NEITHER SNOW, NOR RAIN, NCR SICKNESS... * Hollyburn’s Lauren Sentt and partner Erik Kernel placed 7th in the pairs novice dance event at the Western Canadian Figure Skating Challenge in Thunder Bay this weekend, despite Kernel's ~ severe ear and sinus intection. North Shore Winter Club mem- ber Eric Lyons placed first among junior men. Alt three gained berths in the junior nationats this January in Kitchener. Ont. RGYLE'S: Mark Walla avid ‘Barlow ‘of. Waverly: during the: N. Shore raion asketball tou Friday ‘Argyle got thumped, 102-52. Wednesday, December 6, 2000 - North Shore News - 51 THE NET RESULT West Vancouver and Handsworth finished sixth and sev- enth, respectively, in the 8.C. senior girls volleyball AAAA championship on the weekend at G.P. Vanier in Courtenay. - West Vancouver went 4-3 in the event while Handsworth went 5-3. Sentinel, meanwhile, went 2-4 at the AAA cham- pionship at D.W. Poppy in Langley to claim sixth place. THE GAMES PEGPLE PLAY ir Royals take fifth place; THE San Rafael Bulidogs claimed their third straight North Shore Invitational Basketball tournament : title this weekend. The “Dogs — who travelled from California for the event — took a 92-81 bite out of the Kitsilano: Blue Demons on Saturday co take top spot at the Id-team tourney. San Rafael toppled Alberta’s Jasper Place Rebels 75-45 and Kitsilano edged the Waverly Falcons of Melbourne, Australia 89- 87 in the semis to reach the championship. Waverly grabbed third spot with an 86- “67 win over the Rebels. : . The tourney was hosted ‘at four local schools —~. Carson. Graharn, - Argyle, _ Sutherland and Handsworth. *. The Handsworth Royals finished its run in fifth place overall after an 84-79 win on Saturday over Sutherland’ 's Sabres, who set- ued for seventh. Tt was a back-and-forth battle: for, both teams -— the score was tied 10 times and the ‘lead: switched hands 11 times during the - contest. : At. the end of, the first quarter ‘it. was Sutherland. 22-21; Handsworth “,41-34:. and = Sutherland regained the lead as the third ended 57-56:. For the Royals, Ryan Lenarduzzi'scored 22 points, Pat Sponaski added 21 of his own i ‘and Ryder McKeown chipped in with 14. For: Sutherland, Wes Boden put on-a one-man ‘show, scoring 43 points. . Derek. ~Mayson helped the cause with 11. Rounding out the top) eight: were Dunean's:Cowichan ‘Thunderbirds in sixth” and the Salmon Arm,-B.C, Golds in eighth. » Other teams taking parc in the event were ‘the: Bedford Road Redinen’ vf Saskatoon; *Mictoria’s Belmont; Coquitlam’ 's Centennial Centaurs; Victoria’s Spectrum; Vancouver Technicals. and the Wellington Wildcats of = + Nanaimoe: >, “It was also-a three-peat visie- for San 2» Raftel’s Will Venable, who captured the }-18s reach atthe half it was” Sabres finish seventh Most Valuable Player award his third consee- - utive year in the tournament. Boden was named ‘to the tournament first all-star team, while Lenarduzzi gi grabbed a spot on the second team, Other first team all-stars were: Waverly’s David Barlow;.San Rafael’s Dustin. Brown; Kitsilano’s Levon Kendall; and Jasper Place’s Blain LaBranche. Joining Lenarduzzi on the followup! team were: Cowichan’s Jason Basra; © San . Rafael’s: /Steve Johnson; Kitsilano’s Chris Porteous; ‘and Waverly's Scott Rumble. Barlow was crowned the: three-point champ of the event, while the award for most sportsmanlike team went to: the Bedford Road Redmen. ' Complete tourney scores follow: 8 First round — Handsworth 89, Belmont 47; Kits 84, Saimon-Arm 68; Argyle 84, Vancouver Tech 64; Waverly 76, Wellington . 57; Carson Graham 70, Bedfird Road 61; Jasper Place 77, Cowichan 73; Sutherland 85, Spectrup 73; San Rafael 93, Centennial 32. : ‘Ss Second - round — Consolation: Salmoit. : Arm. 77, Belmont: 52; Wellington ’ 63, Vancouver Tech. 50; Cowichan 74, Bedford + ~ Road 46; Spectrum . 69, “Centennial 58... “Quarters fi baal Kits 72, "Handsworth: 68; Waverly 102; Argyle 52; Jasper Place’ 64, : Carson. Graham 60; San | Rafael “94 Sutherland 58.° “ @ Third round = ~. Consolation: Vancouver Tech: 60, Belmont 48; Centennial - 86, Bedford Road 73; Salmon’ arm ‘77, Carson : Graham - 64; “Cowichan 88, Argyle. 78; Handsworth’ 81,: Spectrum (65; Sutherland 95, Wellington 85. Championship : semi- a fials: Kitsilano 89, Waverly 87; San Rafael - 95, Jasper Place 45. @ Fourth round — 6th/8th: Cowichan 80, ~ Salmon Arm 66; 5ch/7th Handsworth 84. ; Sutherland 79; 3rd /4t Place 67; Champions Kitsilano 31. ; “-volunteer-:; ‘Gordon Sturtridge:, Football provincial “iamntonehip this éekend-at Klahanie Park. ting Caps‘were up. 11-7" er. thé: halfway mark. of a hard- fought match when, Bayside applied pressure cand scored a ry ‘to 12-11 edge. side held onto that slim mar- gin and was looking to the B.C? final when ‘the .ccam rece : : sent: a 30 through the uprights i in injury time to sew up the’ semifinal for. the Cap focal side will sow ‘face off : again. Vancouver. Island Champs Oak: Bay Castaways on ar) p.m. me was'a heck of a gaine “said. _ and we played da penalty: “head coach Roger Hatch “Ie was “back and forth the whole. time.”: * . Both teams: entered. the contest with undefeated records. 2 5 “We controlled much of the first - half but.they came on strong in the second. They kept pressing after that ome * pretty phenom: enal defence.” >». Not once or twice, but four times “the “Caps managed to stop’ the ‘Baysiders on the Cap goal line. -° . “The guys showed a lot of char- acter to stutf them like that and then march-back down the field. Luckily, owe put a little. pressure on them and they made a mistake,” said Hatch. -Game hero Blake Graves scored. three. penalty kicks on the day, while’ “fly half Nick Cobb an exchange - student from Sydney, Australia who attends Collingwood — scored a try in the corner during the. Arst halt. The upcoming game against Oak > Bay will likely have the Caps guess- ng. they. haven’t~ seen. the islanders i in action this season. Hatch: expects ‘a tough match, ‘ thoug sh. : «They should be : a very accom: plished side.-A lot of the guys come -from two great feeder schools at St. “Michael’s University School and - Oak Bay.” Hatch is hoping that home field -. advanrage will pay off for the boys this weekend. When he coached the former Cap U-19 squad in the carly ‘90s, Harch twice escorted a team over’ to, the “Island and* knows the advantage of not having to travel. “Uthink the ferry. ride, is worth - five. points alone. -I ceally do. Pm. “anticipating ‘them coming Over. the night. before,” he said. “Pd be very surprised if they didn’t. You need the guys to be ready to go.” Last. week: the’ U- 18” team hon- : oured the best of the 2000: crop as they. handed "out their annual ~ awards" Geoff Mackwood,; prop forward, was named: “MVP; team captain. Jason: Wilson. was named. top: forward; -Nowtash- .