BASEBALL... The
North Shore 13-
year-old boys’ Babe
Ruth tournament
team went undefeuat-
ed through the recent
Provincial Tourney
before losing a two-
game playoff to
Surrey/White Rock
in the tournament
final.
Most Valuable
- Player honors from
the 11-team tourna-
— ment in Grand Forks
_ went to North Shore
_ players’ Casey
* Clerkson, Sean

N. Shore Selects
the best in 2

SPORTING an
impressive
12-1-1 season
record, the U-
15 North
Shore Selects
cruised
through the
soccer
provincials
and will rep-
resent B.C. at
tne Nationals
in the fali.
Jeam  mem-

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bers include:

(front row, !eft vn

to right) Sean Taylor, Chad Guidi, Tim Perry, Jesse Fetterely, Jesse Symons,
Joseph Marreilo, lan Hunter, Sandeep Sull and Tom Huntingford; (back row) Sam
Gilmore (coach), Joe Marrello (coach), Jeff St. Pierre, Steve Bernier, Brian Tobin,
Kevin Crouch, Ryan Gilmore, Lee Rayson, Sasa Milenkovic, Colleen Perry (man-
ager) and Bob Birarda (coach).

: Hotzak, Mark
4 Roberts (two awards)
zy and Matt Vyner, who
= won, the tournament |
« batting title with a
“477 average.
: The team == is

4. Vyner, and managed
1) by Ted Hotzak.

SOCCER... The
West Vancouver
Lightning finished
second at a soccer
tournament in Milan,
Italy earlier — this
month.

The U-15_ girls’
team was awarded the
Most... Discipiined
Team’ award, while
Mariel Solsberg
picked up the Player ©
of the Tournament
trophy. ;

in- addition. to

‘playing in the tourna-
ment, the players and
coaches visited toured

v4 Milan, Brescia and

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THE U-17.North Shore Selects are B.C. soccer champs and will represent the

- province at the nationals in the fall. The local lads downed Prince George 5-7 in
the Safeway Provincial Premier Cup. final in Kelowna. Team members include
(tront row, left to right): Jeremy Hudson, Mike Patterson, Jeff Ferraby, Calyn Shaw,

_ John Chabada‘and Mike Brogan; (back row) Syd D’Acres (coach), James Whalen,
Colin Vendargon, Jasor Jantz,’ Nick Seddon, Tom Larisch, Abeed Hirji, Hamid

Baktiyari, Bevan Footman, Kyle McDiarmid and Otto Larisch (manager). Absent:

Greg Campbell, Struan Howes and Bryn D’Acres. .

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season ends

Indians finish in first

BY ANDREW MCCREDIE
Sports Editor

AND then there were
four.

First-round
acuon in the Western
Lacrosse Association
(WLA) kicked-off Friday
night with the first-place
North Shore Indians tak-
ing on fourth-place New
Westminster
Saimonbellies, who are the
WLA defending champions
(no score was
available — to
press time).

The other
best-of-seven
series pits sec-
ond-place
Maple Ridge
against third-
place Victoria. oo,

The Indians made the
playoffs for the first time
since entering the league
three years ago this season,
and hope to fulfill early
expectations of returning to
the lacrosse powerhouse
that defined the North Shore
team in past decades.

The second game of the
North Shore-New West
matchup is set for tomorrow
night at Queen's Park
Arena, with the series
returning to Lonsdale Arena
Wednesday, July 31. for

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points (33
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