Royals, Barons

Andrew McCredie

Sports Editor
andrew@nsnews.com

TWO North Shore
schools have pinned
down North Shore
team wrestling titles
for the second year in
a row.

The Handsworth Royals
captured the senior boys’
crown with a rotal of 194
points, far outpointing the
second place Carson Graham
Eagles (with 84 points) and
the third place Rockridge
Ravens (74).

In the senior girls’ team
competition, the Balmoral
Barons won their second
team title in a row as their
143 points far outmatched
second place Carson Graham
(69) and third-place
Handsworth (43).

Balmoral also won the
juvenile. boys’ team title as
the Barons’ 257 points put
them well ahead of second
place Carson Graham (161)
and the third place
Collingwood Cavaliers (93).

The North Shore
wrestling champiunship meet
was first held in 1970, with
Windsor and the now-closed
Delbrook and Hamilton
schools the best of the bunch.
In 1985, due to dwindling
participation numbers, the
North Shore meet was can-
celled.

But that was to change a

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HANDSWORTH teammates Zac Carlin (left) and Alborz Jaberolansar battle it out
in the 54 kg weight class during the recent North Shore wrestling championships.
Jaberolansar won the match on route to the division title. Carlin finished third.

decade farer.

“The sport started to take
hold again a couple of years
ago,” North Shore
Secondary Schools Athletic
Association coordinator Len
Corben said.

With renewed interest in
the sport, specifically at
Carson Graham and
Balmoral, the North Shore
championship meet was re-
established in 1996.

This year nine schools
fielded teams at the North
Shore championships.

Corben added that female
participation in high school
wrestling on the North Shore
is becoming more prevaient,
giving the sport an even more
solid base in North and West
Vancouver..

The next step for the
North Shore’s top wrestler is
the B.C. zone championship,

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February.

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