CAPILANO COLLEGE SOCCER... The Lady Blues travelled to Malaspina Callege last Saturday to take on the league-leading, and undefeated, Malaspina women’s soccer club, And the home team proved why they are running away with the BCCAA season, blanking - Capilano 4-0. The Lady Blues (2-2-2) are in third spot in the feague standings. The Capilano men’s team did not play its scheduled Saturday contest at home due to poor field conditions. ENDURANCE RUNNING... A number of North Shore -athletes — 152 to be exact — competed in the 1993 James Cunningham Memorial Seawall. race . (5.9 miles/9.5 km) in Stanley Park on Sun- day, Oct. 24. North Van- couver’s Lesley Tomlinson won the women's 30-39 divi- sion. Her time was good enough for a second-place -women’s overall finish, just 35 seconds behind top runner, Vancouver’s Daria Mauer. Lenore Montgomery, also of North Vancouver, finished first in the women’s 60-plus division, while West Van- couver’s Jill Catkin won the women’s 16-19 division. In the women’s 50-59 division, North Vancouver’s Rosemary Lawrence finished second. On the men’s side, David Brown _ of West Vancouver was the top finisher in the men’s 50- 59 division. "RUGBY... The enjoyed another weekend Capilanos five and tying one. The first division side fought a tough battle in cold and wet condi- tions to a 9-9 tie against the league-leading and undefeated UBC Old Boys. The second division outscored the Old: Boys, 15-8, as the thirds also tallied one for the Capilanos with a ‘10-5 deci- sion. The real story for the North Shore club this season, the fourth division 4As, destroyed BCIT 52-0. The 4Bs also won, 26-13. The Capilano junior club re- mained in its familiar No. position with a 17-0 victory over the Vancouver Rowing Club. The Capilanos’ next games are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 30 at the club’s home field (Klahanie Park, 1910 Glenaire, North Vancouver). The first game begins at 9 a.m. TRIATHLONS... North Vancouver's Caro! Mon- tgomery finished second in the final race of the 11-event Triathlon World Cup Series on the island of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. The strong finish gave Mont- gomery sole possession of second. overall in the final World Cup standings, behind fellow Canadian and_ series champion Jo-Anne Ritchie. Montgomery, who has lived and trained in San Diego recently, is rumored to be returning to life on the North Shore later this year, : in Vancouver ‘&- District rugby action, winning’ successful ; ‘ LED. BY some clutch spik- ing by Anita Smidesang and Anne Buch, the West Van- couver Highlanders senior girls’ volleyball team beat North Shore rivais the Sen- tine} Spartans Oct. 20 in another classic match be- tween .these two highly skilled squads. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS by A.P. McCredie The Highlanders, paying a visit to the school on the hill for the first time this season, avenged an earlier league loss to the Spartans with a 15-6, 8-15, 15-10, 16-14 decision. A large, emotional crowd gave the match a feeling of greater im- portance than the league meeting it was, but the pace and tempo of the fierce action also belied the real significance of the match. Simply put, these two teams always play big against one another. Earlier this year they split mat- ches at the Killarney Invitational tournament, with Sentinel riding a No. | provincial ranking after beating the Highlanders in the _ final. Another North Shore team, the Handsworth Royals, upped the local ante by wresting the No. ranking from Sentinel with a re- cent victory at a 20-team Univer- sity of Victoria tournament (see sidebar story). The Royals are the current No. I-ranked team in the province. ‘ On Sept. 30, at the first league -meeting of the two teams, the beat the Highlanders 17-6, 15-10 to set last Wednesday Spartans 15-13, 5-15, the tone for _hight’s rematch. In the first game, Chloe Miller served notice that she had come to play with a couple of early game spikes that sent the Highlanders diving across the floor. West Vancouver jumped to a quick 8-3 lead, but some inspired play by Julia Phelps pulled the Spartans to within two. A time-out called by West Vancouver coach Wayne Desjar- dins proved timely, as the Highlanders roared back with a seven-point run to win the all- important first game, 15-6. The Highlanders, still charged from their dominant first-game performance, looked like they were going to continue that run, leading 3-0 after three serves. But Sentinel’s character and ex- perience showed as Phelps and Erin Simmons stepped up _ their spike-blocking, fuelling their team to a 3-3 tie. The teams fought back and forth, with Sentinel ad- vancing to a 7-6 lead on a great solo block by Phelps. The momentum was clearly with the home team, as Rebecca Reichert thrilled the crowd with remarkable reactions at the net. Strong net play coupled with some costly mistakes by the Highlanders put the Spartans in control with a comfortable 12-6 lead. Desjardins frantically substituted players during the Sentinel scoring stretch, a move that paid dividends later in the match. Two unstoppable spikes by Julie Harris gave the Spartans the se- cond game, 15-8. eS early seaso! Highlanders defeat Sentinel Spartans 1 in hard- fought volleyball match NEWS phot Paul McGrath SENTINEL SPARTAN Paige Davis (right) manages an acrobatic set for Lael Piteau (411) during their North Shore high schoo! battle against rival senior girls’ volleyball! team, the West Vancouver Highlanders. Desjardins continued to rotate his lineup well into the third game, with standout front-row player Shana Tibble siting for most of the game. Heidi Mattson picked up the pace for the Highlanders, highlighted by a beautifully controlled spike to an open area of floor, as they marched to a strong 15-10 victory, Buch came off the bench and contributed a number of solid plays at the net as the Highlanders took a 2-1 lead in games. Desjardins’ rested starters were the difference in the fourth game. With a 4-0 lead for the Highlanders thanks to some great shots by Mattson, Sentinel looked like it was folding under the pressure. But great teams always fight back. Sentinel did. See Regular page 2& Royals take over top spot NO SOONER had the ink dried on Sentinel Spartans’ No. 1 rank- ing in B.C. high school AAA girls’ volleyball, before the Spar- tans were knocked from the top spot by North Shore rivals, the Handsworth Royals. Handsworth claimed the honor by winning the prestigious 20- school tournament hosted by the University of Victoria earlier this month, and by winning their se- cond and third league matches over St. Thomas Aquinas (STA) and Sentinel. The Royals, coached by Mike Rockwell and Neil Salkus, came back from a 2-1 loss to STA in the round-robin portion of the tournament to stop Sentinel 2-0 in the semi-finals. The Royals then defeated Vancouver’s John Oliver 2-0 in the finals. Middle blocker Tara Kaehne of Handsworth was named the most outstanding player of the tourna- ment, while teammate Alexis Walton, Sentinel’s Julie Harris and STA’s Marian Andersen and Jamie Mackey were all selected to the first all-star team. Handsworth had beaten the Saints 3-! in their league en- counter the day before the tour- nament and then took Sentinel 3-1 in their first league match after the tournament. Handsworth’s perch on top of the heap may not last long, of course. Sentinel is now ranked second and West Vancouver fourth in AAA. STA is rated No. 2 in AA-size schools.