52 - Nerth Shore News — Wednesday, November 24, 1999 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TINLE ON THe LINE Will the Eagles soar? The Carson Graham Eagles junicr varsity team goes for the provincial championship tomorrow right at 7:30 pm. on the syn- thetic turf at Burnaby Lake. The Eagles will clash with Surrey’s Holy Cross Crusaders. Bob Mackin News Reporter THE Handsworth Royals were flushed from the B.C. high school football champi- onships Friday by the Pinetree T-Wolves in a 21-7 semi-final game at rainy Burnaby Lake Sports Centre. The loss ended the Royals’ quest to win their first provin- cial football championship since their AA victory in 1996. Coquitlam's Pincirce, another team promoted trom AA to AAA this year, will meet St. Thomas More Knights in Friday’s final. The Royals mav have been emotionally. spent after the previous Saturday’s triumph over the Richmond Colts, winner of the last three AAA titles, admitted head coach Joe Beil. “Tr took a lot out of them, it’s hard to get up for two games like that in 2 row, but that’s what you've got to do this stage of the year,” said Bell. “These guys were a big, powerful, well-coached team. They were better than us * tonight.” The team also missed line- man Chris Bowman and tail- back Dave Gaudet. Bowman limped off the field against the Colts with knee ligament damage, while Gaudet was taken away by ambulance during that game. He was teeated and released Gur was unable to play Friday because of back spasms. Finetree’s Steve Farao scored his team’s first touch- down after Handsworth fim- bled on its own 15 yard line in the first offensive serics. Farao ran the ball in from four yards on the T-Wolves’ fourth play. Tailback Tyler Smoien, Gaudet’s backup, scored the Royals’ only touchdown in the third quarter to tie the game on a tour yard carry. “They shut us dewn and COVERING we sul adapted.” said T- Wolves’ head coach Bernie Crump. “We didn’t panic. They stymied us in thar first half and all the credit to foe Bell, thar was a helluva ball game.” Tt remained a i bartle until the Royals began to suffer major losses of yardage when they were penalized for illegal subsritu- tion and too many men on the field. Pinetree kicker = Matt Rohatensky missed from 25 yards, and the score remained 7-7. The Royals took aver but couldn’r get into T-Wolves territory. The T-Wolves took possession on a punt received at the 29 yard line. Farao ran the ball into the end zone tor the go-ahead touchdown. Pinetree kept attacking on subsequent possessions and hemmed the Royais deep ia their own zone. The Royals* last chance came on the wo- yard line when Pockert made a lateral pass to Richard Fowlestone which was inter- cepted by Bart Szarzynski. Szarzynski cross the line fer the T-Wolves’ third TD. a Gauder, — Anderson, Fowlestone, linebacker Tyler Powell aad offensive lineman Matt Indra were named to the AAA all-star team. Carson Graham defensive jineman Siris Mandclin was also on the AAA team. Pockett and Royals’ linebacker Mike Hitchborn were honourable mentions. Sentinel placed three players on the AA team: offensive lineman Matt Shumka, running — back Christian Simmerling and linebacker Darcy Grant. & The Carson Graham Eagles will try to be the first junior varsity team frora the North Shore to win a provincial football championship. The Eagles’ big game is tomorrow at Burnaby Lake. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. Carson Graiam will face the Holy Cross Crusaders of Surrey in the final, a week after beating the Burnaby Central Wildcats Pipers lose Seb Mackin News Reporter . THE Argyie Pipers were unlucky to leave Mili Bay on Vancouver Island without the B.C, girls’ AAA field hockey championship Saturday. The, Pipers fell 2-1 on penalty strokes to Cowichan in the championship final. The Pipers were among three favourites to unseat Richmond's McRoberts Strikers. The team wanted the tide to complement the pres- tigious Bridgman Cup, which it won earlier in the season. Instead it will have to settle for second place for the sec- ond time in three years. Argyle led 1-0 by the three-minute mark when Sarah Nannery sent a short corner pass to Suzanne Simpson. Cowichan scored in’ the lase 30 seconds of the first half. The teams then went scoreless in the second half GIRLS FIELD HOCKEY CHAPAPIONSHIP __ Argyle Pipers are ruriners-up for the second time in three years at the provincial championships. Meicdie Suchy- Tancon’s squad upends West Vancouver Highlanders 3-1 in quarter-final. Only toss of tournament is a heartbreaking shootout against Cowichan. THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY NEWS phote Cindy Geedman HANDSWORTH Royals’ quarterback Jeff Pockett looks for an open receiver dur- ing Friday’s 21-7 !oss to the Pinztree T-Wolves in a B.C. AAA high schoo! foot- vall semi-final. The teams battled defensively until Pinetsee took advantage of Royals’ penalties and miscues. 