ALPINE SKUNG... Two local skiers each clintvbed the podi- um twice last weckend during the J2 B.C. pravincial champi- onships at Blackcomb. Travis Williams, a Grade & student at Hillside, won both Super G races over the two day compe- tition. He was joined cach time by Sead Causevie. who won the bronze medal in both races. Both skiers qualified for the Nationals, to be held in Newfoundland ii: mid-March. In Lifestream Cup circuit action, North Vancouver racer Aimee-Noel Hartley held a one point lead over Black- comb skier Katie Dunn after six races. ‘BASKETBALL... The _ Balmoral junior girls’ team won the consolation finals of the Desert Sands Classic last weekend in Delta. In their three games played in the 18- team tournament. Barons” star player Joanna Smith aver- aged 33 points in cach game. Smith was awarded tourna- ment Most Valuable Player honors. GYMNASTICS... The West Coast Dynamos gymnastic team. of West Vancouver, travelled to Merritt last month for the first provincial qualify- ing mect for the trampoline and power tumbling Nationals. Karen Gill led her team with a first-place finish in the senior. women’s nationul level ‘ power tumbling. Gill finished fourth in the provincial level 3 _ trampoline conipetition. Her teammate Erin Frederick fin- ished ninth. in the novice women’s national level power tumbling competition, Colette Kime finished third, followed by Frederick in fourth. In provincial level 2 tumbling action. Jocelyn Laws placed third. while Emily Saisberg was fourth. Elaine Redlich was third in the national novice trampoline division, and Shannon Lee placed third in the national novice double trampoline competition. wee SNOWBOARDING... Mt. Seymour hosted the Kokanee Kross Snowboard Classic. a giant slalom-style race through gales, over obstacles and around banked corners. In the Men's Pro category, Cory Mitchell shredded away from the field. claiming a purse of $514.27. Second place went to Ture Loffler. and third to Mat Gilder. In Women’s Opens action, = Sherry Newstead was first. Karmyn ‘LaSaw second and LeeAnn Slade third. Bill McCalfray won the Men’s Open category, with Mark Torlay and Andy . Boniface in second and third respectively. SYNCHRONIZED SWIM- MING... North Vancouver's Janice Bremner and Coquit- lam's Susan Crews won the senior duet caicgory at the Lower Mainland regional “A” “meet. Bremner also won the senior solo competition. Ne CANE ay, February 2, 1994 - North Shore News - 93 Cp iteky ay oe Cap College teams overturn Lakers Men cagers sink Lakers 85-74 while the Lady Blues cruise to an 88-50 win Capilano College Athletics By A.P. McCredie SUTHERLAND SABRE graduate Chris Reimer domi- nated a Saturday night college basketball game at the Sportsplex in the same fashion hie took contro! of games last season in the North Shore high school basketbal! league. Reimer scored a game-leading 30 points as the Blues defeated Okanagan University College 85 74. The win improved the Blues record to 4-5. The previous Langley’s team travelled to Abbotsford to take on the University College of Fraser Valiey. The Blues lost 70-63. In Saturday night's game. Reimer and fellow Sutherland teammate Chris Hinton proved a physically punishing inside duo. as the Blues played a tough game, par- ticularly in the first half. Reimer led all scorers afier 20 minutes with U7, as the Blues took a 40-29 Jead over the Lakers into the locker room. night. Phil In the opening five minutes of the second half, Langley’s young. talented team slipped into a pattern that has frustraied the coach all sea- son. Prior to the weekend games, Langley said his team's Jack of vet- erun players is hurting the team in light games. “Lite lapses of concentration at critical times have turned # couple of games around this year.” he said. The stage was set at 14:02 of the second for another lapse to come crashing down on the Blues, The Lakers had pulled within six in a frantic five minutes that saw both teams scoring on end to end fast breaks. But the Blucs hung on, and af the midway point of the half led by 10 when Dominic Zimmerman hit an eight-foot jump shot and was fouled. Zimmerman scored all 12 of his points in the second half, Blues guard Jeff Winslade also had 12 points in the game. The Blues® next game is next Friday night against Vancouver Community College at Langara. VCC is currently ranked in the top 10 in Canada. On Saturday. Feb. 5, the Blues host University College of Cariboo at the Sportsplex. Tip- off time is 6 p.m. LADY BLUES The Lady Blues, meanwhile. Local net WHEN BRITISH Columbia's best amateur athletes congregate for the B.C. Winter Games March 10-13 in Smithers, the North Shore Capilanos will be there to represent the Greater Vancouver area for the netball provincial championships. By Kevin Gillies Sparis Reporter The B.C. Winter Games serve as netball’s provincial championships. The Caps will be battling Prince ns omer oy, ‘Photo A.P, MeCredie DOMINIC ZIMMERMAN (#4) rips down a defensive rebound during a Saturday night Capilano Blues home game at the Sportsplex. Zimmerman scored all 12 of his points in the second-half as the Blues defeated the Okanagan Lakers 85-74. Blues’ forward Chris Reimer (#12), a former Sutherland Sabre, had one of the best nights of his rookie season, leading all scorers with 30 points. continue to impress in BCCAA action (see View from the Cheap Seats, page 14). A Friday night dumping by Fraser Valley, the number two squad in the country, was quickly forgotten by Lori Chizik’s squad the foflowing night as they handed the Okanagan Lakers a 88-50 loss at the Sportsplex. The weekend split moved the Blues into a tie for second with Vancouver Community College in BCCAA standings. Lyn Westerman led the Lady Blues with [8 points, while guard Kelly Olynyk finished with 17. Second-year forward Susie Sutherland, a Windsor graduate, had 16. The Lady Blues play the seventh ranked team in the country, the VCC Falcons, next Friday in Vancouver. On Saturday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m., they tip-off against UCC at the Sportsplex. all team preparing for Games George. Kamloops. Nelson, Smithers and two Abbotsford teams for the bragging rights as B.C.'s finest, While netball won't be compei- ing with the National Hockey League for viewers. the game is rapidly catching on in’ North America, Netball has been extremely pop- ular in Scandinavian countries, Australia, New Zealand. England, Jamaica and Trinidad for many VOUT, According to Caps player Susan King, the game is just starting to take off in Canada with it being introduced at the school level. Similar to basketball, the game involves moving a ball (stightly smaller than a soccer ball) down the field of play with the objective of putting it through a hoop at the other end. This is the Caps” first year of altempting to qualify for the B.C. Winter Games. So far during their regular season the Caps have had {wo wins and no losses. Their league runs from Septem- ber to mid-Deeeber then from January to the end of Mareh and they conrpete with 17 other Lower Mainland teams, All Lower Mainland teams play out of a tennis club in Langley because it is the only place they can get to play. In netball, there is no backboard, the hoop is slightly smaller and higher off the ground than the tradi- ional basketball hoop, and players cannot travel or dribble with the ball. Hi must be passed. similar to European handball, upon reception. Seven players, all women, are on the Noor at one time and only two of them can score baskets.