Local squad takes Canadian Senior B lacrosse title ‘ THE NORTH Shore Indians may have snuck in the back ‘door of the Canadian Senior B lacrosse final, but when the ‘dust settled in the Lonsdale recreation centre arena Monday _ hight, they burst ° through the front door with | the prestigious President’s Cup held high. The victory brought the lacrosse _title back to the North Shore for the first time in eight years. The Indians edged the undefeated Edmonton Miners 10-9 in a_heart-stopping game that saw the host team jump out to an early six-goal lead. “Is. it over?”? North Shore In- dian president trank Baker asked as fans leapt. over the boards to mob Indian players. : -Beker’s need for reassurance -was shared. by many North Shore supporters in ‘the final game’s dy- ing seconds. After completely dominating the “favored Miners’ in the first 40 ‘minutes, the Indians sat back and almost let the: President’s Cup slip “away. If not for some outstanding goaltending by Dwight Maetche, ‘the Miners final period surge — in “which they scored six goals to the North Shore's ‘two:— would: have buried the Indians: ; - - The » Miners’ finished round- “robin, play. with" a -perfect..4-0 re- “cord. —- including a 12-8 victory over. the Indians = to qualify for ‘the gold-medal game. The Indians ‘crept in with’a 2-2 oe esl en The. sixth By A.P. McCredie Sports Reporter record,. tied with the Tuscarodra Thunderhawks for second. But the. home team advanced to the finals on the strength of an 8-5 win over the New York State team (see story page 13). The physical play that marked earlier play between the North Shore and Edmonton teams in Friday night’s game was not as evident in the final, as the Indians dominated both sides of the ball, taking a 3-0 lead into the locker room after the first period. ‘ Maetche’s shutout . bid stayed intact until nine minutes inio the second, when Miners’ forward Jon Schneider scored on a delayed penalty call. Defence was the name of the game’ for the Indians as they suc- cessfully ‘shut down the Miners’ high-powered, swarming offence. The top four point-getters dur- ing round-robin play were Miners. was Indians’ player Brian Baker. . . : With a commanding 8-2 lead after 40 minutes, it looked as if the Indians would cruise to the trophy table, but an offensive blitz by the Miners forced the Indians to dig deep in the final period. With just six minutes left in the game, Todd Katanchik scored the eventual game-winner, putting the Indians up 10-7. From there it was the defence and Maetche that did the job for the North Shore squad. The Canadian championship ti- tle capped an exciting year for the Indians. Last month the team won the West Coast Senior B lacrosse tide in a dramatic five-game series against the Burnaby Lakers. The national title also marked a return for the North Shore Indians as President’s Cup champions. They last won the cup in 1985, with a team that featured current players Wayne Baker and Dennis Joseph. Shaun Springett was the sole Indians’ player named to the tournament’s all-star team. The tournament MVP was Marwan Jomha of Edmonton, who finished the five-game tour- nament with 18 points. Prior to the tournament, indian coach Lance Baker said the com- petition would be full of exciting and entertaining lacrosse. Fans in the overflow crowd at the Lonsdale arena on Monday night were treated to just that. t roasts crossing | ‘But police say Park. Royal lights will help cut accidents “A WEST Vancouver resi- dent ‘has’ attacked a deci- sion. by.” West Vancouver “District to install ‘pedestri- ‘an: crossing’. traffic lights’ -along. Marine Drive, just . _ west of Taylor Way. By Surj Rattan ; ~ News Reporter But West Vancouver. Mayor. ‘Mark Sager. and the West Van- ‘couver Police: Department say ‘the traffic iights are needed to: help curb pedestrian accidents i in the area. William Dow, a West Van- “couver resident who drives along - Marine Drive every day to his job in Vancouver, said the new traffic lights will only compound what ‘he sees as a major traffic _ problem at the corner of. Marine . Drive and Taylor Way. “Thad never heard or read . anything about the municipality agreeing to the creation of a major traffic problem on Marine Drive at the intersection of Taylor Way. i “Tt have no idea what you (municipality) are planning to do, but. if these lights are to . create some kind of pedestrian - walk across Marine Drive, it will be a disaster,’? Dow wrote in a letter to Sager. He added that the new traffic lights will block up traffic at the corner of Marine Drive and Taylor Way. Dow said .if the management of Park Royal want pedestrians to cross Marine Drive to get from one side of the shopping centre to the other, the company Should have built an elevated crosswalk. “It is unbelievable that the municipal council would approve this potential traffic problem,” wrote Dow. But Sager said the new pedes- trian traffic lights will be syn-~ chronized with the traffic lights at Marine Drive and Taylor Way. He added that the only traffic that might be stopped by the pe- destrian traffic lights is the traf- fic going north and south along Taylor Way. “Right now we have pedestri- ans literally darting out into traffic on Marine Drive. That. whole {ong strip along Marine Drive has been a problem for years,’ said Sager. West Vancouver Police Department Const. Jamie Gib- son welcomed the new pedestrian traffic lights. He said they are needed to cut down on pedestri- an accidents on Marine Drive, “It’s far overdue. Off the top of my head I can think of three accidents I have attended there. :. They have a pedestrian overpass, NEWS photo Paut McGrath “A NEW pedestrian ‘traffic tight has been installed along ‘Marine Drive just west. of Taylor Way. But one West Van-. couver resident says the new lights will cause a traffic: prob- lem at Marine Drive and Taylor Way. but people don’t use it. People are lazy by nature... “Hopefully people will use it (pedestrian crossing). in the long run it will be an improvement,” said Gibson. i | THE NORTH Shore NEWS photo Brad Leawidge, Indians captured the canes ‘Sénior B lacrosse President's Cup in a heart-stopping 10-9 victory over the Edmonton Miners on Monday night at the Lonsdale recreation: centré arena. Registration crunch fills all of Capilano College's fall academic programs STUDENTS STILL hoping to sign up for academic courses for the fall term at Capilano College are out of _luck. By Surj Rattan News Reporter As of 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 3, the North Vancouver-based col- lege had registered 5,378 students. A college spokesman said 3,089 students had registered for, aca- demic courses and that there were no more seats available for aca- demic programs. | But the college is still accepting registration for career and voca- tional programs. The college had registered 1,595 students in career programs and 318 students in vocational programs as of last ’ Friday. In addition, 376 students had registered for adult basic educa- tion and English as a second ian- : guage courses. While the college did not have- the number of. students who were turned away this year because of space shortages, college president Dr. Doug Jardine had said earlier © that most post-secondary educa- © tion institutions in the Lower: Mainland would: be forced to turn prospective students away this year. ; “Needless to say, \ we're going to have all sorts of students turned away from here,”’ Jardine said in _ an Aug. 27 News story. “You're not going to find them turned away from Capilano Col- lege and taking courses at Van- couver. Community College or Douglas College. They’re simply not going to be at school. Period.” Capilano College. was expected to accept approximately 5,500 stu- dents this year. The college turned away 3, 024" students last fall. 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