34-18 ina semi-final. The Eagles are led by the airborne attack of quarter- back Curtis Sranderwick whose favourite target is slot- back ‘Tony Strong. champi and sudden-death overtime. “Te was end-to-end action, true entertainment,” said Argyle coach Melodie Suchy- Tancon. “We didn't lose (a game, we just lost oa shootout.” Cowichan got the victory by outscoring Argyie 3-2 in the shootout. “West Van High, they were cheering for us,” Suchy- Tancon said. “There was real sportsmanlike camaraderie.” Argyle beat the Highlanders 3-1 in a quarter- final on Friday. Nannery, The Eagles and Crusaders were 4-0 in conference play. Holy Cross advanced to the final with a 7-6 win over the Vancouver College Fighting trish last Thursday. The Windsor Dukes were the only other North Shore team to contest the title. Windsor lost 48-6 to the St. Thomas More Knights last November. nship tiebreaker Simpson and Jen Tait were the goal scurers. Sarah Sadler replied for the Highlanders. In the semi-final, Jen Tait scored on a pass by Karen Mann in the first half for the only goal against Penticton. Suchy-Tancon said she’s looking forward to nest sea- son when Mann and Simpson return to anchor the squad. She's also hoping de team can get practice zcals installed on the school field. “We need practice goals at our school, instead we have to practice shooting on cones. We're looking for donations.” Argyle beat Maple Ridge 9-0 in their tirst game of the three-day tournansent Thursday, Argyle shut out the host) Brentwood — College team 2-0 tater thar day. Round robin play ended when Argyle edged Vanier 2- L Before meeting its local rival, West Vancouver’s only tournament loss was 4-0 to Cowichan, That was alter a 7- 0 defeat of Prince of Wales and before a 6-4) wins over Fleenwood Park. spectator Athletes of the century THIS seems about as good a time as any to get in my nominations for B.C.’s outstanding athletes of the century. Mostly because if { don’t get it done now, someone will beat me to it and Pil have to wait another century to be first in line. Besides, there’s a good chance I won’t be around a century from now. But before giving you the top five, a tip of the old milby toa couple of North Van products who certainly would ave made it into the top 10 had there been room for that . many in today’s prose piece. Harry Jerome never won Olympic gold, but in terms of world records he was one of the finest Canadian sprinters © ever. For four yearsinthe — - 1960s he was co-holder of the world record in both the 100 metres (10 seconds fat) and” the 100 yards (9.1 seconds). He won gold at the 1966 Commonwealth Games and the 1967 Pan-American Games and Olympic brenze at Tokyo in 1964. He was only 42 when he died in 1982 from a brain seizure crossing the Lions Gate Bridge in the passenger scat of a friend's car. Karen Magnussen, happily, is still with us, coaching and teaching the young in figure skating, the sport in which she became the world singles champion in 1973, after win- ning silver in both the 1972 Olympics and world champi- onships. That was 26 years ago and she remains the iast Canadian woman to have won the world singles title. But the top five, at least in my estimation and in order of rank, are: @ 1. Sprinter Percy Williams, the unknown 20-year-old from Vancouver, who shocked the world by winning gold in borh the 106 and 200 metres in the 1928 Olympics at Amsterdam. No Canadian, before ur since, has rumed this most diffcult of all Olyinpic doubles, Consider, too, that those Olympics were his tirst-ever exposure to international competition, The experts claimed his win ia the 100 was a fluke. When he repeated uw, See Vancouver next page