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Editor: ANDY FRASER

March 2, 1980

HOWE SOUND BASKETBALL

Handsworth Royals fight to B.C. finals

Handsworth Royals
had to fight all the way
but they became the
first team to qualify for
the B.C. basketball
finals next month as
they defeated Argyle
Pipers 66-64 in the
Howe Sound zone
finals on Wednesday
night.

“They've come a
way,’ said. coach
Petersen describing the
Handsworth team’ which
finished in third place in the
eastern section of the
league.

Last weekend the Royals
qualified for the zone final
by defeating Hillside
Highwaymen 72-71 in the
Howe Sound Basketball

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Tournament and then
defeating the West Van-
couver Highlanders” on
Tuesday night.

CLOSE GAME

Both Petersen and Argyle
coach Phil Langley
described Wednesday's
game as one that was ex-
citing and close.

Langley partially = at-
tributed the Argyle’s loss to
the loss of top scorer Robert

Mulder at the end of the
regular season.
Mulder had been

averaging 20 points a game.
He said he had to use
three Grade 11 starters for
the game against the Royals.
Bruce Barnett was high
scorer for the Royals against

RACING DOWN THE COURT fs George Mulder of the Argyle Pipers, with Bob London of the Handsworth Royals
in close pursuit. Royals were victorious in the game, the rone final, which was held Wednesday night (lan Smith

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Argyle, with 23 points, and
Bob London had 21.

Argyle’s top scorer was
John Fenske with 20 points.

Argyle had come out of
the Howe Sound tournament
on top, after defeating the
West Vancouver
Highlanders 42-40.

STILL ALIVE

The Pipers can still’ make
the 16 team provincial finals
by again defeating West Van
on Friday night and then
beating the Vancouver 4

team, this week.

The Highlanders hopes
were kept alive by a 65-49
victory over Carson Graham
Eagles on Wednesday night.

Although Peterson said
any of the teams that made it
to the final double knockout
round to be held March 12-
15, he admitted his team’s

odds of winning the
provincial tithe were “not
heavy.”

It is Peterson’s first year
back as senior boys
basketball coach after a stint
of coaching the juniors.

Registration begins.

Registration for Capilano
Pony-Colt will be held
March 6 and 7 and March 15
from 5 to 9 p.m. at Highland
School.

This year registration is

$30 including photos.

A spokesmen said that all
boys will play in either ‘A’ or
‘B' league, each of which will
consist of thtee teams.

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