Sunday, March 8, 1992 - North Shore News -

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Local man coaches national basketball team

SPORTS COLLECTABLES are al! the rage these days,
but when you're the assistant coach of Canada's national
basketball team, collectables come in the form of frequent

flyer points.

Since starting his coaching job
with the national team, Phil
Langley has traveled to more than
6 cities in the United States.

Although some think of it as
being glamorous, travel can be a
strain on a team’s performance.
Very often the only sight they see
are the airport, hotel and the
building where they play.

“I¢’s as important to know how
to travel and fight fatigue as it is
to know how to crack a zone or
run a certain type of offence,”’
said Langley.

When he moved to the North
Shore in 1954, Langley played
basketball at West Vancouver
Secondary School under the
coaching of the late Brian Upson.

This led to a sports scholarship
at the University of B.C. where
Langley played two years as an ali
conference guard. Since that time
he has taught and coached five
years each at Sentinel Secondary

By Michael J. Gilgan
Contributing Writer

School in West Vancouver and
Argyle Secondary School in North
Vancouver.

Before joining the national
team, he coached for nine years at
Windsor Secondary School in
North Vancouver.

In 1982 Langiey began coaching
provincial all-star teams and then
coached the provincial rep teams
unti} 1987 when he was appointed
assistant coach with the junior na-
tional team.

In 1988 he coached the Van-
couver Nighthawks of the World
Basketball League and has since
taken a two-year leave of absence
from Windsor to joing the na-
tional team as assistant coach.

In his time as 2 coach, Langley
has seen many students become

HIGH SCHOOL
SCOREBOARD

HIGH SCHOOL scoreboard
results for the week ending March
3:

ABBREVIATIONS: Arg = Argyle, Bal
= Balmoral, Brac = Brackendale,

= Carson Graham, Coll = Colling-
wood, Haad = Handsworth, Hil =
Hilhide, HS = Howe Sound, STA =
St. Thomas Aquinss, Sent = Sentinel,
Sey = Seycove, Sath = Sutherland,
WV = West

fest Vancouver, Wsr = Wind-

BASKETBALL

AAA” zone playoffs:
Final {at Capilano College): WV
77, Hand 68. (WV advances to the
BC. “AAA” championships at
the Agrodome. Hand advances to
a B.C. wildcard playoff berth in
the B.C. championships.)
Junior Boys
Vancouver and district playoffs:

Consolation: Hugh Boyd 53, Wsr.

39. Wsr finishes fourth.
Juvenile Boys

Vancouver and district champi-
onships: First round: R.C. Palmer
64, Hill 60. Second round: Hill
56, New Westminster 39. Semi-
final: Hugh Boyd 74, Hill 71. Hill
finishes third.

Bantam Boys

Vancouver and district champi-
onships: First round: STA 67,
R.C. Palmer 60. Second round:
STA 56, J.N. Burnett 46. Final:
STA 73, J.N. Burnett 69. STA
finishes first.
Senior Girls

B.C. ‘‘AA” zone playoffs (at
Lord Byng in Vancouver): Section
play: Little Flower 61, Hand 39;
Hand 55, Lord Byng 45; Wsr 58,
Point Grey 56; Wsr 74, St.
Patrick’s 61. Final: Little Flower
83, Wsr 55. Consolation: Hand
62, St. Patrick’s 55; Wsr 46,
Hand 44. Little Flower and Wsr
advance to the B.C. ‘‘AA’’
championships in Prince George.
Junicr Girls

Vancouver and district champi-
onships: Consolation: Sent 38,
Burnaby Central 18; Sent 38, New
Westminster 32. Sent finishes se-
cond.
Juvenile Giris

Vancouver and district champi-
onships: Semi-final: Wsr 30, STA
26 (overtime). Final: New
Westminster 43, Wsr 33. Wsr
finishes second, STA third.

Community scoreboard

North Shore
Coaches Soccer League
Gly Gold Cup Playoffs

WEEK 3

Oly Roma3 Raven Rangers 2
Nordic 4 Rusty Guit J
Accountemps 2 Fosters 1
Aberdane 2 OK. Tire 0
Seymour FC. 2 Sailor Hagar's }
Avalon Canadians 3 Molson’s {
NorVan 4 . Candia Taverna |
WEEK FOUR

* Rusty Gul 3 Oly Roma 1
Nordic 4 Accountemps 2
Aberdane 2. Sailor Hagar’s }
Avalon Canadians 2 Seytnour FC. 0

NorVan 3. Molson’s 0
Raven Rangers 7 Canadia Taverna 2

North Shore
Industrial Hockey League
Standings to March 1

© Raven Rangers
Golden Bears
Queens Cross Wings
Pemberton Station Steamer
Avalon Kings
Jack Lonsdale’s Flyers
Sailor Hagar's Seamen
Mega Destroyers
Nova Hawks
Lunatics

 Clinched Playoff Berth

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Senne. ee ee

successful athletes bet says he is
just as happy to see them succeed
outside of the sport.

“You sce them blossom not on-
ly as athletes but as students that
go on to great careers. I’ve got
guys that are practising medicine,
law and business and some are
coaching,”’ said Langley.

Langley recognizes the impor-
tant role the coach plays in
preparing students for life.

**It’s underestimated the impact
a@ good coach can have on a kid's
life...helping to shape their
outlook not only towards a sport
but towards commitment to goals
and purpose,’’ said Langley.

Nowhere are Langley’s skills
more apparent than in his sons
Paul and Todd, both of whom
have gone to university on athletic
scholarships and continue to excel

in sports.

Coaching the national team,
Langley now finds that the
fundementals are the same at all
levels of sport.

“You're still working on
motivation, trying to get the best
out of players and trying to get
people to make commitments.
Trying to make them push
themselves to their limits,’’ said
Langley.

But on the other hand, mature
athletes are a new challenge for
him.

“Some of them are married,
some have children...a whole dif-
ferent set of problems compared
to the high school or college
athlete,’’ said Langley.

When asked if he is
superstitious, Langley said he
changes his socks on a regular

basis and aoesn’t go for any of
the hocus-pocus.

“The only worthwhile ritual is
to be so well prepared that
nothing is left to chance,’’ said
Langley.

He will put his philosophy inte
effect in Preparing his team for an
upcoming tournament in
Portland, Ore.

Playing off against nine coun-
tries from North and South
America, Team Canada needs to
finish in the top four to qualify
for the Olympics in Barcelona this
summer. if they are successful,
Langley will have a nice addition
to his collection of frequent flyer
points.

Team Canada plays the Seattle
American Athletic Union All-
Stars at the Capilano Ccllege
Sportspiex on Monday at 8 p.m.

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