Sunday, January 17, 1999 - Nortn Shore News — 37 north shore news & SPORTS Do, . - AWARDS... Two North | A | ran free Shore athietes have been nominated for 1998 Sport RC achicte of the vear — NBAave Capilano College soccer star Diana Artuso is nomi- nated along with Douglas | College ! wrestler : Lyndsay Heliske and go f | MICHAEL Jordan’s Langara . . Co if re we retirement is the best cager ey f (thing that has hap- Aaron aed pened to basketball Mitchell since the invention of tor the col- Artuso the high-top. lege athlete from the of the year award. The Michael media mael Carson Graham rwo- strom notwithstanding, : cheap seats sport athlete Paris Jackson, Jordan's fade away gives who as a Grade 12 led both hope to the possibility that Airness averaged over 30 the Eagles’ football and the marketing machine that points a game. basketball teams in) the nas forged the pro game into No other individual ath- 1997-98 season is one of litle more than a spectacle lete has so impacted a team three nominees for high akin to pro wrestling might game. He was an anomaly school athlete of the year. stumble and collapse. thrown into a game in which The winners will be If so, the game could success hinged on team play. announced at the 33rd resort back to what any high Sure, there were clearout annual Sport BC Athlete of schoo} coach worth his clip- offences and isolation plays the Year Awards banquet board will tell you — basker- designed to match your best on March 10. ball is a team game. player (be they a Doctor, an oe Consider the NBA before — Icemen or a Stilt) against a the arrival of His Airness. defender before Jordan came HOCKEY... The Arom Nowhere near the hype. along, but he took such set Blue Devils won an unprece- Nowhere near the ticket plays to a totally higher level. deated third tournament of prices of today. Likewise, and equally as the season recently when No Spike Lees parked damaging to the game, they won the North Delta courtside on game day and in Jordan took the cult of per- Triple A tournament. the ad director’s chair on sonality to another level. The Earlier in the season the work days. biggest moans heard follow- tearn — coached by Chris No arena entertainment ing his retirement didn’t Brule, Rob Wilson and Dave the like of which is seldom come from fans, players or Gauthier — won the seen outside the state of coaches, but rather Madison Kelowna Triple A tourney Nevada. Avenue suits. Some have and the Surrey Triple A Strip all that away and itis gone as far as to says the tournament. hard to imagine what the league’s very existence relied As of fast week, the NBA was B.J. (before you on Jordan to the point that if team’s season record was an know who). a replacement icon is not impressive 47-4. The team is Well... No in-your-face, found quickly, the NBA made up of 16 1]1-year-olds trash-talkin’, arm-wavin’ could be in trouble. and one 10-year-old. chest-poundin’ for one thing. Such a statement says a lor @ eo No cartoon character mascots about the state of the NBA, swinging from the rafters as does the media’s fawning . _ — —n " ae SENTORS’ SWIM throwing out free merchan- use of the words “class” and NEWS photo Paul MeGreth MEET... Zone 4 time trials ise?. And no $200 runnin, “grace” when describing 0 th b a are taking place Friday, Jan shoes. jordan. According to n é ré oun 22 ta determine swimmers The great pre-Jordan reporters, such individuals are for the B.C. Senior Games teams of the NBA — the as rare in the NBA asa good = SENTINEL’S Pam Skeans (right) jockeys for position with Riverside’s Shawna in August. Lakers, the 76ers, the Celtics hook shot. Flynn during the Spartans’ 68-56 loss in last weekend's 11th annual North Shore All swimmers over the — were deep in the bench For the sake of basketball, Firefighters Invitational at West Yan Secondary. The host team won the tourney age of 55 are encouraged to and well coached. “Be like Mike” should be with a 59-48 championship game victory over Centennial. The Spartans finished take part in the no hour And before all you Bull replaced with “There’s no‘? __ fifth. Both Skeans and Flynn were named te the tournament all-star team, while tials on Friday at Percy backers bark but what about — in Team.” West Van's Melissa Aieilo won the Ted Pelly Award as the top de‘ensive player. Norman Memorial Pool in Jordan’s teammates — Vancouver. The wials take Pippen, Rodman, Kukoc, place berweer 10 a.m. and Harper -— and their zen mas- Fj Lo noon. Fer more informa- ter coach, I ask you, would F e % 9 tion contact Dennis at 985- you bet against a Grizzlies or J a 5090 or Janine at 257- Raptors team with Jordan on Fi re | B Ik : 8680. —- Andrew McCredie the roster? In 13 seasons, His é : Bo an : ..would like to express sincere bE. one of ihe Bronfmans wae ; ul : appreciation to the: /BYLORMOTIVE PERuZGIL 70€O people who donated money you l] probably want { 0 6000 people who donated feod 7 Winever SPECIALS, “| 700 companies that had food drives | re a ( this feature. We Gi i ; | 400 volunteers who assisted us through - LUBE, L & Furen ny, December, in addition to the 400 volunteers who 5 Chack battery, test antifreeze, P, help every week of the year. 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