WV police dog tracks suspect A Vancouver man faces a break and enter charge fol- lowing a recent incident on Ottawa Avenue. West Vancouver Police were called to the 2600-block of Ottawa after a tnan heard a rock break through his kitchen window at 4 a.m. on Nov. 30. According to a police spokesman, investigating offi- cers saw two men running. Several items were stolen from the home. Police service dog Rocky and his handler tracked 33- year-old Jason Audie Fleury for about 30 minutes. They caught up with the . Suspect in the yard of another home on Ottawa. The second suspect escaped. Fleury was found to be wanted by Vancouver Police on a Canada-wide warrant for break and enter. He is being held in custody. 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Place locker room Saturday night said it all; “12 AND OH! 12 AND OH! 12 AND OH!” Handsworth Royals had just beaten cross-town tival Windsor Dukes 20-13 to win the B.C. dou- ble-A seniur boys’ high school football champi- onships, and were reveling in the fact they went undefeated all season. The all-North Vancouver provincial final fea- tured one of the best double-A finals in some time. “Yeah, it was a good game,” Handsworth head coach Joe Bell said following the trophy and Most Valuable Player presentations. “So many other games are enjovable. You get to stand on the sidelines and it’s over by halftime -— those are the kind I really like.” In the early going of Saturday night’s game it seemed thar was the kind of game Bell was going to get as running-back Matt Bradshaw slashed through the Windsor defensive line from four yards out to score on the Royals’ first possession. The rest of theNirst half, however, became a defensive struggle as both teams dug in their heels and played stingy and tough football. Windsor started the second half with the ball but speedy Handsworth defensive back Kurt Schidlo pick-.: uffa Kyle Wheatley pass. Under the NEWS photo Mike Wakefield TO THE VICTORS GO THE SPOILS... Handsworth Grade 12 football captains hoist the B.C. double-A trophy high Monday two days after wresting the title from cross-town rival Windsor Dukes. The Royals, coached by Joe Bell, edged Jay Prepchuk’s Dukes 20-13 - at B.C. Place Saturday night In the first-ever all-North Shore B.C. football cham Anderson, Matt Bradshaw, Leigh Luyt, Adam Perrins, Kurt Schidio, Adam Sharpe, Royals beat Dukes for pionship final. Pictured players include: Shawn Murphy Tarves, Damon Ulmi and Neil Young. championshi steady quarterbacking of Shawn Anderson, the Royals moved the ball down the field and Bradshaw scored on a fake reverse from 33 yards out. The rout was on. Or was it? With the score 14-0, the Dukes started the fourth quarter with a first and 10 on the Royals’ 1}-yard line. Windsor running back Mike Vilimek got the call and exploded off right tackle for an 1 1- yard score. Windsor missed the convert, making the score 14-6 with 11:51 to play. Then came what would be the play of the game. On the subsequent kickoff, Wyate Hartley gathered in a high bounce and handed it off arme to Bradshaw who then § burst down the Hands- worth-bench side of the ; field for an 85-yard touchdown. Schidlo mis- J sed the convert, but Windsor was down 20-6. Wheatley and the rest of the Dukes weren't conceding anything, however, as he hit two receivers (A.J. Fawkes and Phil Pauli) for back-to- back 36-yard gains when Windsor got the ball back. Two plays later Vilimek crashed through the Handsworth fine for a major. Dustin Goodband added the convert to make it a 20-13 game with 9:24 to play. Te was now up to Windsor's defence to hold the Royals’ bruising running game and they did just that as they forced a Handsworth punt 4 few plays later. The Dukes took over on their own 28-yard - line with 4:57 left in the game. The hundreds of screaming fans in the chilly stands knew just what both teams knew at this point: it was going to be Mike Vilimek against the Handsworth Royals, 20 © -{Windsor Dukes. 13 — Handsworth defence that would ‘decide the provincial championship. Sure enough, Vilimek — still smarting from a leg injury that kept him out of the semi-final — got the call and the Dukes started moving the’ . chains. On a fourth and 3 with 3:18 to play, Vilimek smashed through the line for a first down. A questionable pass interference cal! on Schidlo moved the Dukes to within 10 yards, but the Handsworth defence came up big with a 12-yard sack, With the ball on the Royals’ 22-yard line and §6. seconds to play, Wheatley just (as in ust’ off the ; fingertips) missed a div- ing Vilimek in the end zone on fourth deswn.- : Handsworth had won its first B.C. tide since 1979, “We returned a kickoff after a touchdown against them last time,” Beil said of the game-breaking kickoff return. “Poor ol? Jay is gonna have a few nightmares about that.” Windsor coach Jay Prepchuk — who guided the Dukes to the B.C. double-A tide last year — agreed thac the third-quarter kickoff return was a decisive factor. “They got a couple of breaks along the way —~ 1 mean how many times is the ball going to Lounce on the turf like that and bounce right up to them?” 4 disappointed Prepchuk said following the game. “We're proud of our kids because they worked hard all year.” “We just couldn't come up with the big plays when we had to.” Bradshaw was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. Arson keeps NV District firefighters busy The fire destroyed the outhouse. Firefighters arrived as the fire started to By lan Noble News Reporter AN arson fire Friday night in North Vancouver District brought a charred end to an outhouse but no arrests. The fire was the handiwork of several vandals, said North Vancouver District Fire Services community safety manager Brian Stegavig. ar The arsonists tore a wooden outhouse from its foundation and carried it to a Boy Scout shelter near Lynn Creck. They then set the outhouse ablaze. burn the shelters rvof. Damage ¢ comerete. area and bur estimated at $1,000. The outhouse will have to be rebuilt but the shelter can be repaired, said Stegavig. Another fire, also set at approximately 11 p.m., was set in a car park arca under the Lynn Valley MeDonald’s. The fire caused little damage as the walls According to Stegavig some children entered a small unlocked storage telephone books and papers inside.