The — invincible - Argyle
Pipers just keep right on
going. Will nething stop
them?

In North Shore senior boys
high school basketball last.
Wednesday they humiliated
Sentinel with a sensational
113-60 victory, led by Mike
Jackel with 29° points. Rob
Foot and Martin Skadsheim.

_ backed him up with 18 points ;
each.

. Two nights later ‘they
thrashed Handsworth 90-64,
bringing to an abrupt end the
Royals’ seven-game_winning
streak.. Again Mike Jackel
emerged as the Pipers’ star
with 27 points, while team-
‘mate Garth Cambray con-
tributed 16.

The encounter. notched up
Argyle’ Ss 13th ‘straight, win,

Gearing up for 77 |

18° to

with no losses to date, in this:
season’s league play. It set ~

Handsworth ‘back to seven.

wins, six losses in league
standings.

In other | North - Shore
games last week Tim Clark,
with 27 points, led the West

-Van Highlanders to a 76-64 _
win over. North. Van Norse-

men. Hank Bergman added-
the victors” total.
Earlier, West Van had
dismissed Delbrook 106-81,

‘inspired — by Clark’s top
30- -point score. - .
“Meanwhile, North Van

-Norsetnen had stopped Hill-

side Highwaymen 63-50, led.
by Rod Craig with 26 points.
Hillside consoled themselves
with a 91-62, win  o
luckless Delbrook, and _ by
 eaging West Van 7 -68..

Gearing up for their new
season, members of the
Vancouver Whitecaps are .
holding an evening soccer
‘clinic for.the youngsters.
- tomorrow... (Thursday, Feb-
‘ruary 10), sponsored by .the
Burdett Soccer Club in the
gym at North Star. School,
370 ‘West - King’s, -
Vancouver.

The program, which lasts
from 6 to 8 p.m., will include
films and. talks by Whitecap
players. Possibly some dem-
~ onstration action, too, says
Sam Lanarduzzi, the White-
caps PR man. .. |
_ .The Whitecaps open their
fourth season of NASL action
Friday, April 8 at Empire
Stadium: The opponent will
be one of ‘the Whitecap’s
strongest Western Division

rivals, the Portland Timbers. |

‘Other highlights from the

. schedule are visits from:
~ Toronto Metros—1976 NASL
Champions: — (June 21); .

‘Fish end Game Clut

..Minnesota
NASL | finalists (April 24);
and, for the first time; ‘a
regular. season game June 30
against the New York Cos-
mos here in Vancouver.

North :

The latter game takes on
special significance. as_ this

for the. fans to see Pele in

over |

_tained their iron grip en first
place in North-West Hockey

‘The Hurry Kings “main-

League standings to January
30. The berths to that date i in
the. six-team loop:

Hurry Kings: 41 points (20
wins, 3 losses, i tie); SFU: 30.

- points (13 wins, 5 losses, 4

Kicks—1976

-will be. the last: opportunity —

action. He has announced his.

intention to retire as a player

and accept a _ coaching

position in Brazil at the end.

of the NASL season.

The Whitecaps have also
restructured their — ticket
prices to offer what General
Manager John Best - calls:

‘surely the best professional
‘sports value in town.’’ For
the first time a $3 adult seat
under cover has been added.

The full range. of, adult
ticket*prices for 1977 are. $3-
(children and senior citizens
$1.50); $4 (children and
seniors $2); $5 (children and
seniors $2.50); $6 (all cate-
gories), >

elects 1977 slate _

Phil Eccles of North
Vancouver was re-elected for
a second term as_ 1977
president of the North Shore

Fish and Game Club at the
club's recent annual meet-

ing.

Chosen as vice-president
of the coming year was Larry
LeGros; as secretary, Mae
Jeffery; and as_ treasurer,
Sue Weigart.

Other executive appoint-
ments included Ed ‘Kizer
(membership), Pene McDon-
ald (public relations), Jack
Normann (fresh water fish
ing), Svend Mortensen (salt
water fishing), Doug Lesley
(hunting), Ron Williams (pol-
lution), Howard Norfolk
(bulletin) -- with printing and
mailing by Bill and Judy
Patterson. :

Named as directors ‘were
John Downward, Dieter
Godt, Wilf Long, Graham
Mitchell and Rick Penner.

The meeting reviewed the

special efforts of the club
during the past year ‘in
support of North Shore steam
clean-ups, family outings
and the building of an
outhouse for use by outdoor
enthusiasts in the Pitt Polder
area under the guidance of
projects chairman Larry Le-
Gros.

Visitors and prospective
_members are welcome at all
‘elub meetings, which take
place at 7:30 p.m. on the
fourth Wednesday of cach
month at the Legion Hall,

123 West 15th Street. North
Vancouver.

ties); Pert Alberni: 28 points.
(13 wins, 12 losses, 2 ties);
Burnaby: 26 points (11 wins,
8 losses, 4 ties); Powell
River: 18 points (8 wins, 14.
losses, 2 ties); Richmond: 3
‘points (1. win,. 24. losses,’ 1
tie). :

Individual scoring contin--:

ued to. be -headed. by the
three Hurry: Kings stars—Al

- White (26 goals, 40 assists),

Jack Michie (24 goals, 37

-assists) and Bud Gulka (17

goals and 26 assists)...
Ciosest challenger was Dick
Wales of Powell River with
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° The expected and ‘the
totally unexpected happened

in: North Shore

action. With two resounding
victories the Senators clin-
ched their first place for the
fifth straight season. Mean-

‘while, the lowly Merchants

delivered a double trouncing

_to the proud second-place

Pharoahs.

‘Last Thursday the. Sena-.
tors, playing with all the
gusto of a. high-flying Mon-
‘treal Canadiens team, down- _
-ed the -Trojans 8-3, with a
‘pair’ of markers from Bob‘
from

Udell and singles
Wayne: Gill, Dave Bromley,

Ian Glen, Wayne: Hobson, ©

Doug Wass~

and Harley
Cunningham. —

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3155 Granville/16th

Reid each

‘Friday they. devastated the
Merchants 1i-i by keeping

almost the entire game at .

their opponents’ end of the
rink. Gill and Wayne Max-

_weli both scored a hat trick,

Gien added .a pair, while
Udell, Hobson and Bruce
contributed a
further goal.

. But- the Merchants’ . hours

of glory: were no

‘six days they stopped the N
2 Pharoahs—initially_ wit

5-3: win, then with. a decisive -

5-2 victory.

& gloves.

Course Cost
next classes start

[behind the Avalon]

less
dramatic, considering’ their
record to date. Twice. within

we offer a N.A.U.I. Certification course:

that includes - 6 classroom lectures
- 5 pool sessions
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page 9, February 9, 1977 - ‘North Shore News

IDEAL SOCCER WEATHER pampered West Van Spurs ‘and Mt. Seymour Royals im their weekend encounter at Ambleside
. Park (Noel Wright photo].

Lawrie Metcalfe led in the
first game with a pair of
markers, backed up. by
singles from Paul Schmid,
Les. Mongrain, Neil Moody.
Schmid starred in the second

-encounter with a hat trick;

Deane Parkes - and Doug
Arthur adding a marker
- apiece.

Having at last. tasted

blocd, the. Merchants might .
well emerge as spoilers in
the’ Double Round Robin —
‘semi-finals starting February

14 at North Van Rec. Centre.

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