool.

“The Blues won their Friday opener 71-52 over
“Douglas College but dropped their next nwo tilts 54-
43 and 6i-59 to Langara and Fraser Valley, respec-
“tively.

The team blew a 12- -point lead in the last five min-
utes of its matchup against Fraser Valley.

“Despite the weekend result, head coach Paul

os ‘Chiarenza said he was pleased with his team’s efforts.
 “We-know that Fraser Valley and Langara were
«touted as two of the top teams coming into this tour-

“nament. Our league is so competitive that we know if
we stay healthy and develop ourselves we can be there
vat the end of the season.”

‘Top: spot was claimed by Lanyara, with Trinity
! Wester and Fraser Valiey rounding out the top three.
Douglas settled for fifth, with Malaspina, Camosun
and Kwanten bringing up the rear.

The men’s and women’s teams will begin league
play the weekend of Oct. 27, when UNBC and
Cariboo visit Capilano.

CAP College Blues forward Choyal Brown races past Okanagan’s Liam Cole during
Saturday action at the 2000 Blues Classic Basketball tourney. The Blues prevailed, 104-94.

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GRIFFINS OPEN SEASON WITH WIN

The Vancouver Griffins Nationa! Women's Hockey League
team captured its first-ever victory of its inaugural season
with an 8-1 romp aver the Global Rockets on Oct. 5. North
Vancouver forward Sherri Pitre helped the team to the win
by assisting on four Griffins goals. The women next take to
the ice to baitle the Richmond Steelers tomorrow night.

NEWS photo Poul MeGrath
DOUGLAS College row-
ing team head coach si
Yates. ;

Douglas —

| rowers:
silence :
is golden

_dan-Christian Sorensen

Sports Reporter
porensen@nsnews.cont

EIGHT Douglas

' : College rowers are
proving that having a
disability is no barrier |
to achieving a goal.

The octet willbe one of
ten college and university.
teams that will ply the waters
of Deep Cove in a major row-.;
ing regatta this weekend.

But this team has co deal
with one variable the others
won't — silence. .

All eight members. of the:

two-boat.. Douglas College
team are deaf.

Jill Yates, who © is* an®
instructor at the Deep Cove
Rowing Club, is the coach of :
the Douglas College rep row- .. -
ing team. Currently studying ~. .

in the school’s sign language ©

interpreting ‘program, she’s
perfectly’ positioned ‘to dead
the crew.

She. also has a wealth of

rowing experience to. her’ .

NEWS photo Paul McGrath credit.

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