FIGURE SKAT-

ING... The darling of

Canadian figure skating
in the carly 1970s,
North Van's Karen
Magnussen, will be
inducted into the
Canadian Figure
Skating Hall of Fame in
February. A four-time
Canadian = champion,
_ Magnussen won the

HALL OF FAME
BOUND — Karen
Magnussen.

only Canadian medal at
the 1972 Winter
Olympic Games in
Sapporo, Japan ~- a sil-
ver, and won the world
championships the tol-
lowing year.
Magnussen will be
inducted into the Hall
of Fame with six others
during the Canadian
Championships in
Vancouver Feb, 6-9.
TRACK & FIELD...
. Five members of the
West Van ‘Track & Field
Club finished in the top
10 at last Saturday's
B.C. Cross-Country
Championships: Anna-
Marie Allander (2nd);
Laura Nendick (5th);
David Milne (7th);
Rebecca Johnson
(7th); and Emily
Nendick (10th).

Men’s and women’s soccer
squads in B.C. semi-finals

By Andrew McCredie
Sports Editor

DEFENDING nation-
al women’s champions
Capilano College
begin the defence of

their soccer crown this
Friday.

And if the final game of
the regular season is any
indication, the Blues are
going to be the team to beat
at this weekend's provincial
championships at University
College of the Fraser Valley
(UCFV}.

The Blues sunk — the
Malaspina Mariners 3-nil in
their final regular season
game fast Saturday, and are
currently preparing te take

on Douglas College in the
provinciai semi-finals on
Friday. Kickoff is at noon.

Melissa Artuso and Erin
Bell both scored twice for
the Blues and Leanne Byrom
added a single marker in the
win over the Mariners.

Christina D'Andrea
recorded her fourth shutout
of the season for Capilano.

Capilane’s men’s team
meanwhile — despite losing
2-1 ro Malaspina — last
Saturday — finished tirst in
regular season play with a 6-
2 record (the women’s team
posted an identical record
but finished in second place
to UCC).

They face Malaspina again
this Friday in BC. semi-final
action, also oat) | U CFV.
Kickoff is ar 2 p.tn.

CAPILANO College mid-fielder Teri Lazar (left) bat-
tles for the ball with a Malaspina player during the
Blues' 5-nil victory over the Mariners last Saturday
afternoon at the North Vancouver coliege. The Siues
play Douglas College Friday in B.C. semi-final action.

Cap cagers finish
fifth in tournament

CAPILANO College hosted their annual pre-season
women’s basketball tournament last weekend, and despite
the home court advantage the Blues finished in fifth place in

the six-ream tournament.

Pre-season favorite Malaspina lived up to the hype as they
clipped Langara Falcons’ wings 58-39 in’ the Clearly

Canadian Classic final.

Bright spots for the Biues inchided the play of tourna:
ment all-star selection Carla King, and the scaring prowess
of Shira Hassanali, who was top scorer for Capilane in two

of their three games.

NEWS photo Pau! McGrath

Fit firemen heat up grand opening

FITNESS WORLD'S grand opening had plenty of beefcake and cheesecake as
members of the B.C. Lions cheerleading squad rubbed pom-poms with the
dashing models of the current Greater Vancouver Firefighters Hall of Flame

Wednesday, October 30, 1995 — North Shore News — 39

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

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Vancouver, held a weekend of events to help kick off their newly remodeled
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